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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
UNFICA1ION OF
CHURCH SOUGHT
North Texas Conference
of M. E. Church Has
Heated Debate

GREENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 1.-THE
North Texas conference Of the Method
ist Episcopal church, South, went on
record Saturday as favoring unification
with the Northern church but without
any definite plan in view.
The conference passed resolution
stating that the vote by which the pend
ing plan Of unification was rejected last
Wednesday, 161 to 1877, lis not to be
construed as meaning that we are OPP
posed to unification, as such, under
some acceptable plan and that we
firmly believe some such plan can yet
be devised.
The resolution favored continuation
of negotiations looking to unificatior
1t brought out a committee composed
of Rev. J. sSam Barous, Georgetown;
G. C. French, Sulphur Springs; c. A.
Spraggins, Denton; DR.. G. G. Salecman,
Dallas, and Rev. J. A. Old, Commerce.
The conference rejected plan pre-
serted by Rev E. W. Anderson Of Kauff-
of the northern and southern churches.
man which provided for a federation
Wichita Falls was selected as meet
ing place Of the conference for next
year. Pastor appointments will be an
nounced tomorrow afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
BUSINESS MEN
OF MATAMOROS
ATTEND MEET
kiwanis Club Host To
c. of c. Members; Bet
ter Industrial Rela-
tons Visualized

Belief that it will be possible
to build on the border two great
empires, from an Industrial
standpoint by cooperation be-
tween Brownsville and Mata-
fnoros was the keynote of the
Kiwanis club banquet at the
Country club Friday night, with
more than 80 persons present,
about half of whom were visit
ors from among the business
men Of Matamoros.
This keynote thought of the
meeting was voiced by G.. G..
Richardson, secretary of the
Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce, who was one of the sew
en- speakers, along with Presi-
dent Harry L.'Faulk of the XII
wants club, General G. r. Ger
vera, commander Of the Mata-
moros garrison, and members Of
the Chamber of Commerce
there.
All guests were lined up and
the Kiwanians passed by, shak-
ing hands and giving their
names The Matamoros' delega-
tion was met at the plaza in Ma
tamoros by Brownsville cars,
and brought to the Country club
here, and returned by Browns
vile people, the visitors wearing
white ribons with the words,
Chamber of Commerce, Mata-
moros, Mexico Y
The opening talk Of the meeting was
made by Harry L. Faulk, president of
the Kiwanis club. "We have met here
tonight for the purpose of welcoming
the ChambeE of Commerce Of Mata-
moros as guests Of the Kiwans club
of Brownsville" he said ''Kiwanis is
what we term service club, which is
made up from business men of Browns
vile representing almost every busi-
ness in the city Of Brownsville. The
purpose of this organization is to get
these business men together 10 further
the interest of our city.
Need MatamOros Aid
This is not a political club. Not
a club for furthering our own inter
ests. This club has found that when
it serves others it serves itself and
each will individually profit by the
developing Of c,lr city and surround
ing community. We believe .hat the
Rio Grande Valley is the creates in
the United States. We know that the
people Of the United States have heir
eyes on the Valley and are beginning
to learn that it is the greatest coun-
try
1--WE know that we must have the
interest of MatamoFos with US in devel-
oping this growth. The development
Of one means the growth of the other.
For that treason Kiwanis has desired
tc have this meeting with the Chamber
of Commerce Of Matamoros.
I'VE believe that there is much to
be done in the interest of good roads
connecting Matamoros and Brownsville.
Continued on Page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
Governor Upholds
Persons in Office

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 17.--Any APP
pointee of her administration, whose
wrong doing may be established by
credible testimony" will be removed
from office, Governor Miriam A. Fer
guson said today in declaring there is 70
good reason for calling special session
of the legislature. She said she had
no one to protect in wrong doing and
urged complainants to 20 before grand
juries with their "whisperings.
In taking her first official cogniz-
ance of the agitation for a special ses-
sion, the governor said nine-tenths OF
the agitation Is inspired by "spme pros
pective candidates for governor or their
intimate friends, or by some disappoint-
ed county official who wants to perform
some duty how conferred upon other Of
ficials by law. They want to call a
they say legislature and open it SO
that the gossipers may come down and
4 Continued on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
AIRPLANE TO Be
CONGRESS TOPIC
(Rv the Associated Pressl /.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Oct. 17.-The
airplane, junior weapon in the arma-
ment Of nations, promises to over
shadow in debate in the next congress
its grizzled contemporaries, the infan-
try and the battlcship.
Twice in the last nine months its
activities and potentialities have pass
ed under Investigations and reports Of
these two inquiries will furnish the
basis of discussion. One by the pres
ident's air board, which closed open
hearings yesterday. will be given di-
rectly to President Coolidge but the
other by the house aircraft committee
will be turned to congressional.
The presidents airboard met in ex-
ecutive session today to 20 over pre-
Eminary plans for the drafting its
report. which probably will be given to
the president about November 20.
Through its inquiry, the board held
to policy adopted at its first meet
ing to seek facts and information only
and as far as possible, to remain alpoi
from personal ties.
In its four weeks Of work, it exam
ined practically all government Off
Gals charged with the conduct Of avi-
alton, representatives Of the aircraft
manufacturing industry and others
connected with the commercial uses OF
the airplane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
PROPOSED VALLEY
EMBARGO PUT OFF

EDINBURG, Texas, Odt. 17.-Final
action on the proposed embargo
against shipments of California and
Florida citrus fruits stock into the
Rio Grande Valley Of Texas because Of
alleged danger to Valley citrus frHits
was deferred by the commissioner
court of Hidalgo county today until
October 2s in order OF get more defi-
mite information. f
State Commissioner Of Agriculture
Terrell, who attended the courts ses-
sions states that his department will
do anything advocated by the commits
sioners Of Hidalgo and Cameron coun-
les provided their action be legal He
int;mated that it was his belief IL
would be better for the state to de-
clare an embargo in case one is deem.
ed necessary.
Valley nurserymen and growers fav-
or the proposed quarantine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
VALLEY SEEKING
CLEARING HOUSE
Would Aid in Stopping
Bad Check Artists,
Bankers Believe

That a majority Of bankers in the
Valley favor proposed clearing house
at Mercedes or some other centrally To-
GATED point is the belief voiced yester-
day by Albert Fernandez, cashier of
the State National bank here, who con
ferred recently with a. Nix. vice pres
ident of the McAllen State Bank and
Trcst Co., who is one of the sponsors
of this move.
The clearing house is proposed main
ly to prevent the necessity Of sending
checks out Of the Valley when they are
drawn on one Valley bank and cashed
by another.
BY tire system proposed check
would leave its place Of origin and re-
turn in one day, and the evil of "hot
checks" would be checked, bankers be-
lieve.
meeting Of Valley bankers will be
held some time this week, Mr.. NIX SAID
probably in Mercedes, at which time
definite action on the matter is expect
ed. 1t has been discussed tentatively
at meetings held in Mercedes and Har-
lingen
Under the present system a check
written on a bank in Mercedes and
cashed in Weslaco would probably
leave the Valley, going through a clear
ing house in Corpus or even in Hous-
ton, and return several days later. In
the meantime the person who wrote the
check, if it were worthless, could leave
the Valley.
The clearing house proposes to op-
crate two messengers, one of whom will
leave Mission every afternoon in an
automobile, and the other leave
Brownsville, going direct to Mercedes
and returning the next morning with
checks taken to and from the clearing
house al Mercedes. This will make ii
possible to secure action on payment OF
checks at once.
The expense of the clearing house
would be born jointly by banks Of the
Valley, with the messengers paid by
the Valley banks also These messen-
gers will report to each bank between
Mission and Brownsville on the trip tc
the clearing house, enabling each banl
to secure returs on checks issued thai
day.
the proposed clearing house will bt
facilitated by the recent organization
of Valley Bankers association, whicf
was organized ten atively at the Har
lingen meeting.
At that time temporary officers were
named, President w. P. Mcneil Of tht
Hidalgo County Bank of Mercedes be
ing named temporary president.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
MANY OTHERS
SERIOUSLY
HURT IN FIRE
Clyde Liner Comanche
Complete Wreck Off
Coast of Florida As
Flames Rage
nv the Associated Press)

by Jne icSs(
MAYPORT, Fla, Oct. IL
Ten persons are believed miss
ing and a number Of others are
injured as the result of a fire
which practically destroyed the
Clyde line steamship Comanche
six miles from this port late to-
day. Survivors were brought
here by the tanker Reaper and
tn pilot boat Mota. The known
injured are:
John Busch, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, dislocated shoulder, and 9TH
er injuries; Adolph Franklin.
Hamburg, q, burned about the
face; two other passengers, Sc
verely burned and Captain E. Z.
Carey, wrenched leg; Joe Jacob
US, Arligh, N. j., hip fractured;
Mrs. Barara Lord, Burlington,
VT; Mrs. A. M. Hull, Melrose,
Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth Milligan,
106 Washington place, New
York.
These three women were injured
when they were thrown into the water
as lifeboat capsized as it was being
lowered from Comanche.
The fire, originating in a forward
hold, soon got out Of control, eating
into naval stores being carried as a
portion Of the general cargo.
The last Of the survivors were land
ed here shortly before midnight.
Three of them, badly but not seri-
ously burned were taken to Jackson
Vile by automobile, while a fourth, 50
badly injured that he could not be re-
moved from the tanker Reaper to the
tugboat. was transferred to the Clyde
lneship Ozark, which proceeded to
Jacksonville.
The Reaper went to the assistance
of the Comanche soon after the fire
was discovered.
The Comanche was abandoned six
and half miles off this port and still
was burning at midnight.
Clyde line officials were attempting
to charter an east coast train to carry
the passengers from the Comanche 10
Jacksonville. Many Of them, who were
plunged into the water when two life
! boats were caught between the Reaper
and the Comanche while the Conan
che was being abandoned, were cared
for BY residents Of Mayport.
| Members Of the Comanche's crew,
whites and negroes, worked heroical-
ly when two lifeboats were caught be-
tween the Comanche and the Reaper
One Of the boats was crushed and the
other overturned, throwing more than
| 40 persons into the water.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
(By the. Associated Pressl

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 17.-Statir that
Attorney General Dan Moody in his let
ter to the state highway commission
failed to include his verbal opinion he
gave to the commission during con-
ference, Frank V. Lanham, chairman Of
the commission replied to the attorney
generals letter which he branded as a
"dictation Of policy to the highway COM
mission, which was not requested"
The chairman asked the attorney
general to reduce to writing 1.-The
opinion you gave US verbally" if it
would not prove embarrassing. The let
ter explained that the difference be-
tween the low bidders on highway main
tenance contracts in 33 counties of
Sl61, 1855, was mostly in five Of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
WHOLESALE PRICES DECLINE

WASHINGTON, ID. g., Oct. ia
slight decline in the general level OF
wholesale prices in September as COM
pared with August, due chiefly to a
drop in farm products and the mis-
cellaneous commodities groups, was re-
ported today by bureau Of labor Stats
tics Of the department Of labor. The
bureaus weighed index number, figured
on prices for 404 commodities, register
ed 1879 for September az compared
with 1904 in August. The general
level however, was still, seven
and one third per cent above that Of
September last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
WILLACY VOTES
BOND issue TO
PAVE HIGHWAY
Road WiIl be Connect
ing Link in Shorter
Route 10 Houston; Is
sue is for S30c, 600

RAYNONDVLLLE. Texas, Oct. H.
Willacv COUNTY residents today approv-
el 100000 road bond issue making
it possible to procee wi the paving
of road through he county. The to-
til uotc was 375 for and f53 against
the bond issue.
This projected highway will reach
from the Cameron coun line on the
south to the Kennedy county line on
the north, a distance of Is miles, and
will be one of the main links in the
highway which will ultimately shorten
the distance into the Lower Valley
from Houston about so miles.
When completed this highway will
leave only two unpaved strips Of road
between Brownsville and the pavement
in Kleberg county. One Of these strips
will be the eight and one-half miles
of unpaved road in Cameron county,
agitation for the paving Of which has
already been started.
The other unpaved road is in Ken
edy county, and agitation for the paw
ing of that road will be carried on by
residents Of that county and others.
Willacy county win have her S309-
900 matched BY 9 like amount of money
from the sta'e highway department,
and the road which is to be paved will
be standard, 18-foot paving, the type
of paving material to be decided later
The vote on he bond issue in Will
lacy county by precincts was: Precinct
No. 1, 90 for and rs against; Precinct
No. 2, 81 for and 26 against Precinct
No. A. 20 for and ! against. A total Of
375 for and 153 against.
two-thirds majority of the votes
cast is necessary to pass such bond
issue as this one. The vote cast in
the election today shows 63 margin
over the two-thirds majority.
The commissioners court of Willacy
county will advertise for bids on the
road bonds as soon as possible, and
plans for the road will be started at
once by the engineers of the county.
All possible speed will be exercised in
starting construction of the road.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
SUSPECT POISONING
In WOMAN'S DEATH

Los ANGELES, Calif.. Oct. IL
Mrs. Laura Biddle wife of Craid Bid
die, millionaire Philadelphia sportsman
died here tonight. Police are investi-
eating circumstances surrounding her
death.
A doctor who was called after the
body had been found by two maids
pronounced death due to heart disease,
but an undertaken, to whose establish
ment the body was takens questioned
the diagnosis and notified the coron-
er, who, in turn, notified the police.
An autopsy to take place tomorrow,
has been ordered by the coroner. 1t
was indicated at the officials office
that it was believed there that the
woman nigh have died from he effects
of poison.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
Former Official OfA & VI
IS Held for Enbezzlemeut

the college. Immediately after the
auditors reported a shortage in the
systems funds Felker was dismissed
from the employ Of the institution
Complaints were filed Saturday aft
er1loon.
Felker had been chief clerk at the
experiment station for IL years and
made his home here. He told mem
bers of the board, it is said, that no
other employees of the college are in
volved with him. Representative W..
9. Barron, Felker's attorney who ap-
peared with him at the sheriff's Of
flee to make bond. arranged with
Justice Hamilton for an examining
: trial next Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
MORE IRRIGATION
in STATE SOUGHT

DALLAS. Texas, Oct. Measures
in furtherance of Texas irrigation and
water reclamation were adopted by the
executiv board of the Texas cepserva-
tion association meeting here today.
J. A. Kemp Of Wichita Falls, president
Of the association. presided.
A series Of meetings to assist COM
munities in organizing irrigation and
levee districts was arranged. The
first is to be held at Mineral Wells,
December 5.
A committee was named to recon-
mend means to stabilize. the reclarna-
tion and irrigation securities. market.
The committee is headed by Mr., Kemp,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
ii r BURNS; 10 MISSING
BAG OF GOLD BULLION
TOO MUCH FOR FORMER
"STRONG MAN,; is I'LL

NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. 17-Selig
(Ajax) Whitman, former s1rcng mar
of the New York police department, is
seriously i'll at his home as a result OF
lifting o comparatively small bag Of
gold bullion. Whitman once lifted q
LOCO pound dumb bell and pushed a
freight car up a hill in ST.. Johns park.
Last July he became paraylzed Oh his
left side from assisting in the transfer
of gold in the Woolworth building. He
was known as a physical marvel ana
often posed for artists of the Nation.
al Academy of Designs. He retired
from The police department five years
ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
Wife Recognizes
Husband In Court

NEW YORK, N. T., Oct. 17-Mrs.
Margaret NJ Turner Of Trenton, n. j.,
today recognized as her husband, Will
liam H. Turner, mine forman whose sup
posed death in a Kentucky coal mine
explosion brought $4,000 in insurance
to various relatives.
Until today's dramatic meeting in the
rooms of the police bomb squad Mrs.
Turner had insisted that Turner was
dead and that the man calling himself
her husband was an imposter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
(By the Associated Press }

BRYAN, Texas. Oct. 17.--Charles
A. Felker, former chief clerk Of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. was released on bond Of $1,000
Saturday following the filing of elev-
en- complaints charging him with en-
bezzlement Of The systems funds.
Bond was fixed at $1,000 in each COM
plant.
Judge Byrd E. White of Lancaster,
acting chairman of the board of di-
rectorr Of the. Agricultural and Me-
chanical College and Walter G. Lacy
of Waco, chairman of the auditing
committee of the. board conferred
here Friday night with auditors Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18

was granted, a lawyer who said he
represented her. appeared IN the
court room and yainly attempted to
have the case reopened. Justice
Thompkin declined to hear his ar
gument and the decree will be made
final 10 three months.
Prior to today's action, there had
been no public knowledge of dis
cord between Mrs. Stokes and her
husband. The testimony, in which
Mrs. Stokes was accused Of miscon-
duct with hotel manager named
Grossman. was briefly presented and
the decree was immediately granted,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
Stokes Romance Comes to
End With Divorce Decree

NYACK, n. Y..-Oct 1.-THE ro-
nance of Rose Pastor Stokes and
James Phelps Stokes, millionaire
philanthropist. came to an abrupt
and unexpected end today when
Stokes was granted an interlocutory
decree of divorce by Justice Arthur
S. Thompkins.
Mrs. Stokes, who rose from pow
erty stricken immigrant girl to lead
er Of the socialist party before she
met her husband, was not present at
the hearing, which lasted only 80
minutes.
A few minutes after the decree
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
THE WEATHER

EAST TEXAS: Sunday and Monday
unsettled probably local showers; war
mer Sunday; colder in northwest por-
tion Monday,
WEST TEXAS: Sunday partly cloudy,
probably rain in north portion, warmer;
Monday unsettled, probably local show
ers colder in north portion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
Lnnhn,n Asks Moody
for Written Stand
on Highway Policy

counties, and that the low bideers could
not have done the work required to
maintain and better the roads.
..'Your letter asked cancellation OF
contracts where the difference between
the bids was as low as $25 upon a con-
tract of $4,000. We think that such a
difference is too small to engage the
very serious attention Of this depart
ment or Of the department Of the attor.
ney generals Letter was done evidently
with the intention of creating in the
public mind the 'thought that the high
way commiss ion was simply dealing
out contracts in the nature Of plums
and with no other basis to work upon.
You knew, however, at the time your
letter was written that budget Of pro-
posed general maintenance expenditures
had been prepared by our predecessors
in office who had had more than a
years experience in maintaining the
highways of the statesi and this budget
was prepared by Mr.. Ehlinger, the for
mer state maintenance engineer"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18

AUSTIN, Tex, Oct f7.-Disemburse-
ments from the highway department
fund between January 1, 1925, and Oc-
tober Is, 1925, totaled $16,239, ,922.62,
and the balance now in this fund is
$727,64307, books of the treasury de-
partment show, Attorney General Dan
Moody pointed out late today in let
ter to Frank V. Lanham, chairman Of
the highway commission. Moodys' let
ter was inspired by Lanham's letter of
today replying to Moody's suggestion
that maintenance contracts in 33 coun-
ties be cancelled for the public good.
Early today the attorney general
turned over to the comptroller cerii-
fled checks for $15.73O.67, represent
ing accounts that had been paid twice
to the American Road Company oi
Dallas by the state highway depart
ment. This refund was given to Moo
dy in Dallas Friday
The sum Of s161 1865, difference
between low bids for maintenance
work in the 33 counties and the schoo
bids, is sum which / think ought t
concern any public official" the al
torney general wrote Mr.. Lanham.
Summing up his view Of the stua
tion, the attorney general wrote, mot
withstanding your letter, the question
remain, why, for example, the Parten
Herring Road company should receive
contract in Limestone county where
they were highest bidders. and be re
fused contract in the adjoining coun
ty of Freestone, where they were low
bidders; and why the General Con
struction company should get Kaufman
county and not get the adjoining coun
tv Of Van Zandt, where they were low
bidders for that county; or why Sher
man. Youmans Construction compan!
should get Galveston and Harris coun
ties and not get the adjoining count!
of Brazoria, when they were low bid
ders for that county"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18

Dengue fever, yellow fever and ma
laria are all transmitted by the mos
quito.
So we are reminded by DR.. Fl. U.
Sappington. 1t is fact proven many
years ago. particularly in the building
of the Panama Canal.
1t is a warning to those who have IN
their charge the matter of keeping the
Vaitey sand.ayaliey stowns of mem
gees 20 health, -