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Frank Carson. one Of the country's abb
lest newspapermen, recently joined the
staff of THE NEWS. A number Of the
boys were speaking of him the other
night and one of them recalled the anus
ing story of Carson's attempt to track
down the murderer Of William Desmond
Taylor.
Carson proceeded to Los Angeles onthat
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O., The United States was appreciated
by Perry w. Towards white COL
leagues. who often proudly men,
toned him as a living example Of
What the much abused Sta'e had
done for this class aud type Of
Negroes, who knew how to appreciate
Southern rules and ;ustoms and to
accord credit to the liberal-minded
white elements in this section Of the
country, who had made such an
achievement possible.
AS resulA when the carpet
Dagger" Hon. George l.. Sheldon
went up against Perry W. Howard
ard his southern white Republican
friends in the Courts of Mississippi
Howard and his friends won out.
This was later confirmed by the Re-
publican National Committee and
later still by the Committee on Gre
dentials and finally by tho Republi-
can National Convention itself. This
would logically have ended the con-
troversy. But Sheldon was not sat
isfied. He had whispered into the
ear of the distinguished Californian,
Hon. Herbert Hoover and he IN turn
left the matter to one Of his mana
gers, ii being understood that Shell
don was "a friend Of the family"
Perry W. Howard was entered up
on the roster of the Republican M
tjonal Committee. This gave him
control of the campaign IN Missis-
s,ppi. People from this Stats. bot6
white and black, know how to fight
aid Howard was no exception. Elk
Governor Sheldon, not being able to
win by fair means proceeded to ap-
peal to the court Of unfair means.
Tie blow was aimed, 80 to speak,
"beiow the belt". A hasty decision
was not wanted. despite the positive
command Of Article VI Of the Con-
stitution Of the United States.
Another carpet Dagger for q few
days was imported In the person Of
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). Mabel Walker Willebrandt

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Assistant Attorney General Of the
United States. She assisted In hav-
ing Perry w. Howard indicted for
conspiracy; set the hearing fo-
November S, 1928 when she and
Sheldon knew that the election was
Tuesday. November 6, 1928. In the
meantime an order was secured from
Attorney General Sargent suspending
Perry w. Howard from office and
Fly, pending this hearing, presum-
ing him guilty until he proves him
self innocent, thus upsetting fun
oamental principle of criminal law,
which is as old as English jurispru-
dence itself. it'Js
In the meantime, the Chairman of
IS in the embarrassing pred cament
the Republican National Committee
Of trying not to deal with the official
Republican National Committeeman
from Mississippi, and who occupies
that position until he has been found
guilty of crime before vacancy can
exist in the office held by him. In
the meantime, Perry ". Howard
announces to the world to use his
exact language:
ri have done no wrong. I have
been merely accused as a result Of
an exparte hearing. No one in public
life is safe from accusations by his
political enemies and all fairminded
Americans will throw around me the
presumption Of innocence until I
have been proven guilty. I have no
fear Of the outcome Of q trial In
Mississippi"
We agree with him. II Ii an issue
between black native Mississippiaa
and carpet Dagger" Nebraskaa.
In such contest, Justice win b.
enthroned and a proper judgment be
reached in short order. We would
suggest that Hon. George L. Shell
don Of Nebraska 90 on back homo
and permit the black and white
Mississippians to get along In peace
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PERRY w. HOWARD'S
PLEA OF INNOCENCE.

with reference TO my lnoctmen
what I have daily papers. Im
a martyr represent-Negro Leadership.
walls are
willing be offerd
certainly far greater
politically and in the civ
political TO nave me
in
charge it is, know tina
cause ana
ncarcrated
been the most
hounded
public
noe kind for the office.
MS
filing afidavs
that Comptroller General.
Committee will show and urged the enactment Of Law
their
(ment.
his polit fairmnded
until
2have guilty.
I Of in Mississippi.
during the entire the Presidency
positively prohibited Constitution
United States, Article W.
prosecutions,
State
with the witnesses against him. have compulsory
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and harmony together.

and harmony together. {;
This Indictment business might
well be considered in the nature Of
a joke were it not for the serious
consequences to follow Perry W..
Towards persecution. Powerful Ne
gro organizations throughout the
country should resent it. More than
ten million Negroes have this lone.
honest, able Negro leader to re-
present them on the Republican Ma
tional Committee and they will see
10 it at the ballot boxes in the
States of the North and West
that the blow aimed at them from
this source shall be resented at the
polls. ~
Whether it will result in landing
the vote getting" Hon. Alfred E.
smith or New York or the able sta
tistical Hon. Herbert Hoover of
California in the White House Of
the Nation will be an after consid
Grafton. Mrs. Mabel walker Willie
brandt may be fine on whiskey
scent in the tracing Of bootleggerS,
but she has shown absolutely no
bloodhound ability in the trailing Of
Southern Negroes. She is wholly
unable to tell the difference between
an innocent Negro and guilty one.
We would suggest that Attorney
General Sargent call her off and send
her to the Canadian border or to the
Florida shore line, where she may
be able to tell the difference be-
tween a whiskey shark and a pro-
hibition blue fish. Selah. !
xzsy
Every step of progress the world
has made has been from scanold 70
scaffold, and from stake to stake.
1t would hardly be exaggeration to
say, that all the great truths re-
lating to society and government have
been first heard in the solemn pro-
tests of martyred patriotism, or the
loud cries of crushed and starving
labor wendell Phillips.
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THAT PLEA OF INNOCENCE.

- -s&S,Eisa eesr' ~
"The more you NOW us down, the
more thickly we grow; the blood OF
Christians is fresh seed. "-Tertullian
It has been common saying among
white southerners that whenever
northerners attempt to deal with
the Negro question in the Southland,
they almost invariably make mess
of it. This seems to have been veri-
fled in the case of Hon. george l..
Sheldon, former Governor of Ne
braska, who seems to have tired OF
residing within the State, which had
rewarded him with high office He
preferred to occupy the southern
designation of "carpet-bagger" and
no moved into Perry W. Towards
State of Mississippi to make trouble
for him and the rest Of the able col
ored men of that far Southern State.
AS a rule, with the exception OF
the poor whites, thousands or
southerners, who are against tho
Negroes are against the other fell
lows Negroes and he Is 'gloriously"
in favor Of his own Negroes, those,
who possess family ties coming down
tho line from slavery. many OF whom
row trace their lineage to the black
mammies of other days and to the
"big house" Negroes, who werc
buffers, hostlers Wallets and the like.
This class of southerners have q
bitter antipathy TO Negroes from the
North. y
They dislike that nasal twang and
they despise everything pertaining
to this class of the brothers In
black" who aspire to civil rights and
social privileges. The Hon. George
L. Sheldon evidently did not know
this when he went up against that
Negro Mississippian, who hailed from
the State of Hon. John Sharp VII
liams and whose appointment as
Special Assistant Attorney General
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

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What will the Ten Million SOIOred People,
with their lone Representative on the Republican
National Committee do about it?
Republican National confirmed his title his seat and
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
BROWNSVILLE
TO ORGANIZE
AIR CHAPTER
Mauldin Sponsors Lo-
cal Body of National
Aeronautic; Major
Law Aids

Brownsville Is 70 have q local
chapter Of the National Aeronautic
provided present plans formulated
hy Les Mauidin, manager Of the mu-
nicipal airport. Dc not 60 awry.
Maulcin announced Friday that he
would begin soliciting members for
the chapter Immediately, there being
y members necessary before a char
ter can be granted by naticaal head
quarters Of the organization.
TT should be easy enough 20
lineup ~ prominent Brownsville
business men and a. charter men,
bcrs OF such an organization" he
said. "and the benefits derived will
be Of untold value 10 this city
Should Brownsville organize such
= chapter. they will have the benefits
derived from the national ~organiza-
tion which is the controlling element
IN the aerial world, it Is said.
No records are official unless they
are ratified BY affiliated chapters OF
this organization and the organiza-
ton Of such a chapter here would
place this city in the foremost ranks
M air cities 81 America, MauldIn
stated.
Mai. Bernard Law. president Of the
Houston chapter and who IS nov
located here. is assisting Mauidin IN
the organization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Sept. 2l.-
'DP-An epidemic or influenza has
started in Porto Rico. Red Cross Of
ficials found in making a survey Of
approximately a quarter Of the area
devastated BY the tropical hurricane.
The officials believed today a dan
gerous epidemic was IN prospect III
persons exposed 10 the storm were
not given immediate shelter.
In the area survey 35,450 homes
were destroyed with 1851 persons in
jured. including 270 who have been
placed in hospitals. Az Guayama
200 cases Of influenza made neces-
sary establishment ar n temporary
hospital for which tents were sent
from San Juan.
II was feared that in addition to
influenza. typhoid fever and malaria
might increase the death toll. Relief
workers were also faced with the ne
cessity az Immediately feeding $4,000
persons in the area.
The army was aiding the Red Cross
work IN every way, most of the
trucks which were damaged in the
storm having been repaired and put
into service.
The steamship Padrice was loaded
with 200 tons Of food for shipment
to Arroyo on the southeast coast. Ar
royo is the seaport for the Guayama
district and the food will be distrib-
uted at the port and throughout the
district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
Wanted In
Border Staying
Held In Houston

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 2f.-LP-
Jose Casanova. wanted in connec-
tion with the shooting of Robert
Rumsey- customs Inspector, in a bat
tie with five rum runners in the
mesquite near Laredo on August 10.
1922. was arrested here today.
Douglas McGregor, assistant U. s..
district attorney, said Casanova
faces a federal charge in Laredo If
resisting a customs officer.
Rumsey was killed when he found
five rum unners who had just land
ed on the United States side Of the
Rio Grande near Laredo with a large
quantity of tequila.
Two Of the men in the rum run
ming party have been killed since,
McGregor said Another. Joaquin
Herrera, il IN Jail I Laredo. and his
brother. Ascension Hererera, IL al
large in Mexico.
Casanova will be returned to La
redo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
STATE, O.P.,
TEXANS AVER
Moody, Sells AT
Chicago Say They
See AL Defeated

CHICAGO, Sept. 2i.-lF1-FoRr
Texans called on James W. Good,
western republican campaign mana
ger. today to assure him that Hoover
and Curtis would sweep Texas In
November.
~ just walked away from my bus
mess July rs 20 organize the state
against Al Smith," said Alvin Moody,
chairman Of the anti-Smith demo-
Gratis OF Texas. "Our opposition 20
Governor Smith il based first on his
prohibition stand and next on his
immigration views. The south Is the
home of religious freedom and toll
france, and our anti-Smith campaign
is not one Of bigotry.
THE wet republican Raskob, who
speaks SO much Of Governor Smith.
II not the kind Of leader democrats
in Texas are going to follow"
Accompanying Mr. Moody we're
Cato Sells, former democratic ma
tional committeeman from Fort
Worth; Marshall Hicks of San An
tonic. a democratic convention dele
gate at New York in 1924. and Henry
Zweifel Of Fort Worth, former Unit
ed States district attorney.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
Hearing on Two
New Districts Is
Set For Saturday

Hearing on the formation Of Cam
eron County Water Districts Nos. u
and IL. comprising approximately ~
600 acres north III the Los Fresnos
tract. will be held before the county
commissioners court Saturday morn
ing. Managers Of all water districts
in the Valley have been invited to be
present.
District No. L. comprises the Lee
Kcmpner lands directly north Of the
Los Fresnos tract, and District Nv
13 comprises approximately 5000
acres lying north OF the Kempner
lands and extending to the Arroyo
Colorado. Development plans have
Q been announced, but il is under
stood the districts will he irrigated
from the Los Frcsnos system, which
will also supply Districts Nos. l0 and
III in the coastal area.
Practically the entire area included
in the two districts is high class
land. and il is understood they will
he developed as citrus fruit projects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
Deaths In Florida
Believed Near 500

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla- Sept.
2I.-tPl-The plague spectre today
appeared over the Florida Everglades
scarcely five days behind the hurri-
eane that took between 500 ard 500
lives.
The immediate problem was re-
covcry and burial of bodies. Liv-
ing conditions in several refuvee
camps have been made so nearly i'm
possible because of their presence
that complete evacuation within -
hours was considered unless some
disposition was made Of the dead ir
that time.
Already evacuation Of women and
children from Pahokee. Belle Glade
ard refugee camps along the eastern
shore of Lake 0keechobee was G
~ completed. They left their men
behind. conscripts IN the battle
against disease.
All efforts 10 check the death list
had been abandoned today as Off
eials came put Of the glades with
confirmation Of orders TO bury as
fast o. possible.
Dead Near 500
But Governor John w. Martin
came from an inspection tour with
national guard figures showing the
soldiers had put 547 bodies in rough
graves. Howard W. Selby, chairman
OF the Palm Beach county Red Cross
committee estimated the dead at
between ZOO and 900 after his trip
yesterday, while A. II. Shafcr, state
disaster relief director for the
American Red Cross. who accom-
panied him, said his original efti-
mate Of 400 dead was certain 10 be
The call for outside help went out
from Selby first. I'VE need finan-
cial help badly 10 the extent Of $780,
000," he said. Governor Martin con-
ferred with officials here then i'm
mediately issued a call upon every
mayor Of Florida, for all the help
possible.
Description or conditions in tho
hurricane 3 N brought back by in
spection parties and relief workers
hardly were readable. They were re-
Elected. however. in statements by
Mr.. Selby, and others on their re-
turn. Selby said:
Workers out there have been
working with bodies 50 long their
minds have become affected. and UNI
less bodies remaining arc recovered
and buried or otherwise disposed Of
IN IS hours, evacuation will be nee
essary including relief workers.
We may also have 10 spray the
entire section with lime from air.
planes. Workers are burying bodies
in quicklime."
Fred c. Stuck, in charge Of relief
at Pahokee told the Red Cross chair.
man that cremation was the only So
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FEAR PLAGUE

Continued from page cne.l
sites az life. constituting n cf
the most serious situations this kind
the Red Cross has faced"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21

barometric pressure was moder-
ateiy high this morning throughout
the Northwest and Immediate North
west, and relatively high over the
southeastern and eastern states.
throughout northern Mexico the
pressure appears 10 be ~subnormal.
Light general rains occurred w;th-
IN the last "a h~lrs in south Teas.
and light scattered showers in ths
fialns states, Minnesota. and the
region Of the lower Great Lakes. II
was unseasonably cool 10 cold this
morning throughout the central
Rocky Mountain and central Plains
1sates' as far south as north~ essern
Ia. rrosss were reported from
the central Plains states and CoIo-
RADIO. and below freezing temnera-
lures from Wycming. IN the hal
ance 81 the country temperaturea
were near the seasonal average.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
WEATHER

r'rst figure lowest emperature
last night: second, highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
~ Z =. m; fourth. rainfall past "a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
Report GaIvan
Still In Prison

Teodoro Galvar. convicted SLAYER
vi Ahelardo Luna. Is not IN Mata-
moro and has rot ESCAPED from the
Huntsville p~cnitentiary.
Rerorts were received last week
that Galvar escaped several weeks
ago and had hccn seen IN Nate-
moros. A telegram of inquiry to
The prison officials AT Huntsville
brought the Information that Gal
van il IN that institution and has
not been connected with an escape
attempt.
Reports that Galvan was in Mata-
moros were brought 70 this side Of
the river nv persons who said they
saw him N the city market. II is
believed a case OF mistaken identity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
Silver, Reprieved,
To Know Fate In
Week Is Belief

AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. 2l.-tF1-
Final decision on the fate OF j. n.
Silver, under death sentence in the
state ~penitentiary at Huntsville, was
expected to be made next week after
Governor Moody granted him a
seven-day reprieve late yesterday.
Silver with two negroes. Tom Ross
from N~acogdoches and O. II. Alex
ander. from Harris county, were to
be electroeuted early today. All were
given respites of one week.
The governor gave as his reason
for issuing the Silver stay that Ne
had not had time 20 examine the
long report in the case handed him
Monday by the pardons board.
Silver was sentenced to death in
the holdup and killing of Roscoe
Wilson. cashier Of the Majestic the
ater at Fort Worth. in January, 1927.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
n

SHANGHAI. China. Sept. 2i.-tRl
Advices from Mukden. Manchuria,
today stated the remnants Of the
Shantung-Chihii northern army have
surrendered 10 General Yang Yu-
Ting Manchurian commander. The
northcrncrs surrendered near Anshan,
on the Tientsin-Mukden railway. aft
er serious fighting in which the Man
churian wounded alone totaled at
least 5000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
New Relief Fund
Appeal Received
AS Dead Increase

AS a result Of a new appeal receiv-
ed from the National Red Cross head
quarters, il is necessary that local
contributions to the relief fund 10 br
used in the hurricane stricken area
be greatly increased. according 10
Marshall Watson, treasurer OF the
local chapter.
The new appeal in the form of q
telegram increased the local quota
due TO finding Of a more serious con-
dition than was at first feared. Press
dispatches today tell Of epidemics
and a growing death toll.
All contributions should be given
to Watson At the State National Bank.
Following Is an incomplete list Of
donations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21

luton. shipping or bodies to West
Palm Beach will not be feasible af-
ter today he concluded. He also
advised immediate evacuation Of the
school house refugee quarters at Pa
hokee.
State health officials. who assumed
responsibility for the sanitary situa-
ton In the area, under orders from
Governor Martin. said they believed
cremation would not be necessary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21

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Good News
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

Report of the Republican Banquet
will be made in these Columns next
week.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Last Rites Held for
Benjamin Holman

Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Blackwell Mortuary
for Benjamin Holman, age 43, whit
died last Sunday morning of tuber-
culosis at Firland Sanitarium. Rev.
A. X. Dobbins officiated. The dec
eased resided in Seattle 10 years fol
lowing the occupation of stevedore.
He was born in Louisville and is sur
vived by sister Mrs. Mary Taylor,
Kansas CITY; Mo. Interment was in
Lake View Cemetery.