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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
HABEAS CORPUS
PROCEEDINGS IN
THE KNOX CASE
tBy The Associated Prcss.l }


san AUGUSTINE. Texas. Jan. J. An
application for writ of hahacs corpus
was filed IN the district court here this
morning by the attorneys for Mrs. Lii
liam Knox. charged with the murder OF
her husband. Hiram Knox. last Nuvcm-
Der. The application MAS made fol ow NJ
the decision 10 hold her for the grand
jury urdcf S25.O00 bond
Hearing on the application was set
for 2:30 this afternoon. Mrs Knox in
diEnantly refused 10 make bond and re-
I.aInvd in the custody of the sheriff or
licmphill county.
Mrs. Lillian Knox was held to the grand
inrt under >-.lpn bond ~ Justice "
III. Pratt late Yesterday ~ the close oi
brr preliminary hearing in cunnrt-iinii
with ihr death ~ her husband Herman
Knox her,. lasi \nvrush~r.
The dramatic ending of the prclininar,
hruriuS rinnc IN 800 ~ m Mrs. Knox
Immediately left the crowded little court
room IN The custody of Sheriff 4. ".
Nations. She urnf with him a. her town
home. whore She has h.cn Guarded y,
shrfi;fs officcrS since her arrest
fix.n= uf hrnd Cor lhr limiserman :
wianp came 81 the heels ~ ~pirilrsl
ciaShe> between opposing attorneys 1h.
defense sought ~ force the state tu
introduce letters said ~ have been found
on knox'S body. The states couicu-
tinn waS npheid y, ihr court
u this court a party to the sroS-rti-
il"u:" demanded Judge Sieve w. King
a beaumont. chief uf the defense al
turnrA~.
81 want the world to know the truth. ~
King shouted. Mrs Knox lid not Kill
this iuan
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
COTTON MEET AT
MEMPHIS TO Be
CALLED IN FEB.

WASHINGTON. l.. q. Ian = IN
n"fiirrmemi # cnffon conference NJ
Memphis Tenn rnrIr next month tr
considrr NJ" Use ~ cilsiria arScnai, and
either methods in fighting the h"'l v-ryil
vas mHdr foday h' Secretary Wnllarr
~ tie Department pf Agriculture.
through Senator lllrri~. democrat. of
Georgia
This conference ~ exprt-icd ~ hs
widely attended by r~preS Srniaiivc~ FROM
rtrrA section III thr r"ftun hrlt ami
y drfinile program fnr fighting the cotton
boil w"ctil viii be- inauguratcd
The Memphis meeting is ~ "a attended
hy agricultural extension agents. cvp.ri-
nisui station experts and ica'iin@ cotton
planters ~ th" south. The nr'tim :
wi'i ht y means of attempting ~ reduce
Tire waste In the u~" &c calrirm arsenasc
afi ihr increase iu ii- effectiveness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
Entire Town of Sumner
Burned Following Fight
Between 0pposingForce.

OIlER CREEK Fla, 5.-Two men,
and known be dead trouble
last night and early this
Reports there
Except for three ldings
the mob according % reports.
The opened fire last night Of
who negroes
concealed in house Rosewood They
the IN
killed outright
during the night.
Andrews Creek Of
vester Carrier Bertha Carrier, mother
Wilkinson to
a negr in o. Sylvester Carrier
Following battle of in the
fire and the practically destroyed
received this morn
While the village flames said mem Of the mob
fired fleeing their
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
FOUR DIE IN TRAIN
WRECK in MISSOURI
THURSDAY EVENING

LACLEDE. No. Jan. ). The engineer
ard firemcn on both trains were instant
IN killed when two Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy freight trains coIlidcd head
on four miles west Of here at Gao
o'clock last night. The dead are:
n. y. Rrrelay. SO. Brookficld. No. en-
gincer on train No. 80.
Noah Wilson. Rrookficld. Mo-, fire
man on train No. S..
r. +. Erdman. %. engineer OF train
No. r.
r. W. Birmingham. fireman ID train
No. 70.
Clyde Moling. a brakeman on east
bound train was seriously injured. He
escaped death by jumping from the cab
before the crash.
More than 4 dozen freight cars. be-
sdes both engines. were thrown into
the ditch bv the crash. Wrccking crews
were sent out from BrookfieId and Kan
sas City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
DEBT COMMISSION
FROM ENGLAND NOW
In UNITED STATES
fBv The Associated PrcgSl

WASHINGTON Jan. The british
debt commission. headed M Stanley
baldwin chancellor ~ the cxrh-uurr.
and Montague g. Norman. governor of
the Bank Of England. arrived in Wash
nginn Ia~i night prepared A. take up
with the American debt commission the
>nhir"t IT funding Great Britain'S war
time debt ~ more than fnur billion
dollars.
Members af the american romnli~-
sion said they were ready fo enter into
neg ,tiatIonS. hut would have ~ l,roffcrS
fc make beyond the limitations rsfah-
liShel IN law. They had ~ information.
they said. ~ to the British in advance
If receipt of the reported Eriiilsh plan.
II II believed that formal discussion
"f The funding question viii hr delayed
until next week In the meantime. NJ
tachrS # fhr British delegation will pre-
pare for presentation an of III. detailed
data hearing "n their side cf the fund
ing plan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
INCREASED ACREAGE
In CAMERON COUNTY

Reports from varinuS water districts
Ia Cameron county Indicate that ap-
proximatcly l1.GOp acres will be plant cd
10 cotton in the lIarlingen district ~
hAi III the san Ecnito-Rir IInn.lo dis
trict. and 10000 in the vicinity &c
brownsville and oImitto. No report has
been received from In F-ria. bur e.
Inmates place the acreage ne double that
of 1872
t'rtfon men state that the total acre
age ia Cameron county will he between
.a;'a and 60u0 acres. as compared
with .innn III 49,,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
TIRE FACTORY AT
HARLINGEN WILL
SOON Be LOCATED

iTARTINCrN. Trxas. Jan. A~nfhcr
Industry To start w the Valley will y"
located AZ Harlingcn within short
fime The Rio Grandc Tire and Rrbhct
Company has announced they will To-
cate an automobile tire factory a; Har-
lingen and state they have the machin-
erv bought and shipped
The machinery will be the most mod
ern and was purchased from the Mas
'"r Tire and Equipment Company a.
Moline. IT. At present she factory " 4
have q capacity Of only thirty tire.
dnifr hut arrangements are heinz maI'
70 e"larec the nlant as tho demand fol
tlc nrnd~c' increases. The tire pro-
ducrf will be known A. the Rio Grandc
Il ord
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
LAW and POINCARE
MEET TO DISCUSS
EUROPE SITUATION

PARIS. Ian. although divided by
the German rrparafinns issue Prrmirr-
Poincarr and I.nnar aw met TO-DAY
for discussion of other questions. in
rlnhing thc Near Eastern situation. The
conversation was described a. friendly
Regarding rcparations. Premier Poin-
care remarked that the French opinion
was wrapped nr In the iAra NJ gitnrun-
tees. and I;onnr Law explained that
British opinion was opposed tn any
measures that would disturb Europr'S
economic life.
A special meeting of the French del
cration IL being held 10 consider Ger
many> default on coal deliveries for
the past year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
COACH MAKES COTRACT

WASHINGTON. Pa. Jan. John ".
Hcisman. former University of Penn
s,lvania and Georgia Tech football
coach. has signed three year contract
to coach the Washington and jefferson
gridiron squad. X was announced here
last night by X. NJ. Murphy. graduate
manager Of athletics at W & j. He
succeeds Earle A. Neale, major league
baseball star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
mo CONFERENCE
WILL BE CALLED
AT WASHINGTON

LONDON. Ian. .,.-Thr Berlin cor
respondent of the Central News says H.
has learned from well informed source
that in accordance with "a request made
IN the Eriti>h "Wednesday. "Wednesday
the United States government intends 10
cali mn international conference in Wash
ingtnn nest week q" consider the rrpnr-
aii"ns deadlock The British foreign Of
flee denied having made Surh a request.
WASHINGTON. II. e.. Jan. .,->tate
Department officials said today there j.
ne truth w the London ad,rrS regarding
the calling of IN international conference
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
MAGNOLIA COMPANY
.SH0 WS EXCELLENT
DIVIDEND RECORD

WASHINGTON. jar. 3. Dividend
payments. either through cash or stock
amounting "a Ss9.5G4.0D0 have been
made rs the Magnolia Petroleum Com.
pany sirce ifs organization in 1911. ac-
cordinp To testimony submitted today
AZ the senate oil inquiry. Wiliam Proc
tor of Dallas, treasurer of the comrany
was the first witness
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
REPRIEVE DENIED
BY BRITISH OFFICE

LUNUuN. Jan. H-Thr Rriti4h hu,,,n
office declined ~ grant repriavs II
'he noted cases of Mrs. Edith Thompson
ahd Frederick Waters. sentenced w
death for the murder III the wamap's
husband. consequently the two will hang
on Tuesday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
LIEUT.. COL. RETHORST
GOES TO Fl. RINCGOLD

i.irmtrnHnt t'rlnnrl rttp w srthnr>f
has irrn ordered ~ Fort Hinrgnld ~
c":nnanl that post during the absence
nf Lieutenant Colonel Cooley. l.ientrn-
rrf Colonel tnll.y has been ordered To
Fort Riley. Kansas. Ia take the Officers
course there.
Major II 7 Flynn also nf Fort Brown
has been or'lrrcd 80 take the officer
ceursc and viii leave ia few days for
Fort Riley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
UTILITIES COMPANY
GRANTED A CHARTER

ABILENE. Jan. ; The West Texas
Utilities Company has been granted y
charter viii, authorized capital stock
Of Si..ooHbO The company serves al
most thirty towns and cities with rlcc-
'rir light and power and gas. q; W
Fry of this riiy j. general manager.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
NINE BABIES SCORE PERFECT

- "" FNHNEIFtFN f-FFN~-T
RANGER-Nine babies scored perfect
in the Ranger baby contest, five boys
and four girls. During the contest POS
h@hie~ were registcred and Of this num-
per ia were examined. A majority Of
these proved ~ br at least normal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
Official Weather Reports

Brownsville and vicinity: Partly clou-
dy and somewhat unsettled tonight and
Saturday: not much change IN temper
aturc.
East Texas: CLOUDY tonight: colder
in northwest portion: Saturday unset
tied. Moderate 10 fresh southerly 10
westerly winds On the coast.
Weather Conditions
II is somewhat warmer this morning
over the Southern ard Eastern states
and the far Northwest. and considerably
colder over the Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys. Temperature are.
however, still below the seasonal aver.
age over the south Atlantic and east
Gulf states. Killing frost was reported
from New Orleans. heavy frost from
jacksonville. and light froSts from No.
bile and Tampa. Sub-zcro temperature
prevail in the Dako.as and Minnesota
with severe cold weather over south
central Canada. Winnipeg reporting -
degrees below zero.
Precipitation. but mostly light oe-
Cured in widely scattered places over
the Western states. the upper Mississip-
pi valley. and the rcgion 81 the Great
Lakes. Considerable cloudincss pre-
walls over Texas. but apparently no pre-
cipitation has occurred from il.
The lowest temperature last night nj
Texas stations ranged from 30 al Am
n. ala tnu
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
FIVE KILLED IN FLORIDA RACE RIOTS
ADVISE AGAINST
RELEASE ROSCOE
ARBUCKLE'S FILM

NEW NOkk. Jan. 5.-The COM
mittec on public relations. picked
u, Will Hays from the leading re-
igious and civic organizations Of
the country To aid in e,eva.ing the
moving picture Industry. today
adopted a resolution urging him 10
advise the producers against rcle-s-
ing an, films in which Roscoe Ar
buckle has part.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
CRISSINGER WILL HEAD
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

WASlliNt;1oN. y e.. Jan. >. H. X
I ri~Singrr. ~ the present comrirollrr
~ tie cnrrrnry viii ~ nominated AN
governor ~ the federal rrS"rvr board
within few davs. according 10 iuferinu
Eirn received from high administration
circles.
CrisSiuger will succeed TO the place
made vacant by the retirement III for
mcr governor ". T.. q. Harding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
Turks Lose Hope
of Peace Through
the Conference

rtRlS. Jan. 5.-Thc Turk. have
virtually lost hope of concluding
any peace al Lausanne. except pos
sibly with the United States and
are prepared for any c,entuaiity.
military or others isc. according
10 Information reaching Paris.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
PURCHASE west
INDIES BY U. S,
BEFORE SENATE

WASHINGTON. lar- W. Resolutions
proposing negotiations with Great Brit.
air and France for the crSsioa 10 tho
United States of the.r island nosseasion~
IN the West Indies were rcintroduced ~
the senate today nv Senator Reed. dem
orrat- of Missouri. senator Reed nIsa
introduced a resolution requesting the
return Of all American trcops fro,r
GERMANY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
RECORD INCREASE IN THE
EPISCOPAL MEMBERSHIP

CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-An Increase ~
39.772 in the communicant menbcrshin
of thr Episcopal Church is reported bv
thr Living Church Annual with an
increase n contributions Of sS75.40f.
othrr gains reported are $34.I32
w Sundny School membership 5.O22
new teachers. 6.o26 confirmations and
@-l59 baptisms. The gain III communf-
carts ~ record for the last twenty
five years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
TEAS SECOND IN EXPORTS

r-Yr-- NFFNtNW T-FV4N.I
FORT WORTH Texas iS saropa orv,
TO New York IN export trade. accordinr
70 = N. Petrill. foreign trade ucrr.ta.
~ oi ne local Chamber of Commerce
New York is credited with asl7 49,
seh. mi thc nations exports. and Tar.r
WIN 1853 percent Louisiana romss
third with 1850 percent. s'"''
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
GIVEN GAS FRANCHISE

C0MANCiIE--The city has granted a
franchise fer service Of natural gas to
the Ranger Gas Company. The supply
wiik come from North Desdemcna.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
WASHINGTON ST.
WILL Be PAVED;
DECISION MADE
Board Of City Development
Directors Appointed al
Meeting Of City Commits
sion This Morning

The ten members Of the Board of
City Development. who with the city
commission and mayor will compose the
entire board. were appointed Al a meet
irg Of the commission this morning.
The hearings on the Washington stree;
paving also closed in view OF the fact
that the minority Of property owner
showed themselves 10 be in favor Of the
paving. and the contract was let To
the Southwest Bitulithic Company for
paving the street from Tenth street To
Palm boulevard.
Members Of the Board Of City Dcvcl-
ormrnt are: Mayor Cole. e4tyt commits
s'oners. Starck. kowalski, uiuklcy and
Turk. and the following tc,A Sitizcns.
A. H. Fernandez. Chester Huff. J. T.
Canalcs. W. r. Jones. ~. G. Whitman.
$. G. Tucker. John Gregg. T.. NJ Lam
herton. W. B. Clint. Il. McChcsncy. This
board will meet and work out the de-
tails Of organization Among other
things the offices Of the board will no.
he in the rooms formerly occupied by
the Chamber Of Commerce. according
TO statement Of one Of the commits
sioncrs, but will be located in the city
hall.
May ASK Injunction.
ln regard to the Washington street
paviE- number Of property owners
appeared before the commission ana
stated il was their firm belief that the
property abutting on this street would
he enhanced BY paving more than the
cost Of the work. An attorney appeared
on behalf of those opposed TO the paw
ing, declaring that property owners
whom he represented were Of the con
trar. opinion aud would file injunction
proceedings against paving ia case the
city let the contract and paving was
started. The matter will be warkcd out
between property owners and the paving
company in so far as the ten foo, strips
along the property lines are concerned
the city having provided for the paving
of the twenty feet in the middle of the
street.
motion WIS passed 10 advertise foi
bids 10 be submitted not later than IL
am. January 10. for the construction OF
the sewer disposal plant. The plans and
specifications. which were made bv r
T.. Sands OF Houston, have been received
ard approved.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
La Feyi0 Closes It's S. q. S.
Quota; Sends in $3.50 Check

a S250O0 20 the eordcr DaveO
brought into the Rio Cande Railway offices yesterday
Schnorenbure La
j. ; Snyder * closes La Fcrias O. S.
Advices other effe
o. will be closed
p,etion
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-05
COTTON MARKET

Dallas. 25-95; Houston, 26-95; Calves,
ton, 26.7O; all steady.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-11-03
GENERAL

Eight railroads were named as de-
PENDANTS in suits aggregating $750.000,
filed in Federal District Court at Min
neapolis by james De Beau, manager
of the Minnesota claim bureau, which
represents 100 Northwest grain grow
ers and shippers.
The Shuberts vaudeville interests
brought suit for S10,000,000 damages
against the b. f. Keith vaudeville ex-
change in New York recently. A bill
of complaint filed in the United States
District Court charges restraint of
trade and conspiracy.
report charging Gov. j. C. Walton
with "willful neglect of duty, incompe-
tency, corruption in office and Of
fenses involving moral turpitude." was
submitted to the lower house of the
Oklahoma Legislature by its committee
on investigation and impeachment.
Another move in which 1t was de-
clared TO be action Intended to rid or
ganized labor in Nebraska of radical
ism was made in Omaha last week
when the executive committee of the
State Federation of Labor withdrew
Endorsement of the Midwest Labor
News, Il labor paper published in Oma-
ha The action was taken, committee
members said, on the ground the paper
has published views derogutury to the
policies of the State and American
Federatlons.
Dallas, Texas, has been selected as
one of the airplane landing depots in
the air mail routes being established
over the country, the city commission
was notified, when Col. John II. How
ard of Kelly field, San Antonio, an
nounced that the airplane service will
start about the middle or November.
Church and press were termed twin
brothers by the Rev. ]. Il. Il. Smith,
chairman of the Chicago Church Fed
Grafton publicity commission, ut joint
meeting of the federation and the ad-
vertising council of the Chicago Asso-
ciation of Commission on Church Pub
licity. Greater cooperation between
the two was needed for the uplift of
the community, he said.
DR.. II. w. Evans, imperial wizard of
the Ku Klux Klan, was charged with
having purchased fourteen carloads of
by Mayfield in Texas" and having cop
les mailed to klans throughout the
United States, in an affidavit sworn to
by Il. ]. Jones, former cashier of the
khan. and introduced in evidence IN
Fulton County Court mt Atlanta, Ga,
in the suit of David NJ. Rittenhouse
and others for receivership for the
knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Judge John C. Pollock in Federal
District Court ut Fort Smith. Ark, dl-
rected the return of a verdict for the
defense in the retrial of the suit of
the Coronado Coal Company and other
coal producing companies in the Hart
ford valley fields against the United
Mine Workers of America for damages
nsgregating 81, 222,0 900 on the ground
that the coal companies had failed to
nrove their contention that the nation
al organization of the mine workers
had entered into a conspiracy to inter
fere with the interstate movement of
The Colorado statesman., 1923-11-03
CONDENSED REc ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, NGs. ACHIEVE
MENTs. sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

Responding to call that later
proved to be false alarm, "A fire truck
ut Everett, Wash, collided with Fire
Chief w. A. Taro's ear, killing two
persons and lnjuring seven others, one
probably fatally.
Harry Roshon, known as the man of
many wives, Is prisoner in the coun-
ty jail in Spokane. He was returned
from Los Angeles on warrant charg-
ing grand larceny which Mrs. Alma
Schneider, one of his wives, swore to-
claiming he swindled her out of 81, 900
Roshen's wives number seven, accord
ing to his count.
Sheriff II. A. Binford of Houston,
Texas, KILLED two birds with one
stone" when he came to Los Angeles to
arrest w. Nj. Ward, wanted in Houston
for forging warehouse receipts, and
after arrestng Ward, unexpectedly en-
countered Mike Motranga, also wanted
in Houston for the kidnapping of a 10
year-old girl.
Announcement was made in Seattle
by 7. Nj. Brown, assistant general
counsel for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, that the United States gov
ernment will file a suit in Seattle soon
against Skinner and Eddy Corporation,
wartime ship builders of Seattle, to
recover between $5,000,000 and $10,-
100000 for alleged overpay on work
done for the government.
Short Bob full blooded Klamath
Indian, 80 years of age, has brought
g., III N,II,
against Mrs. Short Bob, his wife, rs,
alleging extreme cruelty According to
the octOgenarian, his spouse struck
him on the head with an iron rod and
then drove him out of their wickiup at
ChilOquin and he was forced to seek
shelter with neighboring Indian.
Production of new motion pictures
by the Universal Pictures Corporation
will cease as soon as negatives being
filmed are completed, it was announced
in San Francisco by President Carl
Laemmle of the company. About 5000
persons in the company's southern Cal
ifornia organization will be thrown out
of employment, he said. Laemmle's an
nouncement followed a similar one by
the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
ton.
Attorney General Diskin of Reno has
begun an investigation of the case of
Angelo Chicca, an Italian, 4S years old,
who refuses to leave the Nevada state
penitentiary from which he has been
paroled. Chicca asserts that he was
wrongfully convicted of burglary mt
Yerington, New, four years ago and
says that he will not accept freedom
until the court which convicted him re-
verses itself and frees his name from
n dshonorable stain.