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The Washington times., 1929-10-24
PRATT ORDERS PROBE
IN ESCAPE OF BANDIT
INVESTIGA | ORS
SURE HAND
GOT AID

Just who opened the heavy
barred doors in the Fifth pre-
cinct and allowed Wilbur Will
liam Hand, s5, desperate Ohio
bank bandit, to disappear as
though in thin air, is 4 ques-
tion put up to those in charge
of the precinct by Major
Henry g. Pratt, superintendent
of police.
That Hand was given assistance
A making his ''Houdini like escape
fron his cen and then through the
sell corridor door. II beyoind ques-
ticn, IN the opinion Of those investi.
eating.
Outsider Hinted
One theory has been advanced
that persons, thus far unidentified,
who visited the prisoner on the
pretext Of being friends or rela.
tivea, managed IN some way to set
m impression OF the cell door key.
Another theory IL that Hand was
given . ''helping hand by some
one on the inside and told to de-
part in peace.
Police are visibly worried over
khe French leave taken by the
bandit. as he Is known to be a
man who win shoot his way to
freedom II cornered.
Tt Ii believed he made his way
from the cell room through the gar
age which faces on Fifth Street
Southeast. Once outside he probably
walked north q block and then
could have headed for either Che
railroad yards at Seventeenth Street
Southeast or IN the other direction
for the railroad tunnel on Virginia
avenue wEere he could have hopped
D. freigiat and shaken the dust of
Washington from his shoes.
Ohio Officers Here
Adding to the natural embarrass.
ment Of those In whose custody
Hand had been for a brief time.
were statements of Ohio authorities
who came to fetch their bird from
his cage only to find someone had
opened the door and told him to
yamose.
An effort was made to get in
touch with the officers coming for
Hand. but they arrived just a few
hours after the wire telling OF
Hands getaway was sent off. Hand
was to be returned for implication
In i s175,000 bank robbery In Craw-
ford county, Ohio.
Mapor Pratt has ordered COM
plete probe Of the escape.
The Washington times., 1929-10-24
Jewish Center to Open
Educational PROGRAM

A series Of educational Institutes
In art, drama and literature, in
addition to the fourth season Of
the national forum, which opens
next week, will be presented by
the Jewish Community Center dur.
ing the winter months.
The forum will open with sym
postum on Russia and will be led by
Count Ilya Tolstoy, OF Russia. y.
Minor Dorey will give 4 series Of
lectures. dates to be announced. on
contemporary drama and drama
technique
The Washington times., 1929-10-24
Y. w. C. A. viii Observe
Day for Girl Reserves

The Young Women's Christian
Association will observe "Girl Re-
serve Day" tomorrow when a pro-
gram will be staged by the SO clubs
III the city.
the e s,pner or in + Barker IKE ri Han At !
o'clock, when the various represen-
tatives OF the different clubs will
participate in q program of enter
tainment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31

necessary to return without seeing
Waco party, but have been in COM
munication with him. When Full
bright reached Washington he
again assured me that I would re-
ceive Neff'S support.
II did not, of course, expect Neff
to be active in the senatorial con-
test last year because his official
position would not permit Of such
action, but I submit that I had a
right to expect his support and in
fluence in a quiet and unassuming
way. In view of these facts. 1t is
not difficult to imagine my sur
prise when I learned that Neff had
given his support to one Of my OPP
ponentS.
1T then dawned upon me that I
had been deceived, and 1 am frank
enough to say that I never would
have requested President Coolidge
to appoint Neff on the board of
mediation if I had known that he
was hostile to my reelection to the
senate.
"Neff gives me entirely too much
credit for the defeat of his con-
firmation. To the standard rail-
road labor organizations must be
given the credit for this public
service"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
SADLER BUYS
OWENS GARAGE
Servicing And Battery And
Electrical Departments
To Be Run Jointly

announcement was made Satur-
day afternoon of the purchase by
e. E. Sadler, of the garage owned
by c. L. Owens on Thirteenth street
between Washington and Elizabeth
streets.
Under the new ownership, the
Sadler electrical and battery shop
viii be combined with the garage,
as these businesses were in ada
cent buildings.
MI. Sadler is well known here,
having conducted his business in
the same location for the past five
years, during which time he has
been the exclusive Brownsville deal
er for Cooper batteries.
Mr.. Owens has conducted his ga
rage business for the past two years,
having ben associated with Mr..
Sadler for a year and a half pre-
vious to that. Bad health was Mr..
Owens reason for selling. He plans
to leave Brownsville soon, to be
gone possibly several months. He
old not say whether he planned to
enter business here in the future.
Under the new management, Sad
Ter will employ seven men in the
joint business, five in the battery
department and two in the garage.
Sadler declared that since we are
not dealers for any particular au-
tomobile, we shall endeavor to give
unprejudiced attention to all repair
jobs undertaken in our shop. We
hope to maintain the same high
standards in our servicing establish
ed by Mr.. Owens
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31

to get well and how to stay well
stitution. Eighty-five per cent of
those who are sent to the sana-
forum are ultimately cured, &C
cording to Walthall.
In the juvenile training school
for boys at Gainesville are 829
youngsters. This number is about
200 under the average attendance
because Supt. E. H. Nesbitt has a
plan Of placing boys on probation
II his record over a 12-months per-
lod is such as to earn it.
There are 181 girls in the train
ing school e Gainesville.
There are GIT orphans in the
Corsicana state institution and 165
more in the Waco home These
places are very crowded, with long
waiting lists, MIR. Walthall said.
In the school for the blind there
are 232 persons, SAB in the school
Tor deaf, and 235 in the school for
deaf, dumb or blind negroes. These
schools are maintained for full
nine months terms by the state.
after which the children return to
their homes for the vacation per-
lod. They are operated much as
are the public free schools.
There are 440 men and women
IN the confederate homes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31

Continued from Page One.)
lines about eight miles from Bisbee,
Ariz., and is a lone federal outpost
in the insurgent state of Sonora.
Preparations were made to evacuate
inhabitants and Mexican refugees
from the American side of the
town.
Rebels Have Strong Force
The federal garrison is strongly
intrenched behind barbed wire and
well provided with ammunition, but
the only assistance it can count on
from the federals is from air squad
ronS.
Attacking rebels under General
Topete yer variously estimated to
number between 5000 and 5000.
They had devised rude tanks,
mounted machine guns, out of trac-
tors covered with sheet metal.
Nearest federal troops concentra-
ton was along the Baja California
Sonora line, where a large force was
reported preparing to advance
against the Sonora rebels. Scatter
ed bodies of federals were more
than 100 miles west of Naco.
Rebels at Juarez declared a fed
eral aviator had been shot down
and killed Az Jimenez by two rebel
aviators. They said the federal
flyer had been making regular OBJ
servation flights over their head
quarters at Jimenez, where they ad-
mitted that federal raids yesterday
had killed some soldiers and civil
ianS.
An American aviator flying for
the rebels, crashed near Nogales.
Sonora, damaging his plane and
injuring himself and his passen-
gers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
STATE BUDGET

Continued from page one.)
preparations proposed for eleemosy-
nary institutions or taken from the
educational and departmental al
lotmentS, is a question interesting
to contemplate.
r. B. Walthall, chairman Of the
board, backed up by Roy T.. Ten
nant and Claude D. Teer, is insist
Ing that not one dime be cut from
the eleemosynary recommended al
lOtmentS.
Walthall regrets that the board
OF control has not been able to
impress the facts on the legisla-
ture," he said today. He wants
Texas to take the insane from the
Jalls and transfer them to hos
pitfalls for treatment. He wants
facilities at Carlsbad enlarged so
as to save the lives of men and
women now suffering from tuber-
culosis and unable to purchase help
from their own pocketbooks. He
wants more room provided for
e~pileptics and feeble minded, who
o crave Surcease. He wants
TeXanst o give proper care and at
tention to all it's wards.
Many in Institutions
The board of control has APP
proved appropriations totaling S1O.-
2O2,510 for the IL eleemosynary in
situations for the next biennium.
This does not include So, 542, 1854 for
the penitentiary system.
There we're 4,729 inmates Of the
penitentiary according to today's
report to Governor Moody.
At the Abilene state hospital for
e%pileptics there are 993 patients,
with at least 400 awaiting en-
trance.
In the tuberculosis sanitorium at
Carlsbad there are 494 patients
with 165 men and women hoping
for entrance as soon as possible.
The maximum time a patient can
remain there is nine months and
during that time he is taught hoy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
REBEL MOVEMENT AT
REYNOSA JUST RUMOR'

Rumor Of the formation of a
Mexican rebel band at Reynosa,
across the Rio Grande from Hidalgo,
was denied last night by H. @. Gay,
Of the U. S. border patrol.
MIR. Gay. accompanied by several
of his men. made the trip to Hi
dalgo Friday morning to ascertain
the truth of stories to the effect
that a band Of fifty men was being
organized and armed for the pur-
pose Of capturing Reynosa and
turning it over the rebels.
Gay stated that the story vas
".just another rumor," but added
it was necessary to investigate such
stories. in case II of them should
prove to be true.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
| of Session
HaIts Al Action
On Impeachment

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March
30.-(P-Bearing a record for i'm
peachmentS never exceeded, the
twelfth Oklahoma legislature adj
journed sine die today.
A turbulent session which had
overthrown a governor, Henry S.
Johnston, impeached three justices
of the supreme court, and investi-
gated the conduct of state officials
including its own members, died
peacefully and with the certainty
that its labors would be resumed
in a special session.
AS a parting shot the senate, re-
solved into courts Of impeachment,
suspended Chief Justice Charles w.
Mason and Justice Fletcher Riley
of the state supreme court, pend
ing their trial. They, with Justice
j. w. Clark, suspended yesterday,
will appear before the senate court
April Is to plead to 81 articles Of
impeachment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31

you any reasonable support that
he may be able to render
ION Jan. 20, 1927. Fulbright wired
me, Have again talked with Neff
and am wiring President Coolidge.
Everything satisfactory
FEB. z, 1927, I wired Neff at
Waco advising him that President
Coolidge had sent his appointment
to the senate as a member of the
board of mediation and on Feb. 9
Neff wired me from Des Moines,
Iowa: Your telegram advising me
of my nomination handed me yes
terday on way to train. If any
thing I should say or do, tell me.
Thanks heartily. IF confirmed will
come to Washington for confer
cnce.'
IT Immediately wired Neff sug-
costing that he thank President
Coolidge for the appointment and
and to tell him that he would enter
upon the duties of office when con-
firmed by the senate.
ION Feb. 16. 1927, Neff sent me
another message from Waco, I
would have replied earlier to your
message advising me Of confirma-
ton except I delayed thinking I
could tell you exactly when I would
be in Washington. ! hope to be
there the first of next week. Thanks
for your courtesies.' On Feb. 10,
Neff sent me another message from
Waco. advising me he would be in
Washington the following Tuesday
and would call on me at the senate.
"Neff called upon me the after
moor he arrived in Washington, and
I made an engagement to present
him to President Coolidge the fol-
lowing morning at $50, but was
not able to go with him to the
White House on account of the
senate being in session following
an all-night session. However, I
had my secretary accompany him
and present him to President Cool
idge.
In his testimony given before the
interstate commerce committee Of
the senate only a few weeks ago, in
executive session, in response to q
question by Senator Watson if he
were an applicant for the appoint
ment, Neff said, why, Senator, I
did not know such a position exist
ed until r. G. Fulbright wired me
to meet him in Austin and told me
that Senator Mayfield could have
me appointed if I wanted the
place.
These kilograms and Fulbright's
letter quoted above, now in my pos
session, together with Neff's testi-
mCny before the committee abso-
lutely disprove Neff's statement
that I had nothing to do with or
iginating his appointment and that
at no time did he have any CONVEX
Sation or communication with me
in regard to his appointment.
"The people can now draw their
own conclusions. So much for the
facts connected with Neff'S orig
inal appointment upon the board
of mediation.
From time to time following
Neff's appointment. Fulhright as
sured me in personal conversation
that I need have no fear Of Neff's
not supporting me for reelection
to the senate.
"On Feb. 10, 1923, just about a
year after Neff's appointment. Full
bright on his way to Washington
wired me from Denison, I find it
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
REBELS SLOWLY
ADVANCE ON NACO

NACO, Sonora, Mexico, March
30.-(PGThe federal garrison in
Naco waited today for an impend-
ing attack by strong rebel forces
encamped within sight of this Dor
der town.
Rebel troops which appeared on
the horizon six miles south of here
early today maintained their posi-
ton throughout the day and it was
apparent ar attack would not take
place in daylight.
Near the rebel fold a locomotive
and several cars were visible on
the Naco-Del Rio-Cananea railway
line, the first train to be seen on
this branch in weeks. Occasional
puffS of smoke from the engine
were the only signs of activity.
On the American side, at a secret
landing field, a federal airplane
was kept tuned up by q Mexican
aviator and r. L. Andrews, an
American, who holds a commission
CT major in the Mexican army.
The government also declared
that Rebel General Gonzalo Esco-
bar had retreated with his entire
army during the day.
General Gales simply had relayed
here the report sent him by Gen.
Juan A. Almazan, in direct COM
mand of the federal army in the
north. This report said:
Il have the honor to inform o.
that General EScobar moved all Of
his troops last night to Rellano,
but at sunrise today, with the hest
tation that always accompanies the
action of criminals, he ~retreated
with his infantry aboard 10 trains
while his cavalry were retreating
overland. When we advanced on
Rellano early today to start the
attack we found nobody there.
4 ordered Gen. Anacleto Lopez.
who commanded our advance cavaI-
ry, to follow the rebels rapidly. He
did this and made contact with
rebel cavalry near Carralitos. and
after a short fight forced them to
retreat westward in full disband-
ment leaving numerous dead and
wounded on the field
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
Identifies Body
Found In River
AS College Girl

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 80.
@(P)-Positive Identification of the
body found in the Connecticut river
Friday as that of Francis st. John
Smith, long missing Smith college
student, IA made by her dentist,
DR.. Carleton w. Wood, Of Pelham,
N. Y, today.
Doctor Wood brought with him
from Pelham four molar bands
which he removed three years ago
from Miss Smiths mouth. Each of
these bands fitted on teeth in the
dead girl.
DR.. Frederick d. Jones, medical
examiner, gave the cause of death
as drowning, sustained under cir
cumstanceS undetermined
Miss Smith disappeared from
Smith college at Northampton Jan
uary Is, 1923, and a wide search
had been conducted for her. Her
father, st. John Smith Of New York,
IS a wealthy retired broker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31

(Continred from page one.3
him appointed upon the board Of
mediation, if he would accept the
appointment and provided he was
not hostile to my reelection to the
senate.
"Fulbright consented to carry
this message and said if he found
Neff would accept the appointment
and was not hostile to me political
lv he would wire me saying Every
thing satisfactory On Jan. 10,
1927, Fulbright wired me Every
thing satisfactory. On Jan. 10,
1927, I called upon President Cool
idge and advised him that Hobby
had declined the appointment. /
then requested the president to give
the appointment to Neff.
II told President Coolidge that a
mutual friend has assured me that
Neff would accept, whereupon
President Coolidge stated that he
would give him the appointment,
but that he wished first to discuss
the matter with some of the Texas
congressman, which he did. Up to
this time no one had even mention
ed NeffS name to President Cool
ldge in connection with an appoint
ment upon the board of mediation.
because when President Coolidge
had me wire Commissioner Gilmore
offering him the appointment, he
requested me to treat the matter
strictly confidential, saying he
would be flooded with applications
and recommendations if it were
known that a vacancy on the board
would soon exist.
ION Jan. IS, 1927, Fulbright
wrote me, 7 had a very satisfactory
talk with Mr.. Neff. He stated he
had always voted for you and that
he was greatly interested in the
great progress you had made in
your endeavors in the senate. You
need have no fear about his giving
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
BATTLE IMMINENT
SOUTH OF JIMENEZ

MEXICO CITY, March 3O.-(P1-
Less than four miles separated fed
eral and rebel forces at Corralitos,
south Of Jiminez, tonight, The rebel
force steadily had fallen back for
several hundred miles through the
states of Zacatecas, Coahuila and
Durango without offering serious
fight.
Their main body appeared to be
still south of Jiminez despite the
fact the government announced Sev-
eral days ago that the rebels had re-
treated through Jiminez to the
north. 1t has been expected here
for several days that if the rebels
made a stand before reaching Chi
huahua City it would be at Ba-
chimba Pass, the most strategic
point to defend in that territory.
However, with the pursuing fed
erals only six kilometers in the al
of the rebels, it was thought pos
sible that there might be a forced
fight somewhere south of Jiminez.
A government bulletin today said
rebel cavalry, presumably the e a
guard, evacuated the town of Gel
lano this morning and retired to-
Corralitos. Cellano was said to be
the last strategic point this side OF
Bachimba. as the country between
is flat and open, giving the adj
vantage Of the superior federal
forces.
Tht fourth week Of the revolution
ended today with the rebels reported
on the run but the federals still
were not in control of northwestern
states which offer strong defense.
On the west coast, the situation
was perhaps not SO completely in
hand as in Chihuahua because in
Sinoloa the federal drive had been
delayed by torn up railroad tracks.
Government forces finally reached
Mazatlan and hoped to drive on
at once toward Culican where rebels
were reported concentrated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
COMMON LAW WIFE
GIVEN SETTLEMENT

OKMULGEE, Okla, March 3d.
R,-Litigation in which Betty
Schuman, held to be the common
law wife of w. Z. McKallip, veal
thy Okmulgee oil man, sought q
widows share of his million dol
lar estate, was ended today in q
settlement out of court, in which
Miss Schuman received $41,50O.
In signing the receipt Miss
Schumann waived all claim to q
future share in the McKallip es-
tate, valued at over a million dol
lars.
She gave quit claim deeds to all
McKallip property in question and
agreed not to interfere in litiga-
ton in connection with the estate
now in progress in Texas courts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
TWO BOYS KILLED
IN CAR

BIG SPRING, Tex, March 3d.
(P-Week-end automobile acct
dents tonight had cost the lives Of
two small boys. and injured two
other persons seriously.
Gene Williams, 8, struck by an
automobile as he dashed across
the street to greet his father, was
killed. Clifford Reynolds died from
injuries received in a bicycle-truck
collision. Hollis Kicker, 10, was in
jured seriously in the same mis-
hap.
Dick Ross, 80, received a frac-
tured skull. His motorcycle struck
an automobile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
SCORE HOOVER
Continued from page one.)

Continued from page one.)
course of which the policy was
roundly scored.
Witnesses who attended the con-
ference referred to the presidential
decree as the act Of a MuSSolini,
who finding himslf not in harmony
with the legislative branch Of the
government can, with the stroke of
a pen eliminate legislation which
may appear to him to be objection
able" and also called the act a
bold and arbitrary usurpation of
the powers Of the legislative arm
of the government Of the United
States" Threats Of court action to
test the validity of the decree were
made.
The governors declared they
would carry their observations and
information obtained at the hearing
to Governor Adams, confined to his
hotel by illness, and seek his coun-
sci in drafting the protest to be
sent President Hoover.
Opinions as to the adverse effect
the ruling would have on business
in the Rocky mountain ares were
given by various witnesses, Cover
nor Dern declaring that by its terms
more than $4,000, 900 which has
been expended in Utah in oil ex-
ploration work without the produc-
ing of a drop Of oil is wiped out.
Other work will be abandoned as a
result Of the policy with the result
that the state will lose the benefit
Of that money which would have
been expended"
Governor Emerson declared dur
ing the course of the discussion that
his position was somewhat an IRON
lcal one, in that he campaigned
throughout the region in behalf of
the presidents candidacy on the
ground he was of and knew the
west and then to have almost his
first official C become a direct
slap at the west and one of its
basic industries. This policy, if
pursued through to its conclusion
by the president, will hurt us of the
west more than any other thing
which he might do or have in
mind to do"
One of those at the hearing sug-
gested that action protesting the
edict be delayed on the ground that
President Hoover may have some
thing up his sleeve" but this opin-
ION was discarded when others de-
clared that delay of even one week,
IN view of the announcement today
OF Commissioner Spry of the gener-
al land office concerning cancella-
ton of permits and leases, would
be fatal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
Mars Advocates
To-day Session
For Legislature

PARIS, Tex, March 30.-(P)-
s. M. N. Mars, state Superintend-
ent OF public instruction, declared
IN an address to Lamar county
school trustees today that he would
urge adoption OF an amendment to
be voted on in 1880 which would
lengthen the legislative session to
40 days and provide for business
like handling of legislative bus
mess.
The first 80 days would be de-
voted to introduction of new mea-
sures, the second 80 days to COM
m1ttee work, and the last two
months to legislative consideration
without introduction of additional
bills, he explained.