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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Cold and Resulting
Fires Spread Death

KANSAS CITY. No.. Dec. s.-tP
Freezing temperatures in the
southwest and west were accom-
panied by a series Of fires, result
ing in three deaths, injury to sew
eral persons and losses Of more
than a half million dollars.
Fire OF undetermined origin de-
stroyed a five story warehouse own
ed BY Armour and company in Kan
sas City. Kans.. last night. The loss
was cstipated az from S350,oo0 10
fcsntinued from pare threels
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08

Saved Wednesday night by heavy,
low hanging clouds and a high wind
the Valley Thursday night was in for
the heaviest frost and coolest
weather Of the season, w. J. SchnuF-
busch, Brownsville weather man. said
Thursday morning. A temperature
several degrees below the freezing
point was contained in the official
forecast sent out by the bureau here.
Wednesday nights temperature OF
az degrees was about 10 points above
the prediction for the night, due
largely TO the clouds and a heavy
northeast wind tina. accompanied the
norther. The fact that the mercury
was forced down from the unexpected
height Of az degrees Wednesday
afternoon had something to do with
the mildness of the night, Mr.
Schnurbusch said.
Warning TO drain radiators and TO
protect vegetables and flowers vher-
ever possible was given by the
weather man along with the official
prediction for Thursday night. Citrus
fruit probably will not suffer, ac-
cording to William McDavitt, local
commission merchant, but fear was
expressed by him for beans, peppers,
eggplant and other tender vegeta-
tion OF this region.
An approximate estimate Of the
probable damage to such vegetables
could not be made, Mr.. McDavitt
said, but he expressed the belief that
such damage would not amount 70 a
great deal. Bean harvest Is about
completed and other vegetables will
probably be protected to a certain
extent, thanks to the warning issued
by the weather bureau.
Cloudless skies will accompany the
cold wave into the Valley Thursday,
Mr.. Schnurbusch said. The forecast
for Friday was for fair end continued
cold.
The maximum temperature Thurs
day was registered at o'clock, and
from that hour the mercury began
a rapid decline that sent il to the
low mark of az during the early
morning hours. AS the mercury
dropped the wind increased until a
near-gale of from % to 80 miles an
hour was blowing during the night.
The temperature in other sections
Of the Valley probably did not vary
greatly from that registered here,
Mr.. Schnurbusch said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
MALLOT OPENS
FIGHT ON CITY
Supreme Court Grants
Permit to Reopen
Bridge Case

AUSTIN. Tex. Dec. s.-tP,-Re-
instatement of an attack by c. G..
Mallot on an ordinance Of the City
Of Brownsville. purported to author
iZe construction Of an international
bridge across the Rio Grande there,
was allowed today by the supreme
court.
Mallot's original attempt to re-
strain enforcement Of the ordinance,
which he claimed would result in
damage to his property, was denied
sometime ago but he was granted u
rehearing today. R. II. Creager
Brownsville. was said TO be plan
ming the bridge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
ENTERTAINS
PARTY IN SONG
AFTER CRIME
Beat Husband on Head
With Hammer When
He Refused Permit
To Attend Fete

PLAINESvILLE, O.. Dec. s.-tF1-
A restless night in county jail
cell. smoking cigarettes for solace.
was 2l-year-old velma Vests pre-
paration for facing a charge Of hus-
band staying today.
Mrs. West signed a confession yes
terday that she had slain her hus-
band. Thomas l.. West, 26, Tuesday
night ut their home in Perry, Ohio.
near here, using a claw hammer and
n table leg for weapons; and that
she had then motored to Cleveland
to keep q bridge party engagement.
The staying. she said. followed q
quarrel.
The arrest was made at the Cleve-
land home of her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Van Woert. Brought here.
Mrs. West was given no intimation
that she was suspected of having
knowledge Of how her husband had
met his death. She was questioned
by Sheriff Ed Rasmussen and Prose.
cutor Seth Paulin.
Tells OF Staying
After two hours OF questioning.
Rasmussen suddenly asked:
Why did you leave the back
door open?"
Mrs. West seemed suddenly 20
wilt. Then, Strengthening, she re-
piled:
-AlI right. Ill tell the truth. X
killed him after n quarrel.
The bridge party, 20 which Bhe
had been invited by Miss Mabel
Young OF Cleveland, was the cause
OF the quarrel, the confession said.
Her husband did not want her TO 60.
In their little bungalow nc Perry
the argument became heated. MrH.
West got a hammer from the kitch-
en-. followed her husband into ths
bedroom and struck him a blow on
the head. the confession said. Then
she grabbed q leg which had been
broken off a small table and beaA
him.
Sings at Party
She tied the lifeless feet with
twine, the confession detailed, and
stuffed a gag in the mouth. Taking
off her blood stained garments cha
dressed for the bridge party. It
was then SIX o'clock. She went
down to the parlor, picked her music
off the piano-for she knew bridge
would become monOtonous and thRt
she would be asked "a uing--left
the house with the lights NIL burning
and drove in her own car 90 Cleve-
land.
When she reached Miss YounR'a
home, she said she went upstairs
and washed the blood from her
hands and arms. The guests nc tha
party knew little about bridge and
she. too, was beginner. I'm time the
game grew monotonous M she
thought IL would. They asked her
to play. So she played while the
others danced. She remained over
night with Miss Young and In the
morning went 10 her mothers home
in cast Cleveland.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Coolidge-Calles
Parley Planned

Ell PAS0, Tex. Dee. s.-fRD-El
Continental. Spanish language news
paper says today that IL Ia reported
that Ambassador Morrow IL trying
% arrange n conference between
President Coolidge and President
Gales. The paper further says IL
would he held somewhere in the Gulf
OF Mexico after MIR. Coolidge re-
turns from his trip 10 Cuba where
he plans TO attend the Pan-Ameri-
can conference sometime i'm January.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
San Benito Tax
Rate Is Lowered

SAN RENTTO. Dee ss-San Be-
nito's city government will operate
during 1928 on a tar rate 20 cents
lower than the rate Of the past year.
This was decided nc q special meet
ing OF the city commission held early
Wednesday evening. The tax rate
was set at Sc on each 500 valuation,
which Is the same as last year. but
20 cents Of this was allotted for the
operation Of the chamber Of COM
nsre and the board Of city de-
" kut-
atoms Of the city were raised
So 90. from $500. 900 20 f4.s00.-
oo4 ahieh viii, according 90 Mayor
J. SEt Brown. give the city admin
ticn a. was asailzbls last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Fletcher Not Head
Of Indians, Claim

CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. s.-tFS-
Alva Bradley, president OF the
Cleveland American league baseball
club announced today that Arthur
Fletcher, coach or the New York
Yankees had not been appointed ms
manager OF the Cleveland Indians.
Reports from Dallas were that Billy
Evans, general manager OF the In
dians, had- announced appointment
OF Fletcher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08

SPA-sKS, Okla. Dec. s.-kPy-His
chest pierced by two bullets, the
body n J. w. CeaEley, city marshal.
today was found in an alley back
OF the Farmers 4 Merchants bank
The officer apparently had been
dead about three hours.
Officials suspect that Cearley xas
allied by robbers whom re caught in
an attempt 70 rob TIA bsnk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
One Juror Needed
In Becky's Trial

LAGRANGE. Tex, Deg s.-CF)-
One juror still was lacking 20 try
Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers on a
bank robbery charge when court re-
ccssed for lunch here today.
An even dozen men of the two We
rires Of 1s4 are left from which 70
choose the twelfth juror but mas
much as examination Of veniremen
seems not nearly so rigid as Il was
in the beginning of the trial. II was
expected that little difficulty would
be experienced in completing the
panel this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
LnLIENDAHL Jury OUT

NAYS LANDING. N. J., Dec. g.
Pf-Seventeen hours after the case
was placed in their hands the jury
in the Lilliendahl murder trial re-
ported TO the court today that no
verdict has been reached. The jur-
Ors were sent back 70 deliberate
more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Fight on Ware
Opens in Senate

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. s.-(Pi
The Smith-Vare fight in the SEN
ate became merely the Ware fight
today as the senate began its round
of oratory preceding the vote by
which opponents of William s.
Ware. OF Pennsylvania. were de-
termined TO deny him the cath Of
office as they did yesterday to
Frank L. Smith Of Illinois.
Senator McLeon. republican. Con-
necticut, took up the cause of Ware
ut the opening of debate today, la
menting the "inability for a dis
interested trial" for the Pernsylvan-
ian.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Freeze and Frost Warnings Ont for Vale,
Mexico TO Make
Health Rulings
at Border Ports

Quarantine regulations similar TO
the ones in effect on this side of
the river are TO be put into opera
tion at all points along the Mexican
border in the very near future, it
has been unofficially learned here.
The sanitary measures are to be
started in Matamoros beginning Dec
Is, it is said, and will be inaugural
ed at other border points as rapidly
as the proper officials can be
installed.
DIR. Angel de Ia Cara Brito, a rep
resentative Of the government pub
lie health department, was in Mat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08

For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Fair and colder
tonight with heavy frost and freez-
ing temperatures; lowest 25 TO 80
degrees; Friday fair and continued
cold. Moderate northerly winds on
the west coast. decreasing Friday.
For East Texas: Fair tonight;
colder on the west coast and in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, with tenn
peratare 25 20 80 degrees; Friday
fair: not so cold. Moderate TO fresh
northcrly to easterly winds on the
coast.
River Forecast
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
SCHOOL GIVEN FLAG

MISSION. Dec. s.-A large flag
has been presented TO the st. Paul
parochial school here by the local
Knights OF Columbus lodge and u
being displayed on top Of the build
ing daily. Flag drill also has been
inauguratcd nc the school,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Mine Blast In Spain
Fatal to IL Workers

oVIEDO, Spain, Dee. s.-tP-
Twelve miners were killed and four
injured in an explosion today In a
explosion was caused By fire damp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
lSLose Lives I'm
Calcutta Blaze

CALCUTTA. India. Dee. s.-CPp-
Eighteen persons including three
women and five children were burned
to death today when trapped by fire
in q dwelling irsnorth Calcutta.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
CORRECTION

Through an error The Herald
yesterday inadvertently stat
ed in connection with a Will
lacy county case in federal
court that the defendants are
alleged to have made threats
against certain witnesses in
that case following the convie-
ton Of Sheriff Turner on the
peonage charge.
The name should have been
Sheriff Teller. Joe Turner
served as sheriff Of willaey
county prior to the election Of
Teller and was not connected
with the peonage eases. and Is
now residing in Nosth Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
Late Bulletins

NEW YORK. ". ", Dec. s.--tED--
Cotton prices. after rising moderately
upon receipt OF the governments
final crop estimate today declined
more than ST. bale from last nights
closing quotations ON the New York
cotton exchange.
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Dee. s.--tPD
A move Co prevent congress from
appropriatinE funds 10 pay for send
ing American marines 90 Nicaragua
and China failed today IN the house,
when q motion toward that end BY
Representative Schnfer, republican,
Wisconsin proved futile.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dee. SIP
A demand for congressional serut-
my Of the jury system in Washing.
ton as result Of jury tamperjre
charges growing out bf the Fali-Sin-
clair trial was made in the house to.
day BY Representative Blanton. demo
crat Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present "a Hr. 20 Hx.
Stage Stage ChnK. Rain
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrcw, under normal reteorolog-
ical conditions:
High ...... 1:0s q ~ B:4s p. N.
Low -...... $3.50 a. m'y 10.51 .. N.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08
HIGH WINDS,
CLOUDSHALT
EARLY COLD
Zero Temperatures
Reported In North;
California Citrus
Growers In Danger

Drain automobile radiators"
warns w. ]. Schnarbusch, local
forecaster.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-08

No Equai-Every Contractor
Uses or Wants Them
Inspect Our Stock
ALAMO IRON WORKS
SAN ANTONIO BROWNSVILLE
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Second Shipment Of
Palms for Planting
On City Streets Here

The second shipment of palms and
other plants for use in beautifying
the streets of Douglas was received
by the chamber of commerce and
mines yesterday.
The shipment included % palms
and cottonwoods, peach trees, UNI
brella trees, rose bushes and other
plants. They will be planted IN
front of city residences
The plants were ordered by the
chamber of commerce and mines for
people who had placed orders. They
were ordered from Tucson.
The plants were being distributed
at the Speer store next to the Grand
theatre yesterday and those VINO
placed orders and have not received
their plants are requested to call
there for them.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
'DEACON DUBBS'', JUNIOR CLASS
PLAY, PACKS GRAND THEATRE.

In spite of the large number of
attractions which have held the line
light this week Deacon Dubbs" by
the Junior class played before a
crowded house last evening. AS an
amateur attraction it easily took it's
place in the annals of the high school
as one Of the outstanding produc-
tions of it's kind.
To Miss Fillmore Campbell goes the
credit for having taken from the
mass of human raw material in the
junior class, the exact characters to
fit the numerous and varied parts
Of the cast of Deacon Dubbs." Each
individual from Deuteronomy Jones
to the city slicker in the person of
Rawdon Crawley, was fitted. as well
as trained for the parc that they
took last night.
The play itself was three-act
comedy drama by Walter Ben Hare.
A certain amount of drama 20 whet
the interest and stimulate the mind
lurked behind the lighter lines Of
the play. Continued laughter, how,
ever, could not obliterate the plot.
The lines themselves were of type
ideally suited to the youthful actors.
In the lead as Deacon Dubbs, Lee
Bodenhammer carried a rollicking
part with just the correct shade of
hurlesQue. To the humor of the play
he added a subtlity Of his own when
contributed a great deal to the
amusement of the audience. He was
easily the outstanding character of
! the play. Allen Hood played the
part of the hero with sincerity. Miss
Elizabeth Piper as Rose Raleigh was
a successful heroine with a past
She seemed bowed down throughout
the play until near the end with the
blow fate had dealt to her hopes.
Miss Eleanor Arthur as Trixie Cole
man, the mischievous little sister,
was outstanding among the cast.
Naturalness and ease upon the stage
marks her lor lead at some future
time. Miss Frances Jacks in the
character part of Miss Philipena
Popover drew as much applause as
the deacon himself. Marguerite Har-
ris may be credited with giving the
play a tremendous poost early in
the evening with her pursuit OF
deuteronomy Jones played by Ed
win Park in a creditable manner
Miss Louise Baker as Emily Dale
who has number of false no.
/, tions was well acted throughout the
piece. Major McNutt, the bbulous
at! cioneer, and Rawnen Craw1ey,
the cool, calculating william, played
their part in the scheme of things
and played it well. The scenes be-
tween Crawley and Coleman were
especially well rendered.
The quartet with the muHcal
selections downed all dread of mo-
notony. The voices were good and
the songs we'll chosen.
! The low voice modulation which
is the bogey of all amateur produc-
tions did not appear once during the
evening for every word could be
heard all over the house. There was
no such things as lost cues or for
gotten lines all of which showed
excellent training and hard drill.
The stage was attractively deco
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
SEE SUCCESS OF
MEETING TONIGHT
ON POWER PLAN

Completing the final arrangements
for the mass meeting at McNeal this
evening, Albert Stacy, Douglas repreN
sentative on the twin-city investiga-
tion committee, arrived yesterday.
He reports that the trip was very sat
isfactory and that data was gathered
that makes him more than ever of the
opinion that the project to start an
electric power irrigation district in the
Sulphur Springs valley is feasible in
every way.
The committee left here early in the
week ard toured a number of success
full electric power districts in the CEN
trail part of the state. Interviews were
had with men in charge of these dis
tricts. The machinery and general
systems were carefully gone over By
laws and working agreements were OBJ
tanned from the different districts
visited Costs and profits were fig
ured and data taken on them.
Earl Solms represented the Bisbee
Chamber of Commerce on the trip. T.
J. Leeson went as representative of
the valley and Stacy represented the
Douglas Chamber of Commerce.. He
states that the entire committee is of
the opinion that the project here can
be successfully started. Stacy was
very enthusiastic over the findings in
the other districts.
Arrangements have been made for
a number of Douglas men to go to the
McNeal meeting tonight. Tt is fully
expected that the outcome of this meet
ing will be a working agreement and
a starting of operations looking to-
ward a speedy organization of the
shallow water district for the secur-
ing of electric power.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Beau Geste'' Opens at
Grand Theatre in Two
Shows Only Saturday

At the Grand at 2:SO this after
noon, Paramount'srqs super roadshOw
production of Beau Geste," directed
by Herbert Brenon, opens its widely
heralded engagement in Douglas with
it's final performance scheduled for
8:l5 this evening. One of the out
standing features of this travelling
organizations engagement is its own
travelling symphony orchestra, brought
to interpret the special musical score
written for the production by DR..
Hugo Reisenfeld.
Beau Geste" is described as the
greatest mystery melodrama in half
a decade, and will be shown in
Douglas exactly as it is being given
twice daily in the Criterion theatre,
New York, and at the same scale o.
popular road show prices, with u
policy of reserved seats for botn
performances in effect. The super
screen production positively will not
be shown elsewhere in Douglas, or
al lower prices anywhere before
1928
'Beau Geste" was made by Di.
rector Bremen for Famous Players
I4asky on the great American desert,
about 35 miles south of Yuma, whicn
vast waste, with its ever shifting
sand dunes, was made to resemble
an oasis in the Sahara desert in
Africa. The story was made from
Percival C. Wren's widely read novel
of the same title, and is a thrill
ing story of poignant appeal, pic
turing, as it does with superb real
ism, scenes of the colorful French
Foreign Legion in Africa.
Ronald Colman heads the cast In
the title role, that of the eldest of
the three Geste brothers, with Nell
Hamilton and Ralph Forbes as the
other brothers The cast also In
eludes such favorites as Noah Beery,
Norman Trevor, William Powell,
Alice Joyce, Mary Brian, Victor Nc
Lagan and supporting company Of
1000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05

rated as spring scene with pink
flower blossoms peeking out from
the shrubbery. An old time well was
at one side of the stage. The picket
fence added to the other stage ac-
coutrements to make a most attrac-
tive, realistic scene
The house was Jammed, loges and
all being sold out. The success of
the play was indicated in the roar
of applause that swept through the
house at every witty line. 1t was
a larger seat sale than for the last
high school play Pickles."
Miss Irma Dalton was in charge
of the makeup box, with Miss
Gilmore Campbell directing the play.
The cast was as follows:
Deacon Dubbs-Lee Bodenhammer.
Amos Coleman-Allan Hood.
Rawden Crawley-Elgin Sanders.
Major McNutt-James Reay.
Deuteronomy Jones-Edwin Park.
Rose Ralelgn--Ellzabetn Piper.
Miss Philipena Popover Frances
Jacks.
Emily Dale-Louise Baker.
Trixie Coleman-Eleanor Arthur.
Yennie acknowledgement Har"
ris.
illagers-Mafgaret Colvin, Lydia
Decker, Virginia Scott, Paul Karrh,
Vernon Taylor, Arthur Prescott,
Louis Sanders.
Quartet-Glenn Pratt, James Nc
Guire, Milton Brabbin, Edwin Park.
Children-Katherine Souers, Mar
garet Souers, Bill Souers, Virginia
Warden, Betty Cunningham, Paul
Karrh
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
NICARAGUA MAKES DRIVE.

NIANAGUA, March (P.-The Mana
qua conservative government has mob
ilized 1000 troops in the region of
Chontales, in an effort to drive out
the liberals from that region, and to
destroy their supply base there. The
conservatives report successes in minor
engagements at Camaopa and Boaco
At Camaopa, the liberals are reported
to have looted the town before re-
treating.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Daughter Home

Miss Glendora Buckles has arrived
in this city from the University of
Arizona Miss Buckles is home, due to
the illness of her father, NJ. f. Buckles,
who was slightly improved at the Cal
umet hospital Friday. AS soon as her
fathers illness will permit, Miss Buck
les will return to her studies.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Card Party Tonight

Mrs Charles T. Hamilton, at the
Winton hotel, has invited the Rebekah
and Odd Fellow lodge members to be
her guests tonight at a card party at
o'clock.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
NOTICE.

Having dissolved partnership Feb
28, 1927, l will not be responsible for
any bills contracted by the Vogue
Millinery.
Advt. MRS. ALICE HOFFMAN.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Improving

John Loving, of Cananea, who un-
derwent a major operation three days
ago at the Copper Queen hospital is
doing better, according 10 repor' to
hs sister, Mrs. Elsie Williams, OF
Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05

Remember Cafvary Baptist Church
bazaar at 439 Tenth st. Saturday, March
5. Coffee and doughnuts served, IL
to / p m.-Advt
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
In Charge Of Costuming

Miss Agnes Mahoney of Douglas,
who is attending the University of
Arizona, has been appointed to take
charge of the costuming of members
of the annual Follies to be given by
the university April IL and 13. A large
numbers of Douglas people are plan
ming on attending the Follies, which
falls on a Monday and Tuesday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Baptist Bazaar

The bazaar given by the ladies of
the Calvary Baptist church will be
held this morning in tho old West
crn Union building. Cooked rood
fancy work and a number of other
articles will be sold.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Getting Results

The Business and Professional
Women report gratifying results OF
their campaign for more members
which will close with a banquet at
the Gadsden hotel March 10.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
Meeting Tonight

The members of the Business and
Professional Women's club are request
ed to meet tonight at z o'clock at An
dreson's music store
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05

Bazaar Saturday, by Calvary Bap-
tist Church, at 439 Tenth St.-Advt.