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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-14
EXPRESS co. IS
SEEK ING HEAVY
RATE INCREASE
10 to IS Per Cent Increase to
Yield S25,0O0,OCO Sought
in the Application
n TIe N..n..nlcd rreesl

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March l3.
Increased express charges ranging
from 10 10 75 per cent and estimated
to yield S25. 100000 additional reve-
nue. annually were asked by the Amer
lean Railway Express company in a
petition filed today with the inter
state commerce commission.
Increased cost Of conducting its
business as well as the urgent need
for more complete facilities and
equipment was given by the company
a grounds for asking additional reve-
nue.. Expenditure Of many millions
of dollars" was necessary, the peti-
tion said, and additional funds could
not be obtained under the present
rates.
The company estimated its deficit
for 1919 at $22,03G.000 and for the
last Six months Of 1918 at $15,723.-
COG A deficit "cven greater than
for The corresponding period of 1919"
was declared probable for January
and February Of this year
While explaining that various rates
increased added approximately S12,-
100000 to the annual revenue, the
company claimed the money was Civ
en- Immediately to employees in the
shape Of increased wages The COM
pany asked for a flat p per cent in
crease on the present commodity rates
in the district east Of the Mississippi
and north Of the Ohio rivers Be
tween points IN that district and other
sections. of the country the increase
would be 10 per cent. Rates on milk
and cream would be practically the
same aS charged by the railroads.
The largest increase sought was for
actual hauling. for which the company
asked u per cent additional in the
eastern district and 30 per cent else
where.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-14
CO.AUDITOR And
ATTY. GENERAL
Are DISAGREED
Cameron Official Takes Diff
ferent Viewpoint to That of
State Legal Adviser

The fact that. since the 1910 cen
sus enumeration. Cameron county has
been subdiyided and Willacy county
partly created therefrom. does not. in
the opinion Of the attorney generals
department, affect the operation Of
the maximum fee bill controlling the
collection Of fees Of office by officers
of the count Under an Austin date
of January -, 1920, Assistant Attor-
ney General W. j. Townsend informs
County Attorney O. q. Dancy:
"A county's population is figured
according 20 the provisions of our
statutes from the 1910 United States
census, and where county has a
population enumerated according u
that census we believe that enumera-
tion should control. regardless of any
change m ITS boundary lines since the
census enumeration. IN view Of the
fact that there il no provision Of law
controlling such situation.
We. therefore, conclude that it
would be proper for the Officers If
Cameron county to charge the fee.
allowed BY law based upon counties
having $4,000 population or more a.
cording to the last United States cen
suS.
We are Of the opinion further
that II Cameron county. according to
the 1910 United States census. had "A
population Of 27.1s7 that the maxi
mum fees to be collected TN the Off
GERS Of that county would be con
trolled by the provisions Of article
1882 of the revised statutes of this
state"
The opinion Of the attorney gen
erals department will have an impor-
tant bearing on the collection of fees
over which there is at present a con
trovcrsy, according to Mr.. Dancy. The
opinion i apparently in conflict with
one submitted 10 the county commits
sioners' court on Nov. ). 1919. by
,Continued on page eicht)
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7 |. W. W. CONVICTED IN
CENTRAL|A SHOOTING

MONTESANO. Wash. March Is.
Seven of the ten Industrial Work
ers of the World charged with the
murder Of Warren O. Grimm. one Of
four soldiers shot during an armistice
day parade al Centralia. Wash. were
found guilty tonight If second de-
gree murder Three others were
found not guilty. Loren Roberts.
one Of the trio. was acquitted on the
ground If insanity
The defendants found guilty Of
second degree murder were Slit
Smith. Ray Becker. James McIncr-
ney. Bert Bland. Eugene Barnett.
John Lamb and o. III Bland The
three acquitted are Mike Sheehan.
Elmer Smith and Loren Roberts. the
latter on the ground Of insanity.
After the reading Of the verdict
and the return Of defendants to the
county Jail. John Berry. sheriff OF
Lewis county. in which Centralia is
located, read To them warrants charg-
ing them with the murder Of Arthur
McElfreSh. another Of the four slain
nj Centralia.
The verdict was returned M S:35
o'clock tonight The jury had been
out since 1920 o'clock last night.
Earlier i'm the night the court had
declined To receive a verdict in which
Eugene Barnett and John Lamb were
found guilty If third degree murder
The courts instructions did not per-
NIT Of such a verdict.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-14
MANY COMPLAINTS FILED
AGAINST MI. DALRYMPLE

CHICAGO. ILL.,. March l3 Affi-
davits charging agents from the Of
flee of Major A. V. Dalrymple. pro-
hibition commissioner of the central
states. with exceeding their authority
III making arrests for alleged viola
tion Of the prohibition laws and with
acting in a manner unbecOming fed
eral Officers. were filed today with
Federal Judge George a. Carpenter
A dozen persons had made com
plants against Major Dalrymple'
Officers. 1t was charging that prem
iSes had been searched without war
rants, that force had beeu used by
agents. and that personal property in
some instances had been taken.
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CIVIL STRIFE IN GERMANY is
REGARDED AS INEVITABLE NOW
BERLIN UPHEAVAL IS
TEST OF STRENGTH
(By the Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. March 13.-News Of the revolution
i'll Germany sustained the conviction Of officials
diplomats here that test Of strength between the
socialists and the military and conservative elements
inevitable.
They said the military and conservative parties had
seized upon every demand Of the entente for the
forcement OF the and peace goad the
pride of the German people into resistance and had not
found difficult TO fa>ten the responsibility for the
acceptance Of these terms the Ebert government
Signs of marked change in the feelings and atti-
tude of the German people have not been wanting and
the attacks Of mobS in German cities upon
bers Of the allied commissions and the tenor Of recent
German regarding the fulfment Of peace terms
have prepared the diplomats here for such
development : today.
While using this public feeling place themselves in
power the revoutioniss in the opinion here. will avoid
antagonizng the allied governments.
Knowing the deep Gated aversion of the German
people renewal Of the felt that should they
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GOVERNMENT TROOPS OF
MEXICO FREED SUMMERS

MENICO CITY. March ia
telegram addressed to the Associated
Press in Mexico City by Peter ".
Summers and received Friday night
said the sender. an American mer-
chant. kidnapped recently at Santa
Lucretia, had been liberated from his
rebels captors BY government troops.
The telegram. dispatched from Santa
Lucrctia, state Of Vera Cruz. said
the government troops were COM
manded by Captain Fermin Fernan-
deZ.
When word was received i'm Wash
ington early this month Of the kid
mapping NJ Mr. Summers. the state
department instructed the American
embassy al Mexico City to request
the Mexican foreign office To- take
steps to apprehend and punish the
kidnappers.
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u. s. OPERATION
OF GERMAN ship
Line PROBABLE
Trade Route Of the Hamburg
American Line May Be OPP
Grated by Americans

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March Is.
A plan under which American
steamship companies would take over
and operate with American ships the
sixty pre-war world trade routes Of
the Hamburg line is being
worked out by the shipping board.
subject, il il TO approval Of the Ger
man company Whether the plan
originated with the German company
or with the board was not made
clear 1t was said, however. that any
arrangement would bc a cooperative
one; that the Hamburg-American
line had the port facilities for han
ding its pre-war business but was
without ships
The routes which the American
companies will take over include
those not only between Germany and
the United States but also to Soutn
America. the Orient and other parts
Of the world Shipping board Of
ficials said the business probably
would be too great for ANY one
American company TO handle and
that if the arrangements went
through several companies probably
would operate the immense fleet
necessary 70 conduct the enormous
business which the German company
had before the war
Under the original plan it was
proposed that the board itself make
working arrangement with the
Hamburg-American line bat this was
disapproved by the board. Chairman
Payne today made public the follow
ing memorandum which. was submit
ted to the senate
The board has carefully consid-
cred the different matters involved
in proposition to make working
arrangement with the Hamburg
American line, involving the ship
ping boards taking over the sixty
services formerly served by that line.
1T is the sense Of the board:
~. That no direct arrangement
be made by the board with the Ham
burg line
-. That it is very desirable that
an American company or group "
companies make an arrangement BIZ
which this business may be secured.
- The board Is prepared to co
operate with an American company
or companies in the sale OF charter
ing Of ships To enable such Amer-
can companies to secure this outlet,
the terms of any contract which may
be made with the Hamburg-American
line being subject To the approval of
the board.
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EBERT GOVERNMENT
VICTIM COUP d. ETAT
(By the Associated Press)

BERLIN, March I3.-The government of Frederick
Ebert the socialist president Of the German republic,
was overthrown today by military coup d'etat. Wolf
gang kapp Of the founders of the Faherand party
and general director of the agricultural societies. has
oused Gustav Bauer. the chancellor, and taking that
office himself He has temporarily assumed supreme
direction of affairs.
There twoscontending governments in Ger
many, the under Chancellor Kapp at Berlin;
the old President Ebert Dresden. Officials
Of the government declare that it reactonary
mOnarchst. The president of the old German gov
ernment and his ministers have issued proclamation
calling upon the people to rise in strike the only
means Of preventing tho return of Wilhelm III.
Berlin is occupied by the troops of the
lution--to what number IS known. and the move
ment is spreading rapidly throughout the provinces
Masses Of troops and naval brgades with artillery have
been brought into the capital and dominate the situation
Thus far there has heen outbreak and bloodshed
The Ebert had knowege beforehand of the
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LONDON. March I3. Report
RIOTING in VALPARAISO;
GERMAN STORE BURNED
tRr The A~socintrd Press

tRr The A~~nrintrd I'rrtsl
VALPARAISO. Chile. March l3.--
Rioting occurred here last night. A
German business house was destroyed
and street cars were set on fire. After
several hours quiet was restored.
SANTIAGO. Chile, March l3.-
Serious disorders have occurred in
Valparaiso. due to restrictions placed
On the tramways which carry the city
workers into the suburban districts.
Numerous cars were damaged and
several were burned.
Three persons were seriously in
iured III last nights attacks. The
police and military restored order
about midnight.
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LINCOLN. Neb., March l3. vii
liam J. Bryan does not desire the
democratic presidential nomination
but feels it his duty to progressive
democrats 10 70 ID the party's ma
tional convention to help them IN
opposing the reactionarieS and
friends of the saloon, he announced
in a statement here tonight.
His statement took the form of a
personal answer to requests that he
enter the presidential race. Declar-
ing he recognized il To be the duty
Of the citizen to respond 10 calls Of
his country in peace or war" Mr.
Bryan said that IF the situation be
came such that my nomination was
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gam complete cOntrOl tneN VIII take
no steps jUstifying "A forcible military
occupation Of the country by the en-
terte armies.
Suggestions that the revolutionists
might seek union with the Russian
bolsheviEi are discounted here. Such
union, i. is explained, would pro
woke the firmest opposition not only
Of Great Britain and France, but the
United States
Officials said. however. that the
revolution might indirectly play into
the hands Of Lenine by giving a new
and powerful impetus 10 the Sparta
CiSt movement
The rise Of any reactionary regime
against the government Of social dem
ocrats. il was said. naturally was cal
culated to provoke the communists
and radicals ia extreme action.
This view was born out by the first
move Of the Ebert government-the
issuing Of proclamation calling on
the prOletariat To join in Il general
strike.
With the revolutionists in control
in Berlin and the Ebert government
set up in Dresden, some observers
here regard civil strife a. practically
certain.
Official news of the revolution did
not reach Washington until late in
the day and added nothing To press
dispatches The first message was
from the American legation at The
Hague and was somewhat garbled
and the second was from Paris.
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ONLY 1.-TWO NEWBERRY
COUNTS GO TO JURY
Presiding Judge Combines
Counts ] and a and Rules
Out Counts 2 and 3
DE, Th- A-sa iat.I Tr.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich March li.
Only two of the original '. counts
on which Senator Truman ". New
berry and 80 other leading republic
ans VI Michigan arc being tried viii
be submitted to thc jury late nest
week.
At the close Of testimony in the
United States district court today,
Judge Clarence NJ. Se or first cum-
bincd counts one and four then held
that counts two and three were repe-
titons and ruled them out The fifth
count was ruled ont at the clos 0f
the government direct.
Two issues thu remain FOR the jury
to determine:
Was there p criminal cen piracy -o
violate thr state anna federal election
laws in procuring thu nomination and
election nf Newb,rry?
Were the United States mails usel
to further such W scheme to lrfrlui,
a> II !, act forth In whnt How the
consolidated first gouutt
Judge Sessions sald he was con-
vinccd that thn combining of n1r
would follow the language rf
corrupt practices iHw. which
illegal certain acts Iu CouuecU.- uith
nomination and election. The use of
the word "and' ir thr statute MAS .ha
determining figure u th 'cHnr.
The big trial wa- thu hruurI to
the stage where only = summing up
BY attorneys and instruction hE TIM
court remain to MI heard ir rhrI
ulo gives four day tn th. f.I rha
Of the case. which proh.N. vIII Lc
placed in the jury hand r... Friday
morning.
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ALLIED COMMANDERS TO
CONFER AT MAYENCE
tnx The N,.nrlntnA r-e..l

COBLENZ. Germany. March l3. ~
A conference attended by Marshal
Foch. Field Marshal Sir Henry W
Wilson, chief Of the British Imperial
staff. and Major General Henry II
Allen. commander i'll chief of the
American forces Of occupation. will
be held Monday at French headquar-
tiers at Maycnce
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BRYAN DOES NOT SEEK THE
NOMINA TTON, BUT FEELS II
HIS DUTY TO GO TO FRISCO

actually demanded a r l.w. uf WAR
soldiers life is demanded un tI
battle field" hc would fcri h. should
consider II.
Il hope. hc added. that n0 uc1
situation will arise ani do nut nuu
see any probability that ucn tu.
tion will arise and 40 not now suc
any probability that .uch "a situation
will arise
Mr. Bryan said tha demand or
public life for thirty years had de
prived him Of the companionadip If
his family and that hc now desired
ITO look forward to n few year or
uninterrupted happincs at home
where he could devote his time tJ
literary work.
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WOMAN LEGISLATIVE
CANDIDATE NOW HAS
BONNET IN THE RING"
tI,y The Associated Press

TEMPLE. Tex. March I3.-
Mrs. Bennett Il. Smith Of Temple,
said to be the first woman candi-
date in Texas for a seat in the
state legislature. today announced
that She had thrown her bonnet I"
in the ring. III the race for flo
torial representative from Bell
and Milan counties.
Mrs Smith came into promin
cnce in legislative circles last wear
through her fight for q state home
for dependent and neglected
white children.
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WOULD ABOLISH M. ..

WASHINGTON. ~ XIII. March l1.
a bill 10 abolish thc ofii.r nf post
master general and a. rr vide for
creation Of a postal commission -
direct the business cf thr pnriniii,c
department was introduced today hv
Representative IEoe, demolraf. uf
Missouri
The postofficc department hould
be administered "a rrealh uairrHa
institution and removed from politics
forever" Mr. Igoc declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-14
APPOINTMENT ADMIRAL
BENSON is CONFIRMED

" ASHINN IUN, Narch I1.-I nt
nomination Of Rear Admiral William
: Benson TO be member of the
shipping board to succeed John Bar
ton Payne. who H. To become secre-
tary Of the interior. was confirmed
late today by the senate.
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MAJOR SCANLAND is
FOUND GUILTY, And
APPEALS; GETS BOND
nv Tho ..ssnciatcd Pressl

LAS CRUCES. y. NJ. March l3.-
Major f. NJ. Scanland. charged with
murder i'm connection with the death
Of John NJ. Hutchins. race car
driver. on November ,. 1919. was
found guilty tonight Of involuntary
manslaughter The penalty ~ on"
70 ten years in the penitentiary "A
An appeal To the supreme court
was granted and the defendant ad-
mitted ID $4,000 bail
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FOR PRE-WAR STANDARDS

CHICAGO. ILL.,. March ia plea
for the return 10 pre-war standards
of business and living and for the
establishment Of an adequate nation
al defense. was made today by Sen
ator Warren o. Harding Of Ohio,
presidential candidate. in an address
today before the Hamilton club.
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PETITION FOR SEN. HITCHCOCK
nv The A..nciatrl rre.sl

LINCOLN. Neb.. March l3-
Voters petitions To place the name
Of United States Senator G. VI.
Hitchcock on the April 20 demo
cratic primary presidential ballot
were filed with the secretary of state
today
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N. Y. VAUDEVILLE SINGER DIES

NEW YORK. n n, March l3.-
Bonnie Thornton. for more than a
quarter century a singer on the
vaudeville stage. died tonight in
hospital where he had been removed
from his home last Thursday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-14
EX-KAISER NOR
SON IS INVOLVED
IN OVERTHROW
Chancellor of New German
Government Says 1t Is
Peaceful Measure

LONDON, March I3. - Herr
Noske, minister of defense in the
Ebert government, has surrendered
to the new government, according to
reports received here from Berlin.
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THE HAGUE, March 13.-Neither
the former emperor nor the crown
prince l. implicated in the overthrow
Of the government IN Germany, 50
far as can be learned here. The As
sociated Press was assured today on
reliable authority that both Ameron-
gen castle, where the former emperor
lives and the Island Of Wieringen,
where the former crown prince
makes his residence, are already 50
closely guarded that ii will be abso-
lutely unnecessary for the Dutch
government to make further meas
ureS to prevent intrigue or their es-
cape
II l. learned. however, that ]. b.
Kan. secretary general of Holland,
who is charged with guarding the
former emperor and crown prince. is
engaged in conference with the min
ister justice. having previously con
suited officials of the home ministry.
LONDON. March I3.-A Berlin
dispatch to the Central News says
that counter measures from the left
radicals are expected tonight. Many
prominent supporters Of Ebert gov
ernment have been arrested. They
include Ulrich Rauscher. head Of the
German press service.
LONDON. March l3. Reports
reaching the weekly dispatch from
Berlin say that in the provinces a
similar peaceful overthrow of the
socialist government has occurred
except at Brunswick and MagdeburE
No newspapers will appear in Berlin
until further orders. The entente
commission will have special guards
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BERLIN. March l3-The demo
cratic party at Leipzig has declared
itself in favor Of the old government
and the national assembly A gen
eral strike has. been proclaimed al
OZabruock, Hanover.
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LONDON. March 13.-The revo-
luton in Berlin was an entire sur
prise 10 London, apparently to none
more than the German legation here
The secretary Of the legation, Herr
Schuber. said tonight:
Not a word has been received
from Berlin. How far the movement
j. monarchist one il IL impossible
to say. We never dreamed Of any
thing Of the kind and are unable To
understand ill.,
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BERLIN. March l3.-The Deutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung, commenting on
the situation IN Germany, says:
Good sense and reason have gained
a victory over hot-headed agitators.
but il must be confessed the danger
was great"
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pending counter revolution. but the
precautions taken proved TO be en-
tirely inadequate. Outside Of the
security police and the NOske troops
on patrol, nothing indicated at 3
o'clock this morning that Berlin would
wake up to find the Ebert govern
ment turned out. The president left
Berlin with some of his followers two
hours after that time. Admiral Won
Trotha had been dispatched 10 the
Doeberitz Friday night to confer with
the troops and admonish them to de-
sist from any violent procedure. He
returned and Informed the cabinet
that agitation had subsidized but that
danger was not wholly removed.
The realization was finally brought
home TO the cabinet that the army
which Herr Noske was supposed 10
control was far from being the loyal
organization he counted upon and
that the Berlin garrisons had also
been inoculated by the officers Of the
old school and were ready for the
rising when the call came. The Sc
crecy with which the revolution was
planned and carried out has stunned
everyone.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg l.
supposed to be favored by the new
regime rs imperial president. but thus
far he has remained in the back
ground. The former minister Of for
eign affairs, Gottlieb Won Jagow. and
General Baron Won Falkenhausen, for
mer governor general of Belgium. are
among the leaders Of the counter rev
olutiOn.
While the movement has been cur
ried out rapidly and in apparent or
der there is an undercurrent cf anyi-
ETY. among the people Of Berlin IN to
possible future occurrences. Counter
measures are expected soon. although
the kapp government has taken pre-
cautions to place under arrest those
members Of the former government
who could be reached