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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

The report resulted in five truck
loaded with soldiers, members of
the 18th cavalry and machine guns
being rushed here from Fort Ring
gold and the arming of many Of
the residents of this section in pre-
paartion to repell foreign invasion.
An investigation, made after the
report had gained wide circulation,
revealed that the so-called bandits
were 48 men said to be employed
on a huge landclearing project
across the Rio Grande south of here,
who had crossed the river.
The wet backs" when discovered,
are said to have swan back across
the Rio Grande as badly frightened
as some of the citizens who had vi
stoned a bandit raid.
About 10:30 p. m. Mayor G.. F.
Dohrn received a telephone call.
Bandits are raiding the Abram
poStoffice," feminine voice, trem-
bling with fear, said. There are
about rs of them and they are heav-
lily armed" she added.
Mayor Dohrn called Col. Herbert
e. Taylor, 18th cavalry command
ing officer at Fort Ringgold, and
related to him what he had heard.
At 11:45 p. m. five larg army
trucks loaded with heavily armed
soldiers and machine guns rolled
into Mission, led by Colonel aTylor.
Before the trucks arrived further
investigation had disclosed that the
report was greatly exaggerated and
that possibly it was entirely untrue.
Colonel Taylor, Mayor Dohrn and
D. D. Holmes, city marshal drove
south and learned the true state
Of affairs. The soldiers returned
to Ringgold without going nearer
the border than Mission.
This is the safest sector of the
Mexican border and there is abso-
lutely no danger Of raids" F Z.
Seffel, United States marshal, said
here this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Raging Rivers In
East Texas Falling
After Near Flood

HOUSTON, April 15.-tPl-Rivers
Of south Texas, swollen by torren-
tial rains Saturday, were receding
today.
The crest was reached on the
Brazos at Rosenberg last night. At
noon yesterday the gauge near the
bridge on the San Antonio highway
showed 35.8 feet. a rise Of two feet
in five hours Hundreds Of spec
tators crowded the bridges and the
approaches watching the swirling
waters, laden with driftwood. This
morning the gauge registered $3.50
feet. Flood stage is 40 feet.
A four foot rise was reported In
the Trinity at Liberty yesterday
The river was far below flood stage
which is Is feet. The only heavy
rain reported on the upper reaches
of the Trinity within the past two
days was 1.55 inches at Crockett
late Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
FIEND KILLS
Man and Then
ATTACKS Wife
Assault Occurs Direct
ly Opposite House in
Which Daisy Ban
mister Met Death

BIRMINGHAM, April 15.-tP)-
An unidentified aSSailant today
hacked Berkeley K Wharton, 80, to
death with an axe and struck his
wife down after assaulting her.
The attac kociurred as the cohple
lay sleeping in their home here.
Wharton died without regaining
consciousness. Mrs. Wharton was
struck on the head and arms. A
three-year- baby sleeping be-
tween the mother and father was
uninjured.
Mrs. Wharton was unable to give
police a description of the assail-
ant. She was struck down as she
grappled with him and screamed for
elp. The man escaped through a
kitchen window.
The attack occurred directly
across the street from the house in
which Daisy Bannister was hacked
to death with an axe last May 16.
The Bannister murder has never
been solved.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Advantage Taken Of
Special Offers At
New Saunders Store

Large crowds took advantage OF
the special inaugural inducements
offered by the new Clarence Saund-
ers chain store here Monday.
The store, located at Elizabeth
and Ninth streets, was packed with
patrons throughout the morning
and indications weer thta many
more would visit in the afternoon.
The opening is to last three days,
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
The store operates on a self serve
basis and has been completely
stocked with fresh groceries, vege-
tables, fruits, meats, etc. The store
is entirely new, being located in the
new Seabury. George & Taylor
building. All fixtures are new, fea-
turing the green and orange color
scheme Of the Saunders chain.
All employees of the store are
Brown residents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
PRISON GUARD
UNDER FIRE
Thompson Denies He Saw
Silver's Escape; To Offer
Red Hot Testimony

HUNTSVILLE, April 15-A charge
of wilfully permitting convictS to
escape against G. A. Thompson,
guard at the Wynne prison farm
near here, was dismissed today on
motion of District Attorney A. T.
Mckinney. Jr., who said evidence
was insufficient.
Reiterating the allegation that-he
was h-try made the goat in the es-
cape CT Bob Silver and four other
convicts Friday night, Thompson
said he proposed to go before the
Walker county grand jury this aft
ernoon and tell what he knew about
prison conditions"
Thompson has promised to give
some 'red hot" testimony before the
probing body. He surrendered yes
terday and declared he was being
made the goat" He asserted the
charges against him were false and
intimated he would make important
disclosures against those he termed
"higher-ups."
Il did not tell Warden Harrell or
ANYBODY else saw the men escap-
ing and was too chicken-hearted to
shoot" Thompson declared. Il have
not even seen Harrell since the
break, and I did not see the men es-
cape"
The guard, who was discharged
Immediately after Silver and his
companions cut their way from the
tubercular ward of the prison farm.
said there was a binding rain at
the time of the break and he be-
lieved he was trying to light a Ian
tern at the exact moment the men
went through the fence.
Marvin Azbell, one OF Sllver's
confederates, was recaptured yester-
day at Hampstead, in Waller coun-
ty, as he attempted to board q
freight train. He was returned TO
prison last night. K. E. Brewer was
captured Saturday. Those still at
large are Silver. Robert Hill and
John Reid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
RObbERSFAIL
IN ATTEMPT
TOOPEN SAFE
Terrific Explosion Of
Nitroglycerine Nets
Only Five Dollars In
Pennies

CAT SPRING, Tex, April 15.-fPD
The walls Of the Cat Spring State
Bank were wrecked by nitrogly-
cerine explosion last night, but the
robbers we're foiled in an attempt TO
get into the safe. About SIS in pen
nies was lost.
Charles Dittert, deputy sheriff.
was the first to discover the rob-
berry. He saw the bank door open
and found the robbers had left In
an automobile.
The blacksmith shop of Christ
Dittert, brother of te officer, had
been entered and tools taken A
window of the shop was broken. A
sledge hammer, chisel, screw driver
and file were found in the bank.
The man apparently entered the
bank through window. placed the
explosives under the safe and drove
a short distance away before the
blast.
Dittert said large pipe line force
was working near here and there
had been scores of strangers in town
recently.
Officers were unable to determine
in which direction the bandits drove
because of numerous car tracks
They telephoned for fingerprint
expert from Houston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
GUARDS PATROL
SMITHVILLE
$4,000 Damage Done When
Twister Hits Texas Town;
None Killed

SMITHVILLE, Tex, April 15.-R
Guards patrolled the tornado
stricken section of Smithville to-
day while carpenters prepared to
rebuild a number of homes ripped
apart by yesterdays story.
Although damages OF approx
mately $4,000 was done by the
wind. Smithville citizens were
thankful today the damage was not
greater and there was no loss OF
life.
The city council held special
meeting to make reconstruction
plans, and to confer with Red Cross
workers. 1t employed the guards.
issued a call for carpenters, and
saw to it that all Of those victims
whose homes were too badly dam
aged for them to live in were cared
for elsewhere. There was no imme-
diate emergency, and none OF the
storm victims were badly in need
of help, Mavor j. c. Mills said.
The terrific wind hurled pieces OF
buildings for two blocks and more,
turned automobiles upside down
and demolished barns and garages.
Five persons were injured. Leo
Austin, Mrs. Austin and their two
children. were carried about 30
feet when their home was rocked
from its foundation and wrecked.
Mrs. Austin was the most seriously
hurt> of the storm victims. Mrs.
Eva Wynne was slightly injured
when the roof and one room of her
home were swept away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Fort Worth Girl
Attacked, Beaten;
Police Hold Man

FORT WORTH, April 15.-(P)-
Attacked and brutally beaten while
walking on a street here at 1:30 a.
m, today, Miss Velma Sparks, 26,
suffered severe lacerations on the
arms and limbs and bruises on the
head.
A white man, 80, was questioned
by police. Miss Sparks Is a waitress
at coffee shop.
Miss Sparks was rescued by two
employees of the Texas and Pacific
railroad, who were working in the
yards and heard her screams.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
AERIAL PEACE
FORCE URGED
Letter Read At League of
Nations Sessions Brings
Forth Protest

GENEVA, April 15.-(P)-T n e
preparatory disarmament commits
sion held it's opening meeting at
Geneva today, President Loudon, In
his address urging delegates to hast
en- on with their work. He declared
public opinion was becoming i'm
patient of delay and rightly so.
He urged the delegates to take
up the Russian plan for partial dis
armament and the general proposal
for publicity as well as the ques-
ton of limitation of stocks OF war
material together with unsettled
points in the draft convention.
These unsettled points, he explained,
included chemical warfare, air ar
maments, naval and air effectives,
land ornaments, naval ornaments
and budgetary expenditures.
President Loudon read a lengthy
letter from Clifford B. Harmon of
Philadelphia, president of the in
ternational league of aviatorS, Sug-
gesting the organization of an air
force to keep peace in the world.
The reading of the letter brought
a strong protest from Lord Cushen-
dun, British delegate. Lord Cushen-
dun said reading letters from in
dividuals was open to grave objec-
ton as it would merely be an invi-
tation to countless people who hun
ger for publicity" to write to the
league.
President Loudon appeared some
what embarrassed at Lord Cushen-
dun's remarks and said he had
read the letter because he believed
the idea extremely interesting.
Among the delegates a to-day
session were Hugh s. Gibson
American ambassador 20 Belgium
Count Won BernStorff of Germany
and Maxim Litvinoff of Soviet Rus
Sia,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

NEW YORK, April 15.-P)-
Rivalry for the favor Of a Ken
lucky society matron was revealed
today as preliminary to a scuffle
on Fashionable Park avenue,
which was followed by the death
of Arthur Morgan Smith, rich
Cleveland manufacturer and the
arrest of Samuel E. Bell, oil op-
orator, on a charge Of homicide.
Bell was arrested after police
learned he had engaged in a scuf-
fle with Smith as they were leav-
ing a party in the apartment of
Mrs. Robert w. Schuette in the
Hotel Marguery at 2::30 a. m, Fri
Cay. Mrs. Schuette is the widow
of Harry S. Harkness. sportsman
who left her $9.O00. 900. - -
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The scuffle, witnesses said, was
the outcome Of an argument as
to whether Smith or Bell should
accompany Mrs. Robert l.. Brown
of Lexington, Ky, 70 the Hotel
Plaza, where she was staying. She
was confined to hotel in the
custody of a policewoman as a
witness.
Smith, who was secretary and
treasurer of the Gas Machinery
company of Cleveland, died in the
Hotel Barclary Friday afternoon
an autopsy disclosed fracture OF
the skull which the medical exam
liner said was the cause of death.
After Bell and Mrs. Brown had
been driven away from the en-
trance of the Marguery, leaving
Smith lying where he fell, .. taxi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Indian Village
Found In Texas
Yields 3 Skulls

ABILENE, Tex, April 15.-(P)-
A buried village, perhaps thous-
and years old, believed to belong
to the pre- Pueblo culture of west
ern Indian civilization, has been
uncovered on Canadian river
above Plemons, Texas, by a. group
of McMurry college professors
and students. Three human
skeletons which crumbled into
dust upon contact with the air,
a large pot which probably ante
dates the celebrated white-and-
black era of Pueblo culture and
thousands Of finely Clipped flint
artifacts were found.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Victim of Sunday
Auto Crash Near
Weslaco Is Buried
(Special to The Herald }


WESLACO, April 15.-Funeral
services where held here today for
Manuel Ortega, 35, local resident.
who was almost instantly killed
Sunday afternoon when hit by an
automobile driven by G. H. Perry,
United States department of agri-
culture inspector.
An inquest was held by j. p. Pike,
justice of the peace, who found that
Ortega met death in an unavold-
able accident. Perry was absolved
of all blame.
The accident occurred shortly
after / p. m. on the highway be-
tween Elsa and Weslaco. Ortega
stepped from a truck on which he
had been riding directly into the
path of Perry's automobile. His
body was badly mangled by the i'm
pact but he lived several minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Riualry for Society Matron's
FAVOR Causes Rich Man s Death

cab driver helped him to his feet.
He wandered a short distance
down the street where he was ar
rested and locked up on a charge
of intoxication. He was released
under a suspended sentence when
arraigned in magistrates court
and returned to his hotel where
he died in convulsions a few hours
later.
Bell was arrested aSturday
night and after being questioned
by Police Commissioner Whalen
and detectives of the homicide
squad was arraigned yesterday.
His attorney entered a plea of
not guilty for him, and he was or
dered held without bail for ap-
pearance. in court tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
LONG IMPEACHMENT
WILL BE REOPENED

BATON ROUGE, La. April IS
P)-Weary groups Of legislators re-
turned to Baton Rouge today to
continue the impeachment hearing
against Governor Huey P. Long.
The senate will meet tonight to
decide the constitutionality Of in
dictments from the house commit
tee voted after the special session
limit ADril 6.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
SLEUTH SAYS SILVER
IN SAN ANTONIO

SAN. ANTONIO. Texas. April IS
(P)-Search for Bob Silver, who es-
capped from a prison farm Friday
night. was taken up today by San
Antonio police following the report
of a private detective that he had
seen Silver in an automobile.
The private detective told police
he knew Silver WELL" and he was
sure Of his identification.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
PREPARATION EXPERTS
HOLD SECRET MEETING

PARIS, April 15.-(P)-After a
session lasting more than an hour
the plenary session of the experts
on reparations adjourned today un-
til tomorrow The session had con-
vened to hear the reply Of DR.. HAL
mar Schacht, German spokesman.
to the allied total reparations es-
timtae.
The meeting, like its predecessors,
was secret, in the hotel George W,
where all the plenary sessions OF
the reparations experts have taken
place. Though rumors were heard
at every hand. nothing definite was
known of what was taking place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
HOUSTON POLICE FIND
COMMANDEERED AUTO

HOUSTON. April 15.-(P)-Dis-
covery last night Of the automobile
Communicated by Bob Silver and
his companions spurred Houston
police to greater efforts today to
capture the three escaped convicts
from a prison farm near Huntsville
VINO were still at large.
Police found the automobile on
the streets of Houston. The car was
the one in which Silver and three
other convicts forced a young
couple to drive them to Houston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
PUBLICITY is GIVEN
VALLEY BY AIRPORT

Publicity coming to Brownsville
due to the airport is pointed out
by j. S. Mcmillan of Munroe, Mich
in letter to G. G. Richardson,
manager of the chamber of COM
nerce.
Mcmillan, who owns a 17-acre
grove near Santa Rosa. enclosed
three large daily papers from near
by towns carrying banner stories on
page one dealing with Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's visits here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
OIL DEMAND REFUSED

WASHINGTON. April 15.-(P)--
The supreme court today refused to
review the demand of the Trans
Continental Oil company that it be
permitted to sell its half Of the
oil produced in the. Pecos oil fields
in Texas under leases 1t owns
jointly with the Mid Kansas Oil
and Gas company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
CHURCHILL PRESENTS
BUDGET TO COMMONS

LONDON, April 15.-(P)-Win-
ston Churchill, chancellor of the
exchequer, today presented his fifth
budget in the house of commons be-
fore a large attendance eager to
hear the governments estimates
on revenue and expenditures for the
forthcoming year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
NO TRACE OF CONvICTS

ABBEVILLE. S. c.. April 15.-(Pl
NO trace had been found today of
the eight convicts who Saturday
escaped from the Abbeville county
chain gang after oyerpowering their
guard. Jimmie Dawson, and taking
his rifle and pistol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
mo GIRLS INJURED

RANGER, Tex. April 15.-P-
Miss Betty Davis and Miss Allie
Davis. employees Of the state hos
pital at Abilene, were injured
here Yesterday when the automo-
hile in which they were ridlng
t,,rned over. They will recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
CURED BY PRAYER

CHESTER, Eng.-Miss Annie
Davenport. suddenly able to walk
after being totally paralyzed IL
years. lays her cure to prayer. =
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Congress in First Special Session Since 1922
Wild Bandit Raid
RunOr at Mission
Proves Untrue


night
radng settlements eRo
Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
RIVER FORECAST

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa-
bel tomorrow. under normal met
geological condition:
High .................. l2:l5 p. m.
Low 1.4o q. ~
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ................. OBS
Sunrise tomorrow ............ 500
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temperature.
For East Texas: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; warmer Tuesday.
Light northerly winds on the
coast becoming variable.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a 70
43 hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
FARM BOARD
TO SUGGEST
FARMER AID
Foundation For Bill
Of Relief Already
Worked Out In Com
mittee Room

WASHINGTON, April 15.-tP)-
The new farm bill drafted by the
house agriculture committee with
the view of setting forth a basic
agricultural relief program for the
Hoover administration was intro
duced in the house today and i'm
mediately referred back to that
committee by Speaker Longworth
for the formality of official ap-
proval.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

WASHINGTON, April 15.-(P)-
The task of lifting agriculture from
the post war depression called con-
gress together today for its first
special session since President
Harding sought to enact ship sub
sidy legislation in 1922.
While not even the most opti-
mistic contend any single piece of
legislation will automatically bring
prosperity to the farmers over
night, the plotting out of the foun-
dation on which that objective Is to
be attempted has been fairly well
accomplished.
Tt has been decided to create a
federal farm board intended to con-
Germ itself intimately with prob
lens of the farm and to suggest
what it considers the best method
of bringing about more prosper
Gus rural situation.
At the same time it is setting out
basic principles, the board would be
expected to call upon the farmers
organization to cooperate in put
ting these principles into op-
Grafton Some of the tasks the
organizations might be called upon
Continued on Page Ten.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

VALVES

For Gas - Steam - Oil
or Water
Large Stock on Hand Always
Alamo Iron Works
Brownsville - Corpus Christi
San Antonio - Houston
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Lawn Mowers

w. H. Putegnat Company
Brownsville, Texas
The Washington times., 1929-05-03
FAIR OFFICIALS
Named

FAIRFAX, va, May 3.-The
stockholders Of the Fairfax County
Fair Association have elected the
following members Of the board OF
directors: ID. M. woodward, r. r.
Buckley, Thomas r. Keith, John w.
Rust, D, b. Campbell, and q. s.
Whiting, OF Fairfax; John c..
Mackall, Clifton Laushlin, Oliver
Gasch, OF Mclean; George X.
Pickett, Of Groveton; Edward r.
Connor, OF Manassas; Melvin G.
Hazen and Fred Drew, Of Wash
ington: FRANKLIN williams, Vienna
DR. r. M. Brooks, Fairfax Station,
Estler M. Palmer, Bancroft; John v.
Turner, Falls Church; Fl. III. Wake
field, Annandale, and J. w. Gaines.
Bafley's Cross Roads.
The directors have elected Estler
M. Palmer as president; j. w.
Gaines, vice president; Robert D,
Graham, secretary; Lewis Oliver.
treasurer; John c. Mackall, assistant
treasurer. Miss Ida Jones, fe-elect-
ed assistant secretary, has declined
to serve.
r. r. Buckley, secretary for the
past four years, under whose ad-
1HiuASLEdlloA the ldlr Has AOT thO
first time been a financial success.
declined reappointment on account
of his health.
The association opened the year
with a balance of over $1,10O in
the treasury, in addition to having
retired $500 in second trust notes
by vote of the stockholders.
The executive COMMITTEES, Mr.
Palmer, Mr.. Laughlin, Mr.. Mackall,
Mr.. Buckley, Mr. Keith, Mr.. Camp
bell and Mr.. Graham, have drawn
up a tentative list of department
superintendents, and these leaders
will start work Immediately.
The committee has decided on q
general increase in the size of the
premiums in the agricultural ex.
hibits.
offices for the association have
been rented on the second floor Of
the Richardson Building.
The Washington times., 1929-05-03
TARIFF BILL IS
KEPT SECRET

Republican members of the House
waya and Means Committee de.
cided yesterday to take extraordinary
precautions to prevent leaks" Of
rates in the forthcoming tariff bill
which would upset the market for
some stocks on the New York
stock Exchange.
The bill will be made public after
the stock market closes and Will
not be given to members of Con-
gress or the newspapers In advance,
Representative Hawley (R), Of Ore.
gon. chairman, said.
If the committee adheres to this
ton, It will be departing from q
precedent set many years ago, when
the bill was made known to news.
paper men in advance Of its intro.
duction.
In explanation, Chairman Hawley
said the committee decided that il
the bill were given to newspapers 1t
also would have to be given to mem.
bers of Congress and that secrecy
could not be maintained. The mea.
sure IL expected to be introduced
in the House on Monday or Tues.
day.
The Washington times., 1929-05-03
Georgetown Debaters
Defeat Fordham Team

The intercollegiate debate last
night between Fordham University
and team representing the CASTOR
Debating Society of Georgetown
University was won by the George.
town team, supporting the affirma.
tive OF the question on the abolition
of the jury system in the United
States.
The winning team included Ed
ward r. G1avin, Arthur B. Hogan
and Robert W.. Crisculo. F'Urdham g
team was composed of William j.
Ciolko, Francis j. Sullivan and
John p. Lane.