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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
LEAGUE NEAR
SPLIT; EUROPE
DESPAIR
Germany Will Not Ad-
init Poland; France
Obdurate as Nations
Strive for Accord
lRy the Associated Pres J

GENEVA, March 13.-Either Ger
many or France must give way in the
controversy over reconstruction of
the council Of. the league Of nations
If the league IS to be saved and Eu-
rope net again driven To despair.
This was the situation today ~ seen
NV close observers of the situation
IN Geneva.
The German representatives have
reiterated that they cannot accept
an obligation 20 approve a new non
permanent seat in the council for
Poland. for this would violate the
fundamental policy which Germany
has fashioned to guide her in her
attitude as a member of the league
a policy OF cooperation by all the
members OF the league, anG not a
selective policy Of allying herself
with special groups.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British
foreign secretary, announced last
night that IL was useless for the
Rhine pact subnatories to continue
conversations with the Germans BE-
cause he was convinced they would
be fruitless.
Face Real Tragedy.
we are faced with a real trag-
edy," he said, and il is impossible 20
predict what the reaction will he.
The tragedy IL also that Germany
has done this thing"
The allies, under leadership cf
France, argue that Poland's appear
ance in the council is necessary.
They declare that Polish-German &c
lations coneeivably may menace the
worlds peace. hence the logic Of
getting both Poland and Germany
around the council table.
a. the compromise proposal which
the Germans rejected, that or giving
Poland a temperament seat. does
not take into consideration the de-
mands Of Brazil and Spain for per-
manent seats. interests centered in
whether Spain will make good her
threat to resign from the league and
Continued on Page 2.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
ARREST MADE
INOSACECASE
Detective Tells Story
of Smith Killing
at Hearing
Especial to The Hcrald.l

PAWHUSKA, Okla, March 13.-
Ernest Burkhardt today was arrest
cd on an information charging him
jointly with his uncle. W. X. Hale,
and John Ramsey. Of numbering W.
+. Smith. after he had refused to
testify at the preliminary trial Of
the other two men.
PAWHUSKA. okla. March ia
story involving W. X. Hale. John
Ramsey. Henry Grammer and Ernest
Burkhart in the explosion that killed
". f. Smith, his Indian wife and q
servant girl, and wrecked their home
at Fairfax, was told today by Frank
Smith. government operative for
the department. Of justice, at Hale
and Ramsey's preliminry tril in the
county court here.
Smith chrged Ace Kirby. an Oil
field worker, who was killed soon
after the explosion, with actually
placing thee barge thatw recked the
house. Grammer was killed about two
years ago when his automobile over
turned on a road near Fairfax.
The government officer supplement-
cd his testimony with aw ritten con-
fession purportod to have been made
by Ramsey. Smiths testimony was
admitted over a shower of objec-
items from defense counsel.
Ramsey confessed and told his
story, Smith said. after Burkhart had
made ac lean breast to members OF
the federal department Of justice
who were working in Guthrie last
January in conjunction with a grand
jury inestigation Of series of kill
ings in the Usage country
Smith said Ramsey had told that he
had been hired by "Bill" Hale to kill
Henry Roam. a full blood Usage In
dian, who wss shot to death. Hal-
now has q suit pending in federal
district dourt at Tulsa to collect $685.
600 on a life insurance policy on
Roam, of which he was the benefit
ciary. Ramsey made detailed state
ment of this case, the government op-
eratiye testified.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
TO
Meet AT NICE;
Misses Wills, Mumford
Win Way to Finals
In French Tourney

NICE. France, March l3.-All Ali
American final in the women's singles
of the Nice lawn tennis tournament
was assured today when Helen Wills,
the champion, and Isabella Lee Mum
ford, Of Boston emerged victorious
from the semi-finals.
Miss Wills disposed of Nine. Pc
terie Of Hungary at 6-2, 6-2, while
Miss Mumford won over Eileen Ben
nett. comparatively strong English
player, in an extra set match ut
as. 6-3, go.
In the quarter finals Of the mixed
doubles Miss Wills and her English
rtner, Charles 5. Kingley, defeated
Mile. Bourgeois and VI. Garon, 6-l,
6-3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
CLEE CLUB GIRLS
TO RADIO SONGS

Twenty-Five girls. members of
"estmoreland College. San Antonio,
glee club arrived in Brownsville this
morning to sing over KWWG. local
radio station from to z O'Clock this
evening.
The girls will leave Immediately
after the radio program for Los Fres-
nos, where they will sing tonight
They will return to Brownsville and
will sing at the Methodist church here
tomorrow. Their program will be
given in connection with the regular
morning preaching service.
The glee club this week has sung
in almost every Valley town and the
work Of the girls has received high
praise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
Big LIQUOR HAUL y
MADE AT ALAMO
lRr the Associated Press.I

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 13.-
Hrndred- Of dollars worth of liquor
concealed in goat skin bags was seized
and two men arrested by a deputy
sheriff after a three mile chase along
the highway near Alamo, Texas, ac-
ccrding % information received today
= I'd CotElla, assistant collector oe
cust'msx
Taking up the chase when a heavy
laden truck sped BY his machine,
John Bales, the officer. pursued the
liquor smugElers until he caught up
with the pair and forced them TO turn
into the ditch at the side Of the road
o avert q collision.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13

Dam on Devils
RiUey Urged dt
San BeuitOMeet

SAN BENITO, Tex, March 13-W. f. Anderson, con-
sutlng engineer for Cameron counys flood work.
and member of the u SNIexico commission for equitable
distribution of waters of the Rio Grande and County Judge
Oscar G. Dancy appointed committee from the
ing held here yesterday aftenon 70 Austin and
gae the situation with regard to the conservation of
ers of the Rio Grande and its tributaries in order permit
more extensive irrigation in the Valley.
The meeting, which called by Judge Dancy and at
tended by representatives of the districts of the three
counties in the Valley and chamber Of represe
tatves 1t held in the San Beno water district office
The of the meeting following detailed discussion of
the subject by Mr. Anderson Judge Dancy and Others
that the Valley should do what be done toward the
ing of dam Devils river in order to the
of that and make possible irrigation of double
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
Neighbors Put Out
Fire in Residence

Neighbors extinguished a blaze in
residence at the corner Of Adams
and Fourth street Friday before the
arrival Of firemen on the scene. The
fire was caused BY the explosion Of
a gas range in the residence kitchen
and was put ont before any damage
was done. Cries for help brought
nighbors to the house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
House Leader Tilson
Raps Patronage Stand
Of TexasG. O.P. Heads

the republican majority" in the
house. Mr. Tilson warned Wilmington
that II. y. CrcaEcr, national commit
tecman from Texas, "and the rest OF
you gentlemen" must reconcile your
factional differences and keep in con-
rress real republicans"
lie said: The president is aware
of the situation and the trouble that
this matter IA causing real republic
ans here
Wurzabch had said in the house
that Texas offices were being traded
for delegates to republican national
conventions. Mr.. Creager a few DAYS
ago later advised President Coolidge
TO palce no credence in the complaint,
IT the same time expressing hope
that State Senator Real would or
pose Wurzbach in the state primary
this year.
Raps Defense.
The letter follows in part:
i am very glad to receive your let
ter Of the fourth. have had in mind
for several days writing either you
or Mr. Creager. Your defense Of fac
tional differences between the or
ganiaation and Mr.. Wurzbach ~ not
at All satisfactory, and on behalf Of
the solid republicn membership Of the
mouse Of representatives, and ! an
sure that ! speak for all republicans
! write to protest against the action
Of the so-cailcd republican organiza.
tlon Of Texas in attempting to make
It impossible 70 return to congress
the only republican that Texas has
elected for many years.
you state that the issue Il wheth-
or there is to be any republican party
IN Texas ut I'll. For all practical pur-
poses there is no rerublicn party in
Texas. except in the fourteenth dis.
trict. which elects a republican Ia
congress who stands BY the republic
m president, aind Loyalty helps to
carry out the republican program. II
looks 10 US here in Washington that
the remainder Of the republican party
IN Texas is purely an organization
for the purpose Of distributing and
enioS ing the patronage Of the repub-
Continued on Page 4)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
COOLIDGE SIR. WEAKER.

PLYMOUTH. VT. March 13s-Ex-
cept for slightly more pronounced
weakness. the condition or Colonel
John &. Coolidge, father Of the presi-
dent, who is i'll at his home here, re-
mained unchanged today. This was
the substance of bulletin issued by
DR.. Albert W. Cram. his physician,
after a noon day call.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13

the present acreage under cul-
tivation.
This would be carried out as q
means of permitting further develop
ment until such time as the United
States and Mexico reach an agree
ment on the distribution of the wa
ters of the Rio Grande, and when
such agreement is reached. some con-
cession probably being made 30 Mex
leo, the United States will probably
place dam on Maraseal canyon or
some other suitable place, and fur
nish enough storage to solve the ir-
rigation problem for the entire Val
ley for all time, it was brought out at
the U,eeting.
Anderson Explains.
An interesting diaErammatic dis
crssion Of the subject was given by
Mr.. Anderson. He showed that the
flow Of the Rio Grande is about five
million acre feet a year, or enough
to irrigate about two million acres if
it were stored. At present the un-
controlled flow is sufficient to irri-
gate the land under irrigation in the
Valley and apparently no more With
more careful use Of the water Mr..
Anderson said that all lands in the
present irrigation systems in the VAL
ley could be placed under irrigation
from the uncontrolled flow.
The Devils river, which would fur
nish an additional supply of about
25O,0O0 acre feet n year, would en-
able the Valley to pump out twice
as much water. and TO irrigate around
10000 acres, presuming that the wa
ter will be used more economically
by that time than it is at present.
Mr.. Anderson brought out an inter
esting point when he showed by a
diagram that dam could be placed
in the Rio Grande above Roma, and
the power Of a sixty-foot fall there
Continued on Page %
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CBy the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, ~ C., March f3.-
Texas republicans involved in a dis
pute over patronage in that state are
assailed in letter from Representa-
tive Tilson, Connecticut, republican,
floor leader Of the house. to Leonard
Wilmington Of republican state head
quarters al Dallas. and approved by
the national republican congressionl
committee.
The letter taking cognizance 81 re-
ports that the "so-called republican
ganization" Of Texas would oppose
reelection of the states only repub-
lican in the house, Representative
Wurzbach, who discussed patronage
in the house recently, protested
against patronage Of the republican
administration being used to destroy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13

rJlty gang, ACcOruInH % II
Paso secret service agents.
The bill u what ~ known among
government agents as dangerous
queer" being an excellent reproduc-
tion Of the regular $50 United States
gold certificate.
Five men are already under arrest
in the United States in connection
with the Mexico City counterfeiting
plot They are:
Clarence CDuke) Atkinson, I'll
Paso; NJ. r. Todd and Fred w. Pin
kerton, Okmulgee, Okla; Harry N.
White, and Joe Glaviana, Dallas,
Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
ZIMMERMAN SLAIN.

LUFKlN, Texas. March 13.-W. A.
Evans, 3i. lumberman of Livington,
was shot and instantly killed at his
sawmill a. Leggett, late yesterday.
Officers sad they we're seeking two
men in connection with the shooting.
which was d.ie to quarrel over q
debt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Granee Valley. Fair or partly cloudy
and colder tonight with lowest tenn
peratu 40 to 50 degrees; Sunday
fair ai.-'' ttrued cool.
For Eass Ro, a.: Fair tonight;
colder except extreme northwest
portion; probabi, frost to the coast
and freezing in north and central
portions; Sunday increasing cloudi-
ness; somewhat warmer except in
southeast portion. Moderate to fresh
northerly to casterly winds on the
coast.
Weather Conditions.
The barometr.c pressure continued
rather high practically throughout
the United States since last report.
attended by fair 20 partly cloudy
weather except unsettled conditions
in the southeastern portion of the
country. 1t was unseasonably cold
this morning practically throughout
the central and southeastern states
except Florida. Freezing tempera-
lures occurred throughout the north
ern half of the cotton belt last night.
The lowest temperature last night
at Texas stations ranged from 26 at
Amarillo to 56 at Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
SNOW FALLING in
NORTH TEXAS TOWN
fBr the Associated Pres }

DALLAS. Texas, March 13-Win-
ter probably was taking its final
fling at Texas today. Gainesville
reported a light snow falling there
with sleet in the Panhandle, while
the dieing season left its frosty
mark at many places. Temperature
ranged from rs no Amarillo to SO at
Brownsville. There was freezing
weather as far south as Abilene.
Dallas registered 81.
A two inch snow was reported at
Perryton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
I'm, ligration Chief
AT New York Quits

NEW YORK, y. Y, March 13.-
Henry H. Curran, commissioners of
immigration mt Ellis Island. recent
host cf the Countess Of Cathcart,
though he complained he had no
more to do with her temporary de-
tention for moral turpitude." than
the King OF the Fiji Isles, has re-
signed.
He viii become counsel and advis-
or to the City Club of New York.
His resignation has been forwarded
to President Coolidge to become eff
fective March 81.
Benjamin NJ. Day Of New York was
nominated today to succeed Curran.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
DAY IN WASHINGTON

White radio bill occupies house.
Gooding railroad measure re-
mains before senate.
Senate acts on amended Muscle
Shoals resolution.
Rivers and harbors coTmittee Of
house considers legislation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
CROWN QUEEN
KOWALSKIAT
HIGH SCHOOL
Elaborate Cerem ony
Marks Coronation of
Girl Winning Pop
ularity Race

Admirers OF Leelee Kowalski who
supported her in her race for queen
of the Brownsville high school circus
and carnival last night saw her reap
the fruits of her popularity as she
was crowned amid the splendor Of
her royal court or the stage Of the
high school aut itorium.
Preceding the queen 70 the moss
and apple-blossom bedecked court
were the king. Leo Lane, other mem
bers of the royal retinue, and various
attendants.
Announcer II. II. Phillips took his
position on the stage. and read the
names Of the royal court members
in the order Of their appearance as
they advanced toward the stage and
throne by means Of inclined boards
that extended into the aisle Of the
auditorium.
His majesty, King Leo of the House
of Lane, first took his place on one
side Of the purple throne, the other
side OF which remained vacant pend
ing the appearance bl Lhe IlttA-
Then followed the duchess, dukes,
princess and prince. The dukes. chos-
en- by the duehesses, escorted the
duchesses as far as the incline and
they dropped into a nearby seat
waiting for the temperance Of their
royal companions. The ten duchesses
continued toward and upon the stage
where they formed on either side Of
the throne.
Dukes, Duchesses Appear.
Lady Faustina Of the House Of Cey-
order of their appearance were: Lady
Gail Of the House of McDavitt and
Lord Volney Of the House Of Taylor,
Lady Elinore Of the House Of Rich
ardson and Lord Robert az the House
OF Lackncr. Lady Cherille of the
House Of De Bardelcben and Lord
Harhcrt Of the House or Davenport,
Lady Consuelc Of the House Of Del
gadO and Lord Leandro OF the House
of Cisneros, Lady Una Of the House
of Scanlan and Lord Robert Of the
Continued from Page ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13

Halborn. Eng j. W. Sutton has
retired as mana.ges of machinery
plant at the age sf 9s. He has never
been sick.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-13
so YEARS IN CHOIR

Newport, Envy. X. Ediss has
completed SO years as membe- of
the choir in st. Thomas Church.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12
Cost of Living" Trap
Is Used to Snare Phila-
delphia Car Men
By International Lahnr News Service

BY International Labor News Service.
Philadelphia, Pa. March Cost
of Living" that moth-eaten fraud of
war days, is being dragged out of its
basement to trap the street car en-
ployes of Philadelphia's anti-unon
traction magnates, pursuant to the
famous Mitten policy.
Under the new orders am index
figure is to be arrived at by weight
ing certain key commodities and a
standard cost of living figure fixed.
As this moves up and down, wages
will be moved up and down.
Thus, if the traction magnates get
away with it, Philadelphia street car
employees will be chained to a FIXED
WAGE, with no hope of betterment at
any time.
The cost of living device as a means
of wage fixing was first brought into
national prominence in 1917 by the
National War Labor Board under the
guidance of Frank p. Walsh. As a
means of increasing temporarily the
wages of the much underpaid trades
it worked up to a point.
But labor leaders, notably Samuel
Gompers, saw the deception in this
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12

device when commodity prices should
cease advancing and should either
stand still or move downward. Then,
it was predicted, employers would
seize the opportunity to decrease
wages by using the same argument
which had been used to push them
upward.
The reaction to the wartime device
has lowered in the plan of the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Company.
The transit magnates fancifully
claim their cost-of-living wage rate
to be a living and saving wage-but
always "standard"!
Says the company:
THE wages paid are to be adjusted
upward or downward, so that at all
times the contents of the pay envelope
will be sufficient to buy the same
number of standard market baskets
regardless of the changes in price up
ward or downward, to the end that the
wage shall always be sufficient to
maintain the present standard of liv-
ing
While labor demands a constantly
improving standard of life and living
and while that is the whole tendency
of the modern mechanical world. the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
thus proclaims to its employees that
the millennium has come, so far as they
are concerned and that there is never
to be anything any betterl
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12
--Q.-What political party is in the
saddle today in Canada7
Trade UniOnists of
MurphysbOrO, ILL.,, to
Be Congratulated
Springfield, ILL.,, March 9.

Springfield, ILL.,, Mafcn y.
The trade unionists of Murphys-
boro, Illinois, are to be congratulated
on the way in which they met the
savage attack that was made upon
tn m, by the enemies of labor. They
held mass meetings, invited the bust
ness and professional men of the city
to come to those meetings.; they ap-
pointed competent committees to pre-
sent the case of the workers, who
were organized, to the citizens in the
otner waiAs of life, and by one or the
otner OF those methods, reached prac-
Iicaliy every citizen of Murphysboro.
Inc result OF it has been that ma
jorIsy OF the business and professional
interests nave joined with the workers
TO establish a condition in that city
whereby federation, moderation, and
fairness will characterize the attitude
of each citizen, in their treatment
OF each other in the everyday affairs
of life.
Several of the extremists who were
most rabid in their ayowals in oppo-
Sition to organizations of working
men and women within Murphysboro,
have felt the weight of the displeas-
ure of the people generally, in their
business, and socially, to the extent
that they are leaving town-others of
them have voluntarily withdrawn from
political life, and the few who are
still there, that are active in opposi-
ton to the trade union movement, are
in such a small minority that they
can scarcely be heard.
The trade unionists of Murphysborc
and their friends, are taking the mat
ter good naturally. They are moi
disposed to go to extremes even witt
their enemies, but they are strength
ening their lines in every way, anC
they are determined that Murphys
boro is going to remain a good place
for a working man who is a rea
American, to work in, and raise his
family. Even altho the few un
American enemies of labor who woulC
persecute the working man and tt!
to destroy the trade unions of tina
city, under the guise of the so-eallec
open shop, may leave there.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12
Decision to Form World
Wheat Pool Shows Pro-
gress of Cooperative Idea
BY {. MCKAY.

The decision to form an interna-
tional federation of cooperative wheat
polls, taken at st. Paul by representa-
tives of the grain growers of the Unit
ed States, Canada and Australia af-
fords a striking example of the great
outgrowth of the cooperative idea in
recent years. In Canada the wheat
pool ranks among the great expert
ments in cooperative marketing. In
fact, it is claimed that the pool has
passed the experimental stage and def
nitely established itself as a pre-
dominant factor in the wheat trade.
Its swift expansion shows that those
most concerned have reason for their
faith In it as means of strengthen
ing their position in the economic
scale.
Now start is to be made in link
ing up the pools of the United States,
Canada and Australia in close associa-
ton. 1t is not proposed to create one
great pool for the grain of the three
countries, though that may come later.
The idea is to profit from each 9TH
er's experience. Information in re-
gard to crops and crop prospects, sup
plies and demand will be gathered
and will be a guide to the pools in
putting their holdings on the market,
thus working to eliminate speculation
and disastrous competition and so Sc
cure for the farmer the full value of
his product.
It's a big project, and how it will
work out remains for the future to
tell. But II is a COURAGEOUS plan To
protect the grain growers from the
spectators who were wont to manipu-
iate price movements by playing off
the crop Of one country against that
of another.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12
Q.-What is now the purchasinl
power of the dollar?
Q.-Has organized labor denounced
the Fasclss movement of Italy?

A.-The American Federation OF
Labor has repeatedly denounced Fas-
cist rule and recently President Green
of the Federation issued strong
warning against Fascist influence in
this country.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-12

Q.-Wh0 IL FeItF J. bIHu3 !
A.-Peter J. Brady is president OF
the Federation Bank of New York,
now the largest labor bank in the
East.