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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
TAI rs HAND IS.
IMPROVING

Chief Justice Taft's hand, injured
last week when it was caught in
his automobile door, is yielding to
treatment and no i'll effects are ex.
pected, it was stated at his resi-.
dence today.
1t has been necessary to dress the
wound each day.
When the accident occurred the
Chief Justice was taken to nearby
hotel and a doctor took several
stitches in the injured hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
MORENO BEATEN
BY PROCTOR
At TRIAL

Open enmity broke out between
Sam Moreno and Nick Eagles on
one side and John Proctor on the
other as this trio of the four men
on trial charged with murder in
connection with the death of Po-
liceman Leo w. K. Busch, entered
the District Supreme Court for
today's session.
Moreno came into the court room
with his left eye nearly closed. a
large blue welt beneath it, and he
and Eagles sat modify together.
whispering as they flashed angry
glances toward Proctor.
It vas understood that an alter
cation had arisen between Moreno
and Proctor as they were on their
wcy from the lookup, over testi-
mony yesterday OF Jimmy" Callan
and Harris Atchison, former pals
of the trio on trial, as result of
which Proctor struck Moreno in
the face.
According to information obtained
from attendants, Moreno, indignant
nesses yesterday, accused them OF
trying to defend Proctor with ref.
erence to his possession of a re-
volver.
Just wait till I get on the
stand" Moreno is said to have
threatened Proctor. en- fix you."
Friendship Ends
1t was then that Proctor struck
his former friend thus breaking the
close confederacy that has existed
between Eagles, Moreno and him
self as against John McCabe, the
fourth man on trial. Up until to
day the three have maintained a
disdainful attitude toward McCabe
because 1t has been testified that
he was not known to any of them
prior to the night preceding the
shooting of Busch, which occurred
early on the morning of Septem
Der 26.
AS the result Of the first fight
only Eagles and Moreno were on
speaking terms today. McCabe
isolated himself from the three
others as he has done since the
trial started, and dark looks passed
between Proctor, Eagles and Moreno.
Today's testimony was the first
directly bearing on the actual
shooting of Busch, the Government
placing Thomas ]. Watson, for.
merly residing at 412S Fifth st.
N. W., and now of Madison, Wis.
on the stand.
Awakened by Shots
Watson testified he had been
awakened by a fusillade Of shots
about 4 o'clock on the morning of
September 26 and of seeing two
men Every small in stature" run
ming past his house, followed by
an officer whom he later identified
as Busch. He got the impression,
he said, that Busch exhausted his
ammunition, and when he (Wat.
SOM asked If he could assist the
policeman, the latter requested him
to take him to a hospital. which
he did.
The jury was excused at o'clock
this afternoon to permit one Of the
jurors to attend a funeral.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
ELECTION COMPLETED

With the election of &c chairmen
OF the various sections of the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Associa.
ton completed and only few more
TO De chosen, it was announced to,
day they will be made directors OF
the trade organization at the annual
meeting tentatively planned to be
held Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
IN
FEW DAYS
SEEN

President Coolidge within the next
few days will submit a new nom.
ination for peoples counsel Of the
Public Utilities Commission to re.
place Blaine e. Mallan. whose name
was withdrawn from the Senate
yesterday. 1t was indicated at the
White House today.
The President has before him the
names of several candidates for the
position who previously were con.
sidered. 1t is believed, however,
that the selection will be made from
names which have not, so far,
been suggested for the appointment.
It was indicated that the Presi-
dent is making careful study OF
the qualifications of available can.
didates and not until he is entirely
satisfied will the name of the new
nominee he announced.
Public Opinion Wins
The victory for public opinion.
led by The Washington Times. in.
volved in the Mallan incident has
greatly strengthened the morale Of
the Washington "home rule" groups
which have been fighting the ap.
pointments. They now believe they
can win an even more substantial
success.
It is possible that consideration
Of the Childress and Adams nomi.
nations may be delayed until Presi.
dent Coolidge makes a new APP
pointment for peoples counsel.
The general belief, however, IL
that he will not exclusively con-
suit the Prescott-C olladay- Littlepage
group which has dominated virtua-
ly all local appointments for the
past few years.
It appears probable that at least
one Of the local groups which have
been fighting the Public Utilities
appointments will seek an audience
with President Coolidge to explain
their point of view and to tell him
why local public opinion should be
consulted with reference to the APP
pointments.
Meantime, the prospect that
either the nomination of Childress
or Adams will be confirmed by the
Senate grew markedly less today az
the result Of recent developments.
While it is admitted that there are
no formal charges against these
nominees which on their face con-
stitute a disqualification, their bust.
ness and personal contacts have
been Of a type which win cause
their fitness to be sharply questioned
when they appear before the Senate
District Committee.
Conference Held
The withdrawal of the Mallan
nomination came after a day Of
conferences yesterday in which
President Coolidge. Attorney Gen.
eral Sargent, Mr.. Mallan and others
took part.
It came with dramatic sudden.
ness after the publication in The
Washington Times of story show.
ing that Mr.. Mallan had never
been brought to trial on charge
Of driving an automobile while in.
toxicated.
This information was certain to
be the subject of inquiry by the
Senate District Committee and
caused the gravest concern to Mr..
Mallan's friends and associates.
1t is understood that Mr.. Mallan
himself interposed no objection to
the withdrawal Of his name. His
brief foray into public life had
been more than enough to satisfy
him. he was said to have declared.
The name of Louis A. Dent has
been suggested as successor for the
Mallan nomination. Mr.. Dent vas
the original choice Of the local Re-
publican ring for the post Of
peoples counsel, and it is possible
they will renew their work in his
favor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25

The human body, says
SaOGmi YogonGndG, Hindoo
mystic, may be "rechGrged"
at WiH, through the use of
the "Yogodo" system of cos-
centration. Instead of doing
that, though, most Americans
are busily 1echGrging their
systems through the anti
VoLsteGd system. G. H. D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
RS u.s.PNf OFFICE
PASSING TIE Rice

daddy" Browning is NOT
the author of the old idea
that "T0o can liVe as cheap
as one" KATYDID.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25

An Englishman has designed
shades for electric lamps that re.
semole birds and animals in form
and color.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
CHrVALRY 70 COMMERCE.

CHLVALRY 10 COMMERCE
II was . castle long years ago.
ItS jig-saw caves and stately spires
Have seen the great yard far below
Alive with knights and busting
squires.
The ballroom trimmed In green and
HAS trsmbIed meath the mighty
OF tall war lords who fiercely fore
The sac sack Of cities: the footing of
the dead.
TJpon the threshold Of its lovely stair,
"A prince was shot by trusted friend.
From q balcony, mad with despair
A maid leapt forth to meet her end.
where are the women. half-bOld. half
who bIashed and paled beneath their
An are Comet This sign now meets
1smith Is Son Storage - Padded
VANS" kelvin OGILVIE.
Old Lot looked Mt his pllIared wife,
And then remarked. with mirths
ST'mg mot kidding you when say
she's the salt Of the EARTH"
MACARoNI MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25

Daddy" BroaUming will
testify that, after their mar
rage, his aOife peaches"
didn't giVe him a "2-cemt
stamps 4Oortk of IOve." Why
not Ask DADDY" to become
the first president of that
Alimony Insurance Company
the column is trying to or
gdnize? Able.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-25
Ice longs Hit Her in Eye
Woman Claims in Suit

Alice Malone, 1101 New Jersey
Ave. S. E. today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against
the American Ice Company for
$4,000 damages for alleged per.
sonal injuries.
Represented by Attorney T. Nor.
ris Wampler and Leonard Block,
complainant says that while an
employee of the company was de,
livering ice at 1907 Sixteenth st.
N. W., where she was employed
July IL. 1926, the tongs with which
he held the ice slipped and struck
her in the eye, seriously and per.
manently injuring her.
Among all classes of men of
prominence, Presidents Of the
United States have averaged the
longest life spans, their average
being 69.9 years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
SENSATIONAL
MURDER Case
COMESTOEND
Man Who Barely Es-
capped Gallows, And
Again Faced Execu-
ton, Found Dead

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. S.-tFl-Rus-
sell Scott, former wealthy Canadian
bridge promoter, who has narrow
ly escaped gallows sentence follow
ing his conviction on charge Of
murder, hanged himself in the Cook
county jail tonight.
His lifeless body was found in his
cell at tier two Of the county Jail
by the jailer. He hanged himself
with his belt.
The jailer said that he had passed
Scott's cot at $3.50 .. m. and that he
was all right, but when he passed
again m hour later no noticed the
body.
Scott, convicted Of the murder Of
Joseph Maurer, drug clerk, has bean
in the cell since his return several
months ago from an insane asylum
where he had been discharged after
a sanity hearing to again face the
penalty Of death.
He had a hearing in September and
it was postponed TO some time this
month.
Cheated CaIIows
BY his suicide, Scott finally won
his sensational fight to defeat the
courts Of Illinois which time and
again turned down his pleas Of not
guilty and decreed that he must die
on the gallows.
Seven times was Scott In the shad-
ow OF the ga.lows in the four years
since he is alleged to have slain
Maurer.
Scolt's conviction followed closely
on his plea of guilty TO the murder
charge. A Judge. dragged from his
bed one night granted him q stay Of
execution n few moments before he
was 70 have been hanged. All legal
steps we're used to keep him from
paying the penalty. Large defense
funds were raised by general con-
tributions and Scottis wife herself
worked tirelessly in his behalf.
Was Waiting Trial
A battery Of lawyers and high
priced alienists were enlisted i'm the
fight TO keep Scott from the gall
lows he finally was adjusted insane
and sent TO an asylum at Chester.
Ills.
II was not long before officials at
the institution concluded Scott wmm
in full possession of his faculties
and should be returned 90 Jail. After
he had been placed again under the
jurisdiction Of Cook county and when
n jury found him sane, n date waa
set for his execution.
Fate intervened again, however,
and the supreme court remanded the
case for a new trial.
It was while I'm the jail waiting
the new trial that he ended his life.
Wife Visited Scott
Sectt's wife visited him at tho
jail tonight and the guards said
when she left he seemed to be in hin
usual spirits. He left no note that
might have explained his act.
At 10:d5 mn assistant jailer,. F. G.
Parkings passed Scott's cell and
noted nothing wrong, but q few min-
utes later the body was found By an
other Jailer hanging from N belt
which had been fastened 60 an up-
right bar.
The jailers said Scott had been
suffering from n slight attack of
bronchitis but II had not seemed "a
affect his spirits. In hanging him
self he fastened one end OK the belt
to the bar. settled the loop around
his neck and stepped off HIS Get.
prisoners In nearby cells were un-
able 60 see into the Scott cell, but
said they had heard no commotion
there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
Thyomgs Gather
At Final EUent
To Open Hotel
San Benito Hostelry
Officially Opened
Saturday Night

SAN BENITO. Act. Bad wealth
er in the form Of q drizzling rain
which came at about the time that
most guests were scheduled to ap-
pear did not halt the formal open
ing OK the new Stonewall Jackson
Hotel here Saturday night with a
space and more in the dining room
being taken up by those who arrived
to celebrate the completion of the
community project.
approximately 200 guests not only
from all parts of the Valley but
from various Texas cities were pres
ent at the formalities which really
were not so formal but took the
form Of dining, dancing and other
entertainment.
The banquet and dance celebrated
the completion Of the hotel, n COM
munity project to which 500 citizens
contributed by buying stock, and its
opening to the public.
John T. Lomax was toastmaster
upon this occasion as he had been
Thursday night at the fete given
newspaper, hotel and chamber of
commerce men and Friday night at
the affair given in honor of those
who conducted the campaign for
the hotel and sold stock for its con-
struction.
The Saturday night affair marked
the climax Of the opening celebra-
tion.
Mr.. Lomax called on James Bowie
Of San Benito for one of the first
talks of the evening and Mr.. Bowie
responded with a few appropriate
words.
A. J. MeColl Of McAllen and Point
Isabel spoke on Valley development
and offered hearty toast to the
success Of the hotel and its man
agement in which the guests par
ticipated.
s. c. Tucker, who headed a large
delegation from -Brownsvills which
might have been larger but for the
bad weather, recalled early days in
the Valley when San Benito was not
known. as such but as Bessie" This
and similar scenes were recalled by
the president of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce.
Entertainment was offered In the
form Of a band concert by the San
Benito municipal band, singing By q
Mexican quartet, a series Of songs
by the Forty and Eight quartet and
skits by Miss Olive Finney Of San
Antonio.
Dancing was under way only a
short time before the rain started
again and the dance scene shifted
from the patio to the dining room,
where the dance was continued.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
MOODY Will
Open MEETING
Governor to Attend
c. of c. Gathering
Here i'm Nov.

Governor Dan Moody will official
ly open, as governor Of Texas, the
first annual convention Of the South
Texas Chamber Of Commerce, to be
held in Brownsville, November II
and is. according to announcement
here Saturday by s. G. Tucker, vice.
president of the organization.
Announcement was received from
Ray Leeman, general manager Of the
South Texas chamber, following q
long distance conversation with
Governor Moody.
The governor will come to Browns
vile in a special private car, prob
ably accompanied by H. R.. Stafford,
vice president of the Missouri Pa
cific Lines.
Arrangements are to be made for
furnishing the governor with an air
plane which will carry him to an
other engagement on the following
day.
Other details of the program were
being worked out Saturday at a
meeting Of the South Texas Secre-
taries Association in San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09

ROCKS VIENNA
City Thrown Into Pan.
ic AS Lights Go Out
After Shock

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. s.-(Fl-Vi-
emma was shaken tonight at s:42
o'clock by severe earth shocks last
ing ten seconds.
Telegraph, telephone and tramway
services were paralyzed. The popula-
tion was panic stricken.
Buildings shook violently, glass
ware, pictures and other objects In
houses crashed to the floor.
The earth shocks occurred when
ed with the huge Saturday night
evidences. The lights failed and the
people fled in terror in the ensuing
darkness with some minor casualties.
A touch Of humor was added TO
the otherwise grim happenings when
q Hungarian tenor called Patiky was
making his debut at the opera house.
He believed that the flight of the
audience was because Of his singing
and he retired ignominiously behind
the curtain, only TO learn that the
city had been visited by m earth
quake.
The first shock was 20 violent
that IL threw both the horizontal and
vertical hands Of seismograph Of the
Vienna central meteorological oDserv-
atory out of the grooves making II
impossible to determine even the ap-
proximate point Of origin Of the
earthquake. The director OF the OBJ
servatory believes that the epic CEN
ter Of the quake was not FAR from
Vienna.
! Austria of late has been visited
by a series Of floods and earth
shocks, and In July. 1926. a serious
earthquake shook Styria, lower Aus
tris, causing heavy damage to num-
erous towns. About the same time
advices from Austria told Of great
damage By floods. The entire princi-
pality of Lichtenstein, bordering on
Austria and Switzerland, one Of the
smallest principalities in the world
was almost obliterated on Septem-
Der 20, BY what was described a. the
mightiest inundation the country had
known.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
MAYOR MAKES
SLAYINCBOND
Official in Mesquite
Shooting Charged
With Murder

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. S.-CP-John
S. Lawrence, mayor of Mesquite and
president of the First State Bank
there, charged with murder in con-
nection with the Staying Of Jack
kimbell on Thursday, was released
under $4,000 bond following a ha-
beas corpus hearing here today.
"Oh, he broke up my home and shot
me down." were the first words Kim
bell said after being shot down on
the public square at Mesquite, J. l.
Horndon, merchant who witnessed
the shooting testified.
Testimony of the various witnesses
showed that the shooting took place
Immediately after an sffray between
Lawrence and the three Kimbell
brothers, Jack, Charley and Oscar
Lawrence went into his bank about
4:S0 and procured a rifle and shot
twice rs the three men fled across
the square, witnesses said.
District Attorney William McGraw
introduced and read q citation which
Sheriff Allen Scale testified that
he had served on Lawrence or
August Is in the case of Jack Kim
bell versus John s. Lawrence in
which Kimbell advocated judgment
of s50.000 against Lawrence for al.
legged alienation Of affection Of Kim.
BELLS wife.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
Four Killed AS
Races
Tenement House
New York West Side
Thrown Into Pam
ic By Blast

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. s.-Rl-
Four persons were killed and more
than a dozen injured today in an
explosion that wrecked a three-story
tenement building in West 35th
street.
Police and building inspectors az
ter a preliminary examination ex-
pressed the opinion that the explo-
sion had been caused by a bomb or
dynamite adding that the demolition
had been complete and that IL was
impossible il state definitely what
had caused the blast
The densely congested west side
tenement district in which the ex-
plosion happened was thrown into
a panic by the blast requiring the ef-
forts of a large force Of police re-
serves to restore order.
The building collapsed into mass
of ruins. splintered woodwork, ma
sonry and twisted metal, burying
the victims. under the debris.
Four priests from n church across
the street were the first on the
scene. They rescued two children
who were caught in the wreckage
while playing with others in yard
adjoining the ruined building.
A general call brought ambulances
from several hospitals as well as
police reserves and. the fire depart
ment which began digging In the
ruins to free those pinned under the
wreckage.
The wrecked structure was Of
brick construction and was tenanted
by three families, one on each floor.
Tho demolition was so compiete that
| IL was impossible 20 learn in what
part Of the building the explosion
occurred.
Calls were sent to the fire depart
ment for large search lights, as po-
lice said IL probably would be many
hours before il could be definitely
established that all who might have
been trapped in the ruins had been
found.
Two elderly persons, ! man and .
woman who lived in the building
were reported missing.
The first body recovered was that
of Mrs. Anna Katsilis, 81, which was
found soon after police and firemen
began to search the ruins. After
digging more than four hours in the
mass Of broken masonry, twisted
steel and splintered wood, they came
upon the body Of Mrs. Conchetta
Bicco, 62. The next body found was
that of Tessie Katsilis. a, grand
daughted of Anna Katsilis. The
fourth body was that Of an uni
Identified man.
Miss Anna Katsilis, daughter Of
one Of the women killed suffered q
fractured leg and internal injuries:
Several Of the injured were child
rem who had been playing near the
building when the walls collapsed
and who were struck by falling
wreckage. These suffered cuts and
bruises.
Andrew Coveiello. another Of the
building. whose wife and child were
injured told police that he recently
had received threatening letters and
also described two young men for
mer tenants In the building, whose
actions he said had seemed sus-
picious. Detectives said they were
seeking the former tenants.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09

vided in the form OF rain. How
ever. in the Lower. Rio Grande
Valley. where the sun Is generally
shining and where snow banks
and frozen soil are an unknown
quantity. old Dame Nature has
provided an extremely fertile soil,
but the rainfall il insufficient 70
assure growth Of vegetables
throughout the year.
Nature having been 30 generous
In regard 10 the soil. the Wierehan
brothers decided 20 make MP the
deficit in the rainfall. They had
demonstrated 30 their own salts
faction that vegetables thrived
best when the moisture falls from
above, 20 they have produced arti-
ficial rain 70 rsplaes the eommon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-09
BUS mail NOW
PLANNED FOR
VALLEY TOWNS
Would Inaugurate Au-
tomobile Service Be-
tween Brownsville
And Mission

Petitions asking the establishment
Of an automobile mail service be-
tween Brownsville and Mission, are
being circulated by various persons
interested in the project in several
Valley cities. In addition to circu-
lating the petitions among the eiti-
zens in general, those interested in
the project are calling on the cham
bers OF commerce in the various in
termediate towns for assistance and
advice In the matter, il was reported
here Saturday.
Since the daylight" train between
the two Valley points was taken out
OF service several months ago, mail
service between Valley points has not
been OF a satisfactory nature. the
petition says. In most instances A
night. and day are required to de.
liver a piece of first class mail from
one town to the other.
The installation of either 9 regu-
lar auto mail service or a star route
would do much to improve the
present mail. distribution condition
here, the petition says.
= oSoA ASutG WOliu require the
handling of so many pouches Of mail
each day by the different towns for
the other towns along the line.
The other plan named in the petit
tion would call for a regular mail
clerk to work in a specially con-
structed car, and handle the sacks in
the same manner they are handled
on trains. Each postoffice would
handle one outbound pouch each way,
except those offices designated rs
terminals. These would only handle
one pouch daily.
Such a service, IL adopted, would
be the only one of its kind in the
United States, it is said.
The petition carries a tentative
schedule for the proposed mail bus,
calling for IL to leave one of the
terminal points in the morning
reach the other about noon and re-
turn late the same day.
The assistance Of the chambers OF
commerce in the different towns
along the proposed route is also be-
ing sought in determining whether
the business interests Of the cities
in question would favor such an in
novation.