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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Plan MEETING
ATAMOROS
Organizations Will b
Asked to Participate
In Celebration

Arrangements for Matamoros rr-
ticipation in the international &C.
bration and opening Of the new n
~ternational bridge July 4, win re
arranged at a conference at IN
MatGmoros Chamber Of Comnrce
Saturday morning between a Brofns-
Vile committee. General AlmazBs Of
Monterrey. commander Of the nfth-
ern military zone. md cham W. of
commerce. civic and federaH ILL.,
GERS Of Matamoros.
The Brownsville COMMITTEES VIII
consist If Wilbur Dernett. Rsaeral
chairman of the celebration. CURED
P~utegnat. Manuel C~isneros. Jose
Martinez. Frank Lopez. Fred lath-
am. and G.. c. Richardson.
General Almazan will arrirs from
Monterrey Friday night. ard an
nouEced he would be present st the
conference at 10 o'clock Saturday,
morning. Efforts will be taie by
the Brownsville and Matanotos dele
cations TO secure the famous Nonter-
rev band for the celebration.
Matamoros military. cusrns and
immigration officials as well as all
civic organizations will be requested
to participate in the celebration. and
unofficial assurance has beer given
that every interest In Matamoros
will cooperate in making The cele-
bration the most important interna-
tional event in the history OF the
lower border.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Fire
Insurance Fraud
Police Believe

HOLLYWOOD. Calf. June SIP,
An explosion which wrecked the
Russian Eagle Cafe. a. picturesque
part of the night life of the film
colony. injured eight persons and
caused a property loss Of $4,000.
was charged BY the authorities to-
day to an attempt to collect on a
week-old $4,000 insurance policy.
That theory Of the fire and ex-
plosion Of early yesterday resulted
in the arrest last night in San Fran
cisco Of Michael ]. Tocaze. owner
Of a small gift shop in the building
on charges Of having set a dozen or
more small fires on the roof. He
recently took out a $4,000 fire in
surance policy on his stock.
With the exception Of Theodore
Lodiiinsky. owner OF the cafe and a
former general In the Russian army.
and Irving Strother. president Of
the Strother Insurance all
Of the injured were firemen.
Among the guests who fled from
the cafe at the first warning Of fire
were Charlie CHAPLIN. the comedian.
and a party of other film notabIes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
nIYORCE I'M CUP on TEA

LONDON.-Because Ronald Holmes
carried a cup of tea TO the room Of a
PIMA guest in his home Mrs.
Holmes watched him and got evidence
10 bring q divorce suit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Fanatic Sought
In Nicaragua AS
American Is Slain

MANAGUA. Nicaragua June g.
Rl-A man hunt was on today Tor o
political fanatic believed responsible
for the killing of an American by
derailing a railroad motor car.
The car struck \ spike which had
been placed on the rail and over
turned. killing James d. Wedgewood,
an auditor employed On the Pacific
railroad Of Nicaragua, by the ]. G..
White Engineering company. Of New
York. General Carmen Diaz. a broth
err Of the president Of Nicaragua who
was with Mr.. Wedgewood, escaped
with a shaking up and bruises.
Derailmcnts and wrecks have been
caused several times recently by
spikes placed on .be tracks in the
vicinity OF ManaTua. All were at-
tributed to a political fanatic.
Although the rainy season has set
In. marine brigade headquarters in
tend hat there shall be no let-up
in the campaign against the follow
ers of the rebel general Augustine
SANDING.
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MISS MARC RETE n

, questions leveled at him by a dozen
detectives. All the time the woman
reporter remained near the room
where the questioning was taking
place. Around her were score Of
veteran men reporters from many
press associations and from many
cities.
A plaster paris plate was recon-
structed from the marks on the
girls body. II was Identical to
Hopes teeth. Still he declared he
was innocent. Finger prints in the
death car proved to be his, and still
be calmly answered all questions.
Then Coroner Frank G. Kreft took
out his penknife and prepared to
scrape some dried blood from be-
meath Hopes finger nails to an
alyze. The slayer broke down and
said he would tell all.
The barrage of questions stopped,
and low talking was heard for near
~ three hours, while the long con-
fession was dictated. The woman
newspaper reporter o~utguessed the
veterans of many other large sto-
ries, and telephoned her office that
Hoppe was confessing. An extra
was prepared. and as soon rs Police
Chief Louis Haas entered the room
crowded with reporters, and told
them Hoppe had confessed, she ran
to q telephone and gave the word
that started a battery Of presses in
the Blade building. Extras were
among the reporters before they
could reach telegraph offices 10
flash the word Of the confession.
Police Give Her Credit
Then came words of praise to her
that mean more than the scoop she
had just scored, with a picture of
the slayer alongside the story.
Inspector Jerry Buck walked up to
her and said: "Well, that was a hot
tip you gave u.s." II meant she was
given credit for the capture.
Then the woman reporter, who
was sent out to get a sob story, but
who brought in the biggest local
scoop in years. bought one Of the
extras and went home for a we'll
earned sleep.
This isn't the first big story she
has handled. She covered the San
dusy-Lorain tornado OF 1924, when
many were killed. the explosion set
off by a maniac in the Bath, Mich,
schoolhouse. which killed nearly
twoscore Of children, the several
clubber murders here, and other
noted news events. But her big
gest thrill Of all was during the
training Jack Dempsey and Jess
Willard underwent for the cham
pionship fight here on the edge of
Lake Erie. She and another report
er rowed out 10 an island TO get a
story, and she had to bail water out
Of the rocking boat when a sudden
storm nearly swamped il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
WOMEN VETS
SEEK REPEAL
OF DRY Laws
Many Leaders of Ma
ton Lined Up For
Modification Plank
Plea to Parties

WASHINGTON, June s.-lRl-
while a number Of women's organi-
cations are planning drives for in
corporation Of prohibition enforce
ment planks in the Kansas City and
Houston conventions platforms. the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment announced today the
formation OF "a women's national
volunteer committee" which in
cludes the names Of two senator's
wives and two Of the four women
members of congress.
Before the resolutions committees
OF both the republican and demo-
cratic parties, the association plans
10 present pleas for nlanks urging
modification Of the Volstead act.
The organizations representatives
appearing before the committees
probably will include women mem
bers under plans of the associations
officials.
The membership Of the committee,
made public today. includes promi-
nent women from nearly every sec
tion Of the country. Among them
were:
Representatives Florence Kahn, re-
publican, California. and Mary r.
Norton, democrat. New Jersey: two
senator's wives, Mrs. William Cabell
Bruce Of Maryland, and Mrs. Thorn
IS f. Bayard Of Delaware; Mrs.
Henry B. Joy Of Detroit. chairman
of the resolutions committee of the
recent Daughters Of the American
Revolution congress; Mrs. W. X. Du-
pont of Wilmington. Della, delegate
10 the republican convention; Mrs.
Elizabeth Marbury of New York:
Mrs. Charles s. Sabin, republican
national committeewoman from New
York; Miss Julia Worthington Of
Cincinnati and Mrs. Spencer Penrose
Of Colorado Springs.
These women are frankly sup
porting modification Of the Volstead
act as a step toward ultimate repeal
OF the prohibition amendment Miss
r. Livingston, assistant TO the asso-
cations national chairman. de-
clared. "They argue that the intro
duetion Of such a sumptuary law is
contrary to the spirit Of the consti-
tuition and that after ten years
trial. Il has proven a dismal failure
from the point of view OF any real
control OF liquor traffic in the coun-
try"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

TOLEDO, Ohio, June A clue
given by a woman newspaper report
er enabled Toledo detectives to track
down Charles Hoppe, 26. and a few
hours later obtain his confession
that it vas he who kidnapped Doro-
thy Szelangowski, 7. from her bed
and murdered her after one Of the
most brutal crimes in Ohio's his
tory.
Margrete Daney. q. a feature
writer on the Toledo Blade, had been
sent TO the scene Of the crime to OBJ
was standing on the front porch Of
a relative of the slain child's, where
the body had been thrown by Hoppe
after the crime, when she overheard
a conversation between some Of the
girls chums. It provided the clue.
Newspaper extras being sold
among the crowd told of how the
slayer had bitten the girl in numer-
Gus places on her body. The marks
were peculiar in that there was u
vacant space in each, showing that
the slayer had a tooth missing in
front. Too. i we Known that the
slayer knew the family. because he
stopped al the bed occupied by Dor
othy and two other sisters and ask
ed one, where i Dorothy"
This, the Clue
"Why, Charley. who used TO live
at Dorothy's house. has a tooth miss
ing in front" the woman reporter
heard a little girl say. She coaxeG
her away from the milling throng,
obtained the clue and an exclusive
beat for her paper, and then went
about getting the sob story" which
Fred Mollenkopf, her city editor, had
sent her after.
Detectives questioned the slain
girls father and learned that he had
sheltered Hoppe, his wife and infant
boy several months ago when Hoppe
had no place TO take them.
The detectives went to Hopes
home, a few blocks away. At that
time the murder had been committed
only five hours before. The slayer
met them at the door. They asked to
see his teeth. One was missing in
front, but he put up such a bluff
that they went away without him.
He had answered all Of their ques-
tions. and they thought il impossible
that he was the slayer.
Later they went back, questioned
his wife, and she told them that
Hoppe had burned some clothing
that morning after she had shown
him a newspaper telling about the
murder. The half-hurned clothing.
so soaked with blood that il could
not all be burned. was found under
the rear porch of the Hoppe home.
Still he laughed at the charges.
Holds Out Long Time
Hoppe was arrested and taken to
the police station. For "a hours he
never flinched under the barrage Of
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PERSONALS

Miss Gladys Mills of San Benito,
IS the house guest Of the Misses Mary
Margaret and Elizabeth Rowe for the
weekend.
J. J. Pigden Of Corpus Christi, and
". B. Kline of Buenos Aires, South
America, have been in Brownsville
the past week looking over the VAL
ley.
Among the guests registered az the
ri Jardin hotel are q. q. Carter Of
Edinburg, Harry o. kleinhard Of Nc
Allen, and W. G. Allen Of San Angelo.
Dale Pagan and a party Of friends
are registered at the Travellers hotel.
Ray Lehman Of Corpus Christi.
secretary Of South Texas Chamber of
Commerce is in the city on business.
Valley guests at the Travellers are,
O. B. Carlysle Of Rio Grande City,
Miss Matte Coy Of Point Isabel,
j. L. Nommen-r &C san Benito, and
Raul Neia of Mission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Five Irish Women In
Jail on Hunger Strike

BELFAST. Northern Ireland, June
s.-OP-The agent of the Irish re-
publian party said today that five
women prisoners at Montjoy jail,
Dublin. had been on a hunger strike
since Tuesday. Thew claimed they
were political prisoners and demand
ed political treatment.
He said the women we're Mrs. Me,
Dermott and Misses Eva Jackson.
Florence Mccarthy. s. Mclnery and
s. Humphreys.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Youngest Daughter
Of Al Smith to Wed

ALBANY. N. Y. June s.-(P-So-
cial. church. military and political
leaders Of the state were gathering
in this city today for the wedding
tomorrow Of Miss Catherine A.
Smith. Youngest daughter Of Cover
nor Smith. to Francis J. Quillinan Of
Troy. NJ. ". a lawyer.
TIE ceremony will be performed
a. the Cathedral Of the Immaculate
Conception by Cardinal Hayes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Jury Disagrees
In Juvenile Case

The first juvenile case IN the his
tory Of Cameron county 20 be tried
BY a jury was called in county court
Thursday. trial Of The case U
ing the entire day md resulting in
a mistrial. A l4-year-old boy. charg-
ed with a statutory offense. was the
defendant.
A second trial Of the case vas
set forW ednesday. jane Is.
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Good Progress
Made on Willacy
County Highway

LYFORD. June s.-Paving Of the
first quarter of the Willacy county
highway was completed Thursday BY
the McElwrath paving crews and
they are now engaged in paving the
town square. When this work II
completed the paving machine will
be moved 70 a point midway between
Lyford and Raymondville. and after
completing that section will pave
the section from the Cameron county
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line through Sebastian to connec
with the paving recently completed
south from Lyford. The section
from Raymondville south will be the
last paved.
An election will be held June Ia On
the organization OF a road district
to embrace that part cf Willacy
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county east or Raymondville, inclrd-
ing most OF the area served by the
new extension Of the Missouri I'm
rific. On June 80 bids for paving
the highway from Raymondville will
he opened. the construction ~ he
financed NV the bond issue recently
voted by the road district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Visitors to Receive
Souvenirs of City

Club women from all parts of the
United States. who viii be guests of
the Brownsville ladies' Friday night
and Saturday. will receive a souvenir
from the chamber of commerce as a
remembrance of their visit to the
border. Each lady will be presented
an ebony paper cutter. manufactured
in Brownsville. presentation to be
made bv Misses Doris Faulk and NAL
vina Garibay Of the chamber Of COM
merce.
Brownsville club women are also
securing large bouquets Of flowers
which will be presented the visitors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

wASHINNGTON-A bulletin Is
sued BY the postoffice department
tells Of the faith the late Big Bill
Haywood had in the government
whose downfall he preached. Before
he fled to Russia he was wont to in
vest the proceeds Of his lecture
tours in money orders payable TO
himself. A bunch of them was
stolen from him. At his request
duplicates were issued and $4,000
was paid to him.
The Western outlook., 1928-02-25
NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

Kew. E. Moore, Pastor
33rd between West and Market Streets.
reaching at ii a. m. and p. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Good services each SUNDAY. All are cor
daily invited.
The Western outlook., 1928-02-25
BETH EDEN BAPTIST CHURCH

BETH EDEN BAPTIST CHURCH
Tenth and Magnolia Streets
ll:OO o'clock, Morning Service.
ll:l5 Junior Service, a special pro-
gram. ZOO o'clock, B. Y. P. u, an
interesting program. 800 o'clock,
Evening Service. All are invited.
Rev. j.. P. Hubbard, Pastor
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
Corner Center and Eighth Streets
S. w. HARRISON. Pastor
Phone Humboldt 6387
Order OF Services
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m.
Preaching at HOO a. m.
Praise Service at 800 and 700 p. M.
Mid-Week Services Wednesday and Fri
day at 700 p. m.
All Are Welcome.
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f12)
No amount of suspicion of guilt,
however grave or strong, is sufficient
70 find verdict. Nor is it sufficient
that the evidence shows a prepOnder-
ance in favor of guilt, the burden
being upon the Commonwealth to
prove every necessary element of the
crime charged beyond reasonable
doubt,-and if after consideration of
all the facts and circumstances in this
case, you have a reasonable doubt as
to any of these matters. it is your
duty to give the accused the benefit
of such doubt ard ocquit him.
(13)
The Court instructs the jury that
In ord>r 70 ea3itle the accused to an
acquittal on the ground of self
defense, the accused is required to
sustain his plea of self-defense only
to the point that the evidence in sup
port Of it when considered along with
the other evidence in the case raises
in the minds of the jury reason
able doubt of his guilt.
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(11l.


This is the law. W., B. Burroughs
statement, geographically reported
viii clear up this phase OF the situa-
ton. The specific provisions OF the
State Prohibition Law settle II.
Here 1t is: -
IF there be no complaint on oath
that ardent spirits are being manu-
featured, sold, kept, stored or In any
manner held, used or concealed in a
particular house or other place, IN
violation of the law, the justice OF
peace, policeIjustice, circuit or city
Judge and mayor of any city or town
to whom complaint is made. If sat
isfied that there is reasonable cause
fer such belief, shall issue warrant
to search such house or other place,
he property of public service cor
rofa ion such warrant shall describe
with reasonable certainty the bag
gage, comtainer or package to be
searched.
eff any person shall knowingly
and wilfully make any false COM
plant under this section, he shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined
not less than $50 nor more than $500
for each cffense.
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High Lights
i'm Burroughs
Case Here.
Instructions

ID
Every homicide in Virginia IN the
absence of other evidence, Is presumed
to be murder in the second degree
and in order to elevate the oftense 10
murder in the first degree, the bur-
den of proof is upon the Common
wealth and in order to reduce the
offense to manslaughter, or to show
justification or excuse, the burden Is
upon the accused to introduce EVIL
dsnce to show extenuating circum-
stances, OF justification, unless 1t APP
pears from the evidence Of the Com
monwealth. ,.>
The Court instructs the jury that
malice in law may be inferred from
the nse of a deadly weapon.
The Court further instructs you
that to constitute willful, deliberate
and premeditated killing, it is not not
necessary that the intention to XII!
should exist any particular length Oh
tine prior to the actual killing; 1t is
only necessary that, such intention
should come into existence Tor tne
first time at the time of such Kill
ing.
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lanes Sharp respectable, hard working col0red man was
ld bv Officer Walter B. Burr oughs his (Shap) own home
August g. 1923.
Sharp had committed no and Burroughs had no warrant
for his arrest Or warrant to search his premises.
Burroughs was chasing boys (uvenies) who are under the
Juvenile Department Of Virginia and subject to trial tor oenses
only in the Juvenile Court here presided over by Judge j. ose
Kicks These bows had commit ed crime They were seen
lettering on corner and when spoken to ran from the officers
Burroughs mook James Sharp fifty years OF age tor
boy William Branch and he kill ed Sharp He admitted he beat
him with blackjack and shot him three times inside OF Sharp
own house. the length of a from the entrance
Burroughs was in citizens clio h He did not display his badge
Of authority and he did not warrant to James Sharp
was too dark to see badge an he had warrant with him
to read.
What do the liberal minded whe citizens think OF this happen
ing and what will they do about it?
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CHS. C. and M. p. 95)

Before killing the accused have eeated far as he con-
eneny and safely ca oderto avoid the assault and that not
10 invite continuance of the assault but from real tenderness
f bddno human blood But in his house need
treat but the assault as in other must be Immediately dan
serous the party Staying made the first assault he must quit the
combat and retreat far he safely Otherwise necessity
will make the killing excusabe though retreat made i'm
possible by the adversay ercen He cannot aege nece
sity which he himself wronguIy occasioned.
This is the law that did the jury the Walter B.
Burroughs case the accused being charged with killing James
Sharp after he had invaded his home search of juvenile, who
admittedly had committed no and for whom he had
and in house. for which he had no search Bur-
roughs was acquitted.
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DO YOU KNOW HIM?

Robert s.. Conn, who came to
Richmond has secured a scholarship
from New York u. and is wanted
to come home at once and secure It.
Address Rev.. Lawrence Smith, 1873
W. 132nd ST., New York, n. Y. at
once. Young Conn does not wear a
hat, his hair being combed back and
he is of yellow complexion. He
wears nose glasses, is very plain and
roughly dressed Any one knowing
him W II give him The information
so that he may return home at once.
,
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DO YOU KNOW HIM?

information is desired concerning
an old colored man, named Joe Hunt.
Some well-to-do white people, who
know him and wish him well, desire
to get in communication with him
at once. 1t is desired that enquiry
be made in the churches and societies
for him. Any information concern
ing him will be gladly received at
this office. Persons desiring to know
more about the matter can call up
the Planet Office, Randolph 2213.