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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

South Texas Teachers college, Kings
Vile.
2. The need Of more remedial work,
Miss Lynne Harrington, Mission.
3. Discussion.
Rural section-junior high school
auditorium Supt. p. ID. K~ennamer,
chairman, Brownsville.
!. How rural schools may aid in
extension work, Miss Kate Adele
Hill, county demonstration agent,
Cameron county.
2. Rural junior high school-pur-
pose and organization. j.. p. Wagner,
superintendent schools, Olmito.
.. Rural school teachers associa-
tons, A. l.. Montgomery, Wilson
Tract.
Parent-Teachcr section - Sunday
school assembly room, First Presby-
terrain church. Mrs. Harbert Daven-
port, chairman, Brownsville.
/. Address, Mrs. Noyes ID. Smith.
2. What is being done by my PIT.
A. Round table discussion.
College Section
DR.. II. B. Cousins, president South
Texas Teachers college, chairman.
A luncheon will be served to those
interested in the organization OF this
section at the FL Arco tea rooms at
which time steps will be taken look
ing to the permanent organization Of
this group.
All sections will he dismissed in
time for visiting teachers and guests
TO repair TO the Capitol theater where
a complimentary program will be Civ
en- through the courtesy Of the man
agement of the theater and the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce.
The program will start promptly 1T
four O'Clock. Music, Weslaco high
school band.
Friday. 1880 p. NJ.
Music, E~dinburg junior college or
chestra. Concert beginning promptly
Mt 1880.
Invocation. Rev. O. c. Grow.
Vocal selections, John p. Manning.
R~obstown; accompanist, J. ID. Hill,
Robstown.
Address. DR.. jeremiah Rhodes. Ed
inburg junior college, Edinburg, Tex
as.
Vocal solo, (a) flows Ny Boy? -
Sidney Homer; (b) Pastoral" Tur-
ner-Maley, NJ Flora Todd, metzo-con-
tralto.
H4NhGcN, IT. n. H. ~beneuict,. preSi-
dent University Of Texas.
Saturday, 500 A. VI.
Music, Mission high school band.
Program, children Of West Browns
VILE and grammar school buildings.
Invocation, Rev. r. O. Macintosh.
Address. W. L. Hughes, president
Texas State Teachers association.
College Station.
Trustee section-junior high school
auditorium.
Rount table discussion led bv
Judge Harbert Davenport, member Of
board Of education, Brownsville.
Address by DIR. j. o. Marbcrry.
University Of Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

Auditing: +. +. BagwelI, Alice; d.
u. Snow, Bishop; Geo. v. Bear, Dom
ma
Resolutions: Lee S~tambaugh, Pharr-
san Juan; ]. II. Gregory, Kingsville /;
J. D. Bramlette, McAllen.
Courtesy cars, accompanied BY a
member Of the Girl Reserve, will Be
at the disposal Of guests during the
session Of the association.
A membership fee Of so cents will
be charged everyone attending the
meeting.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
FIRE
FATALLY
CHILD, IS
Half of Block in Center Of
Business District Swept
By Flames

TOMBSTONE, Feb. Z, P Two
persons were burned, one perhaps
fatally and property estimated at
$4,000 to $4,000 was lost in a fire
which destroyed half a business block
here tonight. The fire started in
the Owl cafe.
Joseph Frederick, 13, son of the
proprietor OF the cafe, was probably
fatally burned in the explosion Of
gasoline stove and Robert Gilmore,
a cook in the place was badly burned
about the head and face in at
tempting to smother the flames that
enveloped the youth. FrederickS had
attempted to repair a leak in a
gas pressure tank which caused the
fire.
The flames spread about the place
so fast that several customers in the
front of the cafe barely had time
to rush to safety.
Both Fredericks and Gilmore ran
in flames which were eXtingujshed
by citizens who rolled them in blank
cts on the ground. Fredericks' clothes
had been practically burned from his
body.
Three buildings, including a cloth
ing store, MorganS dry goods store
and Sanders grocery, were all de-
stroyed.
The fire swept up the street from
the Owl cafe and for time threat
ened several new buildings. 1t was
brought under control only after the
efforts of the entire population had
united in fighting the blaze.
The structures burned tonight were
frame and were old landmarks ol
Tombstone having been built in thu
early days OF the famous mining camp
which is the county seat OF Cochise
county and was the scene in the
early days OF a great mining boom.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08

Statement by F. o. Mackey,
owner of the Gadsden hotel on
arrival from Ell PasO).
Advised of the fire in the Gads-
den by my wife this morning, 1
hurried to Douglas from Ell PasO
just as rapidly as safely could,
and let me say now, that it was
great relief to me to know that
every guest got out safely. Our
financial loss isn't a thing to
worry about. The happy fact is
that there was no life lost and no
serious injury.
AS to what our plans for the
future will be, it would be rash
to attempt to make any an
neuncement tonight. Necessarily,
must counsel with people closely
interested with me in the enter
prise. Our plahS are still to be
developed. That may take a couple
or three days but we shall make
an announcement just as soon as
we arrive at decision.
Fire destroyed the Gadsden hotel
block yesterday entailing a loss
at about 100000. The
hotel was Quilted from basement to
attic and every individual business
occupying the shops about the hotel
lobby was either destroyed by the
flames or driven from the quarters
with attendant losses.
The Douglas Chamber of Commerce
and Borderland Climate club, occupy
Ing a joint office at the corner of the
block, sustained a total loss OF furni-
ture, fixtures and records together
with large stock of publicity mat
ter. The haberdashery owned by
Meredith and Wimberly on G avenue
was driven into the street, a portion
Of the stock being carried out but
a substantial loss being sustained by
this firm. There was considerable
portion of their stock stored in the
basement and this was all lost. The
oarbershop, the furniture and fixtures
Of which we're owned by the hotel
but leased by j. w. Rogers who
as his assistant Charles
Dewitt, was a total loss. The beauty
parlor on 18th street at the street
entrance Of the hotel, owned and
operated by Mrs. Margaret Holtry,
was saved by the fixtures being
carried across the street to Miller's
cafe and placed there for storage.
The soft drink and cigar business
owned by John H. Scott was COM
pIete loss The engineering offices
of H. c. Beauchamp occupying a
room at the rear of the hotel office
was a complete loss.
Alarm Sounded About SIP
The fire was first discovered prob
ably about 20 minutes before a. m.
by people a mile or two from the
hotel but it was probably not far
from SIP when the alarm sent in
from Box 81 at the corner of G
avenue and 77th street by James
Hall, driver for the Douglas Dairy
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
Senate Committee
And TlU0 Courts Are
Busy On Oil Probes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 R-It took
two courts and senate committee
to keep up today with the most
active phases of the Teapot Dome
oil lease investigation.
In one wing OF the District of
Columbia supreme court, Robert
Stewart, Standard Oil company wit
ness, who refused certain information
to the senate committee, argued
through counsel for release from the
police authority OF the senate.
Justice Bailey, who presided, took
the Stewart, case under advisement,
meantime giving counsel for him and
for the senate nearly two weeks in
which to file briefs, indicating that
his decision might not come until
near the end of the month.
In the criminal division of the
same court, with Justice Siddons pre-
siding, government counsel renewed
their argument that Harry F. Sim
clair, central figure in all of the
Teapot Dome ramifications, William
j. Burns, detective defendant, and
others be held i'll criminal contempt
for shadowing the jury in the recent
Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case.
While these court proceedings were
in motion, the senate Oil investigating
committee vainly sought more in,
formation as to what became of the
remainder of the liberty bond profits
of the Continental Trading company.
$233,000 of which have been traced
from Sinclair to Albert B. Fall, reach
ing the latter soon after he. as
interior secretary, approved the Tea
pct Dome lease to Sinclair's Mammoth
Oil company
George H. Taber, Jr., Of Rye, N Y,
former president of the Sinclair Crude
Oil Purchasing company, which con-
tributed part OF the profits to the
Continental concern through repur-
chase at S1.75 a barrel Of oil bought
at $1.50, told the committee that he
had no more knowledge than "a man
down in the street" as to where the
bonds went.
The committee will continue its
quest tomorrow, having called two
additional witnesses, Clark H. KountZ
of independence, Kan, president OF
the Prairie Pipe Line company, which
now has possession OF 100000 Of the
Continental bonds, and Earl w. Sin
clair, president of the Sinclair Con-
sclidated company, the master COM
pany OF the Sinclair group.
In the Stewart case, former Attor-
ncy General George w. Wickershanl
appeared for the senate On behalf
of which he successfully prosecuted
the case in which the United States
supreme court held the senate had
authority to arrest Nal. S. Daugherty
brother OF former Attorney General
Daugherty, because OF his refusal tc
respond to a senate committee
! subpoena.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
PANANACANAL
CONSIDERABLY
PAN AMERICAN
u. S. Attitude of Defense of
This Maritime Artery
Meets Approval
BOOST AVIATION
Havana Congress Approves
Projected Commercial
Aviation Convention

HAVANA, Feb 7 tP)-The Panama
Canal was the subject of greatest in
ternational interest in the Pan-Ameri-
can conference proceedings today Tt
came before the delegates at the meet
ing of the committee on communica-
ton and was brought to the fore by
Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, of the
American delegation, who declared
that the greatest interest of the Unit
ed States lay in the defense of this
most important artery of maritime
communication.
The projected international COM
mercial aviation convention was adopt
ed unanimously by the committee after
Ambassador Fletcher's assertion that
the United States made no secret of
it's desires to protect the canal. This
must be kept open to worlds shipping; ;
therefore the United States was un-
able to agree to any convention which
might jeopardize the safety of the
canal
The American delegate referred to q
clause of article 80 of the amended
convention, permitting any contracting
state to enter into special agree
ment with any other state, provided
such agreement does not affect The
rights and obligations defined by the
general convention. The convention
does not affect the rights and obliga-
tions established by treaties already
existing
The Chilean delegate, Carlos Silva
Vildosola, in commencing the Ameri-
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
ATTACK FROM
AIR D|SPERSE
TRAIN BANDITS
Federal Guard Fight Rebels
More Than Hour, When
Planes Rescue
CAR DESTROYED
Five Federal Soldiers Are
Wounded; Ia Bandits
Caught and Executed

MEXICO CITY, Feb. P-Delayed
press dispatches give meagre details
of the wounding of five federal
soldiers of the military escort and
the killing OF IA rebels when a train
was dynanlited between Guadalajara
and Manzanillo Sunday.
One car was destroyed in the
attack. The federal guard fought
against the rebels for more than an
hour and then federal airplanes ap-
peared overhead bombing the attack
ers, who dispersed and fled.
A dispatch from Guadalajara says
IA rebels were captured and executed,
and five federal soldiers severely
wounded.
With Secretary Of War Arharo
personally in the field directing fed
eral operations in the state of Jalisco.
where the rebel movement seems to
be strongest, arrests were continuing
in Mexico City and other parts of the
republic of persons suspected OF
plotting Catholic revolution Or vio-
lating the religious laws.
North and west OF Mexico City,
in the states of Queretaro and
Guanajuato, federalS were pursuing
Guerrilla bands who attacked three
towns, burned railroad bridges, and
tore up railway tracks Sunday. Gen
eral Ascension Escalante, commands
ing q. contingent of federal forces,
was wounded slightly in a battle
with guerrilla band in the region
of Pilhuamoy state of Palisco.
Heavy movements OF troops are
being made into Jalisco from gar
risons in other states less troubled.
The newspaper Ell Universal Grafico
has been informed that in some di-
rectionS out of Guadalajara only
troop trains we're running yesterday,
all other services being suspended
to facilitate military movements.
Train services between Mexico City
and Guadalajara have been disturbed
by rebel bands destroying bridges and
tracks, but railroad officials say the
damages have. been repaired and
service resumed.
All regular trains through Jalisco,
Guanajuato, Queretaro, and perhaps
other disturbed sections are carrying
increased military escort FOR defense
against possible attackers. Also fed
eral troops are being stationed as far
as available forces will permit along
the railroads in Jalisco TO prevent
rebels from tearing up bridges ano!
tracks.
FL Universal Grafico says that army
airplanes are being used to some
extent to fly over the railroads in
Jalisco ahead of trains to warn OF
rebels or torn up tracks and to bomb
any marauders.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
AL|EN|ST LABELS.
HICKMAN AS MAN
At END OF. ROPE
Another Asserts That Girl
Slayer Is Obviously
Feigning Insanity

HALL OF JUSTICE, Los Angeles,
Feb. 7 P-A mental expert of years
standing, under oath, today labeled
William Edward Hickman, confessed
kidnaper and killer of Marian Parker,
as a man "at the end of his rope"
Dr. Thomas Orbison, world war psy-
chopathic expert and a member of the
Los Angeles county lunacy commits
sion, testifying as an alienist for the
prosecution in Hickman'S sanity trial,
read the prisoners written plea for
clen1ency and, in reply to District At
torney Keyes, said: ut is the plea OF
a man who realizes he's at the end of
his rope"
Throughout the day the prisoner had
sat behind his attorney, Jerome Walsh
Iof Kansas City, and had watched a
procession of witnesses step into the
box, and swear to their belief that he
was sane man. Each had flatly
contradicted his assertion that an un-
balanced mind had guided the hands
which ended Marian Parker's life.
One went farther and sWore that
he believed Hickman was obviously
trying to feign insanity"
DR.. Orbison, from his cantage post
in the witness box, took occasion to
condemn the ponderous machinery OF
the Hickman sanity trial as ridiculous
pomp and ceremony"
Said the doctor, teStifying as a
state witness: "It is perfectly ridicu
lous to have all this pomp and cere-
mony when a murderer tries to avoid
the penalty by pleading insanity. Why
should we pay thousands OF dollars
to bring witnesses to say this man is
sane and others to say that he is in
sane when we could send him right
over to the psychopathic ward and
have him examined there? If he was
found insane, all right. If he was
not found insane, all we would have
to do would be to bring him back and
try him for murder"
Defense Counsel Cantillon, who was
cross examining DR.. Orbison at the
time, tried to stop the witness attack
on sanity trials in general and Hick-
mans in particular, but the court
permitted him to continue to- the
end. then the irrelevant matter was
ordered stricken from the records and
the jury, whose members had listened
intently to the witness, was told to
disregard the matter which had been
eXpunged.
DR.. Orbison'S description of Hick-
man as a constitutional psychopathic
inferior" landed him in a whirlpool
of cross questioning at Cantillons
hands.
/ (Contiued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08

company, rang in at the central
station. Within less than four minutes
of that time there was water pouring
into the flames and in a very short
time later there we're four streams
of water going into the fire. The
entire force of ten firemen and Chief
William j. Nemeck aided by half
dozen volunteers soon had four
streams playing into the fire but it
was a hopeless fight from the first
as the long time that had elapsed
from it's origin until the firemen
were called had allowed it chance
to spread completely under the roof
and between the partitions so THAI
it was the opinion expressed Dy those
who witnessed it and are familiar
with such matters that it could not
have been saved with half dozen
fire departments on the JOB.
Restaurant Men Alarm Guests
1t appears that the fire must have
started at some point in the south
west corner of the hotel building.
But it had extended entirely along the
side OF the west wing root and was
breaking out at the northwest corner
about the time that it was discovered
(Continued on Rage Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
COL. LINDBERGH NEARS END OF
LONG AND CIRCUITOUS TOUR

along. Either the Haitian or the
Cuban coast will always be within
easy landing distance.
Everything has combined to
make the airman'S visit to Haiti
a pleasant one. His warm well
come by President BOrnO, the
presentation to him of the key Of
the city, the bestOwal of various
other hOnOrs and the kindly greet
ing of the Haitian natives have
left deep impression on the
youthful aviator.
Today he was received by Pres
ident BOrnO and his cabinet in the
state reception room of the palace,
and later he went to the city hall
and was greeted by Magistrate
Charles Delva and members of the
communal commission He heard
in French recital of the incl
dents that had made him an in
ternatiOnal figure. Colonel Lind
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
GADSDEN HOTEL BURNS; LOSS $2OO,OOO
AMenicanR Rebels Killed Robbing Train
y Il y y y y y y y y y y y
Alabama And Georgia
Republicans Declare
For Hoover, President

X WASHINGTON, Feb (H9 =
\ Secretary Hoover was declared
\. to be the choice of the republi-
y cans of Alabama and Georgia
Y for the party's presidential
+ nomination in statements made
Y here today by republican ma
+ tional committeeman of those
+ states.
Y. Hoover is "the decided prefer
+ ence and there is lit<e expression
4 of sentiment for any other can
y didates" among the republicans
y of Alabama. said O. D. Street,
+ that states committeeman.
Y "The Georgia organization is
satisfied" declared A. j. Davis, a
y Georgia committeeman, ''tha t
Y President Coolidge will not stand
y to be drafted. in consequence of
X which Georgia will bp for
+ Hoover"
y
4 * * y * y y y * * y * y y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
PARLIAMENT PROMISES ENGLISH
WOMEN VOTE ON PARITY WITH MEN

before the spring of next year,
as, if the bill passes this session,
it will require several months to
register the new voters and go
through with other necessary for
malities.
Apart from the brilliant scene
in the house of lords where the
king, with the prince of Wales and
dozen high officials at his ell
bows read the official speech
prepared by his ministers, there
were no special sensations in the
way of debates. Premier Bald
win announced that Sir Austen
Chamberlin, foreign secretary, in
debate tomorrow, would take up
the question of a new arbitration
treaty with the United States to
replace the one concluded in 1908.
Mr.. Baldwin also indicated an in
tention to prOrOgue the present
session of parliament in July and
reopen it for its last session in
November.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08

81 s. s. M * * * y * * N x s. & y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08

LONDON, Feb. Votes for
women dominated in a most un-
expected manner the royal pag-
eantry attendant on the opening
today of the next to last session
of the present parliament.
Militant suffragistS tactics which
were supposed to have gone out
of fashion over a decade ago, pro-
vided lively competition for public
interest to the scenes at West
minister where the king, with his
crown and robes of state, drove
up to the parliament buildings in
coach of glass and gold to read
his speech from the throne.
Almost the first word of the
government in the reOpening of
parliament was promise that
the voting age of women would be
lowered to 2I, on the same basis
as men, before the next general
election. This means that, bar.
ring some unforeseen happening,
there will be no general election
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
PORT AU PRINCE, Feb. !

PORT AU PRINCE, Feb. I
: Nearing the end of his long and
circuitOuS air tour, which began
Dec. Is, Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh will fly from Port Au
Prince to Havana tomorrow. There
he will greet the delegates to the
sixth Pan American congress and
receive the fluctuations and hon.
age of the Cuban people.
Colonel Lindbergh will take off
from Port Au Prince at $3.50 a. M,
and will follow course which will
carry him over Mole Saint Nicho-
las, at the northwest extremely of
Haiti, Guantanamo, a United
States naval base and thence over
Cuban soil to Havana. The dis
tance is between 700 and $50
miles by this route. BY his de-
parture in the early hours of the
morning he will enjoy the most
favorable flying conditions of the
day, with a tailwind to help him
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
Gadsden Fire Loss
Estimates And The
Insurance Carried

sGadSden. hotel,. F.. O. !
Mackey, owner .$145, 900
Gadsden hotel furniture $4,000 4
Total loss of hotel and
furniture ...........$ 100000
Insurance on hotel and
furnishings:
. Bank Of Douglas agency. 10000 i
Alex Baird, Jr., agency -. 10000 :,
F. D. Hubbel agency. 49,. 10000 !
Meredith & Wimberley, \
. clothiers, stock =. $4,000 !
; Insurance carried ....... 10000 \
John H. Scott, cigars and y
soft drinks .......... 5000 \
(Scott carried no insurance). i
Douglas Chamber of y
Commerce, furniture +
etc. ............... 1,5OO \
Douglas Chamber Of y
of Commerce ms 1000 Y
j. w. Rogers, lease right y
and tools in barber y
shop with supplies 300 y
(Rogers had no inSurance) y
Mrs. Margaret Holtry, beauty \
parlor, goods removed. y
!! Meredith S5 Wimberley re- 4
moved portion of their stock 4
and sustained a loss of con- \
siderable portion. y
. * :* * * * * :s * y Il X * * y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
FAMOUS HOSTELRY IS
TOTALLY DESTROYED
IN EARLY MORNING

Guests Are All Safely Removed From Burning Structure
Before Walls Start Caving in; Heroic Rescue Work
Is Performed by Volunteers Observing the Fire
From Nearby Restaurants; Women Carried From
Flaming Structure
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-08
LOSS COVERED BY INSURANCE

Flames Had Gained Such Headyay When Fire Depart
ment Reached the Scene That Effort Were Directed
Chiefly to Preventing the Spread Of the Fire to
Adjoining Buildings, as Hotel Building Was Already
Doomed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-09

close this afternoon with a sports
program and picnic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-09
FRENCH PILOT
is DEAD FROM
CRASH INJURY
Maurice Drcuhin Succumbs
After Transatlantic Plane
Is Smashed

Paris, Aug. o. up - Maurice
Drouhin. one Of Frances foremost
nilots, died today from injuries re-
ceived in the final test flight of the
plane in which he hoped shortly to
realize his life's ambition flight
from Paris to New York.
When the plane Arc-en-Ciel Rain
bow crashed on the landing field at
Orly airdrome yesterday it killed
the mechanic, Lannet. Manuel, an
other member of the transatlantic
crew, was injured, as was Gianoli, an
engineer.
The plane was roaring close to
the ground at about 125 miles an
kour when spectacle noticed huge
wing webbing. The engines were
cut off and the machine shot almost
perpendicularly into the air to a
height Of about $50 feet. Then it
slid to one side and crashed to the
ground.
Joseph Lebrix, who was to have
gone on the plane on its transatlan.
tic flight, had intended to go on the
fatal flight. He arrived at the field
half an hour too late, however.
>Drouhin. who was 81 years old
1t one time held the worlds dura.
ton flipht record.
For time last summer Drouhin
was Charles A. Levine's pilot when
he planned westward transatlantic
flight. Disagreements occurred, how
ever, and the flight was called off
and Mrs. Levine paid the pilot
100000 francs due him under his
contract with her husband.