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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
LONDON SHOPSARE
FILLED With FAKE
ANTIQUES FOR SALE

LONDON. Dec. 3a-The ethods by
which thousands of persons are cheated
annually through the sale by dealers OF
antique furniture. draperies and porce-
lain which are faxed were shown re-
Gently when an antique dealer was
',roaght into court charged with fraud,
During the trial il Was declared that
dealers sell thousands of pounds worth
Of antiques every year 20 American
tourists visiting England. and that prob.
ably less than five per cent of the
purchases are real.
The methods NJ the antique dealer in
taking their wares are carried out 50
sk.llfully that the experts differed
widely IN their opinion of many of the
pieces brought into court. The favor.
ite system Of the crooked dealer il 70
Chtain a genuine antique of certain
rcriod, for instance a chair. This he
will take apart. and reconstruct 4 num-
Ter Of new chairs of the same design.
each one containing section of the
~ iEinal chair IL was shown during the
hearing that an antique hedStcad had
been taken to pieces, and that the II
duplicates fashioned IN accordance with
this system has sold for $4,000 each
In taking china the work j. more
difficult. Here the dealer must make
copies conforming minutely TO the orig
inaland bearing the makers signature
2 his requires a skill which few per
sons possess nowadays. and which easi-
y battles the experts.
II H. estimated that sixty percent oi
The antiques now being shown in Lon
don are not Mhat they are represented
to be.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
TEXAS BANDIT CAPTURED

Los ANGELES. Calf. Dec. ia
man. who police sav IT, r. j. Anderson
convicted train bandit who sawed his
way out Of the Texas state prison last
Oct. was captured here Wednesday. The
police said they learned Of his where
ahouts through an anonymous letter,
which read: You have done me a good
turn. now ] can do you one. II you
want Anderson he's al the county hos
pital =
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
HABEASCORPUST TO
OBTAIN BAIL FOR
San ANTONIO MAN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dee. 29.-An
attempt to Obtain bail for u Ha'h-
burton, aged 72, through habeas cor
pus hearing will be made this after
noon.
Halliburton was remanded 10 jail
without bail yesterday in connection
with the killing of J. C.. Harwood, aged
-, and W. A. Chapman, aged rs. at
Somerset. All parties involved resided
i'm Somerset.
The trouble is reported 10 have start
ed from feud growing oat of the dis
charge OF Harwood's wife, as "A school
teacher by Chapman, who was the SUI
pcrintendent Of the schools Mrs. Har-
wood is the daughter of Halliburton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
VOTE
BEFORE NIGH
ON AMENDMENT
End Of Bitter Fight on Borah's
Proposed Amendment Ex-
pected Before Adjourn
ment Today
(By The Associated Press,

w NASfiiNtrlON. ~. y. bee. ~
vote before night on the korah proposal
for a world economic conference was
sought by the senate leaders today.
Senator johnson. republican. af Cali
fornia. said tn. conference pian WAS
worse than the League If Nations and
more likely TO -mhroil the United States
ia Europe controversies.
WASHINGTON. de-. 39-Senats
warfare over the l,nrsh proposal for
world rconoIGic conference reached
dramatic turning point yesterday when
President Harding threw the full fnrcs
# the administration against Senator
Hnralis plan as cnniaiurd ~ AN amend
m-ni w the naval appropriations bill.
and in !rtter read ia the senate. rir-
rually asked for BIZ defeat.
Another general debate followed. hui
action went over. FlanS were made Tor
a vote today. hut 40 many more senator's
desired ~ speak that with forces favor
in. the Borah rider reported sparrIDs
for time Ia m nff"rt ai rrc-ri''nc. de-
lay over the New Years holiday ap-
peared possible
Defeat of the amendment Was pre-
ers and conceded. upon the present status
vi the battle. w it~ champions
m. president letter was addressed
10 senator Lodge "f Massachusetts. The
republican leader. and said the Bnfsh
amendment would create false impre--
>inns" abroad a. we'll "a at home. ip
the nmbarra~~ ~m-nt NJ what he admin
i-iraiion already Was doing toward AID
ing Europe Evidently drafted WITH
great care after consultation with Secr.-
tary Hughes however. the conIunnica-
tiuu failed 10 give ANY details of the
negotiations II hinJcd were ia progress
Neither would White House ar state
DEPARTMENT officials divnlse any further
information IA The subject. Virtually
b. only light "a The negotiations came
from senator Lodge during the senate
discus sion when Nv said that cancellation
of the foreign debt was opposed bs
ihr president and was not included ia
the negotiations.
4 suggestion from the president in
/ hi> letter that congress free the hands
\ VI thr allied debit commission 80 thar
7 hrlpful negotiations MAY he undertakrn,
developed sp"cial interest IN the senate.
Y senator lodge said ~ was authorized
: to stare that the president meant thsr
time for payment Of principal and in
rrrrSi W. foreign debts might ~ -x-
Y tended senator Borah. however. in brief
comment on the presidents letter.
charged thar ~ administration pre-
pn>ed in effect to cancel the foreign
debt ~ drfrrring payments until the
seventh ~ eighth generation has passed
over the Jordan"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Northern Railroad Seeks
Approval to Purchase of
I. e G.. ". Lines IN Texas

The purchase Of these lines would
give the Frisco outlets To the Gulf
of Mexico and entrance To Hous-
ton. Galveston and San Antonio.
Under the plan the entire stock
issue &c $4,000 shares of the Inter
national K Great Northern would
be acquired at S27.50 per chare.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Head
= - = = =
Takes Life in
- =. = = =
St. Louis Today

ST. LOUIS. Mo. Dee. 29.-Wlliam j.
Lemp. aged 81. president Of the Lemp
Brewing Company committed suicide to-
day by shooting himself through the
heart while in his office at the Brew
cry here.
This was the third suicide in the fam
ly. his father and sister having taken
their own lives.
Lemp has been despondent, it is said,
since the greater part of the brewery
proprty was sold AT ralization sale
az only about eight cents on the dollar
He IL also said tx have been IN failing
health for some time.
Lcmp was interested IN ice and cold
storage enterprises IN several cities In-
Guiding FL Paso and Temple. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
SNOW STORMS
ALMOST BURY
new YORKCITY
lRv The A. socintcn Press,

NEW YORk Dee. 29.-Thous-
ands Of volunteers were called to-
day 10 assist in digging New York
City out of the first hig snow
storm 10 strike the city this year.
The blizzard took its toll in hun
drcds of injured and at least two
killed BY falls.
The wind worked havoc with pow
er and telephone lines. street cars
and transmission cables. and the
weight of snow also damaged the
roofs Of many buildings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Divide Irish
Consulate in
New York
(By The Associated Press)

NEW lGRk. pcc. - Amicahlc ar
raugcmenlS which preclude violence hut
permits pickeiirg was in cfiec; today
al the Irish consulate here.
Robert Briscne. who claims 20 be a
member If the Irish army. occupied one
room reserved fer republicans. and
I.inSay Crawford >at in the other room
~ the official repre- of Irish
Free State. II was indicated that this
arrangement would prevail until the
matter could -. settled hy the courts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
BERGDOLL SAILS

PENSACOLA. Fla. Dec. 29.-with
the tclegraphic announcement that Gro
yer Cleveland Bcrrdol " PhiIadelph =.
Pa. had left Germany on merchant
vessel and was enroute 20 Gulf port.
every ship and its crew was questioned
here Wednes sday. II was learned taht
the German steamship Jupiter was a.
bout 10 arrive and that Bergdoll j. "A
member Of that crow. That he sailed
j. definitely annol ccd by German au-
thorities
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
FIVE NEGROES KILLED

NItkSi't re-. Miss. Dec. -. Five
negroes We're Lii."d early Wcdnes,lay
whrn a cyclone wrecked their cabin on
the Champion plantation between Rolton
and Edwards. Miss. and DESTROYED f"ur
other small houses near Eakers Greek.
fwo aud a half miles east Of Edwards.
\ u" victims were negro rrnant. his
wife and three children. They were
asleep when the cyclone DESTROYED their
cabin. NJ either casualties have been
reported.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
CONDEMN POLICY
OF JAP PREMIER
CBy The Associated Press. y

TOXIC. Dec. 29-The policy Of the
kato government in dealing with China
was condemned today in resolution
adopted by the privy council and ad-
dressed TO the prince regent The action
II Unprecedented in the history OF
japan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
ANTI-EVOLUTIONISTS
GATHER Aft. WORTH
OIy The Associated Press. (,

FORT WORTH. Texas, Dec. 29--Sup-
portcrS Of the Genesis version OF crea-
ton As against evolution gathered here
today TO discuss the teachings Of So
called "heresy" in Texas denomination
al schools. The call for the meetings
was signed principally ~ Methodists.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29

LAUSANNE. Dee 29.--The Near East
conference stood today on the verge Of
failure. Danger Of breakup faced il
from several causes. chiefly the con-
test over the ownership of the Mosul
oil field and the question of capitula-
tions.
Despite the critical state, with hardly
question Of Importance settled. the
delegates have not given up hope for an
adjustment Of difficulties which appear
almost insurmountable
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
BODY BURIED AFTER 2 YEARS

DALLAS, TeXaE. Dec. 29.-Mrs.
Annie NJ. 3. Aronheim, who died two
years ago. was buried here Wednes-
day. Burial had been held up pend
ing decision whether to move the
body to France, the girlhood home of
Mrs. Aronheim.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29

TEXARKANA, Texas, Dec %
J. w. Bowie of Gilmer died here
Wednesday from injuries suffered
when his automobile went over an
embankment. pinning him beneath
the steering wheel, near his home
Tuesday night. Bowie, 81 years old,
was a member Of prominent fam
H.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Fake Concerns in
Texas S Get Huge
Sums From People

SEATTLE. wash. Dee. %. Investors
in oil stocks issued ~ fraudulent con-
Germs In Texas have lost more than
Sl50.0O0.G0 in the fast five years. j. :.
swanson. postoffice Inspector, dccIar-
20 here today.
Mr. Swanson is here for the holidays
after having devoted four months to in
vcstigations M the northern part VI
Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Official Weather Reports

Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cioudy tonight and Saturday; warmer
tonight.
East Texas: Partly cloudy tonight;
warmer in east and south portions;
Saturday unsettled: colder IN north
west portion. Moderate to fresh south
crly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions
Fairly settled weather prevails this
morning over the greater portion Of the
country. A further decline IN tempera-
ture occurred in the east Gulf states.
thence northward into the New Eng
land states. Light frost was reported
from New Orleans. Mobile and Jackson
vile. In Texas and northward over the
Planes states temperatures are about
normal in places. while over the Plat
eau region and the Pacific coast IL i
colder this morning.
Precipitation. but mostly light has
occurred during the last twenty y-four
hours in widely scattered places over
the Rocky Mountain and Plateau re-
rions. on the rorth Pacific coast. and
in the north Atlantic states. Else
where the weather has been genera ly
fair.
The lowest temperature last night at
Texas stations ranged from 30 at Am
arillo and FL Paso to 5s at Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
INFERENCE
FACILITA
WORK OF COURT

WASIliNGToN. -. g.. Dec. - THE
senior circuit judges in conference here
concluded iody is submission of reports
on federal court conditions throughout
Tie iied States. and discussed with
Chairman Madden the machinery nrccs-
sary ~ The way of additional assist
am authorized hN congress ~ function.
The judges sail the survey of cN-
listing conditions would result in much
Improvement III 'hc hnadiing ct federal
r"ur' business in ihr deciding of eases
and in III. work fihr dist rirt attorneys
in preparing eases for trial
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
GASOLINE PRICE
REDUCED TODAY
BY GULF COMPANY

HOUSTON, Texas. Dee. ~. The price
Of gasoline and Kerosene was reduced
cents today by the Gulf Company
followed IN other markctcrs The rr-
only.
The new prices in Houston are: gas
oline, ~ cents and kerosene / cents. A
general decline in the prices Of refined
products w assigned ~ the cause NJ the
reduction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
BUSINESS CONDITION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
By The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. November
business eonditiors represented a con
tinuation of tho upward trend in pro
duction, according 10 the monthly sur
vey of the federal reserve board.
Greater employment OF labor and a
generally healthy tone in trade was re
ported.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
WOMAN KILLED By BOMB

MARSHFlELD. Wis. Dec. 294- Mrs.
James r. Chapman died yesterday a.
the result of injuries received when a
bomb wrapped as a Christmas present
exploded. Her husband j. not expecte !
TO live, due 10 injuries from the blaf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
MEN ACCUSED OF
KILLING RELEASED
ON BOND AT PARIS
Rv Thc As.ocIatcJ Prcss.

PARIS. Texas. Dee. 20 Ernest Wea-
ver and Or. Nickers. charged by com
plant with The killing of Everett
Wright near Minter in this county
were released this morning on bonds oi
$1,000 each
The men are alleged to have been
members Of party Of citizens who
Wednesday night took Wright into Gus.
tody on suspicion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
INDICT TWELVE ON
LIQUOR CHARGES

NEW YORK Dec. 80 The federal
grand jury hearing the complaints
against the fashionable l;aquei and
Tennis Club of this city ha~ indicted
twelve men charged with having illegally
sold more than $1,000 gallons of liquor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29

fBy The Associated PreS>)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-The
st. Louis and San Francisco rail-
read sought approval from the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission to-
day for the plan Ia purchase the
international & Great Northern
lines in Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
BIG FIRE LOSS

WICHITA FALLS. Texas. Dec. 29.-
Fire Yesterday morning destroyed the
warehouse OF the Lone Star Gas Com
narv a. Petrolia. The loss. including
building ard oil field supplies. j. esti-
mated ut S50,00O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
TWO IRISH LEADERS
ARE EXECUTED TODAY

DUBLIN. Dec. 29.-Two men named
Murphy and Whalen were executed at
Kilkenny today. according to report
received here
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
sHIDLER. OKLA. DAMAGER BY FIRE

SHIDLER. Okla, Dec 29.-F, be
I;cvcd 20 have started from a defective
fiue in n rooming house. left the entire
business section N ruins Thursday
morning. The damage was estimated at
100000. No one was hurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29

AUSTIN. Teva~. Dec. 2g.--The three
high courts located here were not in
session all having adjourned last week
until January 3 on account OF The
Christmas and New Years holidays.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
PREMIERS TO MEET
TO DISCUSS PLANS
FOR PREPARATIONS
fBy The Associated rress.)

PARIS. Dec % A. a result Of ex-
changes w views since the London meet
ing Of premiers. the allies have decided
to 90 over the entire question Of rep
arations in detail AZ the Paris confer
ence. beginning Thursday.
m :
II ~ expected that week ~ two
will ~ required for complete discus
sion Of the general situation IN Ger
many ard the possibility of putting hei
~ her feet through an international
loan and moratorium. These subjects
viii probably he the first taken up for
discussion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29
Mosul Oil Field May
be Bone of Contention
to Break up Conference
CBv The Associated Press.)

Bv The Associated Press.)
LAUSANNE. Dee. 29.-Ismet Pa
sha sent a letter to the British
Foreign Secretary. Lord Curzon.
today reaffirming the demands
that the Mosul oil district be turn
ed over. to Turkey. He denied the
British contention that the kurds
are unfriendly to the Turks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-29

FAKIN. Dec. ~ tt j. Thought N
Frcn,h official .irrlc> thar liiil" will
~ accomplished further than fixing the
moratorium and deciding on the guaran-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-06

The Republican administration came
into authority in March, 1921, pledged
to put more business in government
and to have less of government in
business. That pledge has been lib
orally redeemed One of the first
things which the Republican admins
tration did was to impress upon
business interests that it was up to
them to become self-reliant if they
wished to become self-sustaining;
that they must begin to work out their
own salvation instead of running to
the Government for artificial stimulus.
Legislation has been enacted wherever
it could prove helpful, but it has not
been permitted to take the place of
individual energy and thrift
simultaneously with the elimina-
tion of Government in business there
was an injection of business in Gov
eminent. Perhaps what will go down
as one of the greatest pieces of con-
structive legislation of the last half
century was the enactment of law
creating Budget Bureau, which
made it not only possible but man
datory for the first time in the his
tory of the United States Government
to conduct the Government business
in an orderly manner. 1t is largely
due to the Inauguration of this bud
get system that the daily operating
expenses of the Government have
been reduced in the aggregate over
$2,000,000 a day under this admins
tration.
The business interests of the coun-
try were given consideration in the
enactment of the new tax measure
SurtaXes were decreased. excess profits
taxes were abolished altogether, and
the shipping interests of the United
Stats-which include practically every
business and industry-were relieved
from the burdensome transportation
taxes that were levied upon freight.
express and passenger traffic.
The Edge Act to facilitate the or
ganizstiOn of corporations to promote
exports was amended in order to rem
der needed assistance to business in
terests endeavoring to expand Amer
ica's markets in foreign countries
thereby increasing production and
employment at home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-06

By rendering assistance to the agri-
cultural sections the Congress kept
alive the buying power of over half
the nations population. This aid, al
though extended directly to agricul-
ture, was of vital Importance to bust
ness.
Although no act of Congress figured
in the process, nevertheless, the in
fluences of the Republican admins
tration, of which the Congress is a
part, gave such confidence to the
business world that within a year
from the time the Republican party
took control Of all branches of the
Government prices of practically all
sound securities advanced materially.
The most outstanding example of this
is the increase Of IS per cent. in the
value of $1S,OOO,O0O 900 worth of out
standing Liberty bonds.
AS another reflex of the influence Of
the Republican administration, inter-
est rates have been lowered from 7
per cent. to Az within u months, thus
releasing money at a reasonable rate
for the use Of business interests.
No one has the temerity to deny that
business conditions today, compared
with year ago, are not infinitely bet
ter and that prospects are undoubted-
ly for further Improvement. There is
no other explanation for this trans
formation in the business world ex-
cept the II months application of Re
publican policies and the certain
knowledge throughout the business
world that the influences and policies
of the Republican Party, which VIII
direct the affairs Of the nation for the
next two years, are constructive in,
fluences that make for accumulation
rather than waste, assist legitimate &C.
tivities, stand four-squared for the pro-
lection of capital and labor and stand
equally firm against the fallacious
theories Of Communism and Social
ism
In brief, the commercial optimism
with which the people of all classes in
the United States face the coming
year must be wholly attributed to the
fact that all branches of the Govern
ment Of the United States are now in
control Of the Republican Party.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-06

er control law, it was written by Re.
publicans, introduced by Republicans
and passed by Republican maiorities.
One Of the immediate and urgent
needs of the farming communities was
credit to tide them over their imme-
date crisis. In order to furnish this
credit the Republican Congress amend
ed the War Finance Corporation Act
so as to enable that organization to
have revolving fund of $1,000, 00O,.
900 to be used exclusively in making
loans to livestock and agricultural in
terests. Since that body began func-
tioning under its newly acquired pow
ers it has been loaning money to the
agricultural and livestock interests OF
the United States at rate in excess
of S1,000,000 day.
One of the earliest acts of this Con.
gress was the appropriation of $4,000
600 to be used in the purchase of seed
for the drought-stricken farmers of the
northwest. Since that time legislation
and appropriations have been made to
assist drought-stricken farmers q in
other sections Of the country, and also
to relieve the settlers upon reclama.
ton and irrigation projects.
Still another act of this Congress
was the increase of the available cap
ital Of the Farm Loan Banks in the
sum OF $25,000,000. giving the Farm
Loan Banks total revolving fund OF
$50 100000. This bill was written by
Republicans, introduced by Republi-
cans and passed by Republican major
tiles in both branches of Congress-
Modern methods in the commercial
world have demonstrated the neces-
sity of the farmers being permitted to
sell his crops under a cooperative sys-
tenn, and that this might be done legal
ly and without interference or irrita-
ton, the present Congress enacted the
Cooperative Marketing Bill This is
another bill written by Republicans,
introduced in both branches of Con-
gress by Republicans and passed by
Republican majorities.
Honorable Henry C. Wallace, Secre-
tary Of Agriculture, truly summed it
up when he said:
Never in the same length of time
| did Congress give more serious atten-
ton to farm needs. All of the legisla-
ton is of constructive character and
will be more helpful than is now
realized.