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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10
COOKS COMPANY
SUBJECT OF FRAUD
ORDER OUT TODAY
fBy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. -. &. May lo.-A
fraud order. designed 70 curtaii the oil
stock promotion activities of Dr. fred
crick A. Cook. Of North Pole fame. was
issued to-day by the postoffice depart
men.- -
The order is the third Of its kind au.
thorizcd in the departments war on
the wildcat oil projects of the south
west. and direc.s that all mail addressed
to DIR. Cook as an official OF any oil
companies in which he is interested, be
returned TO the senders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10
WILL
APPOINT SENATOR
FROM MINNESOTA

ST. PAIL. May 10 -t;"v. !. \. u.
Prcus will resign to accept mn appoint
mcnt Of United States senator from
Ninpcsota to succeed the late Senator
Knute Nelson if the state supreme cours
holds the governor Of the state may ar-
poirt "A successor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10

SOUR LAKE. Tex. May 10.--Exeess-
i've rains in this section have caused
the loss Of many planted crops and
have IN some cases destroyed stands Of
truck crops. according to reports fr M
farmers. Production Of melon~ and other
crops will be curtaled and delayed by
the rains. Il II said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10
WILL ORGANIZE EAGLES

MERCEDES. Texas. M,y 1D.-Thr
first acrie Of Eagles in the L"wer Rio
Grandc Valley viii b. organized NJ Mcr-
ccIcs Friday night. the iniiioiory de-
Srsc- 10 he conferred AT the Stewart
Club house. The committee on ar
raugcpictps consists Of H. II. Seay. III.
l.. Sncdifkrr and -. w. Stone
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CAPTURES BIC CATFISH

~'uri nj To Tho TTrFnIHl
WESl.ACo. Texas. Nav 10. \. Ring.
Tuesday was exhibiting ....,is pound
catfish whirli he h""fcd ~ Liam,
,rnndc lake ju>' south III here. The
fish measured :.ie feet oyer all and vas
an object of Interest 4" MANY who Saw
il "n exhibition in one ~ the local
stores.
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CANADIANS START
SUGAR INQUIRIES

OTTOwA. Canada. May i0.--The ag
ricultural committee Of the Canadian
house az commons To-Day summoned the
heads of five large Canadian sugar re-
fineries TO appear Tuesday % testify
r. to the cause Of the present high
price Sof sugar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10
SAN ANTONIO MAN
SHOT AND KILLED

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Mry To
Charles Kicker was shot To death in the
residential district of che city last
night. and ". o. Davis. proprietor of "a
soft drink stand has been arrested and
r. held in jail IN connection tn the
shooting. Davis pleaded self defense.
ta,ing that Kicker hnd .hrcat,ned his
life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10

OGDENSBURG. n. ". May TO-
Sadie MartinoI who was musical
comedy star 20 years ago died "a
heart disease Monday VI the Sc.
Lawrence Hosital. She was 81 years
old and the widow Of Louis F. Meth
ersole. theatrical manager.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10
SIX STILLS SEIZED

GALVESTON. Texas. May te.-Cal-
veston's Illicit whiskcy making indus
try WINS given another set back last
nigh, when federal prohibition Officers
seized six 50-galIon stills. nearly 1000
gallons Of mash and about 10 gallons q
raw whiskcy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10

Washington. u. 4. ~ l0.-The at-
tack by Oh ncse troops on tie bandits
who captured a number Of Americans
and other Foreigners after wrccking the
Shanghai Peking c'ssfess. in Shantunr
province .ha sheen ordered opped by
the Pckng government. according 10 nd
vices received here this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10

MEXIA. Texas. Ma TO- Sixteen per
sons were killed hy the fire At .hc
Hughes Makes 0 wei near Corsicana
according To- the latest information re-
cc.ved NJ the headquarters here Of the
company owning the well. The dead IN
addition 20 those named on the Corsica
IA list. is said to include brother OF
Law Allen. the company's field sIpcr-
Htcndent. whose name j. unknown. and
NO others whose names are unknown.
Il WAS said this afternoon at the com
pany's offices that the death list ~. 81.
DC greater. but the liz Of sixteen is be-
icycd 10 be authentic
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Offcial Weather Reports

Brownsville and vicinity: Fair to
night and Friday; warmer tonight.
East Texas: Increasing clnrlin.sS
and warmer tonight Friday partly
cloudy to cIously. Moderate sou,hrrl,
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-10

NY w" N>>nti;itru Trr>>.
SHANGHAI. China. May t0.-AIl
The foreign captives held by the
Shangtung bandits are being reIca~-
ed. except Cavalier Nus~o. an Ifalian
attorney. according to = aaessagc
from Tsao Chwsng. sin.cd ~ Il re-
lief agent and addressed to the
Asia Developing Company.
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CAPTIvES SAY
RELEASE WILL
SOON Be GIVEN
fBy The Associated Press)

SHANGHAI. May iO.-Ail foreign
capfivc> held b, the Suchow bandits
are well and are having a wonder
fui time" and expect their release
soon. according to messages receiv-
ed from four Of them by relief
workers near Linching.
The foreign legation here this ar
ternoon received adviccs confirm
ing the report that the two Young
sons Of Major Finger and Major
Allen. captured by the Suchow ban
dts had been released. The two
Tsinafu.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
EDITORS in STEPS
TO CURB POWERS
U. S. HIGH COURT
Scripps-Howa rd Papers
Say Supreme Court
AutOcratic
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Edi-
tors of Scripps- Howard newspapers
in conference here today unani
mously endorsed curbing usurping
of power by the United States su-
preme court. The questions as to
what degree the court should be
limited and whether it should be ac
complished by constitutional amend
mena or by congressional enact
ment were left to discretion of a
committee including Robert F
Payne, VIM. B. Colver, Harry n
Hickey, Thomas Sidlo and Harold
P. Lace. One plan favorably dis
cussed was to give congress the
power of veto-the right to place q
law on the statute books by re-en
actment after the court has declared
it unconstitutional.
The belief was expressed that
public resentment against the grow
ing autocracy of the supreme court
had been crystalized through its re
cent action of declaring unconstitu
tional laws prohibiting chi {
labor and fixing a minimum wage
for women.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
rief-Stricken Southern Village
Gathers at Sunset to Bury 66
Victims of Tragedy in One Grave

CLEVELAND s c. Nav 9-Wih of
for them comprehend
brving deadthe TO- including Al
who perished II schoolhouse fire Thursday night
of the township marks the
bodies lowered amid touching last
n.ng Today the remaining victims to be buried
flowers tributes relatives from
The little Beulah Methodist
Forgotten
doctrine all forgotten the services marking the
children of this township Eight including
burial Mcleod of South
Sumter Kershaw, Chester
field Rhand, Clarendon
Georgia. stood the gavesde and there
services the victims of the school
fire of laid
selected choir of 40 the The ministers,
choir and the gathered this
o bury the other 10 victims.
A
forming meeting this morning which the chamber
city council and members of relief committee formed
day Camden, joined
offers offered
relief addition offered the Red
Cross
Thanks the Public
On behalf Camden Kerhaw thank
who, though far removed physically spirit
through offers
Cleveland school, said E. Rdon secretary
shaw county chamber of commerce, today
AS the first of grief wancd today people able
talk trif calmly of the great simple
light
of
Two who lie in the windows
school children
until the collapse of the to
lad also namelessaved II by placing
window ledge and shouting those the hall slide
Parents scorning safety without their children
back into the fire find perished
children.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
"a HOURS IN
SACRAMENTO
SENATE

Finished its work at 6 p. m. but
was forced to remain in session un.
til assembly was through, shortly
before midnight.
Accepted report of free confer
ence committee on Breed Motor We
hicle bill.
Passed the Duval bill taxing
motor transportation lines.
Approved Miller measure giving
Sonoma $4,000, the bill being
promptly vetoed by the governor
Passed Baker bill to care for
under nourished children.
ASSEMBLY
Cleared file, attending to final
measures before the house with
doors locked, to retain a quorum.
Accepted agreements on Breed
motor vehicle bill and Duval tax
measure.
Passed Gates bill, providing a
committee to lease state owned oil
lands mt NOrwalk.
Defeated Nelson bill creating a
commissioner to study tax systems
used in other states.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
DEFER ACTIVITIES
OF LAND PROJECT
UNTIL NEXT FALL
Unable to Sign Up
Necessary $4,000
Acres Now
"A Man to Every 4O''
Best Solution For
Valley Problem

Solicit; tions for land options un-
der the direction of the Imperial
County Development Board, will be
postponed until fall, following ac-
tion taken last night by the execu-
tive committee of the board. Tt has
become evident TO the committee
that the $4,000 acres agreed as the
minimum amount to be in pool by
June ! will not be reached, and un-
der its agreement, the optioners of
land were thus released, therefore
il was determined to turn back all
options and to keep intact the or
g; g;nization until fall, when another
effort will be made to put the plan
through.
a. II. Keller, president of the
board, in discussing the work of tn"
organization said, "While the main
object of the development board
have not yet been realized, still it is
firmly believed by all that the good
accomplished through its work thus
far greatly exceeds the cost and
effort expended. In keeping alive
the organization, it is our purpose
to revive the plan again in the fall
when conditions will justify it.,
be cause it must be agreed by every
one that the plan is feasible and
offers the best solution to an order
ly home seeker movement
5O,00o Acre Goal
The Imperial County Development
board was organized during
the winter by representative busi-
ness men from all parts of the val
ley. 1t proposed to take up under
options, $4,000 acres of Imperial
valley land, the options being OBJ
tanned from the landowners who
either were not working their land,
or had more than theycould convent
emily handle. These 10000 acres
were then to be subdivided into 40
acre tracts, and the board proposed
putting an experienced rancher on
each 40 acres, being firmly con-
vinced that the future prosperity
of the valley is dependant upon the
small farm rather than the large
ranch.
The success of the 40 acre farm
has been demonstrated elsewhere
and even here in thevalley are ex
amples of unusual success achieved
on the smaller parcels of land.
The board has found it difficult.
however, to obtain the necessary
Los Angeles financiers who were
supporting the movement, owing to
the board members that keener
interest will be displayed by land
owners in the fall, and they feel
confident that the required number
of acres can be obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
FRANK EVANS IS
INDICTED BY JURY
PERJURY CHARGE
New Case Grows From
Alleged Juggling
County Fine

Another serious charge was lodg.
ed against Frank w. Evans, former
justice of peace of Heber, when the
grand jury returned an Indictment
against him shortly after 5 O'Clock
last night, charging him with per-
jury, alleging false affidavits in
making out Il statement of money
received in fines during the month
Of January 1929.
The specific case mentioned in
the indictment, claims that on Jan
uary 8, 1929, Evans assessed a fine
Of .$15 against one J. w. Jarrett.
When he turned in a statement of
his account for the month, it show
ed only f So fine paid by Jarrett.
The statement was sworn to before
II notary public, as provided i'll the
statutes. The Indictment was re-
turned in Department No. l of the
superior court, Judge Franklin j.
Cole presiding, and the court set
the date of trial on next Wednes-
day, May 90.
Evans was present in court with
his attorneys, E. R. Simons, Harry
b. Ellison and d. l.. Ault, and did
not appear greatly perturbed by
charge made against him. He was
bronght back to this city from Los
Angeles Thursday night TO face a
charge of embezzlement arising out
of his difficulties in connection
with the automobile agency which
he formerly conducted at Heber.
Evans is at liberty under bonds of
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
TWO RACES WON
BY PENNSYLVANIA
Dy United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, May 19.-Pennsyl-
vania University crews won two Of
the major races Of the inter-colleg-
late races on the Harlem river here
today.
The Pennsylvania freshmen de-
feated Columbia freshmen by one
length. .......
The Columbia 'vrasity crew in the
third race ran away from Massachu-
setts Tech and won by seven
lcntghs. The Columbia junior var
sity crew won by four and half
lengths from the Massachusetts
Tech 150-pound crew which had to
be substituted for the junior 'varsi-
ty eight.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
BANDIT KILLS
TEXAS MAN LA.
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May l9.-High-
waymen early this morning on the
Farbor boulevard held up and shot
Felix Beasley, recently arrived here
from Dallas Texas.
The two men, in a small stripped
ear, drove up beside machine driv-
en- by Thurman Boatwright, in
which Mrs. Boatwright and >Beasley
were riding, and ordered them to
throw up their hands. Boatwright
and his wife complied, but Beasley
jumped from his seat shouting that
he would not do it. One of the high
waymen fired and Beasley crumpled
up, dead, in the machine.
A good description Of the highway
men and their car was obtained and
police believe they will soon have
them under arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
Lumber Men Beat
Western Roads in
War Over Rat es
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Rates
on lumber and other forest products
in carload let's, from points in the
Pacific Coast group to points in the
southwest, were today found unreas-
enable, unjustly discriminatory. and
unduly prejudicial and ordered can
celled by the interstate commerce
commission.
New rates were prescribed eff
fective on or before August IL and
reparations was awarded to coast
shippers for charges collected by
western carriers under the rates
complained of.
The action was brought by the
West Coast Lumbermen associa-
tion and others, against all western
roads. Commissioners Daniels dis
sented from the majority findings.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
Terror Reign in
Mexico Threatens
ENJOYS From U. S.
BY FREDERICK G. NEUMEIR

MEXICO CITY, May 19.-Ene.
mics of the Obregon government
have begun q reign of terror it is
believed to prevent satisfactory SO
luton of the recognition confer
ence now in session.
In addition to three attacks made
since the first Of the month, it is
learned today that officials of the
United States in Mexico City have
received letter threatening their
lives.
United States commissioners at
the conference have received num-
erous anonymous threats ordering
them to leave the country within
72 hours.
At the Landa home, where Ameri-
can commissioners Charles B. War
rem and John Barton Payne are liv-
ing, police were encamped through
the night and prevented automobiles
passing within two blocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
San Die go In
Royal Welcome
to Sec. We eks
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN DIEGO. May 19.-Seeretary
of War John w. Weeks was welcom-
ed here today by asalute of nine
teen guns from naval vessels in the
harbor, while a squadron of army
airplanes, led by Lieutenants Kelly
and Mcready, in the famous T-2,
scared overhead. Secretary Weeks
and his party will be here until to-
morrow night, when they sail for
San Francisco on the United States
Army transport Grant, which
brought them today, twenty two
davs out of New York.
Secretary Weeks will return by
rail to Washington from San Fran
cisco the rest of the party sailing
for Alaska, Hawaiian Islands and
other points.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
M'ADOO HOPES
TO HARMO NHE
The DEMOCRATS
Would Unity Party and
Avoid Extremes
on Issues
By LAWRENCE MARTIN,
United Press Staff Correspondent
ICenu,i iphf 1909 h1r limited Press

Copyright 1923 by United Press)
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Wil-
liam G.. McAdoo hopes to become
the great harmonizer of the demo
cratic party.
He and his friends, disclaiming
personal ambition and raising the
banner of party welfare, will go to
the next, democratic national con
vention in the role of unifiers, COM
promisers of differences and ce-
mentors of party unity. If these
endeavors lead McAdoo to the pres
idency so much the better.
McAdoo's idea, developed by
these conferences is that the dem
ocratic party will have a Big OPP
portunity in 1924, if it will do two
things. These are: '..tor.,
l. Eliminate internal friction
and get together.
2. Avoid rashness or eXtremism
in its position on various issues.
No Wet Plank
Among these issues are prohibi-
tion and America s international
problems.
No wet plank and league of ma
tions plank will go into the demo
cratic platform if the McAdoo idea
prevails. He believes the majority
of the democrats will agree with
him that taxation, immigration, the
government s treatment of business
and kindred questions are vital to
the American people and will be
more helpful i'll advancing the demo
cratic party S fortunes than is this
modification of the Volstead law or
the league of nation issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
LAUNDRY OWNERS OF
STATE ELECT OFFICERS
ny United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
riverside, May 19.-The elec-
tion of Officers in the California
Laundry Owners convention here
yesterday afternoon resulted as
follows:
President, Henry Levinsky. Stock
tom first vice president, w. l..
STEPHENS, Los Angeles; second vice
president, James Lehman, San Jose ;
treasurer, Willard Warner, Sacra-
mento; secretary, James Egan,
Fresno.
Sacramento will be the conven
tion city TOR the state laundrymen
in June 1924.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
HONDURAS SUSPECT
CONFESSES SHE IS
CLARA PHILLIPS
Woman Breaks Down and
Tells Reporters She's
Tiger Woman
Fears Are Held That
She Will Attempt
Suicide

TEGUCIGALP.t, :iondur..s, May
ia sensational confession that
she in one other than Clara Phillips,
"hammer slayer sought through
out the western world since her es-
cape from Los Angeles Jail last
year, was made today by the wo-
man who has been held here.
American detectives arrived to
identify the prisoner and simultan.
eously with their arrival the woman,
who previously had maintained Il
ferocious silence, attacking any one
who sought to learn her secret,
broke down and confessed she is
the woman who was convicted of
beating to death Mrs. Alberta Mea-
dows.
Is "Tiger Woman
Although the woman held prison
er here had displayed fierce temp
er that may approach dangerous, it
had not been determined that she
was actually the "tiger woman of
California.
Her companions, man and a wO-
man, the former detained on sus-
picion of being Jesse Carson, want
ed in Los Angeles, had denied she
WIS Clara.
But when the detectives arrived
It Amapala, Honduras, and a group
of reporters went to the cell in
which the strange woman prisoner
WIS kept she startled all by burst.
ing into q dramatic confession that
she was indeed the woman who was
convicted Of welding hammer
with deadly effect upon the friend
she suspected of stealing her hus,
band s affections.
She Breaks Down
The high spirits that had kept
her head up through the ordeals to
which she was subjected here, fell
broke down and told a sensational
story, her eyes grew blank, t:en
wild. She showed symptoms of a
dangerous desperation. 1t was fear
cd the Gagged "tiger woman might
attempt her own life.
But later, after she said that she
was Clara Phillips, she frightened
somewhat, expressing the hope that
she. would be absolved of the crime
upon her arrival at Los Angeles,
whittier she will be taken. e .-.
With arrival Of Under Sheriff
Biscailqz of Los Angeles, the woman
broke down and admitted she was
none other than the woman sought
for months throughout the United
States and Central America.
The American minister was in the
cell when the confession was made.
Sheriff Biscailuz recognized her al
once.
Then for the first time the iden-
tity of Clara Phillips woman com
panion was learned. She is the
"hammer slayer sister,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
LCNE BEAR AND
WALT MlOCCA SIN
TO WE'D IN l.. A.
by Press Staff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, May 19.-Jimmy
Lcne Bear, so, and Julia Wolf Moe
casin, IS, Arapahoe Indians from
the Wind River reservation in wy.
oming obtained a marriage license
today although the tribal ceremony
was performed last week. Lone Bear
gave his mothers name as "Shot
In the Head The bride said her
father name was "Wolf Mecca
SIM and her mother, ''Cut Nose.
Judge w. S. Summerfield will per.
form the ceremony Sunday morn
ing. He postponed the marriage last
week because some one forgot the
license.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
CRISP GETS WISH

Los ANGELES, May l9--Donald
Crisp, famous film director wrote
his wife to the effect that few
weeks of absence from her made
him grow fondcr of being alone.
His wish was granted today. His
wife was given "a decree of divorce
on the grounds of desertion.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
SEEK SO-CALLED
:. L. A. LOVE PIRATE
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May 19.-Mrs.
Genevive Paddleford who has been
involved the past year in police
courts of Austria and Switzerland
and is called an international love
pirate by her husband, was being
sought by deputy sheriffs here to-
day. She is facing trial for grand
larceny, and has been free on her
own recognizance until last night
when bench warrant was issued
for her re-arrest. The district at
torncy's office has not announced
what additional charge was made
against her.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
Bomb Thrown. in
Midst Club
Circles
By United Press

LOS ANGELES, May 10. =
The good ladies Of the fashion
able Friday Morning Club here,
wCce recovering their -breaths to-
day after having been tod by
Martyr johnson, writer and leg
turer, that under present day
conditions the woman who does
not work is "kept woman.
Marriage today is pretty
much of business proposition
and it will continue to be SO
long as men are mere adding ma
chimes and women are substract-
ing machines was one of the
bombs in Johnson's s speech.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
WHAT'S DOING

G. E. county social at Presby-
terian church tonight.
Opcretta az high school tonight.
''The Power of Lie" at the
Palace Airdome tor'ght.
Church services at all churches
tomorrow.
''SiXty Gents an Hour Pal
ace Airdomc Sunday.
Twice Told Tales Section, $3.50
p. n. Monday at clubhouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
SUIT is AFTERMATH
MYSTERY MURDER
by United Prcss Leased Wire

SAN BERNARDINO, May 10.
Business difficulties that enveloped
Earl Remington, mysteriously slain
business man Of Los Angeles at the
time of his death, were revealed to-
day in $4,000 foreclosure suit
filed against Remington ranch in
this county by Los Angeles bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
HAlNDSPRINGS WIN
LIGHT SENTENCE
Dy United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, May 10. - When
Sam Singer, high school youth,
charged with speeding, told Judge
Dunham that his favorite study in
school was gymnasium work, the
court asked him to demonstrate his
skill. He turned several hand
springs in the courtroom and, in
reward was given suspended sent.
ence of one day in Jail and $25 fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-19
BABE MAKES SEVENTH
HOME RUN OF SEASON
ny United Press Leased Wire

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May l9.-Babe
Ruth walloped out his seventh home
run Of the season in the first half
of the first inning in the ST. Louis
Yankee game this afternoon. Pru'
cit was pitching for st, Louis.