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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
TEXAS SPOT CLOSE

DALLAS, April 8.-(P-Spot cot
ton $500; Houston $3.50; Calves
ton S19.75.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. April 8~.-(P)-Wheat:
No. 2 hard S1.21; No. 2 mixed S1.14.
Corn: No. 3 mixed 80 1-2@89 1-2c;
No. 2 yellow ga SAC. Oats: NO. z
white soc: No. 4 white 46G47 lac.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
POULTRY

CHICAGO. April 8.-[R-Poultry
steady; fowls 80 1904; brollers
44047: roosters %; turkeys 80;
ducks 24@30; geese 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
RAIN AT SAN ANGELO

SAN ANGELO, April 3.-[P1-
Early cross and the range were
benefited by a half-inch rain that
fell in the San Angelo district yes
terdaY.
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NEW work. PENN

NEW YORK. April 8.-CP@Cot-
ton opened steady. May 20.38;
July 1878; Oct. 1871; Dec. 1878;
Jan. 1870.
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HING H1RY .

NACOGDOCHES. Texas. April 8.
hung jury resulted here
today in the case of Frank Hus-
band, charged with killing Byron
Henson here last December.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Green Of
Tottenham declared in a decisiod
that lit is a woman's privilege I'd
tell lies"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08

Texas. on track 7 car Supplies
moderate. demand moderate. mar
ket firm. Texas crates $2.50-2.75.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08

WARSAW-The back-fire of an
auto in a garage started a fire that
caused three deaths.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
NEW ORLEANS OPENING

NEW ORLEANS, April SIP
Cotton opened steady. Jan. 1866
bid: May 1858; July 1874; Oct.
1885; Dec. 1860.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08
Truck
Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Department Of Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and the San Antonio. Texas,
hCam6er of Commerce cooperating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
RlGHT-0F-WAY CRASHES
MAKE UP THIRD or TOLL
Failure to Yield Crossing to Right
Motorist Causes Many Trafic
Accidents.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 3.-Failure to
give right of way is the cause Of every
third automobile accident in Baltimore,
according TO a survey Just completed
by j. P. Rostmeyer, director Of the
Baltimore Safety Council. He investi-
gated, In 1927, a total Of 14,484 We
hicular accidents within the city limits
ard found, beyond doubt, that in 4,749
of them one of the drivers had failed
to give the right of way. The number
Of drivers involved in all accidents in
the city was 24,286. OF these, one in
five failed 70 give the right of way The
proportion of right-of-way accidents to
all others, including reckless driving. in
attention, excessive speeding and drunk
en- driving. was one in three.
There are only three things neces-
sary to eliminate these right-of-wsy
accidents" Mr. Rostmeyer said They
are: An automobile with brakes in con-
dition to obey the command of the
driver, q driver with sense enough to
realize the danger of crossing accidents,
and rate of speed commensurate with
the district in which the automobile is
moving. All three of them must be
used"
Strenuous campaigns all over the Ma
ton have done little 70 improve this
situation. Mr.. Rostmeyer pointed out.
The percentage-always greater than
any other-of accidents resulting from
failure to give the right of way remains
the same year after year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

ton and acquisition illustrates the need
for regional planning work In growing
cities, where, through the establishment
of setback building lines and other
foresighted requirements, considerable
money and dificulty in the future will
be avoided.
Exhibit Of Civic Nerve.
Slashing through a street in the
fashion of Seattle obviously required no
little civic nerve. Yet most of the large
American cities must take similar steps,
for the automobile registrations are
growing, and halfway measures no
longer bring any real relief.
Chicago Is bridging the Chicago River
wherever a bridge is practicable: Wash
ington, D. c., is widening streets; New
York City is building an elevated high
way, and many, many other cities need
ing modern train" facilities are doing
nothing but planning.
There is more of the spirit of Seattle
needed. The Second avenue extension
was completed almost before the rest OF
the world interested in such projects
knew that 1t was even being contem-
plated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
CITY SHOWS NERVE
IN AIDING TRAFFIC
SIashes Through Buildings to-
I Create New Wide Street
for Auto Travel.

Boldness. or at least a lack of the I'M
progressiveness built up by habit, is
necessary in outfitting the modern COM
munity to cope successfully with the
automobile, according to E. E. Duffy,
highway educational writer.
Seattle, Wash, has removed traf1c
barrier at what at first might seem a
tremendous cost, yet the $1.250,000 ex-
penditure is a cheap price for the trafic
benefits resulting.
A quarter-mile- street has been
created there, a project that required
the cutting through of four blocks oc-
cupied by buildings most Of which we're
several stories in height. Today cars
flow freely over a 54-foot width Of
smooth pavement which connects nicely
with other main thoroughfares.
Second Avenue Extension.
This street, called the Second avenue
extension permits Second avenue to
continue on through the older diagonal
section of the city. Travel has been
speeded up remarkably.
The cost of acquiring the needed
property, including property damages,
consumed II per cent of the total
money outlay. The actual paving oper-
atiors and the placement Of sewer and
water mains absorbed but Is per cent
Of the total cost.
This high cost of property condemna-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
MINIMUM SPEED
LIMIT IS URGED
Oscar Coolican Declares Such
Statute Would Expedite
Traffic Movement.
Why not minimum speed limlt9

Why not minimum speed limit?
That motorists viii not be permitted
to drive below q specified speed on
heavily Travelled highways is q devel.
opment in traffic regulation that /.
entirely probable in the not far dis
tant future, declares Oscar Coolican
local automobile dealer.
The advantages, says Mr. Coolican
are obvious. It is not question of
encouraging great speed, he points out
but merely Of expediting the move
ment Of vehicular trafhc.
"A minimum speed limit Is not
longer a visionary possibility" de-
reason, and 1t is probable that within
the next few years many States and
municipalities will adopt it for
thoroughfares on which they wish to
avoid congestion. Speed in itself is
not dangerous, but congestion, all
agree, Is the source of hazard.
There are definite indications that
minimum speed limit is an objec-
tive Of the near future. Already there
are instances Of its practice. On the
new 512-mile bridge across the
JAMES river near NOr1Olk, va, mo-
florists must keep moving at IS miles
an hour. If they fall below this pace.
police urge them to speed up. A few
years ago this would have been I'M
thinkable. but motor traffic is increas-
ing in such tremendous volume. and
cars are built with such an increasing
measure of mechanical safety. that
traffic authorities no longer need to
hesitate to move vehicles at higher
speed.
THE swing away from maximum
speed limits is another indication of
the practicability of the minimum stand
ard. Three States, Connecticut, Mich
igan and Montana. have had no maxi
mum up to this year, when they were
joined by Indiana and Tennessee. In
these States the motorist is required
to drive according to conditions. 1t
is recognized that there are situations
where IS miles an hour is dangerous,
whereas under other conditions As or
so miles an hour may be driven with
safety.
ut is but another indication that
we are revamping our ideas regarding
safety in driving. We are coming
more and more to the realization that
our standards must be more flexible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
GAS TAX BOOST is URGED.

A sales tax of one-fifth OF per
cent o; the gross receipts OF any en-
gagged in the business of manufacture
ing, compromising or preparing for
sale, profit or use any article, sub
stance or substances, commodity or
commodities" is proposed in Georgia
House bill No. 314, introduced by
Representative Key. A similar tax will
be levied upon the gross receipts Of any
engaged "in the business Of selling
any tangible property whatsoever, real
or personal" This tax would apply
to all making or selling cars or equip
ment in the State.
Several gas tax measures have been
introduced into the Georgia Legisla-
ture proposing an increase in the gas
tax rate from to cents. Some of
these measures propose that as much
as 2 cents be used for school purposes.
There is general opposition to any gas
tax when the full amount is not ear
marked to CIV on the highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
"Tradin' Claude Reeder' Accepts Dogs,
Crops, What Not IN Automobile Deals

That was when customer offered him
q collection of rattlesnakes as part pay.
ment on a car. He declined because ne
cherishes no love for reptiles. But for
is years Reeder has been trading and
unusual offers are beginning to seem
common now, he says.
Reeder says q market can be found
for nearly everything II the original ap.
praisal price is not too high and II
II never trade for anything unless !
think see my way clear. and that way
I have managed to make money on OF
all my trades. Our unusual sales record
may be attributed to three things: Get
ting the customers good will. trading
for anything and having no friction In
the sales force"
! Stories Have Gone Far.
Stories of Reeder's trading activities
have been carried in automobile jour-
mails to the far corners of the earth.
Reeder's reputation as trader has
brought a wide variety Of animals and
articles to him in exchange for auto
mobiles.
Dogs, including collies and bird dogs;
diamond rings, lots, houses, chickens,
turkeys, geese, monkeys. farms and
household furnishings are among the
things I have accepted in trade" he
says. IT have traded for lumber, to-
bacco, pianos, hay, horses, mules. re-
frigerators and washing machines.
GAS a rule I don't keep anything
long. You see, have been trading so
long that many people come to me for
things other than automobiles. BY
trading for everything 1 am able to sell
more cars. I generally make profit
on the trade and it takes an article off
the hands of a person who does not
want it, so everybody Is satisfied"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

haps, with hundreds of other persons.
They demand the wide open and free
dom in the fullest sense, so that vaca-
ton time is spreading throughout the
year. Winter for those who want to
take part in the sports Of the North
or for those who desire a Mediterran-
can trip, and Spring and Autumn for
mountain trips. The excursion season,
Is all the year around to suit the irdi-
vidual tastes of the excursionist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
ROUGH GOING
Never stops Us
EXTRA WHEELBASE, LONGER SPRINGS
GIVE THIS LOW PRICED CAR
EXCEPTIONAL RIDING
ADrodsseep sharp
the VIII
M

DAD roads, steep hills, sharp curves
ID - the new Superior Whippet
takes them all, easily.
In the WhiPpet, you travel in COM
fort. You arrive refreshed at your
destination. There is none of that
cramped, all-in feeling at the end of
long days driving.
The new Superior Whippet's in
creased wheelbase, shock absorbers,
oversize balloon tires and longer
springs both front and rear, all COM
bine to effect superb riding qualities.
Extra cross members in the frame of
the new Superior Whippet, together
with the advanced type Of frame con-
struction and heavier materials, give
greater strength and rigidity.
Many important features
The new Superior Whippet is the
only low-priced car with aHthese vital
advantages: Full force-feed lubrica-
ton, silent timing chain, "Finger-
Tip Control" invar-strut pistons, big
four-wheel brakes, and, in the Six, a
heavy seven-bearing crankshaft.
See and drive the Whippet at your
earliest opportunity. You will find its
beauty instantly appealing, its per-
Torrance remarkably brilliant. And
long service will prove Whippets
depcndability and operating economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Changing Vacation Ideas.

Vacation ideas are undergoing q
change. There was q time when vaca-
ton was synonymous with Summer
time, but not so any more. There ale
many persons who prefer a sea trip or
a sightseeing expedition, and for these
Summer IL not the time. They are
not content to spend their time on a
Summer hotel porch, crowded, per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
By the Associated Press.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. - Trade-ins
mean automobiles to the average motor
car dealer, but to Tradin' Claude Reeder,
president of a Knoxville automobile
concern, they mean anything from dogs
and chickens to houses and lots, wash
ing machines, crops in the fie'd or
lumber.
The motto of Feeders company is
I'VE Trade for Anything" but he has
to maintain small menagerie In order
to live up to it. It has accelerated au-
tomobile sales, as is attested to by his
feat of leading the world three years In
sales Of the car he represents.
Only once did he balk at trade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
MISSING COED
MAY BEFOUND
Body Found. In Connecticut
y River Believed That Of
Frances St. John Smith

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 30.
-(P)-Efforts were made today to
determine through dentistry wheth-
er a body found in the Connecticut
river at Long Meadow was that Of
Miss Frances ST. John Smith, miss
ing Smith College student.
DR.. w. J. Woods of Pelham, N. Y,
told DR.. Carlton F. Pooler Of this
city, acting in behalf of the police,
that a description of the dental
work or the body coresponded with
some he had done for Miss Smith.
DR.. Woods agreed to come here to
view the body.
Authorities felt more certain than
ever the body was that Of Miss
Smith, daughter of a wealthy re-
tired New York broker. She dis
appeared from Smith College at
Northampton, Mass, on January 13,
1923.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
WATCHES TELL
time DEATH
TOOK PARTY
Fog Believed To Have
Caused Drive Into
Stream After Round
ing Curve

MT. GILEAD, Ohio, March 30
R)-Four girls, were drowned last
night. Their automobile plunged
into a small creek near here. Their
bodies were discovered after truck
driver noticed an automobile in the
stream.
Two of the girls were identified as
Ruth Lukens, Marion, and Ada
Michener, Waynesville.
The accident is believed to nave
occurred last night. Watches OF the
girls stopped at 10 o'clock.
Residents in the vicinity said
there was a heavy fog last night
and it is believed the automobile
was driven into the stream as 1t
rounded a curve.
Glass in two windows in the up
ward side of the car was broken
and one of the women'S arms was
hanging through the aperture, IN
dictaing the victims had fought to
free themselves.
r. B. Osborne, Marion county
coroner. conducted an inquest and
returned a verdict Of accidental
death by drowning.
Miss Lehman was a teacher IN
the Chagrin Falls high school, Miss
Mumyan taught in the LeavlttS-
burgh high school and Miss Lu-
kens and Miss Michener in the
Cuyahoga Falls high school. They
were all enroute to their homes
for Easter vacation. y
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
REBELS BACKS TO
WALL. FEDERALS SAY

MEXICO CITY, March 30.-(P)-
With their backs figuratively
against the wall rebels in northern
Mexico were believed by the gov
ernment today to be planning bat
tie in which they would stake the
life of their movement.
Federal aviators reported detach-
ments Of rebel cavalry as far south
as Rellano, II miles north of the
federal army Of Gen. Juan Andreau
Almazan at Escalon. But these
movements were believed to screen
the real concentration at Bachimba
pass, So kilometers south of Chihua-
hua City.
At Bachimba pass some of the
bloodiest battles of Mexico's past
have been fought. A small force
heretofore has been able to hold it
against much greater attacking
armies.
Federal hopes to win a battle at
the pass are based principally upon
Continued from page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
Cat Gets Bird and Vendor
Gets Cat as Women Scream,

chase Of several minutes, during
which the cat sought refuge un-
der a house and ate its quarry.
the vendor finally cornered the
animal in a back yaro.
A number of women attracted
by the commotion appeared on
the scene. They asserted the
vendor seized the cat by the tail,
and shouting imprecations in
Spanish proceeded to dash it
against the side of house until
all nine lives were extinct.
AS he swung the cat a woman
screamed; with the second swing
there was a chorus of screams.
BY the time the slaughter was
completed the women were near
ly hysterical, and each started
for her respective home to call
the police.
Sensing the fact that he had
aroused their ire. the bird vendor
made off and though a dozen
women are ready to swear out
complaints for his arrest, he has
not been located.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
YOUNCCRAHAM|
UNCONSCIOUS
AFTER MISHAP
Extent of Injuries Un-
determined; Lo 5 e S
Balance While Re-
pairing Sunshade

Franklin Graham, young
est member of the local law
firm of Graham, Graham
and Graham, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. j. A. Graham fell
from a third-story window
Of the Merchants National0
Bank building to the side
walk below about II a. m.
today.
He was rendered unconscious by
the fall. but at l p. m. had par
TALLY regained consciousness. NO
broken bones were revealed by
series of X-ray pictures, but d.
@. r. Yantis, attending physician.
had not determined whether there
we're internal injuries.
The force Of the fall was pc.
lieved to have been broken by the
man striking one of the chains
which supports an awning along
the side of the building where ne
fell. There were several witnesses
to the fall, but they did not agree
on Just how Mr.. Graham struck
the sidewalk. Some said he landed
on his feet while others thought
he struck with head and shoulders
down. After passing the awning,
he is said to have struck bicycle
standing at the curb.
He was picked up from the side
walk and taken to the Works
Bros. clinic in the same building
for preliminary examination and
emergency treatment. Later he was
removed to his home.
The fall started from the inner
office of the law firm, on the
Eleventh street side of the build-l
ing. Mrs. Louis Schornburg, who
was in the outer office at the time,
said that Graham was standing up
on the ledge of the open window
attempting to repair sunshade
when ne lost his balance and fell
through the window.
Judge Graham, father Of the
victim, is in Austin on business
mission. The other member Of the
firm is Theodore Graham, a
brother.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
WOMAN AND SON
SLAIN, BURNED
Large Sum Of Money Kept
In House Believed Mo-
tive For Attack

ELKTON, Md, March 30.-(P)-
Mrs. Anna Mahoney, 70, and her
son, Edward, so, were burned to
death at the latter'S home here to-
day. Police believe robbers set the
house on fire after first shooting
the woman and her son.
Neighbors said the MahoneyS
were known to keep large sums of
money in the house, and the au-
thorities said they believed the
woman and her son had been slain.
A farmer recalled having heard
three pistol shots in the vicinity Of
the Mahoney home last night, two
or three hours before the fire. When
this was reported an official investi-
CATION was started.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
COME ANDCET
ME- IS APPEAL
OVER PHONE
Hysterical Voice Calls
Frantically; Police
Have No Clues To
Work On

MONTREAL, March 30.-(P)-A
wrong telephone connection and q
sobbing girlish appeal, Come and
get me mother" today constituted
the only clue unearthed after a
week of frantic search for 18-year-
old Barbara Pitcher, McGill uni
versity student and daughter Of a
prominnt Westmount family.
Police said about 9 p. m. on
March 81 when Miss Pitcher dis
appeared the telephone rang in the
house of H. w. K. Hale, West
mount. Mrs. Hale answered and
heard a sobbing voice, evidently
that of a young girl, saying Come
and get me, mother"
Mrs. Hale'S daughter was at the
time a patient in the Montreal
General hospital and, thinking it
was she, Mrs. Hale asked eXcitedly,
Where are you?"
Mr.. Hale was told by the hospital
it could not possibly have been his
daughter who telephoned. The next
morning, when it became known
Barbara Pitcher was missing, he
communicated with her family.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30

TYLER, Tex, March 30.-(P1-
The widow Of the Rev. Font Wal
lace, young Baptist minister Of
Troup, shot to death in a triangle,
sobbed ardibly last night as attor-
neys began arguments in the muir
der trial of Logs Wilson, garage
mechanic.
Patsy, five-year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Wallace. attempted to COM
fort her mother. Mrs. Wallace,
who earlier in the day had testi-
fled in an effort to refute state
ments of Mrs. Wilson, wife of the
defendant. that Mrs. Wilson had
had clandestine meetings with Rev.
Wallace, appeared to verge on a
breakdown.
Wilson. the defendant. sat be-
tween his nine-year-old twin sons
when arguments began. He is
estranged from his wife, although
she came to his aid in the trial.
Her recital of a love affair with
the handsome pastor that did not
cease even after her husband had
knowledge Of 1t. comprised the
backbone of defense testimony.
In opening arguments for the
state last night, j. A. Bullock, spe-
cial prosecutor, told of the man.
ner in which Rev. Wallace was
shot down as he talked with
friends in front of a drug store
He ridicllled defense attempts to
prove the minister was armed.
When the prosecutor SPOKE Of the
slain pastor with his hands folded
across his bosom in the grave"
Mrs. Wallace's sobs could be heard
throughout the crowded court
room.
Bullock dwelt upon the testimony
Of numerous star witnesses, who
declared the Rev. Wallace was at
a church rally at the time Mrs.
Wilson said he was keeping tryst
with her at a friends house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
G. OF c. OFFICIALS
FLY TO SAN ANTONIO

A telegram was received at the
chamber of commerce office this
morning from G. G. Richardson,
manager of the local chamber, stat
ing that he had arrived safely in
San Antonio after an uneventful
airplane trip from Brownsville.
Mr.. Richardson is in San An
tonic to attend a celebration of
the passenger air line from Fort
Worth to Brownsville He stated
in his wire that he will return to
this city Sunday morning. He
was accompanied on his trip by
Mrs. Richardson and by J. E. Bell.
secretary Of the San Benito Cham
Der of Commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30


Brownsville police and the
sheriff's department were kept
busy several hours Friday by re-
peated telephone calls from
women in the western part of the
city who insisted that the officers
imediately hunt down and arrest
a bird vendor, who they alleged
was guilty Of cruelty to animals.
An investigation revealed that
a bird V ndor, whose stock in
trade consisted of one small and
decidedly decrepit bird, had been
canvassing the neighborhood
without effecting a sale.
He called at a house, leaving
the bird in it's cage on the front
steps. While he was discoursing
upon its sweet voice and excel
lent qualities a cat from a neigh
boring house broke into the
wicker cage. seized the Mexi-
cans stock in trade and made off
with it.
The bird vendor saw the trag-
edy and gave pursuit. After q