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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
The WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy and much colder tonight, lowest
about as degrees; Sunday fair and cold.
East Texas: Fair and colder tonight
cold wave in south portion; freezing IN
interior: frost to the coast. Sunday
fair: not so cold in north and west por-
tions. Fresh to strong northerly winds
on the coast tonight, subsiding Sunday.
Small Craft Warnings indicated for
the west coast.
Weather Conditions
The disturbance over Kansas yester'
day morning was central over the lower
Great Lakes this morning, while the
Northwestern high" increased IN IN
tensity and extent, moved southwark
AMI covered practically the entire west
ern half of the United States at the
morning observation. 1t is attended by
unseasonably low temperatures through
ont the central portion of the country
and southward into northwestern Tex
as. Moderate heavy rains occurred
since last report in the Ohio and middle
and southern Mississippi Valleys, lignt
scattered showers in eastern Texas, and
snow in the northern Rocky Mountain
states.
The lowest temperature last night at
TEXAS stations ranged from 20 at Am
ar'ilo to 20 at Brownsville and Corpus
Christi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
COUzENSBRINCS
ROW IN SENATE
Charge of Treasury Eff
fort to Discipline
Causes Debate
fRv The Associated press.1

WASHINGTON, D. c., March IA
Senator Couzens' investigation of the
internal revenue bureau and his charges
of treasury efforts to discipline him,
provided the fuel today for senate de-
bate that cracked with personal ac-
cusatiOns and famed into a white heat
Of bitterness.
Replying to the Michigan senator's
recent jibes at Secretary Mellon. Sem
ator Ernst of Kentucky, another re-
publican member of the investigating
committee of which Mr.. Couzens is
chairman, declared a personal ami
mus" against Mr.. Mellon had prompted
the attacks on him; that Senator
Couzens had not been seeking facts but
openings to attacks the treasury; and
that the tax returns Of the Mellon COM
panies had been put on the committee
grill for no other reason but because
they had connections with the present
treasury secretary.
In return Senator Couzens declared
he had attacked Mr.. Mellon because .he
became convinced that the secretary
has a personal interest in some of the
tax assessments under examination;
had asked for the records of the Mel
lon companies because of grave charges
that had reached the committee; and
intimated that ne had suspected that
important committee files were disap-
pearing because of close contact between
treasury agents and Senator Ernst
After Senator Glass, democrat, Vir-
ginia. former secretary of the treas
ury, had concluded speech assailing
Secretary Mellon. Senator Ernst asked
the chairman If there was anything
under the rule of the senate that would
permit him to call fellow senator a
wilful, malicious liar"
A dozen senators were Immediately
on their feet demanding that Senator
Fess, republican, Ohio, who was presid-
ing, enforce the rules and compel the
senator from Kentucky to sit down.
After much confusion motion was
made and a roll call ordered to deter
mine if Senator Ernst was out of or
der.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
CALLESCLOSES
MEXICO CHURCH,
SCENEOF RIOTS
Both Sides of Apostolic
Row Found Guilty of
Disobeying Authority,
President Says
(Bv The Associated Press.)

MEXICO CITY. March lathe Sole
dad church has been closed to worship
by order Of President Gales in settle
ment of the conflict created by the
Knights of Guadalupe, followers Of the
Mexican Catholic apostolic church, who
recently took over the building and
elected the Roman Catholic priest
Father Silva.
President Gales found no evidence
that Father Silva had willingly handed
the building over to the Knights or was
in any way connected with them. as
charged. Consequently he declared
Patriarch Perez of the new sect and
his followers had broken the constitu-
tion by taking national property under
the keeping of the Roman Catholic
church without fulfilling the require,
ments Of the law.
On the other hand, the president
found, the Roman Catholic clergy had
declared themselves in open rebellion
against the constitution "despising the
authorities through their most promi-
nent Spokesman
The Roman Catholic clergy. the state
ment continued. refused to recognize
state ownership of the church buildings
and the governments right to exercise
control over church worship and prac,
tices and were allegedly arousing the
people to take justice into their own
hands.
DESTROYS of enforcing the laws at
whatever cost, the president therefore
ordered the Soledad church withdrawn
from religious practices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Mrs. Pulitzer, Hurt in
Auto Accident, Dies
fBv The Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, N. Y. March 14.-Mrs.
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Of St. Louis, wife
of the editor and publisher of the st.
Louis Post Dispatch, and secretary of
the Press Publishing company, publish
ers Of the New York World. died last
night from what was originally thought
to have been trivial injury sustained
in an automobile accident Thursday.
Death was due to a blood clot which
had formed in an injured blood vessel
in the neck and passed on to the brain.
Her husband. on fishing trip in
Florida was located yesterday after Mrs.
Pulitzer's condition became suddenly
serious, and is now en- route to New
York. Her three children are at home
in St. Louis where Mrs. Pulitzer was
born. Her maiden name was Elinor
Wickham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Truck Markets
= O0oy Fort Brown
(Texas Warehouse and Markets
Department.

AUSTIN. Tex, March 14.-Shipping
point information-Ca Cabbage, Kansas
City, 2 Texas, ! other, IL track. un-
changed; Chicago, 5 Texas, other, 43
track, $2.5O-s2.s5; St. Louis, A Texas. L
other, II track, unchanged; Cincinnati,
2 Texas. 2 other, IA track. $50 ton;
Denver, Texas, 8 other, weak, $1.75-
$1.85.
Carrots-Kansas City. / Texas, o
other. track, $1.5O; Chicago, 1 Texas,
0 other, weak, $1-s1.25; st. Louis,
Texas, others, steady, $1.25-$1.5O;
New York, II Texas, 2 other, stronger,
$125-$l.5O.
Spinach-Kansas Sity. Texas, 1 9TH
er, track. steady, unchanged; Chicago,
! Texas, other, 2 track, steady, un-
changed; St. Louis, l Texas, other, 5
track. steady, $.75-f.S5; Cleveland, 4
Texas. other, track, Slips; Denver,
l Texas, 6 other. 8 track, strong, $.85:
New York, l Texas, IL other, steday,
$50.
Beets-Chicago. Texas, other, 1
track, dull, $3.50; st. Louis, 2 track,
steady, s1.25-s1.5O; New York, Texas,
other, track, steady, $1-$1.25; Phila-
delphia track, 0 other, 8 track, nothing
offered; Baltimore, l track, dull, $l.75-
So.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
M'CLNTOCK HEIR
Held IN JAIL BY
STATECOUNSEL
Shepherd Taken From
Home at Midnight for
Questioning; D e ME s
Stolen Germ Story

CHICAGO, Ill.,, March IA
Questioned for hours early to-
day after DR.. Charles Faiman,
head of a germ culture school,
said he had sought information
in administering typhoid germs
without trace to a person, Will
liam d. Shepherd, foster father
and chief heir of William Mel
son McClintock. millionaire or
phan" who died of typhoid last
December, was held in technical
custody for further interroga-
tiOn.
Taken from his home at midnight to
the office of Robert E. Grove, states
attorney, Shepherd was confronted with
DR.. Faiman and flatly denied his story
that he had asked about methods of in
PRODUCING germs into the human body.
His wife, co-guardian of young Nc
Clintock, was later taken to the prose-
cuior office but permitted to return
home after brief questioning.
Grove planned to renew the interro'
CATION later today and also to take
means to block announced plans of
Edwin Hedrick, attorney for Shepherd,
to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, if
his client was not released immediate
ly.
DIR. Faiman, who also was held for
further questioning and who was sub
jected to nearly SO hours of steady ex-
animation before he told his story. said
Shepherd had posed as lawyer seeking
information on germs in defense of
client accused of administering them.
Later Shepherd gave him $50 for a let
ter he had written to the school in
quiring about bacteriology courses, Fai.
man said.
Round Up Witnesses
Beyond asking if they had warrant,
Shepherd offered no resistance to de-
tectives who went to his home. Mrs.
Shepherd was hysterical and declared
"this is persecution" She was calm
several hours later when brought to
the states attorneys office and tolc
assistant states attorneys thai :" If they
realized how much l loved Billy Nc,
Clintock the case would be dropped.
During the questioning of Shepherd
by states attorneys, police rounded up
a number of witnesses who have been
prominent in testifying before the cor
oner's inquest into McClintock's death.
They sought DR.. George Fosberg who
told the coroner's jury that he had
been consulted by Shepherd about the
effects of germs and subtle poisons and
probability of their detection in an
Continued on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
STORM WARNING

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 14.-The
weather bureau today issued the fol-
lowing storm warning: Advisory 10
a. M, southwestern storm warnings or
dered Delaware breakwater to Eastport.
Maine, disturbance over Lake Ontario
moving northeastward, i'll cauwse strong
southwest winds this afternoon and to-
night, shifting to northwest Sunday"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
ACTIVITIES DRAW WOMEN

BERLIN, March 14.-Recent elections
in the Evangelical church throughout
Prussia. the largest Protestant area in
Germany, resulted in the choice Of
80 1-3 per cent of women as church
officials in many parishes, and work
men assumed a much more important
part in church affairs than in the days
of the monarchy. About 75 per cent of
the church membership voted in most
parishes. which is regarded as mani.
festation of unusual interest in church
affairs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Texas Constitution
Builder Succumbs

FORT WORTH, Texas. March a.
w. P. Mclean. Sr., 80, member of the
convention which drafted the present
state constitution died Friday after
brief illness. He had been judge, con-
gressman and legislator
Mclean was born in Copish county,
Miss, and was brought to Texas as a
baby. He served Texas as member of
the legislature from which he resigned
to join the Confederate army. He had
four years at soldering, leaving the
army with the rank of major.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
LAST WAR RESTRICTION LIFTED

LONDON, March 14-The last of the
war time restrictions on the postal SER
vice as put into effect by England was
early in February. The post
master general announced that the
money order service between Great
Britain and the Duchy Of Luxemburg,
in August, 1914, had been re-
sumed, virtually on the same basis as
eleven years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Smoot, Taken iii in
Senate, Recovering
fBy The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. D. c., March n
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, who was
taken ill on the senate floor yesterday
and removed to his home was said today
to have spent fairly comfortably
night.
Physicians decided after an early
morning examination Of their patient
that he would be able to 90 to the sem
ate long enough to cast his vote in the
event the nomination of Chas B. War
rem to be attorney general comes to a
vote. Otherwise the senator will re-
main in bed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
PROMOTERS HOME SOLD

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 14.-Memo-
ries of Leo Kort Koretz, promoter Of
$2.O00,000 Panama oil bubble who
died in the Joliet penitentiary few
weeks after his arrest as a result of a
years search. were stirred yesterday
when his former home was sold for a
reported 100000. The woman head of a
costume company was the purchaser.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
COURT BILL TO PASS

The Cameron county court bill is not
ex,c,teo 10 come up in the house until
some time next week, possibly Monday
or Tuesday. according to Harbert Daven-
port. who has been in almost daily COM
munication with Representative Harry
Faulk. 1t will pass without opposition
when it is brought up, he believes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
PARENTS-IN-LAW SUED
X X X
BY RIDING MASTER FOR
X = X
TAKING BRIDE FROM HIM
fBv The Associated Press.l

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March 14.-Je-
rome W. Bradley, riding master was
prepared to testify today in his suit
for $25O,O0O against his wealthy par
ents-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.
Forster, whom he charges with keep
ing his bride, Emily, from him. The
hearings are being held before Com
missioner Emil J.. Ludwig, and young
Bradley's testimony will follow that
of Mr.. and Mrs. Forster given yester-
DAY.
Bradley married Emily Forster re-
Gently following a romance Of the
bl'dle path. The girl took lessons
from Bradley.
w. B. Rubin, attorney for Bradley.
indicated that he will attempt to
prove that Emily proposed marriage
to Bradley rather than that the young
horseman did the proposing himself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
FATHER STAYS 4 CHILDREN WITH AXE
FROST EXPECTED
TO MISS VALLEY

Although frost tonight to the
coast has been forecast by weather
bureau officials in the northern
part of the state, the Valley will
escape damage, in the opinion of
w. j. Schnurbusch, local forecast
er. The temperature is expected
to be around 45 degrees but wind
and clouds will prevent frost, he
thinks.
Much colder weather has been
forecast for the east Gulf states
and the Ohio Valley region. Many
rcy points will experience freez-
ing temperatures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Ball of Hair Taken
From Girls Stomach

FITCHBURG. Mass, March 14.-Sur-
geons who operated on a Is year old
girl at hospital here removed from
her stomach ball Of hair weighing 10
ounces. Her parents said the child had
been in the habit of swallowing strands
Of her own hair from infancy. Physi-
clans said she will recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
WHEAT PRICES PLUNGE

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 14.-Wheat
made a wavering start today and then
plunged downward far below yester-
days bottom figures. The dive car
ried the market five cents a bushel un-
der the preceding close, May delivery
touching S162. Trade was of huge
volume with reports current that wheat
at Liverpool was unstable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
STORM WARNING

WEATHER BUREAU, NEW OR
LEANS, La, March 14.-Hoist
northwest storm warnings Texas
coast Port Arthur to Freeport and
small craft warnings westward to
Brownsville 900 a. m. Fresh to
strong northerly winds this after
noon and tonight and much colder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
North Texas in Grip
OF Zero Temperatures I

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, March IA
cold wave hit this section last night.
temperature dropping to % degrees. ac-
companied by 20 mile wind. The
thermometer registered 20 at Texline,
while at ,Forgan, Oklahoma. it stood at
Is. 1t is not thought the fruit crop
here has been damaged by the freeze.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Dallas Home Robbed
OF Fine Silverware
(By The Associated Press.)

DALLAS, Texas, March 14.-Silver-
ware valued at $2500 was taken from
the home of Mrs S. L. Munger early to-
day. Members Of the family were away
last night. servant who went to- the
residence to work this worning is be-
lieved to have scared the robber away
as a suitcase which had been filled with
silver was left in hall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
MOOSE TO BUILD

CHICAGO, H., March IA COM
bined Loyal Order Of Moose temple and
office building to cost $3OOOOOO will be
built in Chicago's downtown district,
James j. Davis, secretary of labor and
director general of the order, announced
here yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
100 MISSING FROM
WRECKED STEAMER
(By The Associated Press.)

NAGASAKI. Japan, March 14.-One
hundred persons are missing from the
Japanese steamship Uwajima Maru No
6. which is believed to have foundered
in storm on Wednesday off Kabashima
Island.
The purser and fifteen passengers
have been picked up thus far, and five
destroyers are searching for other pos
sible survivors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Egyptian Tomb Sealed
To Await Director
(Bv The Associated Press.)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 13.-The
tomb discovered by the Harvard Bos-
ton expedition at Giza, has been closed
and sealed to await the return TO Egypt
cf Dr. George A. Reisner, professor OF
at Harvard, director of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and head
of the expedition, who now is in Bos-
ton. Announcement of this decision
was made today at Harvard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Seven Germans Killed
In Communist Clash

HALE. Germany, March 14.-Seven
persons, including two women were
killed in the clash here last night be-
tween police and communists.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-14
Girl to Serve Six
Years for Staying
(By The Associated Press.l

TULSA, Okla, March 14.-Mildred
Odom, II years old, was found guilty Of
)1nanslaughter in the first degree and
sentenced to six years in the state PEN
itentiary by a jury in district court
here today.
She killed Mrs. George Bliss with a
knife in a rooming house fight July 4,
1924
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
b ROSS CONKLIN

Their defense riddled BY the
fierce, unyielding attack Of the
sturdy Georgetown backs, Lebanon
Valley broke badly IN the game
with the iIItoppers this morning
and suffered one Of the worst de-
feats Of It's life. Only the short
MSS Of time and the inability Of
the Georgetown boys to maintain
the terrific pace throl ghout saved
Lebanon from crushing. humilit-
ing defeat.
At the end Of the fourth quar-
ter a corps Of officials gathered
and decided that the final score
was Georgetown. so: Lebanon, 0.
Never Had Chance
The defeat was worse than the
score woud seem to indicate. Leb-
anon never had q chance. They
mace only one first down as against
Georgetownss 90. They soldem
stopped a runner without gain
Continued on Page 2. Column u
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
WAVE
STRIKE
Temp srature Sinks 70 81 De-
rees Boston New York,
Pnila ~ u Winters Grip

The cold wave which IS sweep
iie east from fhe north and west
where ii has BEEN showing made
itself felt 81 Washington this
morning when Thermometer
dropped ID S7 ~ o'clock and
lowered around sl mark until 8
OclOc wlIsr II iS. "a 70 IS
. oselee + kad jumped - q.
eef O'Clock md the Tine
a HE beeinnln a tie third eains
d kSs void series tllis tsrnesn
q Z oselock tlle temper r VII
have climbed tO So or over eas
forecast SC tie JVeatlar Bnreau.
although brisk winds win sweep
the bali field.
Warmer Tomorrow
However the weather for tonor-
rows game promises ID BE- much
warmer. 1t was stated. with clear
skies and less wind. although the
temperature VIII show 9. consider
able drop tonight.
.'The cold wac which Is sweep
ing through the west win not
reach washington. although it il
quite cold here now. Forecaster
Mitchell said today. while the
Temperature win show drop to.
night, tomorrow will be much
warmer than today. and ideal
weather conditions should prevail
for the fourth game OF the world
SERIES" he said.
Snow i'm Pittsburgh
BY international News seRvics
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct To-
Pittsburgh got its first snow OF the
season shortly before o'clock this
morning. The flakes were small
and indications were for snow inter
mittenly throughout the day, the
weather bureau stated.
Icy Winds Sweep New York
NEW YORK, Oct. 1O.--Icy winds
swept New York today when the
Continued on Page 2, Column %
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
Nl|HNSlI QllS
F0R RBDs0N
70 WIN
'.Bir Iraill Ready to Pitch
Tomorrow, # Needed,
He Says
~ WATTER JOHNsON

According to our way Of think
ing, 4 rainy day helps rs more
than ii does the Pirates and we
should be all the better for it
today. ossie BlueEe, who was
Ibeaned BY Vic AIdridge ii Pitts
.burgh. should be back at third
base again, and with all due re-
spects to Buddy Myer, . most
promising youngster from New
Orleans, we should be stronger
with Ossie in there, He has the
experience. That counts for q
whole lot in q series like this.
some Of the boys say that d
rainy day helps Us because 1t gives
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 60
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
FANS SILVER / ICY CAT :


NEW YORK, oct. 10 Bulky
policemen came galIopipg from
al directions when Ieidore
Linker. j messenger, drew Z -
volver ii front Cf laundry
Tinker had Just been knocked
down 81 Herman Weiner, owner
81 the laundry. Weiner -
planned to the gathered bat
talions cf policemen that laundry
had been stolen from him three
times irI tie last wee When
he saw Tinker standing by bis
laundry wagon be knew 1t once
Weiner was hold-up man. 80
knocked him down.
II was Linke1 turn "a e.
plain. HI said he had been
robbed three times recently and
that when Weiner lEnocs him
down he st once fhou eineE
hold -Ilp man. Re had drawn
tie revolver bis employer had
given him for lust such elner-
eencies.
The police proved neither Was
NSaU4u@I
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
Turtle Doves Elope
But No One IS
Surprised

PHILADELPHIA Oct.
Two graduates 81 Camden high
school demonstrated how much
they cared about being dubbed
the turtle doves 81 the 1925
class when they announced
that they had eloped to Media,
where they were married last
Wednesday.
Miss Georgia Mae Dill Ind
been listed as the most Mt
tionate girl and John 3 Funck
won the title of .s1aost affeCtion
ate hos, 50 what, they asked,
tcould Be more appropriate
The bride IS eighteen and
Func nineteen. Parental for
giveness and blessings followed
the return from Media and
caIssmates were informed that
the c0urtship had really started
when both were freshieS and
kept secret until the senior year.
The Washington times., 1925-10-10
GEN. SHERWOOD WEAKER;
NO HOPE IS HELD OUT

TOLEDO, Ohio. Oct. To- General
Isaac r. Sherwood, ninety. veteran
Of the civil war and leading figure
in State and national politics for
more than a generation, was grow
ing steadily weaker today. He Is
suffering from pernicious anemia.
General Sherwood Is said to BIO
the last surviving officer who held
commanding rank during the cviA
war,