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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
|ghter of Census
 Director Suicide

adelphia, Oct. 11.-Miss Esther }, daughter of Samuel L. Rogers pr of the United States census
 at Washington, died in the soon hospital here early today circumstances that indicated ed ended her life with poison lng to the police.
 Rogers, who was 25 years old nployed as stenographer, was in her boarding house, last suffering from the effects of
 She was rushed to the hos md died without regaining con ness.
 Rogers said his daughter had zen in the best of health and zen subject to spells of extreme sness. He kne wof no reason p, Tor her to end her life.
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Charges of Murder are Placed Against Alleged
 Slayers ONE OF CAPTIVES
 IMPLICATES OTHER Declares Watchman Was Slain as He Was Know to Have S2OO
 on His Person

Two negroes, Walter Dennis and Ananias Brown. are being neld in the jail at England without bond, for the killing sometime Sunday night, of Nora Canada, negro night watch man at q gin on the Steel plantation near England.
 The alleged confession of Brown last night refutes the theory that the killing was the result of night-rid- ing.
 The two negroes were arrested by Sheriff Bob Duncan, of England, yes- terday morning about II o'clock. They were given d hearing before Justice of the Peace J. P. Lipscomb last night, and Brown is said to have confessed to his part in the crime, but stated that Dennis had done the killing. Dennis is being held for murder, and Brown as an accessory.
 It is stated that the story told to the court last night, Brown said the negro, Canada, who had been dele gated by the manager of the Steel plantation, to act as night watch man after warnings to close had been found posted on the gin building, was known by him to have about S2OO on his person. He told the negro Dennis about it, he is alleged to have stated, and the two went to the gin to rob the watchman. He said Den- his shot him when he offered resis- tance.
 Although Brown is said to have confessed after several in court last night, Dennis remained adament, de- nying his part in it throughout. The body of the dead watchman was found early this morning, prop ped against a side of the gin building. his face riddled with shot from shotgun. He had apparently been dead for several hours when he was found. He had lived on the Steel plantation for a number of years, 1t was stated, and was known as the best negro in the England commun- ! ity.
 It was first thought yesterday that the killing of Canada was the result of night riding, since several gin owners in that community had been warned by means of crudely printed leters, to close their gins. These warnings were not needed, but watch men, were delegated to guard them during the night. Canada was one of these watchmen.
 l Gin owners were not intimidateds l by the warnings or by the killing, as was first thought, of one of the watchmen, but continued to operate ! their gins all day Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
OKLAHOMA BANDITS NORMALLY WOUND
 GARLAND OFFICERS
Campers Open Fire When Their Business Near City
 is Questioned

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 11.-Follow- ing gun fight yesterday with ban dits said to be from Oklahoma, Dep uty Sheriff Row Brown today lies at the point of death and Constable Will Wilson of an outlying township is suffering from two wounds in- flicted by the bandits, who are still at large, when the officers attempt ed to question them as to their bus mess in this vicinity, word having been received by the officers that a party of campers ~sre acting in a suspicious manner.
 The Oklahoma party, which con- sisted of five meh, said to be Tom "Curly" Slaughter, Lee Jarrett, h. dian, Albert O'Connor, Indian, Paul Writers and man by the name of Green and two girls, Ruby Smith, aged 19 years, of Texarkana and No Ia Brooks, aged IS, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, had been camping some seven miles from Hot Springs off the Little Rock highway, and complaints had been received by the officers from neighbors in the vicinity. Sun day morning Deputy Sheriff Row Brown, accompanied by Deputy Con stable R. D. Adams and Constable Will Wilson, went to investigate the matter and to question the party. They found the csmp and the girls, and three of the men whom they questioned. The officers were in- formed that the two leaders of the party were in town. The officers decided to wait for them on the main highway. Presently the two Okla homans returned in a car and Brown called to them to stop, telling them he desired to speak with them.
 The larger of two men in the car killed the engine, stopped the car and stepped out with Winchester rifle. He covered Brown and Will son, who were in advance of Adams and ordered the officers to throw ur their hands. According to Adams Brown complied, but Wilson drew his gun, when it was almost instant. ly shot out his hand by the Oklaho- man. Brown had backed away iowa rd his car where he left his rifle, but drew his pistol an alfred one shot In the meantime he was riddled witt Adams fired one shot and believed he hit the larger of the two mer in the shoulder. He declared botl of the bandits were firing at thu officers and that after firing the lar ger man ran away through thu woods, while the smaller one jumped into the car and sped away. Pos ses were immediately formed ant are searching the country for tn
 men.
 Warn Local Officers.
 Sheriff C. M. Nichol was notifie. ' 1 CsS
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CraZed CrOssett Man Stays One;
 is Then Killed

Crossett, Ark, Oct. 11.-Nathan Thurman, aged 2s, overseas veteran, was shot and killed here today by Ray Sutton after the ex-soldier had killed Victor Hancock, aged 35, a farmer. Sutton told the officers that Thurman became "crazy drunk" on moonshine whiskey and that arm ed with rifle he drove all his neigh bors into their homes. He said that he and Hancock attempted to dis arm Thurman who fired, killing Hancock instantly. Sutton said that he then shot and killed Thurman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
3 WOMEN DROWN

New Orleans, Oct. u.-The three women passengers aboard the Amet- ican steamer Speedwell, which went down during the sripical hurricane September 29. perished in life boats. according to information whieh reached here by wireless today ffaS| the Pacific and Oriental oil taH Sunoil, now en route from T4NSl to Chester, Pa. One male petssl
 was seved and one dieda Fifteep the nineteen memhers q tho k&y were saved. Ihe captain and fi( mate went doNns ith thaix <
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
Col. Geo. w. Murphy
 Dies at Capital

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 11.-Colonel Geo. w. Murphy, aged 79, widely known attorney, died at local hos pital this afternoon. Colonel Murphy enlisted in the confederate army at the outbreak of the civil war, was wounded five times and finally in capacitated for active service. He was state attorney from 1901 to 1905 and was the progressive party's cans didate for governor in 1912.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
TWO NEGROES ARE HELD IN MURDER AT GIN: ONE DENIES
 NIGHT RIDING WAS CAUSE
ICE CREAM WITH 4
 KICK CARRIES THE
 0. k. OF UNCLE SAM.

+ Chicago. Oct. 1t.-Ice cream +
 Fl with kick is being manufac- 4 + tured. s. T. Nivling. President of f
 + the National Association of Ice +
 + Cream Manufacturers, admitted 4
 + at the twentieth annual conven- 4
 + tion of the association here. # + However. the alcohol that is 4 + finding its way into the higher I
 + priced creams and the snort of 4 + rum that has become one of the I + ingredients of tutti frutti is l + used as a preservative, according 4 + to MT. Nivling, and is limited l + by government supervision. to f + one half of one per cent. #
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
Civil Strife In
 Oil Town Feared

Austin, Texas, Oct. 11.-Adjutant w. P. Cope left Austin Monday for Desdemonia according to information from his department for an investiga- tion in response to a request from citizens of that city that the gover- nor send rangers there because of complications that have arisen in the city administration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
TYROL- TO ITALY.

Vienna, Oct. 1.-The southern Ty- rol, allotted to Italy by the Austrian peace treaty formally passed into the Italian hands yesterday. There were solemn ceremonies in the churches and public places. The city of Inns bruck was draped in mourning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
LETTER FROM HOOVER.

San Francisco, cct. LA letter from Herbert Hoover to Mrs. Robert Burdette of Californio, saying that "'since the armistice the administra- ton has made failure by all the tests we can supply" was made pub lie here tonight by western head quarters of the Republican national committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
lld Hold Cotton
 for Forty Cents

son, Miss, Oct. 11.-Five hun oankers, planter and business .om all sections of Mississippi
 'o a mass meeting here tomor-
 .ake action favoring the pro VI The American Cotton Asso-
 70 hold cotton for forty cents
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12

night at BrlXton prIson, sccofUr1s to a bulletin issued today by the Irish Self f-Determination League his condition was said to be vlr- tually the same as yesterday. This is the sixtieth day of the Lord Mayors hunger strike.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
|CHT RIDERS
 N ACTIVE WAR |O HOLD COTTON
nc;ated Press So Classiffes ! Gin Burnings and l Warnings INVEST LOSS BY ] FIRE IS IN TEXAS Alabama Gins Are Idle After rn;nes Are Posted Others In Georgia Have Been
 Posted
lpu Associated Press)

! By Associated Press) s+ bloodshed in connection with ,read efforts of night riders to .otton off the market until the ! is bringing forty cents pound kported yesterday from England Ssas. Nora Canada, a negro, Eved as guard at a gin whose had received a warning to dis Hue operations was found shot Nth.
 heaviest loss sustained since (pht riders campaign, began, Is ked from Cameron, Texas, where mpress and warehouses of the Fon Compress Company, and bales of cotton were burned y morning. The flames de- |d property valued at s1,ooO,ooO fofficials believe the fire was of ary origin and the authorities sestigating report that an au- He driven at a high speed was |o leave the vicinity just before mes were discovered.
 additional cotton fires were led in Texas yesterday. The rm of the Farmers Union Iouse at Rockdale was discover flames but the fire was ex- shed. Several bales of cotton reported destroyed in fire at Hale.
 E Fire Marshal Williams, who len investigating fires in the rn part of Alabama, reported hay to Governor Kilby that the which destroyed store at sille last week was of incendi- igin. but the destruction of a Morgan county and another in Ln county was accidental.
 in Moulton, Alabama were idle lay after the operators had dis a warnings posted on them me Sunday night ordering to close until cotton brought It's a pound and cottonseed $40 y gin in Calhoun county, Ala was posted Sunday night, the g resulted in the calling of meeting of the county branch
 American Cotton Association cuss methods for protection hrnings in this case were sign mmittee of one hundred"
 in Douglas and surrounding es in Georgia have been posted eriff Baggett of Douglas coun-
 offered a reward of $500 for lest of the guilty persons. No ave been destroyed in GeoxHa ar. Warnings appeared in 9 hsly unaffected section of Carolina yesterday, Governor
 having been advised that a lar Bishopville, in Lee cocnty len ordered to close.
 hta, Ga., Oct. 11.-Cotton gins en pueirao m remabpart,e
 glas and surrounding counties ping posted with warnings to ln account of the price of cot heriff A. s. Baggett, of Doug unty, reported to Governor
 today, and added that he had
 reward of $500 for arrest guilty persons.
 sheriff wrote that a "lawless
 was trying to get control of uation.
 CTS of the threatened gins are ng them at cost of $1O to $1c the sheriff said. No gins have len reported burned or other Rmaged in Georgia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-12
THE WEATHER.
Tuesday n { Wednesday gen orally fair, mod crate temperature

Mails speed'1 is strictly a base-| ball term; can't apply to Burleson
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n0th Day of Fast

London. Oct. H. IVY Terence Mac Swiney
 passed a fairly good
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
U. S. SHIPPING BOARD
VESSEL SEIZED FOR
PRO LAW VIOLATION

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 12-Thc
United States shipping board steam
cr Lake Linden was seized By the
sheriff here and Captain Goldsbor-
ough. master Of the vessel and thir-
teen members Of the crew arrested
charged with violating the prohibi-
tion law One hundred and fifty
cases of whiskcy were removed from
the steamer. The whiskcy is vaiuad
at $4,000. This j. said To he the
first instance where a shipping board
steamer on any vessel engaged in for
eign trade was seized for vioGtinE
the prohibition laws
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
DCOURTROON
AT HlDALCO IS
BURNED DOW N
United States Customs and
immigration Records Are
Also Destroyed

The old Hidalgo county court
house at Hidalgo. on the Rio Grande,
former county seat, was totally de-
stroyed BY fire at 2 o'clock Sunday
morning, according to news reaching
Deputy Port Collector r. H. CHM Of
the Brownsville customhoUse today.
The building housed the United
States customs and immigration Of
fices, and all records Of these govern
ment departments were lost. the in
formation stated.
The building was owned By Man
uel Samano Of Brownsville. who
bought il from Hidalgo county about
ten years ago when the county seat
was removed 60 Edinburg. At Mr..
Samano's office il was stated the
brick structure. which was built for
ty years on more ago, was valued at
about S50G0. Mr. Samano has gone
to Hidaigo 10 investigate. How the
fire started was unknown here.
The building had been used for
various purposes since it was aban-
doned as a courthouse. and soon after
the outbreak Of the CarranZa rev0lu-
tiOn housed a large number Of refu-
gees from the Mexican town of Rey-
rosa. besides Huerta soldiers who
crossed TO the American side before
and after the battle Of Reynosa i'm
April. 1919
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
MILLION AND HALF LIZ.
MOHAIR CROP In SIGHT
Weather Conditions and Good
Range Make for Big Crop

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. l2.-
There il hope for the wearer Of mo-
hair suits. The spring mohair clip
OF South Texas alone will amount to
| 100000 pounds, according to A. O..
Schreiner Of the Charles Schreiner
Company Of kerrville, Texas, deal
ers in wool The spring wool crop Of
South Texas will amount To 1.000,-
600 pounds. Mr.. Schrciner said. The
value of the South Texas crops Of
wool and mohair probably viii reach
81 100000, Mr.. Schreiner said.
Weather conditions ard good
range have combined To produce an
fine crop Of wool and mo-
hair, according to Mr. Schreiner, and
with favorable weather for shearing
the spring crop viii he one Of thc best
on record
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12

Pat NJ. Neff Cf Waco, candidate
for the democratic nomination for
governor before the July plmarie.
arrived III Brownsville today from
Waco on his first stop IN his Lower
Rio Grande campaign Mr. Neff is
the first democratic candidate for
governor to carry personally con
ducted campaign in this section oi
Texas.
Judge +. W Seabury of Browns
vile. 4 personal friend Of Mr. Neff's.
has made the necessary preliminary
arrangements for Mr.. Ncff here, and
will introduce him al the Neff meet
ing TO be held in the county court
room at the court house at 1880 D. m.
tonight Judge Seabury was Mr.
Neff'~ deSkmate in the legislature iH
1901, and succeeded Mn. Neff as
speaker Of the house.
Mr. Ncfi viii spend practically the
entire week III the Valley He will
be at Raymondville Tuesday after
noon and Harrington Tuesday night (;
at San Berito Wednesday afternoon
and Merccde= Wednesday night: at
Donna Thursday morning and Pharr
Thursday afternoon; at McAllen
Thursday night; at Edinhurg Friday
afternoon and Mission Friday night
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
FOUR HUSBANDS AT SAME
TIME NOTWRONG, THINKS
New York Girl Says She New
er Troubled to Get Divorce

NEW YORK, Jan. Protesting
that she did not know il was illegal
TO have more than one husband at a
time. Edna Leslie, % years old, was
arraiencd in Brooklyn today on the
charge Of having had four in the last
seven years. She admitted that all
Of them were alive. and that she
never troubled herself with divorce
John Leslie, who owns a freight boat.
was the last Of the line. and She de-
clared She loved him best Of al.
Il never thought I'd see any Of my
former husbands again. the young
woman told the court. ''and did not
think il was against the law 20 marry
so many men. I'm sorry If | have
broken the law"
Mrs. Leslie was held in 81 GOO bail
en- a charge of bigamy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
WANTS S250,6OO,0GO TO
RECLAIM SWAMD LANDS
Louisiana Governor Makes a
Proposal at Conference

WASHINGTON, W Jan. l2-Legis-
lation authorizing an appropriation
of S250.O00. goo fer Use iu reclaiming
swamp. overflow and irrigable lands
was proposed today by u. W. Ross
II Louisiana at y conference w rep
resentatives Of southern governors
held here. under the joint auspices of
The southern house of governors and
the southern commercial congress.
This sum, according to the plan.
would be repaid over 70 period Of p
years through sinking fund created
hy the sale of collateral bonds issued
on the reclaimed lands hy the federal
farm loan board. While the plan is
national i'm scope, Ross declared.
about 70.0O0,00O of the SO.GO0,0OO
acres Of this land to % reclaimed are
located i'm southern states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
CRAZY NEGRO HOLDS
OFF OFFICERS FROM
.BARRICADFD ATTIC
U'v Thc As-o- aJrl Trc w

TENARhANA, Texas, Jan. 12.-
After shooting and killing Dan
Grimes, negro, Henry Wilson, in-
sane, last night 5arricaded himself III
an attic of farm house five miles
from here and has held the sheriff
and his deputies at bay since. The
sheriff Is preparing 70 dynamite the
house. Deputy Sheriff Barrett, think
ing the negro was killei by two hun
dred shots fired into the building.
pokci his head through an opening III
the loft and received scalp wound
from a bullet fired by the negro.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
MERCEDES FORFEITS TO
Fl. BROWN ATHLETES

The Mercedes football team, sched-
uled 90 play Fort Brown Sunday afr
tcrnoon. failed To show UP and, ac-
cording TO the rules Of the a5s0cia-
ticu. forfeited the game TO Fort
Brown hv a onc-t0-nothing score The
Fort RjnVg0ld team that beat Fort
Brown On New Years day by q score
of 13 to o. did much worse than that
to thc team of Sam FordyCC. winning
BY sccre w 81 to o, Sunday. Al
McAlIen, san Benito won from the
home aggregation by sccre Of w
70 o.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
CALIFORNIA CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OPPOSES
FIGHT AT TIAJUANA

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. l2.-
Governor William ID. Stephens Of Cal
ifornia announced Sunday that hc
would ask the government at Wash
ington TO impose passport restriction
that would prevent the proposed
worlds championship bout between
Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpen-
tier at Tijuana, Mexico, just across
the border from California.
Governor Stephens statement said :
According to press dispatches it il
proposed that a prize fight between
Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpen-
tier. shall be held at Tiajuana, just
across the Mexican border. Negotia-
tions and plans are going forward in
a large part within California in dis
respect to the law thereof 1t is plan
ned to step across the border and
there consummate something that is
unlawful within our state, and thus
circumvent our statutes.
at is my duty To command respect
for the laws of California. | shall
therefore feel obliged, If necessary,
to make protest to the federal gov
ernment and request that il exercise
its power Of regulation and control
Of the international boundary as To
prevent the holding of this contest
THE people Of California have re-
fused 10 tolerate the evil influences
growing out Of such pugilistic en-
counters and have declared them to
be unlawful. Those intolerable in-
fluences would be the same in the
contest were it heid i'm Tiajuana, as if
held i'm San Diego or elsewhere in our
state.
"Under normal international rela-
tions. a protest on the part Of this
country to the Mexican government
against anything near the boundary
line that would he offensive 10 the
reople OF California would undoubt-
edly he effective. Inasmuch as no
such diplomatic relations exist. | shall
appeal TO cur federal government"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
COT SO YEARS IN PRISON.

Judge ". r. Jones returned today
from Lorgvicw. where hc helped IL
the prosecution of Joe Henderson. 60
years old. charged with the murder
of neighbor named Killingsworth,
and was convicted and given 99 years
i'm prison. The case attracted wide
interest in East Texas because Of the
prominence of the parties implicated
The defense attorneys included Cone
Johnson, J. Il. Edwards. Young <
Stcnchcomb, Lacey 4 Bramlett,
Judge Felix McCcrd Of McCord d
Campbell. and others. The prosecu-
ton was BY District Attorney w. 4.
Shtults and Judge Jones. Charlie
Henderson, son Of the convicted man,
il yet TO be tried on the same charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-12
SIXTH LIBERTY
LOANPOSSIBLE',
GLASS Says
Treasury Able 10 Pay Its Way
Unless Congress Spends
Too Freely

WASHINGTON, u. C, Jan. 70
Another liberty lean viii w necessary
+ congress cmbarks ou "ncw fields
II large expenditure or reduces the
aggregate volume W taxes" Secre-
tary Class declared in statement
last night setting forth the govern
ment's financial condition. II the
present tax level Is retained and new
expenditures are kept down, the turn
has come in the tide Of government
financing. he asserted.
Barring congressional action men
Toned 'ir. Glass believed the treas
lry would bc able to pay it's own way
from tax and war salvage receipts.
Although further issues Of treasury
certificates Of indebtedness may be
expected. they will bc redeemed from
cash rather than through the sale Of
new issues Of certificates for the first
time since late in 1917. The sCcrc-
tary directed attention To statements
made IN September I'M which he cX-
pressed the opinion that the strain
had lessencd and that after January
i. the governments financial prob
lens would more easily be solved.
AZ Indicative Of the progress made
in solution Of these problems Mr.
Glass pointed to reductions between
September | and January ] IN the
nations gross debt and in the two
classes W certificates w indebtedness
outstanding. The gross debt which
September was S26, ,5gG. .T0l Gas
was $25.837.07S.S07 January II Re
ductiou ~ the floating debt (uuma-
turea treasury certificates w indebt-
cdnessl of S622,C53,250 has been
male since September !. leaving the
total outstanding obligations " this
nature at S8.57S,4S5,S0 on January
NV. A reduction Of S6S5. 500 was
reported in the outstanding so-callcd
lean certificates. leaving Sl,325, ,66l Wv
GEO Of these 10 De funded. Loan Ger
tificates outstanding January 4. were
Of issues maturing January ?. Ianu-
ary m. February ? and February l6.
All. the secretary said. have been or
will be paid out Of cash Oh hand Jan
uary II OFT from proceeds of sales IF
tax certificates issued in anticipation
of any one of four tax instailmcnts
due during the year.