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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
Many Hollywood title comes out In
the wash.

Many a Hollywood title comes out in
the wash.
anna Christie" with Greta Carlo
playing the leading role in talk, should
be interesting. This is an intelligent
compromise on the perplexing Carlo
situation. The star issworking on her
English overtime. Had Carlo mingled
more with local society she would be
farther ahead by this time But she
has been one of the village hermits
since the day of her arrival from
Sweden.
When talk arrived one of the biggest
box Office bets in Cinemaland was
threatened with extinction. This role
should meet the needs of Carlo per-
fectly and at the same time give the
public Eugene ONeill at his best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
Six Killed BY lightning.

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June Is OP).
Six persons who sought shelter under
a tree from violent thunderstorm at
Zajetcl1ar were killed by lightning yes
terday. A number of others were
stunned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
POLISH STUDENTS RIOT.
Anti-Jewish Demonstration Flare!
Up in Warsaw.

WARSAW, Poland, June Is (Pl.-Stu-
dents at the University of Lwow 0or-
merly Lemberg), who participated in
anti-Jewish riots early this month, re-
turned to their studies yesterday on the
appeal of the bishops of Lwow and
quiet has been restored.
More than a score of students were
arrested in Lwow and Putnam.
The Lwow riots grew out Of what the
students declared were Jewish insults
to a Corpus Christi procession.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
HOLD FINAL
HERRICK RITES
Thousands of Government
Officials and Townsmen
Mourn Ambassador

CLEVELAND, April 15.-(P)-The
grief of thousands Shrouded the
funeral bier of Ambassador Myron
T. Herrick today.
Two weeks after his death in Paris
his mournerS paid them their last
respects to his memory. Joined
with Representatives of the French
and American governments in ex-
pressing their grief were city and
state officials and hosts of his fell
low toWnSmen.
Mourning throngs numbering
nearly 100000 yesterday paid trib-
ute as the body was taken from a
special train from New York and
placed in Trinity Episcopal cathe-
dral for the funeral. The casket
was accompanied by the ambassa-
doris son and daughter -in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Parmely Herrick, their
son. Paremly, Jr., Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh and intimate friends of
the family. Wishes of the ambasSa-
dor today separated the last rites
from any observance but that ac-
corded a plain citizen except for
the Simplest recOgnltlOIlS from Cne
governments he served.
President Hoover chose PoStmaS-
ter Walter F. Brown of Toledo as
his personal representative at the
funeral. William r. Castle, Jr., OF
the department Of state, and Brig
Gen. D. R. Nolan of the war depart
ment were the others to receive
commissions to represent the gov
ernment. Count de Sartiges, coun-
seller to the French embassy, was
assigned to bear the respects of the
country where the diplomat was
loved so well.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
CUARDSPATR0L
SMITHVILLE
$4,000 Damage Done When
Twister Hits Texas Town;
None Killed

SMITHVILLE, Tex, April 15.-(P
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, Snithville 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. Mayor j. G. 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 80
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
R0BBERSFAIL
IN ATTEMPT
open SAFE
Terrific Explosion of
Nitroglycerine Nets
Only Five Dollars In
Pennies

CAT SPRING, Tex, April l5.-tP)
The walls of the Cat Spring State
Bank were wrecked by nitrogly-
cerine explosion last night. but the
robbers were foiled in an attempt to
get int, 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 the officer, had
been entered and tools taken. A
win, Nv of the shop was broken. A
sledge hammer, chisel, screw driver
ard file were found in the bank.
The man apparently entered the
bank through q window, placed the
explosives under the safe and drove
a short distance away before the
blast.
Dittert said a 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 a fingerprint
expert from Houston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Raging Rivers In
East Texas Falling
After Near Flood

HOUSTON, April 15.-P)-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, 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 35.5
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

The report resulted in five truck
S 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 repen a 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 1890 p. m. Mayor G.. f
Dohrn received telephone call.
Bandits are raiding the Abram
postoffice," a 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
Il. 1dylOI, 4zGii CdFdAyy OOiliAIldill-
ing officer at Fort Ringgold. and
related to him what he had heard
At HAS p. m. five large army
trucks loaded with heavily armed
soldiers and machine guns rolled
into Mission, led by Coolnel Taylor
Before the trucks arrived further
investigation had disclosed that the
report was greatly exaggerated anc
that possibly it was entirely untrue
Colonel Taylor, Mayor Dohrn ano
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 E
Seffel, United States marshal, saio
here this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Victim of Sunday
Auto Crash Near
Weslaco Is Buried
Especial 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 unavoid-
able accident. Perry was abSolved
of all blame.
The accident occurred shortly
after l .. m. on the highway be-
tween Elsa and Weslaco. Ortega
stepped from 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
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 c. 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.
Reiteratirg the allegation that he
was being made the goat" in the es-
cape of 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"
II did not tell Warden Harrell or
anybody else I saw the men escap-
ing and was too chicken hearted to
shoot" Thompson declared. II have
not even seen Harrell since the
break, and 1 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 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 Silver's
confederates, was recaptured yester-
day at Hampstead, in Waller coun-
ty, as he attempted to board a
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
INDIAN VILLAGE
y 4 +
FOUND IN TEXAS
\ \ =
YIELDS 3 SKULLS

ABILENE, Tex, April 15.-(P-
A buried village, perhaps a 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 group
of McMurry college professors
and students. Three human
skeletons which crumbled into
dust upon contact with the air,
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
FIEND KILLS
MAN and Then
ATTACKS Wife
Assault Occurs Direct
ly Opposite House In
Which Daisy Ban
mister Met Death

BIRMINGHAM, April 15.-tP1-
An unidentified assailant today
hacked Berkeley K. Wharton, 80, to
death with an axe and struck his
wife down after aSSaulting her.
The attack occurred as the couple
lay sleeping in their home here.
wharton died without regaining
consciousness. Mrs. Wharton was
struck on the head and arms. A
three-year-old 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 Tor
help. 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 Is
The Bannister murder has never
been solved.
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 charge
of intoxication. He was released
under a suspended sentence when
arraigned in magistrates court
and returned to his hotel where
he died In commissions 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.
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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 Morgar 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 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
day. Mrs. Schuette is the widow
of Harry S. HarkneSS, sportsman
who left her s9,000,000
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
HOUSTON POLICE FIND
COMMANDEERED AUTO

HOUSTON, April 15.-(P1-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
who 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 young
couple to drive them to Houston.
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.-tP}-T h 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 armaments, naval armaments
and budgetary expenditures.
President Loudon read a lengthy
letter from Clifford B. Harmon OF
Philadelphia, president of the in
ternational league of aviators, Sug-
gestins the organization Of an ai1
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 hac
read the letter because he believed
the idea extremely interesting.
Among the delegates a to-day:
session were Hugh S. Gibson
American ambassador 70 Belgium
Count Won Bernstorff of Germany
and Maxim Litvinoff Of Soviet Rus
Sia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

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, TO the Hotel
Plaza, where she was staying. She
was confined to a hotel in the
custody of a policewoman as
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
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 a letter to G. G. Richardson,
manager of the chamber of COM
merce.
Mcmillan, who owns 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
Fort Worth Girl
Attacked, Beaten;
Police Hold Man

FORT WORTH, April 15.-tP)-
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, 30, was questioned
by police. Miss Sparks is a waitress
at a coffee shop.
Miss Sparks was rescued by two
employees of the Texas and Pacific
railroad, who we're working in the
yards and heard her screams.
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-
innate.
The meeting, like its predecessors.
was secret, in the hotel George v.
where all the rlenary sessions Of
the reparations experts lave 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
LONG IMPEACHMENT
WILL BE REOPENED

BATON ROUGE, La, April 15.-
R)-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 April g.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
CHURCHILL PRESENTS
BUDGET TO COMMONS

LONDON. April 15.-tP)-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
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 hah of the
Oil produced in the Pecos oil fields
in Texas under leases it owns
jointly with the Mid Kansas Oil
and Gas company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
MO GIRLS INJURED

RANGER, Tex, April 15.-P)-
miss Betty Davis and Miss Allie
Dayis. employees Of the state hos
,,itaI at Abilene. were injured
i,sre - Yesterday when the automo-
bile in which they were rlolns
.,,r,,ed Du1 over. They will recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
TAX BILL READY

AUSTIN, April 15.-(P)-The BIN
which would substitute an excise
tax for an occupation tax on gaso-
line, the substitution to stop leaks
which have cost the state consid-
cradle revenue, it " claimed, was
completed by Assistant Attorney
General Rice M. Tilley today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
RATE REDUCTION ORDERED

WASHINGTON, April 15.-P)-
Reductions in railroad rates on
grapes and strawberries moving
from Arkansas and Missouri tc
North and South Dakota points To-
Gated north and west of Sioux
Falls, we're ordered today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
be put into effect within 90 days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
|LONGWORTH DEFEATS
GARNER FOR SPEAKCRSEIP

WASHINGTON, April 15.-tP)-
Representative Nicholas J. Long
worth Of Ohio was re elected speak
er OF the house of representatives.
today by a vote Of 253 against 143,
for Representative Garner Of Texas,
democrat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
FURNITURE MEN MEET

FORT WORTH, April 15.-tP)--
Furniture men from throughout the
state arrived today for a conven-
ton of the Retail Furniture asso-
citation of Texas, Inc, here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High ard low tide at Point 1Sa-
bel tomorrow, under normal met
geological condition:
High .................. l2:15 p. m
low 2:43 a. IN.
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MISSING DEAD SEA


EXCURSTONISTS FOUND
JERUSALEM, April 15.-tAP)-
A group of Palestine officials and
their wives. including Edwin S.
Samuel, son of the former high COM
missioner Sir Herbert Samuel, was
found on the TransJordan shore of
the Dead sea today after having
been missing since Saturday. They
were on an excursion in the Dead
sea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Late Bulletins
AMERICAN MISSIONARY SAID
SLAIN IN CHINA

SHANGHAI, China, April 15.-
(AP)-The American consular au-
th0rities have been advised Of the
Staying of an American missionary
In the province of Kwcichow.
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.-(P)-
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.
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 tc
be attempted has been fairly vel
accomplished.
1t has been decided to create
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 a more prosper
Gus rural situation.
At the same time it is setting out
basic principles, the board would be
expected to call upon the farmer:
organization to cooperate in put
ting these principles into op-
GRAFTON. Some of the tasks the
organizations might be called upor
Continued on Page Ten)
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Congress in First Special Session Since 1922
Wild Bandit Raid
.RunOr at Mission
Proves Untrue


wild fright Sunday night
radng States settlement
south of
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HOUSE ADJOURNS
AFTER TWO HOURS

WASHINGTON, April 15.-(F)-
The first days business of the spe-
cial session of congress lasted two
hours. Meeting at noon, the SEN
ate adjourned at 1928 p. m, and
the house adjourned at p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
THE WEATHER

For BrownsviIie and .na Valley:
Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
much change iE temperature.
For East Texas: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; warmer Tuesday.
Light northeriy winds on the
coast becoming variable.