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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Forces of Winter
Run Riot in u. S.
(By The Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 29.--Across con-
tinental United States, from coast to
coast, the forces of winter ran riot to-
day, with respite promised only for the
middle section.
In the face of heavy gales on the Pa
cific, shipping battled mountainous seas
and raced for shelter. Sweeping east
ward, the path of the cold wave was
marked with deep SHOWS, blocked high
ways, impeded trains and sub-zero tenn
peratures that caused numerous fires
and intense suffering in large cities.
In the east, sections reported the cold
est weather off the season.
Lake Michigan saw the most deter
mined effort to defeat the elements.
Army airplanes were enlisted in at
tempts to rescue five men stranded for
three days on two ice bound fishing
tugs off Muskegon, Mich. Three men
of the crews escaped over the ice floes
to shore yesterday with the direful
story Of their comrades plight.
Coast grards who helplessly watched
from shore said last night the steamer
Alabama, which went to the rescue Of
the imprisoned tugs had approached
near enough to give the men food and
fuel. Two army pilots from Selfridge
Field were ready to drop cans Of food
and 40 pound cartons of coal on the
craft today. Suffering in Chicago was
increased by numerous fires which
drove forty families to the streets. A
water main burst and flooded street
with thousands of gallons of water,
freezing automobiles to the pavement,
turning Easements into skating rinks
and putting out furnace fires for blocks.
Firemen responded to nearly $50 calls
in twelve hours up to dawn today.
Seven Injured
Firemen in New York City had their
helmets frozen to their shoulders. The
Metropolis had the coldest weather of
the season, with the mercury at above
zero and an "a mile gale blowing, but
no snow.
Elsewhere in the Empire state, wind
driven snow blocked highways and i'm
peded traffic, putting trains off sched
ule. The gale blew down an 80 foot
smokestack in Solvay, N. Y, and the
Adirondacks were in the grip of the
seasons worst storm, lasting "a hours.
Seven were injured in Boston where a
Continued on Page Two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Lanharn Defends
Acts Of Commission

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29.-Militant
defense of asphsltic surfacing contracts
let by the highway commission when
he was chairman was made today in the
Hoffman trial by Frank ". Lanham,
Dallas. testifying for defense.
Counsel announced Attorney General
Dan Moody had made It obligatory for
defense to refute allegation the COM
mission acted capriciously in letting
the Hoffman contract, and that they
would not shirk.
F. G. Hoffman. vice-president and
general manager of defendant company,
indicted Thursday by the Travis county
grand jury on charges OF perjury and
swindling, was in his customary chair
today with other individual defendants.
Defense attorneys indicated he will 60
on the stand and explain satisfactorily
transactions which brought about his
indictment.
Efforts Of defense to introduce alI
replies Lanham received from division
engineers precipitated ! wrangle. A.
torney General Dan Moody said the
state was willing to admit only those
letters applicable to counties in which
the Hoffman. company did surfacing
work.
Testimony has been introduced that
Mr.. Hoffman was given permission by
the commission to '.ride the roads and
pick out the highways he desired to
surface" Moody said. Mr.. Lanham
has said he was willing to spend ST.
100000 of the states money because Of
Mr.. Burkett's recommendation. Mr..
Burkett testified he did not even read
the American Road company contract. "
John d. McRae, defense counsel, de-
clared "the attorney general has charg-
ed the highway commission acted ca
priciously in letting the Hoffman con-
tract. He has placed US In position Of
defending the commission and we do
not shirk the defense. We. desire to
show the commission did not act arbi-
trarily aid capriciously but that Mr..
Lanham energetically applied himself to
ascertaining road conditions and needs.
"The great state Of Texas does not
have the right to restrict testimony
when the good name and character Of
its citizens are at stake.
Judge George Calhoun ruled all tho
letters were admissible ~ showing good
faith Of highway commissioners. The
state entered exceptions,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Frisco Director On
Rock Island Board

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 29.-E. N
Brown, chairman Of the board of direc-
tors of the st. Louis-San Francisco rail
way has been elected member of the
executive committee of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific as well as di-
rector, and is expected to be chosen
chairman to succeed Charles Hayden at
the next meeting of the committee. ].
Hirshmann director of the Frisco
and representative of Speyer and
Company, in the Rock Island, also has
been elected a member of the execu-
tive committee
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
LOCAL WOMAN GETS
HUSBAND PARDONED
Especial To The Herald.) J

AUSTIN, Texas, jan 29.-Manucl
Gonzales, pardoned Thursday by Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson, owes his freedom
to a pathetic plea made to the governor
by his wife, who, accompanied by her
three small children, arrived at the ex-
ecutive office Thursday morning from
Brownsville.
Gonzales had been convicted in CAM
eron county of violating the liquor law
by having in his possession a bottle of
cognac and a bottle Of tequila, and
given the maximum sentence of years.
He was delivered to the state peniten-
tiary over nine months ago.
Sonora Gonzales told the governor
that she and her children were in need
of food and clothing and had depended
solely on the support Of her husband.
Everyone in the governors office at
the time the woman presented her plea
urged the~executive to grant immedi-
ately the pardon, and the governor did
so. The pardon is conditional that Com
zales support his wife and children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
COLD MISSES
LOWER VALLEY
Warmer Weather Fore
cast as Freeze is
Felt Elsewhere

More sunshine, more warm weather,
while the cold RACES across the rast of
the country.
This is the forecast for the Valley,
made this morning by w. J. Schnur-
busch, meteorologist in charge Of the
Brownsville weather bureau, who says
the sub-zero temperatures being felt
now in states north Of Texas will have
no effect on the temperature in the
Valley.
This is one of the bad cold spells
the Valley has missed" Mr.. Schnur-
busch said. The weather man explained
that frequently bad cold spells cross the
country and do not extend as far south
as the Valley. He mentioned one win
ter in particular about four years ago,
when several bad cold spells swept the
country, freezing as far south as Miami
Florida, while the Valley had pleasant
weather.
The weather here is predicted to con-
tinue cloudy, with prospects of some
sunshine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
TRAVIS JURY
BILLSHOFFMAN
ON TWOCOUN1S
Contractors Being Sued
by Moody is Charged
With Perjury in At
fidavits on Work
(By The Associated Press.l

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29.-Indictments
returned yesterday by the. Travis coun-
ty grand jury against vice-President F.
G. Hoffman of the Hoffman Construc-
tion company, Eastland, Texas, are bas-
ed on alleged false statements under
oath concerning quantities OF asphalt
used by the company on two Texas high
ways. It is charged that the company
rendered to the state bill for 100000
gallons of asphalt totalling $4,000
which the company stated 1t had used
on highways number ! and in Howard,
Martin, Midland, Ector, Crane and Ward
counties. The indictment declared that
in fact only 10000 gallons of asphalt
actually had been used on these roads.
The statement of account, alleged to
contain these figures, was sworn to by
Hoffman on October /. 1925, at East
land before L. Y. Morris, notary, the
indictment charges.
One count of perjury charges that
the company used only 10000 gallons
of asphalt and the other count, charg-
ing swindling, declares that less than
10000 gallons were used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
CASEXPLOSION
KILLS five IN
ILLINOIS Mine
More Than 1000 Escape
From Huge Shaft as
Safety Devices Prove
To Be Efficient
(By The Associated Press.)


WEST FRANKFORT, H.. Jan. 20
Five men were killed and three slightly
injured today in a local gas explosion
in the new Orient coal mine here, which
holds the worlds eight-hour produc-
tion record.
The dead are:
Jerry Roach, Arlie Sanders, Elijah
Hindman, Floyd Kerns and Ed Tobert.
More than 1.1O0 men were in the mine
at the time of the explosion, the cause
of which could not be determined.
CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 29-Safety meas
ures saved more than 1000 miners from
injury today when five workers were
killed in an explosion in the Orient
mine at West Frankfort, one of the
largest in the world, George B. Harring-
ton, president of the Chicago, Whining
ton and Franklin Coal company declar-
ed after receiving advices of the blast.
Fire did not follow the explosion,
said the advices which added that the
safety devices worked perfectly, shut
ting off the channel in which the ex-
plosion occurred
"The mine had been inspected as
usual as a matter of routine" said Mr.
Harrington. "The mine inspector had
passed through and marked off this
entrance, past which marking none was
supposed to 60. How these five men,
four of them gang leaders and one a
brattice man, happened to pass that
mark or just what set off the explo-
sion of gas, we do not know.
"The fact that more than a thousand
men were at work in other parts of the
mine and escaped indicates the true
value of safety measures"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
MEXICO GENERAL IS
RECEIVED AT POST

Major General Almazan, in command
of the second division in Mexico. which
corresponds to the Fights Corps Area in
80 I7~it' States and with headquar-
ters at Saltillo, paid an official visit
n~~in" 70 Colonel VIM. T. John
ston, commander of the military forces
ort Brown.
General Almazan was accompanied by
General Anacleto Ververa commander
Of hte Matamoros garrison, and Mexi-
can Consul A. c. Vasquez of this city
The visiting officer was greeted at
Fort Brown with a salute of 13 guns
the same honor that is accorded to a
United States officer of the same rank.
He remained at Fort Brown for a short
time as the guest of Colonel Johnston,
and returned to Matamoros, where he
= guest during the centennial cele-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Former AR Chief VIII
Leave Army Dominion
UmYeStYuiued Feb. Z
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON D. G., JAM 29-The resignation of Colonel
William Mitchell from the army has been accepted
In accordance with his expressed wishes the air service officer
Will be permitted to step February automatically
bringing end the five year suspension which he was SEN
fenced by court martial after conviction of breaking discipline
by his criticisms Of the aviation policies
The decision announced in this by Secretary
Davis of the department.:
The secretary of has decided that resignation of
Colonel William MITCHELL air service will be accepted
fect February 1926 The aduan army has been
notified to this effect
Nothing beyond this brief announcement made public.
1t was learned however that the
and did not hinge formal notation that the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
RIO CRANDE CITY
TO ORGANIZE K. c.
Especial To The HeraId.)

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, JAM 2S.
A Knights Of Columbus organization
will be formed here Sunday when. de-
grees are conferred on 40 candidates In
this city. by State Deputy J. T. Dris-
coll, and District Deputy r. N. Rowlsy
Of Tampico.
More than 200 visiting Knights of
Columbus members are expected 70 ~
present at the services, ~ iu~itstfens
have been sent to knights from Mic
Grande City to Brownsville. and to Cor
pus Christi, Kingsville. and points ins
MEXICO t4s s
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
RESIGNATION OF MITCHELL ACCEPTED
MAN MAILS MONEY FOR
y y X
FUNERAL TO INSURANCE
y y y
MAN AND TAKES POISON
(By The Associated Press J

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Jan. %
f. r. Johnson, real estate dealer of
Beverly Hills, Calf, was found dead
in his room at a hotel here today.
Yesterday he sent letter to Clar-
ence Strong. local representative of
an insurance company, containing
money for his burial and directions
as to disposition of certain property
Strong received the letter today
and went to the hotel where the body
was found.
The letter gave his age as AZ and
said he was survived by a widow and
one child.
A physician said he had died from
poison.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
FORMER TEXAN
IsFOUND
Ex-Manager of Gunter
Hotel Shot to Death
in California
(By The Associated Press.)

PALMS. Calf, Jan. ga police in
vestigation into the death of Charles
A. Gonder, retired hotel man form erly
of San Antonio, Texas, who was found
shot to death in his home here last
night developed evidence indicating sui
eide, officers reported today
Mrs. Gonder told police her. husband
suffered nervous breakdown last June
and expressed fear that he would be
confined in sanitarium.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 30
Charles A. Gonder, who was found shot
to death Thursday night at Palms, Cal,
formerly was manager of the Gunter
hotel here and managed hotels in sew
eral cities in the middlewest He was
born in Grant Paris, Louisiana, in 1876
and resided in San Antonio several
years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Milton West, Ill;
Shows Improvement

Reports from physicians today were
that the son Of Milton HI. West who
is seriously iii from pneumonia, is
slightly improved
hTe baby was taken to Works Bros.
clinic early this afternoon for an X-ray
to determine his condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Noted Revolutionist
Leader Dies By Gun
(By The Associated Press. !

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 29-
"Chaparreras" noted Mexican revolu-
zionist who lived by the gun, died by
the gun last night in Torreon, Mexico.
He was shot to death in that city, ac-
cording to meager reports received here
at the federal building.
"Chaparreras was deported from San
Antonio this month by immigration
authorities. His true name was Deme-
trio Torres.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
rs Miners Trapped
In Colorado Shaft

TRINIDAD, Colo, Jan. 29.-Twenty
six miners were entrapped by an ex-
piosion in the Bear Canon Coal company
mine at Berwind near here today. First
reports here said that many Of the min
ers had been injured but none killed
The cause of the explosion had not
been determined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
Attempt at Record
Altitude Failure

DAYTON, o., Jan. 29.--After reaching
an altitude of approximately $4,000 feet,
Lieutenant John A. Macready was forced
to descend at 1910 p. m. today due to
the supercharger on his plain failing to
function properly. The flyer showed no
i'll effects of his experiences.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
BOY SLAYER PLEADS GUILTY
(By The Associated Press. J

YELLVILLE, Ark, Jan. 29.--Arnold
Conner, IA year old triple slayer, plead
ed guilty today to a charge of murder
in the second degree after a commits
sion of physicians examined him under
court orders and found that he was sane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-29
CARAWAY BILL REPORTED

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 29-The
senate agriculture committee today re-
ported without recommendation the
Caraway bill which would prohibit trad
ing in cotton and grain futures
Evening star., 1926-08-24
LEGION HEAD URGES
u. S. PREPAREDNESS
McQuigg Declares Nation
Must Build Defense to
Insure Prestige.


CEDAR CITY, Utah, August "a.
The security AMI prestige of America
as a world power necessitate build
ing the national defense on high
plane of preparedness. John r. Nc
Quigg. national commander Of the
American Legion. told the Utah de-
partment convention delegates here
today.
America is today the richest Ma
ton on earth. he said. THE money
center has shifted from London to
New York. We are the creditors of
the universe and the frailties of hu.
manity are such that debtors are not
especially fond of their creditors. We
were one of the powers least affected
by the war-last in and first out after
the job was done. and this very fact
is even now creating some feeling
abroad"
In discussing the World Court and
The Hague tribunals. Comdr. Nc
Quigg said controversies and quar-
rels between nations We're almost GER
tain to arise and that mere agree
ments to avoid such things to a large
extent have been futile.
Evening star., 1926-08-24
DEATH ASKED FOR 4
TURKISH PLOTTERS
Life Exile Also Demanded in
Case of 7 Others Charged
With Conspiracy.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE. August "a
The death penalty has been demanded
for four young Turk leaders by the
government attorney at the close of
the trial at Angora of Unionists
charged with plotting to overthrow
the government of Mustapha Kemal
Pasha. They\are Djavid Bey. former
minister of finance and regarded as
Turkeys best financial. mind: Hilmi
former deputy. from srmenia: Nail
Bev 2nd Dr. NaZin Feys
Life banishment to a fortified area
Is demanded for seven others of the
defendants. including Reouf Bey,
former premier. and Rahmi Bev.
former governor of Smyrna. both of
whom at present are outside the coun-
try. Ad,man' Bey. husband OF Hallilaf
Edib Hanum. one of Turkeys feminist
leaders. was acquitted
Abdul, kadir Bey Captured.
LONDON, August p O9.-A dis
patch to the Daily Express from Con
stantinople reports that Abdul Kadil.
Bey, who recently was condemned to
death in connection with an anti.
kemalist plot. has been captured
while seeking safety across the Bull
gartan border He is now on the way
10 AnSora, where he will be put to
death.
Evening star., 1926-08-24
Administrators Are Sued.

Frank Stetson and Victor n. Wal
lace. administrators of the estate of
Percy Metzger, have been Sued in the
District supreme Court for 81 4.947 by
Minnie q, Bertsch. who saws she
c'-ved - houStkeeper for the de-.
ceased at the apartment property. fGl5
Fifteenth street northwest. Attorney
Robert Hardison appears for the plain
tiff.
Evening star., 1926-08-24
SOVIET is RECOGNIZED.
Announced Uruguay Will Resume
Diplomatic Relations.

MOSCOW, August "a P).-It is
semi-officially announced that Uru-
quay has recognized the Soviet gov
ernment as a lawful government and
diplomatic relations between the two
countries will now be re-established.
Evening star., 1926-08-24

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The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-11
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The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-11
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The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-11
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The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-11
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