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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
DOHENY LOSES
N-AMERICAN
British Interests, Stand
ard Oil Cornine in 40
Million Deal
tBy The Associated Press.)


NEW YORK, April 2.-Control of the
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport
company passed out of the hands of the
Doheny family yesterday for a price
estimated in financial circles at S40,-
100000. Blair and company of the
Chase banking group, British interests,
represented by Lord Inverforth, and
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
Joined in the purchase which will be-
come part of a new organization, the
PanAmerican Eastern Petroleum cor
poration, with capitalization of $780,
900 shares Of preferred stock at 500
par value and 100000 shares of COM
mon stock at no par value.
Edward l.. Doheny, pioneer in the
production of oil in Mexico, remains
chairman of the board of the n-Amer-
lean Petroleum company, California sub
sidiary of the corporation whose con-
troll he relinquished, but retires from
the main organization.
Stockholders of the Pan American
Petroleum and Transport Company will
have an opportunity to subscribe for
new stock of the Pan-American West
ern Petroleum corporation, which is to
take over all California properties
eventually. it was announced. The de-
tails of this branch will be decided up.
on later. 1t is expected the Pan-Amer-
lean Eastern will take oyer the Lago
Petroleum corporation in the Latin
American field and move for immediate
expansion.
The British-American Petroleum com
pany, with large facilities in Great Brr-
tain, will now be operated as a part oi
the new organizations shipping, a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
COLLECTORS HELD
ON BRIBE CHARGE
(By The Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, N. Y, April Federal
grand jury indictments were returned
today against seven deputy collectors
of internal revenue on charges that
they extorted "hush' money from
business men of Westchester and Bronx
counties.
The specific charge was that the
deputies solicited and accepted bribes
from citizens under therat of obtaining
against their victims income tax assess
ments, fine and criminal proecution.
The indictments named Charles III.
Green, Albert o. Nelson, William
Cnowden. Paul c. Steinthal, Henry
Mayer, David Benjamin and Charles
fremont.
Green previously indicted with Mat
thew ]. Cannon, another deputy collector
of the district, pleaded guilty and
awaits sentence. ell was arraigned
with Nelson on today's indictment and
btoh were held in $4,000 bail for trial
The others will be arraigned tomorrow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
QUALIFICATION
ENDEDBY JUDGE
Film Magnate Held on
Perjury Charge; Jurist
Rebukes Plaintiff
fBv The Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, N. ", April 2.-Charles
H. Duell, head of a motion picture COM
pany, was held for grand jury action
on charge of perjury today after fed
eral Judge Mack had dismissed the bill
Of complaint filed by Duel in his suit
to compel Lillian Gish, screen star, to
make pictures only for his company.
"Never in % years of judicial expert
ence," said Judge Mack. have | ever had
before me case Of such flagrant breach
of trust as has been shown in this. With
the possible exception of one case, |
have heard no other case wherein there
was more perjury in connection with
both the affidavits for preliminary in
junction and the testimony offered the
court
Bail for Duell was fixed at $4,000 but
Ind~a Mact later released him in the
custody of his counsel and brother, Hol-
lard S Duell.
Duell was undergoing cross examina-
tion when the trial was halted. The
trial began on March %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
SCHOOLSREADY
TO COMPETE IN
BIG Meet HERE
Prizes Offered by Local
Merchants for Win
ners; Crowds Expect
ed for Events

Brownsville is son her toes" ready
for the county meet of all schools un-
der the Interscholastic League Of the
University of Texas. which will open
here tomorrow, with is schools entered
in competition.
Competition will be increased by the
announcement made today by Supt.
Thomas J. Yoe Of the Brownsville pub
lie schools that prizes have been offer
ed by Brownsville firms to winners in
practically all of the events, both ath-
letic and literary, to be held in the
meet.
The meet will open at 8 o'clock FRI
day afternoon with the preliriinaries in
debate and Glass B defamation, which
will be followed by the finals in debate,
to be held Friday night in the high
school auditorium here.
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock the
arithmetic contest will be started. along
with essay writing, Glass A declama,
tons, and tennis preliminaries.
At 10 o'clock the spelling will be
started. and the track and field events,
in which much interest is being mani-
tested. will start at l o'clock in the af-
ternoon. with the girls volley ball at 2
o'clock, and other athletic events during
the afternoon.
Finals in debate will be held Satur-
day night at the local high school audi
torium.
The list of premiums offered winners
follows:
Tennis, boys singles. tennis racket,
Putegnat Hardware Co.
Tennis, boys doubles, six tennis balls,
Borderland Hardware Co.
Debate. boys. silver loving cup, Dorf-
man Jewelry Co.
Debate, girls. silver loving cup, Rut-
ledge Jewelry Co.
Extemporaneous speaking girls,
choice of strand of pearls, white solid
gold bar pin, strand of novelty beads
fancy bobbed hair stone set comb. dom
ated by Dorfman Jewelry Co.
Extemporaneous speaking. boys
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
FOUND
IN SINCER'SCAR
Geraldine Farrar May be
Prosecuted After Seiz-
ure at Canada Line
(By The Associated Fress.o

ROUSE'S POINT, N. ". April 2.-The
matter of prosecution of Geraldine
Farrar, noted singer, as the result, Of
the seizure in of liquor her private car
was in abeyance today pending re-
port from customs agents here to the
collector of the port at Ogdensburg.
The singers private car, the New
York, was boarded by four deputy GUS
toms collectors after it had crossed the
border enroute from Montreal to Rut-
land, Vermont. where Miss Farrar was
to appear in concert.
The fast Montreal New York express,
of which her car was a part. was held
up for fifteen minutes while the search
was being conducted.
Four deputies said they found about
forty bottles of champagne, whiskey
and beer concealed in the car, some in
the lower part of the piano, some back
of the footboard, more in the maids
room and still more behind the ventila-
tors.
Miss Farrar was in bed in her state
room and was not disturbed.
The singer and her party were allow
ed to proceed to Rutland without fur
nishing bond.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Suspended Sentence
Given Woman Here

Y Maria Espinosa Serdin, wife of Apo.
Ionic Serdin, was tried in district court
this morning on charge of attempted
Jail delivery, found guilty, and given
a two year suspended sentence.
Pedro Herrera, tried on a charge Of
violation of the Dean liquor law. was
found not guilty. Trial of w. S. Sulll-
van on a charge Of driving motor We
hicle on the highway while intoxicated
was then started.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Aged 'Mediciue Nam Held
For Buyying Baby AliUe

Indian reservation, where the Wash
ington government has jurisdiction,
the state, however, will prosecute for
the killing of Chavez, as it occurred
outside the reservation boundary.
The government charges that Pate
Nay, whose squaw recently succumbed
to illness, wrapped the body in
blanket with the living child and sent
both to their eternal resting place,
"upon the coercion of Mormon Joe,
as corners jury yesterday charged.
Both Mormon Joe and Pate Nay, are
in Jail here, under guard of the
sheriff. Late yesterday Chavez chided
the medicine man with taunting re-
marks about the death of the Indian
child and told him that he too would
soon die for the crime. When the
Mexican, an alleged bootlegger. sat
yeading in his cell, the infuriated
Indian tore leg from table with
his hands and crushed the prisoners
skull.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02

MEXICO CITY, April 2.-The assas-
sination of General Abelardo Acosta
Tuesday night by General Augustin
Maciel and the latter's suicide after
confessing his crime to the police, are
declared by the authorities to be the
outcome of a long standing feud.
The two men were close friends in
their youth, while students at the
military academy, and the parting is
said to have come through an at
tempt by Maciel to enlist Asocta's aid
in procuring a divorce. MaciePs wife
took her own life upon learning of
her husbands intentions. Years later
General Obregon, as president, ap-
pointed Maciel third chief of the war
department, and he is said to have so
used his Influence against Acosta that
the latter wrote his enemy an in
sulting letter, in consequence of which
he way tried by court martial for in
subord}nation.
Acosta's statements this connection
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
(By The Associated Press.)

CORTEZ, Colo, April 2.-An aged
redskin, solemn medicine man of the
Ute tribe in Southwestern Colorado,
was prisoner in this ancient town
today while his "pale face brothers
set in motion the laws Of civilization
to exact the penalty for the death of
a papoose buried alive as sacrifice
to sacred tribal rites.
The prisoner, Mormon Joe, today
faces charges of the federal and state
governments as an accessory to the
burial of the Indian babe and as the
slayer Of Joseph Chavez. Mexican
cell mate, whom he dubbed to death in
the Cortez Jail late yesterday: The
medicine mans son-in-law Pate Nay,
is charged with the murder of the
infant. Federal officers armed with
warrants were to arrive from Denver
today to take charge Of the investiga-
tion Of the burial ceremony as the
alleged crime was committed on an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Chairman on Stand IN
OlUn Defense Denies
Staying of Policeman

agency of dutch" Anderson his pal
Of the New York mail robbery.
Under cross examination, he refused
to be. rushed into answer at the hands
of States Attorney Hugh NJ. Alcorn.
Alcorn went into the prisoners past
life ever the objections Of Groehl,
which Judge Jennings overruled.
Cody and candidly, he discussed his
spectacular criminal record under Al
corn's urging. He admitted four pre-
vious criminal convictions and discussed
them dispassionately.
When Alcorn asked the unflinchine
up the mail truck in New York in 1921,
he said he had not, Anderson had, but
ha.. not,' he said.
Alcorn disagreed with Chapman's ver-
sion of the mail robbery and the wit
ness, looking straight into the prose
cutor's eyes, said:
81 don't want to argue this matter
with you. / don't wish to go into the
case at all. 1t has nothing to do with
this charge of murder"
He had fired a shot at Muncie po
liceman at the time of his arrest be.
cause he thought him holdup man, ht
said. He said nothing before "he poket
gun under my heart" he added, stat
ing he was AN unprepossessing fellow
at best" So he acted on the impulse
he said, thinking the policeman high
wayman, and he fired to save $4700 h
had on his person.
The nitro glycerin found in his ef
fects he said, had been bought by hin
and Anderson at Shean's repeated urg
ings 'sIt was for him and his gang,
he sa.ds' I'VE got it in the Pennsyl
vania oil fields"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
FUNERAL OF MRS.
KING SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta
M. King, owner of the King ranch, who
died Tuesday night at the Santa Ger
trudis ranch will be held Saturday af
ternoon of this week at $3.50 from the
First Presbyterian church in Kings
Vile, dispatch from that city states.
DR.. S. Fl Chandler. president Of
Daniel Baker College of Brownwood, and
a friend Of the family for years, will
cfficiate at the funeral. He will be
assisted by Rev. Herbert Springal, and
George F. Williams The body will be
inferred in the Chamberlain Masonic
cemetery in Kingsvile.
Relatives in various parts of the
country have been notified. and are on
their way to Kingsville, along with
host of. friends. who will be present at
the funeral services.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
nv The Associated Press.l


CHICAGO, ILL.,, April Estates at
torneys opposing efforts Of counsel for
William D. Shepherd to obtain his re-
lease on bail pending trial on an indiet-
ment charging the murder with typhoid
germs of his foster son. William Nc
Chntock, today had statement OF Earl
p. Clark charging the defense with plot
ting to obtain an affidavit from him in
addition to those they filed yesterday
before Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins.
In the statement Clark said he should
be offered money to change his story
corroborating that Of Charles G. FAR
man. science school head, who claimed
Shepherd promised him 100000 for ty-
nhoid germs and information of admin
istering them.
Clark said he had been supplied with
whiskey and asked to sign blank
three page affidavit after he had been
induced BY private detective to 60 to
his office. The prosecutors said Clark
told them he had later been taken to.
the office of lawyer employed BY
Shepherd at that time and told he would
be swell taken care Of" if he would
wait until Shepherd obtained the $1,000
600 McClintock estate willed him.
Another time, Clark said he was told
he would get $4,000 Immediately after
he signed the blank affidavit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Rum Runners Stop Boat
To Rescue Pursuers

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April p
The crew of an alleged rum runner be-
ing chased by a federal patrol boat last
night turned about and rescued their
pursuers when an explosion occurred
on the latter's craft.
The three members of the "dry navy :"
boat had been forced to leap for their
lies avfter a gas explosion in the en-
CINE room Of their craft in the midst of
the pursuit.
The federal men were taken to the
Atlantic hospital, suffering from burns
on the face and hands
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
by '7he Associated Press)

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 2-Gerald
Chapman today took the stand in his
own defense on charge of having
murdered Patrolman James Skelly in
New Britain last October IL.
Chapman cool and collected, speaking
in clear tones, denied he had been in
the Davidson and Leventhaf store in
New Britain at any time. 1t was in
this store that Skelly was murdered.
\ His direct examination was brief. Un-
der questioning of Frederick J. Groehl,
he told of having met Walter r. Shean
of Springfield. Mass, who first accused
him Of the Skelly murder through the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
OIL SUIT OPENS

CHICAGO, ILL.,. April 2.-Hearing of
the governments suit against the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana, the Stand
~rd Oil of New Jersey, the Texas COM
pany, and two score other oil companies,
involving petroleu cracking patents
and contracts, opened here yesterday be-
fore Master in Chancery Charles Mar
tindale of indianapolis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Move to Block Sale
of Steamers Loses
(Bv The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., April Am ef-
fort to delay consummation Of the sale
of the five California Orient steamers
to the Dollar interests, pending "a ruling
by the attorneys general as to the le>
gality of the transaction was blockeo
today by meeting Of the shipping
board
BY a margin Of single vote, the
same majority that recently approved
the sale, the board rejected a motion
by Vice Chairman Plummer proposing
that the legal questions involved be re-
ferred to the department of justice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
COUNTY CALLS IN
COURT HOUSE BONDS

Cameron county recently called in
more court house and Jail bonds, to the
extent of $4,000, County Judge Oscar
C. Dancy said this morning, making a
total of 900 of these bonds that have
been retired by the commissioners cour.
in the past six months.
There remain $145,000 Of court house
and Jail bonds left to be paid off, judge
Dancy said, and at the present rate
the county expects to make a good
showing in taking up these bonds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
F. w. D. Seeks Entrance
to Dallas Over c. r. |. G.
(By The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2.-In
order to get entrance to Dallas the Fort
Worth and Denver City railway today
asked the interstate commerce commits
sion to approve a contract with the Chi
cago Rock Island and Gulf railroad for
use Of trackage rights over 35 miles of
that line. No new capital investment
will be required, the application said,
but the Fort Worth line hopes to in
crease its traffic materially thereby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Dallas Man Killed in
Crossing Accident

DALLAS, Tex. April &c. L. Nance.
AZ, auditor of the Brown Cracker and
Candy company, was injured fatally last
night at street crossing of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas-Texas railway tracks. He
died few hours after being taken to
a hospital. The accident occurred with
in short distance of the place his
brother was killed on train ten years
ago. Nance was knocked down and run
over by two box cars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Truck Markf
Today Y; ~, s'ss' e..

AUSTIN, Texas, April 2.-Ca |
ments Of fruits and vegetables
Texas, %; Virginia, i South
o; others, 0; cabbage, Texas, 81
81; South Carolina, 4s; New
Wisconsin, o; others, mixed We
Texas. IS; others, 100; total 1f
.commodities-beets, Texas, s.;
Texas, 10; mixed beets and
Texas, "a; onions, Texas, a.; u
potatoes, Texas, s; total, 81;
beans Texas. 8; total. rs; grs
Texas, 4; total, los.
Shipments by districts Of orig
as-Beets. Lower Valley, 8; u
Lower Valley, 81; carrots,y Lower
10; spinach, Laredo, z; Lower va
Continued on PaEe Two
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
IN OUR
VALLEY

1T is interesting these days to draw
= an irregular circle on the map.
Outside it are San Antonio, Houston,
Laredo, Monterrey, Mexico City, Tam
pico. Brownsville and Corpus Christi.
Inside this elongated circle will occur,
within the next five years, most of the
railroad expansion of Texas and Mexico
The Gulf Coast Lines, now part of
the Missouri Pacific and with greatly
improved facilities, is building from
Raymondville across Hidalgo county to
Monte Christie. The "Spiderweb" sys-
TEN is building from Santa Maria to a
connection with it's line from Madero
TO Monte Christie. Completion of the
two lines will give the Gulf Coast sort
of circle line in the Valley.
The Southern Pacific has been given
authority to take over the San Antonio
4 Aransas Pass. 1t will be operated
by the Galveston Harrisburg & San An
tonic, an s. P. subsidiary. There has
been much talk of an extension into the
Valley.
w. T. Eldridge has rebuilt the Rio
Grande between Brownsville and Point
Isabel
Eldridge also has acquired title to
the Rio Grande City railroad, which is
proposed to connect Rio Grande City and
Samfordyce. He announces there is a
good crossing into Mexico City between
Rio Grande City and Samfordyce, and
his intention to connect the Point Isabel
and Rio Grande City lines and build to
San Antonio.
A representative of the Mexican Rail-
ways, which now own the Honeywell
concession for line between Mexico
City and Tampico, is about to leave
for London. On his return he may have
news of the financing of the Mexico
City-Tampico line. The continuation
from Tampico to Matamoros, is one of
the projects of the future
Much has been written in this column
of the oyster plant, but no real informa-
tion has been given about it.
1t is used virtually for one purpose
only, to make soup. The taste of the
soup is so much like that of the oyster
that the plant has been named "oyster
plant"
The market is principally in sections
of the country distant from the oyster
markets, says County Farm Agent Louis
Alsmeyer-
The oyster plant is root vegetable
The part that is used is shaped some
thing like carrot, but is longer and the
top of it protrudes somewhat from the
ground. The leaf is long and slender.
The vegetable has dark brown color
The taste, however, is not dark brown.
The market for the oyster plant is not
extensive.
Over at the Brownsville city market
cabbage is obtainable at five cents a
pound.
But if you'd prefer not to pay for
your mess of cabbage, get in your car
and ride out couple of miles over any
country road Probably you'll find that
some farmer has scattered load of
cabbage along the side of the highway.
He had no market and no use for it at
home.
Just help yourself.
Others are turning cabbage under.
The cost of your meal will be gasoline
burned, and the wear and tear on your
starter and tires.
Why worry about the price of
cabbage in San Antonio, Houston, Kan
kakee. Keokuk or Kalamazoo when right
here it is available at 500 a ton?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02

tries ana railroad, VINO recently
purchased the Rio Grande City
railway line between Samfordyce
and Rio Grande City.
Application for construction of the
extension must be approved by the In
terstate commerce commission but filing
of the application has not yet been de-
cided upon, declared Riley Strickland,
who filed the charter amendment.
The Rio Grande railway recently
changed its Point Isabel road from mar
row to standard guage.
Officers of the company were given
authority to ask for the charter AMEND
ment by the stockholders at a meeting
held recently in Brownsville. The meet
ing was called expressly for the. purpose
of taking steps toward securing an
amendment to the charter.
Mr.. Eldridge has been quoted as say
ing that if he could not build road
from San. Antonio to Brownsville, he
would extend the Rio Grande Railway
to San Antonio. 1t is understood that
the Rio Grande City road and the Rio
Grande Railway are to be connecting
links in the system through the Valley
and on to San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Man on Purdy Jury
Prejudiced, Is Charge
fBy The Associated Press. }

TULSA, Okla, April 2.-Discovery
that member Of the jury in the trial
of Charles f. Purdy, for the murder of
E. S. Hutchison, was alleged to be pre-
JUDGED against the defendant was as
signed unofficially as the cause for
more than an hours delay in the open
ing of the trial in state district court
here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Taft Grandpa Tenth
Time; Grandson Born
(By The Associated Press.l

CINCINNATI, o., April 2.-Chief JUS
tice William Shepherd Howard Taft to-
day became grand father for the
tenth time when a son was to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert A. Taft here. No name has
yet been selected for the new arrival.
The baby is the fourth son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Taft and the eldest Of his brothers,
William Howard Taft III is named for
the chief justice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
lRu THE Associated Press. !

RUTLAND, Vermont, April MEM
bers of Geraldine Farrar's party on con-
cert tour said today that it was near
beer and not champagne that customs
agents seized when they searched her
car at Rouses Point. New York yester-
day. Miss Farrar's manager denied that
any sliquor had been found in the car
and said it would be absurd to smuggle
champagne into the United States when
liquor was easily obtainable here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
Father of Ellington
Girl to Go on Stand
(Bv Tho Associated Press.l J

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April 2.-
Joseph Ellingson, the broken father Of
Dorothy Ellingson IL year old mstricide.
was expected to take the stand in sur
erior court here today to tell what
knows that could prove his daugh
was insane when she shot and killed
mother, Anna Ellingson last Janua
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-02
JUROR DIES

. NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 2.-Jake
Young, 7s, juryman in the third circuit
court Of DAVIDSON county in session.
died suddenly yesterday in the jury
room while he and other jurors were
celebrating on . case.