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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-18
Bv Vida Hurst

But Sonia, it's so drab. None OF
the beauty your soul raves
IT know, but 1t may be only tenn
porary. II l get something to do
that pays enough, I'll move"
That reminds me" he said un-
easily. "Jed Thomas asked me for
your address"
You didn't give it to him?"
What else could 1 do? He knew
I had it. Perhaps he's goilS to re-
consider his harsh words"
He can go to-" she cried, fierce
ly. I'D walk the streets before I'd
work for him."
He left, asking her to meet him
for lunch.
Sonia sat with her feet perched
on the over door. After the com
Portable warmth Of Franklin's shack,
the room seemed bitterly cold. She
looked about, wondering how she
could have chosen a place so de-
void Of color. Even the living room
in Stockton had a certain homely
comfort. This had no note of bright
ness save the frail daffodils, SILVER
ing in the gloom.
In the morning she intended to
start the search for a position. A
pair of freshly washed stockings
hung over a chair. Her best loot
must be foremost, although she
felt she was in no condition to meet
strangers, much less to ask for a po-
sition which she did not really de-
sire. If only she and Franklin were
married and had a little home of
their own, How happy she would
be! How clean and thrilling their
relations. She would. be willing to
work all day, serene in the knowl-
edge that he would be coming at
night her husband!
1t occurred to her, family, as a
memory from a dream, that she had
a husband, one who would have
given her everything. Eyes somber
and remote, she corrected herself
everything but the mad excitement
which Franklin reused. Wasn't that
worth Tn luxury? For him she
would endure any sacrifice, any
humiliation, even live day after day
in this dreary, unsightly room.
She remembered the emotion she
had felt when she gazed at the sky.
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POLLS TIMES
Test AnSzgeYS

These are the correct answer to
the questions which appear on page
6:
Ravens bringing Elijah food.
2-No.
3-No.
Adam.
"a dead man lowered into the
grave of Elisha was revived when
he touched Elisha's bones.
6-Jesus.
7-St. Matthews.
S-Nine hundred and sixty-nine
years.
9-Heaven and earth.
10-They spoke so hal every man
who listened heard them In his own
language.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-28
5 5BOUNDOVER
IN SLAYINGS
Bond is Made BY Four
In Double Killing
At Los Quates

Five persons have been bound over
for aetiOJ by the grand jury in con-
nection with the fatal shooting last
Sunday night of Alfredo Garza and
Fernandez de Leon Of the Las Yescas
community at dance given at Los
Quates which Is near the Las Yescas
ranch.
They were bound over at a hear
ing held yesterday afternoon before
Justice of the Peace Carpenter in
Rio Hondo. The case for the state
was handled there by Harry Faulk,
Cameron County attorney.
Four Of the five men bound over
for action by the jury. which goes
into session Monday, are out on bond.
Alfredo Garza, Jr.. son Of one Of
the dead men, Marcelino Rodriguez,
Constable Burleson. Yndolosio Con-
zales and Gravel Galvan are the men
placed under arrest following the
shooting. All except Marcelino Rod
riguez are out on bond. Yndalosio
Rodriguez and Galvan are held as
material witnesses in the case.
The shooting occurred at Los
Quates at late hour Sunday night
at dance. The elder Garza is said
% have shot de Leon and then to
have beer shot and killed by Con-
stable Burleson in the chase that
'ollowed in an attempt TO arrest him.
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oters Expressing Preference Today
GERMAN PLANE LINES
\ X +
PROVE SAFE; NO ONE
X X y
INJURED PRESENT YEAR

BERLIN, Aug. zS.-tE1-Every
time a traveller goes up into the
air on one Of "a rniany's seventy
five airplane routes, he is auto
mutically insured fer $4,000 at the
expense Of ~Luithansa's the con
Germ which operates these routes.
Flying in Geynany il regarded
quite as safe as travelling by
train or motor car. The insurance
companies with which the Lufthansa
has contracted for the insurance Of
its passengers charge merely the
usual accident rate. without the
super charge customary in the
case Of extra hazardous occupa-
TONS
According 10 official statistics
the percentage Of safety in air.
plane flights during 1925 was
99.997 percent. Thus fas during
1926 not a single passenger has
been injured.
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FEUD REVIVED;
z shot DOWN
Rusk County Man Uses
Shotgun With Dead
ly Effect

HENDERSON, Texas, Aug. 2S.-fPl
Wren Huff and his son, Kelly
Huff. who reside in the southern
part Of Rusk county. are dead, and
Will Britton, a neighbor, is under
arrest here charged with the double
killing.
The men were killed yesterday az
ternoon. According to information
gathered by Henderson officers. the
trouble resulted from an old feud.
The son was killed when he attemp-
ted to remove his fathers body, Of
ficers said.
Britton, il is said. was passing
Huff's farm in n truck when the feud
fiared up. Britton using a shotgun
at close range. Huff's son then went
for a truck to take his dead father
home, and in passing Britton was
himself shot 20 death.
Officers stated that Britton then
snapped the gun at another son, but
found il unloaded.
He then entered another farmers
house to obtain a gun and when the
latter attempted to recover the wea-
pom was threatened BY Britton, ae-
cording to reports to officers.
Britton stated that Huff had
blocked the road and when he
stopped that Huff approached him
and that al this point he picked up
his shotgun and fired.
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Valley Woman Dies
From Auto Accident

MERCEDES, Texas, Aug 2S.-Word
was received here Thursday Of the
death Wednesday in a Victria his
death Wednesday in a Victoria hos
wife Of Herman Wetegrove Of this
city, her death being due to injuries
sustained in an auto accident near
San Juan over two weeks ago.
Mrs. Wetegrove, accompanied by
her son, Adolph Wctegrove, was
motoring TO Victoria to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Louis Gaitz, when the
accident occurred. Their car over
turned mt a sharp curve in the road.
Mrs. Wetegrove was bruised about
the head and was taken back to Mer-
cedes for treatment. Her son was
not injured.
With her condition not regarded as
serious, Mrs. Wetegrove was able to
20 by rail to Victoria a week later.
arriving last Saturday. The follow
ing day she had a fainting spell and
partly lost consciousness. An X-ray
examination disclosed that the skull
was fractured. She died without re-
gaining consciousness.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by two sons and three
daughters. John and Adolph Wete-
grove and Mrs. II. Roeper Of Mer-
cedes, Mrs. Ralph Nettleton Of San
Juan and Mrs. Louis Gaitz of Vie
toria. The body was sent to Austin
where the funeral will be held Sun
day.
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TAKE SUSPECT
IN MATHISCASE
Man Sought by Off
GERS Found Hiding
in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 2s.-tPl-
Surrounded by San Antonio officers
armed with riot guns and ready for
any emergency. an American charged
with having killed DIR. j. A. Ram
sey, Mathis physician whose body
was found Thursday in a shallow
grave near his home, was arrested
shortly after noon today in a resi-
dence here.
Taken in bed room of the house
in his shirt sleeves, the suspect Of
fered no resistance.
Making no statement about the
charges against him the man was
taken to the city Jail where he will
be kept until a conference can be
held with state rangers and Of
ficers from Live Oak and San Pa
tricio counties.
Fearing mob violence should he be
returned to the scene Of the crime
where feeling is said to have run
high since a Mexican also facing n
murder charge led Officers to the
grave where the Doctors body was
buried. it is possible the suspect may
be kept in Jail here until time for
his trial.
A state wide search for the Ameri-
can. named as the killer of the doctor
in a written confession, said to have
been ogtainned from one of two Mex
leans in Jail in Sinton. has been in
progress since the finding OF the
body.
First clues that pointed to his
being in San Antonio were found
with the discovery that the suspect
had married Thursday.
Officers shadowing the bride and
her brother were led to the house
where the suspect was found in hid
ing.
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yesterday. The men were
held today in the Jail at Van
Buren, Ark.
Both men were wounded in the last
fight with officers.
II was the third gun battle in which
they had engaged in in "a hours.
Their wounds were not serious and
were treated in the Van Buren Jail.
The capture Of the Kimes brothers
closed one of the most spectacular
man hunts that eastern Oklahoma
has witnessed in late years. IL
started yesterday morning when the
brothers wounded three peace Off
GERS on the highway west Of Sallisaw.
Chuculate. one Of the wounded men.
died last night in q hospital at Fort
Smith. Arkansas. j. c. Woll, chief
Of police at Sallisaw, was captured
after he had been wounded and was
forced to accompany the fugutives
for several hours.
Recover Part Of Money
Part OF the money stolen from the
Covington banks was recovered from
car the brothers abandoned when
they commandeered the officers car
yesterday morning.
After the fight near Sallisaw, the
bandits fled with their prisoner in a
devious route that led to the wild
hills Of western Arkansas with pos
ses close at their heels. Along the
road they picked up Will Ross. a
young farmer, who was walking. Woll
and Ross were dropped at Petersville,
Arkansas.
Officers from both Arkansas and
Oklahoma kept on the chase until the
bandits surrendered about 3 o'clock
this morning.
Both George and Mathew Kimes
served in the Oklahoma state prison
at McAllester on convictions OF
burglary. They were released April
10 Of this year.
Nearly $4,000 was taken in the
two Covington robberies. Five or six
bandits participated in the raids,
which were accomplished quietly
without display OF firearms.
The Kiamss brothers have been
identified as two Of the three bandits
who held up and robbed the Depew
National Bank at Depew June 80. w.
:. Morgan, assistant superintendent
Of the Identification bureau said to-
day.
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setting up the record of IA
hours, and 81 minutes.
Mrs. Corson's victory was the more
impressive inasmuch as Frank Perks,
English swimmer, who started with
her last night and swan most Of
the way in her trial was forced TO
quit when a mile and half from
the English coast after being in the
water more than fourteen hours.
Ishak Helmy, husky Egyptian, near
ly lost his life by drowning during
thennght on another Of his num-
erous attempts TO conquer the chan
mel. He started DESPITE warnings
Of his physicians. When four and a
half miles out from Gris-Nez, three
hours after he took the plunge, he
was seized with cramps and col
lapsed. Jabez Wolfe, the famous
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Pharr Electric Plant
Report Given Denial
(Snecinl To The Herald.l

SAN BENITO, Tex. Aug. 2S.-De-
NAL Of report from Pharr that the
Valley Electric e. Ice Company will
erect a large power plant az Pharr
was made from the headquarters Of
the company here today.
Some months ago announcement
was made from San Antonio offices
Of the company that a giant plant
would be erected somewhere in the
Valley in due time, to care for the
company's growing needs, but no
definite decision on this has been
reached rs yet, 10 far as it known
here.
The Pharr report was credited TO
G. "A. Cripes, superintendent of the
Valley lines. Mr.. Cripes said he had
authorized no such statement, and
knew nothing of how 1t originated.
Frank G. Ludden H. general man
ager Of the company's Valley prop
critics.
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LAST BODIES
ARE REMOVED
Dead in Disaster Al
Clymer Mine Now
Total IA

CLYMER, Pa, Aug. 2s.-tP)-Cly-
mer Mine surrendered the last Of IT'S
dead today when the bodies Of three
of the A victims Of Thursdays ex-
plosion were recovered from the
wrecked workings. They were re-
moved to the temporary morgue, a
toll shed. n mile from the mine
mouth. Here they were identified
and prepared for burial.
The $500 residents or this little
mining town. mourned today as they
prepared to bury the victims Of
Thursdays mine disaster.
Under present plans each family
will bury its own dead. all the serv-
ices being set either for tomorrow or
Monday.
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PRISON GUARDS
ARE LOCKED IN
CONVICT Cells
Eight Escape in Cars
And Others Believed
Hiding i'm Woods
And Fields

IONA. Michigan, Aug. 2S.-iP1-
Twenty-four convicts from the Mich
igan State reformatory here were at
large today, many Of them armed, as
the result OF a sensational break In
which they virtually took possession
Of the institution.
The plot, which prison officials be-
lieve had been in the process Of for
nation for several weeks, eliminated
early today in a well organized at
tack, in which the escaped prisoners,
all housed in one of the institutions
dormitories. fell on the guards there.
overpowering and disarming them.
They made their way into a rotunda
leading off from the dormitory,
rushed the guards there and likewise
overpowered them.
They then charged the administra.
tion building. The prison authorities
were marched back into the cells
formerly occupied by the prisoners
and locked up.
About four hundred men were con-
fined az the reformatOry but the es-
Gaping prisoners made no attempt 10
release any others than those in their
own dormitory. Inmates OF the insti-
tuition are all young men. ranging In
age from Is 20 80 years, and most
are first offenders.
A general alarm was sent out and
posses were formed at a half dozen
cities to assist authorities IN efforts
to apprehend the men.
About eight OF the men fled from
the institution in two automobiles
which they seized. The Others were
reported to have fled afoot into the
country. Several hours after the ea-
cape reports were received that some
of the men were seen heading to-
wards Lansing. Posses were reported
formed al half a dozen towns 70 head
off the convicts. and serious trouble
ID feared. The twenty-four men who
escaped. according to officials, in
clude many OF the most desperate
criminals housed at the institution.
IONA, Mich, Aug. 2s.-tPD-Two
Of p cOnviets who escaped from the
Michigan state reformatory here
early today were re-captured this
forenoon in a wooded section 10 miles
north Of here. The prisoners, Ma
poleon Smith and Chares Smith, both
from Wayne county. but not related.
surrendered readily to Warden Char
les Shean and two other officers.
The prisoners said they knew moth
ing about a plot for a wholesale de-
livery but merely walked out when
the doors were opened.
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Hagen Leading In
Golf Tournament

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2s.--tP)-
Walter Hagen took the lead today
ht the end of the third round of the
western open golf championship by
coring brilliant &c, two strokes
nder the course record, for total
200, four below Ge6e Sarazen's
Is.
Harry Cooper Of Kansas City had
bust set a new recold of &C for the
Highland links by taking two strokes
Soff par on each nine. when Hagen
came along and equalled the per-
formance by scoring the second nine
in an unbelievable 81 including, four
brides on that half.
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One Drowned, Seven
Missing in Hurricane

NEW ORLEANS. La, Aug. 2s.-LP)
Mrs. George Theis, wife Of the
captain OF the Towboat Patton. has
been drowned and her husband and
six other members or the crew are
missing. W. A. Bisso. head OF the Bis
50 Coal an dTowboat Company, an
nounced here today.
Mrs. Theis' body was recovered.
The Patton sank In the Mississippi
river near o~nvert. La, in We'd
nesday nights hurricane.
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TREND OF STOCK
PRICES UPWARD

NEW YORK. Aug 2s.-tP)-The
upward movement in stock prices was
resumed at the opening of today's
market with buying orders widely
distributed among the rails, oils and
specialties. Atchison advanced a
point to net record top at ISL rs
in the first few minutes of trading,
and new peak prices also were es-
tablished by Consolidated Cigar, Con-
tinental Baking. b. and Brunswick
Balk.
Initial gains Of point or so were
recorded BY Allied Chemical. Union
Oil of California and Texas Gulf
Sulphur.
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HOSTILE Note
GIVEN MEXICO
BY NICARAGUA
Contend Mexican Gov
ernment Participat-
ed i'm Recent Filibus-
tering Expedition

MANAGUA, Me, Aug. 2s.--tPl-
The Nicaraguan government has
sent a note 20 Mexico declaring il has
irrcfutable evicence that Mexican
authorities equipped. armed and
manned with men in Mexico's mill
tary service an auxiliary ship Of the
Mexican navy, the Coneon, which
sailed from Vera Cruz, on August IL
on a filibustering expedition 70 Mica
raEua.
The note, which Is signed by For
eign Minister Navas, says the ex-
CONTINUED on Page 2l
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"a Are Stricken With
Ptomaine Poisoning

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 2s.-tP)-
Twenty-four persons living at Deep
Eddy, suburb Of Austin, suffering
from ptomaine poisoning, were re-
ported out of danger Saturday, but
some We're very sick. DR.. G. w.
Goddard, city physician declared that
the people drank milk which, he be-
lieves was accidentally poisoned in
handling.
Samples Of the milk have been sub
mitted to the state chemist.
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Captured
After Three Pistol
Fights With Posses

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA Aug. 2S.-QP)-George and
Mathew Kimes, young Arkansas exconvcs who yesterday
euded Of pursueTs in the hills of eastern Oklahoma
and Arkansas after woundng three peace officers
fatally captured early today Rudy Arkansas
after battle with officers it reported here.
The report received by the state bureau of Identification
said that the confessed the robbery of banks at
Covngton Oklahoma last Wednesday and the fatal shoot
ing of Perry Chuculate Sequoyah county deputy sheriff
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HURRICANE DEATH
TOLL MOUNTING

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2S.-[Pt-
The death toll from the tropical hur-
ricane which swept through the lower
Louisiana marshes and up the Ma
sissippi river, Wednesday night
mounted to six today with seven
-ethers believed drowned and nine
missing. The damage TO property
and crops still varied in estimates
between the five and ten million
dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-28
Power Plant Is
Nearly Complete

EDINBURG, Texas, Aug. 2s.-The
Central Power and Light Company
have their new plant finished and
are now operating. The company ~
using water from the canal. IL II
hoped that the new water system
will be completed within the next
few days which will permit the man
ufacture of ice without the difficulty
OF having 70 haul the same In tanks,
as it done at the present time.
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Mexican Bandits
Loot Small Town

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 2s.-LPl-
General Eugenio Martinez, military
eommandant in the valley Of Mexico.
announces that bandits. shouting
long live religion" appeared in the
town of Amecameca and partially
looted il.
Federal troops pursued and killed
six of the bandits and captured
another. The others escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-28
FAVOR GROWER
ORGANIZATION
TO GET LABOR
Only One Way is Seen
To ForestalL> Annual
Picker Shortage In
Fields of Valley

That the only way TO prevent a
recurrence OF this years labor short
age in the cotton fields next season
is for the farmers to organize before
picking time and decide on a definite
program, was the consensus OF a
meeting Of the Valley commercial
secretaries in Harlinren last night
following a lengthy discussion.
Ross a. Marcus. secretary OF the
Mission Commercial Club. said he
had gone to Dallas. Houston and San
Antonio government labor bureaus in
search for pickers during the cur
rent shortage in the Valley and he
found that the unorganized state of
the grower was lending confusion to
the existing conditions.
Mr.. Marcus said the farmers must
get together and decide on uniform
price TO be paid pickers all over the
Valley. The bureau heads told him
that they would get group Of pick
ers together for a certain district
with promises or 20 much pay per
hundred pounds picked and that
someone would come along from an
other district. offer little more and
take the pickers away from the other
section.
This, Mr.. Marcus said. caused the
pickers to straggle from one end Of
the Valley 70 the other, seeking the
,,l.rn- ,rLa~a tkn k;vka~. ,,w;.n- ,,n~.
being paid and resulting in much loss
in time. This also enabled the pick
eTs to dictate prices for picking in
many instances.
Leader il Needed
The need for strong leader
among the farmers to organize the
cotton growers in some fashion was
expressed at this meeting as being
their only salvation.
The secretaries wen. on record as
being in favor of a movement TO
secure more lenient immigration laws
to provide for the entry of labor
from Mexico. II was decided TO at
tempt to enlist the aid Of the San
Antonio and Houston chambers of
commerce in securing the necessary
legislation in congress.
G. G. Richardson, manager of the
Brownsville chamber, read letter
taking exception to a magazine arti-
Gle by James j. Davis, secretary Of
labor, in which the cabinet member
advocated more stringent immigra-
tion laws along the border which he
termed the back door as opposed
TO Atlantic ports which he called 'the
front door" The other secretaries
also said they were going TO write
TO the secretary, telling him Of the
part Mexican labor is playing in the
development Of this section.
Treaty Favored
The secretaries were in favor Of q
treaty with Mexico on the water
question and such action as is neces-
sary to store flood waters Of the Rio
Grande but were not in favor Of
lobby in Washington as advocated By
c. II. Pease, editor Of the Delta Ir-
rigation News and secretary of the
Valley Water Users Association.
Confidence in the work of W. +. An
derson, member Of the American
commission for the equitable division
Of the waters of the Rio Grande was
expressed.
Will Fields. secretary of the Valley
Fair Association, spoke Of the great
demand for space at the fair this
fall. He also spoke Of securing a
number Of floats from San Antonio
TO provide one of the most brilliant
parades ever staged in the Valley.
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English Channel
Conquered Second
Time by Woman

DOVER England, Aug. 18.-QP)-Mrs Clemington
Carson of New York. the mother of two children and well
known long distance swimmer today swan the English
channel.
She the second to accomplish this brilliant
feat in the stormy history of channel swimming.
Gertrude Ederle who returned to her home in New
York yesterday conquered the grim stretch OF water on
August g. being the first to swim the channel and
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WEATHER OUTLOOK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Weather
outlook for week beginning Monday:
wes& gulf states: Partly cloudy,
with local showers early in week
and towards end. Temperatures will
rise 10 normal or above.
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FAMILY REUNION

PHARR. Aug. 2s.-Twenty-e of
30 grandchildren Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
r. Derr were here this week ut a
family reunion, this being the larg-
est number OF grandchildren ever
brought together in the city in one
family.