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The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Linthicum Heights
Club Planning Show

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, May II.
Plans for the First Variety Flower
Show, sponsored by the Linthicum
Heights Garden Club, have been an.
nounced by the committee in
charge.
There will be six classes, accord.
ing to Henry F. Cory, superinten-
dent of the show.
The first will be for artistic ar
rangement and roses will be entered
IN the second. Third will be
peonies; fourth, any garden flowers;
fifths, iris. and sixth, potted plants.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Potomac Firemen Plan
Carnival This Month

CLARENDON. Va, May IL
Plans for a big carnival and jubilee
have been perfected by the Potomac
Fire Departments Active Members
Association. 1t will open May q
and close June /.
The big day will be Decoration
Day, May 80, when the jubilee will
be held with so volunteer fire de-
partments of Maryland and Virginia
participating. This will include a
street parade, in which the visiting
companies will join. The reviewing
stand will be at the Mt. Vernon Ele-
mentary School.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Cumberland Firemen
Meet in Winchester

WINCHESTER. Va, May IL
The annual business session, of the
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fire
mems Association will be held in
Winchester. August IS.
The executive committee of the
association has gone on record as
being in favor OF increasing the
amount of death benefits for each
member of the association from $40
to $50 and that the Cumberland
Valley Association affiliate itself with
the Penn State Firemen's Associa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Rep. Sanders to Speak
To Reserve Officers

Representative Morgan G. Sanders
of Texas. member OF the Naval AT
fairs Committee, will be the guest
speaker of the Reserve Officers As
sociation at p. M, Monday, May 20,
in the auditorium Of the Interior
Building, Eighteenth and e Streets
Northwest.
Col Edmund Bulls and e. A. Har.
riman, delegates to the national con-
vention at indianapolis. will report
the proceedings.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Strikers May Force N. Y.
Construction to Halt

NEW YORK. May IL U.N.S.e
metropolitan building construction
faces total shutdown Monday. EN-.
ployers demand that building trades
officials man the jobs vacated by n
current strike OF electricians and
teamsters with the alternative of
lockout of $4,000 building workers.
The trades council has until Mon.
day to agree,
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, May II G.N.S9.-
Spots were quiet today; prices
steady. Sales totaled 5000 bales,
including 1909 American bales.
Mids. fair. l1.40d; strictly good
mids. 1O.95d; good mids, 10.55d
strictly mids. 1O35d; >mids. 1O.15d
strictly low mids, 99Od: low mids,
9.50d: strictly good ordinary, Y.20d
and good ordinary. S.S0d.
Futures closed to points above
due prices. May. $3.50: July, 9.91d,
October, 9.9Od; December. 9.9Od, and
January, 9,90d.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Winchester Boy Wins
Contest in Speaking

WINCHESTER, Va, May lin
the contests conducted by the Vir.
ginia High School Literary and
Athletic League under the auspices
of the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville recently, ,Gandley High
School Representatives made a de-
cidedly creditable showing.
James March, class of 1929, won
the Glass B boys public speaking
contest. March Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William A. March, Of this
city.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Bankers Credit Bureau

Installation of credit bureau,
long under consideration by the
District of Columbia Bankers Asso.
citation, was decided yesterday by
unanimous vote of all member banks
represented at a meeting at asso-
citation headquarters in the Becker
Building.
The action has for it's objective,
establishment of an agency to check
on banking credit risks. and be a
central bureau on credit informa-
ton for protection of the banks Of
the National Capital, their deposit
ors and stockholders. A similar
movement is under way throughout
the United States.
Unlike the prospective local situa-
ton. however, twas explained,
bank credit bureaus In the states
operate generally through the clear.
ing house associations of their
cities, it being impossible for the
larger States to operate through
their respective bankers association.
Locally, it was decided a year ago
that such bureau, ii established,
should operate through the bankers
association instead of the local clear
ing house.
The decision will be, followed by
appointment by Robert v. Fleming,
president of Riggs National Bank
and president of the bankers asso-
citation of a committee to put into
effect the agency, headquarters of
which will be at the headquarters
Of the association. The functioning
will be directed by a bureau man.
aver to be selected later.
The Washington times., 1929-05-11
Rail Bond Issue

The Central of Georgia Railway
has been granted authority by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
issue $11 100000 of refunding and
general mortgage per cent bonds,
series c. for the conversion of a
Hike amount of per cent series A
bonds, now pledged as collateral
for S,OO0,0 900 of secured gold bonds
maturing June /. OF the new series
C issue, $1O,0OG,O00 will bel sold at
S5.5 per cent of par to Kuhn. Loeb
and Company and the proceeds used
to pay the gold, bonds at maturity.
The remaining 81 100000 of series G
bonds will be held in the carriers
treasury subject to further order
of the commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
TO
KILLING HIS
SWEETHEART
Gives Up Voluntarily
At Seattle; Says
Failed to Carry Out
Suicide Pact

SEATTLE, Feb. 4.--lP)-Harvey
Lee Selhaver, SO, walked into n po-
lice station here late last night and
told officers he had killed his sweet
heart, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, in
Kingston, N. j., August IA, 1924.
Selhaver said the Staying was part
Of a suicide pact, but that he ran
away after shooting the girl. The
pact was made, he said, when the
girl told him she was soon to be-
come . mother.
KINGSTON. ". j., Feb. 4.-tP)-
Chief Detective Ferguson of Middle
sex county has communicated with
the Seattle authorities to arrange
for extradition Of Harvey Lee Sell
haver. reported to have confessed
the killing of his former sweetheart,
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson. here, Aug
ust IL. 1924.
The body OF the Johnson girl was
found some weeks later in q cluster
of bushes on the grounds Of st.
Joseph's college few hundred yards
from the shore of Carnegie Lake. A
% calibre revolver bullet was found
in the head.
Sarah was the daughter OF Joseph
A. Johnson, farmer of Aqueduct, n
small settlement near here. Johnson
expressed the conviction that Sell
haver. whom he had discharged from
the farm a week before his daugh-
ter disappeared, killed the girl be-
cause her parents had tried to end a
romance with the farm hand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
NAUCURATINC
Line LINKING
2 CONTINENTS
Few Festivities Mark
Start of Flight on
Lone Eagles 9th
Birthday

HAVANA. Feb. 4.-CR)-Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh hoped off for
Belize. British Honduras, on the sec
ond lap of his inaugural airmail
flight TO Panama, just one hour and
four minutes after his arrival here
from Miami.
The weather was favorable and
the colonel hoped 10 reach Belize
by mid-afternoon.
Colonel Lindbergh was accom-
panied by Colonel John Hambleton,
vice president Of the Pan-American
Airways, as passenger, and III. l..
Burkey ms mechanic and radio op-
orator. J. r. Trippe. president of
the Airways company, was In the
plane on its flight here from Miami,
but remained In Havana.
The youthful pilot told the Asso-
ciated Press here he considered this
flight of great significance, not only
Continued on page eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
APPRAISEMENT
METHOD UNDER
PROBERS EYES
Committee Adjourns
After Placin g Re-
quest And Answer
In Records

AUSTIN. Feb. 4.-CP1-After plac-
ing in the record a request Of the
committee for certain information
with reference TO operation of the
general land office under the re-
appraisement acts passed by the
seth legislature, and Commissioners
J. T. Robison's reply, the committee
investigating the land office today
recessed until Thursd'v when TAX
ing Of testimony will start.
Senator Moore at first objected to
either the request or Commissioner
Robinson's statement in reply there
70 being given to the press, but
later agreed that II should be made
public. after +. r. Smith, former
assistant general, representing Rob-
ison. stated that he and Robson de-
sired everything developed by the
investigation to 20 before the peo-
pie of Texas"
"Mr. Robson has served the peo-
ple of Texas in his present office
for one-third OF a century and he
believes and his friends believe,
that his record is clean and white" /"
Smith stated. "He was elected by
the people and is under obligation to
the people Of Texas. We do not
want anything done behind doors.
CONTINUED on page eight)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
PLANES HIT IN
KILLED
Texas Boy Plotting
One Ship In Florida
One of Victims

PENSACOLA. Fla, Feb. 4-Pl-
Bsrnwell p. Howell and Andrew
Brink, attached to the naval flying
squadron here, were killed today
when their airplanes crashed In
mid-air. during a formatiin flight.
Howell, who was "a years OF age,
was born in Franklin. Texas, and Is
survived by his widow, Levonne
Miller Howell of Pensacola, Fla,
and his parents in Franklin.
Brink, 2f, was born in Whining
ton. Del.
He Is survived by his mother.
Mary c. Kennedy. wrentham. Mass.
The navy planes collided i'm mid
air at 700 feet altitude. one mile
west Of Old Corryfieid at $50 a. m
Both planes crashed to the
ground killing the pilots almost in
stantly.
Brikn's plane was one OF three In
formation flying.
Both were flight students. and
flying solo, They were attached to
the Pensacola naval station
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
MERGE DES STORE
Man FOUND SLAIN
To Make Public RObiSOm'S Work
600 GALLONS OF
LIQUOR SHIPPED
= = =
TO SAN ANTONIO

Brownsville is dry again--or
practically SO. Six hundred gal
Ions of alcohol. good drinking al
cohol. left here Monday bound fer
San Antonio-and federal officials
were not even worried.
The shipment, one Of the largest
ever made from this section, was
seized several months ago by bor-
der patrol and custom officers and
was ordered sent TO Fort Sam
Houston in San Antonio.
From the post IL will be distrib-
uted among various hospitals and
used for medicinal purposes, il is
understood The alcohol was seiz-
ed about two months ago five miles
from this city and IN declared the
largest seizure made on the Mex
lean border.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04

With bieOd oozing from his
wounds Piech propped himself
against the wall
~Gimme u pass (let me escape)."
he said 10 Casey. Its worth 500
70 you"
Nothing doing" the officer an
swered.
''Five hundred. then" said Piech.
saw. cut il out" Casey said.
-All right. shoot me- shouted
Piech. lurching toward the window
as though to jump the 20 feet to the
ground.
The officer fired again. and Piech,
wanted in connection with the Sa-
voy ballroom. the Granada cafe and
other recent rohberies, fell with an
other bullet wound. His condition
today was said TO be critical.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Probing Death
| OfS. A. Soldier

SAN ANTONIO. Feb. 4.-tPl-In-
Festigation Of the death OF Private
Eeorge r. Bond. Jr. Twelfth Field
ARTILLERY recruit. whose body sas
Eound il an abandoned ineinerator
hear the Fort Sam Houston military
observation last Friday, was con-
kinhed today by board Of officers.
headed by Major Z. L. Parmenter,
medical corps.
A<Nrose was fastened tightly
aropn4 Bonds neck. and indicaticns
were il had been broken in a drop
from the rafters. An autopsy show
ed Bond had died from the effect Of
dislocstion Of his neck and strangu-
|lRtion.
Bond. whose home was at Topeka.
|Kas.. enlisted nc III Paso and ar
rived ss Fort Sam Houston jan 26.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Says "ShOOt" When He
Fails to Buy off Cop

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-CP,-Builets
continue 10 cut down the member
ship OF "Joe Salti's Mob"
Eddie Piech got three bullets in
the chest yesterday when he found
police waiting for him in his apart
ment. Last Thursday il was Steve
Bull Cain) kuczynSki. traffic
manager" in the beer business of
which police say Salts Is the head.
The shooting Of Piech by Police
Sergeant Thomas Casey occurred
when Piech tried 90 escape. He COM
planned Of feeling i'll and asked Ser
geant Casey 10 get him a drink Of
water. As the officer stepped into
the kitchen. Piech leaped from the
window. smashing the pane with his
fist Before he could jump, Casey
fired three timeS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
five Held In
BOAT THEFTS
Liquor Transportation
Also Charged In
'Willacy Case

RAYMoNDvILLE, Feb. Await
ing action Of the Willacy county
grand jury on charges OF theft over
$50 and transportation Of liquor.
three men. c. ID. Weeks, Roy Fain
and Maryland Monday are in Jail,
while two others are out on bond.
Arrest and filing OF charges fol-
lowed an investigation by Willacy
officials lasting more than six months
of the theft Of two pleasure boats
belonging 70 the Raymond brothers
of this place.
According TO Willacy officials the
boats we're stolen while on the Ar
royo Colorado, near the mouth. were
then loaded with liquor and an at
tempt made 10 navigate the Laguna
Madre from the mouth down to Cor
pus Christi.
While in Kennedy county the boats
became stranded in shallow water
and could not be moved despite ell
efforts. Though the men were al
most exhausted by the attempt 90
move the boats. one Of the party
made his way overland to n ranch
house. A rescue expedition set forth
and brought all safely back.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
G. c. KIERSEY
FOUND DEAD
BY PARTNER
Man Had Been Miss
ing From His Home
Since Sunday; To
Forward Remains

MERCEDES. Feb. &c. G. Kier-
sey, 80. part owner OF the Five and
Ten Cent store here, was found dead
with q bullet wound through his
head I'm the rear Of the establish-
ment early Monday by his partner.
G. l.. Burton. "A .45 calibre pistol
was grasped in his hand.
An inquest was held by Justice or
ed a verdict that the man had como
to his death by his own hand.
Kiersey failed TO return to his
home Sunday evening" and "a search
was started BY friends when Mrs.
kiersey announced she had been
unable to locate him. The search
was continued until about midnight,
when IL was decided that he wculd
likely return safety. The store was
visited during the search but the
man was not there.
When Burton arrived at the store
shortly after o'clock he walked
to the back OF the store and there
found the body OF his partner on the
floor. IL was still warm and II was
believed he had been dead less than
an hour.
A bullet had entered his head
above and I'm front OF the right ear
and had come out above the left
eye.
Kiersey Is survived By his wife
and N young step-dauEhter. He was
married last June TO Mrs. Mabel
Warren here. He had been In Mer-
cedes about three years.
Funeral services are 10 be held
nc the Stotlcr mortuary late Monday
and the body will be forwarded %
sherman. Texas, Kiersrys' old home,
for burial.
Friends said they had no theory 70
explain his death and said he had
failed to leave any message.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Wealthy Indian Says
Didn't Want to Marry

Barnett grinned constant
ly, replying usually In monosyllables
or with a nod Of his head
did you w-nt to get married z
Wheeler asked
The Indian shifted his gaze 20 his
wife sitting behind the Montanan.
his grin growing N little broader.
-Never mind looking st your wife.
Look nc me- shouted Wheeler
~No." said Barnett with = gigr e
@She asked you to marryT
"Yss." and with this Barnett again
shifted his position
This wasn't leap year, was IT.
continued Wheeler and the crowded
committee room rang with laughter
Mrs. Barnett. who had come here
from Los Angeles with her husband
stared fixedlv across the room at
the agsd Indian
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
"a KILLED IN
STORMS, COLD
OVER EUROPE
rs Drown AS German
Ship Sinks and IL.
Are Buried Under
Snow; Others Freeze

LONDON. Feb. 4.-tPl-At least
"a persons met death in Europe over
n weekend Of unprecedented storm
and cold conditions. the Balkan
states and Turkey being particularly
heavy sufferers.
Shipping was everywhere derang-
ed. especially in the Black Sea
where numerous minor wrecks were
reported.
The most serious disaster was off
the coast Of Portugal where the
German freighter Deister foundered
yesterday after being driven on the
rocks during a violent gale. The
crew Of 26 assembled on the topmost
Continued on page eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04

crat on the committee, said he fav-
ored a plan under which the speaker
of the house would appoint the
members Of the commission instead
Of the president.
Declaring there was too much
politics in the present system, Gar
ner said his plan would make it pos
sible for the commission to report
its findings from time to time, and
the house could act upon the re-
ports.
Appearing before the committee
today. Senator Ransdell, democrat,
Louisiana, urged a duty Of 8 cents
. pound on raw jute and waste bag
ging, now duty free and mn increase
to 10 cents in the present duty of
one cent a pound on jute fabrics.
Senator Ransdell argued that mil
lions Of pounds Of jute, imported
from India and produced with
cheap labor. were displacing domes-
tie low grade cotton in the manu-
facture of cotton bagging. He de-
clared that unless jute were made
dutiable, the cotton producer would
be placed In a more depressed con-
dition.
Jute to the amount of 20T. .000, 900
pounds came into the United States
in 1927. the senator said, adding that
this was equivalent to 416,000
bales of cotton worth S12,000,0 600. A
total Of 56s.0o0.o0o pounds Of jute
fabrics. principally burlap, also en-
tered that year, which was equal,
the senator said, to 1.1i7.000 bales
of cotton valued mt $4,000. 900.
Representative Jones, democrat,
Texas. in supporting the request,
contended there was scarcely a use
to which jute il put for which cot
ton cannot be employed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Local Business
Man Dies Monday
From Pneumonia

r. A. J. Dutton, member Of the
firm OF Hicks n Dutton. real estate
dealers, died at the Delta hotel.
where he made his home. ut 11:45 a
I'M. Monday after a short illness
Death was the result OF influenza,
which developed into pneumonia
Funeral arrangements are being
held up pending word from Mrs.
Dutton, who resides in Sycamore,
Ill. The deceased also is survived
by q daughter, living in Chicago, and
u son I'm New Orleans
Mr.. Dutton was about 80 years old.
He had been In Brownsville for two
years, having come here from .,ay-
mondville. He was In the real es-
tate and insurance business
w. A. Darling has charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Man Murdered
Thrown In Water
Near Mercedes

MERCEDES, Feb. A body. iden-
titled as that OF Citrano Hernandez,
Is. was found floating in the arroyo
just outside the north boundary Of
this city Monday morning by local
boys Monday morning. The man had
been slashed five times in the head
and twice in the body.
Officers who are seeking his siay-
ers found a bloody patch and signs
of a struggle about 100 feet from the
banks ofg the arroyo. A trail which
indicated the body had been dragged
led 10 the water.
Hernandez Is survived by q wife
and one small child.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Successful First
Time Louisiana S
Head Tries Again

BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. 4.-tF
Successful in ousting DR.. Oscar
Bowling as president Of the Louis
lana board OF health. Governor Huey
P. Long has appointed n successor
10 DR.. v. X Irion, state conseTva-
tion commissioner.
Yesterday he announced the ap-
rointment of Robert :. Maestri. New
Orleans real estate investor. TO the
post now occupied by Dr. Irion. The
governor eontended Irion's term of
office expired August 2, 1928.
DR.. lrion declared his term Of Of
flee does not expire until July l..
1929. and announced he would not
vaeate unless ordered to do so by
the courts. forecasting another long
court battle like the Dowling case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
CAPTAIN FRIED TO BE
GUEST OF PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-fPl-On
Captain George Fried's program to-
day was a visit 20 the White House,
where q reception and eongratula-
tions by President Coolidge await
ed the mariner who directed the
rescue Of the crew Of the steamer
Florida.
At N dinner last night. Captain
Fried declared the greatest need Of
the American merchant marine was
enough men az the right tTpet- and
as means Of rettingthern he urged
the establishment Of recruiting Of
fiecrs for the merchant marine
throughout the mid-westsrn states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04

WASHINGTON. Feb. f.-tF-Tes-
tifying III the presence Of his wife,
Jackson Barnett, aged millionaire
Greek Indian. bashfuIly told the sem
ate Indian affairs committee today
that he had rot wanted TO be mar
ried and that he had not asked the
woman to marry him.
Barnett appeared I'm response 70
subpoena issued By the committee
which questioned him about charges
that he was kidnapped at the time
of his marriage Committee mem
bers also sought information as TO
the disposition of funds Barnett re-
ceived from royalties on oil lands
in the old Indian territory
Answering uuertions by SsnatI r
Wheeler, democrat. Montana, about
his marriage : few years sgo I'm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
ZAPATAROAD
BRIDGES
Steel Structures Be.
ing Built on High
way to Laredo

ROMA. Feb. 4.-Contracts have
been let for the construction of
three steel bridges over the arroyo
at Tigre, Valencia and Dolores in
zapata county on highway No. IL
which will eliminate, when complet-
ed. all danger Of long delay to trav-
elers over that road on account Of
high water.
The arroyos named above drain
the high land section of Jim Hogg
county and In rainy weather are
usually raging torrents and have
been the cause Of much delay to
traffic in the past.
The Monarch Construction Co. Of
San Antonio has the contract and
material Is now on the ground for
all three bridges and actual con-
struction on the largest Of these.
the one over Dolores. has begun.
The total cost will be s55.OOO. this
sum having been voted by the peo-
pie Of Znpata county and bonds is
sued.
On the same highway in Starr
county between Roma and Rio
Grande. work is progressing rapidly
on the extension or three concrete
bridges which have caused a great
deal Of trouble in the past on ac-
count Of their approaches washing
away with each succeeding flood.
All work is expected 10 be complet-
ed in six months ane highway II
will then he rated among the most
complete in the state ard will open
new travel route between Browns
vile and Laredo.
IL Is anticipated that this will be-
come one Of the most popular tour
ist routes 10 the Valley as the river
drive Is one Of the most interesting
In X Texas. II passes over historic
ground and through beautiful
country. most Of IL still being virgin
territory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04
Senate Refuses
ToProbe Prisons

AUSTIN. Feb. d.--fPD-The senate
turned against investigations with
vengeance today. voting i6 to - t0
table a resolution providing for m
investigation Of the state prison
board.
The resolution, introduced by SEN
ator McFarlaney asked for an inquiry
by y joint committee OF the house
and senate. The vote found only
Small and Gamer sidinx with Me-
Farlane. Cousins. Martin and Patton
did NOT vote. while several other
senator's slipped out or the chamber
inst before the roll call.
McFarlane's resolution and hiE re-
marks in support Of IL aroused the
ire or many of the senators and
about q third Of the membership
gained the floor e. defend members
of the prison board