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Theory IN
LO1UenSteim Death
Denied by office

stein, killed in a fall from his private
plane last night, was a possible sui
eide were energetically denied today
at the financier's office in Brussels.
II was stated that the captain was
not alone at the head Of his numerous
affairs whose direction and responsl-
bility was shared BY several prom
inent financiers, including the }.
Schroeder Banking corporation Of New
York City. From the financial view
point. il was said, Capt. Lowenstein's s
affairs will proceed as usual.
The belief in Brussels was that
Capt. Lowenstein was the victim OF
a tragic mistake in that he apparent
~ mistook the door by which passen-
gers leave the plane for the entrance
TO the washroom and in the darkness
plunged from the machine. From the
main cabin of the plane, a door opens
toward a passage in which there are
two other doors. That on the right
leads to the lavatory and that on the
left Is the exit from the plane.
The distance between the two doors
is scarcely two feet. When Capt
Lowensctein's valet went to seek the
financier he discovered that the lat
ter had opened the wrong door and
had fallen from the plare.
Lowenstein had been showing signs
Of i'll health lately because Of his
unceasing activity. II was belie,-d d
that the rejection Of his offer "a
the French and Belgian governments
To loan them a vast sum 20 stabilize
their currency was a great disap.
pointment to him.
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COURT ORDER
HALT WORK
IS DISOBEYED
Work on T Tabernacle of
Norris Is Continued
Through Night De-
spite Injunction

DALLAS, July 5.-CPl-The Rev.
Earl Anderson, 35, pastor Of the Fun
damentalist Baptist church, is in the
county Jail here and must remain
there ''from day TO day until he shall
purge himself" Of contempt Of Judge
Towne Young's court.
Deputy sheriffs escorted the pas
tor to Jail today after Judge Young
had fined him Sl00 and sentenced
him to jail until he shall post a ST.
900 assurance bond that the courts
restraining order TO cease work on
the new tabernacle will be respected.
In court DR.. Anderson declared
that he would not at this time pay
the fine or post the bond. Judge
Young stopped t~a in a courtroom
speech and ordereu him taken TO Jail.
Eighteen others, cited to appear
before Judge Young, were discharged
by the court because they probably
held "misconception Of the facts"
He warned them, however, that a
like fate would await them If they
continued work on tie structure
while the injunction was in force.
DR.. J. Frank Norris, Fort Worth
evangelist, advised DR.. Anderson
not 70 pay the llles he Sdlu steps
would be taken to obtain his release
through habeas corpus proceedings.
DR.. Norris announced ne would make
arrangements for Dr. Anderson 10
preach all day Sunday from the
county jail through a remote con
troll radio hook-up with DR., Norris
Fort Worth station. Mrs. Lula Scale,
sheriff Of Dallas county, said there
would be no objection TO the ar
rangement.
The telephone at police headquar-
ters rang constantly last night when
residents in the vicinity Of the tab
ernacle reported that they were IN
able TO sleep because Of noise made
BY the workmen, who remained on
the Job throughout the night.
The injunction restraining work
on the tabernacle was issued BY
Judge Young as the request Of prop
erty owners, who declared that the
proposed structure did not conform
to the city building code and wouic
constitute a fire hazard.
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Hold ALLEGED
CHECK FORGER
Part of Money Recov-
cred; Oklahoman
Under Arrest

Ted Schnoor, formerly Of Musko-
gee, Okla, is in the Cameron county
Jail in default Of $4,000 bonds on
two charges of forgery, the arrest
being made late Tuesday afternoon
by S. NJ. Jester, special Investigator
for the district attorney.
Two checks for S1O0 each on the
First National bank were cashed
Saturday, one at the State National
bank and the other at the Merchants
National. The cheeks bore the
forged signature Of X. X. Hender-
son of the Brownsville Title Co.
The First National bank discovered
the forgeries when the checks were
turned in Monday morning. The
case was reported to the special in
vestigator and Schnoor was placed
under arrest Tuesday. Schnoor turn
ed Sl70 over TO the officer.
At the preliminary hearing Tues
day afternoon before Justice Of the
Peace Fred Kowalski, Schnoor was
placed under $1,000 bond on each
charge and failing to make bond
was consigned TO the county Jail.
In presenting the evidence at the
hearing the investigator brought ou:
that the checks were stolen from the
checkbook last week. An abstract
certificate, bearing the signature Of
r. X. Henderson, was also stolen
from the office of Brownsville Title
company, and is believed to have
been used in connection with the
forgery.
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Three Held IN
ROADSTICK-UP
Proprietor of Highway
Inn Relieved of
Cash With Gun

HARLINGEN, July 5.-Three sus-
poets believed implicated in the
hold-up Of ]. d. Porter, proprietor of
the Highway Inn, at a. m. Thurs
day. are being held by Harlingen
police and other arrests are expect
ed within the next few hours, accord
ing 10 Chief Of Police Bob Johnson.
The inn is on the highway near the
Arroyo Colorado bridge.
Porter was held up and robbed of
approximately Sl6O BY an armed,
masked bandit as he approached the
steps OF his home shortly after clos
ing the doors of mis- business early
Thursday morning.
A young daughter OF the victim
reported TO police that she witnessed
the hold-up and that the bandit. after
securing the money from her father.
rushed to an automobile parked a
short distance from the residence
and headed toward San Benito. The
car, she said, was occupied by two
other men.
Police of all Valley towns were
Immediately notified and requested to
be on the lookout for the bandits.
Porter declared that the bandit
who robbed him al the point Of a
gun was dressed in a dark suit and
had a dark handkerchief pulled over
the lower portion Of his face. He ap-
peared TO be young and to weigh ap-
proximately $50 pounds.
Chief of Police Johnson and Lieut..
Of Police Cage Johnson Of Harlingen
are working on the case.
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Fourth Fete TO
Be Held Yearly;
WasBigSMcceSs

drew immense crowds. The evening
program at the Fort Brown lagoon
drew an audience that packed the
huge natural amphitheater surround
ing the lagoon, and extended along
the water edge for several blocks.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Twelfth Cavalry band,
American Legion bugle and drum
corps, the San Benito gold medal
band and the Brownsville Woodmen
band.
Many Floats in Parade
The parade, nearly two miles in
length, was viewed py thousands as
ii wended its way down Elizabeth
street TO Seventh, thence north TO
Washington, east to Fourteenth and
then south across the new interna-
tional bridge, the first traffic to
cross the structure. Over forty
floats were featured, many Of which
were beautifully decorated. The
prize winners were the "Club Ideal"
civic organization float; FL Jardin,
community float, and international
Shoe Store, commercial float.
The American Legion bugle and
drum corps led the procession, fol-
lowed by the official automobiles car
rying officers of the Fort Brown and
Matamoros garrisons. The Twelfth
Cavalry band was next in line, pre-
ceding the Twelfth Cavalry. The
troopers were followed BY the long
line of floats and decorated cara,
with the San Benito and Woodmen
bands spaced in the procession.
al s~e
national bridge ard proceeded over
the new international highway 10
Sixth street in Matamoros, and
around the plaza. where ii disbanded,
the majority returning to Browns
vile.
Boat Races Draw Crowd
The outboard motorboat races at
the Fort Brown lagoon drew a large
crowd. There were only two entries
in the class race, Half Pint III, with
Robert Sexton driving, winning with
ease. There were six entries in the
class @ race, Miss Harlingen, driven
By c. Woods. winning both heats
with Half Pint, driven BY Robert
Serton, q close second. In the the
second heat the Half Pint was lead
ing but capsized while making a turn
on the third round of the course. The
free-for-all was won by Miss Har-
lingen. Miss Margaret Monroe wor
the surfboard race and was awarded
the cup, Miss Rosita Ceysnes taking
second.
The course proved ideal, and the
speedy craft, handled BY skilled driv.
ers, sped across the smooth waters
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BIGGEST TOLL,
log, is TAKEN
BY DROWNING
Fireworks Account for
ii of Fatalities Over
Nation; Autos Kill
Total of 81

CHICAGO, July 5.-CP)-The lives
Of 205 men, women and children were
a nations sacrifice TO the celebration
Of its 152nd birthday anniversary
yesterday.
Fireworks claimed their share of
victims, as they always have since
the United States first began observ-
ing Independence Day with skyrocket,
pin wheel and cannon cracker. There
were IL such deaths in the entire
country, according to The Associated
Press tabulation.
Lakes and rivers, however, exacted
the heaviest tribute Of human life
during the holiday, l06 drownings re-
ported. Motorcar deaths ranged next
with 81. Heat claimed II lives and
lightning three, while four were
killed in plane crashes. In addition
there were Is deaths attributed 70
other causes directly connected with
Americas observance of the Fourth.
Two densely populated areas-the
middle Atlantic states and the MD
west-had more than half the coun-
try's total deaths for the day. In the
former there were 68 fatalities, which
was five more than occurred in the
midwest.
The mountain states and the north
west had the best sectional records
with five deaths in each division.
Everywhere through the midwest
the temperature was high, contribut-
ing both to deaths BY heat and By
drowning. The midwest led the coun-
try in the number Of drownings
with 3S, although the. middle At
lantic area had only two less.
The airplane accidents we're at
Joliet, H.. where a pilot and two pas
sengers plunged to death when the
wing of their plane snapped, and al
Beaumont, Tex, where one was killed
Three OF the motor car dc1th:
| came in races, drivers being 49, q
in Oregon, Pennsylvania and WIS
consin.
The number Of persons injured
many probably fatally, ran into the
| thousands. Premature explosion q
truckload Of fireworks at Lamar
Mo-, injured 25 persons as 5000 gath
cred in the public square 70 witness
the display. In the larger cities
\ the hospital list of persons hurt dur
7 ing observance Of the day ran into
the hundreds. Chicago, with an or
dinanee prohibiting the sale Of fire
works, echoed all day with fire
cracker explosions, and reports from
police and hospitals that the number
injured was probably greater than II
recent years.
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Two Injured As
Plane and 6 Fall
In Potomac River

{ WASHINGTON. July 5.-CPl-Two
4. air corps enlisted men were injured
today when the engine Of their plane,
a Douglas transport, went wrong and
the machine dropped in the Potomac
river near Boiling field.
Lieut.. Myron r. Wood, the pilot,
and the six enlisted men who were
aboard, were rescued. Privates
Thomas Standeven and j. II. Porter,
the injured. were taken to Walter
Reed hospital.
The plane was on a training flight.
Wood attributed the engine trouble
70 a defective water line. He said
the difficulty was first noticed at an
altitude OF 200 feet. He glided the
plane downward, prefcrring TO land
on the river surface rather than on
the ground. IN landing. IL tipped
over and the injuries TO the two men
resulted.
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Germany Has
Disastrous Blow

BERLIN, July 5.-tF)-Reports
from the provinces indicate that one
Of the worst windstorms in years
visited Germany yesterday. taking
q heavy toll Of deaths and prop
erty damage.
A big chimney collapsed at Preis-
kretscham. Silesia, killing four
workmen and injuring three others.
A factory chimney collapsed az
..awada, near Gleiwitz, killing one
man and injuring three. While an
other person was killed in Gleiwitz
In Berlin one person was killed
and many injured. Trees were dam
aged and a hangar at the Temple
hof airdrome collapsed destroying
four airplanes.
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Corpus Cupboard
Races Are Fast

CORPUS CHRISTI, July 5.-LPD-
Fred Sinclair Of Corpus Christi, pilot
ing Bonnie Una, came within a frac-
tion Of a second of breaking the
worlds record in taking first place
in the Glass G outboard motor boat
race here yesterday.
The record is 32.75 miles an hour
and Sinclair's craft finished with an
average Of S2.75, tying the mark.
Red Arrow, owned by z. Z. Lyman
Bishop. Tex, won first place in the
class B race. First place in the free
for-all went to Baby Stopper, owned
by W. Burris Of Karnes City. Miss
Nash. owned by Norris and Wilson
this city, won the Isl cubic inch
olasA.
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Brownsville's Fourth OF July and
international celebration proved an
unalloyed success and Is to become
an annual event, it was announced at
the evening program.
The entire program was rendered
as scheduled without a delay of any
kind or accident to mar the pleasure
of the day.
From early morning until late at
night the city was thronged with
thousands of visitors, the crowds be-
ing 50 dense during the afternoon
that traffic on the main business
street was badly congesteG despite
the facility with which il was han
died by traffic officers.
The big features Of the day-the
international parade, formal opening
Of the international bridge, boat
races, water pageant and fireworks,
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Daughter Of Noted
Abolitionist Dies

DOBBS FERRY, N. Y, July 5.-CP
Fanny Garrison Willard s3. only
daughter Of William LLOYD Garrison
the abolitionist. died today.
She was born in Boston. Her early
vars were deeply affected BY the
anti-slavery struggle. in which her
father for years risked death at the
hands of mobs, and its concomitant
forms. such rs wonen's rights and
the peace and temperance causes.
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Guilty Plea of
MOity Accepted

NEW ORLEANS, July 5.-lP-
District Attorney Eugene Stanley an
nouneed in criminal court here TODAY
that he had accepted plea of guilty
from Henry Moity, confessed SLAYER
OF his sister-in-law, Mrs. Leonide Lee
Moity.
Moity was Immediately sentenced
TO life Imprisonment He already was
under sentence Of life Imprisonment
Tor the murder Of his wife, Mrs.
Theresa Alfano Moitv.
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SHOOTS GIRLS
| Dead; | Expected to
Die; Says Called
Mother Names

OMAHA, July 5.-(Pl-Two girls
were shot, one probably fatally, BY
j. Lewis, negro porter in a and 10
cent store here today. The shooting
occurred amid the morning shopping
crowds.
Lewis, employed around the soda
fountain, fired five shots, witnesses
girls had "called my mother names" I"
As Lewis fired, seemingly wild
clerks and shoppers lodged behind
counters to escape the bullets.
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BRUSSELS, July 5.-CP)-The
newspaper Independence Beige,
says that Capt. Alfred Lowenstein,
killed last night in a fall from his
private airplane, had important
liabilities in Brussels and had
tried unsuccessfully 10 obtain a
1000. .0O0-pound loan in London.
BRUSSELS, Belgium. July 5.-(P
that Capt. Alfred Lowen-
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RAINS CAUSE
HEAVY DAMAGE
Pennsylvania and In.
diana Suffer In
Fourth Storms

PITTSBURGH. July g. up -
Heavy rains, that reached cloud
burst proportions IN some districts
here late yesterday and early today
caused widespread damage.
Automobiles parked at pleasure
resorts near McKeesport were car
ried from a parking place into a
small valley when a section Of a
hillside slid down upon them. Floods
along the Pittsburgh Keesport
boulevard drove scores Of families
TO upper floors of their homes Sew
eral families were removed from
their houses in another district near
here when high water from a small
stream threatened them.
There we're no reports OF fatali-
ties but several persons were in
iured.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 5.-CP-An
electrical. wind and rain storm
which struck the north, eastern and
central parts Of the state last night
caused damage which today was un-
estimated. but believed 10 have run
into thousands Of dollars.
Interurban and telephone and
telegraph service throughout the
northern and eastern parts of the
state was crippled a greater portion
Of the night. The heavy rains
caused trains and interurbans 70
move cautiously, making some runs
several hours late. Officials Of the
Big Four and Pennsylvania rail-
roads reported wire communications
with several cities severed.
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Bolter Bar Move
In Harris Fails

HOUSTON, July 5.-tPl-An at
tempt 10 bar "bolters" from the ball
lot in the city primary here failed
today when its backer failed to get
a resolution to that effect passed By
the city democratic executive com
mittee.
James L. Bailey, member OF the
committee, presented a resolution
ordering that persons who refused
to support the nominees OF the PARTY
be barred from the democratic pri-
mary. The resolution also asked
that the county and state executive
committees take the same action.
Bailey offered the resolution but
failed to get a second.
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4th Fireworks Ignite
Powder Can; | Dead

FRANKLIN, Pa. July 5.-CP)-Mrs
Gladys Beers SullinEer, is, was killed
bv the explosion Of can Of powder
set off by fireworks, Coroner Ozni-
der of Venango county. reported to-
day At first mystery surrounded the
blast, which occurred in the Sullin-
GER garage. The coroner said he
learned that the woman, mother OF
three children. and her husband had
been setting off fireworks near the
garage, in which was stored the can
of powder. He believed that the vic
tin lighted a pinwheel in the garage,
and that a spark ignited the powder,
which was not covered.
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OIL WORKER KNITTED, DIES

PAMPA, July 5.-CPl-Attempting
TO halt an argument in which a friend
was involved, Bill Combast, 2s, oil
we'll driller, was stabbed and instant
ly killed today at Toxana, near here.
Several arrests were made and the
suspects were taken TO Panhandle for
investigation
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EXPECT PLANE
FRIDAY A. NJ. IN
RIO JANEIRO
New Distance Flight
Record Expected To
Be Established; Ship
Reports Aircraft

RIO JANEIRo. July 5.--tFi-Ra-
dio advices reaching Rio Janeiro
state that the Italian aviators, Cap
tain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete.
have reached the Brazilian coast and
are now heading southwark for Rio
Janeiro.
IL was not expected that they
would reach the Brazilian capital be-
fore daylight tomorrow.
ROME, July 5.-CPl-The newspa-
per Giornal DItalia, without citing
its source, says the Italian trans
Atlantic plane OF Captain Farrarin
and Major Del Prete reached the
Brazilian coast today and were going
on 70 Rio Janeiro.
RIO JANEIRO, July 5.-IPy-With
two nights of flying behind them
two Italian airmen this morning
were believed to be rapidly nearing
the coast Of South America in "A
flight to establish a new distance
record.
Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Ma
jor Carlo n. Delprete intended M
reach the Brazil coast az Pernam-
buco, about 1885 miles from their
starting point, Monticello Field
italy. They would then have bet
tered the distance record set Az 3 .g0a
miles BY Clarence Chamberlin and
Charles "A. Levine BY more than 7OO
miles. II they still have fuel thew
expect TO continue on past Pernam-
buco, placing the distance mark AN
hlgh as possible. They ALREADY hold
the duration flight record ~ w
hoars' IA minutes 26 lis seconds.
radio message from an English
steamer to the chief W taIegrs-L- :
az Natal today give the position nF
the fliers ut 81 minutes after r,i5-
night as 10 minutes north ana 9a
degrees west. tThis would place tbs
plane about 500 miles northeast of
Pernambuco). "a
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BOY DROWNs In BAYOU

WINNSBoRO, La, July 5-t4-
James Mewsom, 13, son az Mrs. w.
G. Hodge Of Crowville was drowned
yesterday in Bayou Macon. nine
miles from here. Newsom was
swimming with two boy compan-
ions when a hard undertow pulled
him under.
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BURNED FLIER
WEDS FIANCEE
ON DEATH BED

ROME, July 5.-lPl--A death
bed marriage was celebrated at
the Cello Military hospital to-
day.
Mechanic Egidi, who was
badly burned Tuesday night
when a plane overturned and
caught fire, married his fiancee
and died shortly afterwards.
General Armando Armani, chief
Of the general staff Of aero
nautics, who was also burned
in the accident, acted as a wit
ness.
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ASK TO ABANDON LINE

WASHINGTON, July 55.-tPl-A
petition TO the interstate commerce
commission for authority to aban-
don 81 miles Of line from Deming
to Hermanos in New Mexico, was
filed today BY the e Paso and
Southwestern railroad.
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BURGLARS RAID STORE

CORSICANA, July 5.-CPl-Enter-
ing through a second-story window.
burglars obtained merchandise valued
at several thousand dollars from the
]. NJ. Dyer Dry Goods store here. The
store was closed yesterday and the
loss was not discovered until today.
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MEXICO GETS PLANE FACTORY

FL PASO, July 5.-tPl-President
Gales Of Mexico has signed a con-
tract with Wright Motor company to
establish an airplane factory in Mon
terrey and Mexico City, said dis
patches from Mexico City to Ell Con-
tinental, today.
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide az Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal Eeteorologi-
cal conditions:
High ......-..-.-.+... f-zo a. m
Low ......... Nv .ao ". m
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ANWtNa IL AAaNNI - ltNIIH aII -
river stages at San Benito and
Brownsville during the last or 3
days are probably due TO stopping
and starting of pumps IN the lower
end Of the Valley
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AIrTO Turns SOMERsAULT

RACINE, Wis.-George V. Marshall
,nnlied his autos brakes suddenly
~ the car turned a Somersault. pin
ring him benc7th. but failing to in
iure him
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Friday; continued high
temperature in interior.
Light to moderate southerly winds
on the coast.
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RIVER FORECAST

The river will continue to fall
very slowly probably for some. time.
Flood Present Z4l.r 1H Hr
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w. II. Putegnat Company
Brownsville, Texas
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KEEP COOL

Let US install an
ELECTRIC FAN