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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
SUMMARY

Barometric pressure was relatl-
vely low this morning from the Rio
Grande Valley northeastward TO
the Great Lakes, and rather high
over the Canadian Northwest. Mon
tana. and the Dakotas. Cloudy, un-
settled, and mostly d~isagreeable
weather prevailed practically thro-
ughout the United States at the
morning observation. while light to
heavy precipitation was quite gen.
eral throughout the great central
valleys and the Northwest. Tenn
peratures continued mild in the
southern and eastern states, but
were falling throughout the great
Northwest. though not unseasonably
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Valley Sport Spreads
To Foreign Ports

Spreading the fame Of Valley
sport. a picture OF William Voigt,
noted fisherman. appears in the
rotogravure section OF the Syracuse
Post-Standard dated Dec. g.. which
shows him landing a tarpon al
Point Isabel.
The fish was caught during the
summer on a fishing trip made to
this section by the well-known an
gler, on which he caught speci-
mems OF the silver kings. and other
game fish native 10 the Gulf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Topping of Highway
Stretch Nears End

Topping OF a sixteen-mile stretch
OF highway Nc. u from the end Of
the concrete in Brooks county 70
the Hidalgo county line is practi-
cally completed. according 10 re-
port of Rufus Oliver, highway main
tennnce officer.
With the completion OF this STREET
CHI the county will have one of the
best highways in South Texas, with
10 miles OF concrete road and is
miles OF asphalt on a heavy caliche
3ase.
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trayed with all the reality Tor which
this director In famous.
In the superb emotional role OF
Lena Smith, Esther Ralston has
truly the finesE Characterization OF
her career on the screen. It has
depth and power. Starting with "a
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prologue ~ 1914. the scene goes
back to the Rirlhood OK a mother
who watches her son march or t0
war. 1t pictures her love affair.
her strivings. her ~SufferinGS and sac
rifices for her son and the picture
ends where IL began.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Cardinals Will Get
Footballs AS Awards
(Snecial Id The Heraldl

N2BGNA1A W 4AC 11C40A0
HARLINGEN, Dec. 1.-THE Har-
lingen High School football team,
the Cardinals. will be given their
gold footballs at a meeting Wednes-
day night at the Reese Wilmond
Hotel. The footballs and q banquet
n being given the teams by the
local Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions
Clubs.
According TO coach Rektorik OF
the Cardinals, fourteen men will
receive the coveted footballs.
The letter men are as follows:
Capt. Witherspoon, Brindley, Fl.
Drake, WaSham. Murray, Drury, r.
Lawrence, j. Lawrence. Martin
Scheupbach, West and Sissel. Man
ager John Lockhart will also re-
ceive q letter.
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BULLETTN

First figures, lowest temperatures
last night; second, highest tempera-
lures yesterday; third. wind velocity
at 8 a. m; fourth. precipitation in
last "a hours.
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rNGRATEFuL CLIENT

st. Paul. Minn-Attorney J. w.
NORM, after successfully defending
a client accused of theft. was rob-
bed of his fur coat by his client.
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Especial to the HERALD

HARLINGEN. Dec. IT. Accord
ing to Myron Ward, secretary Of the
locla Chamber Of Commerce, the
Harrington association is leading the
Valley in tickets sold for the Bat
Tie OF Grapefruit. football classic
to be held in Brownsville New
Years Day.
Mr.. Ward states he has sold more
than 500 dollars worth Of tickets
and that beginning Wednesday
night. at the football banquet given
in honor OF the Harlingen Cardin-
ais. a drive viii be started to sweep
the town.
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Day In Congress
(By The Associated Press)

ICY lie ccOClhLS E1S56J
Tuesday
Senate 49, Continues debate on
nomination OF Albert Il. Watson "a
be a federal judge in Pennsylvania.
Lobby committee hears Julius
Barnes.
Elections committee takes up
question OF eligibility OF Senator
Grundy Of Pennsylvania.
Interstate commerce committee
continues hearings on commuaica-
tons bill.
Agriculture subcommittee hears
W. L. Clayton, OF Houston, Texas, Ia
cotton investigation.
House-Takes up agriculture de-
partment appropriations bill.
Foreign affairs committee takes
up revised resolution for commission
TO Haiti.
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-T~TVTITIT
Senate-Passed bills 70 extend life
OF radio commission and TO ratify
French war debt settlement.
Uninterrupted right OF way for
tariff bill was promised by leaders
after Christmas recess.
Adopted resolutions to appropriate
100000 TO pay expenses of Ameri-
can participation in London Naval
parley and TO appoint commission &c
study reorganization Of prohibition
enforcement.
House-PaSsed bills to authorize
more than $3.50. 000. 900 for govern
ment buildings, hospitals and new
supreme court structure.
Approved extension OF life OF fed
eral radio commission.
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KNOSEL CURIO o
NEXT DOOR TO THEATER. ON MAIN STREET

When In Matamoros don't forget to visit this place. You will
find a fine line OF Christmas gifts for your loved ones-an kinds
Of Novelties in Jewelry, fine silk and Spanish Shavls-a new line
OF Tenalteca and Aztec ware, and all kinds of Curios. Special
prices on feather cards.
An Exceptionally high grade line of perfumes. Christmas Mite
Sweet Pea, Blue Hour Schaimar. and others-at reasonable prices.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
NY. TOPRESENT
NJ DONALD KEY

LONDON, Sept. 80 0.N.S).-Pre-
mier Ramsay Macdonald. of Britain.
journeying to the United States
aboard the liner Berengaria, has ac-
pied an invitation to receive the
freedom of the City of New York
upon his arrival. wireless message
from aboard the vessel to the Daily
Mail stated today.
On his arrival, the dispatch said,
the premier will proceed direct to
the city hall. where he will be re.
ceived by Mayor James J. Walker.
Following a two-hour reception. the
premier will proceed to Washington.
The premier's changed plans, the
message said. were due to the desire
OF New York not to be outdone ny
the Capital in priority in extending
welcome to the distinguished visi-
tor.
From preliminary plans forwarded
for Premier MacDonald's approval
great demonstration is anticipated.
The premier is due to arrive in New
York Friday.
Earlier messages from aboard the
Berengaria told how the vessel was
encountering heavy seas on it's sec.
ond day out. but that both the pre-
mier and his daughter. Miss Isabel
Macdonald. were standing the in.
clement weather like experienced
sailors.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
HURRICANE DUE
To HIT WEST
FLORIDA
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the Florida keys came measre re-
ports Of death and suffering.
Messages from Key West said
several persons were drowned at
No Name Key when the high
waves inundated the land. Their
identity is not yet known.
Two feet of water here left
spread over the entire lowIand area
by the flood which followed the
brief but disastrous storm. The
water Ia now moving rapidly out
of the district. No lives were lost
when the storm hit Homestead, but
the town suffered severely from
the high wind.
Fruit Badly Hit
The Redlands fruit area, the
largest uninfested fruit section in
the State, reported a tremendous
loss, with millions of dollars in
fruit, trees and vegetables destroyed.
Key West and it's vicinity was
struck by 75-mile an hour wind.
Disrupting communications and
making an adequate check-up OF
damage and casualties Impossible.
Turning with the contours Of the
State. the hurricane moved up the
Florida west coast Saturday night
to lash the section lying in the
vicinity OF Fort Myers. Then it
went out into the gulf in the dire
ton of the northern shores.
The whirling storm seriously en-.
dangered shipping off the coast
and throughout Saturday night and
earIy Sunday, the air was filled
with SOS calls from vessels
rendered helpless by the gale.
Tanker Refloated
The s. S. Scandia, a Danish
tanker, Is reported almost a total
wreck off Carey's Ford, 40 miles
below Miami. Some members of
the crew have been taken off by
the Coast Guard vessel SaIkee,
reports stated. and an effort was
being made early today to rescue
the remaining members before the
ship grounds to pieces.
The tanker Garnet Hulings.
aground 10 miles south Of Gun
Key, was floated yesterday and Is
now en- route to Baltimore under
it's own power.
The S. S. Wisconsin,, sweet
aground off Abaco Island, has been
reached BY the S. s. Carlton and
its crew taken aboard the latter
vessel.
Motor Boat Lost
Fate of the Isle of June. small
motor boat plying between Nassau
and Miami, is still unknown. accord
ing to reports here. The Bahamian.
which sailed from Jacksonville to
Nassau just before the storm, was
reported safe in dispatches from
Jacksonville.
Reports that the storm was ap-
preaching Pensacola caused strenu-
Gus activity by residents all along
the northern Florida and Alabama
coasts, windows were boarded up
and other preparations made to
guard against damage from the
threatened gale.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Assigned Later
Panama Paper Asks
Smallpox Inquiry

PANAMA CITY, r. P, Sept. 30
The Panama American. an English
language newspaper. initiated a pub
lie petition on behalf of residents of
the Canal Zone and Of Panama,
directed to President Hoover, ask.
ing that, in view of reports OF 209
cases Of smallpox treated in the Cor.
gas Hospital since June. an investi
CATION be made of the health depart
ment of the Panama Canal, with spe-
cial reference to the administration
of the health office at Panama City.
The newspaper charges that the
health department ignored articles
published as early as one year ago
pointing out flagrant violations of
the sanitary code, especially in the
Berry district.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
RELATES HER STORY At
GRAND JURY QUIZ

Blackwelder, sister of Virginia, This
telegram reads:
Investigate whereabouts Of Mrs.
McPherson's diamond ring not
found on body. We wonder how it
could be removed with body in
swollen condition.
Lieutenant Kelly told us apart
ment was in perfect order when
body was found and Inspector
Shelby reprimanded me when l
tried to question his suicide theory. !"
There was strong possibility
that Garnet NJ. Frye, the taxi
cab driver found by The Wash
ingtOn Times. who says that he
carried man to the Park Lane
apartment alley on the night
Mrs. Mcpherson died, will be re-
called before testimony before
the Grand Jury Is complete.
He has identified a man as
the man he carried to the apart
ment house on the fatal night,
and may be called upon to con-
front this man In the inquisitorial
chamber today. Frye was grilled
for an hour Saturday by the
jury.
Tenseness In Air
Tenseness which has thus far
marked every phase of the grand
jury inquiry was more apparent
than ever this morning. Scores
Of persons in addition to reporters
and photographers milled about
the corridors of the courthouse ad-
joining the grand jury room. Many
of them were persons who had
testified previously, while others
appeared today who have not been
present before. apparently wanting
to be in on the end of the inquiry.
The Grand Jury has taken
elaborate precautions to preserve
inviolate the the secrecy which
by law must enshroud it's delibera
tions. Reporters have been barred
from the ante-rooms of the jury
chamber, to which ordinarily they
have free access
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

4 Howard TIE p Teton, last
l. known person to see Vir-
ginia Mcpherson alive. has
been in Washington less than
three weeks. A friend from
his home. Chester, 8. G.,
dropped him off here on an
auto trip. Templeton planned
to return two days later to
enter North Carolina Univer.
sity, where he was star var.
sity quarterback.
The day after arriving here
he was caught in the rain near
Lincoln Memorial. 1nquiring
his way back to Pennsylvania
Avenue, he was directed up
Twenty-first Street, coming
onto the Avenue in front Of
the Park Lane Apartments. He
sauntered into the drug store
in the apartment building for
a "dope," got to talking with
the manager, was offered
Job and on the spur of the
moment took it.
Howard Templeton and Vir-
ginia Hurley (Mrs. McPher-
SOM had been schoolmates in
Chester. S. c.. but it was not
until several days after start
ing to work that Templeton
chanced to see Virginia and
learn that she and her hus-
band had an apartment in the
Park Lane.
Of all the drug stores in
Washington. this stranger in
the town, by sheerest coinci-
dence. stumbled into the one
where lived his boyhood play
mate, whose lifeless body,
strangled with a pajama cord,
he was to view few days
later.
8 Not many people are known
n to drink orangeade and milk
at the same time. The last
day Virginia Mcpherson was
alive, she telephOned to the
drug store and ordered two
sandwiches. an Orangeade and
a milk shake. She took the
order from the cOlored porter
at her apartment door. 1t
has never been determined
who, if anyone, was in the
apartment with her.
Last week Kirk Miller, cor.
respondent for The Washing
ton Times, went to New York
and interviewed DIR. Thomas
Ballard. formerly of Gallinger
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
P0ACHER KILLS
CAME WARDEN

NEW YORK. Sept. 80 U.N.SD.-
With Police Commissioner Grover
A. Whalen in personal charge a
Statewide search was launched to.
day for the unidentified huntsman
who shot and killed William #.
Cramer, State game warden, an6
seriously injured Joseph S. Allen,
another warden.
The shooting occurred yesterday
in a swampy bit of underbrush
near Jamaica, Queens. where the
ceaseless activities of poachers had
made it dangerous for residents.
After arresting one poacher the
wardens heard a shot nearby and
set off in the direction whence the
report came In clearing they
encountered a second poacher who,
gun in hand awaited until the war
dens had approached within 10 feet
and then blazed away point blank
at Cramer who fell mortally
wounded.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
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hsved that she could confirm the
report that a man climbed out Of
the Mcpherson window and over
the roof on the night of the
strangling.
The other witness heard today
was n. II. Kent who occupies the
apartment in the Park Lane adjoin-
ing that of the McPhersons. He is
supposed to have testified in regard
to screams and groans heard on
the fatal night.
Janitor Is Sought
Efforts were also being made
this morning to locate c. Sheppard,
colored, who was janitor of the
Park Lane on the night of the
charged. Sheppard Is supposed to
have made statements about
number of tenants of the apar:.
ment who heard the piercing scream
and groans on the night of the
death.
It was also expected that the
Rev. Carl j. GOette, Of Alex
andria, Va, pastor Of the taxi
driver, Frye, would be called to
testify as to the youths reputa-
tion for truth and veracity.
DR.. Goette has known Frye for
years and it Is presumed that he
will establish his reliability as
witness, a fact which has been
attacked by those who believe In
the suicide theory.
Robert j. Allen, suspended police
man Of the Third Precinct, whose
Independent investigation Of the
death largely brought about a re.
opening of the case after the
coroner's jury had closed it, was
prepared to go before the Grand
Jury again today.
1t was believed that he would
try to place before the inquisitorial
body a telegram which he says he
received yesterday from Mrs. V. c.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
SHEARER GOES
ON STAND
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sums for agitating merchant marin
legislation.
Shearer said "all of them" az
preached him after a speech made
in New York in 1925, advocating a
strong merchant marine.
"The first shipping official that
approached me-" he said, "was
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Co."
Later he came in contact with
F. p. Palen. vice president of the
Newport News Shipbuilding Corpo,
ration, and others, and at their re-
quest outlined a program Of "edu
eating" the public to the need Of
a great American merchant marine
Reeves Gives Lie to Pearson
Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves
blutly denied to the Senate in.
vestigating committee the charge
that as a member of the American
delegation to the Geneva confer.
ence in 1927 he worked against
reaching an agreement with Great
Britain.
Reeves categorically denied the
truth of the testimony of Drew
Pearson, a newspaper reporter, who
attended the Geneva parley.
lie left the witness chair after a
few peprfunetory questions, saying:
II repeat, l never hoped nor en-
pressed the hope that the confer
ence might fail"
Laurence r. Wilder. president OF
the trans oceanic company. who EN-
ployed Shearer in 1928. was recalled
to the stand and answered some
questions submitted by Shearer's at
tOrnNV
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
NEICHBOR SAW MAN ON ROOF NEAR MCPHERSON VIM
Facts Stranger Than
Fiction In M'Pherson
Strangling Mystery

Hospital here. DIR. Ballard
was an instructor to Mrs. Me-
PhersOn in the nurses school,
and also was her admirer be-
fore her marriage.
He has told Washington de-
tectives that he has not been
in Washington since Labor
Day.
When Mr.. Miller asked him
whether he saw, Mrs. McPher.
SON on that visit here, he
begged to be excused from an
swering.
MIR. Miller's interview with
DR.. Ballard took place in the
latter's New York hotel. 1t
was late, and DR.. Ballard in
vited his visitor to have sup
per. Mr.. Miller declined. DIR.
Ballard then went to the tele-
phone and ordered for him
self-a glass of milk and a
glass of orange juice.
Just an odd coincidence. DIR.
Ballard has a perfect alibi and
police are convinced that he
has absolutely no connection
with the case.
3 Policeman Allen told inves-
- tigators that on the night
of the Mcpherson girls death
he saw a man climb from her
apartment window (second
floor) onto an adjoining roof
Detective Kelly. arch-foe of
Aliens theory Of murder and
strongest supporter of the sui
eide theory. ridiculed the
statement. declaring it would be
impossible to leave the apart
ment in that manner.
A few nights later, while
making a casual visit to the
neighbOrhood of the crime. who
should crawl through the Me-
PhersOn apartment window
onto the roof but Detective
Kelly himself.
And who. of all people,
should happen to be standing
outside watching the perform
ance but young Policeman
Allen.
A Kelly is the same detective
who established a suicide
theory in the death Of Detec-
tive Arthur Scrivener, found
shot to death under cireum-
stances that still convince
many. including his friends on
the police force. that he was
murdered.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
WOMAN IS SHOT
IN LOVE DUEL
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of her brother-in-law. NJ. G. Smith,
about 100 yards away. The two
boys had preceded their mother 70
seek aid.
Mrs. Smith said that her attacker
seemed to stumble after she had
fired twice& She believes that at
least one bullet struck the woman.
AS her wound was being treated
by DR.. S. T. Nolan, Mrs. Smith told
Times reporter that about a week
ago the same woman called at her
home and for Is minutes held her
at the point of revolver.
Neighbors of the pretty young
woman stated that nearly every
day the woman in the case drove
her machine, which bore District
tags to within block of the house
and than proceeded on foot to the
Smith home.
Mrs Smith also stated that on
one occasion she was stopped in
front of the Bond Building by the
Unidentified woman and told that
unless she, Mrs. Smith, let the
husband of the former alone she
would pay with her life.
A business card bearing the name
Of Washington automobile dealer
and on which was written a threat.
ening warning was slipped under
the front door Of the Smith home
several days ago, Mrs. Smith de.
clared.
The note stated that the writer
was not afraid of Mrs. Smiths guns
and realized that the housewife in
turn was not afraid to shoot. Ii
carried with it warning to lei
the husband of the writer alone
Mrs. Smith also declared that the
woman on several different occa
sions charged her with having hid
den her husband.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Americans All Safe
In Bahama Storm,
u. S. Consul Reports

The hurricane which struck Mas
sau, in the Bahamas. was the worst
in the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tants, American Consul Charles G..
Broy, reported to the State De
partment today. Beginning Wed
nesday afternoon. the hurricant
continued severe until THURSDAY
afternoon.
All Americans are safe as far a.
could be ascertained, Broy reported
and the American consulate was un
injured. Property damage in Mas
sau was great.
Local supplies were said to be
sufficient for some days. No reports
have been received from the quite,
islands of the Brahamas. Broy said.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
SEVENTH RACE
anl One -SjxteeOth Mile,
Mrs. Paist to Speak
Atty. w. Conference

Mrs. Frederic Paist. OF Phlla'
delphia, will be the chief speaker
at the annual fall conference Of the
Y. NJ. c. A. today in the Admins
tration Building, Seventeenth and X
Streets, N w. Mss Helen Theburn
New York, member of the national
board, will also speak.
The conference will begin at 4:3O
o'clock to he followed by a dinner
meeting. 1t will close with night
session starting al s o'clock.
Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown will
preside AT the afternoon session and
Mrs. Edwin s. Parker at the dinner.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
DANVILLE MAN BURIED

DANVILLE. Va. Sept so
Funeral services were held here for
John Pritcnett Swanson. So.
The Rev. Thomas A Smoot. D. n,
rastor Of Main Street Methodist
Church. conducted the services and
burial was in the family graveyard
at SwansonvillA.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
CROWDWATCHES
/. PEAC0X co To
SING SING
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN


! WHITE PLAINS, n. Y,
Sept. 30 .S.).--Looking
happier than he has at any
time in the last fortnight,
Earle F.. Peacox was taken
from the county Jail here to-
day and started for Sing Sing
prison at Ossining where he
will begin serving an inde-
terminate sentence of from 20
years to life for the murder
of his bride, Dorothy Heinzel-
man Peacox.
Flashlights doomed as the young
radio technician and dance hall
"sheik' emerged from the jail,
shackled to a deputy sheriff. The
latest of Americas array of greatly
publicized defendants wore Snug,
self sa tisfied expression on his pale
face.
Watched BY Throng
Down through a lane Of morbid
minded men. women and girls he
came, looking neither to right nor
left. A crowd of about $50 persons
had assembled to watch the young
man leave.
Peacox was hustled into parked
car. In jiffy he was being driven
up the road leading to Sing Sing,
10 miles away.
Peacox arrived at the grim walls
Of Sing Sing at 1890 o'clock. He
was Immediately taken to the
warden's office.
The young killer wore his slain
wifes wedding ring on the little
finger OF his left hand as he
entered Sing Sing. Before he left
White Plains Assistant District At.
torney Walter Ferris offered him
| his wife's wrist watch, which the
after the murder.
"Give it to my mother said
| Peacox, the mother, Mrs. Catherine
| Peacov, had been at the White
! Plains courthouse most of the morn
! ing waiting to see District Attorney
! Frank II. Coyne, who had prose
cuted her son. She declined to say
why she wanted to confer with
him.
Peacox was handled just like any
other prisoner at Sing Sing. He
was taken at once to the new ad-
| ministration building. There a
clerk took his pedigree.
Assigned Later
He was questioned with view
! OF determining his permanent as.
| si2nment. This will be determined
! later. Meanwhile he was assigned
! 10 the reception company"-a
group of prisoners detailed to rough
work about the prison. They are
allowed no recreation.
Ten days from now Peacox will
be given his regular assignment.
| Well" said Peacox, looking
Sing Sing over. I've seen this
place before, but I never expected
Id get here