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NABLIQUOR ON
BRITISH BOAT
First Seizure Made I'm
der Provisions of
1924 Treaty

GALVESTON. Texas, Nov l3.-
A1- Customs inspectors raidcd the
British steamer Asuncion de Larri-
naga in dock here this morning and
seized 3s9 bottles Of liquor under a
hitherto neglected clause in the
treaty Of 1924 between the United
States and Great Britain.
Officials say the treaty stipulates
that when British ship clears for
her home port direct from the
United States all liquor on board
except that called for in the medical
certificate is liable to seizure.
The raid this morning netted 2sl
bottles Of whiskey, 81 bottles Of
gin and az bottles Of assorted liquor,
according to officials, who say this
is the first seizure of the kind since
the 1924 treaty went into effect
Under the treaty, officials say,
they cannot seize the liquor il the
ship clears for her home port via a
foreign port.
Customs inspectors, in explaining
the seizure, allege that large part
Of the liquor brought in on foreign
ships frequently finds its way into
the channels OF illicit liquor traffic,
and that they are trying to stop a
leap that has hitherto proven diff
cult TO cope with.
On the arrival of foreign vessel
in port all liquor on board, except
the medical supply, Is put under
seal. The seal is not broken until
the vessel reaches the open sea on
her outward voyage.
During the congestion in shipping
on the 18th and 3Oth Of each month
it is impossible for an inspector 10
be on board every ship and as soon
as the vessel leaves the dock, they
alIege the.-Seals are broken and the
liquor brought out.
Then when the foreign vessel
drops its pilots, they say. motor
boats from the short come along
side and do a thriving business.
Customs inspectors do not charge,
however. that the Assuncion de Lar
inaga has been guilty Of this prac-
tice.
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WANT LOWER RATE
FOR OKLA. COTTON

WASHINGTON. Nov 13.-tFl--
Depression and reduced prices now
prevailing in the cotton market WAS
given 70 the Interstate Commerrc
Commission today BY the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission a. 2 reason
for revising and lowering rates on
cotton moving out Of that state.
In a formal complaint tho Okla
homa commission declared that Tex
as and Arkansas producers had
more favorable rate situation thar
the Oklahoma producers and asked
for on early hearing on the rates
question.
The state said the railroads had
rlaced unreasonable rates on Okla
homa cotton moving TO Texas and
that rates 70 the ports from Texas
producing districts az comparod with
Oklahoma rates wer~ discriminatory.
Rates made from Arkansas 10 Tex
as points were described as low
enough 10 mount discrimination
against Oklahoma
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DEPUTY shot
DOWN ON ROAD
BY FUGITIVE
Feeling Against Mexi-
can, Held in Jail
For Double Shoot
ing, Is Intense

AMARILLO, Tex, Nov. i3.-(P)-
Captured in Claude, Texas, this
morning by members Of the ARarilIo
police department, Paul Morellos,
Mexican, was rushed to Amarillo un-
der heavy guard and placed in the
city Jail.
He ha1 confessed. police say, to
Staying J. +. Newberry. section fore
man on the Fort Worth and Denver
railroad ut Goodnight Tuesday night
and wounding member of the posse
which pursued him.
Morellos shot and perhaps fatally
wounded Verl Hundley, mechanic Of
Claude, who, with a companion, had
left the posse last night and started
4 hunt Of their own for the Mexican.
The two men encountered Morellos
on a lonely road about 4 a. IN. to-
day, and invited him to ride into
town. The Mexican declined, and
Hundley got out Of the car to ques-
ton the man. As he stepped into the
headlights of tha car. gun in hand
shot rang out. Both men fired sew
eral times, Hundley being wounded
by three bullets. He is in serious
condition. Feeling is intense in
Claude and Goodnight, and a heavy
guard has been placed about the Jail
here to discourage mob violence.
Ncwberry was shot by the Mexi-
can as he was carrying ashes from
the section house to the dump near
the Mexican laborers' quarters near
the eoodnight railroad station. There
was no eyewitness to the first shot,
but Mrs. Newberry rushed 70 the
section house in time to see the
Mexican fire two shots into the pros
trate body Of her husband.
The motive e not known, other
than Morellos says he was threatened
by Newberry.
CLAUDE. Tex, Nov. 13.-fPl-
Verl Hundley. special deputy under
the sheriff Of Armstrong county was
shot in the jaw and seriously wound
ed ut 4:40 this morning by a Mexi-
can whom he was attempting to ar
rest.
Hundley was one of number of
special deputies searching for Mex
lean believed to be the slayer of j.
r. Newberry, section foreman nc
Goodnight, who was shot and killed
Thursday afternoon.
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new YORK WORLD
SCORES FOOTBALL

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-(EJ-The
New York World says today:
The Harvard Princeton break.
We may be permitted to hope, IA the
first sign Of debacle whereby foot
ball will fall OF its own weight. II
now looks as though we have
neither colleges nor universities,
but simple rival football clubs.
Many will deny this. but they
Will hardly deny that football i,
now the chief campus activity: that
IT'S coaches arc paid more than pro-
fessors; that its budget il larger
tnan the budget for anything else
that il is almost the whole interest
Of the alumni, and that any presi-
dent who dared to flout that inter
est would lose his job 50 quickly he
would not know what happened to
him."
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COASTCANAL
Meet ELECTS
Holland Continues A,
Head of Intercoast-
al Association

MORGAN CITY. La. Nov. i3.-tRI
&C. $. Z. Holland, of Houston, was
reelected president of the Inter
coastal Canal Association Of Louisi-
ana and Texas at the annual meet
ing here today.
Other officers elected wede: Roy
Miller. Corpus Christi, Texasy vice.
president; G.. J. Palmer, Houston,
vice-president; X. +. Clerc. New Or
leans, vice-president and ID. l.. Nc
Pherson, Abbleville, Lr., vice-presi-
dent.
Mr.. Holland was designated chair
man of the Texas legislative COM
mittee with Mayor Arthur J.
O'Keefe, Of New Orleans, chairman
of the Louisiana committee.
With but few changes, the board
Of directors was reelected. The
next meeting place will be chosen
tonight.
Without exception the delegates
expressed themselves satisfied with
the progress their respective sec
tions were making in rights Of way
and the necessary assurances OF
facilities for handling tonnage.
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ENTIRE NATION
|MOURNS DEATH
OF UNCLE JOE
Funeral Services For
Aged Statesman To
Be Held Tuesday;
Burial at Springfield

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Nov. I3.-LP-In
an Ivy covered church where his
wife planted the sprigs that in the
years have grown into massive
bower Of foliage. will be held final
rites for Uncle Joe" Cannon, whose
eventful life Of 90 years ended IN
peaceful sleep yesterday. Funeral
services will be next Tuesday after
noon but the exact hour has not
been set.
The funeral services will be brief
and marked by simplicity. Past COM
mandcrS of the American Legion
post here will be pail bearers. The
body will lie in state from 10 a. m.
70 5 p. m. Sunday.
DANNILLE, Ill, Nov. I3.-fP,-
Uncle joe Cannon. the nations
eldest statesman, who first ran for
public office the year Lincoln was
elected to the presidency. has found
the rest he sought when he retired
from public life three years ago
and came home To die"
Funeral services for the patriarch.
who entered the long sleep M noon
yesterday in the brown brick man
sion from which he went to congress
Continued on mage two
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FLYING PEBBLE
STARTS BIG FIRE

HOUSTON. Texs. Nov. 1S.--tP)-A
pebble driven against an incandes-
cent globe today caused a fire which
resulted in the destruction OF an oil
well rig and derrick Of the Brashar
Oil company six miles west of here.
A we'll, known as Higgs No. 2 on the
Higgins lease. came in suddenly at
2:30 a. m. Workmen said pebble
driven by the gas, struck the light,
and they believed the hot electric
filament ignited the gas.
Fire fighting apparatus was quick
ly concentrated at the burning we'll
The destroyed rig was owned by the
Plummer Drilling company. No cs-
innate Of the loss had been made By
the dbmpanies involved.
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OF
PROTEST note
mot REVEALED
Controversy Over Oil
And Land Laws Be-
lieved to Have At
tanned Acute Stage

MEXICO CITY. Nov. l3.-(Rp-An-
,nouncement was made By Foreign
Minister Saenz today that n reply
was being drawn up to the note Of
Frank B. Kellogg, American secre-
Htary of state, respecting Mexican
land and petroleum laws, to which
Ithe United States objects. Senior
|Saenz said the date on which the
mote would be forwarded to Wash
|ington had not been fixed.
The foreign minister added that
|the new note Of Mr.. Kellogg embod-
les several new viewpoints OF the
american government, in addition to
some already expressed in previous
notes and that the Mexican govern
ment is being forced to reply with
its usual argument upholding tn
Mexican constitution. against which
the protests Of the American note
refer.
WASHINGTON. Nov. i3.-CP)-
With Ambassador Sheffield a guest
mt the White House today, the unus-
ually deep cloak Of silence with
which the state department officials
surrounded the status of Mexican
the great significance they attach 10
the latest American note to Mexico
~ MiihS aSA-.he communication was
|sent more than a week ago, the state
department has not yet admitted Of
ficially that it had gone forward. To
say nothing Of revealing what it con-
tains. European reports that ii en-
braces a virtual ultimatum in connec-
tion with the oil and land law con-
troversy. appear, however, 20 b. ex-
aggerated.
There are indications that the
communication is looked upon at the
state department as Of more signifi-
canoe than the two previous notes
in the series. Mese-one from Mex
leo and one from The United States
have not been published. 1t could
not be learned, from the utter silence
Of Secretary Kellogg and depart
mental officers, whether the latest
communication differs only in Ian
yuage or embodies new move in the
/ prolonged argument.
Other conditions in Mexico involv-
ng Americans, in addition to the
disagreement over the land and oil
avs. still are unsettled and some
ccurrences recently in Central AM
rica are calculated to cause concern
to Mexican-American relations.
Ambassador Sheffield was closeted
ith Secretary Kellogg for d consid-
able time yesterday and there are
dications that aspects of the situ-
ion he will face on his return soon
Mexico City will be considered
tn President Coolidge.
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two KILLED IN
DANCE AFFRAY;
SLAYER FLEES
Constable and Young
L ady Victims OF
Cunman's Bullets at
Big Lake, Texas

BIG LAKE. Tex, Nov. 13.--tFN--A
gigantic man-hunt was going on ~
this region today for Billie Coats,
81, in connection with q double Kill
ling at hotel dance ut Best Friday
midnight
Coats shot and killed Constable
George Hayes, and Miss Alta Bean.
10. orphan an% telephone oper tor.
was killed a moment later when
Coats gun was discharged IN his
struggle with G. A. Jones, who was
wounded in the arm.
Resenting his election from the
dance at the Santa Rita hotel by
Hayes and Jones, Coats returned 20
Hayes on the dance floor and shot
him in the back Of the head. Jones
rushed into action with the slayer
and was shot in the arm about the
tinre Miss Bean fell dead with a bull
let In her temple.
Shortly before the shooting. Con-
stable Hayes had struck Coats over
the head with a pistol in bis efforts
to eject him from the dance, those
present said.
Coats head was bloody when he
Continued from page one.D
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HALL DIARY IS
BEFORECOURT
Love Letters to Mrs.
Mills Are Also In
Evidence

SOMERVILLE, n. j.. Nov. 13.-(Rl
"A ten-cent store note book became
exhibit "S-lO0" and claimed large
part Of today's session in the Hall
Mills trial. The writing in the book
had been identified BY Charlotte
Mills, daughter of the slain Mrs.
Eleanor Mills as that Of the Rev. Ed
ward w. Hall. slain with Mrs. Mills,
more than four years ago.
The diary part of the book con-
sisted OF a number Of pages unat-
tached 10 the covers at the moment.
The state said they had been torn
out, while tho defense preferred to
speak Of IL as "mutiIayed book"
Over objection of the defense that
the defendants had no knowledge of
the so-called diary, had never seen
II and were in no sense concerned
with il, il was admitted to show the
feeling between the minister and the
choir singer. The contents was not
revealed, but the court stated in de-
scribing II for identifications in the
record that the first date was July
81 and the last August IL.
With the diary in. fifteen letters
said TO have been written by Mr.. Hall
to Mrs. Mills were admitted in evil
dence on the same basis.
The diary and letters were found
in Mrs. Mills home several weeks
after her death and as published
four years ago, contained terms of
endearment.
Ardent love letters written by the
Rev. Mr.. Hall to Mrs. Mills were
read to the jury at the opening Of
the afternoon session.
One Of the letters contained the
phrase what gay gypsy you were
this afternoon" and referred to Mrs.
Mills as ~oh, you dear wonder heart I"
In another letter the Rev. Mr.. Hall
wrote Of how their love had "opened
doors of another world" which he
added Was q "sniritual world
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TWO KANSAS CITY
BANKS ARE CLOSED

KANSAS CITY. Nov. i3.-CP)-The
Kansas City Terminal Trust COM
pany, with $4,000 Of its cash reserve
in the Federal Trust company which
closed yesterday, failed to open its
doors today.
The Terminal Trust company IL n
neighborhood bank with total assets
Of s617,7s5.33.
The state finance commissioner
was in charge Of the Federal Trust
company which suspended following
recent heavy Withdrawals. This bank
was organized under the state bank
ing laws with a capital Of s200.000
and q surplus Of $4,000. Deposits
totalled approximately s2.000,000 and
resources were listed at nearly 49,
600 900.
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lexico Preparing Reply to o. S. Third Nott
Police Gordon Guard Slayer in Amarillo Jail
CHINESE MISSION AIRY
\ \ y
HAD NOT SEEN WHITE
II u. y
WOMAN FOR is YEARS

PARIS, Nov. l3.-Percy Mather,
Of Fleetwood, who has been doing
missionary work in the heart Of
China, never saw a white woman
FOR sixteen years, and, until he
arrived home. knew nothing Of
moving pictures and airplanes, ex-
cepting what he had learned from
pictures and books.
In the course of his work in
Sinking. Mr.. Mather extracted
1900 teeth free and without using
m anaesthetic. He was 90 days
journey from the nearest hospital
or missionary station.
The population Of the province
Is $4,000 but there are no rail
ways. telephones or newspapers.
There arc but two automobiles IN
the entire district. belonging 20 Of
ficials.
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POWER COMPANY
OFFICIALS HERE

J. &. Kennedy. president of the
Central Power company. and +. B.
Nciswanger. manager Of the COM
pany's South Texas properties, are in
the Valley today on a trip OF inspec-
tion Of the company's plants and
lines.
Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Neiswanger
spent Friday on the coast. the for
mer fishing at Point Isabel. while
Mr.. Neiswanger hunted.
Thev spent last night in Browns
Vile. leaving this morning for San
Benito and other points in the VAL
ley.
This was their first visit TO the
Valley in several months.
Accompanying Messrs. Kennedy
and Neiswanger were Mrs. Kennedy
and Mrs., Neiswanger, and also Mr..
and Mrs. v. r. Turner Of Marshall,
Texas.
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GARNER Wants
auto TAX CUT
Asserts Entire Nation
Would Benefit BY
Reduction

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-tHs-Im-
mediate reduction Of the corporation
TAX from IL l-2 to IL percent and
abolition OF the automobile tax was
urged here today BY Representative
Garner of Texas, ranking democrat
of the house ways aud means com
mittee, leader IN formulating the
fiscal policies Of his party.
II the corporations and individuals
are allowed rebate on their taxes
rs proposed by President Coolidge.
he said, il will be entirely for the
benefit Of the corporation and the
individual while under his man the
corporations would be able to reduce
the cost Of products To the consumer
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Two Arrested AS
Spanish Plotters

PARIS, Nov. 13.--lR)-R. /. &. c.
!: o. n. T. I. Garibaldi, grandson or
the Italian patriot. and Colonel, Fran
cisco Macia, former Spanish deputy,
today were arrested rs an outcome
Of Investigation into their activities
in the recently discovered Catalan
plot and were sent to Sante prison.
COLONEL Macia previously had told
an inquiry Judge that he received all
his troops for the Catalan expedition
without the assistance or Garibaldi.
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Ice Plant. Roof Has
Blaze; Damage Light

Fire broke out on the roof of the
ice factory on Fronton street early
this afternoon and the fire depart
meRt made run to the place. extin-
gushing the blaze in short order.
~ is believed that il started on ac-
count OF defective flues. but this
has not been verified. Only slight
damage resulted
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INSURANCE MEN
ON VALLEY TOUR

Eight directors-of the Massachu-
setts Life Insurance company are
touring the Valley today and were
expected to be in Brownsville some
time this afternoon, according to Lee
b. James of the James Dickinson
company.
Mr.. James said he knew nothing
Of the purpose Of their trip except
that a friend had notified him they
wished to see the Valley.
A. d. Dickinson and A. X. Black
Of the firm, and c. L. Jessup went
10 Mission 70 meet them.
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RAILWAY MEN
TOUR VALLEY
Accountants Conclude
State Meeting in
Brownsville

Delegates attending the quarterly
convention of the Association OF
Texas Railway Accounting Officers.
which closed its business session
here yesterday afternoon, departed
this morning for a thorough inspec-
tion of the Valley, virtually every
town being scheduled on the timer
airy.
Cars were provided for the dele
gates and they left this morning
from in front of the new Missouri
Pacific depot site, with Mission as
their objective. The autos were pro-
vided by Brownsville citizens and
others.
The delegates were scheduled to
visit all the towns between Browns
vile and Mission. returning as far
as San Juan for dinner. They were
scheduled to arrive in Brownsville
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon a
special train. provided through
courtesy Of the Rio Grande Railway,
Of which l. 8. Bourne is the man
ager. will take the accountants to
Point Isabel to inspect the Val
ley's future port and for a fish din
ner.
The accountants will return to
Brownsville in time to catch the
evening train out Of the Valley.
The business session was closed
yesterday afternoon and last night
the accountants ate game dinner
at Mats place in Matamoros.
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:.IR LINER WILL BE
\ DALLAS TONIGHT

WICHITA, Kans.. Nov. l3.--tF,-
lc National Air Transport, Inc..
mt passenger airplane on test
.,ht over the Chicago Dallas air
4 route hopped off at 9:25 today
N Oklahoma City the next stop.
ne plane will be at Oklahoma City
I wv hours. then will proceed to
Il Worth and spend the night in
a1as. A side trip to Houston is
nned for Sunday.
officials said flying conditions
re not good today as there was a
mile an hour wind and some like
ood of rain. 1t viii take about
o and one-half hours to make the
,p to Oklahoma City.
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ALLEGED NIGHT
RAIDERS TAKEN

HOUSTON. Tex, Nov. 13.-(P)-
Five young white men, alleged night
raiders who shot and killed three
negroes in Fort Bend county We'd
nesday night, were held in Jail
under murder charges here Satur-
day. They were III. B. Crowder, Jr.,
John Crowder, Buster" Roberts
and Joe Rose, Of Katy, and w. II.
Holden of Houston.
Buster" was arrested and taken
to jail by his father. deputy sher-
iff.
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Escaped Murderer
Killed in Gun Fight

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.-(P)-
Joe Tanko, San Mateo county mur-
derer, who escaped from San Quen-
tin in the spring Of 1925 with Floyd
Hall. and thereafter created a reign
Of terror in northern California, was
shot and killed in a gun battle with
two policemen here today, in which
Policeman Earl Rooney, was also
shot, perhaps fatally.
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gates representing the striking min
ers. in conference here today, voted
to refer the governments strike
settlement proposal to the various
districts with the recommendation
that they he approved.
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WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEK

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-(Fl-
Weather outlook for week beginning
Monday:
West Gulf States: Partly cloudy to
cloudy. probably showers middle and
latter part of week. seasonable tenn
neratnres with moderate changes
followed by colder at end Of week.
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FIRE IN OIL FIELD

HOUSTON, Tex, Nov. I3.-(R)--
An early morning fire, due to 4 gas
how ort in a well being drilled at
Pierce Junction, Houston's back yard
oil field. four miles south OF the
city limits. was extinguished with
comparatively little loss Saturday.
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Report Communist
Outbreak i'm Java

BATAVIA, Java. Nov. 13.--tF1--
There were widespread communist
outbreaks over night In various
parts If western Java Several per-
sons were killed and number
wounded.
Minor damare was done TO tho
railway and TELEGRAPH lines. The au-
thorities promptly qucllcd the dis
turbance.
- SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements.
November 13.--tPf-Seven thousand
rounds Of ammunition and a large
number Of automatic pistols were
found hidden on the Dutch steamer
Menado. enroute to Batavia. Java.
according TO the police. The arms
and cartridges were secreted i'm vn-
rious parts Of the ship, including
the ventilators.
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PARIS.-Mllc. Corinne Valiers'
air caught fire while she was ret
y . permanent wave. and she
lied to death.
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Standing Valley
Conference Teams

This Weeks Results.
Weslaco 80, Edinburg 0.
Mercedes IL, San Benito Z.
Mission 6. Donna 0.
Harlingen 20. McAllen o.
Kingsville Is. Brownsville II.
(Non-conference.)
Next Weeks Games.
Edinburg at McAllen.
Mercedes at Harlingen.
San Benito at Mission.
Brownsville at Weslaco.
Donna, open date.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
'rande Valley: Partly cloudy to
Loudly tonight and Sunday, possibly
it'll occasional showers.
For East Texas: Tonight and Sun
lay cloudy and occasional showers;
colder in the north portion Sunday.
Moderate to fresh southerly winds
Dn the coast.
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