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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
DEFICIENCY BILL
ECIVEN HOUSE
Carries Fund with Which
to Buy Veterans Hos
pital at kerrville
(Bv The Associated Press !

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1.-The
urgent deficiency BILL reported to the
house today. carried $1,182 900 for pur-
chase Of the Veterans hospital at
Kerrville. Texas.
The bill carried appropriations Of
1881 ,233,00O for various navy, coast
guards. customs service, reclamation,
postoffice, treasury and other activities.
The items include: For refund Of IL
legally collected taxes, $149; 900;
for increased postal salaries 1925. 600;
for forest roads and trails $25, STE, 900
and for the veterans bureau $7s,O00,00
Of which $8,OO0,000 is for hospital con-
struction, and the remainder to meet
the cost of the bonus.
An appropriation Of $7,674.000 is car,
ried for the coast guard Of which the
committee report said:
Practically all Of this is due to the
increased and onerous duties which
have been placed upon the service in
connection with the prevention Of
smuggling Of liquor ana combating the
activities Of the rum runner
The bill would allot 100000 for re-
conditioning five 1000 ton destroyers,
to be transferred to the coast guard
from the navy: $3,150,000 for acquisi-
tion of thirty 125-foot offshore patrol
boats and $150,00O for five seaplanes.
The remainder would care for operat-
ing expenses and an increase in per-
sonnel by 80 warrant officers and 803
enlisted men.
Other appropriations provide for: Ex-
penses incurred by the presidents air
board, $11,963.
For border patrol to prevent SNUG
Cling of aliens, $150,000.
For deportation of aliens, $450,000
New equipment and construction work
at dam number Muscle Shoals, Ala
bama, $2,O00,OO0.
Purchase of airplanes to give flight
training to navy acamedy graduates
$340.000, and for completion Of pier at
the Puget Sound, Washington navy
yard, $4,000,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
Senate Inquiry Into
aluminium Co. Urged
IN Committee Report

the federal trade commission to turn
over to it all Of the evidence furnished
by the Aluminium concern and which the
department on the ground that it is
confidential"
Confidential Claim Senscless
Describing this action Of the commits
sion as "senseless" Senator Walsh takes
the position that since the senate order
ed the commission to make the investi-
cation in the first instance it can com
pei production Of the evidence.
Attorney General Sargent and other
officials of the justice department are
sharply assailed by Senator Walsh for
the manner in which the inquiry was
prosecuted after the trade commission
had reported to the department in DC
tober, 1924, that the Aluminium company
had violated the consent decree.
Calling attention that evidence ad-
duced at the judiciary committee hear
ing on the subject showed that mcnths
elapsed before any move was made, the
Senator declared that had the depart
ment moved with celebrity it could have
obtained the "confidential" evidence
subsequently withheld with it.
The report emphasizes that while an
agent Of the department was finding
from field inquiry that the aluminium
industry was we'll satisfied with exist
ing conditions an investigator Of the
trade commission found much complaint
against the Aluminium company Of
America and obtained evidence on which
q he 1.s Lac
summer. This complaint is to be
brought to trial on February Is.
1T is sufficient to say" Senator
Walsh continues, THAT no business or
ganization could tolerate such procras-
tination on the part Of its legal bureau
as characterizes the action Of the de-
partment Of justice in the matter under
inquiry, nor would it be regarded as ex-
culpation on the part Of the head OF
such bureau to say that he entrusted
the work to subordinates in whom he
had confidence.
"It is not expected that the attorney
general will be conversant with details
Of all litigation before his department.
and he may well be entirely ignorant Of
some matters having or calling for his
attention, but it is not too much to ex-
pest that he will at least be Informed
concerning charge by his predecessor
and another branch Of the government ir
effect, that fellow member of the cab
met, at least a corporation Of which he
is the dominant factor, has been guilty
Of contemptuous disregard of an in
junction of a federal court"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
BASEBALL MEET
TODRAW CROWD
Valley League Expected
to be Formed Tonight
in San Benito
(Snecial to The Herald.l


SAN BENITO, Texas. Feb. 1.-That
a large and representative gathering of
Valley towns and Corpus Christi and
other towns nearby, will be present
here tonight for the purpose Of or
ganizing either Class d professional
baseball league or semi-Pro league.
is assured, according to Guy Trent,
of San Benito. president of the Valley
league last year, who is calling the
meeting.
1t is practically certain that Edin-
burg, Mission, Weslsto, Harlingen, San
Benito, Brownsville and Fort Brown
will have representative, along with the
upstate towns.
During the past week Mr.. Trent has
received a number Of letters, telephone
calls and personal visits from fans
and baseball players, anent the meet
ing.
The meeting will be called to order
at s O'Clock in Mr. Trent's office.
Brownsville will be well represented
at the baseball meeting tonight at San
Benito, called for the purpose of organ
izing a league for the coming summer.
Bob Wells, Fred Rusteberg and a
number of other local enthusiasts and
supporters of Brownsville will be pres
ent to represent this city.
Continued on Page Two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
SEEK PROBE OF
WARDCOMBINE
Billion Dollar Bakery
Merger Violates Law,
Thompson Believes
.(By The Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, N. R., Feb. 1.-The New
York American today says that Hous-
ton Thompson, member of the federal
trade commission, will seek an inves-
tigafion into the new $1,O00,000,000
Ward Food Products corporation.
William B. Ward its organizer and
president has announced that the cor
poration will distribute tenth Of
its netp rofits to philanthropies in ac-
cordance with Biblical precepts.
The American quotes Commissioner
Thompson as admitting that his only
knowledge of the corporation came
through newspaper reports, but that the
mere avowal of high moral aims would
not be justification for any violation
of the antitrust laws
!" Service is the usual cry Of those
seeking to form trusts the American
quotes Commissioner Thompson as say
ing. Philanthropy is no excuse for
violation of the federal statutes or the
Continued on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
(By The Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 1.-Senate
investigation of the Aluminium company
Of America, in which Secretary Mellon
is a large stockholder, is recommended
in report submitted today to the ju-
dietary committee by Senator Walsh,
democrat of Montana.
This proposal is made, the senator
says, because of doubts aroused as to
the vigor and good faith of the depart
ment Of justice" in the conduct of its
inquiry to establish whether the Alumni
um company has violated federal court
consent decree entered against it in
1912.
Besides recommending what would be
third government investigation Of the
Mellon company within four years, Sen
ator Walsh asks that the senate direct
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
CENTENNIAL IN
MATAMOROSE
ENDED SUNDAY
Watch P arty Witness Be-
ginning of Second Cen
tury's History; Gil
is Host at Banquet

The Matamoros centennial celebration
came to close at midnight Sunday
night. when group Of members of the
Socialista Fronteriza political party in
that city held a watch party at the Te-
afro Reforma welcoming in the begin
ming of the second century Of Matamor-
os history
The Sunday program included visit
of Governor Gil to the Higia hospital
in Matamoros, which structure has been
erected under the auspices Of the Higia
society of Matamoros.
At noon the Twelfth Cavalry band
of Fort Brown played at a concert on
the main plaza in Matamoros.
Governor Gil was the host at a
banquet at two o'clock in the after
noon, given by Matamoros officials,
and with Brownsville officials invited.
A school drill program was staged at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon at the Ma
niobras military field, near the city,
with all public and private schools of
Matamoros taking part.
The Twelfth Cavalry band Of Fort
Brown played another concert II Mata-
moros Sunday night, playing on the
main plaza of that city, and the last
act of the program was a watch party
in the Teatro Reforma Sunday night.
Governor Portes Gils dinner, which
was given at the Hotel Imperial, was
attended by more than $50 residents of
Brownsville and Matamoros, and repre-
sentatiyes from other towns in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Mexican Consul Alfredo c. Vasquez
of Brownsville acted as interpreter,
Continued on Page Two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01

PLANE PILOT HELD
AS RECKLESS DRIVER

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Feb. /.
A recently enacted law against
reckless .-irplane plotting was
used for the first time here yester-
day. Earl T. Montgomery, 33, a mo-
tion picture director, was arrested
at Cioverfield charged with "wil-
fully and unlawfully operating an
airplane in the air in a reckless
manner, endangering the lives of
persons not occupants Of said air
craft,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
FIGURES
FOR SURFACINC
Hoffman Employe Tes-
titles Company Esti-
mates To Large
(Rv TIE Associated Press.l

AUSTIN. Texas, Feb. III. p. Hen
ming, former highway division engineer
at Alpine, today testified that the Hoff-
man Construction company surfaced in
Hudspeth county 330,914 square yards,
as compared with 371,43O square yards
for that county entered on tie company
books. He refused to give his opinion
as to whether the company had billed the
state for 40,516 too many yards, ex-
planning in estimates approved by him
he had eliminated 40,516 yards for va
rious reasons.
Henning, a former employe Of the
Hoffman company, in answer to ques-
tion from Attorney General Dan Moody,
said Il have no interest in the outcome
Of this case, except to clear myself Of
the insinuation or inference that I've
shown friendliness to the Hoffman Con-
struction company"
Whence came that insinuation 2"
Moody asked.
From the other side Of the fence.
From the side where you are," Henning
answered.
Then you and / are not in the same
pasture?'
mo, but that's no indication I'm in
the same pasture with the Hoffman
Construction company. A horse may
have pasture all his own, you know, I"
Henning replied.
Insistence Of Moody that Henning
answer directly whether or not, judging
from the Hoffman company books, it
had billed the state for 40,516 more
yards in Hudspeth county that it actu-
ally surfaced, inspired one Of the warm
est clashes in the long trial.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 1.-The
Texas road fund controversy involves
only state funds and thus far has de-
veloped no connection with federal road
appropriations, Dan Moody, attorney
general for Texas, advised Comptroller
General McCarl today in response to a
request for information on the point
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
STREET CAR MAKES
LAST RUN SUNDAY


The street car which has been operat-
ing between Brownsville and West
Brownsville stopped this morning, when
the city cut off current for the street
railway company, due to failure to pay
for current for the past year or more.
The car which has beeh making the
run from Brownsville to West Browns-
vile is at present near the crossing OF
the street railway track with the rail-
road spur line block or more past the
high school, on Lesee street. The car
broke down there, and wos not moved
yesterday.
Mayor a. B. Cole of Brownsville said
this afternoon that he did not know
what would be done with the street car.
but that me city would probably have
it moved from the place where IL ID
now, unless the owners move It.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
LOCAL Man, SHOT,
MAY SURVIVED INJURY

An operation was being performed
early this afternoon by DR.. Pu-
marejo on Willie Egly, local man who
was found shot in the chest In his bed
Saturday night.
Belief was expressed that the man
may live. if the operation Is successful.
The operation is being performed In
order to remove the 3B calibre bullet,
which lodged in Egly's back, the bullet
entering from the front, and passing
just over the heart.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-01
MAN RETURNED TO
CITY FROM HOUSTON

Brownsville yesterday by Deputy Sher-
iff Ted Teel, and is being held here on
charges Of wife desertion and for al
legged failure to pay a fine imposed on
him for passing worthless checks.
Deputy Teel had gone to Houston
on other business, and saw Kemper
there. Kemper was a former resident
Of this city, and has been living at
Houston recently
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08
Local items of Belt
and Vicinity


The members Of Olive Branch Re
bekah Lodge No. 2e l. O. o. F. vii
give q public card party at their hal
Saturday night April 18th. Adm. SOC
Play begins at $3.50 sharp. Everyone
welcome.
Supt J. R Culver Of the loca
schools has accepted the position Of
principal Of the Powell county hig.
school at Deer Lodge. His many
friends in Belt are sorry % see him
leave but are congratulating him upoE
his success in securing a position o.
this class which is in the nature Of :
promotion
The Belt P. T. A. win meet Wed.
nesday evening April 14th at the aud
itorium.
Sam Wilson is home with his lefI
hand broken. He was working il.
the smelter and. while swinging a
slcdge, a carpenter laid a board across
some trestles above him. The sledge
caught upon the board and was jerked
from his hand In falling it strucl,
the back of his left hand breaking two
Of the bones.
Eddie Sundermeier was a business
visitor in Great Falls Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Leveille Of Great Falls
and sons George and Dale spent the
Easter vacation visiting Mrs. Phil Lee
veilee and Mrs. Beaudry.
Harry Browning OF Great Falls
spent Easter in Belt visiting friends
and relatives.
Bob Mccullough Of Great Falls was
business visitor in Belt Tuesday.
Mrs. Rush and Mrs. Fluhr Dnotored
TO Great Falls Friday on business.
Miss Rice visited friends IN Great
Falls over the week end.
DR.. and MrR Stewart visited Ia.
Great Falls Friday.
VIM. McInnniB returned 10 his home
on Rocky Ridge after q few days
spent in Belt on business.
Mrs. s. Depew Is visiting Mrs. Fred
Burrows few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Busch Of Mon
arch shopped IN Belt Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter Hill shopped
n Belt Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid met at the home
# Mrs. Lord where Mrs. Lord and
hrs. Ted Sampson entertained. The
text meeting Of the Aid win be with
drs. GRAPHICAL.
Mrs. Emil Maxi Of Great Falls Wis
ted at the McConkey home Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hamment shop
ed in Belt Wednesday.
Billie stuffel visited her sister Ber=
eice in Great Fails over the week
nd.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08

The X. P. entsrtainnsent committee
consisting Of Ernest ssieling and Ro-
bert Heron put on another successful.
dance on Easter Monday. More than
100 couples were present Few spec
tators occupied chairs and the dancers
had one glorious time. The music
and the lunch were excellent Both
the X P's and the Pythian sisters
are 70 be- congratulated
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cooper drov.
down to Belt yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Shannon OF
Box Elder visited our merchants on
Saturday.
Born 70 Mr.. and Mrs. Frank JOS
celyn a baby boy at the Deaconest
hospital in Great Fails last week.
Mr.. and MIS-. Art McCafferty wer..
down Wednesday from Monarch.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08

ST. MARKS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday school 3 O'Clock .. m.
First Mass O'Clock q. M.
High Mass 1850 A. M.
Benediction 1880 P. NJ.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08
MARCELLING

MARCELLENG
Second door below the Tnoy Laun-
dry. Jessie Sampson. Phone SOW
Albert EppersOn, son Of Mr.. anG
Mrs. John Epperson and q native sou
of the Belt Valley is home on a fur
Tough He is a member Of Troop L
Second Machine Gun Squadron U. s.
Army and is stationed at Fort Bliss,
Texas. This is cavalry troop ana
has been stationed near the Mexican
border for several years. Few cav
airy regiments went abroad during
the unpleasantness and so Mr.. Epper-
son missed the big show, He has
already served eighteen years IN the
army and has only eight years to
serve before he can retire. He viii go
back to the colors some time next
month.
Old Timers Entertainment, Great
Falls April 18th. Speeches BY Judge
Ayres and w. " Talbot. Dance and
Lunch. Membership s1.00. An old.
timers are urged to be present.
Thos. Glynn was in from his ranch
on Tuesday.
VIM. Junkermeier brought IN q Job
that reminds blacksmiths Of other,
dayz He had the fifth wheel ON
his buggy repaired.
w. C, Blomquist attended the VIVA.
Henning sale near Monarch Tuesday.
Alfred Larson Of Willow creek came
in Tuesday. He says that tARAr padh
at that time were passable BIZ rap
idly getting worse.
Otto KOskela while intown stated
that they would start making butter
again soon. This will be welcome
news to their old customers.
Ed Dunston was in luck Monday. He
was leaving for Butte and stepped up
to the ticket office just before train
237 came in only to find that he had
left his money at home. He hurried
home for it but got back to tie sta
ton just as 2S7 pulled out. Here is
the luck. Train 4s had a passenger
for Belt from beyond Moccasin al
stopped, Dunston took. this train aud
caught 237 at Great Falls.
Ella Skadsen visited in Belt during
the Easter vacation. She remained for
tho Easter dance.
Mr.. and Mrs Burton Thayer were
shopping in Belt Tuesday.
On Sunday, March 9th, Re-. Lqnde
held Lutheran services at the home
Of VIM. Vendsel at ESQ P. NJ. After
wards he went n Tiger Butte where
he held services at the school house
IN the evening. About May SER
gices will be held at the at the hons
If Mrs. Thos. Johnson at Tiger Butte Il
Marvin Sauers of Helena and Ruth n
Iunkermeier Of Great Falls spent J
heir Easter vacation at the home Of
heir grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. d
Waino Laihti Of Geyser. while rid \
ng after cattle Saturday had =
houlder dislocated and face badly u
'ruised when his horse fell with him.
Ie did not know what the matter was
ut finally concluded that his arm was
Token. Friends placed his arm in
plints and brought him to DR.. Cray
cal on Monday afternoon. The doc
or reduced the disIOcaticn and made
i'm as easy as possible. The wonder
'as how a man could stand the pain
Or two days before hunting sur #
con.
w. P. Pilgeram left yesterday for &
Ielena TO have q conference with his n
nief. Register Brnndjord Of the stats
and department
Walter Blomquist and Art HAM
eHt made q short business trip TO
reat Falls Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Probst shoE I'd
Belt Saturday.
Andrew Maxi attended to business
Belt Wednesday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08
81. LUKEs CHURCH
Lee n. Young. Pastor.

Special service Thursday evening,
April 18th
Evening prayer and Illustrated
study Of the Death and Resurrection.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-04-08

Second door below the Tnoy Laun-
dry. Jessie Sampson. Phone sow
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-12-03

One of the fortunate character
istics of President Coolidge which
makes for the increased confidence
of the people in his Judgment, is his
habit of establishing a goal fol
which he is aiming and allowing his
associates to decide on the method.
of approach or the means Of accom-
p,ishment. This has been made
clearly evident in his stand on the
matter Of tax reduction. Having ir
mind the extraordinary surplus
which now exists in the Unitet.
States Treasury, he decided that {
primary obligation rested on the gov
eminent to restore this money col
lected in the form OF taxes to the
people who paid it, on the ground.
that having overcharged them for
their government, they were entitled
TO directly profit by reason of the
economies which have reduced the
cost of government. He accordingly
suggested at first hand, that this sur
plus be distributed in the form of !:
cash rebate to the taxpayers, exi
pressing the hope that the paymen
might be made before the first o.
January.
Directly following his annuonce-
n1ent, the Legislative and adninistra-
tive experts began to pick flaws, anc
suggest amendments and reserva-
tons to the Presidents PLAN A lit
tie less human man, under these con
ditions, might easily have become in
volved in a. dispute, mild or tenn
pestuous, according to his temper.
with his critics, the net result OF
which undoubtedly would have beei
a parliamentary and administrative
tangle out of which nothing what
ever would come. Without the
slightest evidence of any feeling ir
the matter, however, the President
after reafirning his position and hi.
determination that this none
should be returned to the taxpayers
told his advisers that as to the exact
method to be pursued, whether il
was a rebate before January first, OF
a credit on the taxes of next year, he
was not particularly interested. As
a result, the President will have his
way, as critics and assistants will
also have their concession, but in the
end the money viii go as the Presi-
dent intended it should, back int
the pocket of the taxpayers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-12-03

The object of this suit is TO procure
decree for the releasing of a mort
gage from William T. Miller and Min
aie p Miller, his wife. to James Posey.
The bill in substance, states:
That OIL October 31st, 1914, the
plaintiff purchased from William F.
Miller certain land in the Third Elec-
ion District Of Charles County Mary
and, called Thorn's Cut, etc. contain
ing 1862 acres, more or less, which was
conveyed to him by the said Miller
and wife, by deed of said land recorded
among the land records of Charles
County, Maryland, that the land was
purchased and conveyed subject to
purchase money mortgage from said
Miller and wife, to James Posey, to
secure the payment OF $1,500.00 with
interest. evidenced by prom'ssory
notes, that the full mortgage indebt-
edness intended to be secured by said
mortgage has been paid, as shown by
notes and a check and letters filed with
the Bill OF Complaint as exhibits; that
shortly after the final payment of the
mortgage Indebtedness, as aforesaid,
the said James Posey, disappeared, has
not since been heard from and is sup
posed to be dead; that he .as unmar-
ried, his father and mother dead, and al
the time Of his disappearance he had
a brother. Albert B. Posey. and sis
ter, Elizabeth Price, both OF whom are
now dead, leaving children surviving
them, who, with their respective hus-
bands and wives are defendants in this
suit, that is to say, Z. Maury Posey
and Florence M. Posey, his wife; Rich
ard Z. Posey and Merle Posey, his
wife; Francis d. Posey, Miliard Price
and Ella Price, his wife; Jessie L
Price, Florence Price and Mamie
| Hornbaker and Joseph Hornbaker, her
husband, all of whom are non-resi.
Tents of the State of Maryland.
And. il is this 18th day Of October
1926, thereupon ordered by the Circuit
Court for Charles County, in Equity
hai ,hr Pieirt;ff by causing copy Of
this order to be inserted and published
in some newspaper, printed and pub
lished in Charles County. Maryland
once in each OF four successive week.
before the third Monday in Novem
Der, 1926, giving notice to the said alb
,ent defendants of the object and sub
stance of this bill, warning them t
appear in this Court in person. or b,
solicitor, on or before the FIRST day o
December, to show cause ii any the'
have. why a decree should not b
passed as prayed.
WARREN N. ALBRITTAIN.
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
far Charles Connty. Maryland.
True copy test:
w. NJ. ALRRIrrAIN. Clerk.