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FLOCK
IN STREETS AS
HOMES SHAKEN
Damage Will be Light,
Early Reports Indi-
cate; No Casualties
Reported

SAN FRAN ~ISCO, Cal, Oct. D.
R'-Two violent earthquakes rocked
the central coast countries Of Cali
fornia this morning just an hour
apart, the first shock was at 4:36 a.
m. and lasted about twenty seconds
The second was at $3.50. and was much
sharper, but lasted only about Is see
onds. No injuries and no serious
damages had been reported from
either.
The center of the shocks appeared
70 be between San Francisco and
Monterey bay. The temblors were
felt as far south as San Luis Obispo
approximately $50 miles south of San
Francisco and as far morn as Napd
so miles from here.
They were also felt az Stockton
80 miles east and south.
In San Francisco, Oakland and San
Jose. the largest cities affected, large
buildings swayed like trees, driving
people into the streets and parks for
safety. Hotel guests were shaken
from their slumbers and those who
did not rush TO the streets gathered
scantily clad in the Hobbies.
At the Palace hotel, one of the
largest hotels in the city, plate glass
windows were broken, plaster fell
from ceilings and small cracks ap-
peared in the lobby floor.
At the new Bulletin building. where
The Associated Press offices are To-
Gated, clocks were stopped, molten
type metal was shaken from the pots
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FAVOR issue
OF 6 MILLION
Harlingen and Wilson
Tract Chambers
Pass'Resolution

HARLINGEN. Texas. Oct. %
Residents or the northern part OF
Cameron county favor S6.000.000
road bond issue. ii actions taken by
the Harlingen and Wilson Tract
Chamber of Commerce may be taken
a. "A criterion. The board of direct
ors Of the Harlingen chamber Thurs
day voted unanimously in favor OF
a resolution calling upon the county
"a issue call for an election for q
SIS 900. 600 road bond issue. and the
same resolution received the endorse
ment of Wilson Tract farmers who
met last night 70 organize Cham
ber of Commerce.
la discussion on the resolution,
proponents Of the Sa000.000 road bond
issue contended that $3D00,oO0 IS
sue would be inadequate 20 carry
cut an extensive program Of feeder
road construction, and expressed
the opinion that every section of the
county should be connected with
market centers BY feeder roads. They
asserted that>nothing could be gained
by delaying the construction of
these roads. and that their con
struction would result in nm era Of
development which would make the
cost of the troads almost infinitesi-
NAL in comparison
Both Harlingen and Wilson Tract
chambers of commerce passed the
resolution without "a dissenting vote
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SECUREDATA
ON dam SITES
Engineers Secure Va
luable Information
On River Trip

SAN BENITO, Texas, Oct. 22-
Although we made a hurried triT
of only few days. we secured much
valuable information on dam sites
and amount of land that is irrigated
and amount irrigable. said W. r
anderson Of this city, member of the
United States Mexico commission for
equitable distribution Of waters OF
the Rio Grande. on his return from
a trip up the Rio Grande to Del Rio
Mr.. Anderson was accompanied on
the trip BY Gustav r. Se7rano, Mex
ico member of the international
boundary commission, two engineers
Of the state board of water engi-
neers. an engineer Of the United
States geological survey. and Frank
5. Robertson, manager Of the San Be
nito water district. They made the
trip in automobiles.
We inspected in a general way
the sites which could be used foi
dams between here and Del Rio Mr.
Anderson said, and secured good
general idea of the amount OF land
on the American side of the river that
is subject to irrigation, and the am
cunt irrigated now"
The trip was made in ORDER 20 Sc
cure information for the various in.
ternational, state and national bodies
represented in the party, and also tC
collect information that will be placed
in a report OF be made to the Valley
engineers on water conservation and
irrigation in the Valley, Mr.. Ander-
son being head of the committed
named to make this report.
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PAN-AMERICAN
AVIATORS Will.
END HOP HERE
Field Near Browns
vile Selected as Ter
minus of Flight from
San Antonio

when the Pan-American filters
leave San Antonio on December i5
South America bound. they viii end
their first hop at. the sugar mill
about a mile and half of the hign-
way near Brownsville. III the weather
is good. or on Padre Island across
from Point Isabel. II the weather is
bad
These points were ~ finitely Sc
lected hy Capt. A. h. Mcdaniel and
Lieut.. T.. u. Wcddington. members
Of the flight group. who were here
yesterday afternoon and today for
that purpose.
Brownsviils also may entertaiT>the
fliers AZ the end w their first hop,
g. b. Richardson. secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. having taken
up with the advance agents tho mat
ter % stopover here until Decem-
ber l6. The filters viewed the pro-
posal favorably. and it Il expected
they will recommend il In their re-
port.
Is Escort Planes
IL is proposed 10 entertain the ten
ayiators in the five flight planes
and everyone in the fifteen escort
planes which will accompany the
fleet.
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WATSON DENIES
ANY KLANPACT
Says Testimony For.
mer Klan Official
Is False

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct D.
(P)-Emphatic denial that he had
ever had any understanding with
the local or national officers Of the
Ku Klux lKlan was made to-day by
Senator Watson, republican Indiana,
before the senate campaign : funds
committee.
Senator Watson was questioned in
his room at the Methodist Hosnital
where he Il slowly recovering frCm
injuries received in nm automobile
accident about two weeks ago.
II never had any understanding
with local or national officials Of
the Ku klux Khan that | was 10 be
supported bv them because Of any
vote or action or mine" Senator
Watson told Senator Reed. democrat,
Missouri. the committee chgrman
who has been digging into chaFes of
Klan political domination in Indiana.
The Indiana senator denied specif-
ically the testimony OF Hugh p. En-
mons. "a former Klan official. that he
had got to" Senator Moses in the
election contest case OF Senator May
field. democrat. Texas and they had
arranged to seat the Texas senator.
He stated that Senator Moses was not
and never had been a member OF
the senate privileges and election
committee, which considered the
Mayfield case.
The statement that he had sought
Senator Moses support WINS without
any foundation. Senator Watson
further told Senator Reed that be
had looked up the records in the
Mayfield ease and had found that the
subcommittee, Of which the late
Senator Spencer. republican, Nilsson
ri, was chairman, had agreed unani-
mouslv on the recommendation that
Senator Mayfield retain his seat;
and that the senate had adopted the
report without a record vote. and
without OPPOSITION.
"It VS. charged before your com
mittee mt Chicago" Watson said.
that DR.. Evans and Mr.. Zumbrunn
madeta deal with me by which ] was
to receive Klan support In Indiana
if Senator Mayfield were seated.
That is absolutely and unqualifiedlv
false. ] never had any understand
ing to that effect nor any kind OF
understanding about the Mayfield
case"
-As T. @. Stephenson. former grand
dragon of the Klan in Indiana.
knew him" Senator Watson contin-
ued. -AlI politicians in Indiana
knew him. He was active at political
conventions and elsewhere AT that
time nobody dreamed that he would
commit such n crime as that Of which
he was convicted.
During the time Stephenson was
II the head OF the Klan in this state
was not candid atafor anv office.
= made ~ deal with him in nv life.
! nevc- h-d anv r.lr.'ons with him
a 0eisl character.
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.SHACKPHOTOS
NOW IN COURT
Defense Claims Build
ing is FL Miles Be-
low Douglas

Los ANGELES. Calf. Oct. 22.-
iPi-Proof that shack exists on the
arid waste rf northern Mexico. sim
liar to the one in which Aimee
Semrle McPhsrson says she was held
captive By kidnapers, is the burden
of testimony Of defense witnesses
summoned 70 take the stand today
on resumption or the evangclist's
preliminary hearing On criminal con-
spiracy charges.
Mrs. McPhers0n's attorneys said
they would establish the fact this
shack il n miles below Douglas. Ari-
zona. The evangelist herself will be
one Of the witnesses To identify
photographs Of the shack.
Seven witnesses testified for the
defense yesterday.
J. A. Bardin, ex-judge and one of
Ms. NcPhgrson's attorneys. posi-
rTvely identified Mrs. Nirla Kimball
Of Oakland. twin sister Of Mrs. Lor-
rain Wiseman- Sielaff. a co-defend-
ant with the evanEelist's mother,
Mrs. Minnie kennedy, in the con
spiracy charges, rs the woman who
posed rs Miss X" and signed an
affidavit IN his office at Salinas
August ID. TO the effect she and not
Mrs. Mcpherson shared seaside
Cottage M Carmel last May with
Kenneth G. Ormiston. former Ange-
lus Temple radio operator
Mrs. Kimball. who proceeded Judge
Bardin on the witness stand. assert
ed she had not signed the "Miss X
affidavit. She adSnitted being in Sa-
linas that day. but said she purpose
N stayed away from Bardin's Of
flee.
X. Scott, who acknowledged the af-
fidavit. said he noted that "Miss XII
was a brunette. Yesterday he de-
scribed Mrs Kimbafl a. d blonde.
Joseph Lewis. taxi driver. identi-
fed Mrs. kimball and her sister as
the women he had driven 10 Judge
Bardin's home September Is.
Ramon ID. Gonzales, saloon keeper
of Aqua Prieta. Mexico. his wife and
Francisco Perez, desert cattle run
ncr. testified as to Mrs. McPherson's :
appearance there Gonzales told of
assisting her TO reach Douglas Doug
las while Perez told OF efforts 10 To-
cate her tracks in tthe desert. He
said heffourG LADY tracks" but that
his eyesiRht was poor and he was
unable tc furnish detailed informa-
tion on the topography Of the dis
trict
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.FINDBODIESOF
Game WARDENS
Suspect Takes Officers
Where Bodies Were
Thrown i'm Lake

MARQUETTE, Michigan. Oct. %
-tA1-Marquette harbor on Lake
Superior off here today yielded up
the bodies Of Arvid Erickson and
Emil Skogluhd, state game warden,
who Roy Num-. ex-convict and sus-
pected poacher, last night confessed
staying When the men attempted to
arrest him on September 20.
Num- was taken to the harbor, on
the fringe OF the Michigan woods
and pointed out tho spot where he
confessed throwing the bodies, after
placing them in sacks which were
weighed down with stones.
The Staying, according 10 Nunn's
confession, police said, resulted
when the wardens attempted to ar
rest him at Sand Plains near here
for unlawful possession Of n gun. a
technical icharge on which il is be-
lieved they intended to hold him
while investigating reports that he
had been "headlighting" deer in the
district. The officers had received
numerous reports that deer were
being killed by this method, which
consists Of using strong spotlight
in the woods at night.
Num-. according to police, said
he shot Erickson while the latter
was questioning him. Skoglund. who
was a short distance away at the
time was killed when he ran 70 the
assistance Of his partner, according
to the confession.
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commission and that when the board
declined TO approve-awards, the prac-
tIce Of leasing trucks and equipment
aad paying for them until tehy BE-
came state property, was adopted by
the commission.
Joe Burkett in his first question
asked me, Walthall said. If he or
was the highway commissioner. |
took ii that he wanted free band
in making all purchases.
Walthall said that even the war
known that Mrs. Fay Smith Of Dallas,
counts are drawn IN the highway de-
partment when they should be drawn
by the state comptroller. He said
the highway department was adyer-
tisihg for bids on 100000 or macbin.
cry independent Of the board of CON
troll, which ~ supposed TO make all
purchases under the law for the
highway department.
The board member said he did not
know that Mrs. ay Smith OF Dallas.
sister 20 y. w. Bass, internal revenue
collector. had a letter from the board
Continued on mage two.)
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FINDFUCITIVE
IN iowa Home
Man Charged With
Murder Oklahoman
Under Arrest

POCAHONTAS. Iowa, Oct. PIP
Ben Schue, -. sought in connection
with the Staying Of l.. r. Greer at
Spavinaw. okla. last Saturday, was
arrested yesterday at Narina, near
here. BY Sheriff r. $. Winegarden Of
Pocahontas county. Schue was found
at the home Of his parents.
Oklahoma authorities were notified
and are expected 20 come for Schue
Whether he will resist extraditior Is
not knoEn, as he has made no state
ment.
Greer. a merchant at Spavinaw,
was found. with his head crushed and
his bed set afire in his cottage home
at the rear Of the store which he
owned.
Greer's widow. Mrs. Anita Greer.
has been charged jointly with Schue
in the murder and is held in the
county Jail at Prior. Okla. Undue
friendliness between Schue and Mrs.
Greer, which prompted Greer al one
time 10 order Schue TO stay Ne~ay
from his wife. Is held the motive for
the Staying by W. W. Powell. county
attorney Of Mayes County, Okla.
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READY TO FINANCE
SOUTH GROWERS

COLUMBIA, 5. c., Oct. 22.-CPD-
The fedora. intermediate credit banks
are prepared to advance 100000, 900
III necessary to meet the present cot
ton price situation. Eugene Meyer,
chairman OF President Coolidge's cot
ton commission said upon his arrival
here today on tour Of the cotton
beltv
He warned the South not to become
of a large government cotton report
Monday. Regardless Of what the re-
port may show he declared the stor-
port may show he declared. the stor-
country are ample to take care Of the
surplus and market ii ut fair prices.
provided the people do not get excit-
"a and panicky."
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and 1000 injured and that
houses Of 5000 families were
destroyed.
Two villages comprising the mu-
nicipality Of Batadano. on the south
coast of the island. reported more
than 300 dead and both towns de-
stroyed. They were the first upon
which the hurricane fell when il
came out W the Caribbean Sea and
crossed the Isle of Pines.
Bejucal. lying midway between Ha-
vafla and BatadanO had 80 fatalities
At Gabriel there were II, Central
Fajaro N, Guira del Melana .. Camp
Columbia :, Guanabacoa 3, Matanzas
City and Guines 3.
Few reports had been received from
parts Wy the provinces Of, Matanzas
Santa Clara and pinar del Rio. They
were cut or from communication
because of wrecked telephone and
telegraph lines and blocked railroads
and roads.
Survivors in various districts, many
of them seriously injured. were with
out food. medicine or water and ap-
peals were made for aid.
Two relief committees have been
formed. Nearly 500. .000 already has
been subscribed.
Government and private trucks and
automobiles have been put into SER
vice in efforts 70 reach interior vii
lagos. In Havana nil the homeless
have been given food and shelter.
Fifteen bodies have been taken out
Of Havana harbor, bringing total
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Car Heads for RiUey
,WhenDyiUey Takes Nap

The first so hours are the hard
est. They came near being the last
for Daredevil" Cathey. on 100
hour test drive with a Chrysler au-
tomobile.
Yesterday afternoonsas Cathey
was going alongside the Rio Gran
de in Fort Brown he fell asleep.
soon after the 50-hour mark. and
his machine took a plunge eff the
road, down bank and in the gen
eral direction of the river.
The car was brought TO a sudden
stop by large telephone pole guy
wire, which held il on the side OF
the bank until some scldier$ in
Fort Brown perceived the perilous
situation of the ear and came 10
the rescue.
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BANDITS HOLD UP
NICHTCLUB GUESTS

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.--fPI Six
bandits today lined pp forty guests
In the Biarritz. night club In West
54th street, and robbed them of cash
and jewelrv estimated at $4,000.
One of the bandits stood guard mt
the door with an automatic rifle
while his companions collected the
val7ahlcs. He fired j -hot into the
roilir~ farnrr running ID th street
with III oshcIs - escape n taxieah.
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Queen Marie Is
Back in New York

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-(Pl-Queen
Marie Of Rumania and her party ar
rived in New York from Philadelphia
this forenoon and Immediately pro
ceeded 10 the Hotel Ambassador for
a few hours rest before starting up
on another day of activities.
Queen Marie will talk TO the Am
erican people BY radio tonight
through a chain Of 2l stations east
OF the Rocky Mountains. From $50
to Q D. m., she will talk before the
microphone Of WEAF.
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With a team Of mules the car
was pulled oft Of the dangerous
situation, and Cathey went merrily
on his way, with his nonstop rec
ord for the wheels broken by sew
eral minutes, although the motor
has not stopped.
Cathey is handcuffed to the car.
and the test run is for 100 hours.
during which time the engine will
not be stopped, and it was the ORG
inal intention not TO stop the
wheels.
Cathey fell asleep when left alone
for tinie yesterday afternoon, his
companion. representative Of the
American Automobile club hating
left him for 4 short time In Browns
willie.
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Bankers VIII Discuss
The Cotton Situation

HOUSTON. Texas, Oct. 22.-fPl-
Some plan Of reducing cotton acreage
at least 25 percent and an effort to
induce drygoods houses 70 push cot
ton and stimulate their sale by re-
duced pricesT-wifi feature the execu-
tive session of the Texas Bankers
Association al Dallas next Tuesday.
c. 5. f. Holland, vice-president of
the Second National Bank Of Hous-
ton said today
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Ordinary Thieves
Killed American

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-lPl--
Mexican police have located gang
of "ordinary thieves who killed J.
4. Spriggs, IN official Of the Ameri-
can Pepper company, near Mazatian,
recently. Consul Blocker, at Mazatlan
telegraphed the state department to-
day.
The American embassy in Mexico
made urgent representations to the
Mexican government and Consul
Blocker appealed to the governor Of
Sinaloa state, in which Mazatlan Il
located, concerning the apprehension
and punishment Of those responsible
Off Spriggs' death.
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CHILD Is HIT BY
CARNEAR SCHOOL
Special to The HeraId.l )

SAN BENITO, Texas. Oct. ga
small Mexican school child was struck
By nm automobile while crossing the
street nedr the Mexican school here
at about = o'clock this morning and
received cuts about the head.
The child was taken 10 doctor BY
the driver Of the car and Arthur
Goolsby, constable here. Altar the
injuries were dressed the child was
taken homer
The injuries are not considered Sc
riOus
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Loss Estimated at
Over $1OO,OOO,OOO;
More Than 65ODead

HAVANA, Oct 22.-QFo-Belaed advices reaching
Havana today indicated than $50 persons pershed at
various places in the provinces of Havana Matansas Santa
Clara and Pnar del Rio the hurricane which struck the
island Wednesday,
Ten municipalities wiped out and $500 persons
rendered homeless 1t is thought the property loss will
reach nearly S100000000 No definite figures the total
number hurt available.
I'm Havana alone il il estimated 200 persons killed
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Cashier Guilty
Of Embezzlement

WEOKA, Okla. Oct 22.-tPi-R.
f. Owens, former cashier Of the Sem
mole State Bank, who Yesterday was
foudn guilty Of embezzlement. today
was sentenced to 25 years in the
state penitentiary and to4ay a fine
Of $4,000. Defense counsel gave no
tice of appeal
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Horrors of Cuban Storm Revealed
Highway Commission
Ignored the Board of
Control Walthall Says

AUSTIN. Texas, Oct. 22.-CPl-R.
B. Walthall, member Of the state
board of control, told the house in
vestigating committee today that
while rank Lanham and Joe Burkett
were highway commissioners, the
board was ignored by the highway
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FORT WORTH, Texas. Oct. 22.-
tPl-Q. T. Moreland. former Fort
Worth lawyer, invalid in California
for several years, was fatally injured
at San Diego yesterday, when an au-
tomobile in which he had been left
rolled down an inclina in n 15O-foot
canyon, special dispatch here today
said.
Moreland died shortly after the
accident His son.. Banks Moreland.
Beaumont oil contractor, is the only
Texag survivor.
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BROWNSVILLE BOY
WAVES HEARING

A Brownsville boy, is. is in deep
trouble. w.
"A statutory charge has been filed
against him and he Is out on $4,000
bond awaiting trial at the February
term OF district court.
The boys attorneys waived pre-
liminary hearing and made bond for
the amount stated.
Charges were filed at the instance
Of persons. not her parents, with
whom n San Antonio girl in the case
II staying III the Valley.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
.Grande Valley: Fair tonight and
Saturday; not much change in tenn
kerature. Light to fresh southerlv
jnds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
light; local showers in northeast
brtion; cooler in northwest portion:
hturday partly cloudy: cooler In
5est and north portions. Moderate
10 fresh southerly winds on coast.
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present "a Hr "a ~
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KWWG PROGRAM
(Wave length. 27S metersD
SATURDAY

SATURDAY
10 n. m.-Cotton markets.
IL m--Roy Garcia, violin solos.
Weather and river bulletins
2 u. m.-Cotton markets.
q p. NV. T. y. Boys, the harm-
ony trio. Weather and river bulle-
tins.
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LOSES LIFE FOR PENNY

DULUTH, tMinn.--Wiiliam Piper
aged70. stepped into the street 70
recover rcn~~ that had rolled
there and vas killed by an auto.
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COESBEFORE
RAIL BOARD
Permit Asked to Ex-
tend From Harlin-
gen to Border City;
Up to / G. {.

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 22.-
DISQUALIFICATION was filed i'm
Washington Thursday by the
Southern Pacific Railroad to
build a line Of railroad from
Harlingen to Brownsville, ac-
cording to announcement here
Friday of attorneys for the
road.
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There VIII be no material change
|n the upper portion of the river.
Ind it wilF continue TO fall in the
lower portion.
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Flood Present "a Hr. "a Hr
stage Stage Ching Pain
Evening star., 1926-11-14
sent velvet, requiring the need OF

resent velvet. requiring the need Of
sonnet"
I asked Gen. .Atterbury whether he
considered the present freight rate
structure adequate.
''It would be-" he replied, 'if we
were free to shift rates on individual
commodities in the general rate struc-
ture so as to earn more on some and
less on others. We ought to be in q
position to operate like a department
store-do some business at a profit
bring customers into the store.
"a general revision Of the whole
rate structure on scientific lines might
be sound and desirable. but / hesitate