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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Underwood Has Plan
For Use Muscle Shoals

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 2-Sen-
ator Underwood. democrat, Alabama. to-
day presented a new plan Nr the OPP
eration of Muscle Shoals.
He would dedicate the property to
National Defense. provide for either
government br private operation for
the production of nitrogen for explo-
sives and fertilizer and cali for the
construction 1f Dam number 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
STUDENTS SHOUT
FOR REVOLUTION
(By the Associated Press)

CAIRO, Dec. 2.-Hearing of the Egyp-
tlan governments acceptance of the
remaining terms in the British ulti-
matum, 800 students Of the Tewfika
training college, rushed into the quad
rangle today shouting: Up" and "revo-
luton"
Some of the students began political
speeches and harangued their comrades
Tor two hours, after which the crowd
dispersed into groups which heatedly
discussed the situation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Labor Interchange
With Mexico, Plan
(Ry The Associated Press.)

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.-The Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor delegation has
begun conference with the Mexican
regional federation to study the posi-
bility Of establish ing an Interchange OF
workers between the two countries.
The American delegation is scheduled
to pay an official visit to Pres dent
Gales today, accompanied by repre-
sentatives Of the Mexican labor or
CARNATIONS, headed by Louis Morones
the new minister of labor.
After the reception the party will be
entertained at banquet in Xochimilco
President Gales attending.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
.HOLDUP MAN MISSES
$4,000 in STONES
(By The AS ociated Press,

DALLAS. Tex. Dec. 2.-Officers to-
day were without a clue TO the ident.-
ty Of man who late yesterday held
up and robbed Robert J. German, jewel
nv salesman. y of his automobile and APP
proximatey S35 900 worth of diamonds
The automobile and two cases contain
ing gems valued at about $4,000 were
discovered abandoned by the robber
last night.
Evidently the man overlooked the
two cases when he quit the car. eff
GERS said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Dead Mans Curve
Scene of Accident

Dead Mans Curve" near San Be-
nito added another accident to its long
toll yesterday afternoon when two
automobiles, ne driven by Benjamin
Cowden. a newcomer in the Valley liv-
bv ]. B. Masters. an Okiahoman staying
at Harrington. and the other driven
in the Brownsville tourist park, collid-
ed.
Although the cars were practically
demolished none of the occupants was
injured in the wreck.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
POPOCATAPETL
SHOVSACTlVITY
Scientists Say Continu-
Gus Explosions Do Not
Result Disastrously
(By The Associated Press. J

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.-Incessant ac-
tivity has been noted recently in the
crater of the volcano Popocatepetl, the
majestic peak which dominates the
the capital and the valley of Mexico
from height Of nearly $4,000 feet.
Scientific observers say the con-
tinuous explosions occurring in Popo-
catepetl, at the rate of about dozen a
minute, do not result in disastrous
eruptions.
The smoke arising in a huge column
from the crater has spread 100 miles
from the source. Powder-like ashes
are falling about the mountains indi-
eating only sulphur deposits are burn
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
MayfieldCase tOBe
Resumed Monday

rand intimidation in connection with the
election Of Senator Mayfield.
The witnesses will be chosen from
Navarro and Burleson counties. Upon
completion of their evidence the COM
mittee will decide whether to go fur
ther into this charge.
After extensive hearings last spring
the comm ttee decided in favor of Sen
ator Mayfied on the issue of correct
counting of ballots.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
ANCLO-CERMAN PACT
TO BE- SIGNED TODAY
lRv The Associated Press.)

7
LONDON, Dec 2-The Anglo German
commercial treaty will b signed to-
day, it was announced shortly after
noon.
An agreement by which the 26 per
cent reparation tax which has been
the sticking point in the negotiations,
has besn placed in another category
was reached this morning after the
German delegates had communicated
with Berlin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
100000 Worth of
Prison Cotton Sold
(Bv The Associated Press.) }

AUSTIN, Texas. Dec. 2.-Sales OF
prison commission cotton will reach
100000 by the end Of the season
Charles F.. Baughman. commissioner OF
markets and warehouses. has announced
This is equal to the entire cost OF
operation of his own department, Mr.
Baughman said, and is large enough tt
pay more than half Of the prison com
missions debt of $3.50. coo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
WIFE
SLAIN WHILE ASLEEP
(By The Associated Press.l }

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. "A M
finite clue to the murder of Mrs.
George I. Edwards, who was druggeds
and slain early today in her Fairfield
home, was expected to be in the hands
of the police in few hours when fin-
ger print experts complete an exami
nation of specimens furnished after
discovery Of the crime.
Police were reticent to discuss the
angles of the inquiry but it was known
that they were looking for motives 9TH
er than burglary although that was
admitted to be the apparent reason fQn
the murder at this time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
fBv The Assoc .ated Press. }

By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 2.-The
senate subcommittee hearing the con-
test against Senator Mayfield, demo-
crat, Texas, decided today to reopen it's
hearings on Monday at the request of
counsel for George z. B. Peddy, the
contestant.
The committee will hear eight wit
nesses at that time on charges of fraud
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
LEVIATHAN IS
STORM TOSSED
Is Persons Aboard Yes
sci Injured in Trip
Across

NEW YORK. n. u. Dec Fifteen
persons were injured in a storm which
buffeted the steamship Leviathan
throughout mcst If her passage across
the Atlantic it was b.arned today when
the liner arrived from Southampton "a
hours overdue.
The Leviatnan suffered severely
reaching port with many portfolios
smashed and with considerable damage
to her lower decks. Captain Herbert
Hartley reported that he had kept the
bridge throughout the entire trip with
the execution Of ore night. 1t was the
worst passage Of his career, he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
FORD BUYS SLEIGH STAGE
X y X
COACH 100 YEARS OLD TO
X X X
ADD TO HIS COLLECTIONS
(By The Assoc ated P-ess.) J

WOONSOc KET, R. L., Dee "A
sleigh stage coach 120 ysars old has
been purchased by Henry Ford from
Austin E. Greene of City Mills, Mass,
and will be added to the Ford collec-
tion CT New England antiques at the
Wayside Inn at Sudbury.
The stag coach formerly was in ser
vice between Boston and Worcester
It seats 20 passengers, y inside and s
on top.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
(By The Associated Press.A

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. 2.-M
George T. Edwards. wife Of Ia We
kniwn Fairfield physician, was sla.l
while she slept and h.r husband was
shot in the hand by person who en-
tered the home about 4 O'Clock this
morning.
A wound in the left temple Of sha
woman indicated that she was slain.
with a blunt instrument.
The physician was awakened by
someone moving about the house.
When he investigated, he was fired up-s
on.
Two bottles Of chloroft rm were
found after the intruder leaped from
a window 1t is believed the assail-
ant left these. Police had not deter
mined whether the assailant was bent
on burglary or moved by other motixak{
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
"a VETS OF WAR OF
IN8 STILL SURVIVE
fBu the Associated Prsssl

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. 2.-Death
erased the names of 25 Mexican war
veterans during the year. and there
remains today on the government pen
sion rolls only "a soldiers who served
in the, war that ended 76 years ago
The Youngest of the survivors is over
C1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
DIES FROM WOUNDS
INFLICTED in HOLDUP
(Rv The Associated Press }

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dee. 2.-H. W.
Reichelt died last night from wounds
man who held him up only a lonely
country road Sunday night. Reichelt
with a woman companion was stopped
by the man and was shot when he tried
to grab the gun away from his assail-
ant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Schenectady Wants
A General Butler
(Ry The Associated Press. }

SCHENECTADY, N. r.. Dac. "A
grand jury Investigation Of eondl-
tions in this ci.y and law enforcement
und1r direction Of General Butler "
appeared pr, bable today as the result
of the mysterious murder Of acting
Police Captain Alb 1T L. Youmans. vice
crusader His slayers aie at large and
there appears 10 be no clue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Two Killed in Rear
End Collision Today
tRy The Associated Press, ,

JACKSON. Tenn, Dec 2.-Henry
Johnson. freight train conductor was
killed and W. f. Graves. flagman
was seriously injured when Mobile and
Ohio passenger train No. 8 enroute
from st. Louis, crashed into the rear
OF the freight train near Jackson. to-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
MANCHURIAN With
ARMY QUITS PEKINC
(By The Associated Press.)

PEKING. Dec. 2.-Chang Tso-Lin,
Manchurian leader. acc mpanied by his
sons and his staff, departed unexpect-
edly for Tientsin at a o'clock this
morning and his troops are withdraw
ing from the capital.
Peking thus remains under the m.li-
tary control Of the troops cf Feng
Yu-Hsiang, the christian general"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
Pani May Be Given
Post at Washington
(By The Associated Press.)

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.-It is semi
officially reported that Alberto Pani,
now secretary Of the treasury is to go
to Washington as Mexican ambassador
once the loan negotiations are con-
cluded with J. L. Arlitt and company of
Austin, Tex.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
PUBLISHING TAX
LIST ISLECAL
Judge Upholds Newspa-
per in Test Income
Tax Case
Bv The Associated Press.)

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec 2.-Fedaral
Judge Albert L. Reeves today sustained
the demurrers of Walter S. Dickey
owner editor of the Kansas City Jour
nal-Post and Ralph Ellis, general man
aing editor, to indictments charging
alleged illeal publication Of federal in
come tax returns.
The clause in the law holding that
pub cation of income tax returns was il
legal, Judge Reeves said, in effect in
announcing his decision, is in violation
Of the first amendment to the federal
constitution relative to the freedom of
the press.
Judge Reeves said there had been no
publication Of income tax returns on
the part Of the newspapers of the de-
PENDANTS but that publication was made
from a prepared list of tax payers and
the amounts of their ta3 which may
have been different from the same as
the actual returns themse YES.
The Dickey- Ellis case was the first to
come to trial of several test cases
brought by the government in varicrs
parts Of the country for alleged illegal
publication Of income tax returns. 1t
also was the first case in which in
dividuals were indicted il stead of news
papers or publishin corporations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
FAHY APPEAL DENIED
(Rv The Associated Press j

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Dec. 2-The feaeralj
circuit court Of appeals to-day denied
the appeal cf counsel for William J
Fahy and James Murray, uHder rs year
sentences for the Rondout $2,000,00
mail robbery, for writ of supercedass
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02
DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED

WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. 2.-The
deficiency bill, which failed Of passage
last session was passed today by the
senate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02

"a Mexico City dispatch yesterday
giving the personnel of President
Gales cabinet, said it was generally
understood that Senor Pani would con-
tinue in the treasury only until the loan
negotiations were completely
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-02

WASHINGTON, d. G., Dec. 2.-The
government is prepared to appeal from
the decision of Federal Judge Reeves
in Kansas City today il the income tax
publication case.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
DAVIS BRAVES RAIN
AND MUD; MAKES
DENVER ON TIME.

DENVER, Colo, Sept. 11.-John
w. Davis, the Democratic presiden
tial nominee, arrived here at noon
Thursday from Estes Park, and i'm
mediately afterwards made his first
speech in Denver at luncheon ten
dered b ythe Associated Civic clubs.
Tonight he delivered at the audi
forum the address on reclamation,
irrigantion and conservation for
which he came to Colorado
Mr.. Davis and his party had a
thrilling siXtymiie automobile ride
out Of the Rocky Mountains. They
started from Estes Park in a rain
storm which continued until they
passed through Boulder, where Mr..
Davis greeted a large crowd and
spoke briefly in the lobby of a hotel
The ride down the 20-mile noun
tain road through the north st.
Vrain canyon was without incident.
The thrills came when the lowlands
were reached. Heavy rains had
turned the roads there into quag-
mires and the automobiles sloughed
and slidded for mile after mile.
There were no accidents, however,
and the party arrived at Denver
only a little behind schedule.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
AMERICAN CHARGE
MOVES FOR PEACE
IN HONDURAN WAR

SAN SALVADOR, Republic Of
Salvador. Sept. 11.-By the Asso-
ciated Press. (-Advices from Hon
duras say the American charge
daffairs, Stokeley w. Morgan, has
informed the rebel leader, General
Gregorio Ferrera, that the holding of
a peace conference is impossible as
long as the rebels continue to adj
vance on the city Of San Pedro, in
Sula. The rebels do not seem dis
posed to immediate convention based
upon loyal execution of the Amapala
peace treaty, as they protested. Mr..
Morgan is said to have added
The American envoy also said he
had received word from Washington
to the effect that, if no settlement
was reached between the warning
factions in Honduras, the American
government would feel compelled not
to recognize any rebel government
set UP by General Fer.era, or to ex-
tend it any sympathy or moral sup
port. @
TWO U. s. SHIPS ON HAND,
THIRD RUSHED TO SCENE
PANAMA., Sept. 1.-THE United
States light cruiser Galveston has
sailed for Honduras under rush or
ders. The cruisers Rochester and
Tulsa are already there.
ECUADOR REBELS NAME
ARIZAGA AS PRESIDENT
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept II.
The Ecuador rebels have proclaimed
as their leader DR.. Rafael Maria
Arizaga, acting minister to Brazil,
who is said at present to be in Pan
anna.
DR.. Arizaga was minister to the
United States during President
Taft's administration, and represent
ed Ecuador at the Pan-American
conference in Santiago, Chile, last
year.
A Guayaquil dispatch yesterday
said troops had been dispatched
from Quito to the northern part of
Ecuador to suppress revolution
arV movement.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
Z Farmers Dangerously
Shot in Coffee County;
Two Negroes Jailed

DOUGLAS. Ga. Sent. TO- - Leon
Vickers, we'll known naval stores
operator and farmer. and his brother,
Henry, a farmer. both members of
the large Vickers family of this
county, were shot and perhaps fatal
ly wounded on their farm at Mora
about s o'clock last night.
Matt Bennett, a negro turpentine
laborer and his siXteen-year-old son
accused of tie crime, were reported
captured this morning by the Ber-
rien county sheriff and lodged in Jail
at Nashville. Sheriff Tanner, of this
county, went to Nashville today to
identify the prisoners. Leon Wick
ers was shot through the right lung,
and Henry was shot in the stomach,
an operation being necessary to re-
move perforated intestines.
Reports indicate that the negroes
owed Leon Vickers an account and
were planning to run away and
make their home below Valdosta.
Two trucks are said to have come
Tor tEem after night and. missing the
road. to have encountered Leon Wick
erS, who, with Henry Vickers and
Billy Morris went to talk with the
negroes, who are said to have fired
on the white men without warning
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
ONE CINCINNATI JURIST
OPPOSES LIFE SENTENCE

CINCINNATI, Sept. I1.-While diff
fering to some extent, Cincinnati
judges expressed their belief that
Judge John r. Caverly, who sen
fenced Nathan +. Leopold il, and
Richard Loeb, to life Imprisonment,
had heard the evidence, and was best
qualified to decide what should be
the fate of the two confessed MUIR
derers.
One dissenting voice was that of
Judge Wade Gushing presiding judge
of district court OF appeals, who
said he believed the two boys should
have received the death penalty.
Judge Gushing was placed in a some
what similar position a few years
ago when a negro pleaded guilty TO
a murder charge, leaving the sen
tence to Judge Cushing who was
then of the common pleas court
bench. Judge Cushing heard testi-
mony in the case and sentenced the
negro to death. The negro was cleo
TrOCUfS5
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
Elder Loebs Get News
OF Their Son S Penalty
AtHome in Charlevoix

CHARLEVOIX, Mich, Sept. 10
Glad their sor had escaped the gal
lows but mourning him as dead, the
parents of Richard Loeb remained
in confinement today when the news
of their sons sentence to life i'm
prisonment for the murder of Rob
ert Franks reached them.
Charlevoix rallied to protect AL
bert II. Loeb, vice president of Sears
Roebuck and company, from an in
quisitive world. Gratitude toward
the Chicago millionaire who made"
their city caused townspeople here
to do all in their power to shield the
Loeb family.
Newspaper correspondents were
the, only persons to venture near the
castle-like Loeb summer home when
news of Justice John r, Caverlys
Drudge and jury" verdict reached
CharlevoiX.
T. Both Loeb and Mrs. Loeb are al
ready i'll from the nervous ordeal Of
the trial and denouement, Attend
ants guarded their home and an
bounced they would see no one.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
DAVIS PROVES HIS CAPACITY
AS HETEROGENEOUS TALKER

going and the coming of countless
rivals and rise superior to every
defeat, until today we, as the only
truly national party in this coun-
try, fight our battles in every one
of the forty eight states in the
American union? ] think that vital
spirit was given to us by the great
founder of this party, who enunci.
ated almost century and one-half
ago the two great commandments
that have guided us ever since, like
a pillar of cloud by day and Of fire
by night.
What are they? The first is the
principle of equal and exact justice
to all men and special privilege to
none. (Applause0
Honesty in Government
"The second is like unto it, that, in
the language of jefferson, the whole
art Of government consists in being
honest (Applause). If | were asked
today to summarize in two sentences
the issues that confront the Amer
lean people in this campaign, and
upon which we solemnly invite their
verdict, l could do no better than
repeat and repeat again those great
notices by which we live and by
which we exist.
II shall not take your time to
discuss the issues of this campaign.
That is the cause in which we are
enlisted. Those are the principles
for which we fight, and l summon to
their support every man in all the
borders of this country who calls
himself a Democrat or who believes
in Democratic ideals. (ApplauSe). And
I summon more. | summon every
man and woman, no matter what pO-
plitical creed they may have hereto
fore professed, to raise again the
standard of public morality and pub
lie honor and declare once more
for government that knows no
class or creed or section, that cares
neither for rich nor poor, for high
or low. (Applause).
"And as your standard bearer, I
propose, if my strength endures, to
|. sound that message north and south
and east and west; and your gath
ering here today gives me conf
dence to feel that it will not be
sounded in vain. This is your fight
I am but your agent and your serv
ant. An army is of no consequence
without a leader, admit, but a, lead
err is weak and powerless without
his army, and to you, the captains
Of these battalions, 1 call now tc
summon and array your troops, with
the confident assurance that our
assault in November on the en-
trenchments of privilege and dis
honesty will lead to prompt and over
whelming success" prolonged APP
plause)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
Mrs. Anna Geissler
Buried in Greensboro

GREENSBORO, Ca, Sept. 20.-Mrs.
Anna Geissler, aged 70 years, was
buried in the city cemetery Monday
afternoon. The funeral was con
Quoted from the home, Rev J. w.
Gasque conducting the exercises.
Mrs. Geissler was a member Of the
Greensboro Episcopal church.
Some fifty years ago, as a bride OF
the late Herman Geissler, she came
to Greensboro from Germany, and
had lived here since that time.
Mrs. Geissler is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. N. II. Ballard, OF
Atlanta, wife of Professor n. III. Bal
lard, state superintendent of SCH ools;
Mrs. j. N. Ashurst, of Aiken, S. c.,
and Miss Amy Geissler, of Green's
boro. -Four sons, Mr.. Fred Geissler,
of Atlanta, general passenger agent
Of the Seaboard railroad: Theodore,
Rudolph and Alexander Geissler, all
of Atlanta.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
Virginia Governor
Reported Improving

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 10.-AI-
though he passed an uncomfortable
night because of severe pain in his
fractured elbow, the condition of
Governor e. Lee Trinkle today was
reported as very good by attaches of
a local hospital where the chief ex-
ecutive has been confined since he
was brought here following the accl-
dent aboard the state boat Commo-
dOre Maury Monday night.
"The governor is in very good phys
ical condition and Is rapidly recov-
ering from the shock attendant to
the injury and the lack of medical
attention for hours after the mis-
hap" stated the hospital physician,
land he will be removed to the exec
utiye mansion within a few days."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-13
IF BILIOUS, SICK!
TAKE NO CA[OME[
"Dodsons Liver Tone" Straghtens You Up Better Than
SaIvatlng, Dangerous CaIome and Doesn't Upset
You-DontLose DaysWork- Read Guarantee

You're bilious! Your liver Is slug
gish. You feel lazy. dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull,
your tongue is coated; breath bad;
stoma Oh sour and bowels constipat-
ed. But don't take salivating Gallo
mel. 1t makes you sick, you may
lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
If you want to enjoy the incest,
gentlest liver and bowel cleansing
you ever experienced just take a
spoonful OF harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone tonight. Your druggist or