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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
IDENTIFY ROAD
VOTES IN SUIT
Witnesses Called to See
If Ballots Had Been
Tempered With
(Snecial to The Herald)

RAYMONDVILLE, July lex
animation of witnesses in the Lyford
S4OO 900 road bond election contest
in Willacy County Civil District
Court was expected to be completed
Friday.
Contestants proved to the salts
faction of the court Thursday that
they had prima facie case and the
ballot boxes were opened and found
to correspond with the report rem
dered by the election judges, 164 for
the bond issue and 81 against it.
After recess County Judge r. 5.
Dorsett was placed on stand to tell
of the method Of delivery Of ballots
and the return and disposition OF
unused ballots. He was followed by
County Clerk Ben S. Duffield who
was interrogated as to where ballot
boxes had been stored since the elec-
ton and the possibility Of tampering
with them.
Eleven witnesses followed, who en-
deavored to identify their ballots
Many discrepancies arose between
their testimony and the way their
ballots showed they had voted.
Only one man was able to identity
his ballot. It was taken from the
mutilated ballot box. He was posi-
tive 1t was his ballot, stating that nc
recognized his handwriting. He said
he had scratched nothing on the
ticket at all, simply written against
at the bottom Of the ballot.
Several others refused to claim
their ballots, saying they were word
ed differently, or they thought they
had marked out the "for" clause
and the against" appeared marked
out on the ballot accredited to them
The ballot they voted on was
larger, or the placing Of the caption
and the propositions different, some
witnesses said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
.SPRACHER WAS.
DUE HEREFROM.
NORTH FRIDAY.
Seriously Hurt After
1OO0-Ft. Drops. Was
Testing Out Plane
When Fall Occurred

Clyde Spracher, who was due In
Brownsville Friday on the regular
Texas Air Transport plane, was
seriously hurt Thursday when his
small biplane fell from an altitude
Of 1000 feet at Mecham Field,
Fort Worth.
The pilot, who was testing a new
plane on his off-day at the time
of the accident, was still uncon-
scious Friday. He suffered head
injuries. Hospital attendants said
there was no fracture of the skill
and they had discovered no inter-
nal injuries.
Spracher is well known here as
he has been flying the air mail
for several months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
MERCHANT IS
HURT BY HIT
AND.RUN CAR
Police Scour Valley
Seeking Driver Who
Struck Mercedes
Man Friday
(Special to The Herald)


HARLINGEN, July 12.-While
Ben Nedenthal, 81, Mercedes mer-
chant, was in the Valley Baptist
hospital here in a serious condition,
police in at least three Valley cities
weer hunting for the automobile
which struck Nedenthars car early
Friday and left him wrecked in the
ditch, pinned him beneath his auto
mobile.
Late Friday afternoon no report
of the automobile had been turned
in by officers in Harlingen, san
Benito and brownsville, all OF Wnern
were on the lookout for the car.
Nedenthal, trapped in the wreck
age Of his automobile, lay in the
ditch almost an hour before released
by o bus driver, who brought him to
the hospital.
Nedenthal, who owns store in
Mercedes, was on his way to Har-
linren to visit his father and moth
er, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Nedenthal, who
own the New York Store here.
No clues as to the identity OF the
driver are available. He struck the
Nedenthal car from the rear and
sped on. The wrecked car turned
over three or four times before
settling in the ditch.
The extent Of NedenthaPs injur-
les have not yet been determined.
Severe bruises and possible internal
injuries were suffered. No frac-
lures were discovered by attending
surgeons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Wants Dem Chairman
Named By Committee,
Not By Party Choice

DALLAS, Tex. July 12.-(P1-A
suggestion that thc chairman OF the
democratic executive committee be
selected by members of that body,
and not by the party's candidate Tor
president, as had always been done
before the last presidential cam
paign, was made here today by Jeo
G. Adams, democratic national COM
mitteeman for Texas.
If the committe should name its
chairman, the committeeman would
have the presidential candidate
name his own campaign chairman.
This chairman, when the campaign
was over, would resign. and would
not be mixed up with the party Tor.
tunes during the four year interval
before the next election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Crews Begin Repair
On Car Tracks With
u. S. Marshal Guards

NEW ORLEANS, July Pap
Under shot gun guard OF Unit
ed States marshals, gang crews
today began the repair of the
street car tracks and the re-
moval Of distractions placed on
the rights of way by strikers pre-
paratory to the operation OF
street cars either tomorrow or
Sunday.
The strikers offered no inter-
ference to the work, and the
federal marshal did not antici-
pate any disorders when the cars
are started under the protection
of United States deputies and po-.
lice by authority of a federal in
junction. The city has been
quiet since the riots of last week
as the result of the starting OF
a few cars operated by strike
breakers.
The negotiators for settlement
of the strike, now in its eleventh
day, continued conferences.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Order Arrest of
Three Chinese on
Opium Violation

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.-tP)
Warrants for the arrest Of Susie
Ying Kao, Ying Kao and Suen
Foon, charging them with facili-
tating the transportation and con-
cealment of a quantity of opium in
violation of the Jones-Miller act,
were issued from the United States
commissioner office here today.
The warrants were sworn to by
John w. Smith, U. S. customs Off
Ger, before Commissioner Ernest
Williams.
Kao was former vice consul here
and Susie Kao is his wife. Foon
is chancellor Of the Chinese con-
sulate.
Immediately after issuance Of the
warrants, officers left to place the
three Chinese under arrest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Funds Seized In
Raid Returned To
Mexican by Judge

NEW YORK, July 12.-(P)-Sal-
vador Ateca, wealthy Spaniard and
former paymaster for the Mexican
rebel army, today received $59o,oOO
of the $4,000 cash and securities
seized last May 4 in a raid on Ateca'S
suite in the Hotel McAlpin.
The money was returned on or
der of Federal Judge Thomas H.
thatcher after extradition to Mex
leo Of Ateca and Antonio Maquero,
his secretary, had been refused by
u. S. Commissioner Francis A.
O'Neill O'Neill held there was no
evidence to warrant the eXtradition
although Mexican government au-
tnorities had maintained he was
fleeing to Spain with the money,
which, they said. had been illegally
obtained during the recent Mexican
revolution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
SAY CREACER
TOSUEPAPER
100000 Action Against
Golfers Magazine Re-
ported Planned

A rumor that suit for $1,000, 900
will be filed against p. F. Collier
and Son company, New York City,
by r. B. Creager, republican ma
tional committeeman from Texas
has been current in Brownsville
several days. Creager refuses either
to confirm or deny the report.
The suit, according to rumor, Is
to be based upon the plea that the
Texas republican leader was libeled
in an article by Owen P. White en-
titled High Handed and He'll
Bent" which appeared in Golfers,
weekly publication, on June %.
Papers are being prepared and the
suit likely will be filed within the
next few days. according to reports.
1t is said the publishers will be
asked to prove statements which
charge Creager with wrong doing
in connection with the primary elec-
ton in Hidalgo county in July, 1928.
The article was an attack on po-
litical methods aIlegedly used in Hi
dalgo county.
Il have nothing to say regarding
the possibility Of the suit nor re-
garding the article" Creager de-
clared Friday.
Sheriff A. Y. Baker Of Hidalgo
county, on whom White centered his
attack in the Golfers article, when
told over the telephone Of the re-
port that Creager would file the libel
suit, said he had heard nothing OF
the matter. Sheriff Baker added
that he had reached no decision as
to what course he would pursue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12

make p0nQ.
Up to a late hour Friday Deckard
had made no move to gain freedom,
Kelley said, and had apparently not
selected an attorney. To obtain his
freedom Deckard must either file
a writ Of habeas corpus or demand
an examining trial, Kelley said.
Either move will be opposed, the Of
ficial said, on the contention that
the case Is not bailable.
The grand jury meets in Sep
tember, and unless Deckard takes
some action to gain his freedom he
will be held until the jury acts on
the case.
Funeral services for Latham were
held at $50 p. m. Thursday from
Kreidler'S undertaking chapel In
McAllen. Rev. w. B. Pierce of the
First Baptist church of McAllen
officiated, and burial was in the
Valhalla cemetery. Latham is sur
vived by his father and mother, a
brother and sister, all of Fort Worth
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Hope 'Untin' Bowler
May Clear Ice and
Resume Berlin Trip

CHICAGO, July 12.-tP)-With
reports last night from Port Bur
weIl, Labrador, Of favorable flying
weather, the Chicago Tribune
hoped today that its amphibian,
the Until Bowler, would be able
to escape the ice which menaced it
yesterday and resume its flight to
Berlin, which it started from here
on July 3.
The crew reported by radio that
floating ice in the Fjord where the
plane was anchored threatened to
destroy it ard that one jagged
piece, blown by the wind, had
caused slight damage. EskimoS,
mounted police, and the three
members Of the crew kept con-
slant vigil to prevent further dam
age.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
WACO WOMAN KILLED
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR

WACO, Texas, July 12.-(P)-
Mrs. r. F. Martin, %, Waco, was
dead today, and her husband was
recovering, from injuries received
here last night when struck by a
Dallas automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin were cross
ing the street as the machine ap-
preached a crossing at which auto
mobiles were supposed to halt. 1t
was reported to police the Dallas
car, probably unfamiliar with Waco
street and traffic signs, ran through
boulevard stop" sign.
A Dallas mother with her baby
in her arms was driving the auto
mobile, and neither was hurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12

The stay was granted by the gov
ernor after Judge Dolan issued a
mandate restraining the warden of
the penitentiary from carrying out
the execution.
Leahy escaped paying the penalty
on an affidavit of Miss Amanda
Davidson of Taylor, an acquain-
tance, in which the woman stated
she believed the alleged slayer of
DR.. j. A. Ramsey, Mathis physician,
was insane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
BOY. SHOT while
HUNTING. FIGHTS FOR LIFE
VALLEY Mail Pilot Hurt As Plane Falls
Biplane Angeleno
With Flyers Now
In Air 244 Hours

CULVER CITY, Calf, July IL.
--(AP)-The biplane "Angeleno"
reached the 244th hour of its
record breaking endurance flight
at 11:29:30 a. m. today.
Governor C. C. Young Of Cali
fornia arrived at the airport from
his summer home at Playa del
Rey to wave a greeting to the
fliers, L. w. Menden and II. B.
Reinhart.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy Ito unsettled tonight
and Saturday with local showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; scattered
showers in the south portion.
Light to moderate east to south
winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Donna Amendment
To Support Fire
Squad Is Voted

DONNA, July 12.-With only a
light vote being cast, no opposition
was indicated toward the proposed
charter amendment submitted to
the people Friday, proposing one
mill tax to support volunteer fire
department.
At p. m. 81 votes had been cast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
CHICAGOAN WINS

MISSION HILLS, Kansas City
July 12.-(Pt-Art Sweet Of Chicago
ended the first 18 holes Of his senni-
final match in the Western Amateur
golf tournament here today one UP
to Gilbert Carter OF Nevada Mo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Mission Man Held On
Murder Count Makes
NoMove TOFreedOm
(Sneciaf to The Heraldl

EDBURC 12-Ephram Dekard former Mission poundkper
connection with the fatal shoot
Latham former Donna city marshal Friday afternoon faced
tomonh period confinement Assistant District Attorney Rogers
that the state efforts
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12

RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
slowly during the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Leahy Must Die On
August 2 If Found
Sane, Governor Says

AUSTIN 12-P-Hary Leahy, sanity hearing
yesterday District Dolan Williamson
before his scheduled the pentenay
August he is found at trial set Georgetown
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ....... 8:49 a. m; 1852 p. m.
Low ....... 1852 a. m; Alb ID. III.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
POWER WORKER KILLED

POWER WOhhER AALLGO
PLAINVIEW, Tex, July 12.-CFJ---
Wheeler Whitsett, 81, employe OF
the Texas Utility Company, was
killed near here yesterday when q
wire he was handling came In con-
tact with a power line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
MIsCELLANEOUs DATA

Sunset today .............. 7:2S
Sunrise tomorrow ............ 5:46
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VALLEY HUNTS H|T-RUN AUTO
ENGINES

Purpose
Alamo Iron Works
Brownsville - Corpus Christi
San Antonio Houston
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Y AGENT
KILLED IN
CHASE

Chase of a suspected rum
car on the Baltimore " ash
ington Boulevard shortly be-
fore daylight today caused the
death of one Of the best
known enforcement officers in
Washington when the high
powered automobile IN which
he was riding was forced from
the road near Riverdale, Nd,
and struck a telegraph pole.
Dana N. Jackley, As. the prohi-
bition officer, in company with
Acting Deputy Administrator VIII
liam r. Blandford, Lamar York,
Charles Mccartney, and one other
officer, whose name is not known,
were patrolIing the road when they
were passed by the suspected rum
car, a light roadster, driven by q
negro. They started in pursuit with
Mccartney driving the high-powered
car Of the agents.
Swerves From Road
Both cars roared at a high speed
on their way toward Washington
Twice Mccartney drew up to pass
the other and stop it. The driver OF
the other car cut him off each ttIne
and forced him to use his brakes In
order to avert q crash.
Near Riverdale, Nd, the enforce
nert officials automobile drew
alongside the fleeing rum car.
Suddenly the driver Of the ear
swerved and Mccartney, In trying
to avoid a serious crash. put On
the brakes again. This time he
lost control when the car went into
a skid and careened toward O teis-
graph pole. ., .-.'
Jackley, who was riding 0n TIE
left rear side of the car. was ct
the point OF impact and received
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Smithsonian to Get
Gellatly Collection

One of the finest groups of
American paintings in private hands
is to become the property of the
nation through the gift Of John
Gellatly. of New York, it's owner,
according to word reaching the
Smithsonian Institution. here today.
The collection includes rare porce-
lain. pottery, jewelry. Gothic sculp'
lures in wood and stone tapestries
and stained glass Twenty-three
American paintings and a collection
.of % water colors and pastelS are
included in the collection. The COL
lection is estimated to have cost
more than $250,000
Artists represented in the collec-
ton are James A. Mcneil Whistler,
John S. Sargent, Winslow Homer,
Abbott Thayer and Frank Duve-
neck.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
TRADES union
WAR To GO
LIMIT
BY DAVID P. SENTNER

NEW YORK. May Ia 0.N. SI.---
War to hte knife between the
union and the employers of the
building trade appeared unavoida Die
today as the result of the lockout
considered since the first trade
union as capitals most bitter
weapon-will affect $4,000 union
workmen in the metropolitan area.
They will be paid off tomorrow
afternoon.
More than $500, 900, 600 in build.
ing operations will be effected with
a possibility that the controversy
may spretad throughout the nation
1t will be the forst tie-up in New
Work construc ion work since 1903
t.rilding trade.
SeIVi"es Offered
A concij:st to- from the Depart,
ment of Labor was en- route here
from Washington but his good
offices We're considered useless al
the present time.
In voting to declare the lockout
the employers committee also voted
to revoke the five-day week and
- pVi NCIlI VASE IIitt ease recently
granted.
The building employers claim
that the unions are attempting "to
dictate how the Employers Associa.
ton should be conducted and whom
they should employ"
The issue Is also Joined with
the refusal of the building trades
council represeing the unions, tc
call off sympathetic strikes in sup
port OF the electrical workers union
Strikebreakers Due.
The building trades council Is
expected to vote today to support
the side of the labor leaders. one
member OF the council said offici
ally that 1t was "a showdown" be
tween the employers and the union
with the recent gains in working
hours and pay at stake.
Included in buildings affected is
the Cathedral of st. John the De
vine.
Christian G.. Norman. chairman
OF the board of governors of the
employers association intimatet
that strikebreakers might he i'm
ported to replace the locked ou
workers.
The employers intend to go al
far as they can to keep their worl
progressing" he said.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Sci ECT|[)N
!. COMES AS
SURPRISE

Maj. Gen. Mason M.
Patrick, U. S. A., retired, to-
day was nominated by Presi-
dent Hoover to be a member
Of the local Public Utilities
Commission.
Like the Presidents previous
choice of Harleigh II. Hartman to
succeed Col. Harrison Brand on the
commission the selection Of General
Patrick as the successor of Chair.
man John w. Childress came as
complete surprise.
The nomination was sent to the
Senate shortly after noon and was
referred to the Senate District Com.
mittee. which probably viii consider
1t in connection with the Hartman
nomination in the next few days.
Headed Air Corps
Confirmation of both nominees is
expected to come without opposi-
tion.
General Patrick became one Of the
outstanding men OF the Army BY
reason of his service az chief Of the
Army Air Corps.
The Army officer has lived In
Washington since the close Of the
world war, in which he served with
distinction as an executive and or
ganizer, being chief OF engineers of
the service of supplies and director
of construction and forestry in the
earlier period of the A. e. F.
General Patrick is a native OF
Iewisburg, W. Va, and Is IS years
Of age. He was graduated as an
engineer from West Point in 1885.
and in addition to military duties
has seen extensive service in the
engineer corps in connection with
Great Lakes and Mississippi River
improvement work.
Among the assignments given him
in the past decade were those OF
commandant of the Engineer School
at Washington Barracks, assistant
chief of engineers 1920.21, command
ant of the engineer school at Fort
Humphreys. and engineer of the
Gulf Division at New Orleans. He
served az chief of the Army Air
Service from 1921 to 1925. being
succeeded by Brigadier General
Fechet in the latter year.
General Patrick learned to fly an
airplane when he was more than
80 years oe age. He was retired
on December IA, 1927.
Had Strong Backing
The White House today declined
to make public the list Of hackers
Of General Patrick for the utilities
post. 1t is stated. however, that
he had a large number of sup
porters both within and without
Army ranks.
President Hoover. who also is an
engineer by training, has the high
est regard for General Patrick. and,
it is understood; personally re-
quested him to accept the place.
With General Patrick on the
Public Utilities Commission, two
Army officers will be in a position
to control its policies, in as much
as Col. w. B. Ladue, Engineer
Commissioner Of the District, is a
member ex-officio.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14

In Washington there are women
In Congress, women in business,
women predominating in the Gov
ernment departments-it's a petit
coat government to some extent
and they Just can't understand"
the decision to employ only male
help in the future.
There must be some rea ason
other than the one given, that
British girls are inefficient because
they stop work to powder their
noses, discuss screen stars and the
latest styles" said Miss Mary An
derson, director of the Women's
Bureau of the Department of Labor.
$4,000 in Civil Service
''In this country these feminine
foibIes of powdering noses, gos-
siping and other things dear to
the feminine heart, apparently
have not affected their efficiency" "
Miss Anderson pointed out that
the last census figures placed the
number of women gainfully EN-.
ployed in this country at $500 900.
THE 1880 census figures prob
ably will show even more, but they
are expected to be significant be-
cause they will show the constantly
upward trend in the caliber of
women's employment" she said.
The United States Government,
she said, is the largest single EN-
ployer of women, $4,000 of the
$4,000 civil service employees being
women and girls
Whether in the administrative
scientific. professional, social ser.
vice. artistic. clerical manufactur.
ing. Mechanical or cleaning service.
.H.on4tpa,aS - Raen a. nnlvu..,. a =
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
WOMAN SEEKS
PASSAGE ON .
ZEPPELIN

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany
May IA QNS).-Scenes of great
activity were enacted at the Yep
pelin airport here today as final
arrangements were made for the
scheduled start tomorrow of the
giant German dirigible Graf Zep-
pelin on her third trip across the
Atlantic.
Fridjof Nansen, famous polar ex
pIorer, arrived TODAY to bid farewell
to Sir Hubert wilkins, who will
leave for the United States on the
Zeppelin.
Explored Arctic
Sir Hubert is renowned for his
exploration by airplane in both the
Arctic and Antarctic.
A New York woman has developed
as a possible mystery passenger
on, the airship. She has made q
last-minute effort to book passage
but refused to tell anything about
herself beyond her name and ad
dress. She said she Is Mrs. Pierce
of 2sS Park Avenue, New York
City"
With the exception of loading on
the fuel and putting the finishing
touches to the great airship's larder,
everything. is now ready for the
start, which is to take place at S
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
This early start which has been
selected in order to give the Zeppe.
lin the greatest possible advantage
of the daylight hours, is the only
factor which will make the ships
departure different from the prosaic
sailing of any Transatlantic pas
senSer liner. Everything has been
done to take this trip out OF the
category of adventures, and tC
make it merely the latest phase OF
| Continued on Page 2. Column s.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Baldwin Pledges British
Aid for Disarmament

. LONDON, May IA Q.N.S.).-Dur-
ing a campaign speech in Plymouth
today. Premier Stanley Baldwin as
serted that if the Conservative
party were returned to power he
would do everything possible to
bring about disarmament.
Il would strive to rel oh an agree
ment with the United States on
the question he declared. There
h-s been too much talk on the
question. What Is needed is PLAIN
saet0n.e ~