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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 1; 1929
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PRICE TWO
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BOND IS MADE FRAUD PROBE
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IS UNDER WAY
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General Escobar, Leader of Revolt, Said to Have Manned
. To Grand Jury
els also reported they captured a
„ the jury by Special counsel Fred
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with machine gun fire
during the hefght of the battle,
American nyers.
She is. suffering
from a broken
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Who Started Fool's Day?
Nobody Seems to Know
AIRPLANE UNABLE TO
FIND SOUTHERN CROSS
THREE KILLED
IN WEEKEND
AUTO CRASHES
he was too busy arranging de
talls of the new, embassy and
and
ma-
l
service abandoned the plane
the battle field.
Two federal generals were
P, "
the rebel bulletin said,
- The. bulletin gave special credit
for winning the battleito the 24th
battalion. under General Armenta,
in which General. Escobar person-
ally Manned a Vickers machine-
gun. /
The rebels reported they had 15
planes in the air during the bat-
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..625 a. m.
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.Is Presented TQwz
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Committee Asks That T. W.
East Be Given
Hearing.
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ONLY SALOON NORTH OF RIO GRANDE PROSPERING
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LIE worked about four months
on his story.
If he has the returned manu-
script. that’s all he has to show
for his time and labor.
And if he hasn’t got it, he‘s
cot more than he would have
it he had kept it.
Because if he threw it away
in disgust, he’s probably wiser
. . and better ff.
Sanger Couple Die When
Car Is Hit By Train
Near Here
FRENCH MOU
HERRICK, BI
LOVED ENY
building today at 11 a. m.
“I.have nothing to say now,’
MARCH POSTOFFICE
- RECEIPTS DECLINE
Suspended Activities of “Fake OU
Promoters," chief Reason,
Mach postl receipts totaled
8156,584.31, showing A marked
decreaseas compared with the re-
ceipts for the previous month and
for March, 1928.
Receipts for February, 1939,
were 8166,063.94, and March re-
ceipts for last year were $162,-
312.03. x
Suspended activities of "fake
oil promoters" was pointed out as
the chief cause for the decrease,
postal officials said. »
Last year the yoting strength
was 38,885.
GRAND JURY TO BE
PICKED WEDNESDAY
It a. m. ..
« Noon ..
ISo and at the same time in El
Paso, Texas, U. S, A.
. Contrary to general bellet.
Michaelson told reporters, "altho
I may have a statement later.’’
“Was it true that you tried to
smuggle liquor into the country
at Key West, as charged in the
indictment?” he was asked. ------
“That is absolutely unfound-
ed." Michaelson said.
"Where have you been? Why
didn’t you surrender?” 'asked a
reporter. '
"I have been back East and
antanight
I a. m.
X a. ro.
a a. m.
4 a. m.
S a. m.
rpHE original prankster Who
A started this April Fool
business seems to have been •
fairly successful in fooling
the entire world insofar as
leaving his Identity on the
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$ te va a.
era! Gustavo Salinas, comman
of the rebel aircraft, personally
recte the air attacks. The reb-
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He ■ had no chance at all to
win.
transportation companies were in-
volved.
Mrs. Katie Lee Anderton asked
for 861,500 from the Texas A
Pacific Railway in 96th District
Court for the death of her hus-
band, Henry C- Anderton, in an
auto-train collision in Arlington
Feb. 10.
G. We Young sued the Texas
Motor Coaches/ Inc., for 935,000
in 96th District - Court for In-
juries received in an acctdent
while a passenger of the om-
pany on the Dallas Pike Dec. 14.
1928. f :
J. G. Reynolds asked 830,000
In 48th Court for injuries re-
ceived in the same accident.
CITY ElStIOiTtO
BE HELD TUESDAY
3420 ARRESTED IN
MARCH BY POLICE
$6,623 In Fines Collected During
the Month
March arrests by members of
Machine Gun During Heavy Fighting
By United Press I
By Ueted Exees, ) ' ’ ■ ' < •
I JUAREZ, Chihuahua, Mex,, Apr. 1.-‘-Revolutionary
headquarters claimed today that 400 federals were killed in
a clash yesterday between the army of Gn.J. G. Escobar,
rebel generalissimo, and that of Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles,
Eacalon.. ' .. ♦-------------------------: *—
The rebels also claimed . that
Notre Dame Cathedral to the In-
valides.
At that time it was noticed
that Herrick appeared extremely
Horowitz and Oliver Pagan, assist-
ants to the Attorney General at
Washington, and by Morrow
Boynton; Alex Mood and. Arnold
Davis, assistants to Federal Di5-
trlct Attorney N. A. Dodge.
The session is expected to con-
tinue about 10 days. R. N. Dura-
ble, Fort Worth, is foreman.
day night. She and her son-in-
law, J. H. Smith, also of Azle,
were taken to St. Joseph’s In-
l
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' the police department • totaled
i 3420, monthly report'to Chief of
Police Henry Lee revealed Mon-
day.
— Fines totaled 86,623, as com-
Fool’s Day and its prankish
customs, little is definitely
known, aitho there are nu-
merous and widely' varied
theories advanced.
One'of the much dispute!
of the many’ludicrous solu»
•tions is that the day is a far-
clai commemoration of Christ
being sent from Annas to
Caiaphas, from Caiaphas to
Pilate, from Pilate to Herod,
and from Herod baek again
to Pilate — the Crucifixion
having taken place about the
first of April..
Furthermore, humorous
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is con-
and says he won't go until an
armistice is signed. '
Mayor Augustin Gallo, mayor
of Juarez. has announced that
Manuel Avalos is the new "Hole-
in-tho-Wall" manager and that
all profits will go to the rebel
war fund.
No Increase in prices was an-
nounced when the new manage-
pages of history
cerned.
About the origin
Michaelson Surrenders On 25 Cases Being Submitted
Liquor Warrant \ . To Grand Jury
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Escobar's army was marching on
Bermajillo, Calles' headquarter*,
following their victory.
, The rebels said 1500 of Calles'
men were captured.
American aviators in the service
of the rebel's raked > the federal
was riding. Her husband
three children, also in’ the
chine, were not hurt.
Hand Is Cut.
, hour.
, But whatever they-got out pt
it. won’t amount to As. much as
any of them could have earned
at a steady job producing some-
thing. " . . •
And they will be lucky if they
get out of it without a perma-
nent injury. either to mind or
- • body.
All of the contestanta were.
, young . .• with the vitality
and' virility of youth.
Some day, when they are not
so young—when vitality lowers
with increasing xears— they'll
i remember this marathon more
, vividly than they do now, *
Today, more .than ten years
after. former soldiers are be-
ginning to raise the sleep they
lost .during the war. -
The Fort Worth Press
- . ' THE WEATHER: TONIGHT FAIR; TUESDAY INCREASING CLOUDINESS
Ue. mdst of them
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day afternoon for burial Mondav
afternoon. The train crew brought
the bodies into Fort Worth,
where they were removed to Har-
veson & Cole mortuary.
Arrangements Pending.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing for Gause’. The body is at
Shannon's mortuary. He is sur-
vived by six sons, ‘Oline, Joe, J. L.,
T. J , Clarence and Burnett, and
seven daughters, Ruth, Alamay
and Joy Gause, and Mrs. K. H
Sheets, Mrs. R. H. Hoffman, Mrs.
Clyde Kirk, alleof Fort Worth,
and Mrs. C. A. Malone of Merid-
ian, Miss. ’
Mrs. L. E. Akard of Azle is
suffering from concussion of the
brain after an anto-street car col-
ot All
Threats of step* to recall Joe
• F. Schooler. County Commission-
unopposed in the election, and
Van Zandt predicts a voting
strength of about 5000 out dP a
it was, a merry session. Incolumns
which a score of women and a duriKe «
Public Health Service and the In-
ternational Hearth Board. ■ -
H6 is from Wolfe City
years has done exclusive public
health service with organizations
operating with the United States
new airplane-, mounted with three
machine-guns. They, said an
American aviator-in the federal
total voting strength, of 28,120. for the reception of Elihu Root,
whoswas to have been hie guest
he lost was the most important
thing he lost. *
For there Were staff changes
during that time.
Some dead wood was cut
adrift. a little weeding-out done.
This men would ’most likely
have found himself with a bet-
ter job . . . if he had been
on the job.
He came back and there was
no job ... and he started
somewhere else at a lower sal-
■•ry, sacrificing hie two years’
time there, having to start all
oyer again,. .............
But the prise money looked
big, and it was in one lump,
and it ■seemed like velvet.
’• • •
ITEE are exceptions, of •
+. course, but as a general
proposition, the only velvet we
set in a financial way is moas.
It is moss that accumulates
from dividends. , It is our sav-
ings. drawing-interest.
The quickest way, and the
best way to get in on the vol...
, vet- ta to stick to a-good job,
Investigation of more than 26
mail fraud cases, most J>t which
are in connection with activities
of unscrupulous oil. promoters,
was started by the Federal grand
jury when it reconvened at 9:30
a. m. Monday. About 10 other
criminal bills of a routine nature
will be placed before the jury.
The’ bills will be placed before
ported killed in Ure fighting, one
of- them being General i Eulogio
Oritz. : . ———
Other telegrams sld that -con-
tact stn was being mde with the
feeling federds at various points
around Escalon.
No estimates of dead and
wounded were given in the rebel
bulletins. nor was the length of
npmafo Escobar. leader of the revolt, won't have to Sffer hit kingdom
.for a horse. Oeneral Escobar has a nice'airolane in which he con
get , around quickly. He keeps it mounted on a fiat car, at shown '
above, and it takes but a fine minutes to dust it off and get going.
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Rebels Report Killing 400
Federals In Mexico Battle
customs in connection with
‛ the day have' been practiced
la India from time immemor-
Jal, and for centuries the
'. Scots, on All Fool’s Day,
have "hunted the gowk," ob
- cuckoo, that bird being there,
as in most lands, held in con- •
tempt.
But the blame is fixed
most squarely pon Charles
IX of Franca, who in 1564
adopted the Reformed calen-
dar, decreeing that the New
Year began on Jan. 1 instead
of April Ji, Thus, those who
were dissatisfied with the
change began the custom of
sending out mock gifts and
felicitations on the 1st of
April. The French calendar
was at length adopted thru-
out Europe and the custom
in connection with the day I
retained in other lands.
The present City Council sutired and his friends urged him
to rest; but the ambassador said
the Rio Grande River is not the
boundary between Mexico and
the United States all the way
from above El Paso to the Gulf.
Th line dips into El Paso and
takes in several blocks. Includ-
ed in this area is Cordova
Island, the site of the "Hole-in-
the-Wall."
' The saloon is so close to the
Texas OIF Company that em-
ployes can lean out of the win-
dows and get a glass of beer
from the saloon.
Mangula, the former proprie-
tor, is a elose friends of Plu-
firmary. He received a broken
left arm, dislocated left elbow,
gash over the eyebrow, and body
bruises. Smith is reported recov-
ering Monday, but Mrs. Akard's
condition is declared critical by
hospital attendants..
Helen Kotus, 3117 South Ad-
ams, was injured when she fell
from the rumble seat of an auto
at Lake Worth Sunday,afternoon.
over the long route from the-, }
CURIO COLLECTOR DIES
By Vntted Press.
SAN ANTONIO, April l.—Miss
Hattie Grace Rabe, 48, San An-
tonio, noted antique and curio
collector, died suddenly in Mexico
City Sunday night, according to
advlees here today. She had gne
there to collect material for her
curio store in San Antonio. Miss
Rabe had"been abroad more than
a hundred times and had visited
every part of the world..
eter registered 90 degrees. It was
the second time this year that the
mercury has reached that mark.
Partly cloudy and colder weath-
er is forecast for East Texas for
tonight and Tuesday. Cloudy
weather is predicted for the
western region of the State.
Just got- in town this moxning."
---------— ----------- .the Congressman replied- All
Ilsloa at Seventh and Main Satur-TI want to sy now ts that I
hope the public will withhold its
judgment until the facts are
Iris rising in the rear of the
courtroom, came forward 2 and
asked why more than 600 citi-
sines et the- county were being
ignored.
"East has not been trying to
cooperate : with the rest of the
staff ' at the home,” Schooler
said. "We want to do what is
best for the children there.”
"We want to know why Mr.
East has nof been given a- fair
trial and what action we ean
take to see that he and hik wife
get justice.” Mrs Yates asked: ,
Ignore Votrs. ,
Commissioner Boaz reiterated
RECALL THREAT C
MADE AGAINST /
COMMISSIONER A
, tarco Elias Calles, former pres-
ident, who is directing federal
forces against the rebels. For
that reason Mangula la across
the line in El Paso swapping
war yards with Gen. Matias Ra-
mos. federal general who was
sent to defend Juarez but who
was defeated. --------
. - Following the fall of Juarez
to the rebels,' Mangula stocked
up his saloon with "American
straight" whisky, Chtuahv
beer and Madero cognae, put in
a battery of slot machines and
did a rushing business. . .
Then one night Mangula got
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ff worst comes to worst with the African resolution, Oeneral J.
Rebel leaders here today said the
long-expected attack on Naco.
Sonora, by insurrectionists had
started with bombing of the fed-
eral stronghold by a rebel air-
plane.
Two persons were killed. head-
quarters announced, one a fed-
ral soldier and the other a ci-
vilian.
The plane made two trips yes-
terday. dropping bombs each time,
the rebels said, but was unsuccess-
ful the first time. On the second
trip four bombs were dropped,
two of them exploding.,
Federals. made no attempt to
bring down the plane, the rebels,
said, because it flew too high.
man D. S.
Lan dll.
Warmer tem-
peratures are
predicted fdr
Tuesday.
Highest
t e m perature
ever recorded
here for Mar.
31 was made
Sunday, when
the thermom-
Several Others Also Hurt
In Accidents in
Fort Worth
Accidents in Fort Worth took
three ikes over the week-end.
' Seven others were injured, one
critically. '
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Maxpard,
about 50, of Sanger were killed in-
stantly when their auto was
struck by a Missouri-Kansas-Texas
train nine miles north of Fort
Worth at 9 a. m: Sunday.
J. W. Gause, 59, was injured fa-
tally when hit by an auto while
drossing the street near his home.
2413 Clinton, at 10:20.p. m. Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard were en
route here when struck by the
Fort Worth-bound “Bluebonnet.”
Maynard Jias in the cotton and
grain, business at Sanger. The
bodies were sent to Prosper Sun-
FAIR WEATHER AND
CLOUDY IS FORECAST
Thermometer Sets Record For
March 81; Sends Mercury to co.
Fair weather with increastag
cloudiness is forecast for Fort
Worth and’ vicinity during the
' next 24 hours
)= I b y Weather-
rib, according to St. Joseph’s Ina rect after he had prepared a
firmary attendants. "complete statement later in the
manned by
Ballot Boxes and Supplies to Be
Distributed
Ballot boxes and supplies were
distributed to 62 precincts Mon-
day for the city election Tues-
day.
Polls will open at 7 a. m. and
close at 8 p. m. According to
City Secretary I. N. Van Zandt
Jr., .the count should be nearly
complete by '9 p. m. Tuesday.
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Complete Wire Reports-of the UNITED PRESS, the GREATEST World-Wide News !
known.
"There was do liqnori this
case at all.”
t Michaelson waived examination
before the United States com-
missioner. and gave cash bonds
totaling 82,000 to guarantee his
appearance for arraignment in
Florida early in May.
After this brfef formality the
Congressman left the building,
promising reporters that their
offices would hear from him di-
borders this morning indica-
tion of the nation’s great esteem
tor Herrick—and Le Petit Wour-
nal expressed the public's regard
for the man who refused to leave
the threatened capitol during th*
darkest of World ’War days.
"He was popular without ever
trying 86 be so and was tested
during th* tiylug days,1* th*—-
newspaper said.
President Calls.
Members' of the cabinet, lead-
ing foreign representatives, many
newspapermen and public offi-
cials led the way to the Ameri-
can embassy to. sign the register
and express their sympathy.
President Doumergue telephoned
the embassy, immediately , after
he was informed of the death of
! the ambassador.
The ambassador's cold started
' the day after he stood In th*
open air at the funeral of Mar-
shal Foch. He walked and ehat-
ted with the Prince ot Wales
He lost four months of
Abd of course, ‘the time
cording to announcement today by . -J
the Lone Star Gas Company. J
8 a. m........ p. m.
Sup rises 0:Tand mu 4:4
That's about 23 cents an
hour. On the basis of an eight-
hour day,' it would be about
$1.76 a day.
an our and the third couple
for about 3 cents an hour.
। That's cheap labor. ,
THREE CRASH SUITS
ARE FILED MONDAY
(., —# mler .
Damages Totaling $126,500 Ar*
Sought From Companies
Damages totaling 8126,500
were asked in three suits filed
in District Courts Monday. All
were for accidents in which
Arch Cleveinger, 2842 Fifth
Avenue, is suffering from a lacer-
ated left hand, caused in an auto
accident at Keller Sunday after
noon. His auto turned over #fter
leaving the road, and Cleveinger’s
arm was thrown thru the wind-
shield. He is in Baptist Hospital.
N. J. Hall, 1801 Alston, and
Joe Lloyd, 1917 Sixth Avenue,
were hurt in the first auto acci-
dent at Lake Worth this spring.
They sffered minor injuries
when thrown from their auto in a
collision near the Nine-Mile
Bridge Saturday night. They have
been released from All Saints Hos-
pital, where they were taken after
the crash.
FIRED LAST WEEK,
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Petition With 600 Names
• GAS LINK TO BE BUILT
DALLAS, April 1. — A new E
gas pipe line is to be built from
Gainesville thru portions of Cooks E
and Montague Counties to supply 3
Myra, Munester and St. Joe, so- U
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BY JOHN SORRELLS
' rTE dance marathon staggered
• - to a finish and today . the
contestants can take stock of
thetr earnings.
" The winning couple was paid
8700. That’s 3350 each. They
danced approximately . 1568 .
hours.
Fear for Kingsford-Smith and
Companions Grows. v
ByUnttedFresa. ' ■
SYDNEY, N. S. W.. April 1 —
Officials and th* populace in gen-
eral en tertai n‛ed grave fears today,
for the safety of Capt'. Charles E.
Kingsford-Smith and his compan-
ions in the airplane Southern
Cross, forced, down In ne of the
wildest sections of Australia,
while attempting a nonstop flight
from Sydny to Wyndham.
The first government relief
plane, piloted by Lieutenant
Woods, reached Fitzroy. Crossing,
2100 miles northwest of Sydney,
today and reported no trace of the
Southern Cross could abe found,
Aterrifie storm, 16 reported.rag-
ing today in the Wyndham area,
which is likely to prevent search
from that end of the proposed
flight.
THERE’S something fascinat-
I Ing about a prise.
It seems like easy fqoney —
and one views it not In driblets
Ilk* s weekly wage, but in on*
lump.
That psychology accounts for
th* queer urge that impels one
to enter a dance marathon . . .
or a bunion derby. e
It accounts for the profes-
atonal contestant— for the ha-
bitual contestant.
" He will spend time and en-
ergy. thought and enterprise in
a contest which cannot 3 bring
hif nearly as much money at
the end Of A given time as he
could earn at a regular job.
Yet. - he views the money in
one lump , . . and it seems
like velvet.
(F course they got their.
U meals free and s place to
minutes .every
pared with the penalties assessed
for the same period last year of
87.473. Arrests’to Marell, 1928,
totaled 2651. AFebruary’s arrests
totaled 2428, with fines total-
ing 85,086.
RUT this young man quit hl*
M job .and set to work.
He didn't win, of course.
As, a matter of fact, his
chanewah not even one in a
hundred thousand. His chance
was nothing.
For he took to his task no
esperfence, no special equip-
ment. no special (raining.'
The bars were down in this
contest. It was open to profes-
slonals as well as amateurs. ■
And the field was packed
with professional writers . .
experienced writers, trained
American Ambassador Dies
। in Paris From Attack
$ Of Heart
FLAPPER FANNY,
Easter expenses ara
overhead.
Will Be Selected From Panel of
. Ig Picked Satrday
Twelve men to serve as the
Tarrant County grand jury for
the next three months probably
Will be chosen Wednesday from
16 men who were selected late
Saturday as the grand jury
panel, •— .
The nw jury is to begin its
dellberatlops before the end of
the week.
The grand jury panel is com-
posed of R. C. Cantrell, M. Geb-
ert, Roscoe Carnrike, J. C. Ste-
phens, Marvin Ieonard; John T.
McLendpneA. W, Waddington,
Harry Btant Sr. William Rigg.
E. J. Jenkins, J. E. Fender,
Clarence Kraft. W, H. Scarbor-
ough, H. C. .Walton, J. d. Mon-
trief And Will Hiett.
G. W. LUCKY GETS
HEALTH APPOINTMENT
Wolfe City Man Selected for City
Pepartment Staff.
pr. GJ W. Luekey Monday was
appointed one of thernssistant eity
health directors by Dr. Ernest
Prothro, city health director.
Dr. buckey for the last six
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T KNOW a young newspaper-
I maq who quit a job once so
that he could put al) of his time
writing a story to enter into a
prize contest.
The first prize. if I am not
mistaken, was a pretty good
lump of money.
, But, there were about a hun
dred thousand entrants into the
contest and only one could win
Oue chance In a hundred -
thousand to win ten or twenty
thouzand dollars is somewhat
slim.
Professional gamblers, .who
make thetr living taking
chances, wouldn't even look at
such odds. "
--aT
By United Press.
CHICAGO. April l.—Congress-
man M. Alfred Michaelson of
Illinois, a fugitive from justice
since Saturday morning, when
-United States deputy marshals
were sent out to bring him in
on a warrant charging violation
of the prohibition laws, surren-
dered at the Chicago' federal
the battle ascertained. ,
They said Gen-1 , ... ... . k
ider Naco Under Attack
di- i From Rebel Plane
eb- .
— tyyemed Press,
NOGALES, Sonora, April 1,—
HL PASO, April 1.— Business
M was booming today in the
"Hole-in-the-Wall," only legal
saloon north of the Rio Grande
and south of the Canadian bet-
der.
But silver dollars that tin-
kled on the bar in payment for
drinks very much ante-Volstead
wererkolag into* the war coffers
of the Nexican rebels instead of
into the pockets of ManueFan-
guia once the picturesque own-
I er of the saloon that is in Mex- i
news that a detachment of reb-
el soldiers was on its way to take
the saloon. Mangula leaped out
the front door from Mexico tor
Eucalyptus • Street, El Paso.
U. S. A. He hasn’t been back
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sminma
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is to Be Questioned By Chief
of Detectives
The third member of a group
of men who' robbed a bank at
Peacock. in Stonewall County, in
1926, and- who escaped arrest,
was nabbed by City Detectives
Dyer and Grant at 7 a. m. Mon-
day at a Riverside residence. He
will be questioned by Chief of
Detectives Jackson.
Tw of the bandits were cap-
tured after ths robbery, one of
whom was fatally wounded when
accidentally shot and the other
give na seven-year sentence to
the Texas penitentiary. The lat-
ter case is now on appeal.
half doseh men appeared before
the court. Mrs.’Yates and sev-
eral other spokeswomen told the
court that they felt that Mr. and
Mrq. East had not receive a fair
trial. Members of the court de-
fended their action with as few
words as possible.
Other highlights of the meet-
lag . were the* voluntary resigna-
tion of Mrs. Laura Honed, as-
sistant matron of the home, and
the dismissal of Mrs. Nora Roddy
as seamstress, as asked by John
T. William, East's successor.'.
Williams had asked that he
start with "a elean house and
new staff" but nona of the com-
missloners heeded his hint until'
he asked pointblank that Mrs.
Roddy be dismissed.
Eleven petitions were presented
formally to the court and read
by Judge Shannon. On motion of
Sehooler they were "filed 'and
rejected” without comment.
From Entire County. *
- The petitions .asked that East
I be granted "an impartial hear-
ing and if not found guilty of
misconduct be reinstated:, with
full authority to employ and dis-
charge all aaslstahts.” The peti-
tions were circulated by Mmes,
B. C. Dunlap, George Gray, Vic-
tor C. Yates, R. W. Sterritt, K.
C. Redmond. O. W. Moore, J. JQ.
Page, J. C. Jones, Wayne Gray.
William Bigbee and J. N. Clif-
ton. The cireulators and signers
represented the entire county.
Judge Shannon told .the court
that he thought it only fair to .
the new superintendent that he
be given full power and that Mrs.
Honea and Mrs. Roddy be dis-
missed to save him agy embar-
rassment in discharging them.
He also asked they then be giv-
en hearings on their dismissal.
Mrs. Honea’s resignation was
offered by Schooler and accepted
without debate. When Judge
Shannon asked if action was to
be taken regarding Mrs. Roddy,
a resolution was presented giving
the superintendent full power to
hire and fire. It was passed.
Williams came to the table and
said that he wanted to begin his
duties at the home with a "clean
slate and entirely new staff." He
was informed by. Commissioner '
Wright that the resolution just
passed gave him power to fire
sny employe there he desired te.
Shannon asked the commissioners 1
to dismiss Mrs.- Roddy and let
Williams re-hire if he wanted to.
but no action was taken.
Shannon Ignored,
When Williams said plainly ,
that he wanted the court to dis-
miss Mrs. Roddy before he took ’
charge of the home, motion for •
her discharge was made by Wali .
and passed unanimously. Judge
Shannon remarked that he fa-
vored giving her a hearing if she
asked It. but was again ignored.
- At this point the feminine
leaders seeking to aid East, their
Mrs. R. H Hallauer, 1816
Washington, is in St. Joseph’s In-
firmary with an injured back, fol-
lowing an accident at Jennings
Avenue and Texas Street at 6
p. m. Sunday. A street car strick
the rear of the auto in which she
Investigation Started
On Morgan Charges
By United Press.
, NEW YORK, April 1. — Cus-
toms agents who vere involved
in any way in the case of Rep.
William M. Morgan, dry Con-
gressman of Ohio, accused of
bringing in four, bottles, of whis-
ky from Panama • a week ago,
were ordere dto report today'to
.United States Attorney Charles
H. Tuttle, who is conducting an
investigation. ' «
L. E. Crawford and Janies Mc-
Cabe, the customs officials who
brought the charge against Mor-
gan, were called specifieally as
the first witnesses.
They reported < they examined
Morgan’s Juggace at thepler and
said he admitted having the
liquor, but that as a Congress-
man he claimed a right to free
entry. Morgan has denied there
was liquor in his baggage.
THIRD MEMBER OF
BANDITS IS CAUGHT
DIPLOMAT WAS.74
—
Body Probably Will Be Put ,
Aboard Cruiser and Sent ]
Home to U S.
By United Preso, • 4-.37
PARIS, April 1.— Anbasshde '
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio died
suddenly just before dusk yester- I l
day, after a courageous all-day I
battle agatnst a falling heart.
Arrangements have been made J
with officials at Quai d’Orsay to II
hold the funeral probably Thurs- J
day, with two addresses. One “1
address will be made by either
Premier Raymond Pofncare or
Foreign Minister Aristide Br-
and.
The addresses will be at th*
embassy probably with later ser4
vices at' a church for memhers ]
of the American colony. T,n3
• Cruiser Waits. 38
After a formal procession to ' I
the station, the body will he 1
taken aboard one of the newest. I
French cruisers at Havre on J
Cherbourg for Washington. ,u
The program is tentative, pend- "
ing approval of President Hoo-
ver and Parmely Herrick, son of
the ambassador.
Death came to the 74-year-old
diplomat five days after he had
stood—bare headed fur IWO
during the review of troops at the
funeral of Marshal Ferdinand
Foch. The best-loved of ambas-
sadors to France insisted upon
paying the last tribute to France's 1
soldier hero and the damp mist 4
caused him to catch cold.
His condition became suddenly
critical early Sunday and he died
quietly at the American embassy .
late in 'the day.
France In Mourning.
Led by President Doumergue. J
otfiefal and , unofficial ,
mourned wit Ameria
Herrick was probably the most
popular diplomatic representative
in Paris, and it,was the smiling,
white-haired mbassador who
stood at the elbow of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh when France shout-
ed her tumultous cheers to Amer-
ica two years ago.
Paris newspapers carried black
er, and-, "possibly others." of the
Tarrant Couhty Commissioners'
Court were made freely Monday
morning after’the court rejected
petitions signed by more than
600 men and women asking that
T. W. East, discharged last week
a superintendent of the Orphans'
Home, be given a hearing.
Jeaders pf the movement pro-
testing' East's discharge without
a hearing met in County Judge
Small's courtroom Immediately
after Commissioner Wall declared
the East matter closed. A com-'
mittee of six was named to con-
sult with attorneys as to what
ateps are necessary to obtain A
hearing for East and his wife,
alsq discharged ' as matron at
the home.
Court Says Matter Cosedy,
"The matter is closed as far
as the Commissioners’ Court is
concerned,’’- Wall said. i
' "It .isn’t so far as we are con-
cerned. We are just getting
started,” Mrs. Victor C. Yates,
one of the leaders in-circulating
the petitions, said.
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