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New Britain herald., 1929-05-29
Moro Coas,llates Raitled

TOKYO, M4y Zv ~t"ffeeS 0lS- patches from Harbin. Manchuria, today asserted that Sino authorities had raided the soviet consulates at Tsitsihar and Manchouli in addi- tfon to those at Harbin and suifen- ho yesterday.
 It was said 1t had been estab- lished from reliable sources that the Chinese nationalist government at Nanking had ordered the raids. hoping to uncover . definite con- nection of the soviet government with Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang. who is leading . revolt in central China.
 All regular counsular oficials detained have been released. but 35 alleged communist operatives were still being held
 In Tokyo the comment of the na- tive press showed some alarm at the stihened Chinese attitude in Manchuria. The Asahi said: Tt ap- pears that the real Chinese motive is to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway from the soviet. in which event Japan cannot be indifferent, since 1t is to be expected similar high-handed policy would be launched shortly by the Chinese against the South Manchurian Railway."
 The Kokumin Shimbun. indepen- dent and somewhat chauvinistic, said 1t hoped the incident would be cleared up peacefully. as otherwise there would be danger of Japan becoming involved in the Northern Manchuria imbroglio
 50 Missionaries Trapped
 Shanghai. May 2s @ = The
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29

TENDERED FAREWELL PARTY
 A farewell party was rendered MT. and Mrs. James O'Connor at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
G. of G. to Discuss
Boca Chica Road,
Corpus Christi Trip

A meeting Of the directors of the
chamber Of commerce will be held
at the chamber of commerce build
ing at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, accord
ing to announcement made by G.
G. Richardson, manager of the 10
cal chamber, this morning.
The main topics coming up for
discussion at this meeting are the
Boca Chica road paving proposition
and the contemplated trip to Cor
pus Christi, Mr. Richardson said.
Mr.. Richardson stated that he
had received a letter from Sidney
Kring, manager of the Corpus
Christi Chamber of Commerce, in
which plans were proposed for the
visit of the Brownsville people
These plans provide for luncheon
at noon Saturday, April 20. After
the luncheon, a motorboat trip will
be made along the waterfront to in
spect the ship channel, the bridge,
and port warehouse facilities. Mr..
Kring also plans to have the party
inspect the Humble Oil refinery,
located at Ingleside. That will COM
plete the program for Saturday,
and the Brownsville visitors will be
entertained Sunday with golf on
the Corpus Christi Country club
/ coursA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
ALDRICH GETS
ATTORNEY POST
Moody Says He Appointed
Man Not Affiliated With
Political Factions

AUSTIN, April 1.-(P)-Oliver c..
Aldrich of San Juan, was appoint
ed district attorney Of the 10th dis
trict by Governor Moody today. He
fills the vacancy caused by the
death of Samuel H. Woods of Alice.
The district is composed of the
counties of Jim Wells. Brooks,
Starr, Hidalgo and Duval. AID
rich will soon move to Edinburg to
make his home, Governor Moody
said.
Aldrich is a veteran of the World
war and is not affiliated with
either Of the political factions in
Hidalgo county, the governor said.
Il turned down both crowds on
men they recommended and picked
one who was not partisan in the
campaigns down there" he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
BUYER FOUND
LIQUOR RAID
Man Says He Did Not Buy
Evidence From Mrs.
Lillian Deking

AURORA, Ill. April 1.-(P)-The
man who made the buy" in the
Deking liquor raid case has been
found. He is Philip Johnson, and
he has told attorneys he did not
purchase liquor from Mrs. Lillian
Deking at all
The shooting to death Of Mrs.
Deking a week ago by deputy
sheriff took place at the Deking
home during raid made under a
search warrant.
Fairchild told authorities the
complaint on which the warrant
was obtained was inaccurate in de-
claring he personally had made the
purchase. He said Johnson, son of
gas station owner at Batavia, ILL.,,
had been the actual buyer of the
liquor, using money which Fair
child furnished.
johnson, who volunteered his
story to attorneys representing Jo-
Seph Deking, said he did not buy
the liquor at the Deking home, or
from a woman, as the Fairchild
complaint declared. The 'buy' was
made, Johnson said. from a man
in front of Staffords filling sta
tion," which is near the Deking
home.
Carbary reiterated his belief
that Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith,
who did the shooting, acted in self
defense, believing that Mrs. Deking
intended to shoot him after he had
Slugged her husband. Joseph.
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BdCoS OF HdrlS ana Cne government
fled to Bordeaux, he himself re-
fuesd to leave his post, though
warned he might be killed.
Death came to Ambassador Her.
rick yesterday at 4:10 p. m, after a
sudden heart attack that left him
within an hour lifeless, but with a
smile on his lips. He was rs years
old.
Shortly afterward Premier Ray
mond Poincare told Colonel T. Bent
ley Mott, assistant military at
tache:
Anything that the French gov
ernment can do shall be done. AM
baSSador Herrick'S family may ask
anything they please and it shall be
done"
Papers Praise Him
French newspapers appeared today
with flaring headlines, France has
lost one of her greatest friends"
Columns were devoted to eulogieS.
A long procession of automobiles
brought distinguished Frenchmen
together with Americans residing
here to sign the embassy register and
express condolenI. Madame Foch
personally telephoned the ambassa-
doris daughter-in-law, Mrs. Parmely
Herrick.
President CASTOR Doumergue i'm
mediately after he was informed OF
the ambassador death entrusted
an expression of coincidence on be-
half of the nation to Admiral We
del, General Lasson, and Jules
Michel, head of his civil cabinet,
who called at the embassy to de-
liver it.
Son In America
There was an impression at the
embassy today that the ambasSa-
doris son would take the first ship
to France and arrange to escort his
fathers body back to the United
States for burial at either Arlington
or in Cleveland.
Throughout the past winter i'll
ness weakened Ambassador Herrick
but it was believed he was well on
the road to recovery. He spent a
bad night Thursday and his daugh-
ter-in -laW--his wife died in 1913
telephoned Friday morning for DR..
H. Rabeau. Yesterday Mrs. Herrick
was informed his condition was
critical and she called her husband
in Cleveland over the telephone. An
hour later she called him again to
convey the message of his fathers
death.
Myron T. Herrick, diplomat,
statesman, lawyer, banker and
manufacturer, began his career
selling dinner bells, parlor organs
and Tightening rods to the farmers
Of Ohio. From this humble start
he rose, by virtue of his applica-
ton and ability, to the position of
financier, promoter of great rail-
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PHONE OFFICE
HERE IS SOLD
Rio Grande Valley Tele.
phone Co. Also Takes Over
Harlingen, Pit. Isabel

Purchase Of the Brownsville, Har-
lingen and Point Isabel Exchanges
from the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Co. by the Rio Grande VAL
ley Telephone Co and taking over
of operation Of the new properties by
the new owners was announced here
today in a joint statement issued by
G. r. Weber and j. G. Paxton.
Mr.. Weber is district manager for
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. and Mr.. Paxton is general mana
ger of the purchasing company.
E. E. Mockbee, manager of the
Edinburg exchange is to be sent to
Brownsville Immediately as resident
manager, Mr.. Paxton announced.
The Point Isabel exchange is to be
operated under the direction Of the
San Benito manager and the new
manager at Harlingen is to be nam
ed in 2 day or two.
Mr.. Paxton also announced that
plans for eXtendingaa cable to the
municipal airport here, made by the
formed owners, would be rushed to
completion.
The Rio Grande Valley Telephone
Co. already owned the exchanges at
San Benito, Mercedes, Donna, Ala
mo. San Juan, Pharr, McAllen. Mis-
sion. Edinburg, Edcouch, Rio Hon
do and Elsa. Mr.. Paxton announ-
ced that an exchange would be op-
ened May | at Los Fresnos. Head
quarters are at McAllen.
There Is probably no other sec
tion of the United States where eX-
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WAR LOOMS ON
LONG CHARGES
House Committee to Decide
On Method of Taking
Testimony

BATON ROUGE, La, April 1-R
Political warfare between Governor
Huey P. Long, and portion OF
the state legislature seeking his i'm
peachment threatened today follow
ing an eastern armistice.
A meeting of a house committee
to determine procedure for taking
Testimony against the governor, and
the committee report tonight were
on the days program.
During the house hearing, only
anti-Long testimony will be heard
to determine whether there is merit
in the changes. If a majority OF
the house believes the testimony
warrants a trial, the governor will
be called before the senate where
the case will be heard. A two-thirds
vote of the senate is necessary to
convict.
Governor Long has mailed thou
sands of letters to voters in the
state requesting them to come to
his assistance by wiring or writing
their representatives.
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LATE BULLETINS
q. OF I. READS SEX QUESTIONABLE

T. SEX QUESTIONABLE
under orders from Cniet Oh rohce H.
a VINO To-Day were
be for University Of campus OF an otc
which featured
the University OF
SPECIAL EMERGENCY BOARD APPOINTED FOR STRIKE
WASHINGTON
the dispute between the exas
railway and its employees announced today at ne We
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED FROM JINIENEZ
fighting between federal
today presidential palace
CONGRESSMAN NnCHAELSON SURRENDERS
M. A Mchaelson OF Chicago,
Jacksonville of violating the national proh
Liubenhemer, United
the marsas
building with and he
of X. Walker u s. commits
VI
Mathis sentenced 70 death
in
given a 60-day Moody
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Rebel Ships Bon1bard Naco
NO GUNS FIRED;
4 x *
1900 MAKE CAR
y y \
PULLING HILL

In this day Of speed, the auto
mobile, of the vintage Of 1900 or
thereabouts, doesn't cut much of
a figure.
But a ear of this date did Sum
day evening. On its way up the
incline to MatamoroS, it began
backfiring, with the regularity Of
a machine gun, lasting until it
reached the Mexican side Of the
bridge.
People in the immediate neigh
borhood rushed to the bridge.
Officers, civil and federal were on
hand; officers on the Mexican
side rushed to the scene, also.
Rat-a-tat-tat, and a couple
more blooeys-it was nothing but
the backfire of the old benzine
wagon making the grade"
And that's the story of COM
motion created Sunday evening at
the bridge. 1t was not the firing
of guns.
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CALL0CLY and
HARSH ENTER
GUILTY PLEAS
Sentence Ends Effort
For Verdict After
Two Juries Failed to
Agree

ATLANTA, Ga, April 1.-(P)-
George (Jimmie) Harsh and Rich
ard G. Gallogly, wealthy former
Ogelthorpe University students, to-
day pleaded guilty to murder and
were sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
On agreement, the action was TAX
en- Immediately after Harsh, men,
ber Of Milwaukee family, had been
granted new trial following his
conviction and sentence to death for
the murder Of Willard Smith, drug
clerk, during holdup. At his pre-
vious trial he had entered a plea of
not guilty by reason of mental ir-
responsibility.
Gallogly was permitted to enter a
similar plea and receive sentence
after having been tried twice with
out a jury agreement on verdict.
He was charged with the same Of
fense as Harsh. The latter admit
ted the holdup and shooting and
implicated Gallogly as his COM
panion, but Gallogly denied he had
participated.
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LOYS WILSON
CETS3Y YEARS
Spectators Hear Religious
Hymns AS Verdict Is
Pronounced

TYLER, Tex, April 1.-(P)-Loys
Wilson, young garageman, who con-
tended unsuccessfully before jury
that his wife's asserted affair with
the Rev. Founts Wallace justified
him in killing the handsome, 26-
year-old preacher, looked today to
the higher courts to overthrow a
three-year sentence assessed him on
Easter Sunday by a jury here.
Within hearing of two religious
services, through which hymns fire.
quently were interSpersed, Wilson
yesterday received a verdict of
guilty in his trial for murder.
Mrs. Wilson. a choir singer in the
Troup minister's church, testifying
for her husband, had told story of
long and extreme intimacy with the
pastor. Wilson himself declared he
slew the Rev. Wallace after Mrs.
Wilson had promised to "put the
preacher out of her life" and later
had, in his opinion, by her acts
showed she had broken the pledge.
Prosecution witnesses submitted
testimony seeking to controvert Mrs.
Wilson'S story of two or three spe-
cific love trysts" she declared she
had with the Rev. Wallace.
Wilson about a year ago walked
up to Wallace, a former football
player in Kentucky and coach and
civic leader in Troup. Drawing a
pistol, he shouted brother, prepare
to meet your God," and shot the
clergyman down.
The jurors deliberated nearly "a
hours before handing in their deci-
sion-that Wilson was guilty Of mur-
der without malice aforethought." ="
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MAN IS REMANDED TO
JAIL ON RUM CHARGE

Hearing was held this morning
before United States Commissioner
E. K. Goodrich for Fortunate Her
nandez, who was arrested near La
Paloma Saturday charged with
having 10 pints of Mescal IN his
possession.
He was remanded to jed upon
failure to make bond, which was
placed at $3.50.
The arrest was made at Hinkley's
pump near La Paloma bv United
States Customs Inspectors Z. r..
McNabb and r. L. Campbell.
The case will come up for trial
in the May term of federal court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
HOUSE COMMITTEE
ASKS INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON. April 1.-(Pl-
The house special campaign ex-
penditures committee, in report
made public today recommended
that the department Of justice
make a searching investigation oi
the election in Hidalgo county
Texas. last November, which it said
was tainted with wholesale fraud
in various forms"
The report said it was the opin-
ion Of the committee that tf1.
throwing out Of returns from We
laco was utterly without justifial I
grounds" and the voting Of tn 4
sands of Mexican citizens or ~
uralized Mexicans for whom MI
Baker machine paid poll taxes Fal
overwhelmingly established b THI
evidence" AHl
The committee said the So @ vi
Of Representative Garner, SEl
crat, in the congressional pr @t
for the fifteenth Texas district III
las clean as a hounds tooth 81
"The testimony shows that G u
Continued on page two) 4
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INDEPENDENTS
COUNTY,
TOHOLD MEET
Travis Court Decision
In Vote Contest En-
thuses Friends Td
Push Other Suits
Especial to The Herald)

McALLEN, April Members O
the Independent party of Hidalgl
county and of the Good Govern
ment League today were giving venb
to their feelings Of elation in al!
automobile tour which was to covel
the county before night and whicl
was to end in mass meeting fv
Edinburg tonight.
The celebration was occasioned bd
the victory of Gordon Griffin II
Travis District &C -rt at Austin III
his contest for the judgeShip of thu
93rd district against j. E. Leslie, inI
cumbent and over the recommended
ton of the house election investiga
ton committe in Washington tt II
the department Of justice CON- \
an investigation into alleged irrfHTl
larities in the last general electfS
At the mass meeting tonight, al
which leaders predict there will bd
a crowd of 10000 people, Griffin
Dave E. Kirgan, mayor Of Weslacol
and Frank B. Freeland. mayor OF
McAllen, are scheduled to speak.
The automobile caravan said I'd
contain 100 cars, left Weslaco al
1890 a. m. today going to Mercedes
La Villa. Edcouch and Edinburg by
noon. In the afternoon the toul
was to continue to Pharr. McAllen
Mission and back down the high
way to Donna.
1t was expected that 800 cars
would be in the parade leaving Ed
inburg this afternoon.
This is merely the beginning
said Kirgan this morning. Con
tests filed in other district races vii
be pushed to the limit and every ef.
fort will be made to oust othel
members of other offices Of the adj
ministration declared elected"
Suits have been filed for practic-
ally every county office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
LEVIATHAN MAIL
BAG OPENED AGAIN

NDON, April 1.-(P)-The
steamship Leviathan's mail has suf-
fered from thieves again.
When the mail for the ship from
London arrived at Southampton
Saturday one of the registered mail
bags was found to have been slit
open and a small package taken.
1t was reported, also, that several
registered letters were taken. Some
said the package taken was con-
signed from q London diamond
merchant TO firm In Bogoto, Co
lombia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
ADAMS TRIAL
TO CORSICANA
Attorneys Agree That All
Dallas County Is Fam
iliar With Case

DALLAS, April 1-lP)-The trial
of v. Ray Adams, charged with the
murder of Orville Matthew'S, Dali
las bank employe here. Sept. 1, was
transferred today to Corsicana,
Texas. No date was set.
The states attorneys agreed with
Adams attorneys it was almost i'm
possible for the defendant to re-
ceive fair trial in Dallas county.
The motion for the transfer said
that due to the unprecedented
flood of newspaper publicity about
Adams first trial it was unlikely
there was a single person in Dallas
county not intimately acquainted
with the facts"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
OPEN RAIL HEARING

LUBBOCK, Tex. April 1.-(P)-
Hearing upon applications Of the
Panhandle and Santa Fe lines and
the Texas and New Mexico railway
to extend their rails into New Mex
leo was opened here today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
with Examiner H. G. Davis of
Washington in charge. Delegations
representing virtually every import
ant community in the territory af-
fected were present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01

MEAxAO lApA
(1:4O D. MA major battle be-
tween strong federal and rebel
forces for the possession of the
City of Jimenez was raging today.
NACO, Sonora. April 1.-P)-
A resumption of the rebel aerial
bombardment Of Naco began about
10 a. m. today. Two rebel ailplanes
appeared over the federal trenches
and began dropping bombs.
JUAREZ, Chihuahua. Mexico,
April 1.-(P)-Aided by fifteen air
planes, Mexican rebels led by Cen
eral Jose GonZalo Escobar, today
claimed to have won a victory in a
ten-hour battle near Escalon Sun
day in which 400 federals were re-
ported killed and 1900 taken
prisoner.
The rebels moved into the terri
tory around Escalon Saturday
night, 1t was reported at rebel
headquarters here, and engaged
the federal command about neon
Sunday, fighting until nightfall
A rebel detachment was reported
to be pursuing federal troops to-
ward Torreon. General Escobar
indicated in his report that he
would remain in Escalon today but
would start south tomorrow, on the
heels Of what he characterized as
"demoralized government troops"
Among the federal officers re-
ported killed in the encounter, de-
scribed as "the initial battle of
the campaign" was General Eulo-
gio Ortiz.
Two surprises we're accredited by
the rebel commander with having
brought his troops victory. The
rebel general said his march to-
ward Escalon had not been expect
ed. The second surprise came. he
reported, when fifteen rebel planes
appeared over the battle field in the
midst Of the fighting. Most of the
planes were unsuitable to syn
chronized machine guns and the
pieces were fixed to the floor.
pointing downward. AS the ships
flew over the battle front they
continued on page Cwo.)
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I'm GU r
VALLEY

and warm water drew hundreds of
visitors to the beaches at Padre
Island and Boca Chica over Sunday.
More venturesome folk have been
bathing for several weeks in the
surf at both places and a few of
the really hardy ones have been
enjoying plunge at intervals
throughout the winter.
But Sunday might be said to
have officially opened the season
in the Valley. Hundreds of bathers
were in the water and PLAYING
along the sand from early morning
until late at night.
In fact a very creditable Easter
showing Of what will be worn on
the beaches during the season of
1929" was made in the early after
noon hours.
And it was an advance showing,
FOR folks at Corpus Christi, closest
competitor of the Valley for early
opening beaches, will not begin to
really enjoy the water for a week
or two at least and it will be fully
80 days before Galveston draws
crowds of bathers.
Possibly Miami and other Flor
ida resorts already are enjoying the
beach season, but out in California.
where the chilly waters of the
Pacific bathe the coast. the most
enthusiastic lovers of the water will
fight shy of the surf until early
May and then their bathing will
be done at midday.
The big rush will begin In June
Come to the Valley.
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
once considered isolated from all
the outside world, continues to
move closer and closed to other
centers of population.
The remark was inspired bv the
voting Saturday of road bonds at
Alice to finance paving of a road
FROM there to the Live Oak county
line ward George West in that
Liz Oak already has financed
her portion of the road.
Completion of the highway will
open a new route between the
Valley and San Antonio and will
shorten the distance approximately
80 miles.
A highway direct to Houston Is
under construction and soon will be
a reality. Shortens the distance 50
miles or more to that city.
Eventually the highway through
kennedy county, north of the viii
lacy county line, will be opened
shortening distances again.
Conditions quite different in this
day OF paved roads, fast trains and
alrplanes from the day when the
Few citizens living in this section
drove horses over indistinct trails
to the outside" Some used oxen.
Or when they boarded sailing
vessel off Point Isabel and after
many weary days of travelling
reached Galveston or New Orleans.
BEAUTIFICATION of Valley
highways long has been. urged by
citizens.
G. A. Bradshaw of Corpus
Christi, superintendent of main
tenance for the state highway de-
partnaent in South Texas, has an
rourced inauguration Of a CAM
paign which will meet general
approval.
Announces all signs on right of
way will be removed. Also all
vendors will be moved off.
A recent tour disclosed manv
violations of state law in these
matters, Bradshaw says.
They not only are unsiehtIv but
are considered a menace to traffic
announcement also is made that
portions OF the highway now onlv
10 feet wide will be widened bv
adding gravel shoulders and top
ping these with heavy oil.
Win do much to prevent colli-
slons and encourage greater use of
the highway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
KELLEY UNABLE TO
TELL OF ATTACKER
Especial to The Herald !

WESLACO, April 1.-C. E. Kelley.
VINO was Slugged while asleep in the
home of his father-in-law. e. G
Couch here, has been unable to
convey message by any means and
officers appear to be at a standstiII
In their search for his assailant.
Kelley was brought to his home
here last Friday and is Completely
conscious. However, he is paralyzed
and unable to speak. He has not
been able to write so far.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
STOCK PRICES DOWN

NEW YORK, April 1.-(PNStock
prices again headed downward un-
der a flood of selling on the New
York Stock Exchange today. scores
of issues selling off from $5 to more
than $40 per share.