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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Main Building Of
Catholic School
RazedByFlames

VILLANOVA, Pa, Ian. 30.-(P,-
Swept by flames, which for q time
threatened destruction Of the entire
institution, College Hall. the main
building of the Villanova college
group. was a mass of ruins today.
Hampered by lack of water and
floundering in the deep snow that
covered the campus, "a fire com
panies battled the blaze for six hours
last night. Hundreds of students and
priests fought side by side with the
firemen and some Of them risked
their lives in salvaging college rec
ords ard laboratory apparatus. Many
of these records and instruments
were destroyed.
Father Daniel Driscoll, procurator,
estimated the loss at $4,000, 900, not
including the personal belongings of
zoe students whose dormitories we're
on the second and third floors of
College Hall.
Nillanova college is conducted 81
the Augustinian Fathers. 1t mad 1000
students.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
PLEAFOR FOX
AIDISDENIED
Walsh Asks Permit to
Call 3 Scientists
For Defense

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES,
Calf, Jan. 30.-tP)-The jury in the
sanity trial Of William Edward Hick-
man was excused for five minutes at
the opening Of court today while de-
fenss Attorney Jerome Walsh made a
motion for the calling in of three
scientific experts in the case.
After the state protested the mo-
tion as unnecessary, Judge J. Ira
bCcco denied the motion, comment
ing it would only delay the trial.
Walsh then was the first one TO
take the witness stand, where he
pleaded for his motion, declaring the
defendant to be without funds, and
that he himself was at personal ex-
pense handling the case.
District Attorney Asa Keyes in
quired if q defense fund raised in
Kansas City was not paying the ex-
penses-
"That Is absolutely false" Walsh
said from the witness stand.
Il have already used $500 from a
personal bank account, and have a
$500 bill outstanding, none Of 'yhich
] expect TO recover from the defend
ant or his family.
Walsh said in suggesting he call
ing Of three experts from outside
the state, he was "motivated by pare
ly scientific motives" Judge Ira
bucco reiterated his denial of tie
riotion and in the same sentence or
dered the jury returned to the box.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
SLAYER PAIR
PLEAD INSANE
Mrs. lowers, Swift Go
On Trial For Louis
lana Murder

HOMER. La. Jan. 3O.--tPl-In-
sanity will be the defense of
Mrs. Essie lowers and J. Elisha
Swift, II was indicated today
when their trial on a charge Of
numbering j. Frank lowers. hus-
band of the woman. was begun in
Claiborne parish district court be-
fore Judge John s. Richardson.
lowers. a former minister. was
beaten TO death on the night Of
October 81 bv a sledge hammer
welded, it is alleged. By Swift
while Mrs. lowers held a light to
guide the blow.
Five experts on insanity have been
summoned BY the defense 70 combat
testimony expected to be offered
for the state by four members Of n
lunacy commission which examined
the defendants and found them
sane. The fifth member OF the COM
who found them insane, has
been summoned by the defense.
The defense alienists are Dr..
George VI. Eckel of Hot Springs,
Ark. Dr.. j. ID. Young and Dr. Y. o..
Young Of Shreveport, DR.. Williams
Roland of FL Dorado. Ark, and Dr..
". A. Darnell Of Little Rock.
Or. Eckel examined Swift last
night and announced today that the
accused man had the mentality Of
a nine-year-old boy when il came
to differentiating between right and
wrong. He pronounced him insane
and said he is of the epileptic type.
Mrs. lowers, defense alienists
claim, is a normal imbecile," and
has the emotional standards Of a
12-year-old child.
Mrs. lowers and Swift were
brought into court together. Swift,
handcuffed, was smiling. Mrs.
lowers was neatly dressed in a
black hat and dress and dark brown
coat and did not appear worried.
They took seats beside defense ia
torneys.
The crowd was so large that a
portion of the room was roped off
for the attorneys and defendants.
Mrs. Swift, wife of the defendant,
was among the spectators and took
a seat directly in front Of the
judges bench.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Bury Ibanez In
Spanish Soil

MADRID. Spain, Jan. 30.-tP)
Determined that Vicente
Blasco Ibanez, who died an
exile from Spain, should be
buried IN Spanish soil a group
OF his friends are taking the
soil with them to Mentone,
France, his last resting place.
They are also taking a silk flag
Of Valencia, his birthplace.
Thus the republican novelist,
who said that he would never
return TO Spain, not even in
death, while it was a monarchy,
will rest underneath Spanish
soil on his beloved Riviera.
The soil was taken from his
garden among the orange
groves Of Valencia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
JUDGE BROWN
dies SUNDAY
Old Resident of City
Passes Away at Lo-
cal Hospital

Judge George B. Brown, for seven
teen years a resident of Brownsville,
died at the Mercy hospital Sunday
afternoon at $3.50, after an illness Of
two weeks duration. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the Methodist
church, of which he was a member,
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Brown is survived By one
son, Harry E., and one daughter, Mrs.
j. 5. Duncan, both Of whom are resi-
dents of Brownsville.
For four years prior to his death
Judge Brown served as justice OF the
peace with an office IN the Cameron
county courthouse. He had an eX-
tensive acquaintance OF the Valley,
being prominent in the work of the
Methodist church Of which he was a
lifelong member, and also took an
active interest in the Odd Fellows
and Knights Of Pythias, having been
a member of those organizations
over half a century.
Members of the local /. o. o. F.
will attend the funeral in regalia
Tuesday afternoon, and all county Of
ficials are also expected TO be pres
ent. The list Of active pallbearers
includes James A. Russell, George
Lockard, Ben Y. Proctor, l. A. Dud-
ley, H. d. Seago and Ford Lockett.
Honorary pallbearers will be: D. J.
Young, @. r. Tuegle, r. G. Bryson,
G. ". Clark, James j. Fox, o. @.
Dancy, H. G. H. Weinert, A. B. La
nier. Lee r. Vance. Chas. D. Brown,
c. n. Hill, z. s. Hunt, Ebert Lock
ard. W. B. Sellers, r. A. Monsees,
c. W. Colgin, A. NJ. Kent, John
Kleiber. Roy Sloggett. E. c. Dodd,
w. o. Washington, G. r. Paine, r. D.
Howard, A. j. Rosenthal, John Gregg,
and L. D. Girard.
The remains will be inferred in the
Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
KIDNAP YECCS
RAID3RDBANK
S35,0O0 Stolen in Chi
cago After Youth
Held All Night

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-tP)-The kid
naping" system of bank robbery,
used for the third time within a
month in Chicago, today netted its
practitioners $4,000. James Dillon,
a teller Of the Industrial State Bank
Of Chicago, told police that he was
held a prisoner in the bank all night
while his four captors waited for
the time lock in the bank vault to
open at a. m. The quartet escaped
after looting the vault, leaving the
cashier bound and gagged in the
bank.
Dillon. % years old, said he was
kidnapped while returning from
church at noon yesterday by two
men who forced him into an auto
mobile, threatening to shoot him il
he made an outcry. He said he was
taken TO a small garage and kept
for six hours, then was forced to call
mis- landlady and inform her that he
would be out for the evening play
ing cards, after which he was taken
to an apartment and finally to the
bank which he was forced to open
at $3.50 o'clock last night.
He was taken inside and q negro
porter was seized, the robbers
standing watch over the two until
the time lock was released. The
robbers bound their victims before
leaving but Dillon crawled to a
telephone and knocked the receiver
from the hook which resulted in the
police being notified.
It was the third such robbery here
in the past month. Eight robbers by
a similar ruse obtained more than
$4,000 from the Ravenswood Ma
tional Bank. Last week men believ-
ed to be the same robbers obtained
several thousand dollars after kid
naping the president Of a small west
side bank.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Girl Threatened
Is Under Guard

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 30.-CP)-Fol-
lowing a second threatening mes
sage telephoned to the child within
a week, Mary Lou Bills, Is, was
carefully guarded at her home today
and not allowed TO 60 TO school
The second message was received
Sunday from a man who said:
If you don't watch your step you
will lose your life"
An earlier message ordered the
girl to leave school ard return TO
her home, because something ter
rible" had happened. The girl told
her teachers. and they called police
who followed her home.
Detectives said they believed the
second call was merely school
pupils prank.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Slayer cf Girl In
San Antonio Sought

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 30.-(Pl
police had what they con-
sidered positive Identification Of the
man who fired five bullets into the
back Of Corine Torres, 40. Sunday,
they were unable to put their hands
on the suspect this morning.
The slayer fired five 5ullets at the
woman, threw his gun at her body
and drove away in an automobile. No
motive is known.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
BABY SLAYS BROTHER

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 3.-LP)-
Charles Brown, Jr., 8, who was kill
ed instantly yesterday by his broth
er, Elton Lloyd, 2, as they played
with their fathers pistol, was to be
buried today. The older boy was
killed when his brother, thinking he
was playing with a toy pistol, pull
ed the trigger of his fathers weapon.
A bullet pierced Charles lung, and
he died instantly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Business Meeting of
u. S. to be Broadcast

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 3O.-tPD
President Coolidge tonight will ad-
dress the semi-annual business meet
ing Of the government departments.
His speech will be broadcast over a
network Of radio stations which will
carry his voice to all parts of the
country.
in addition to the address of the
president, which will begin shortly
before Z o'clock, the radio hook-up
also will carry the address Of Direc-
tor Lord of the budget. There will
be music by the marine band in the
foyer Of the Memorial Continenta
Hall where the business meeting will
bs held.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
HarIingen Home
Damaged by Fire
Especial TO The Herald)

HARLINGEN, Jan. 30.-A house
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jim New
ton, located on the highway here,
was damaged to the extent Of $1,000
as the result of a blaze caused by
the explosion Of an oil stove at
noon. The house belonged to r. W..
Nelson.
Fast work on the part Of the Har-
lingen fire department prevented the
spread of the flames TO surrounding
homes by high wind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Herald Raises
Funds For Dems

The Herald will be glad TO
receive one dollar contribu-
tions-or more-to assist Hous-
ton in entertaining the nation
al democratic conventi o n.
Houston has appealed to demo-
Gratis all over the state TO con-
tribute at least one dollar each.
The contributions will be
forwarded from time to time
to r. L. Sterling, treasurer,
Houston.
The Herald acknowledges
the following contributions;
Henry Gruenwald, city u. 500
Mrs. D. P. Gay, Jr., city sl.00
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
BANK CLOSED; HEAD DEAD

SENECA, Kans., Jan. 30.-tPl-The
First State Saving bank here failed
to open its doors today, pending an
examination into the condition of the
institution following he suicide yes
terday Of L. D. Allen, Sc, president.
Mr.. Allen shot himself through the
heart with a .32 caliber revolver in a
room Of the bank yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Pan-Ams Seek Pact
To Settle Disputes

HAVANA, Jan. 30.--CPi-The cues
tion whether the Pan-Americnn
union should continue It's present
non-political character or assume the
role Of arbitrator In American dis
putes was before the Pan-American
conference today.
Proposals from Cuba, Salvador and
Colombia aimed AZ the establishment,
by one means or another, cF the
union as the hRrmonizer Of discur1
among the American republics Dc.
spite the clearly indicated po!iey ~
the United States against any pro-
posal giving political significEnca
10 the union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
ALLEGED FLOGGER ON TRIAL

CANTON, Tex, Jan. 30.-lFD-Cain
Anderson, wealthy Harrison county
farmer, went to trial here today on
a flogging charge in connection with
an alleged attack on three persons
near MARSHALL. Tex. last June.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Partly cloudy and
somewhat colder tonight and Tues
day. Moderate to fresh southerly
winds on the west coast, probably be-
coming northerly Tuesday.
For East Texas: Cloudy and colder
tonight; probably rain in east por-
ton: freezing in north portion; Tues
day partly cloudy and colder. Mod
crate to fresh easterly TO northerly
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Coldest Weather Is
Registered In East

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-(P)-The
eastern states today shivered in tenn
peratures ranging from 80 degrees
below zero to ten above, marking the
coldest wave of the season to date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 30.-(P)-A
light snow began falling here today.
1t will continue tonight and into to-
morrow, P. Connor, local government
weather forecaster said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
IS MINERS sUFFOCATE

BATAVIA. Java, Jan. 3O.-tF-
Thirty-five men were euff0cated TO-
day in fire in a coal mine az SawA-
roso. Twenty-four other workers
escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
RIVER BULLETIN

RIVER BULLETIN
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present q Hr q Hr.
Stage Stage CHING. Ram
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorologi-
cal conditions:
High ......-....-...... 1920 p. m.
Low 4:07 a. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-12
THOMAS HARDY, 81,
NOVELIST, IS DEAD
Dean of English Literature
Succumbs at Home After
Months Illness.

h the Associated Press
DORCHESTER. EnSla nd. January
is.-ThcmaS HARDY. dean of English
literature. died hast night at his home
here after 4 months Hines.
The fai3or: Swear old novelist had
chi, nrcen,hrr II. and thereafter
h;s condition WAS alternately hopeful
and then critical. hat his age imposed
heavy odds against recovery Death
came AT nm. after optimistic re-
pos Yesterday.
Nth HardNs death one ot inc
greatest ri the Nictnrian>. scenes ct
Whose ruNcl> of English life were ta'n
IN his beloved WCSScN. VII u ne hNeh
mos, Of his s. years, passed from Inc
literary world
Di-d in Home Spot.
HARDY uird in surroundings when
ne. no doubt. would have CHOSEN LOT
his end Til, historic countryside "i
fis honc WAS In him the most i"Neu
If Spots. More than O ears age me
novelist nlannet and built tre req
hri, IA and stone country house. "hlCh
MS. heen is home and sanctum ever
since. /; Mss in this home that ne
produced some 81 the greatest ntera
turc Of modern times.
His estate is in A besuiiful unduiat'
,rr countryside about one mile from
TIE arclcnt Roman town Of Dorches
fer When he selected the site II vas
mart ~ the DuchN uf CORNWALL. ana
belonged 10 the then Prince Of Wales.
later Edward VII. hu; through ms
intervention ri the prince himSeH
Harry WAS allowed 10 purchase IN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-12
WITNESSES BACK GIRLS
CLAIM TO HUGE ESTATE
Seeks to Prove Herself Common
Law Wife of Wealthy Oklahoma
Oil Operator.

By the Associated Press
OkMC LGE.E,. Okla. January IL
\ legal battle prrcipitatcd hy Rottv
Schumann. y. FOR Il onc.half Shag" a.!
the S3.o0a. ooo estate of the late W I.
Mckallip. wealthy oil operator, MAS
marked yesterday by testimony of
witnesses supporting the Young Wom-
ans claim on the ground that She
WAS Mckallips common law Wife,
Miss Schumann seeks to he appoint.
ed administrators NJ the estate. and il
she is successful in having her rela
tionship recognized would receive APP
proximately Sloo0 600. Relatives OF
Mckallip. who died at 81, are oppos-
ing the suit and have commended Miss
Schumann YVES the oil operators
housekeeper and was paid as such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-12
LAST Poetry for Friends.

On these two acres the writer hunt
his home. surrounded ii with grove
OF trees. laid out lawns and started
vines which since have clambered up
about the dwelling To mark the passing
CT the wears. Hardy never deserted
the home which he loved so we'll, His
declining wears were spen; largely in
peruinc poetry in his study. from the
windows IF which he could see his
trees and the birds he had encouraged
TO build in them,
Whether any OF Har1y's recent
poetry Will ever he given 10 the pub
lie is probeInatical Hardy is said To
have written most az il for himself
and his friends. feeling that he had
completed his life work.
In his later wears Mrs. Hardy. his
second wife. much Younger than him
self, was the novelist's secretary. and
encouraged him in his poetic work.
She herself is a writer. hut AHA ndoned
mostly her own work in order TO re.
main ioyally and constantly at her
husbands side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-12
SOVIET CONDEMNS POPE.
Letter Flags Pontif for Favoring
Anti-Bolshevists

ROME January - O1.-The news
paper Brillante today said that a con
domination" Of Pope Plus for having
favored the anii-bolshevist move
n1ent with funds" arrived at the Nati
can in the form OF registered letter
from Moscow. addressed directly TO
the Pontiff. The document was signed
BY high personalities of the Orthodox
SYNOD and by Alexis l. Eykoff. Joseph
N. S'aiin and others.
The Pope is understood 10 nave
shown copy Of his sentence" 20 all
the cardinals who: are now in Rome
and then consigned IT 10 the Vatican
Archives as q historical document.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Rumor Mellon May Be
Pried Loose From His
Prohibit ton Sinecure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Presi-
dent-elect Herbert Hoover is work
ing on plan to transfer prohibition
enforcement from the treasury to
the justice department, it is learned
from his friends here.
It is expected hoover will include
the recommendation in his inaugural
address, following it up with a
Recommendation for legislation to
his new congress, for congress must
authorize the transfer if it is to be
made.
Federal district attorneys thru
out the country now largely direct
The activities of agents gathering UP
evidence. But technically the agents
are under the treasury department
where they were placed by the
original Volstead.
Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury, is himself a large owner
of distillerics, and therefore, on the
face OF il, interested in the workings
Of the prohibition laws. Though
doabting that Hoover is actually GO
ing ahead to announce the reorgani-
cation, political theorists here are
specializing as TO reasons for the ap.
parent slap at Mellon, and whether
it indicates some kind of riff in the
inner circle Of financial magnates
which runs the republican party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
HEBREW CHARITY
/. HAS NO HELP TO
Give SICK MAN
Worker With T. B. Is
Sent Elsewhere
(Bp a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
1t happens that I, an American
born and an ex-serviceman, am SUI
fering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
l went to the United Hebrew Char
tiles (the faith in which / was
born), to get assistance. l did not
want financial aid but / thought
they might be able to send me to
the Otisville Sanitorium.
They were very sarcastic and told
me that people like me belong to
Bellevue and furthermore that they
do not help sick buns.
Now l should like to know why
there are such organizations as this
in existence. l don't happen to be
a bum as l work every day for my
bread.
There was young man at the
Charities who happened not to be
sick and he also did not receive any
help from that institution. They
told him to go to the Salvation
Army's woodward where they would
take care of him.
B. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Excavation Workers
Suffer From Fatal
Lung Sicknesses

More than half the rock drillers,
blasters and excavators suffer from
fatal pulmonary disease, resulting
from inhallng rock dust, according
to siN-nlonths Study made jointly
by the New York tuberculosis and
Health Association and the College
OF Physicians ard Surgeons.
This disease, called silicosis, is
on the increase, owing to the rapid
increase in the number of workers
engaged in this type of work. The
20-mile water tunnel through New
York City will lead ETAOIN SHR
York City will need 5000 men for
six years and the new subways to
be built and under way, in addition
to much building excavation, will
rapidly increase the number of men
suffering from this sickness.
Few or no safeguards are giver
these workers, and even the poor
substitute for wrecked heath, work
mems compensation, is alcking be-
cause of the hypocritical excuse OF
the difficulty of diagnosis and the
long latent condition of the sick
ness
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
TEXAS WORKERS
freed IN COURT
nti-Lynching Leaflets
Caused Arrests

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26.-The
cases of Harry Lawrance and L. ]
Kelly, members Of the Workers
(Communist) Party here, were
closed when a jury found them
guilty Of the charges made against
them of "disorderly conduct and
disturbing the peace"
Lawrence and Kelly were ar
rested on the night when Benjamin
Gitlow, who ran for vice-president
on the Workers (Communist) Party
ticket during the recent elections,
addressed the workers of Houston.
They were distributing leaflets in
front of the meeting hall, protest
ing against the lynching of Negroes.
When first arrested they had
been charged with "vagrancy" also,
but the charge was obviously so alb
surd that it was removed even be-
fore the trial.
Since their arrest they have been
defended by the international La
Dor Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Factory Wages Drop
in Past Five Years

Wages Of factory workers have
not increased in the last five years,
despite a rise in the cost of living
and a great increase in productivity.
Even the Federal Council Of the
Churches of Christ, in the last is
sue of the weekly bulletin published
by its research department admits
this.
The bulletin gives the present av-
erage wage of factory worker as
about S26, much the same as in
1923. Since then the cost of living
has increased IL per cent, so that
real wages have shown drop. 1t
states, This indicates that, save for
an increase in employment, the po-
sition of wage-earners has not i'm
proved much since the business de-
preston of 1922, although there
has been considerable increase in
productivity.