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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
COURT BILLS
CONGRESSMAN
M. A. Michaelson Of Illinois
Given "a Hours to File
Bond In Liquor Charge

CHICAGO, March 90 Up "A
warrant for the arrest of Congress
man M. A. Michaelson was issued
today by United States CommlS-
sioner Edwin K. Walker.
The complaint against the Illinois
representative was signed by Frank
L. White, prohibition agent, follow
ing the arrival of an indictment
returned last october at Jackson
vile, Fla.
Bond was set at $4,000 and It was
understood Congressman Michael
son would be given "a hours to sur
render and file bond, pending a
hearing on removal proceedings. He
was charged with possession and
transportation of liquor, and I'M
portation Of liquor without payment
of revenue. The latter charge IS
felony and carries with it a max
imum penitentiary sentence OF tWc
wears and fine of $4,000 IN case OF
conviction.
The charges resulted from the
confiscation of a suitcase OF liquor
mart of the congressman'S baggage
brought from Cuba after a tour o.
the island. 1t was said the baggage
bore an expedite" order, which as
sured the congressman freedom o1
the port.
Having passed the Key West GUS
toms men without Inspection, he
proceeded to Jacksonville unmoleSt.
ed and was standing in the rallroae
terminal when the suitcase IN MI
hand began to leak. A state offlcel
seized it and turned the matter over
to federal agents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
LATE BULLETINS
,r, y, .Nr WARNS CITIZENS TO LEAVE TOWN

prpr1 pT ANE WARNS TO LEAVE IOWN ~
Sonora 29-AP)-A federal airpiane In which "
forced down ana -
be appeared over TINS
camnment pamphlets signed by Governor
leave the Town
diatey wasdri off by federal arplanes
WISCONSIN ATHLETE TEXAS RELAY KECOhD
MEMORIAL, STADIUM Texas, March ZsFf-1e
annual University under way mere at 10 wiz
still uncompeted e oi wSoo
with heave OF ~ 1eet o hheS
NAV ASK HOOVER TO APPOINT STRIKE MEDIATION BOARD
DALLAS Texas 29-AP)J Somervie vice presiden
Pacific railway today asked f
special board OF mediation
employees
suited in a order effectv 6 m tomorrow
UNDERTAKEN EIGHT YEAR PEN TERM
HOUSTON Weadock undertaken charged
submitted for the burial OF James Col
today and assessed eight years In th
penientary.
REPORT THAT GOVERNOR CANTON WAS EXECUTED DENIED
NANKNG China 29-(APThe nationalist government to-
night OF Canton had
executed.
CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT FATHER OF BOY BURGLARS
Catholic priest shot three times
the father OF two boys whom the
priest had burglarizing his church
CANADIAN LEGATION STUDYING SCHOONER SINKING
29(AP)-The Canadian legation has
the sinking Of the
consideration with that Of the British consul at
New Orleans
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29

.ber OF the Harllngen clty
commission. The lie was
passed and an exchange of
blows followed. The COM
batants were separated i'm
mediately by other attor-
neys and Ferguson Groves,
court bailiff, and the argu-
ment proceeded without
further interruption.
Each combatant struck the other
in the face, but neither showed
marks Of their brief bout.
When the lie was exchanged the
crowd in the court room, which had
been listening for an hour to the
arguments, suddenly came to life,
and craned forward to witness the
battle. Order was restored as soon
as the belligerent attorneys were
separated.
AS the case now stands the in
junction has been dissolved and the
case will 60 to trial upon its mer-
its, probably at the next term or
the. district court. In this action
both the legality OF the ordinance
and the validity of the warrants
are expected to be attacked.
Hearing on the injunction action
started Thursday afternoon, and all
testimony was completed before the
court recessed. Arguments were
presented Friday morning, the
court handing down its ruling
shortly before the noon recess.
Testimony of ID. ID. Horton, city
secretary and treasurer, was to the
effect that the warrants were signed
by Mayor Sam Bolts and himself
on the night of Thursday, March 81,
in the office of s. Finley Ewing,
concluding the deal for the pur-
chase of the parksite. He stated
he believed the warrants we're hand
ed him by Lloyd E. Stiernberg. He
saw the deed to the land in Ew-
ing's office.
Mayor Sam Bolts asserted that
negotiations for the tract had been
under way approximately two
months. He said that the meeting
of the city commission at which the
resolution and ordinance were
passed had been open and that sew
eral persons had entered the room.
The meeting was held at the city
hall.
A judgment against the land in
the amount of Approximately $780,
Continued on Page Ten.)
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Four Uninjured AS
Army Blirnp Crashes
Near Jersey Coast

LAKEHURST, N. j., March o.
P)-An army blimp was a tangle
Of wreckage today as the result OF
its rude reception by Jersey coast
winds while on visit from Lang
ley Field, Va.
The army non-rigid dirigible
TC-5 was torn from the grasp Of
ground crew of 100 and hurled
nearly a mile by gust of wind
that struck it while it was being
walked into the hangar.
Captain John Mccullough. COM
mander Of the blimp, and seaman
Of tn landing crew were slightly
injured by being knocked down as
the ship blew away.
Warrant Officer Lassiter and
three soldiers wre aboard the blimp.
They escaped uninjured WIN the
ship, relived of its helium gas, came
down near the Lakehurst rai'r0
station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
BREAK RECORD
ON SHIPMENTS
New High Mark Attained
Thursday With Total
Of 323 Cars Loaded

The record for fruit and vegeta-
ble loadings in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley was broken again
Thursday, when the Missouri Pa
cific and Southern Pacific reported
total of 1923 cars loaded, exceed
ing by one car the former high rec
ord established Tuesday.
For three successive days the
loadings have exceeded 300 cars
daily, the total for the three days
being 946 cars, breaking all former
records on either daily loadingS or
for a three-day period.
Loadings were heavy at all points
in the Valley, railroad officials re-
ported. An ample supply Of refrig-
orator cars was on hand, and ad-
ditional cars are being brought in.
Approximately eight miles of re-
frigerator cars have been used to
handle the shipments during the
past three days, rail officials stated.
Loadings Thursday included 8
cars of beans, new season record
for that commodity; so mixed vege-
tables; 10 beets, 38 carrots. 81 beets
and carrots, ia cabbage, Is onions,
.lContinued on Page Ten.).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
SLAIN MANS
Wife WITNESS
Testimony Contradicts That
Given BY Alleged Slayer
And Wife

TYLER, March 29.-(P)-A trim
woman in black was the central
figure on the witness stand here
today in the trial of Logs Wilson,
T,oup garage nial OIL charges OF
shooting tod cath the Rev. Fount
Wa'ia of Trodp last April. SIZE
aas Mrs. Fourt Wallace, the Wild
or.
Patsy, Mrs. Wallace's little girl,
was in her mothers arms as the
witness entered the court room.
Court rules preciGded her remain
ing with her rlC ether. The curly
haired girl therefore sat still in the
court room for about a minute,
ami then rushed back to her mother
N the witness chair The young
ster finally was carried sobbing from
the court room. Size had been told
daddy was coming back after her
mother finished testifying.
Mrs. Wallace gave contradictory
testimony to that Of Mrs. Logs Will
son on the stand yesterday in re-
gard to two asserted love trystS be-
tween Reverend Wallace and Mrs.
Wilson. She said she was with her
husband most of the day Jan. 26,
1923, when one of the meetings was
said by Mrs. Wilson to have taken
place. Mrs. Wilson had testified
that was the only time she had in
innate relations with the preacher
after reconciliation with her hus-
band
Mrs. Wallace gave an account OF
all the actions of her husband, after
a Baptist rally here ended in mid
afternoon that day. She remem-
bered April 4, 1927 she said, be-
cause that was her mother-in-law's
birthday. That was the first time
Wallace entered the Wilson home
at night when Wilson was away
Mrs. Wilson had testified.
Mrs. wallace recited that she anc
her husband came to Tyler from
their home at Troup April 2. ano
did not return to Troup until IL
o'clock that night.
Rev. and Mrs H. H. Wallace, par
ents of the slain minister. were re.
called to the stand to testify they
too remembered their son staying al
their home until some time in the
evening April 4. Rev. H. H. Wal
lace said his son did not leave Ty-
Ter for Troup until between anc
| IL O'Clock at night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
LONG CHARGES
STANDARD oil
Youthful Governor Claims
His Tax On Oil Brought
Case Against Him

BATON ROUGE, La, March %.
-(P)-The Standard Oil company
today was drawn into impeachment
proceedings by Governor Huey P.
Long, who charged its agents insti-
gated the accusations from official
miSdemeanors to a plot to murder
against which he must defend him.
self Monday night before the house
of representatives sitting as Su-
preme grand jury.
In a signed statement, Governor
Long charged the Oil company was
attempting ito tear the state wide
open and to remove the governor
from office who dares to mention
that anything can be done with
them" He accused the company
with spending ten thousand dol
lars in opposing his proposed tax
on oil, saying money was turned
loose in sluices in Baton Rouge
He denounced the newspapers as
Standard Oil publications with
their pages covered with every
imaginable lie and villification."
"They STANDARD Oil company
have stormed the state house where
the weak-hearted feared even for
the life and safety of my supporters
and myself" he asserted by some
process, known only to them, they
have been able to either take over,
to beat over or to buy over, some in
whom I reposed respect and conf
dence and for whom / yet indulge a
charity.
This is the third time in my yet
young life in which this nefarious
corporation has been able 20 drag
me before the bar to fight for my
own liberty and political preserva-
ton, all just because fought down
the line until they were compelled
| to submit to right" declared the
governor. What proposed was a
tax on the business of the Standard
Oil company to make and sci
lubricating oil and gasoline in Lou
isiana. That form of tax has beer
and is now paid by nearly every
merchant, doctor and lawyer anC
by nearly every business in thi!
state. So I proposed that out o.
the same one hundred millions O
dollars made by the oil trust In thi!
state, that they pay the state a wet
bit SO that we might help these un'
fortunate human beings who ar
suffering and dying because w
cannot help them, and in orde
that we might give relief to school
that cannot run without some help
But, no sooner had this bill hi
the legislature than the oil trus
woke up and shook this state from
one end to the other like a toy
This nefarious criminal elemen
and its newspapers began imme
diately to say that if I did not dra'
down this proposition that I shoul
be impeached. 'Impeach him. wa
their cry. Hell is not hot enoug
for the man who tackles u.s. is tn
warning this nefarious corporatio
gives to public officials"
Friends of the accused governC
circulariZed the capital with print
ed dogers, calling on the legislator
to stand by the governor and crus
the money ring" Supporters I
the impeachment move urged the
Continued on Page Ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29

I'd. A. Mackenzie, vice president,
and c. H. Smith, general chair
man, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; E. H. Kruse, assistant
grand chief engineer, and r. VIE
sen, general chairman, Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers; and j. A.
Cannon, vice president, and r. r
Nicholas, general chairman, Order
OF Railway Conductors.
TeXarkana members of the four
brotherhoods understood their
leaders and the heads Of the Texas
and Pacific were in session in
Dallas today seeking to prevent the
strike order going into effect.
The strike order as received here
directed the men involved to
peacefully withdraw from the
service" 1t came to the grievance
committee which will handle the
situation in this area.
The grievances included removal
OF terminals from Longview and
Marshall to Mineola and Shreve-
port with consequent losses to rail-
road men who had purchased
homes or had other investments al
those points.
Approximately 200 men in Tex
arkana would be affected by a
strike.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
VALUATION OF
DISTRICT IS HIT
IN COURT suit
A. F. Smith Seeks To.
Prevent Approval of
Bonds or Issuance
OF Permit
Especial to The Herald)


AUSTIN, March 29-Suit was
filed Thursday by "A. F. Smith Of
Travis county in 53rd district court
attacking legality Of the s7,500,000
bond issue of the Willacy County
Water Control and Improvement
District No. l and attacking the
validating law passed in the recent
session of the legislature.
The suit seeks to restrain Atty.
Gen. Claude Pollard from approx
ing bonds of the district, to restrain
the state board of water engineers
from granting water rights to the
district and to restrain the direc-
tors of the districts for any steps
toward carrying out the purposes Of
its creation and valuation.
Smith recites he is the owner of
$50 acres of land in Willacy. He
also alleged there already exists a
district known as the Union Irri-
cation District, within the area.
The Willacy district was organ
lied in January, and the bond is
sue carried by an almost unani-
nous vote. The district comprises
approximately 10000 acres, and is
the largest irrigation organization
in the United States. In listing
the lands to be included, propon-
ents of the district eliminated the
holdings of all who objected to
inclusion.
Contracts for construction Of the
system were awarded to the Trim
ity Farms Co., and several crews
are now at work. The plan is to
utilize only flood waters from the
Continued on page ten.)
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Returns NotSealed CameronS Says
CAESARS GALLEY
X y X
SEEN IN LAKE BY
y x *
ARCHAEOLOCISTS

NEMI, Italy, March 29.-(P)-
The stern Of a Roman galley
which cruised Lake Nemi,
"Diana's Mirror" in the days Of
Christ, could be discerned
through the semi -limpid waters
of the lake today as pumps low
cred them to their level in the
days of the first Caesars.
From what was visible of the
galley it could be seen that
nineteen centuries under water
had damaged it considerably, and
that probably there were left
only traces Of the elaborate orna-
mentation which archaeologists
wished to study.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
RAILROAD PERMIT ASKED

WASHINGTON, March 29.-tP1
The Clinton, Oklahoma and
Western, subsidiary of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe, sought
permission from the Interstate
Commerce Commission today to
build nine miles of railroad from
Heaton to point in Gray county,
both in Texas. The parent COM
pany will finance the expenditure,
the petition said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
Fight
After testimony
OfCOmnisSiOner

Dissolution of the temporary injunction to restrain
the Haringen city commission from completing the
chase Of the Arroyo Country Club park and airport site
and brief exhibition of sticuffs staged by opposing at
torneys marked the finale of the Injunction suit before
Judge A. M. Kent Friday morning.
The fistic affray in which P G. Greenwood OF the
attorneys the plaintiffs and Lloyd Sternberg, aor
ney for the city of Harlngen, participates during
argument the relative to testimony of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
HOUSTON FERTILIZER
PLANT RAZED BY FIRE

HOUSTON, March 29.-tPD-A
city project started eight years ago
and completed last December went
I'D in smoke last night with an
estimated loss of $4,000. 1t was
the new fertilizer plant.
The fire started when a belt
jumped q rotary dryers
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
IIFE IMPRISONMENT

FORT WORTH, March 29.-P)-
Sentence of life Imprisonment was
pronounced today by Judge George
E. Hosey upon S. H. Newton. Wea-
therford contractor. convicted OF
killing j. p. Arnold last october.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
LIQUOR SALE FORBIDDEN

BUCHAREST, Rumania, March
29.-(R)-The Rumanian govern
ment today forbade sale and con-
sumption of alcoholic beverages
throughout the kingdom on Sun
DAYS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
Strike is Ordered
Against Texas and
Pacific Rail Lines

TEXARKANA. March 29(F-Local
brothehoods had orders today strike
against the Texas and Pacific railroad.
The order signed president Brown
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TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High 1888 a. m
Low 1920 a. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Satur-
day; not much change in tempera-
ture. Light variable winds on the
west coast becoming Southerly and
increasing.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday; warmer IN
west and north portions tonight.
Light to- moderate westerly 70
southerly winds on the coast.
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Weather HOLDS
SEAFLIGHT

OLD ORCHARD, Me-. May 81 e.:
N.Sl.-There was little likelihood
that the transatlantic monoplanes
Green Flash or Yellow Bird would
be able to take off from this beach
TODAY on their respective flights,
Following receipts of unfavorable
weather reports from Dire James il.
KimbaIl. New York meteoroIoglst,
both Roger @. Williams and Lewis
A. Yancey said they probably would
not take off before tomorrow.
Armeno Lott, hacker Of the
French flight, was to visit Kimball
TODAY to personally plot the weather
chart in the New York Weather
Bureau.
The gas tanks on the Yellow Bird
have been repaired and two test
flights wilt be made today. II these
tests are successful and the motor
functions a. exnected. the plane
win once more be refueled for the
take-offs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-31
QUAKE Kills "a
IN ARGENTINE

BUENos AIRES. May 81 u.N.s).
Twenty.four persons are known to
be dead and scores injured as the
result Of an earthquake which par
TALLY destroyed several towns and
villages in the province Of Mendoza.
An official check-up of the dead
gives the figure Of "a. but reports
filtering in from the stricken re-
gions indicate the death toll may
mount to so.
The quake. which came in series
of tremors. the longest of which.
lasted 4 minutes. was felt all over
the country, telegraph and railway
connections were destroyed. and re.
lief trains Immediately dispatched
to the stricken area have been held
up by twisted trsckage and great
holes beneath the roadbed,
Doctors, nurses and troops are has
tening into Mendoza by automobiles
but even this progress is slow, oWIrG
to debris and felled trees blocking the,
roads.
Damage is estimated at many
millions of pesos. Yesterdays quakc
followed on the heels Of tremors
earlier in the week which did little7
damage but threw the populace,
into panic.
Latest reports indicate that the
towns of Villatued and Monte Conan
have been virtually wiped out. while
Villa Alvear has also suffered heavy
damage
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Scant Bathing Suits
Ordered For N. ].
Resort

WILDWOOD, n. j.. May 81
Grandma's bathing suit of knee
and-elbow length. blue flannel
with pantalette boomers of the
same heavy material will be
barred from the bathing beach at
Wildwood Gables.
This was an edict issued by
Charles +. Dykes. captain of the
Gables life guards, who pointed
out the perils of entering the surf
clad in cumbersome garments in.
spired by an exaggerated sense
of modesty-
"Grandmothers generally have
adopted the one-piece suit" said
Dykes, but there are still few
who cling to the museum pieces
which were daring in the nine
ties. Although they never ven-
ture far into the surf. there is
always the danger that they might
be bowled over by a wave and
would find it difficult to regain
their footing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-31
B. & D. Tunnel
TAKES SHAPE

EVANSVILLE. May 31.-The
great overhead bridge here which
is to lift the Washington Baltimore
Boulevard over The tracks Of the
B. and o. is rapidly taking shape.
The two main piers are about COM
plete.
The bridge will divert traffic in
a wide half circle, automobiles COM
ing from Washington will turn to
the right about a block from the
railroad crossing to enter the bridge.
The other entrance runs direct off
the boulevard at the Prince Georges
County Bank
AS construction on this bridge be-
bins to take definite shape. it is
learned that the Baltimore and Ohio
also have prepared plans for an I'M
der-pass. to do away with the pres
ent crossing completely. 1t is
understood that these plans neces-
state slight shift in the tracks
and arrangements are said to have
been made whereby the railroad End
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company will make joint use of
loading platform.
There has been some talk, also. of
the overhead bridge now under con-
struction. but So far nothing definite
in that direction has been done.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-31
MOTOR WORLD
Halls KEECH

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, May 81
U.N.S).-Ray Keech was the magic
name that echoed over the automo-
tive world today. He ls the plucky
young daredevil dame fortune
smiled. upon yesterday with victory
in the 5OO.mile Indianapolis Speed
way classic.
Keech, driving a Simplex Piston
Ring Special, ground out the distance
in hours, minutes and IS sec
onds. at an average speed OF 1885
miles per hour
Lou Meyer, winner of last years
race plotting a Miller Special, fin
ished second Jimmy Gleason, in a
Duesenberg Special. came In third.
Spence Is Killed.
While fortune favored these and
other drivers in the famous Hoosier
Memorial Day classic, Billy Spence,
Ia Los Angeles youth. was singled
out 3 a human sacrifice to appease
the gods of chance.
Spence was killed when his Dues
enberg Special overturned on death
curve" in the early minutes Of the
race. His lightning-bolt chariot
hurtled into the air, turned COM
pIetely over and come to a stop
a against the brick retaining wall on
the south curve
His broken body was rushed to an
emergency hospital where physi-
clans pronounced MIN dead.
Crowd Sets Record
A crowd variously estimated from
LAG, 900 to 10. OOO--the largest in the
history of the witnessed the
accident.
Cash prizes totaling 100000 were
distributed among the surviving
racers. The first ten to finish re.
ceived purses ranging from $4,000
down. Keech. the winner was said
to have received approximately $40
600. In addition to the grand prize,
he won many lap prizes and was
awarded several special sums put up
by accessory manufacturers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-31
Noble Brandon Judah
Recalled From Cuba

Noble Brandon Judah, American
Ambassador to Cuba. called on Presi.
dent Machado yesterday. to say fare.
well, but failed to presento his let
tiers of recall, according to Havana
advices.
1t is~reported that Judah will con.
tinue as ambassador pending the
appointment Of his successor. After
leaving Havana tomorrow he will
come to Washington for a few days
ana after q trip in Chicago viii
visit Spain and EaElanA