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Evening star., 1928-03-06
Local Market Active Today.


10 a new peak on the Washington Stock
Exchange today, when 1t reached l3l L
Washington Gas was again active.
opening at 3d. and closing at 3D.
Light trading took place in Washington
Railway 81 Electric preferred at l03 u
The Potomac Power issues maintained
their recent levels.
Riggs Bank stock sold al 500 and
Second National Bank at 265. Colum-
bia Sand and Gravel came out at l05 =
Lanston at l09i2 and Federal-American
Co. common at 39'2.
Bonds sold al their recent levels in
restricted trading.
Fifth District Retail Trade.
The Federal Reserve Bank Of Rich
rnond in its Monthly Review says that:
Retail trade In the fifth reserve district
in January, as reflected In sales OF 50
leading department stores. was in small
er volume than In January. 1927. Sales
in January this year dropped 81 PEI
cent below tho$e Of the same m1nh
last year, but averaged So per cent
above average January sales during the
three years. l923l925. inclusive.
Stocks of merchandise on the shelves
Of the reporting stores at the end o!
January this year averaged z per cent
less at retail selling prices. than at the
end OF January. 1927. and we're 81 pei
cent smaller than stocks on December
81, 1927
Sales In January averaged 229 pei
cent VI stocks carried that month ard
collections IN January amounted ~ 29a
per cent Of outstanding rcceivabIeS ar
January ]. Collections in Baltimore and
Richmond were better than last year
but Washington and the other ci.!of
reported the collection u smaller per.
! centagcs Of outstanding rcccjyablca
Local Wholesale Trade Review.
Summing up the wholesale trade nit.
uati0n IN this district. The Federal Re.
serve Bank Of Richmond says:
| Eighty wholesale firms, representing
| six lines, reported on their Janiary
business Sales IN all lines except
! groceries showed seasonal increases owe,
| December sales. III comparison witt
/ sales In January, 1927, sales in Januari
| this year we're lower III every line re,
, ported upon except hardware and fur.
/ nltuTf
| ''Gtock& ~ groceries, dry goods, shoes
/ and hardware on lhe shfiVes ot tie re,
/ porting f.fEna all increased during Janu
! afys but on January 81 stocks 81
groceries, SHOES ana hardware held b,
! the reporting firms ~cFe lower than a
! the end of January, 1927.
| 'CDiiectionS IN January were GloWel
! IN every line than collections IN Janll-
/ afy d year ago"
q"
! Bankers Return From South.
! Peter 4. Driuy pgealdeut ~ the Mey-
/ chants Bank aud Trust Company, Whf
| !ihs been spending month IN flofIda
! Was bas.k ia the tiiY to-day
! Fra Gould prefldent u the Wash"
! ihgt0n MecbalIes Savings Bank has re-
| TUNED from months Yacailnn phEhfd
/ 0t me Breakers at Palm Erach.
/ Tie Pennsylvania itailrghd Company
! is mailing ~ lis I43 90 HL0ckhGlGfis
/ ,yotlte of the annual meeting Wjticl
VIII be held oll Tuesday. April 10. IL
/ Philadelphia.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

Emphasizing the importance Of this
announcement are two entirely new
and additional boly types: the Four
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
FINAL APPEAL
OF MURDERERS
OCCURS TODAY

ALBANY, N. Y, JAN 4 P-The
final appeal for communication of the
death sentence imposed on Mrs. Ruth
Brown Snyder, and, Henry Judd Gray,
her accomplice in the murder of her
husband, Albert Snyder, will be made
to Governor Smith at noon tomorrow
The execution of Mrs. Snyder and
Gray, in the Sing Sing death house,
has been set for the night of JAN
uary H.
The governor received. today from
Edgar F. Hazleton, Of Mrs Snyders
legal staff, request for respite OF
80 days, in which the attorney asks
that his client be examined by a psy-
chiatriSt to determine whether she is
in full possession of her mental facult-
les or suffering from neuroSis. The
governor will give his decision on Mr
Hazletons application when the Glenn
erlcy hearing begins tomorrow.
Although Gray has not petitioned
for communication from his sentence OF
death to one of life imprisonment his
attorneys will join with counsel for
Mrs. Snyder in asking the governor to
extend executive clemency.
Decision in the case of Mrs. Snyder
and Gray is not expected before next
week. Ihe governor will study the
briefs submitted by counsel and ex-
anime the record of the trial. This
probably will require more time thar
the remainder of the present week viii
afford.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
3 BODIES ARE
RECOVERED FROM
SUNKEN SUB 81

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, Jan. 4, H9
The sunken submarine S-4 today
yielded the bodies of three of the 40
men who lost their lives when the
ship was ramrned and sunk off Cape
Cod eighteen days ago.
Divers, entering the hull this af-
ternoon, carried the bodies from the
engine room and from the ocean
bottom they were raised slowly to the
surface at the end of ropes lowered
from the salvage ships on the sur
face.
With no attempts at identifica-
tio1, the bodies were placed in bas-
kets and put aboard the Destroyer
Maury which started tonight for the
navy yard at Boston. There they
will be transferred to the navy hospi-
tai at Chelsea where identification
will be made.
A naval academy class pin on one
indicated the body was that of one
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
.MACNIDER QUITS
AS ASSISTANT TO
WAR SECRETARY

WASHINGTON Jan. A. N)-The
long expected resignation of Assist
ant Secretary Hanford MacNider of
the war department. materialized to-
day and President Coolidge immed-
lately nominated another IoWan
Charles Burton Robbins of Cedar
Rapids to succeed him.
The resignation of MacNider,9 who
first came into prominence as Ma
tional Commander of the American
Legion was accompanied, by an in
terCnange of complimentary letters
between him and the president in
which Mr.. Coolidge took cognizance
of the assistant secretarys desire to
return to business pursuits.
Like his predecessor, Robbins was
state commander of the Iowa Arneri-
can Legion. He is lawyer and a
business man and has been active in
Iowa republican politics. He served
in the Spanish American and World
Wars. Has been judge of the Ce-
dar Rapids superior court and is
now serving as president of the Ce-
dar Rapids Life Insurance company.
MdCIN1uSI oAp6CUS W IGCuTus W Ills
home in Mason City where his father,
Charles H. ATacNider is a leading To-
wa financier, to re-enter the banking
business There have been rumors
however, that he expects later to
again identified himself with politics
but no confirmation of these have
been obtained MacNider has been
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the United States Senate in 1880 to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
PRESIDENT ASKS MONEY
TO PAY VERA CRUZ DEBT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, R--Presi-
dent Coolidge today asked congress
to appropriate approximately $4,000
for settlement of claims arising out
Of the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mex
leo, by American forces in 1914.
The president said that he renewed
the recommendation originally made
by President Harding that in order
to effect settlement of these claims,
congress, as an act of grace and
without reference to the legal liza
bility of the United States, provide
funds for settlement.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

EVEN the impressive array of new
IL features given herewith cannot
convey the extent to which the New
Series Pontiac Six surpasses all pre-
vious attainments in the field Of.
low>priced skies. After enjoying a
spectacularly successful career, Pom
tiac Six now bids for even greater suc-
cess with car greater in every way.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
GRANDMOTHER BROWNS
TWO CHILDREN; SELF

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 4 tR--
Two children, aged one and one-half
and five years, respectively, were
drowned by their grandmother, who
also drowned herself in a bath tub at
their home here late today. The VIC
Tins were Helen Shonle, one and one
half years; her sister Dorothy, five,
and the grandmother, Mrs. = Ella
Shonle
The tragedy was enacted while the
mother of the Shonle girls was at
club meeting. Police and physicians
worked with pulmotors for more than
an hour, attempting to revive the VIC
tins. The mother found the youngest
child and the grandmother in the bath
tub on her return home. The other
child's body was lying on table. No
reason was assigned for the act.
Horace Shonle, father of the children,
is a chemist
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
HICKMAN TELLS
GRAND JURY OF
KILLING THOMS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4, P)-WiIl-
lam Edward Hickman, confessed slay-
er of little Marian Parker, today, for
the. second time detailed the hold
up by himself and his 16-year-old
accomplice, Welby Hunt, which re-
suited in the fatal shooting of o.
Ivy Thoms, Rosehill druggist, on
Christmas Eve, 1926.
The youths second telling of the
story of the holdup, first given to
jail officials several days ago, was
before the county grand jury which
is considering the voting of indict-
ments against the young holdup men.
Although the bullet which fatally
wounded Thoms had been shown to
have been the same calibre as the
pistol carried by Hunt, California
law would hold both equally respon-
Sible for the murder.
Hickman was the last witness of
the day before the grand jury. Jurors
sal dhe Showed a remarkable mem
ory of details of the crime he. drew
a map Of the scene of the shooting,
which occurred when police officer
opened fire on the youths. Hunt took
advantage of his constitutional privi-
lege and refused to testify before the
grand jury.
The jury upon adjournment an
nounced it would take vote on the
proposed Indictment Of the youths
when it reconvened tomorrow morn
ing.
While the grand jury was listen.
ing to Hickman'S account of his sec
and confessed MURDER his youthful
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

attorney, Jerome Walsh of Kansas
City, announced that Richard H..
Cantillon, one. of the younger Los
Angeles attorneys, would be associat-
ed with him in the defense, serving
without fee.
Hickman'S appearance before the
grand jury was supposedly kept sec
ret, but when the time came to take
him back to his cell, the corridors
were crowded with hundreds of cur
ious spectators.
AS he made his way to his cell
he came. face. to face with young
Hunt The two boys shook hands
and wished each other luck.
In addition to Hickman, witnesses
before the grand jury included j.
Clark Sellers, criminologist, Ruth
Thoms, the widow of the slain drug
gist, and who was present at the
holdup, and officer D. w. Oliver,
who shot it out with the youthful
.holdup man, himself receiving min
or wound.
Earlier in the day Walsh announced
that Hickman's mother and sister
would be brought to California from
Kansas City to take the stand in the
sanity trial three weeks hence.
Charles Edwards, former chief of
police of Kansas City and friend of
the Hickman family, also will be a
defense witness.
In outlining the probable defence OF
Hickman in the Parker case, Walsh
said that Thomas Hickman, father
of the defendant, had reversed his
previous attitude and reported dis
owning of his son and was ready to
swear to a deposition relating Incl
dents which he believed would aid, in
proving Hickman insane
Walsh will leave today for Kansas
City and from that central point he
said, he will proceed to gather de-
positions from witnesses in Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas. and Oklahoma, .
District Attorney Asa Keyes .lalso
is planning an eastern trip to ga
ther material to aid the prosecution
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

of the five officers Who we're aboard.
Another was machinists' mate and
the third apparently a chief petty
officer
Although there was no opportunity
for thorough medical examination,
the appearance of the, bodies indi-
Gated the three men we're drowned
rather than suffocated. They bore
little evidence of the long immersion
in the water All of the bodies we're
fully clothted and when found we're
on the floor of the compartment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
SAUSAGE FAMINE THREAT

BERLIN, Jan. QP-The sausage
supply of the city of Berlin is
Threatened by a spreading strike in
various factories.
A movement for increased wages
has been joined by more than 400
employees of virtually all of the
sausage establishments.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
THREE

in proving Hickman's sanity.
The federal grand jury today
voted All indictment charging Hick-
man with transporting stolen au-
tomobile from Kansas City. The in.
dictment involved the automobile
stolen from Dr. H. L. Mantz of Kan
sas City and used in the kidnapping
here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
WOMEN DUEL WITH KNIVES

NOGALES, Jan. 4 (R-Mrs B. Col
Inns, negro, wife Of First Sergeant Col
Inns of the 25th infantry is in hos
pital seriously injured and Mrs. L. E.
Jones, also negro, is in the county
jail as result of duel with knives
in q street in Nogales today.
According to witnesses the women
battled for sometime, slashing at each
other furiously before they were finally
separated.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05

succeed Senator Steck, a democrat,
but more infrequently, as candidate
for the republican vice presidential
nomination.
Pending action by the senate on
Robbins nomination, MacNider will
continue to serve as assistant secre-
tary. the president having fixed the
date of his retirement at January
12
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
ARREsT EXILEs WIFE

PARIS, Jan. 4, R)-The Journals
correspondent at Hendaye, on the
Spanish border, says that Sonora
Miguel De Unamuno, who had been
spending new years with her hus-
band, famous exiled writer, was ar
rested by Spanish police as she re-
entered Spain.
Professor Unamuno former rector
of the University of Salamanca, was
exiled for criticisihg the regime of
the dictator, Primo De Rivera, but
later was pardoned and authorized to
return to Spain He said, however,
that he would not return to Spain
until there was free speech and he
has remained in Hendaye. He is an
advocate Of a republican government
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Believe Signals
We're Sent Out By
Anundsen Party

KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June g.
-Rf-Faint wireless signals which
may have come from the missing
French seaplane Of Road Amundsen
and Rene Guilbaud today spurred avi-
ators and ship captains to further
efforts to locate the veteran Nor
wegian explorer.
The signals were heard by the
coaling steamer Martha which came
into port today. She said she picked
up a faint SOS at eleven o'clock last
night.
Another CLEAN Of hope arose from
= report that the ice-breaker Maligin
also heard indistinct signals. That
vessel, however, was not at all sure
that these came from the Amundsen
plane.
Definite plans toward searching the
coast of the archipelago we're put in
70 operation today by aviators who
turned their attention toward Amund-
sen and away from Gen. Umberto
Mobile. The latter now is in a sit
uation that only requires patient
waiting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Mayor Walker On
Way TO Houston

NEW YORK. June 23.-(P-Mayor
James j. Walker, who will be floor
leader Of Governor Smiths forces at
the democratic convention. almost
missed his train today as the van
guard of the New York delegation
left for Houston. The mayor had
stepped from his private car to the
station platform to give p~hotogra-
piers 2 last shot at him whensthe
train started. He was rushed through
the crowd by q policeman and board
ed the train with a jump.
Mrs. Smith, the governors wife.
and all Of his family. except his
daughter. Mrs. John a. Warner, left
later with William +. Kenny. one Of
the governors closest friends, in a
private car attached to a Pennsyl-
vania train.
The bulk Of New York City's dele
gates departed this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Pref Convention
Meets Scheduled

HOUSTON, Texas. June 23.-CPl-
A series Of pre- convention meetings
will ret under way here tomorrow
under the auspices Of the national
woman's committee for law enforce
ment.
Included among the speakers on
the two-day program are F. Scott
Mcbride Of the Anti-Saloon league;
Commander Evangeline Booth Of the
Salvation Army; Mrs. Henry T. Pea
body, chairman of the national COM
mittee for law enforcement, and
Mrs. Jessie W. Nicholson Of the
National Woman's Democratic Law
Enforcement league.
Mrs. Belle Kearney. member of the
Mississippi state senate, said that
Mrs. Glen Shaver, wife Of the chair
man w the democratic national COM
mittee. was expected to address one
of the meetings.
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CALL BIDS
CONTINUED from PAGE one.)

Continued from page one.)
q state. +. j. Allison. Of New York
City IS vice president and renersl
manager and Tobey. secretary and
treasurer. r. =. Goodrich of
Brownsville is attorney for the com.
panv.
National and state concessions
granted December 10. 1927 by ths
Mexican government and February
-. 1925 BY the city Of Mstamoros
were granted TO Eligio ". Yzaruirre,
Laredo business man. who is also in
terested in the enterprises.
James Carlisle Of Miami. Fla
holder OF patents on an t~lectrjc ran
oit used in dog races, is in Browns
vile awaiting contract for the in.
stallation of the rabbit on the Ma.
tamoros track. il is said.
Allison will arrive in this CITY
within the next few days, Tobey an.
nounced. when additional steps will
be taken in the construction Of the
enterprises.
Fernando Lizardo Is attorney for
the enterprises in Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
San Antonians
Host to Valley
Druggists Here

wholesale and retail druggists Of
the lower Rio Grande Valley were
entertained at a banquet Saturday
evening at the FL Jardin hotel being
the guests of II. II. Wyont Of the
San Antonio Drug company.
Wade H. Lewis, vice president and
sales manager of the San Antonio
Drug Co., introduced the speaker Of
the evening. preceding the introduc-
ton with a few remarks concerning
the plans of his company for con-
Quoting q party TO Chicago for the
purpose Of studyin sales organiza-
ton and merchandising.
Henderson Barley. a representa-
tive Of DR.. Vests products from
Chicago, talked at length on the
amount OF increase 70 be derived
from simplif;cation of stock and pro-
per craftsmanship. He advocated con-
slant contac. with organizations IN
other territories 10 further indivi-
dual success, citing chain stores as
having found the fundamental prin-
cipal Of plan selling.
About thirty-five wholesale and re-
tail druggists of the lower Valley
were present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

resentation, and part Of the dele
gates from three states. A majority
Of his strength they emphasize 10 IN
the instructed or pledged class, and
for this reason can't be swung away
from their man regardless or de-
velopmerts early in the ballctinK.
OF the ITO votes listed for Smith
by his supporters, his claim to 90 Is
disputed BY opponents. Deductlng
the number challenger, il would leave
the governor Of New York Gal un-
disputed votes. or 90 short OF the
necessary ~two-thirds.
Four years ago Smith went into
the Madison Square Garden conven-
ton with 24i first ballot delegates
He had support from eleven states
and three territorial possessions, but
only the delegates from his home
state and from Rhode Island lined
up solidly for him at the start. He
reached his peak on the 10th ballot
running his total to 36s. which was
three votes more chan one-third OF
the delegates voting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Steamer Mail Loss
Near Half Million

SOUTHAMPTON. England. June %.
-tP)-A loss from I. mails Of ne
gotiable paper and money amounting
perhaps to $500. 900 was revealed to-
day when registered parcels carried
by the Leviathan from the United
States were opened. The Leviathan
arrived here yesterday.
Scotland Yard, the detective branch
Of the general post office. and in
urance Investigators have been
working on the case for "a hours.
1t wss indicated, however. that
there Is a strong belief in British
detective circles that the robbery
took place in the United States be-
fore the mail bags were loaded on
the ship. This is based on the fact
that seals on the registered packages
were intact and that the bags in
which these packages weer contained
were also under seal when the
steamer was unloaded here.
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Continued from page one)
the scene. are looking 70 a dozen
states 20 furnish the delegates they
sun need. His foes have their eyes
on tne same states. and several more
LOT the votes to build I'D an anti
smith coalition. Both sides are
claiming some of the same delegates
and the lineup won't be determined
oeilnitely until last minute deleEa-
tlon ~caucuses are held.
Seven "Favorite Sons
There are seven favorite son states
~Gsorgia' Indiana. Kansas. Missouri
Nebraska. Ohio and Tennessee-and
smith ; foes are counting on all the
votes from these states. 202 in all.
oeinS heid away from him at the out
set In addition there are seven
southern states with uninstrurtsr
delegates totslling 1876 which are not
In the Smith column and from which
on the first ballot. the New Yorker's
managers expect 70 get few. II anv
votes. These are Alabama. Arkansas.
riorida. Mississippi. South Carolina.
Texas and Virginia.
Besides this block OF states which
If held together against Smith would
still fall about q dozen votes short
OF furnishing a vetoing one-third in
the convention, the governors no.
htlcal enemies look to such states a.
Illinois. North Carolina. PennsvI-
vania. Utah and West Virginia for
aid from part of the delegations. II
Is on such a setup. which Smiths
friends insist can never Ne perfected.
that their hopes of stopping the lead
ing contender for the nomination are
based.
Smiths supporters are claiming
solid delegations from 81 states, the
District of Columbia. and the six
territories that have convention rep