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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
HILL SCORED
In TELEGRAM
TOCOMMITTEE
Texas G.. 0. P. Chair
man Makes Vigor-
Gus Denial Of Assess
rnent and Protection

Vigorous denial Of charges that
the republican organization Of Texas
was protecting hotels against dry
raiders and that federal appoint
ments were being bartered, was made
by X. b. Creager of Brownsville, re-
publican national committeeman for
Texas, in a telegram to Senator Smith
w. Brookhart of Iowa, member Of the
senate committee now hearing tes-
timony on Texas patronage.
Creager characterized some Of the
statements Of Lloyd Hill, applicant
for the Port Worth postmastership
in 1921. as "slanderous hearsay tes-
timony," and asserted that the re-
publican organization had not levied
upon any postmaster or other aP-
pointee for funds to maintain the
organization. Following is the text
of Creagers' statement to Senator
Brookhart:
The text Of Mr.. Creager's tele.
gram follows:
Il note BY press dispatches that
Lloyd Hill Of Fort Worth in testify
ing before your committee stated
that he had been informed by an in
dividual in Dallas that this individ-
Continued on page thirteen-)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Plans For Polo
Tourney Upset
By Withdrawal

Plans for the Mid-Winter polo
games scheduled TO begin Friday
afternoon at Fort Brown were up
set Thursday morning by the an
nouncenent Of the withdrawal Of the
nth Mexican cavalry team. With
drawal was said to be due to forces
over which they had no control.
Officers and representatives OF
the other three teams entered In
the tournament. 5th cavalry Of Fort
Clark, the Wichita Falls civilian
team, and tho 18th cavalry Of Fort
Brown, were to meet Thursday aft
ernoon to rearrange the schedule.
1t was said probable that the
games would get under way on Fri
day as planned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
mail CARRIER
SERVICE WILL
Be EXTENDED
New Routes to In
clude Practically All
Paved Areas Within
The City

Mail carrier service will be ex-
tended to practically all parts Of the
city on February Is, providing
houses are numbered and patrons
provide receptacles for mail, was the
announcement Thursday by Post
master G. W. bennett.
An application by the postmaster,
which had the recommendation Of
the district inspector, has been ap-
proved BY the postoffice depart
ment, providing the residents of the
city provide the necessary facili-
ties to assure efficient service.
Extensions authorized include
practically all of West Brownsville
and Victoria Addition as well as
into residential sections in other
parts Of the city. Two additional
carriers have been authorized, which
will bring the force up to five let
ter and one parcel post carriers.
In order TO increase the efficiency
Of the service an effort also is be-
Continued on page twelveD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
AIR MAILLOW
BIDDER HERE
Haed of Company On
Trip to Mexican
Capital Today

(. L. Schueren, head of the Air
transportation, Inc, low bidders for
American cir mail contract from
Brownsville to Tampico, Vera Cruz
and Mexico City, accompanied by l..
Hinshaw Of st. Louis, an official
Of the company. left Brownsville
Thursday morning for Mexico City.
The object of their trip was not
disclosed, but it is understood they
will confer with George Rihl, head
of the Mexican Aviation Co., sue
cessful bidders for the Mexican air
mail, and various government Off
eials.
SehUren and Hinshaw arrived in
Brownsville Thursday night, and
Friday morning had several confer
ences. They left for the airport
shortly before noon, announcing
they would make the flight to Mex
leo City during the afternoon.
George Rihl, mead of the Mexi-
can company, was expected to ar
rive in Brownsville Wednesday, but
n telegram Thursday morning stat
ed he had been called from Tampico
10 Mexico City on business matters
and expected to remain in the Next
can capital until the first of next
week. lie Is expected to arrive here
Monday or Tuesday, and it is under
stood he will go direct to Wash
ington.
No definite announcement has
been made by the American p0stof-
flee department relative te award
ing the contract for the American
mail service from Brownsville to
Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Bids
were opened at Washington last
Saturday. the Air Transportation,
Inc. Of which Schueren is the head,
a subsidiary of the Universal Air
Lines, being low bidder.
II is understood that an effort Is
being made to formulate a working
arrangement with the Mexican COM
pany so that planes can carry mail
loads both ways.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
NOT GUILTY
ENTERED
BY JOHNSTON
Deposed Governor of
Oklahoma to Face
Senate Impeachment
Court On Feb. III

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. -Sl.-tP1-
Henry S. Johnston, suspended gov
ernor of Oklahoms, today pleaded
not guilty to eight impeachment
articles and announced himself
re lady for trial.
The announcement was made in
the senate court Of Impeachment by
Thomas III. Owen of Oklahoma City,
one Of JOhnston's attorneys.
Trial on all of the IL charges re-
turned against him by the house Of
representatives was set for Feb. IL.
Although today's hearing was
scheduled to include only eight
charges, Owen declared Johnston
would waive an appearance on three
more, set for February 5, and that
he stood ready for trial on all II
Of the charges.
Johnston ON Floor
Johnston appeared in the rear Of
the senate chamber a few minutes
before the court convened, and sat
Continued on page thirteen.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Radio Will Phone
Orders to Fliers

GREAT LAKES, Ill, Jan. 30.-tPs-
Radio telephony is expected to re-
place telegraphy in government conf
munication with commercial air
planes in tranScontinentaL flight.
Broadcasting stations, it has been
announced at the naval training sta
tion here. will be placed in opera
tion by the department Of commerce
at a dozen points along the transcon-
tinen:al airway route.
Already stations for radio tele-
phone conversation with planes have
been established at Cleveland, Belle
fonte, Pa, and Hadley Field, N. j..
Other stations will be set up in Chi
cago, Bryan, Ohio. Omaha and North
Platte. Nebr, Cheyenne and Rock
Springs, Wyo., Salt Lake City, Elko
and Reno, New, and Oakland. Cal.
At hourly intervals this chain Of
stations will send out weather reports
and information on landing condi-
tions to aircraft in flight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

order to accommodate the throngs
of taxpayers.
The establishment last week by
County Tax Cole cto- j. j. Fox of
several sub-statiOns at La Feria,
Harlingen, Rio Hondo, San Benito
and Brownsville. at which poll taxes
and automobile licenses may be paid,
has diverted part Of the rush from
the main office. Morning reports
were to the effect that practically
all sub-stations were thronged.
approximately 5000 poll taxes had
been paid UP to Thursday noon, and
additional clerks were put on
Thursday to take care of the last
day rush. 1t is estimated that the
total will exceed 5000, or approxi-
mately 75 per cent Of the total last
year when over 5000 polls were
paid.
A check-up Thursday morning
showed a total Of 9,649 motor We
hicles licensed, Of which number r.
S3S were automobiles and 1,sl1
trucks. This number is expected 70
exceed 10000 before the tax col
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
BAR TO Sale
OF OILLEASES
IS DISSOLVED
Travis District Judge
Rules Bidders of
Jan. 2 Have Rights;
Hits New Measure

AUSTIN, Jan. 1.--(P)--
The district court today up
held j. t. Robson, land
commissioner, in the injunc-
ton suit brought by the
state Joined by the regents
of the University Of Texas,
to enjoin him from selling
oil and gas rights in public
lands. The injunction was
ordered dissolved.
The court decided the law
passed by the present legis-
lature withdrawing the lands
from the market was invalid
insofar as the January 2
sale, stoppc by temporary
injunction, was concerned.
Judge j. d. Moore, who rendered
the decision, said he found the inter-
venOrs in the suit had vested rights
in the approximately $4,000 acres ad-
vertised for sale on January and
which Robson refused to postpone on
grounds that the law of 1925 was
mandatory and required him TO make
sales when he had requests
The court held the land com mis-
sioner had discretionary power to
postpone the sale from one date 10
another, upholding in this respect the
opinion Of the attorney generals de-
partment, which had advised Robson
he could postpone the January SALE
The law taking all leases off the
market was passed BY the present
legislature on January IL. three days
after it convened. II ordered the
commissioner to return all bids, in
cluding those on the January 2 sale,
without making a record Of them in
the land offiie.
G. W. Trueheart. assistant attorney
general. who handled the case for the
state. said the suit would be prose-
cuted 20 the supreme court II the
court of civil appeals upheld the dis
trict court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
OFFICER shot;
May RECOVER
X. D. Trahan Is Found
With Bullet in Head
At Harlingen
Especial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, Jan. 31.-Physicians
at the Valley hospital here Thurs
day morning saw fighting
chance" for the recovery Of Rene D.
Trahan. border patrol inspector,
found with a bullet wound in his
head in a car on Jackson street be-
tween ] and about IL o'clock We'd
nesday morning.
Recovery. it was said. depended
upon whether the inspector could
rally enough strength to stand an
operation.
A blood TRANSMISSION was made
Wednesday afternoon in an effort
to build up Trahan's strfagth. 4.
l.. Longoria, former border patrol
inspector, gave the blood.
Trahan was found in the car by
himself. with a gun in his hand
about IL a. m. by Mrs. Tom Nj
Dowis, officers said.
Mrs. Dowis noticed him slumpeC
on the seat Of the car. The car was
in a somewhat isolated position, few
houses being located nearby.
Mrs. Dowis, the wife Of an officer
on the bridge at Mercedes, phone
for assistance and r. l.. Longoris
and Border Patrol Inspector Dave +
Ferguson rushed to the scene.
The woman stated that she wa:
passing by when she noticed Ira
han and thought he had been in
jured in a wreck.
Trahan, unconscious, was rushed
TO the hospital Immediately.
The inspector has been in the Dor
der patrol service for a number o.
years and served for a period at Fal
furrisa. He is well known over tn,
Valley. He has a wife and one chile
who reside in Harlingen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Dallas Youth Is
Given 80 Years
As Store Robber

DALLAS, Tex. Jan. 31.-tPj-John
Wesley Meyers today was convicted
of robbing chain department store
here Christmas eve and his punish
ment fixed at SO years in prison.
Meyers father, the Rev. +. NJ.
Meyers, Tulsa, Okla, retired Method
ist minister, testified his son always
had been "a mama's boy"
Other witnesses testified Meyers
became queer" shortly after he fell
in love with the girl, who attended
the Lady Of the Lake college at San
Antonio, Tex.
Meyers, in his own defense, said
he had told the girl he was "big
oil man and silver magnate from
Colorado" He said he robbed the
store Of s2,74O 50 he could get mar
ried.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
MRS. LEBOUEF
DENIED WRIT
in U. S. COURT
Hanging of Woman,
Dreher After Noon
Friday Appears To
Be Certain

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 81.
= (P - Unless Governor
Huey P. Long changes his
mind, Mrs. = IA Conner Le-
Bouef and Dr.. Thomas E.
Dreher will die on the gal
lows tomorrow at Franklin,
La, for slay;- ,'cmes j. Le-
Bouef, the woman's hus-
band, Is molt,-s ago.
The gover1>r announced
at Baton Rou-c today he
had reviewed the case care
fully and did not intend to
take any furth g. lion.
Previously Judge Wayne G. Borah
of the United States district court
and the United States court of ap-
peals had refused to grant a stay
of execution on grounds the pris-
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Foch Has Setback
After Illness; Is
Ordered to Rest

PARIS, Jan. 3l.-tPl-MarshGl Fer
dinand Foch, who had been recover
ing rapidly from his recent illness,
has had setback and must resume
complete rest.
An official communique issued by
physicians read:
"A slight pulmonary congestion
contracted during convGlescence
obliges the sick man TO resume COM
plete rest"
DR.. Davenieres, in attending the
marshal, who has been recuperating
from heart attack and kidney COM
plications, discovered q pulmonary
congestion. The condition was not
regarded as serious, but il was de-
cided the marshal should take the
complete repose again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

Lone Final Hope Of Pair Facing Gdll0Ws
MAY WE'D GIRL
y 4 X
HE PURSUED IN
X = =
PLANE OVER u. S.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31.--P1--
Today was the wedding day-per-
haps-of Miss Ruth Mcconnell, 26,
indianapolis art and music student,
and Kenneth Il. Coulter, 43, Clifton
Springs, N. " capitalist.
But the mystery which has sur
rounded their romance since De-
cember when the girl fled from
Rochester, N. Y. to San Francisco
by train, pursued in an airplane
by DR.. ID. o. Meeker who apparently
was commissioned by Coulter, per-
sisted, and whatever wedding plans
they may have were kept secret
The couple, Coulter appearing in
a wheel chair, obtained a marriage
license Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy to partly cloudy and much
colder tonight and Friday; lowest
temperature tonight in the low
forties, and probably about the same
the following night.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday; somewhat unset
tied on the west coast; colder to-
night: cold wave in east and south
portion except on the west coast;
temperatures 16 to 20 in north, 70
to 80 in southwest portion, and
probably freezing near the east
coast; rising temperature in north
west portion Friday.
Fresh to strong northerly winds
this afternoon and probably tonight
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
MRS. NORTHCOTT TO
TELL OF SLAYINGS

RIVERSIDE, Cal. Jan. 31.-tPD-
Under a court grant of special pro-
lection against what officials assert
ed were mythical" prosecutions by
police officers, Mrs. Sarah Louisa
Northcott was under call to take the
witness stand today to "tell the
truth" about alleged Staying of several
boys by her son, Gordon, at his
chicken ranch near here.
Five weeks ago the woman was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment on her
plea Of guilty to the murder of nine
year-old Walter Collins OF Glendale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Last Day Rush To
Pay Taxes Brings
Usual office jam

The annual last-day rush to pay
taxes was on Thursday, with the
offices of county, city and school tax
collectors in Brownsville jammed
throughout the morning hours, and
every indication that the rush would
continue unto a late hour.
Preparations were being made at
the county tax collectors office to
remain open until a late hour in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
MOZART OR MUD
y 4 =
PIES FOR KIDS?
= y =
MOTHERS SPLIT

EVANSTON. H., Jan. 31.-Rf-
Whether a child needs more Mozart
or marbles, divided the 200 mothers
Of the central council Of Evanston
school clubs today.
II suggest" suggested Mrs. Oil
YER Aspegren, president, at yester-
DAYS meeting, that the children
give concerts after school hours
Mrs. Ferdinand Johnson got the
floor.
This everlasting culture busi-
ness. is overburdening our children.
Concerts, theaters, dancing-cus-
ture this, culture that. The place
for a child after school is out play
ing-and | don't mean playing IN
an orchestra, either"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Women Politicians Of
Illinois Airing Feud

feeling against me, but is Mark
Hanna's daughter"
Mrs. O'Neill said the expression
OF her views might be regarded as
"poor politics" but that she felt
it her duty to sound the call to
other republican women against
the "bossism" Of the congress-
woman-eiect.
Mrs. Mccormick declared that
all the points made against her
were incorrect except the state
ment that / am Mark Hanna's
daughteTs"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
TROTZkY IN EXILE

LONDON. Jan. 81 P1 Leon
Trotzky, once powerful Russian lead
er, was reported in dispatches today
to be on his way to Turkey as an
exile. The Turkish government
agreed to give the former leader Of
the Red army shelter in Angora. A
Jewish telegraphic agency dispatch
from Berlin quoted "leading soviet
official" as saying rumors prevalent
in Moscow indicated Trotzky had been
seen in Tiflis on his way to Batum-
From there he will be transported 70
Constantinople and presumably lat
er to Angora.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Jan. ST.
Rl-One woman politician was
under fire from another iii Illinois
today as Lottie Holman O'Neilf,
state representative. spoke her
mind about Mark Hanna's daugh-
ter"-Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick, congresswoman-elect from
Illinois.
"Her personal ambition for
mower brooks no interference
said Mrs. O'Neill, who is serving
her fourth term in the state leg
islature. "She has no personal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
Asks Injunction
Against Bus Line
OF M. P. System
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG, Jan. 3l.-Preliminary
hearing on an injunction seeking to
restrain the Missouri Pacific Trans
portatien company from operating in
the Valley on the grounds that the
bus line is competing with the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad in the same
territory, has been set for Feb. IL
by Judge ]. Z. Leslie, presiding JUS
tice.
The suit which was filed by Lee
Minner of McAllen and which is
styled Joe Johnson VS.. the Missouri
Pacific Transportation company,
states that operation CT competing
common carriers is contrary to Texas
statutes concerning transportation,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
10 Nab broadway Jay
WaIkey--She Escapes

taxicab and she promptly left by
the other unassisted.
Sharp raps on the pavement
with a nightstick brought nine
other policemen and the Broadway
crowd. Another chase and cap
ture.
At the station the young woman
addressed her captors, with en-
phasis.
The desk sergeant was wonder
ing today where 290S Thirtieth
street, Long Island, might be. She
gave that address and was re-
leased
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
WANT MORE U. s. PRISONS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.--tP)-The
construction of two penitentiaries
and a hospital for the criminal in
sane were among the major recon-
mendations of a special house pris-
ons investigating committee submit
ted today in a report to the house,
As a further means Of relieving con-
gestion in federal penitentiaries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
DAMAGE SUIT REFILED

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 31.-CPl-Ef-
forts Of K. v. Hall, Tom Green county
oil scout, to collect s51 200 damages
because he was founded by possemen
who were hunting oank robbers on
Jan. 10, 1928. began anew today when
a non suit in the original case was
taken and q new suit filed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.-tP)--(P1
II took ten policemen to nab the
first woman arrested for jay
walking on Broadway.
The red traffic light and the
hand of the law were against her
when Ella T. Colson tripped
across Times Square last night.
Patrolman Dosatka admonished
her. She tripped anyway. The
patrolman had to run a block to
catch her.
He escorted her in one door OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
KEYES DEFENSE NEAR
CLOSE IN BRIBE CASE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. St.-i.T9 Only
two minor witnesses remained to be
heard today in the defense Of former
District Attorney Asa Keyes, Ben
Getzoff, and +. II. Rosenberg for al
legged conspiracy and bribery.
f. III. Rosenberg closed his defense
yesterday with denials Of any knowl-
edge Of alleged bribes paid to Getzoff
or Keyes. hut said he had given
Keyes a $3.50 wrist watch two days
after his acquittal in a fraud case,
Just as Friendly offering"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
RACK FROM HUNT

Brigadier General Samuel u. Rock
enbach, who with his wife is visiting
friends in Fort Brown. returned here
Wednesday from a successful hunt
ing trip to the gulf side home Of
Col. Lutte Stovers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days
Flocd Present 24-Hr. 24-Er.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
TIDE TABLE

IADE ADAAG
High and low tide az Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorologi-
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
SeDia Star

Angelus Babe, incarnation of
syncopation, rushes like a prairie
fire through the colorful sequences
Of "on With the Show" the first
100 per cent natural color, talk
ing, singing, dancing picture,
Warner Bros. Vitaphone produc-
ton in technicolor, now at Gran.
dall's Metropolitan.
The negro race has given the
arts many stars, Hayes, Gilpin,
Dunbar, Cullen. Robeson, Waters
land 1t has given the spirituals
---an incalculable gift.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Doug Finds voice

Douglas MacLean, who is now
playing at Loew's Palace in his
latest farce comedy, divorce
Made Easy" has q very good
speaking voice. He was at one
time a successful actor of comedy
parts and dramatic roles on the
legitimate stage some time before
he entered the movies. He has
made more than twenty full.length
pictures since he made his cinema
debut. And a Washington boy,
too.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Toms History

Thomas jefferson, featured In
"on With the Show" first
natural color, talking, singing
dancing Warner Bros. vitaphone
picture, now at the Metropolitan
Theater, was born in New York
city and educated there and
aboard. His father was Joseph
jefferson, most beloved comedian
of the American stage, and
creator Of rip Van Winkle," In
which Thomas starred for a num-
her of years after his fathers
death.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Dick Gets Noisy

Having won renowh as a talk.
ing actor in Nothing But the
Truth" Richard Dix makes
second bid for added fame in THE
Wheel OF Life" now at the Earle
Theater. "The Wheel of Life"
Is an all-talking Paramount pro-
duction. I'm which Esther Ralston,
Myrtle stedman and Nigel de
Bruller, who have supporting
roles will be heard from the
screen for the first time.
o. r. Heggie plays the leading
male supporting role.