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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
HEATED WORDS
FLY IN Regard
TO W(JRzDACH
We Are Trying You
Local Man Is Told;
Character Of Texan
Is Upheld

WASHINGTON, March 5.-P)-
Discussion Of the indictment Of
Representative Wurzbach, repub-
lican, Texas, for alleged violation Of
the corrupt practices act before
the senate patronage committee to-
day produced a renewal Of sharp
exchanges between Chairman
Brookhart and R. B. Creager. re-
publican national committeeman
for Texas.
Brookhart questioned Creager
about the indictment and asked the
committeema nif he had anything
to do with it." --'- ---''
1T would not make any differ
ence to you if 1 had" Creager said.
'You have no jurisdiction over such
affairs. What are we doing this
morning, trying Wurzbach or in
vestigating southern patronage"
I'VE are trying you," Brookhart
answered.
"You are certainly going far be-
yond your jurisdiction" Creager
retorted.
Creager then called witnesses TO
give testimony about the methods
of his organization in Texas. All
testified to Creager's character and
denied knowledge of any corruption
in distribution of federal patronage
in the Lone Star state.
Among the witnesses were John
w. Philip, postmaster at Dallas;
Randolph Bryant, of Sherman, fed
eral attorney for the eastern dis
Continued on page five.)
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; CUNNERS IN
Staying NAMED
Brother of Victim of Moran
Gang Named Executioner
By Chicago Police

CHICAGO, March S. up -
Names Of three men who the states
attorney believes fingered the ma
chine guns that slew seven gang
sters February IA were made public
today.
Joe Lolardo whose brother, Pas
uualino. met a gang death January
8. was named as one of the actual
eXecutionerS.
Frederick r. Burke, alias Thomas
A. Camp, alias Joseph F. Lewis,
long hunted as a bank robber; and
James Ray Of st. Louis were the
other choppers"
Burke and Ray, according to Da-
vid Stansbury, who is directing the
states attorneys independent in
vestigation, were disguised as po-
lice cffcierS. Besides Lolordo, Ray
and Burke there were two others
who entered the north Clark street
garage and participated in the ac-
tual massacre.
Jack McGurn, who has been ar
rested and booked on murder char
ges. was not one of the killers, as
Stansbury reconstructS the crime
though he may have been active in
it's planning.
Lolordo was given the "honor" OF
handling a machine gun against the
| George (BugS Moran gangSterS sc
that he might avenge the death OF
his brother whose slayerS were be-
iieved to have been Moran men.
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CHAMBERS NOT
TO WITHDRAW
Hard Feelings Over Failure
OF Canadians to Visit
Hidalgo Smoothed
Especial to The Herald)

PHARR, March 5.-Withdrawal
of Hidalgo county chamber of COM
merce secretaries from the Valley
association, expected at a meeting
here last night due to hard feeling
over entertainment Of Canadians
Sunday, failed to materialize, and
the matter is expected to be closed
with the writing of letters to the
Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce, complaining because Hi
dalgo county was not notified of
q change in plans.
The meeting was the result of
general hard feeling among the
chamber of commerce men and
others in the county who had made
elaborate preparations to entertain
the Canadian visitors Sunday, and
who waited at various places, cook
ed meals, and made other prepara-
tions without being notified that
the Canadians were not going to
visit Hidalgo county, they claim.
Although no definite information
on the meeting last night was
given out, it is understood that the
question of withdrawal from the
Valley secretaries association was
discussed, and voted down. The
principal complaint was that Hi
>,algo county was not notified of a
change in plans, which called for
tour Of this county by the Cana
dianS Sunday.
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BOOZE DEATH
toll. NOW IS
Dozens Are Ill, a Blind AT
Peoria; Liquor Brought
From Chicago

PEORIA, Ill, March 5.-CP)-
Sickness, blindness and death from
poison liquor in and near Peoria
struck a new high today. Fifteen
were dead, dozens were seriously ILL.,
and four were probably permanent
ly blinded.
The death list has grown stead
ilv since the first three fatalities oc-
Cured Saturday night. There were
seven dead yesterday morning, and
eight more deaths were reported
during the day and night. The
coroner's investigation has been
held up because of the possibility OF
more fatalities. Coroner William Ell
lott said the final death list might
contain 20 or more names.
Ben Teel, so, and Lance Hitz, 55,
died last night, Teel at Peoria and
Hitz at his home in Vermont, III.
Three men were under arrest. Or
ficers said the tragic aftermath OF
weekend drinking had instllled
genuine fear into bootleggers, and
sale Of liquor had been virtually
suspended.
Alarm was felt in other Illinois
cities, principally Galesburg and
Decatur. where police fear ship
ments from the same batch of poi
son alcohol may have been sent.
Mapfn-e Mansfield, one Of the
men arrested, told States Attorney
Henry Pratt he had imported sc
gallons of alcohol from Chicago
syndicate. but he did not name his
source. Walter Neibert. a barten-
der, and John Cox of Vermont are
the others who are held.
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EAKER PLANS HOP
TO OKLAHOMA CITY

SAN ANTONIO, March 5.-P)-
Captain Ira G. Eaker, accompanied
by First Lieut.. Bernard S. Thomp-
son, operations officer at Kelly
Field, hoped off from Kelly Field
at Gas a. m. today in an attack
plane for Brownsville, Tex, to make
preliminary arrangements for his
dawn-to-dusk flight from that city
to France Field, Panama Canal
Zone, March 10.
They planned to return to San
Antonio in time for Captain Eaker
to take off at l p. m, in a pursuit
plane for Oklahoma City.
Meanwhile, mechanics at Duncan
Field are installing 70-gallon gas
oline tank and d special refueling
pump in the "Pan-American," Capt
Eaker's dawn-to-dusk plane, and
tuning up the ship for the flight
that will carry him approximately
1000 miles over mountains, desert
and jungles in q single day.
Lieutenant Thompson, acompan.
led by Technical Sergeant L. II
Monies, will fly to Minatitlan, one
Of Eaker's refueling stops, to helI
service the plane at that point
First Lieut.. Delmar II. Dunton
engineering officer at Kelly Field
and Master Sergeant r. j. Jones
will 60 to Tampico to assist Eakel
in servicing his plane there.
"The Pan-American" will bt
christened Friday by Miss Mar!
Fechet, daughter Of Major Genera
and Mrs. James z. Fechet. 1t wa
reported today that the christen
ing ceremony may take place a
| Brownsville.
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MatamoroS remained quiet, and
in the hands of forces loyal to the
Mexican government, according to
reports this afternoon, with no
trouble expected there, at least for
the present.
In spite of reports and rumors
Of trouble, persons who went across
the river at noon today returned
with the statement that MatamoroS
shows no signs of trouble, and that
the loyal forces anticipate none.
Two train loads Of troops, COM
prising the entire garrison at Mat
amoroS, with the exception of 95
men left to guard the border port,
moved out Of that city late Monday
for Monterrey.
Federals in Monterrey, Report.
Monterrey was still in the hands
Of the federalS at noon Monday.
according to j. @. Philan, Browns
vile customs broker, who arrived
in Brownsville Tuesday morning.
He stated that on the way to Laredo
he was informed at Sabinas that
General Jose EScobar, former mil
ltary chief at Torreon and Saltillo.
had seized the Monterrey plaza
and that the federal forces were
holding the penitentiary.
Philan also was informed that
only two civilian automobiles had
lett Monterrey Monday. He saw no
troops other than a picket detail a
snort distance from Monterrey. At
the time he left that city, street
rumors were to the effect that Es-
cobar was only Is kilometers distant.
Practically the entire command
under General Juan Alamazan en-
trained at Monterrey Monday
morning, the newspapers Of the city
Continued on page five)
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COOPERATION
KEYN()TED At
2-CIIY MEET
220 From San Benito,
Harlingen Attend
Banquet; aid 10
Years Too Late

SAN BENITO, March 5.-Cooper-
ation-Within communities, between
communities, and throughout the
entire Valley-was the keynote OF
the first Harlingen-San Benito good
will banquet, held here last night
Two hundred and twenty persons
divided equally between the two
cities, crowded into the banquet
room of the StoneWall Jackson ho-
tel, and heard speaker after speak
er point out the things that the two
cities can and should do through
cooperation, things which are hard
for each to do alone.
1t was the opinion of most of the
speakers that the banquet is "ter
years late" but they expressed q
desire to make up for lost time ir
accomplishments of the future.
Propose Joint Park
The only concrete project in the
way of joint operation WIS advanc-
ed by Mayor j. Scott Brown of Sar
Benito, who suggested a joint city
plan, with a large park, 500 acres
or more, as the first joint PROPOSE
ton. He was cheered, but no defi-
nit eaction was taken on any sug-
gestions at the meeting. Another
meeting is to be held soon in Har-
lingen, the date to be set by the
chamber of commerse secretaries OF
the two cities.
James c. Bowie acted as chairman
Of the meeting for the San BenitC
people, and A. l.. Brooks was the
Harlingen chairman. Music for the
Continued on page five.)
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SEEK ACCORD
ON ROAD PLAN
Rangerville Highway Pro-
ject Subject F or COM
rnissionc-5 Meeting

An effort to secure an agreement
whereby Cameron county can meet
the conditions Of the Harrington
water district and secure coopera-
ton Of that district in converting
it's form of organization TO remove
it's bonded indebtedness as an OBJ
Stacle to the county road program,
will be made at a special meeting
of the commissioners court WedneS-
day morning at $3.50.
The Harlingen district has agreed
to convert as requested by the COM
missioners' court providing they are
assured a paved road to Rangerville,
6 miles south from the Arroyo
bridge, and dirt road from Ran
gerville miles to a connection
with the military highway.
The proposal of hte Harlingen
district was presented the commits
sionerS' court last week, by A. B.
Cole, attorney for the district.
Various proposals were discussed
but no agreement reached.
The Rangerville section is in the
San Benito commissioner precinct
but is considered Harlingen trade
territory. The Rangerville road also
is the connection with the Harlin-
gen district pumping plant.
At the meeting last week Com
missioner A. v. Logan of San Benito
stated he would allow the Ranger
vile section the full amount Of its
valuations for highway construction
and the suggestion was made that
Commissioner j. F. Baughn supple
ment this with valuations of the
city Of Harlingen sufficient to pave
the highway to Rangerville. The
Harlingen water district proposed to
cooperate In construction Of the dirt
road from Rangerville south in the
event the proposal was accepted.
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Creager, Br ookhart Row Agar,
ANNE AIDS ONE
= !. =
ARMED LINDY BY
* X >.
SHIFTING GEARS

MEXICO CITY, March 5.-tP)
The secret of Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh's driving an auto
mobile with one arm was reveal
ed today.
Since his crash at Valbuena
Field last week he has driven
frequently, sometimes on fairly
long trips, with his right arm
bandaged and in a sling, quite
out Of commission.
He steers with his left arm
while his fiancee, Miss Anne
Morrow, who always sits beside
him, shifts the gears.
DESPITE the task of moblllza-
ton of MeXico's air forces to
meet rebel attackers repairs on
Colonel Lindbergh's damaged
plane were proceeding today,
He is expected to leave for the
United States soon.
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Capt. Edker arrived at LlS IOCal
airport at 9 a. m, maintaining
cruising speed Of 130 miles per hour
for the 265 miles from San Antonio
The inspection trip was made in an
army Curtiss Falcon plane, D-12
motor.
The intrepid pilot of the Cues
ton Mark was wearing the same
leather jacket and helmet which
he used in setting his remarkable
endurance record, of more than 15C
hours of continuous flying.
Capt. Eaker spent approximately
As minutes at the local airport dis
cussing plans for his stay II
Brownsville Saturday.
The famous pilots first comment
on alighting from the plane was
enthusiastic praise for the Browns
vile airport.
Il had no idea you had such q
marvellous field here he said. Its
a relief to me to drop into a field
like this after imagining that
would have to land in COW pas
ture. You have a wonderful field
When asked if he would ride ir
an uptown procession Capt. Eakel
countered with II thought was
going to do my riding in a plane
The noted birdman is burned
dark tan from days in the air, ex-
cept for a part Of the forehead
which has been protected by hlI
helmet.
After preparations had beer
made for his landing here Satur'
day, Eaker took off on the return
trip with Lieut.. Thompson at 9:42
Just before the hop-off, the two
aviators posed beside their plane
for a picture with G. c. Richard,
son, manager of the chamber o.
commerce; Commissioners Johr
Starck and Arthur Hipp; Ber
Proctor, city architect; Les Maui
ding, airport manager; Bert Hink'
ley, Jr.; Capt. Rentz, chief pilo
for the Universal Air Lines; anc
Major Bernard S. Law.
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SPECIAL VENIRE
NOT TO APPEAR

All jurors and witnesses sum-
moned for the criminal district
court on March 6. need not ap-
pear until Friday, March 8. District
Clerk J. P. Scanlan announced
Tuesday.
Court will recess Wednesday and
Thursday, according to announce
ment Monday by H. 3. Galbraith,
special judge. A special venire and
a number of witnesses had been
summoned for Wednesday morning.
All cases set for Wednesday will be
taken up the following Wednesday.
it was announced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
8 New Members Of
Cabinet Confirmed
Quickly By Senate

WASHINGTON. March 8.-(P)-
The eight new members selected by
Herbert Hoover for his cabinet
were confirmed today by the SEN
ate within a few minutes after the
president had forwarded their
nominations.
The nominations follow:
Henry L. Stimson, Of New York,
Secretar yof state.
James w. Good, of Iowa, secre-
tary Of war.
Vim. d. Mitchell, Of Minnesota,
attorney general.
Walter T. Brown, of Ohio, post
master general.
Charles Francis Adams, MaSSa-
chusettS, secretary of navy.
Ray Lyman Wilbur. of Califor-
MIA, secretary of interior.
Arthur M. Hyde, of Missouri,
secretary of agriculture.
Robert P. Lamont, Of Illinois,
secretary Of commerce.
AS had been forecast, President
Hoover did not submit the names
of Secretaries Mellon and Davis.
that procedure being unnecessary
under the law.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, March S.
P)-Colonel Henry l.. Stimson,
secretary Of state in the cabinet
of President Hoover. left here today
aboard the steamship President
Pierce for the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
ROBINSON TO LEAD
SENATE DEMOCRATS

WASHINGTON, March 5.-(P-
Senator Robinson Of Arkansas was
reelected by the democratic caucus
today to be the minority leader in
the senate during the next congress.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, was
chosen assistant minority leader;
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, the
whip, and Senator Black of Ala
bama, the secretary o fthe demo-
cratic caucus.
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Theater Repels Rampant
Students With Tear Gas

ANN ARBOR, Mich, March 5.
-(P)-Four thousand students
celebrated Michigan'S basketball
victory over Wisconsin last night
by attempting to storm their way
into the Michigan theater.
Police tear bombs repelled three
attacks, but it was the appearance
at the theater of DR.. Clarence
Cook Little, university president.
that finally dispersed the crowd.
Five students were arrested and
later released.
The students, snake dancing
through the streets in riotous
frenzy because the team had just
assured Michigan a tie for the Big
Ten championship, rushed doors
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
FIELD MANAGER T. A. T.
HERE TO OPEN LINES

Jimmie Kelly, field manager for
the Texas Air Transport company
arrived in Brownsville Tuesday
morning from Fort Worth TO ar
range for the handling Of the first
air mail which is to come in March
s and the opening of the passenger
service, which is scheduled for
March g.
The Texas Air Transport COM
pany is to operate the line between
San Antonio and Brownsville Mr..
Kelly expects to be here until the
mail and passenger schedules are
instituted. when ne will be sue
Ceeded by a permanent manager
hera
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Of the theater, demanding free
adnittance.
The theater manager called up
on the stage hands and ushers to
repel the rush which followed his
refusal of the student demand,
and then called police who
brought tear bombs. Three times
the gas routed the mob, which
gradually decreased in numbers
to about 500.
Six ornamental doors and
large window were broken and a
giant electric sign was damaged
when its supporting cables were
cut Bottles, eggs, stones and veg
etahle refuse were thrown by the
Students.
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SAY AGUIRRE RETREATS

Ell PASO, Tex, March 5.-(P)-El
Continental, Spanish language
newspaper here, said Enrique Lik-
ems. Mexican consul general. was
advised today by President Portes
Gil. that General Jesus Majia
Aguirre, commander of rebel troops
in the state of Vera Cruz, had evac-
uated several cities occupied since
Sunday and retreated to the Vera
Cruz city under the attack Of fed
eraI soldiers.
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TEXAN is KILLED BY
BLAST IN SAND PIT

PLAINVIEW, Tex, March 5-(P)
e. P. Hodgkins, so, pit superin-
tendent of the Panhandle Sand and
Gravel company near Quitaque, died
here today of injuries received in a
dynamite explosion at the plant
Yesterday. Sam Apperson, 81, and
Chan Hitchner, 80, also were killed.
The blast occurred when the men
were fitting caps for blasting.
A9 fourth man, whose name was
not learned, was with the trio at
the time of the explosion. He was
thrown into the air and over a
nearby shed. but was not injured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
TROOPS SENT
1OM()N|IERREY
TO JOIN FIGHT
More States Join In
Move Against Gil
Later Reports Of
Leaders Indicate

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon,
Mex, March 5.-(AP)-General
j. g. EscObar, commander-in-
chief of the revolutionary move-
ment in northern Mexico, issued
the following statement to the
Associated Press today.
II am pleased to inform you
that after ten hours of combat
this city was taken by our troops
who fought valiantly as never
before.
I'VE took from the enemy $40
enlisted men, three generals and
rs officers. The enemy suffered
considerable losses in killed"
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TEXAS OIL FIRE

BRECKENRIDGE, Tex, March 5,
estimated at $4,000
resulted at the Humble Oil and Re-
filming company station at Albany
today when fire started at a leak IN
a line for transferring oil from tanks
to railroad trailerS.
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Ship Christening
May be Held Here;
Ace Likes Field

will off the Brownsville air.
port Sunday dawn-toduk flight to Pan
sWooped today
lee Of Field Antonio The
people the
c. Richardson manager Of
celebration
rni he required minutes.
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THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair and warmer tonight and We'd
nesday. Light variable winds be-
coming southerly and increasing.
For East Texas: Fair tonight;
warmer in northwest and north
central portions; Wednesday fair
and warmer. Light westerly to
northerly winds on the coast be-
coming variable.
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TIDE TARLE

High and low tide at Point Isa-
bel tomorrow, under normal met
geological conditions:
High 3:18 p. m.
Low 6:24 8. III.
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RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today ............... 6:34
Sunrise tomorrow .......... 6.4s
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EAkER FLIES HERE: RETURNS TO s. A.
c6saRH1r sM!RH MIXERS

No Equal - Every Contractor
Uses or Wants Them
Inspect Our Stock
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-27

AUSTIN, May 27.-tP-Governor
Dan Moody. Attorney General
Claude Pollard and State Labor
Commissioner Charles McKemy to-
day were ordered TO appear June /
before Federal Judge william At
well at Dallas TO show cause why
ar order restraining the state from
enforcing the johnson immigration
law. which went into effect May II.
should not be issued.
The measure places a prohibitory
tax on agencies hiring laborers for
work outside Texas by imposing a
$1,000 state and S2.500 county IL
cense. The bill was designed to
protect farmers and ranchmen Of
the state from shortage Of MeXi-
can labor.
The Mexican Sugar company has
attacked the law as unconstitu-
tioral.
More than 500 laborers have been
assembled at San Antonio. Dallas
and Fl Paso awaiting Transports
ton outside Texas. Deputy Labor
Commissioner Robert B. Gragg
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-27
POCKET VETOES
Are EFFECTIVE
Supreme Court Makes De
clarstion In Regard to
Presidents Power

WASHINGTON. May 27.-LP-
Pocket vetoes by the president were
declared by the supreme court to-
day to be effective in killing legisla-
ton sent to him in the closing days
Of a session even though il was not
the last session OF a congress.
The decision covers the Muscle
Shoals bill. pocket vetoed at the
close OF the first session OF the last
congress.
The pocket veto results when a
president fails 10 sign a bill within a
certain time after congress ad-
journs. This action is effective in
preventing such a measure from 60
ing on the statute books.
The court asserted congress must
be in session when the president re-
turned a bill with his diSapproval.
and when congress by adjournment
prevents this. the bill which he
would return if the house in which
IL originated was IN session must be
considered dead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-27
Brownsville Band
To Play Program
In Washington Park

The Brownsville city band. COM
posed Of members Of Camp Ebaro
NO. 1904. and other citizens nj
Brownsville. is 70 play is first pub
lie concert al Washington park M
8 .. m. Thursday. The band az -
nieces is directed by Crisctcro /
Perez.
Many Of the members are accom-
plished musicians and the 1rraniza-
ton has been holding regular re-
hearsals for some time.
Program for the concert follows.
/. March. Public School Band
q. r.
2. waltz. Maria MarEarita. c r
Perez.
8. Overture. Princess or India. X
I. King.
A. Mazurka. Prilicrosa. navarro
r. Selection. TravIatl. Verui.
6. Flamenco. Saldivar en- Tamrico
e. r.. r..
7. Marquita Linda. Cancion Next
cana.
=. Jesse bennett. March G. H.
Perez: dedicated 20 Mr.. Denne,.-