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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
Official Weather Reports

Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not
much change in temperature.
East Texas: Partly cloudy and unset
tied tonight and Wednesday; probably
local showers near the east coast. Cool.
sr in northeast portion tonight; warm
er in northwest portion Wednesday.
Light to moderate southerly winds on
\ the coast.
Weath Conditions
The weather was mostly cloudy owe,
he cotton belt this morning, and T rs
Vht scattered showers occurred In
Ssissippi. Alabama. and Tennessee
in the last "a hours Moderate rain:
reported also from the region o.
rdat Lakes. the Ohio Valley. ant
ew England states. Ii was coolel
horning from the Texas Panhandl,
pklahoma northeastward 10 tn
Lakes. and slightly warmer owe
balance of the country Light frost
Lrred last night in parts o. Missouri
freezing temperature in Iowa. Min
sofa, and the Dakotas.
The lowest temperature last night n
Texss stations ranged from 46 at Am
srillo to II st Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
ANNOUNCES AGAINST SHEPPARD

AUSTIN. April 22.-Fred W. Davis OF
Austin. former state commissioner of
agriculture. today announced his can
didacy for the United States senate,
against Senator Morris Sheppard. The
voluntary endorsement given him by
the farm-labor political conference.
March 3, has been confirmed by many
friends" he said.
Former commissioner Davis declared
for decentralized government, the
rights Of farmers and industrial work
crs through organized effort ito law
fully secure n just share of the pros
perity which their energies alone make
possible"
He declared my hope is to make my
campaign outstanding in its political
cleanliness"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
ARGUMENT IN OIL
FRAUD CASE STARTS

TEAAKkANA, Ark. April 22-More
than seven hours Of argument was
scheduled to be made to the jury today
in the United States district court In
the trial Of Pat Marr and others charged
with misuse Of the mails. Taking OF
evidence ended suddenly late yesterday
after one day used BY the defense .or
that purpose. The defense sought to
show that Marr's reputation for truth.
honesty and uprightness was good and
that the Marr oil company has property
worth about five million dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
BOBBED HAIRED
BANDIT TAKEN
TO new YORK
Woman Bandit Who Baffled
New York Police Captured
at jacksonville, Florida,
Hotel

NEW YORK. April 22.-Her spectac-
ular career at an end. Mrs Cecilia
Cooney. said to be Brooklyn's bobbed
haired bandit" and her husband, Ed
ward Cooney. arrive in New York late
today from Jacksonville, Fla, where
they were arrested yesterday.
They may be arraigned in police
court before night and probably will be
indicted by Kings county grand jury
without delay.
Police department doctors will be on
hand when the couple arrives in case
the wife who only ten days ago gave
birth to a child which died. needs med
ical aid after the long railroad journey.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 22.-
Brooklyn's daring bobbedhared barNit.
known now rs plain Cecilia Cooney,
surrendered without a fight here Sun
day night because 1.-The death Of my
baby somehow softened my heart" she
said before officers started for New
York with her and her husband yester
day.
Cornered after having been trailed
through thirteen states in her dash to
try to find a haven of safety TO give
birth to her child, the slender 20 year
old girl exhibited flash of her for
mer iron nerve when beside her hus-
band and both with drawn revolvers
she halted the Officers as they swept in
TO their quarters in a rooming house
and coldly compromised with the prom
ise not to shoot If they held their fire.
She told how her % year old hus-
band. Edward Cooney. had begged her
capture and then kill himself, but OBJ
served smilingly:
We couldn't quit that way"
Mrs. Cooney became mother in a
local hospital April II. ten days after
she and her husband attempted to hold
up the Brooklyn plant Of the National
Biscuit company during which the COM
pany cashier was shot and seriously
woSNIsd. The baby. a girl died last
was buried the following
day.
Both made<letailed confessions to a
score of New fsrk> robberies and both
assumed the blame fcx the shooting Of
the cashier.
Cooney declared that he was the
brains" of their operations and that it
was he who did the shooting.
The bandit mother contradicted him
by declaring:
IF il hadn't been for me, Edward
would have gone straight. was the
cause of all the trouble He never did
any of the saooting."
Both willingly waived extradition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
SHOULD CONCLUDE
THAW TRIAL TODAY

PHILADELPHIA. April oo.-Final
addresses TO the jury which will deter
mine the sanity Of Harry X. Thaw. were
delivered today.
Thaw j. confident he will be declared
sane. So sure u he. that attendants
said he spent last night az the insane
hospital packing some Of his personal
belongings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
JAPAN PAPER WANTS
UNION COLORED RACES

TOXIC. April 22.-Hochi editorially
declares that the action Of the United
States congress in excluding Japanese
from immigration inevitably fosters q
union Of the colored races. This union.
it says. may take some time TO develop.
but il is absolutely necessary. IL de-
clares that for the consequence Of this
the responsibility.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22

CHICAGO. April - Dorothy Dal-
ton. motion picture actress and former
wife ~ Lew Cody. screen actor. and
Arthur IInmmcr~trin theatrical pro-
duccr. previously married three times.
plan 10 be married here toady.
Mr.. Ilammer>tcin j. the only son of
the hate Oscar Ilammer>tein and the
father of Elaine. stage and screen ac-
treSS. H.. j. II. Miss Dalton is -.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
GRAIN RATES TO
BROWNSVILLE WILL
NOT BE INCREASED

FORT WORTH, April 22.-The in
terstate commerce commission has
upheld the complaint Of grain men
made through the Fort Worth freight
bureau. against increases in railroad
rails on grain from northern points
Ia the Brownsville area. according to
word received by Ed T.. Byars, man
ager Of the bureau. A hearing on
the protest was held here several
weeks ago before examiner Disque.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
BOMB GXPLODES At CHICAGO

CHICAGO. April ga bomb blast at
tributed 70 disappointed beer runners
shook screval families out Of their beds
in twelve apartment building today
nd damaged a saloon IL the corner Of
the building. James Roonan. the saloon
keeper said he had been threatened with
violence nv persons with whom n had
refused to have beer dealings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
THAW MAKES OUTBREAK
DURING TRIAL TODAY
fRv Tho Associatad Pre.sN

PHILADELPHIA. April 22.-Just as
the Harry X. Thaw sanity trial recess
ed for luncheon. Thaw rushed to the
press table and burst into IN excited
speech in denunciation Of William A.
Gray who had been addessing the jury
in opposition 10 Thaw's release WhaL
he Y; lined down. Thaw said he rad net
been excited because Of Mr. Grav's
speech. but was nervous because OF the
danger y. losing the jury If certain rec
ords were introduced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
LYNCH DAVIDSON TO
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT

Lynch ". Davidson OF Houston. can
didate for governor. will mrke an ad-
dress in the interest Of his candidacy Il
the district court room. in Brownsville.
tonight az o'clock. Mr.. Davidson il
making an aggressive campaign. and has
mad addresses in several Valley towns.
Monday he spoke 20 large crowd II
the Na'leywide celebration Of San ia
cinto Day. at Weslaco.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22

BOMBAY. April 22-Stuart McIarcn.
British aviator engaged in an attempt
70 fly around the world arrived today
at Ahu Shehr .Bushirel on the Persian
Gulf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
SAN BENIT0 BEATS WESLACO

WESI.ACO, Texas. April al-San
Benito won hotly contested game Of
baseball from the Weslaco aggregation
here yesterday afternoon. the score be-
ing to l. About three thousand people
Witnessed the game.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
VALLEY HEARING POSTPONED

WASHINGTON. April 22.-Due 20
the possibility Of vote on the soldiers
bonus today. the senate committee in
vestigafing charges Of land frauds In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas,
postponed its session until tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
FIRE LOSS AT ABILENE

ABILENE. Texas. April oa.-I.oss Of
Sloo.Wn was sustained here this morn
ing when garage was destroyed bs
fire. Twenty-six automobiles were
burned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
EXPERTS AT WORK
ON MYSTERIOUS
DALHART MURDER

DALHART. Texas. April 22th.-
Dwight. Chidress. Texas. Eertillon eS-
pert. was brought here today by official,
attempting ~ solve the murder ~ Mrs
VI. T.. Erddngficld. ~ years old. VIII
was found dead Sunday evening in 4
shed AZ the home Of her brother. Jess it
jenkins. Dalhart ranchman.
Dwight will examine finger prints re
ported to have been found on Il piece ui
iron pipe found near the woman's body
and with which the slayer is believed r.
have crushed her skull
Sheriff u. A. Reeves of Dallam coun-
~ went today To several small towns IN
Dallam county Ia scar h for suspects.
While the robbery motive has not been
entirely discarded. the sheriff believes
the murder was committed by nm insane
person. The robbery motive l. dis
counted because valuable brooch th,
woman wore still was III her clothing
when the body was found.
Twelve suspects StiIl are being hehl
IN Dalhart and il j. possible that their
finger prints will bc compared with those
found on the piece " pipe.
FORT WORTH. April 22.-A blood
stained iron pipe. two and a half feet
long and IN inch and half in diameter
was examined here today by Barney
Finn. Bertillion expert cf Fort Worth
police. in an effort to distinguish finger
prints which might lead to the identii ,
of the slayer Of Mrs. Molly Reddingfield
nto the slightest trace could be found
owiny to the roughueSs of the nine :
surface which would not retain identifi-
cation marks. The pipe was sent here
by Dalhart authorities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22
EXECUTION OF REBEL
GENERAL IS CONFIRMED

MEXICO CITY. April 22.-Thc cap
ture. court martial and execution Of
General Mrnuel Diegu,z. second in COM
mand Of the revolutionary forces. and
General Manuel Garcia Vigil. former
governor Of Oaxaca. who joined the rev
olutionaiy movement last December has
been confirmed by official advices to
President Obregon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-22

VERA CRUZ. April 22-Mexcan reb-
els. presumed to belong TO the hand Of
Higinio Aguilsr. STACKED two freight
trains on the Mexican railway near Nal
trat yesterday. The engineer Of one
train was killed and the engine and
fireman of the other ives wounded.
A small rebel band at Atoyac station
near Cordoba YVES wiped out in fight
with ranchers and the rebel chief cap
tured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
TWO CITIES CLEANUP

People do not have much confidence in police clean-ups unless the high ones fall. That is the reason why Sundays raids in New York City are not con- vincing. Three or four hundred per sons were arrested, but it appears that they were patrons and not proprietors of the establishments wherein lawless- ness thrives. This impression is con- firmed by the attitude of the magis- trates before whom the prisoners were arraigned. One magistrate dismissed all but six of the one hundred and three brought before him, and in ad- dition sternly admonished the police men for bringing in persons against whom they had no manner of evidence. Commissioner EnIfght should have ta- ken the magistrates into his confidence, and perhaps he would have learned some matters to his advantage.
 It is highly probable that the. ap- pearance of activity in New York was to disarm in advance any invidious comparison of the metropolis with Philadelphia. But the American peo- pie have been fooled by experts, and they easily detect the difference be- tween the genuine article in Philadel- phia and the sham in New York. Gen. eral Butler aims at the high ones, and they are the ones he is catching in his net. Commissioner Enright's forces have been seining for the small ones, and these pass right through the meshes of the net. In fact, New York dispatches specifically state that, while ! the police were searching the slums
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
AN INDEX oF OUR GROWTH

Transactions in insurance and real estate are a reliable index of commu- nity progress and of business activity. When such transactions decline, it is almost certain that the general com fnunity business has declined. When such transactions flourish, there is no more certain proof of general advance ment in all lines of business. There fore, the annual showing of such a considerable institution as Jemison and Company and the Jemison-Seibels Insurance Company is both illustrative and reflective of community activity. AThe showing illustrates that activity, because it partakes of it; it reflects it, because it is good or bad according as the general business has been good or bad.
 For the year 1928 the showing is decidedly good, and completely corrob- orative of other community indexes pointing to the same conclusion. A total gain Pf nearly $175,OOO in in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
1 USE OF OLD TIRES
 TO BUILD PAVING
fst. Louis Globe-Democrat)

What Henry Ford has signally failed to accomplish for America, Bradford will attempt to accom- plish for England. It will en- deavor' to make the automobile noiseless, Bradford Is an English city, not an industrial genius who is preparing to compete with Henry. or who has invented a Maxim silencer for the "flivver." To construct, rubber roads and to use for material worn-out auto- mobile tires. is Bradford's idea. It's city engineer has been collect ing old tires for many months. The scrap rubber, 1t is said, can be obtained at small cost. amount ing to s9 a square yard for the 1,500 square yards of roadway which will be rubberized as an experiment, and to only about ss.45 a square yard. if 8 mucH larger area Is included in the es- innate. Cork has been used for paving at some places dn f, Eng land, but 1t is kheught that fubber will serve much better to elimi- nate the clangor of the city StTcCLA AOAuOh hdo tiCdAiS SOih- pleted the work ,of surrounding the sCenotaph, in memory of the empires dead, with rubber pave ment.
 Let us hope that Bradford suc- ceeds in this novel municipal im- provement. America. having put to good use the "rubberneck" type of conveyance, though only add ing thereby to the din of traffic, would in all probability be quick to adopt the rubber highway. The pedestrian would be first to real ize its advantages. Having been once forcibly reminded of them by some inadvertences of the motor ists, he might even insist that the streets be made pneumatic.
 To provide a stable market for blown-out or worn-out auto tires would alone have importance. Those melancholy deflated rubber rings that strew the family garage may yet be saiable-may by fiIl- ing up the street ruts lessen the liability of blowing out and wear ing out. , t-'f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
VALUE OF NUMBERS IN MOTOR LICENSES
fArkansas Gazette)

The motor car owner, a Littie pocl, man. who got license No.- l Inf the 1924 issue, applied for IL months ago. Licenses No. ana NO. were also reserved tonG III advance. as were certain otner numbers, such as 2, Il, 13. s2S' T. lf00, 711. 1000, LII ana o,ooo. There were numerous appiican'' | for some of these numbers.
 If we could choose the license number for our gasoline family carriage, we should ask for one that did not impose any burden on ithe faculty of memory. There are numbers that may be called seit- remembering and that the owner fcan give on any occasion just as quickly as the possessor oI n highly trained memory can cal. inc name of Mir. Addison sims or Seattle. Such & number. obvious Iy. is. 22,222, which Is one of those that were reserved out of the lsz4 licenses. No. 12,S45 or NO. ss,Voo are illustrations of the comoina- tions that do not require a cor respoudence course in memenomics to enable the possessorio Keep
 them on tap in his mind. A motor car owner in Little Rock must inscribe on the tablets of his mem ory not only his state license, but l his city license, for Collector James Lawson insists on leaving his tin visiting card with every
 motorist. , 9e And speaking of. numbers like 1 and 3 and z and II, or even num- bers as high as the hundreds, we have a thought to project upon the
 universal screen. A car that leaves Arkansas, as cars are doing in increasing numbers nowdays,
 will most felicitously advertise the state if it carries number that is mouth filling and lfcense- plate-filiing figure. We remem- Der once to have seep in gath ering of cars from eAstern states licenses numbers, like 1,2S7,432
 New York, 99s,653 Massachusetts,
 562,999 Connecticut and-S7 Ver-
 mont. The Green Mountain state
 has it's reasonable share of the country's automobiles. but 1t seems inevitable that the license mum
 bers just. given should be taken by many as some sort of measure of
 their respective states. Hence an
 Arkansas motor car journeying
 abroad would much better adyer- tise the state with, say. license number 112,947 than with such a
 license as No. 253. When license 1,000,007 was recently issued in
 California, the fact was broadcast
 over the country. But in Califor- mia one-half of the state boosters
 do not close their, eyes for their
 regular sleep until the other half
 of the state boosters have come on
 duty. ~ t~ FRL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
THE WAY NOT TO
 LISTEN TO MUSIC A- 0n>-a~ r. Maan0w

Very few people who have too much money overcome it's effects. They not only get dependent uposI 1t. but 1t sives them . false sense of exclusiveness. so that they iail into the habit of believing that the whole world was made Tor them. We are all guilty. more or less, in proportion as we have succeeded in making ourselves easy, or at least protected, But many of us come in time to under stand that, practically speaking, selfishness (and the thing l am writing about is pure seifishness) Is essentially destructive. It tends to cut us off gradually from everything.
 Every week I go to the Metro politan Opera House in New York to listen to an opera. My wife got me into this habit years ago. and the fact that am willing to ac- knowledge that, shows how much courage have. I am surrounded by three or four nice old female New York tabby cats, whose ears are ali waiting for them outside, and who discuss their ailments. not only between. but well into, the acts. They consider them selves privileged people, and the idea that others are wanting to listen to the music uninterruptedly Is something that has never oc- cured. to them.-
 The other afternoon three of them got to discussing iitsraturs just before Bori came on to sing her solo in Romeo and Juliet"
 DO you know }of good bobkr' asked one of them to the other. The third was right back of me listening. My dear. give you my word, I don't know of single book that is any good. It does seem too bad" etc.
 At this point Boris song wes 90 thrilling. so msllifluous, that 1t compelled the attention of even these neighbors. And then sud- denly, right in the midst of 1t, the kind lady back of me leaned over and in a violent whisper. which would be heard six rows away said:
 @"By the way. have you read The Man From Mainef" v I told this story to . friend of mine between the acts, and swore mildly at the way Americans have of allowing this sort of thing to goT on In their opera houses. That's nothing." my friend re- piled. T sit In the middle of the orchestra. I have been coming here for five years, and I give you my word I've never seen a first act"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

and Greenwich Village, the gilded rum palaces on Broadway were rum ming wide-open with no bluecoat in sight. Further than that, the big mid dlemen were said to be making their wholesale distributions under the very noses of the agents of the law.
 If we are to believe the press re- ports, such is not the case in Philadel- phia. By last Saturday night, only little more than week after assum- ing his new duties, General Butler had denoted or dismissed eight lieuten- ants of police and closed 980 saloons that had previously been running un- molested, and possibly with police pro- tection. Bandit-chasing cars heavily manned, armored and equipped with scatter-guns have been stationed at the principal street outlets of the city, under orders to stop escaping autos at any cost. This is gxim business and nobody knows it better than those habitual towards, the professional law breakers. Nevertheless, some of these will escape, not by auto but by train, and doubtless many of them are now fleeing to that thugs Elysium-New York. Very soon Philadelphia s neighbors will be confronted with Philadelphia's problem, for the simple reason that the digits in that problem will have betaken. themselves from the City of Brotherly Love to some place where that love is less demonstrative. Then New York's police executives will have to get right-or else!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
BUSY TELEPHONES
(Toledo BladeS'

The telephone operators job does not classify with the posi- tions which are pretty soft" She earns what she earns by alert ness and good temper.
 If 1t were not for these qualities of the operator, the American peo- pie could never do the tremendous amount of talking they do over the telephone. In 1922, the mes- sages or talks amounted to 24,- 73S,z5s.739. The number was g. S93 3.036,4 ,404 more than in 1917. The increase was 13.2 per cent. The calls included not only the brief business conversations. but also the long ones which young people home from college through the holidays exchanged. They includ- ed the calls of people who gave the wrong numbers. those that were intended to jar monopolists loose from the party wires, the discussions with grocers and butchers. the long distance busi- ness and the more or less plausible explanations or excuses of citizens who, did not want to go home to the evening meals.
 All made work for the operators. All kept them. from loafing. gos- sipinE, chewing gum and other things which the comic paper once assigned as the chief end in life of telephone operators.
 Telephone service in few com. munities Is what subscribers de- mand 1t shall be. One reason for shortcomings Is supplied by those figures of calls. Volume of busi- ness allows many lines of enter. prise to make economies and re- duce charges or prices. The auto mobile Industry is a good illus tration. Tho thing does not seem to work out this way in telephone service. For that service usually Ia fastest and smoothest whefe the numbers of wires are com paratively few. the apparatus ! simplest and the duties of opera Ftors without strain upon them.