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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22

downtown district here carlys today.
The dead: Mrs. Elizabeth Stagg
and Mr. and Mrs. W. Rockwell.
The known injured: Norman Boy
land, broken leg and George @. Bor-
ner overcome BY smoke.
A japanese houSPoy was report
ed missing.
A definite check Of the injured
was unavailable as several persons
hurt in leaps from windows and
others partially overcome by smoke
were taken into nearby apartments
and hotels.
The building became mass Of
flame within few minutes after
fire broke out in the basement. The
flames swept up an elevator shaft 10
the third floor and spread to other
parts Of the structure.
First reports were that an ex-
nlosion preceded the burst of flames.
Dense clouds of black smoke belched
from the basement.
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WALMSLEY IS
QUESTIONED

KANSAS CITY, No, Nov. 22-tP-
II. r. Walmsley. republican and for
mer member Of the state legislature.
who charged fraud in connection
with the election Of Senator elect
Harry r. Hawes, of st. Louis, demo-
crat, today denied he had direct
knowledge Of any money or moneys
which had been spent In the election.
Walrsley was the first witness Be-
fore Senator james A. Reed demo-
crat, Missouri, chairman of the SEN
ate campaign investigating commit
tee.
He was subpoenaed BY Senator
Reed after a letter he had written to
Senator George w. Norris, republi-
can, Nebraska, was made public last
Saturday.
In this letter Walmslsy said that "
was common gossip" that the Kan
as City Street Railways Company
had spent between $250.O00 and
sT50.0O0 in the election in Jackson
county, Novemh& 2. in consideration
for which it wts to obtain 10 year
extension on. its franchise.
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PRINCESS aids
INJURED COP
Gives Up Car to Car
ry Man to Hospital;
She Walks

NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-tPl-World
war veterans Of The Dugout a
club for disabled soldiers. today
looked forward to the receipt of a
photograph of one Of the handsom-
est queens in Europe and a good
looking princess who is not above
walking home so that an injured
policeman could be taken 20 hos
pital in her automobile.
Queen Marie and Princess lleana
Of Rumania visited the DuEout YES
terday with General Pershing. They
vera offered souveniers made by the
men and the Princess selected n
lamp shade with a ship on il. She
offered 20 send her photo In return
"We'Il send a photograph Of both
of US" said the queen. but on con-
dition that you hang il out where
the men can see IL, and not in the
officials room We want the men
to have something 10 remember US
by"
The princess was driving her own
car when Eugene Roberts. ore Of
her motorcycle. escorts. collidcd with
an automobile and was slightly in
jured. She got out and helped him
into her own machine. then she and
her companion. Miss Ida Marr. walk
ed several blocks toA the Ambassador
Hotel. where the royal party made
its headquarters for the day.
The program of the queen and
princess today included a visit %
the grave Of Theodore Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay. and luncheon at the
home of Mrs. William b. Leeds, the
former princess zenia of Greece.
Prince Nicolas. en- route from Clevs-
land, did not figure in the plans.
The queen and her party will go
to the steamship Berengaria tomor-
row night, after attending a dinner
given in their honor by Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Astor. The ship sails at
10 a. m. Wednesday.
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"Surprise Witness"
in H. J. Leahy Case
Tells Of Threats S

him in July, 1924, that he was going
to kill DIR. Ramsey.
Cross-examination failed to shake
Bustillos' story.
-Lenhy asked me" Bustillos said
whether ! would help him dig a hole
in the brush: and he said that he al
ready had another Mexican to lure
the doctor into the brush"
was going 20 make DR.. Ramsey sign
was going 10 makeDr. Ramsey sign
some deeds 20 the"old Leahy ranch
and then kill him." according TO the
testimony.
The witness said that he had re-
fused to enter into any agreement
and from the stand quoted Leahy as
saying:
am kill you If you talk and hear
anything about ID.
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BURBANK OF
TEXAS dies
II. A. Halbert Dead
After Ling erin g
From Injury

SAN ANGELO. Tex, Nov. 22.-tPl-
X. A. Halbert. ~ years old. of Cole
man. Texas. died there at 10 o'clock
Sunday night as the result Of in
juries sustained about month ago
in fall from a pecan tree. A mes
sage to his brothers. B. NJ. and X.
H.. here. related his death.
Mr.. Halbert was oftimes referred
to as the Burbank of Texas by rea-
son of his plant propagation work.
the perfection of the Halbert pecan
and the Halbert melon. One of his
latest works was the propagation Of
the English walnut to the native wal
nuts of Texas. II was in a fair way
to success and other nurserymen
were accepting il when death came.
Mr.. Halbert had also attained wide
fame as n weathr forecaster.
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One dead IN
RANCH FIGHT
Two Others Wounded
In Free-For-All at
Ell Carmen

Rafael Garcia is dead and two 9TH
ers, Pedro de la CARA and Antonio
de la CARA, are suffering from pis-
tol shot wounds as the result Of q
free-for-all shooting scrape Sunday
afternoon on the Carmen ranch, sit
uated on the military road.
The shooting is said to haves re-
suited from a quarrel over bets
placed on horses in races held in the
community Sunday afternoon.
According TO the story told off
GERS, Rafael Garcia and Pedro de la
Garza had n difficulty az the races
and after they were over the Cara
family started to board truck to 20
home. One man is said 70 have pulled
a pistol and TO have fired a shot nj
Pedro de Ia Garza. The bullet went
through his right shoulder and the
shot was fired at such close range
tina. the powder burned Garza's right
eye.
Garcia was shot once in the right
side. once in the middle Of the back,
once in the lower right side and once
in the fleshy part of the left arm
near the elbow. Garcia was also hit
over the head with the gun.
Doctors B. O. Works and J. A.
Castillo attended, the wounded man.
Rafael Garcia was regarded as too
weak to move to the hospital ana
died at O'Clock this morning. The
body is held by Mercelo CARA.
Brownsville undertaken, pending fu-
neral arrangements.
Inve stigation Of the case was made
~ Sheriff L. G. Nichols, his deputy,
Bob Brown, and others.
What was reported as the acct
dental shooting of nan naricd
Salazar also Is being investigated by
county officers. Salazar was shot in
the foot at about the same time as
the other affair occurred and at
about the same place and officers
believe that there is n connection al
though the man AYERS that his own
wound was sustained accidentally.
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DOHENY and
FALL TRIAL
IS STARTED
Selection of Jury Is
Marked By Ques-
tons AS to Annoy
ance of Families

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 22.--tPl
The many fingered hand of the oil
scandal of 1924 reached into the
criminal courts for the first time to-
day when Albert Il. Fall and Edward
l.. Doheny were called before the
bar of justice here for trial on a
charge Of conspiracy.
The former interior secretary and
the millionaire oil magnate. person
al friends since boyhood, were sur
rounded bv battalion of attorneys
as they took their places in the
court room. The trial Will 90 into
all the circumstances Of Doheny's i
100000 payment 20 Fall while the
latter was in the cabinet. and Of
the part played by Fall in the award
Of the Elk Hills oil lease 20 his old
time friend.
Owen J. Roberts and former Sen
ator Atlce Pomerene, special gov
ernment counsel, were assisted by
District Attorney Peyton Gordon
and n large array Of others.
Photographers Barred.
Frank j. Hogan of Washington Is
chief Of counsel for the Los Angeles
oil man. while Wilton j. Lambert
IT., OF RSHiNHloIs Htaun tHt AaM
yers for Fall.
BY order of Justice Heohling,
photographers were barred from tne
courtroom but they tool. up vantage
noints outside the building % snap
the principal figures in the drama
about 20 unfold.
Paulen Allen, restaurant owner,
the first Juror called. was the first
TO qualify.
"Are you one Of the jurors whose
families have been annoved?" asked
Hogan, referring 10 a charge that
families Of prospective jurymrnt
had been called on the telephone
and asked about their religious and
fraternal associations.
Hasn't Read "Revelry"
"No sir ! am not Allen replied.
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
FIGURES FOR
COTTON RISE
Crop Total Now Is
Placed at l8,399,-
900 Bales

WASHINGTON, .. c.. November
22-tH'l-The cotton crop will total
2s.3s9,000 bales this year, as indicat-
ed BY reports concerning cond an.
probable yields. ginnings and other
factors as Of November IL, the De-
partment of Agriculture announced
today A fortnight AFRO l-,als.0O0
bales were indicated. Last years
crop was 16.l03.67e bales.
An approximate yield OF 1858
pounds psr acre is indicated. COM
pared with 1914 pounds a fortnight
ago and 1912 pounds last years final
yield.
The indicated total production by
states follows:
Virginia. $4,000 bales; North Car
olina 100000; South Carolina.
1.140.000: Georgia. 100000; Floridg
10000; Missouri, 25c. 900: Tennessee.
10000; Alabama, $4,000; Nissir-
sippi. l.SSA.000; Louisiana 100000:
Texas 5.800.000; Oklahoma 1850 .nnO:
Arkansas l.575.000; New Mexico. re-
900; Arizona 10000: California 12e.-
600; all other states $4,000: Lower
California tCld Mexico) $4,000.
Th- departments next report. On
December :, showing revised har-
vested acreage. the percentage of
acreage abandoned. the yield rer
acre and total production will ba the
last report until revision next April.
after the final ginning report.
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Nov. aa-fHsl
Cotton. Of this years growth rinrrd
prior to November ia totalled l2.-
a52.7os bales. including i26.926 round
bales counted as half bales. and cx-
elusive Of linters. the Census Bureau
announced today.
Gnnings "a November this wear
totAled ll.259.03s. including 55s.327
round bales and to November "a las.
Continued on page two.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
GANG AFFAIR
In ILLINOIS
INVESTIGATED
Attack is First Direct
ed Against u. 8.
Agent in Illinois
Warfare

EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill. Nov. 22---
P,-United States. District Attorney
Harold Baker today ordered an im-
mediate investigation Of fragment
airy reports that the office or Deputy
United States Marshal Zach Leitsch
at Harrisburg, Saline county, was
machine-gunned by gangsters Sat-
urday night. and again Sunday night.
The attack, which was reported 20
have been made by men in several
automobiles, is the first directsd
against an agent Of the federal gov
ernment in the southern Illinois
gang warfare.
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HORSE RUNS AWAY
WOMAN IS KILLED

DENISON, Tex, Nov. 22.-tP)-Mrs.
Dewel Ball, is, died at her home
north of Hagerman last night from
injuries received when horse
drawing the buggy in which she and
her husbnad were riding. ran away.
The buggy was overturned and Mrs.
Ball was thrown beneath the horse.
its hoofs striking her head. She was
rushed home but died within few
minutes. Mr.. Ball was uninjured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
Peaches Browning
To Get $500 Weekly

WHITE PLAINS n. Y, Nov. ga
Mrs. Frances Heenan peaches
Browning was awarded $500 a week
alimony and counsel fees of $500
pending settlement of her suit for
separation from her husband, Edward
W. Browning. wealthy real estate
man. by Justice E. Morschauser to-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
Man Yells "Hey Theye!!"
Deer Stops, and is Killed

deer for fifteen years and the two
bucks he killed on the same day
last week and within only few
minutes of each other, are the first
that he has ever killed.
With Mr.. Conway on his hunt
ing expedition were Tom Lang
ham, Tom Gill and Frank Strick-
land Of Mission and A. o. willing
ham Of Brownsville. They left last
Monday and returned Sunday Be-
sides the deer, the hunters killed
a considerable number Of small
gameal - -.-- ---- ~. ..-a.r,.s..- -. !. !.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22

GEORGE WEST. Texas, November
22-tPl-Promises Of the state that
they would bring forth a surprise y
witness materialized here today in
the trial az Harry J. Leahy. charged
with the Staying Of DR.. j. A. Ramsey
Mathis physician. when Isidro Bustil-
los testified that the defendant told
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
Mexico Takes Over
Church Properties

MEXICO CITY. Nov. 21-Proper-
ties valued at four million pesos
which were held indirectly by the
Cuanaiuato have been recovered by
the Nation, according to Attorney
General Romeo Ortega. The prop
critics were submitted TO the neces-
sary legal procedure. Properties in
several other states are to be
brought into court by corps Of
snecial prosecutors.
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sand I hollered Hey there at
him. then when, he stopped and
looked around. l shot him." That
is the advice Roy Conway of Mis-
sion gives to deer hunters. At
least that is the way he killed his
second buck one day last week.
Mr.. Conway was up in a tree and
suddenly he spied a deer peeping
over a bush at him. He shot and
killed that one. Then he saw
another sneaking off and not know
ing lust what to do he. in his own
wordss "Heyedysat himsa- S
u Dir. conway has been hunting
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,ecover Body of One
Member Barge Crew

ANACORTES, Washington, Nov. %.
AIR1-With one body recovered, "A
tarch by United States coast guards
ZEN went forward today for the rest
the crew of nine of the 85 foot
Ia Bahada. which sank after ter
tfsc explosion two miles from here
yesterday. The body was identified
Az that of William r. Hansen, deck
hand and brother Of the ships mas
kr. 1t was washed ashore at Samish
bland. 10 miles from the scene of
he sinking.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
i'm OUR
VALLEY

! UNITED STATES Senator Earle
! = Mayfield, who has been hunting in
Ae R9ymondviile country with a
srty which includes General James
:. Fechet, chief of the air service,
an now. consider himself as having
stained distinction as n hunter.
The senator has lion in his bag.
And he didn't have to 90 to Africa
to get him.
There are still a. few lions left in
the little brush that remains IN the
rapidly developing Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Y Having bagged a lion. the senator
should be able TO get his railroad
bill through congress. What's few
senators or few hundred congress-
men to senator who can and did
shoot a lion.
RAILROAD SERVICE is now in ef-
rect between Raymondville and Edin-
burg, on the new branch Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
A motor car will provide daily pas
seneer service. while there will be
mixed train for freight three times
= week.
New agricultural areas are being
daily made available to development
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
PRESIDENT BOB Stuart of the
Valley fair Wednesday night will be
most to the newspaper publishers of
the Valley, at dinner to be given
At the Reese-Wil-Mond, at Harlingen.
President Stuart is an admirable
host. whether it is at the dinner
able, or hunt out in the wilds
And no doubt every pencil pusher
sho can possibly leave his desk for
he evening, will be there.
The Valley Mid-Winter Fair is
great and growing institution and
he newspaper publishers have 1t in
heir power to assist in making it
wen better and greater.
And President Stuart il not un-
nindful Of that fact.
NEARLYnSlX HUNDRED persons
aassed through the model home that
has been erected comparatively By a
large numjDer OF Brownsville firms.
Y The home was sponsored by The
B~nwnsville Herald.
It is-build of Brownsville-made
GLOW tile and brick, and rests OH
exceptionally deep concrete foun-
ZION.
at tke4significant feature Of the
k4 y grsas snnftsFess> our folks
fest in new homes. and the
carried out in them. Such
number of persons to pass
,gh a house in two and n half
indicates the desire that il
NJ in every human breast a de-
for n real home.
ossibly the design Of this rar-
ilar home will mot meet the ideas
every one, but the appreciation
denced by a large PERCENTAGE in
sates that its plan Is a popular
E.
The architect. w. u. Van siclen,
teavored to take advantage of the
svailing breeze. that out Of the
tn. He achieved that desire.
and builders Of the Valley, take
that the most popular feature
he home seems to have been the
&c sun-room, orAsun-porch. Every
like it.
he TRANSPORTATION Act
ms TO have made il very difficult
railroads to make extensions.
But. judging from the action Of
Interstate Commerce Commits
On in the several applications in the
snhandle section. rs we'll as the s.
4 IS application to build into the
alley. that body is inclined to per-
il every bit of construction pro-
ided it is not glaringly unneeded.
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Governments Right
To Seize Is Upheld

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Nov. 22-tP)
Automobiles being purchased on the
installment plan with title remain
ing In the motor company, were held
by the supreme court today to be
subject 60 forfeiture by the govern
ment when used in the illegal trans
portation Of intoxicating liquor nal1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
Governor Hunt Is
Winner by 399 Votes

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Nov. 22-t4'---
Governor George w. P. Hunt, demo-
crat. was reelected for the fifth
time by a majority Of 399 votes in
the November 2 general election.
James III. Kerby, secretary OF state.
announced today following official
tabulation Of the gubernatorial vote.
E. s. Clarke. republican, who was de-
fated, said that he would start con-
test proceedings Immediately"
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Minority Landowners
Go to Highest Court

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 22-tP)-Mi-
nority bond holders Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway were
ready to appeal to the supreme court
Of the United States today. as the
railroad was about TO be sold at auc-
Ton at Butte. M MQatana,..-..........4.-, ".
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MARSHAL IS OFFICE MACHINE -GUNNED
3 Perish in Blaze,
Firemen Rescue 8;
Apartment Wrecked

Los ANGELES. Nov. 22.--(P)-
Three persons perished, nineteen were
injured and eight women were saved
from death by firemen when blaze
of undetermined origin wrecked a
four story apartment house in the
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ALBANIAN REVOLUTION

BELGRADE. Nov. 22-(P)-The
newspaper Vreme says q fresh revn-
luton has broken out IN Northern
Albania and IL extending rapidly
Four tribes are said to have. taken
up arms against the existing rc-
publican government. headed hF
President Ahmed Zoeu.
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MAY RE-CAPTURE PRISONER

BROWNWOOD. Tex, Nov. 22-tP)
Sheriff Hise said today he was in
possession Of clues which he thought
would lead to the early apprehension
If Dave Rutherford, who broke Jail
here Saturday night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22

Il CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 22.-
R-John C. Bond. ousted state audi
pr, who had been missing since a
Aw days before he was indicted in
kanawha Circuit Court October 30
er embezzlement. forgery and lar
kny, returned to Charleston today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-22
Memphis Newspaper
Editor Dies Today

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov. 22-tPl-
c. p. j. Mooney. editor of the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal, died here
today.
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WEATHER

or Brownsville and the Lower Rio
tnde Valley: Cloudy and con-
l.ued cold tonight and probably
}esday with light or misting rains.
ioderate northerly to easterly winds
n the west coast.
4 For East Texas: Fair tonight ex-
Int rain on the coast; warmer in
,orth portion; Tuesday generally
nir and warmer. Moderate easterly
vinds on the coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-20

The first international trade union
Congress was hold at CopenhaSen, Is
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-20
CONFERENCE TO OPEN
ON PALESTINE APPEAL
Many Jewish Notables Will Gather
at Norfolk Tomorrow and
Monday.

Seaboard communities are making
preparations to send delegates to the
United Palestine Appeal Conference
to be held in Norfolk, Va, tomorrow
and Monday.
Some of the leading figures in Jew
ish life in America will attend. Among
them will be Judge Bernard A. Rosen-
blat and Dr., A. f. Abramowitz of
Now York, Jacob Hickman and Paul
Himmelfarb of Washington. Judge ia
cob NJ. Moses, Rabbi Edward L. Is
rael, DR.. Herman Seidel, Mrs. Israel
Shapiro, E. Milton Altfeld and Harry
T. 1<ellman OF Baltimore.
The United Palestine Appeal strives
to raise $4,000 900 in America this wear
to promote the many important devel-
opments which have been undertaken
by the Zionists in the Holy Land
Among those are the sanitation work,
which is conducted by the Hadassah
Organization, and which has hospitals
and clinics in every part of Palestine,
admitting Jew, Gentle and Arab who
seek its aid. No restrictions are plac-
cd upon either race or creed. and all
benefit from the many activities con-
Quoted as a result Of funds raised
through the United Palestine Appeal
The following delegates have so far
been elected to represent this commun-
ity: Nordeu Zion Club-H. D. Alpher,
Miss Violet S. Woolf, Miss Hilda Gold
stein, Miss Mari Rosenfeld, Jack
Roberts and Max Howenstein,
Junior Hadassah Chapter-Miss Re-
becca Rhode, Miss Minerva Greenberg,
Miss Tessie Silverman, Miss Cele Toll
atoi and Miss Dora Marks.
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PYPLEADS TO SEE
SON BEFORE DEATH
Lincoln Cables to England
Asking That Execution
Be Postponed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 20.-The Daily
Express says the notorious wartime
spy. Tribitch Lincoln. whose son,
Ignatius. is to be executed March
for the murder of Edward Richards.
a brewers salesman. has cabled the
authorities here from the Far East
to postpone the execution until my
arrival"
The newspaper adds that, although
it is highly improbable the execution
will he delayed. it is understood the
question of admitting the father TO
England. If he returns, will he care
fully considered.
Ignatius Lincoln. who is y years
old, and who was a bombard!e- In
the Royal Horse Artillery, was con-
victed of having. in company with
a fellow soldier, Ian Stewart, waylaid
Richards while the latter was on
his way home Christmas eve. Tribitch
Lincoln, originally an Austrian sub
ject, became a naturalized English
man and was a member of the Eng
fish Parliament. During the World
War he worked for the German cause
In England. the United States, Ger
many, Hungary and Austria. He was
1915, and admitted being a German
spy. He escaped before he could be
taken back to England. He was
captured again early in 1915, how
ever, and extradited. He was con-
yicted of forgery and sentenced 70
three years imprisonment, and when
his term was up. in 1919, was de
prfved of his British citizenship ard
deported from England.