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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Remus Loses In
Freedom Fight

CINCINNATI, o.. Jan. 6. R-
George Remus, the former Chicago
lawyer who became the king Of
bootleggers' was denied q writ OF
habeas corpus today and his hope
Of evadinE punishment for the mur-
der of his wife turned to an appeal
from the probate court order which
found him insane and directed com
mitment TO the state hospital for
the criminal insane at Lima.
The decision was handed down by
Judge Charles s. Bell Of the court
or common pleas. He granted
Charles H. Elston. counsel for Re-
mus, time 70 perfect an appeal to
the court Of appeals, which prevent
cd immediate removal OF Remus to
the Lima institution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
New House.Seat
Question Argued

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. g. nF-
The right OF James NJ. Beck, OF
Pennsylvania. to a seat in the house
OF representatives was urged today
before o house elections committee.
the issue being whether Mr.. Beck's
residence in the keystone state was
valid.
Representative Garrett. Of Tennes-
see, the democratic leader in the
house, asked that Mr.. Beck's eligi-
bility be determined when the latter
took the oath OF office NO the be-
ginning Of the present session. and
today the democratic leader said the
question was whether Mr.. Beck was
an inhabitant OF Pennsylvania nc the
time Of his election. He contended
that q man could Ne q citizen with
eus bsfaw nus fnneg.SsmA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Carbon Monoxide
Fatal to Texans

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 6. R-Over-
come by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Walter Thompson and his wife, Lula.
were found dead in their home here
late Thursday night. il was revealed
today. They had been dead since
Sunday, physicians said.
Thompson failed to 20 TO work as
usual. and by Thursday his employers
notified police who broke into the
house. Thompson was on the bed,
while Mrs. Thompson was sitting in
chair nearby. Two gas stoves in
the room were burning.
While an investigation has not
been completed Justice of the Peace
Ben Fl. File expressed the belief
that bcsuse Of the extremely cold
weather here Sunday. the stoves were
turned too high. excess gas escaping
and filling the room with carbon
monoxide.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
ENGINEERS TO
VISIT VALLEY
Accept Invitation to
Make Survey For
Valley Port

The board OF U. s. Army engineers
have definitely accepted the invita-
tion OF the Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley, Houston, Beaumont and other
Texas cities to make a survey OF
the Texas Gulf coast harbors and the
proposed harbor at Point Isabel.
Louis Cobolini, chairman of the
Valley port committee. received the
following telegram Friday from SEN
ator Earle B. Mayfield:
Board of engineers have accented
invitation to go to Houston. Cen
eral Jadwin will not make the trip,
but will instruct the committee to
visit your city"
The date on which the board will
leave Washington has not been an
nounced. but it is believed they will
start on their southern trip about
January 26. arriving in the Valley
after spending a day at Houston.
Whether the board will make n
survey OF other port projects on
the Texas coast has not been ascer-
tanned. An effort will be made to
induce them to remain in the VAL
ley three or four days, making a
complete survey OF all sections trih-
utary to the Point Isabel harbor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
FLOOD ROUTS
MEXICO TOWN
Residents Fleeing To
High Ground Sans
Food, Clothing

CHIHUAHUA, Mex. Jan. @. R-
Reports to the Associated Press cor
respondent tell of q rain and snow
storm that lasted six days and wreck
ed Batopilas and other nearby
towns.
Inhabitants Of the district, accord
ing to the reports. in a tragic cara
van are seeking shelter beyond the
flood area. Mothers with babies in
their arms and old men and women
of the inundated area, all Of them
cold and hungry and some Of them
with little clothing, are trudging
their way through snow and water 10
places Of safety.
Batopilas, in the state of Chihua-
hus, considered one of the richest
silver mining districts in the world,
is scene of desolation. according
to reports. Travellers reaching Chi
huahua from the flooded section said
a cloudburst in the Cerro Colorado
destroyed dam and the flood that
followed formed sea that sub
merged the Batopilas mining proper
ties. The Rio de Plata is a raging
torrent.
IL IL reported that workers quick
~ abandoned the property and peo-
pie on both sides Of the river be-
gan a hurried flight to higher land.
Great humps of sand on which sur
face silver could be seen caused
many refugees 20 pause in their
flight to ret the silver. but they
were forced by the flood to abandon
their efforts.
The city OF Batopilas 10 reported
to be in a most precarious situation.
Similar conditions are said to exist
in Ocampo. and the Tarahumara ma
tives Of the region are said 70 be
in flight to safety. most Of them
without food or adequate clothing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
COMMISSION
TORUSH WORK
ONFIELDH HERE
Creager Urges Prep
aration for Air Mail
Not Be Delayed; To
Present Proposal

The city commission will call a
bond election at the earliest possible
date to finance the purchase OF q
ate and the construction of a mod
ern airport for Brownsville.
By n unanimous vote the commits
sion Friday morning approved n res
oiution presented by the airport COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
recommending the calling OF an elec-
uon TO vote bonds IN the amount
OF 100000 for an sirport.
The formal call for the election
10 expected to be issued within a
week, the commission to hold a spe-
eial session when the committee will
present recommendation covering
every phase of the project.
X. B. Creaker, chairman OF the
airport committee, stated that an op-
tion had been secured on a 640-aere
site six miles north OF the city
limits on the Paredes Line road on
property belonging to John Gregg
and ii. II. 4. Pohl, who had offered
the entire tract at $50 per acre. Mr..
Gregg owns about one-third of the
required acreage and Mr.. Pohl the
remainder. Mr.. Gregg's land ad-
joins the paved highway, but he
agreed with the committee to sell il
TO the city at the same price as
that asked by Mr.. Pohl.
Mr.. Creager stated he had heard
that the Singer. Rabb and other in
terests IN the vicinity of Iona Alta
mad offered 10 donate n site 70 the
|, cry, and Mayor Cole advised that
the committee get in contact with
those land owners, ascertaining their
proposition and the probability Of
getting q paved highway to the site.
s. X. Hallam also suggested n site
In the Iona Alta section. The COM
mittee will make a thorough survey
sf the various sites, paving and
ether essentials and report at a
rallied meeting.
mission not TO delay In presenting
the bond issue to the voters, and
received the assurance Of Mayor
Cole and the members OF the com
mission that the election would be
called as soon as the necessary de-
tails can be arranged.
brownsville will be the Ameri-
can terminal for the Latin-American
cir mail service. Mr.. Creager said.
"and il Is incumbent upon rs 70
provide. at the earliest possible mo-
ment. the facilities that will be de-.
manded for this service" He stated
he considered the air mail and air
commercial service 81 paramount
irportanee 70 the future developmen.
Of Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Mexico Aviation
Chief Seeks Il. s.
Aid For Air Mail

With the airport situation here
nearing a head by the action Of
the city commission. George II.
Rihl, manager of the Mexican Avia-
tion company, OF Tampico, is sched-
uled to stop over here Saturday af-
ternoon on his way TO Washington
and New York in the interest of the
proposed airmail line from Mexico
City TO Matamoros. This informa-
tion was contained in a special dis
patch by airplane from r. j. Watts,
staff correspondent Of the Houston
Chronicle.
He will confer here with r. B.
Creager. who has been deeply in
terested In the airmail situation
here.
While In the East Mr.. Rihl will
seek financial aid in the matter of
the Mexican airmaiI service, for
which he already has the conces-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Mrs. SNYDER In
Delay Move Loses

NEW YORK, N. Y. Jan. g. Up
Hope OF Mrs. Ruth Snyder for post
ponement Of the date OF her execu-
tion on January IL was apparently
dashed again today when 1t was an
nounced that argument on a motion
for jury trial in the suit brought
against her by the Prudential In
surance company was adjourned un-
til January is.
Edgar Hazeiton, OF Mrs. Snyder's
counsel. made the application for a
jury trial and it was considered pos
sible that the date Of Mrs. Snyder's
execution might be postponed in the
event that supreme court justice
levy ruled that she would be needed
N a witness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
NICARACUANS
Give HONORS
TOLINDBERCH
Lone Eagle Wins Pop
ulace; Surprise Ex-
pressed at Youth of
Flying Colonel

MANAGUA. Me, Jan. 6.-tPl-
Nicaraguans from peon to president
today took delight in honoring the
Lone Eagle. They were amazed above
all else at the youth Of the air ad-
venturer.
Soon after he had seen Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh President Adol-
70 Diaz said he 'has no idea he would
prove to be 50 young"
Many aged Nicaraguans shook
hands with the flyer. They were
viSibly affected by the meeting.
Lindbergh's trip Of more than 155
miles from Tegucigalpa. Honduras,
was made against head wind. The
flyer said that conditions were per-
feet and that the head wind did not
bother him. He did not follow the
air line between the two cities. going
instead by way of Leon. He did this
in order To avoid any possibility OF
passing over the territory in the
northwest where six marines were
killed in battle against the rebel gen.
eral. Augustine Sandino. In that sec
tion quiet prevailed today.
To Be Dinner Guest
The recent fighting and the bomb
ing Of rebels by marine corps planes
did not dampen the ardor of those
who came TO join with Managua in
honoring the ambassador Of good
will. All idea OF revolution and poll
tics was laid aside and one main
item on Lindbergh's program today
was n dinner in his honor BY General
Emiliano Chamorra, whom the United
Gt-#nr rl~tuunA g. rnr.rrHrT-n Wf
Dental asnirant.
Before the Spirit or 81. Louis
touched the ground, Lindbergh had
learned that he was welcome. AS he
circled about. getting the feel Of the
ground for n landing. he saw the
great airfield OF more than 100 acres
beneath him marked with flags and
banners and beautifully decorated. A
huge sign in block letters stood out
clearly. IL read: "Republica de Mica
ragua Rienvenido. o.'-"Welcome to the
Republic az Nicaragua"
Landing Graceful
The Spirit Of st. Louis landed
gracefully. the Nicaraguan band
played the Star Spangled Banner and
as the familiary cry of viva Lind
bergh," rose il was evident that an
other Central American country had
taken this tall slim youth into their
heart. "Vivo los Estados Unidos.
they cried as Or. Dana G. Munro. the
American charge de affaires greeted
the flyer and presented him 10 the
officials. A silver key to Managu'
was handed Lindbergh by the mayor
Children and senoritas threw kisses
at him as he sped by automobile di-
rect to the historic Campo de Marte
home Of President Diay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Kidwell Raped
By u. S. Witness

WASHINGTON. d. G.. Jan. a, CF)
Walter S. Hartman. before whom
affidavits were sworn in the Sim
clair-Burns contempt ease. testified
today that Mrs. Mary Kidwell and
her son. Junior Edward KidwelI, each
said they knew what was contained
in the papers they attested to be.
fore him and that each swore 10
the truth Of the documents.
The witness was placed On the
stand 10 combat testimony Of Kid
we'll that he was intimidated BY the
district attorneys office and made
to swear 20 statements he did not
make in connecting the activities oi
Burns detectives in shadowing the
Teapot Dome trial Jury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
MONEY ASKED,
CHAIN GROCER
TELLS POLICE
Disaster to You and
Your Family Prom
ised If $500 Not
Paid in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 8.
letter threatening
disaster to "you and your
family" unless he left $500
in old 500 bills at a spot
under a railroad trestle to-
night, was received today by
Clarence Saunders, chain
grocery store magnate. It
was sigped "the three ghost
men,"
This is the only notice we
shall give you" read the let
ter, which warned Saunders
not to notify the police rs
eve don't intend to take any
foolishness."
The letter, written on n
typewriter, concluded with
these words, written in cap
ital letters:
Don't fall If you do it
will be the most brutal crime
ever committed."
Saunders met the chal-
lenge With an announce
ment that he would not pay
the money, but would pay n
reward of $1,000 for the ar
rest Of the letter writers. He
has three children, Amy
Clair, Is; Lee, 21, and Clay,
18.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Man Set on Fire
ByEnemy'D Dying

BAN ANTONIO. Tex, Jan. g, Up
Telling an almost ineoherent story
Of having been set on fire by an
enemy, Luciano J. Villar, 81, lapsed
Into unconsciousness after dragging
himself to his home early today.
Hospital attendants said that he
would probably die. Patrolman r.
Debona passed Villar's home as the
latter was trying to drag himself
up the front steps. His clothes were
burned from his body and his body
was terribly burned. He apparently
had dragged himself for several
blocks.
villar. who IL a iaborer named a
man whom he said is an enemy and
said that sometime Thursday night
the man had thrown gasoline on him
and ignited Il with a match.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
| Dead, z Shot
In Liquor Raid

LUBBOCK. Tex, Jan. 6.-tFl-Bill
Richardson, about so, was killed and
+. B. Lester. 80. and Byron Lewis, 25,
were slightly wounded in an encoun-
ter here last night with Sheriff Fl. l..
Johnston and Chief Deputy Vernice L.
Ford. Neither Of the officers was
wounded. They said they had con-
fiscated Ts quarts OF corn whiskey.
The officers were out TO stage a
raid. the second in successive nights,
at the time Of the shooting.
Richardson was under a $1,000
bond as q result Of a recent indict-
ment charging sale Of intoxicants.
and Lester. known as "Oklahoma
Blackie." also was at liberty under
bonds totallinE $4,000 on indictments
charging sale Of intoxicants. Lewis,
whose home il at Amarillo, is not
known here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Officer Shot At
Nacogdoches Dies

NACoGDoCHES, Tex. Jan. e.-lR
Sheriff IT. @. VauEht died IN n hos
pital here al II o'clock Friday from
the effects of pistol wounds received
early Wednesday.
Deputy Sheriff Carl Butler ~ ur-
der bond Of $500 on the charge Of
assault to murder IN connection with
the case. Ii will be changed, author
tiles said 70 murder. Sheriff Vaught
was delirious from 3 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon until bis death. Mem
bers Of his family we're with him
when he died.
A meeting Of the county com
missioners court was expected soon
10 name n new sheriff.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06

SCHWAB BLEARNED
x + =
ABOUTHAPPINESS
+ y y
FROM CARNEGIE

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Charles
NJ. Sehwab learned from Andrew
Carnegie to approach life in a
happy frame OF mind and to seek
the friendship of his fellow men.
Receiving the commercial peace
medal from the Arbitration So
ciety of America, Mr.. Schwab ex-
planned that Carnegie got letter
from one Of the directors OF his
steel company complaining that
board meetings were not serious
enough. In reply Carnegie sent
from abroad picture OF n laugh
ing monk to be hung in the board
room with the admonition to the
directors 10 look at it when they
felt serious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Western Union
Texas Chief Dies

DALLAS. Tex. Jan. 6. LPl-Fred-
erick A. Mohr. 50. general manager
OF the Gulf division of the West
ern Union Telegraph company COM
prising Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana
and Arkansas, died at his home here
today.
During Mr.. Mohr's service as gen
eral manager. many improvements
were made in Western Union ser
vice in the Southwest. including es-
tablishment Of direct telegraph lines
to Mexico City He had been EN-
ployed by the company for 81 years,
having started as q messenger boy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Radio Board Charged
With Monopoly Plan

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan. q. CF-
Charges that the federal radio COM
mission is seeking to create q monop-
oily of the air through the National
Broadcasting company chain were
laid today before the senate inter-
state commerce commission by n. W.
May. manager of station NTRL ut
Midland Park, ". ].
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Hughitt, Pioneer
Rail Chief, Dies

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Jan. 6. Ht-Marvin
Hughill, for more than half q CEN
tury a conspicuous figure in Ameri-
can railroad history, died today at
his home in Lake Forest following n
stroke OF apoplexy yesterday.
Mr.. HuEhill, 90, had served for
forty years as president, chairman
of the board, and chairman OF the
finance committee OF the Chicago &
Northwestern railway and for more
than fifty years had been identified
with the history Of that system, be-
ing active at at his desk until yes
terday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Goodwill Ships
StinAt Tampico

HOUSTON. Tex, Jan. 6.-(Pl-A
message 10 the Houston Chronicle
today said that Houston's goodwill
ambassadors had been held up at
Tampieo. Mexico. by bad weather
that a continuation Of their sirrlane
journey TO Mexico City had besn
rAsxponeA uns1f sonsrruw.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
BANDIT PAIR
MAKE ESCAPE
Officers Fail to Find
Robbers Of Bank at
Wildorado

AMARILLO. Ter, an. 6.-fPl-The
two bandits who yesterday afternoon
robbed the Wildorado State Bank OF
500 then saved themselves from ap-
parently certain capture by kidnapping
W. Z. 0'Neal, president of the bank,
and using him as a shield against
a score Of armed citizens, were still
at large this morning with a score OF
officers searching for them.
IL is believed their trail has been
picked up on the south plains near
Lubbock. O'Neal was released after
being taken two miles from town by
the bandits. Wildorado, 20 miles
west Of here in Oldham county,
has been the scene or eight robberies
in the last two years. the last pre-
vious attempt resulting in the death
Of one alleged bandit. O'Neal had
reason 20 anticipate yesterdays rob-
berry and had transferred most OF the
banks funds to Amarillo.
LUBBOCK, Tex. Jan. 6.-tPi-Al-
though it had been reported from
Plainview, 80 miles north Of here
that the two men who robbed the
Wildorado, Tex, bank yesterday we're
fleeing in this direction. officers
were unsuccessful ntheir patrol TO-
were unsuccessful in their patrol to-
Lubbock.
Members or the sherifFs office
here have information which leads
them to believe the robbers are go
ing toward San Angelo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
FALLS BENEATH TRAIN

FORT WORTH, Tex. Jan. s. QPl-
Falling beneath a freight train. J.
Donald Harris. Is. switchman. was
rear death today. He suffered the
loss Of an arm and another was
badly mangled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
STAYS SELF

NEW ORLEANS, La. Jan. s.-tR
William M. Friess, go. killed him
self at his home here today by fir-
ing a bullet through bis head. De-
spondency over the death % his
wife three years ago was given AS
the nrnhahle cause.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
RANKER DIES

SHERMAN, Tex. Jan. 6.--tF1-T.
d. Joiner, rs, chairman Of the board
w directors or the Merchants A.
Planters National Bank here, and for
yesrs q vholesals grocer, died to-
MmMh
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Poin. Isabel
Tomorrow. under normal meteorolosi
cal conditions:
High ...-...s........... n.lS .. m.
Low w-.............. SAL n. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Mostly cloudy and
unsettled tonight and Saturday;
probably with occasional rains; slow
~ rising temperature.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Saturday; probably local rains
In south portion; warmer tonight,
and in east and south portion Sat-
urday.
Light TO moderate northerly TO
easteriy winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
nAUY RIVER RIIILETN

There will be no material change
IN the river during the next few
days
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-10

they could not get better business
than selling the union. For every
reduction that they forced on you
they received hundreds of dollars
for themselves.
"Fellow workers, you are to be
blamed for these miserable condi-
tions, because you did not partici-
pate in the work of your organiza-
ton. You let these traitors get con-
troll of your organization and this
gave them a chance to betray you.
"Now, the same traitors as Aron-
son, Shatz and Company, who were
recently bosses themselves, exploit
ing their workers more than the
other bosses and refusing to pay the
wages which they owed to their
workers when they went out of bust
hess, these traitors have the nerve
to want to become bosses of the
union again.
Workers, you must have your
say! We workers have paid too big
a price for our inactivity. The Hill
man Company Union did not stop
at anything to give away to the
bosses everything that we gained
through hard years of struggle.
They have brought the tailors to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-10
MORE EXPELLED
BY CARPENTERS
Scab Machine Has Red
Phobia

LAKELAND, Fla, Oct. 9.-Reac-
ton spurred on by the impetus of
an unprecedented Red phobia, has
run rampant here at the convention
of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America.
Following the expulsion last week
by the strikebreaking Hutcheson
machine of half dozen of its best
militant fighters, two more dele
gates were today ousted, and num-
Der of others put on probation on
suspicion of being members of the
Workers (Communist) Party.
George J. Leach of Chicago Lo-
cal 1867, and Kjar of Chicago Local
131 were the expelled members.
A number of other members
called before the committee on Gre
dentials were recommended for pro-
baton. These included Nick ].
Koenig, George A. Kroon and Henry
Goerling, Local 419; Louis Lond and
Peter J. Thinner, Local 80; and Fred
Bobzin of Local 81, all of whom were
placed under supervision of the Chi
cago District Council and the gen
eral officers.
General charges in all cases were
that the men belonged to the Work
ers Party of America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-10

Doran, Radzi, Zukowsky, Sazar, Sis
silman, Sender Garlin, Joe Cohen, l.
Cohen, Rose Rubin, Claim, SLIDER
Goliger, H. Blum, Alderman, B.
Gussakoff, Bydarian, Peer, Nathan
Haplan, Martin, WEIGH, Lillienstein,
Koppel.
Boro Park and Boro Hall, Satur-
day, Oct. 10, speakers report at 7.30
p. M:
1901 Mermaid Ave-, Wicks, Lena
Chernenko, Liptzin, Zimmerman
Williams, Frank, H. Gordon, B. Ru-
bin, Lawrence Ross, Weitz.
1865 Bath Ave, Bimba, Nessin
Chalupski, Baum, Wright, Julius
Cohen, Kate Gitlow, David, Grace
Lamb, Rock, Spiro.
1873 43rd St., Markoff, Ragozin
Primoff, Rosemond, Leroy, Midolla
Mcdonald, Arthur Stein, Eva Shat
ran, Donaldson, DeLech.