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Beautifully Furnished

Groom bungalow, with water. bath eud lights ;
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balance: don't fail TO Investigate this excep-
ti0nal opportunity. Come to my residence Or
phone for my auto J. OLOYD BYARs, Aleov9
Heights, Va. Phone Clarendon 290-J-2. 1E'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
DAMAGE ACTION MAY
BE INSTITUTED BY
VICTIM OF POISON

COLIrMBTS. O.. Dec. 22.-Snii for
damages against manufacturing drug
company. charging miSlaheling ~
poiSonS. which. administered by two
Columbus persons for another non
poisonous drug. caused the death Of two
women and serious illness % local
physician was reported tonight ~ be
contemplated by the husband Of one oi
the victims.
The two women. Mrs. Minnie Davis Of
Columbus. and AIRS. Nellie Paul of Circle
vile. died within 4 week ~ each other
last September after having been treated
with the drug according 70 their attend
ing pliysi ianS. Dr. Jonathan Forman and
Dr. T.. i. Gordon. who made public The
cause nf the womcn'S deaths after
protracte "a investigation by the two
physicians aided by a majority OF the
medical profession Both women died
soon after 4 solution ~ the poison had
been administered TO them. the rhysi-
clans said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
VIOLA OF
war TIME Laws
GIVEN RELEASE

LEANENW0HTll kanS. Dec 23-
Twenty seven men convicted 81 war
time 0ffenses and sentenced 10 the fed
eral pcniiniiary here we're released to-
night. They were among The thirty vio-
laiorS cf war time laws recently par-
dnned hy President Coolidge.
Three of those who received pardenS
were left behind-heli for deportation 10
their native countries.
\ blunder hy mail clerk. who had
placed the envelope containing the re-
lease warrants in a mail sack dire ed 10
AichiSon. Kansas. cost the men IN extra
dag of confinement. The envelope was
returned here and delivered 20 Warden
W l. Biddle late to-day.
Before the men left the prison $>.:':sl
was paid 10 them in cash. Tiis money
came from friends on the outside but
included five dollars gratuity b. the
government.
The released prisoners boarded an I'M
ferurban ear for Kansas City.
The men released we're convicted ~
Chicago. Sacramento. Cal. and Kansas
City. James Rowan WAS under the
heaviest SENTENCE Ills term Of twenty
years wculd not have expired until 1910.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
OF
GIANT VESSEL
TOBE PROBED

NEW YORK. Dec 22.--Pendinr an Of
fis ial inquiry 10 fix responsibility for
grounding Of the Leviathan. off Staten
Island yesterday. controversy ragged tc-
night over causes for the mishap.
Two Investigations Of the accident
may hc made. William y. Love, manag-
ing director Or the United States lines,
said that local officials Of the United
States shipping board would begin an
inquiry. a
A high official cf the shipping board
announced that the matter would
placed before a naval board OF inquiry.
since the Leviathan was the largest ship
in the United States naval reserve.
pair work wss started on the Le-
viathan's two low pressure reversing
turbines. After the cverhauiing. which
will require about two months the
vessel will be taken x Boston for dry
docking and rcconditioning.
Captain Maloncy accepted response
bility for sending Instructions tO
Captain Hartley. commanding the lie
viathan. "a dock the ship.
Contrasting views were expressed by
shining men over the statement OF
Pilot Joseph Rigelc ythat the strong
ebh-tidc and wind carried the ship off
her course.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
OFFICER KILLED
in FIGHT With
NEGRO ROBBERS

BOLTON. Miss. Dec .22-Ollie Lam
easter, town marshal, was killed and
Will Hamilton, a special deputy, was
SET iiously wounded tonight when they
attempted to arrest three negroes 9n n
ehasge Of rohbing negro at Edwards,
near here
Lancaster and Hamilton were notified
Of the Edwards robbery early tonight
and were requested tx aid In the search
for the three negroes. They received in
formation that the negroes bearded a
freight train for Bolton. Upon the ar
rival Of the train hsfe the officers pro-
ceeded to search H. They found the
threc negroes aboard and their demand
that the men surrender was met with
a vollcy "A shots.
posse quickly formed and search
for the negroes was begun under the
leadership of Sheriff Lewis Williams.
Telephone advices from Edwards late to-
night said the negro who was robbed
there was uninjured
Feeling is tense here and officers are
taking extra precautions to protect the
negroes in the event Of their capture.
No trace of the negroes had been found
mt late hour. The posse continued the
putsuit increasing in numbers as citi-
zens Joined in the man hunt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23

wGke doinE SOfne Ihrl@trnns shopping
fli Ward Tifp Others were shot in
the l;stle cottage which they occupied
on road mile from the center Of
Co0pcrs Nils. which II in the town of
jefferson. Mrs. Eatons five weeks
old baby was found unhurt in n crib in
the cottage when the murder was dis
covered by Mrs. Eaton's seven year old
son. who had been playing In the yard
Terrified at the sight OF the three
women lying dead and Snow dying. the
boy ran 10 the home Of neighbor. 9th
ers living near were notified and their
first thought was 90 send for Deputy
Sheriff Jewett A messenger was des-
patched TO Whitefield When he reach
"a the dcputy's home there was no re-
Spouse TO his ring at the door and he
entered the house. There he found
Mrs Jewctt and her son dead on the
floor
Meanwhile. Deputy Jcwctt had been
located in Gardiner. When he started
for the scene Of the murder in Coopers
Mills he was unaware that his own
wife and boy also had been killed.
Sheriff John r. Kelley Of Booth Bay
Harbor. was notified or the murders
and took charge Of the investigation.
II was learned that Snow had becn
employed recently BY Jcwett. working
in the woods. Members OF the Jewett
household said that they talked with
Stow about $3.50 o'clock this morning
and that he spoke Of wanting his wife
and baby. fsom whom Ne had been sep
arated for some time, to 20 10 Gardiner
to live with him.
Although uncertain rs % the motive
for the killing Of Mrs. Jewett and her
son authorities believe that when Snow
called al the Jcwett home he asked 70
borrow the shcriff's automobile TO drive
70 Coopcrs Mills and this provided the
basis for a quarrel and the subsequent
shooting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23

The proposition NJ issuing county
road bonds ,o the snoun. Of $500. 600
went down in 4. feat a the clees..n yss.
terday, she returns last night, with two
precincts IT Jardin ana Range rvil.c-
missing showing a vote ~ 7J1 against
the proposition and 4I0 foi VI. the tn-
tai vote IN the missing precincts will not
exceed 40. according tc estimat \. and
Fl Jardin IA expected To refost heavy
vott against the bond issue.
The vote was the heaviest ever cast
at 4 bond election in Cameron county,
notwithstanding the fact that both the
weather and the reads were against n
heavy vc.e. The heavics. vote Was csst
in the south pat ot the county.
Br0wnssillc'S six precincts turning in q
total OF 463 votes 401 against the
bond issue and 62 for ID. San Benito AMI
HaIiiagea also returned heavy votes.
the bonds carrying in al precincts with
the exception Of one box in HarlinEen.
Reports from the extreme northern part
Of the county stated that the farmer
vote was light. muddy roads making III
impossible for many r the farmers on
.he Wilson Tract and north Of Harlin-
ben to get to their polling place
Following is the vote ty precincts:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Several improvements in
Cotton Reports Suggested
by Advisory c Committeeman

crease Of the number Of condition re-
Ports to two monthly, appointment ~
three regional statisiicians to be mcm-
hers Of the crop reporting toard, cen-
tinuation ~ the planting report and an
inc case in the field forces.
The committee expressed itself as
thoroughly convinced there was no pos
sibility # leak in cotton estimates
and condemned criticism ~ the de-
par,ment's cotton reports, which, IL
said. tended to destroy confidence in the
rcpoits. In fact, thl committee COM
mends the department far the manner
In which its crop report work has been
developed and Is now being done.
The recomm ndaticns of the commit
tee include: That the psescnt cotton re-
ports be increased to two Ter month;
that the mid-month reports cover cot
ton conditions as az about the nth os
.ach month f.cni-Julv 10 Novem mbCr. in
lusive These reports shall cover such
actors az crop growth and condition rs
hall be fo1nd necessary and proctica-
le TN the crop rcpo ting service.
That the recomme ndation to increase
&c number of rcports NAV be carried
Vt 1t Is recommended that the field
orccs Q! the cotton states be suffi-
itntly increased so as 10 carry out tn
vcrk as provided and that such ap-
,oiniccs shall have had experience in
.otton farming aH enc Of the p.crequis-
tes for appointment. II II the sense ~
re committee that the work Of es'i-
mating cotton and All ether c-crs N
Texas il too picnt q task for the forcg
allotted 10 that state.
\ That the division Of crop and live
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
HIRAM JOHNSON
DECLARES FORD
INCONSISTE
Calls Attention to Fact That
The Detroit Manufacturer
Must Have Experienced
Recent Enrichment

WASHINGTON. III G. Dc ?.
Henry For,l'S offer for The Muscle Shoals
power project anal hix Feneft endorse
menE VI rrrsiAaalf taAliBHe Urfe dis
fu~sed by Senator Johnson II California.
candidate for the republican presidential
nomination. ia statement tonight.
he lariug that Mr.. Ford Was mar
velons man. senator johnson recalled
idge the Detroit manufactures had criii-
ciSed Secretary Weeks fnr opposing his
offer for Muscle Shoals.
Ameri an politics present most in
FereSing psychological study. said the
siai emeni.
-lIrnry Ford ha slcelared for Mr..
Coolidge because. ~ ~ says. Mr. Cool
~ is safe. Immediately the part Of
the press. of the country representing
special privilege. which has always de-
nnunted and earicaturcd Mr.. Ford. gives
lin certificate ~ character. and. with
open arms. Welcomes him 10 It's ranks.
Perhaps the time Il propiiious fer Emma
Goldman and EiH Haywood ~ return.
declare for Mr. Coolidge and b. acclaim
cd TN the same special press.
But in the light ~ Mr.. Ford'S pre-
yious uftcranccS. Just when did Mr..
Coolidge. III Mr.. Ford'S opiniut. become
safe On TIe 13 Ii day Of October after
Mir Coolidge had been IN office for more
fhan fwo months. anh when Secretary
Weeks had sold what Ford claimed 10
bc rart a. the Mus N Shoals project.
AIr Ford denounced III unmcaSnrc 4
terms The secretary Of war and infersn-
tally. ihA administration. ~ being under
The control Of private interests inifnical
tn The farmers and the secretary of war
made an angry rcjpindcr.
Obviously. ac or,ing TO Mr.. Ford. the
administration of Mr.. Coolidge WAS then
unsafe ana didn't even Ni~h 10 a. right.
Thereafter. Congressman Madden gave
~ the press ne outline ~ measure
~ would introduce in congress. appar-
entls for the administration. designed
\. give AIr. Ford Muscle Shoals. and q
plant of like character 10 that sold by
Week~ The message of he preSidcn;
III The sixth day az December was moi
inimical to this idea. Mr.. Madden's bill
WIS thea introduced and IL now prnding.
On tie ~ h day IL December. Mr.. Ford
gives omi his safe interview.
MIR Ford IN entitled. ~ course. n hiS
political opinions: equally. of course.
these dsvlions can not control q repnb-
ian nomination. Mr. Ford was for Mr..
Wilson when MIR. Wilson was president.
Mr.. Ford was for Mr. Harding when AIR.
Harding was president. Mr. Ford y Tor
Coolidge while Mr. Coolidge Is president.
Mr.. Ford l. a marvellous business man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
DENY REPORTS THAT
AMERICANS DETAINED
In MEXICAN CAPITAL

Reports that Americans are being az
tained III Mexico City are denied by
passengers arriving here today from me
Mexican capi'aL They stated that every
possible facility was placed al their DIS
posal bv the government. and that they
we're urged unoffi ially ~ leave The CITY.
Train schedules have been badly dis
rnptcd. they stated. owing 70 the steady
movement of troop trains. but tins was
the onlv inconvenience experienced
The III ncm0craia. published NJ Mex
Ia CITY. yesterday carried o news story
10 the effect that number Of Americans
are M Vera Cruz awaiting an oppor-
tunity to board ship.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23

made public but police officials say
the list includes many of those who
might ordinarily depend on their
wealth or their positions TO give
them immunity.
All Of these names. IL was assert
cd by Assistant District Attorney
Presmont. will 20 before the grand
jury, IL confessions said 10 have
been made hy those already under
arrest are not oycrihrown. He add
ed that the prosecutions would be
brought under the conspiracy
clause Of the Nolstead Act. which
makes purchasers Of liquor guilty
along with those from whom they
bEy.
Meantime. another ramification
Of the case caused much conster-
nation in quite another quarter; IL
was discovered that q part Of the
stock from which the liquor was
being supplied, according to police
reports. was under the protection
or one Of the foreign legations
The identity of the legation was
kept in confidence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23

Of the states occurred, and useless
were the decisions of the supreme
court in the cases OK the states of
Nrevo Leon. Michcacan and SGn Luis
Potosi- Useless were the express COM
mands or the national senate in rclu-
tion to the election Of deputies TO con-
grcss or the state or Zacatccas. and
useless also were the indisputable con-
stitutional pre-rogatives of the govern
ment Of the state Of Coahuila, which
was deposed BY the cruel and tyran-
nical hand Of the president
The manifesto claims that -forcsee-
ing the danger Of armed conflict, the
majority Of the chamber OK deputies
appealed to an constitutional resources
and protested time and again, but with
out avail
Obrcgon. IL Is charged. was more In
terested in forwarding the cause OK
General rlutarco Gales as presiden-
tial candidate than in the functions OF
government for performance OF which
he had been elected.
The manifesto charges that general
Arnulfo R. Gomez. with the protection
Of the president. prepared to assassin-
ate in mass the members of the coop
eratista bloc in the house 0f rcprezen-
tatives.
0hrcgon also IN charged with con-|
senting 70 and ordering tine arrest VII
federal legislators and constitutional
governors, ns in the eases nf FrDylan
G. Manjarrez. Francisco H. Mugica and
Francisco Ramirez Luque. constitution
al governors respectively of the states
Of Puebia, Michoacan and Queretero.
These successive acts haze forged an
opprobrous chain which the Mexican
people will break even at the cost Of
it, blood
Considering the above mentioned
facts and in full accord with the proc
amation of Adolfo de Ia Hnerta. sub
scIibed in the port or Vera Cruz, we
resolve:
First: That since IN the City of
Mexico the executive does not extend
the protection necessary for the proper
and independent functioning on the
legislature Of the union. the seat Of the
upper and lower houses Ne removed to
the port Of Vera Cruz. with the purpose
ot clccting the personnel of the per-
manent commission for the recess of
the s0th federal legislature.
Second; The members OF the SEN
ate are invited 10 second this attitude
in defense Of their own sovereignty for
which purpose We allow period Of fif-
teen days counted from the day of this
proclamation.
Third; The plan of Vera Cruz sign
ed BY Adolfo dc n Huerta the seventh
Of December Of this year, il hereby ap-
proved in an uf it, terms.
Fourth: Adolfo de IN Huerta u here
by recognized a. supreme chief Of the
revolution.
-Vcra Cruz, Dec. 10, 1928"
Signcis include Juan Manuel Alvarez
del Castillo. Jalisc0: Mariana Montero
Viliar, Moreos; Guillermo Castillo
Tapia. Puebla: Otilio Gonzales, Coahui-
is; Manuel Gudino. colima; Martin Luis
Guzman. federal district; Gustavc Arec.
federal district; Rnhen Vizcarre. fed
CONTINUED on Page 49,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
LAST SACRAMENT
ADMINISTERED TO
OKLAHOMA BISHOP

OKLAHOMA CITY. Dee. 32-The
last sacrament was administered today
10 bishop Throphilc AIcerSchaert. rs
years Oh. head " The Oklahoma diocese
of the Catholic church. whose death from
an illness ~ several months j. said ~
attending physicians TO he imminent.
Although all hope for the nrela;e's re-
covcry was abandoned today al the hos
pital here where he is confined. attend
ants early this evening. reported that he
II resting easily and thar hS condition
shows a slight Improvement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
CREEK KING and
QUEEN ARRIVE in
RUMANIAN CAPITAL

BUCHAREST. Dec 22.-King George
and Queen Elizabeth Of Greece. arriv-
"a here At o'clock this afternoon from
Athens.
They reached the port at Constanta
this morning and icurneyed 10 Buchar-
est. distance OF about 65 piles by rail.
Al Constanta the king and queen were
welcomed hy the crown prince and prin-
cess Of Rumania. and Prince Paul and
Princess irene rf Greece. King Ftrdi-
nand and Queen Marie. members 0f the
Rumanian government. representatives
~ the army and navy and members "a
the Greek colony met them on their ar
rival in Bucharest. The party was
cheercd as II left the railway station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
CONSULS ASSERT
GEN. CAVAZOS HAS
NOT JOINED HUERTA

Mexican ccnsuls I'm Brownsville.
Laredo and San Antonio tonight de-
cIared there is no truth in the state
mcnt issued BY the Vera Cruz rev
c:utionafy headquarters that Gener-
al Cavazos had revolted with two
thousand troops They asserted that
private dispStches received from
Mexico City stated thas General Ca
yaxos IL loyal I'd the government.
and that his troops were today en-
gagged with the rebel forces south
and ease or Apixaco.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
CLEVER THIEVES MAKE
BIG HAUL IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. Watches and
jewelry valued az $4,000 were stolen
tonight from the Consolidated Watch
comray Nassau s.heet IN the heart
Of the wholesale iswelry district and
below the dead line" for crooks.
Two men and a woman pc. pctrated
the robbery in one Of the cleverf s.
schemes that has come to + lice notice
in many months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Exclusive and Highly Con-
nsclcd Circles VIII be Az
fecied by Disclosures, Of
ficers Assert


WASHINGTON. Dee. 22.--A boot
lr- liquor scandal that threatens
to touch the most exclusive and
highly connected circles in the ma
tionai capital was promised today
hy officials Of the district of Col
umbia.
Apparently convinced that the
time has come 10 apply desperate
remedies 10 the situation which has
developed on the doorstep Of the
federal government, the district at
torncy's office announced II would
ask a grand jury to take action
against purchasers A. we'll A. dis
pcnscrs OF intoxicants.
The basis for The request will be
an imposing list Of customers which
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Supplementary Reports Re-
commended During Mar
keting Season, and More
Surve y Suggested

WASHINGTON. u. q. Dec. 22.-Eac
concentrations for Improvement of the
cotton report from the service q the
department of agriculture made 20 See
rotary Wallace to-day by an advisory
committee comprising representatives
OF al branches Of the cotton industry
a ter two day conference, ineiud q ~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Six Lives Sacrificed to
Murder Frenzy of Young
Pole in Cooper Mill, Me.

COOPERS MILLS, 22Six sacrificed
nuus frenzy q John Snow" young who came from Poland few
unquionable
" on "a
Sheriff the
and in
niles while the household
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
HALF MILLION FIRE LOSS

NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-FlameS swept
the RoSenwasSer Brothers shoe Factory
in Long Island City tonight causing an
estimated damage Of $-nn.On0 They o.
cupied block. and 3.5nO men and wo-
men We're employed in il. All the work
crs we're our when the fire started and
on one was hurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Mexican Deputies Blame 0bregon For Revolution
List of BOotlegger Patrons in
Washington Promises Scandal

was seized yesterday when the pol
Ice rounded mp the principals in
what they believe TO be a bootleg
syndicate organized TO supply the
mos. discriminating drinkers in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Appeals Court Honors
Memory OF Judge Wells

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. "a
The Fourth Court Of Civil Appeals
al san Antonio adjourned Friday
out of respect 10 the memory of
Judge Wells A resolution of re-
spcct. drawn up by Chief Justice
W. 5. Fly and signed by Associate
Justices Edward W. Smith and
Thomas ID. Cobbs. was adopted.
A Telegram Of coincidence also was
sent To Mrs Pauline j. Wells. widow
of Judge Wells
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
Presidentof Chamber, Now
in San Antonio, Denounces
Acts of Government Head
(Bv The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Dee. "a
lean National chamber Of deputies and made public tonight Ruben yscar
president N
AUlfo de
2 of
Ito
Of
o
Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
KILLED By ACCIDENT

FORT WORTH. Texas, Dec 22--Tobc
Morris Of this city. who was accidentally
shct IN font Of his home on College
avenue AZ o'clock this afternoon upon
his return from hunting trip, died at
o'clock this eI ming.
The victim was aIighting from his
automobile. and in removing the gun. in
some manner IL was discharged. the bull
let striking him in the abdomen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-23
NO XMAS PARDON
THIS YEAR, GOV.
NEFF ANNOUNCES
lBy The Associaled Pc.

(By The Associated Prcss)
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. Z2s-N0 par
dons will be granted by Governor
Neff this Christmas. IL WIS said to-
day ri the executive department.
Several hundred rcqucs $ for pardon
we're before the governor having
hcen coming In through The mails
and by requests from personal
frlends Of pfisoneTs for several
weeks