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The Washington times., 1930-05-06
TWO ARE SLAIN
IN PENN. BLAST.
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AMBRIDGE, Pa, May 6 Q.NS.l
Two men we're killed instantly.
nearby buildings were rocked and
property damage estimated AZ
$4,000 resulted today when two
terrific explosions destroyed q
fruit market and q nearby shoe
store in the business district
here today.
One of the bodies recovered
from the wreckage wss identified
as that of Joseph MostelIes. ~,
Of this city. The other body has
not yet been identified.
Police voiced their belief that
the blast was caused by a bomb
planted" in the fruit market
which was operated by George
Scoursis.
An ancient hotel structure, dk
rectly across the street from the
fruit market, was the most seri-
ously damaged. The ground floor
of the hotel buckled and sagged
inward when the blast let so.
Windows in nearby stores and
dwellings were shattered by the
conclusion.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Snake Is Smoked Out,
But Fire Causes
$4,000 Loss

HURLOCK, Md, May g.
John Dennis, colored, Of near
Reds Grove, Md, in an effort
TO smoke out a snake, set fire
to a stump and started a woods
fire which burned over 500
acres Of growing timber ad-
joining the State highway be-
tween Reids Grove and Rhodes
dale. Md.
With the help of forest re-
serves from East New Market
and Hurlock. the fire was got
under control on the farm of
Norman Short, of Hurlock,
after it had destroyed 100 cords
of oak wood, valued at $500.
The snake was smoked out,
but it is estimated the total
loss caused by the fire will
exceed Sc. 900,
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
NelU Tunnel Planned
Near COUin0tOn. Va.

RICHMOND, Va, May 6.-Con-
tract for the construction Of the
new Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Allegheny tunnel to parallel old
Allegheny at Allegheny Station
near Covington. Va. has been
let to the Walton Construction
Company, Of Roanoke. Work is
expected to begin within the
next few days and will cost ST..
100000.
The new tunnel will be oored
q Mttle to the north of the pres
ent Allegheny tunnel to parallel
old Allegheny. It is to be a
single track tunnel to acconlmo-
date weSt-bound traffic. Old Ale
ghany tunnel, which is now
double tracked, will be used for
east-bound traffic.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
FATHER Of FOUR
TRIES SUICIDE

Despondent over i'll health .and
worried over lack of employment,
George Washington Murphy, A.,
of the TOO block I st. S. E., the
father Of four children, early to.
day attempted to end his life,
police say, by slashing his throat
with a pocketknife.
Murphy was found unconscious
by his wife. Alice Murphy, in
the living room on the first
floor of their home. An ambu
lance responded and, after first
aid was administered, Murphy
was removed to Casualty Hos
pital for further treatment.
His condition is listed as
critical,
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Winchester Rotary
Elects NeIU Heads

WINCHESTER, Va, May g.
Election of officers by the Win
chester Rotary Club resulted in
the selection of Lester D. Arnold
as president. w. r. Legge, vice
president, and John F. Rodman,
jr., secretary.
The board Of directors will con-
sist of these officers together
with j. Victor Arthur, retiring
president. and Charles Coffman.
Phillip Klompus and Vernon
Eddy.
President Arthur announced
that the room at Winchester
Memorial Hospital furnished by
the Rotary Club is now open for
inspection.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
APPLE GROWERS
ORGANIZE

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May
ga quietly conducted and ex.
tended campaign to organize
apple growers of the entire Shen-
andoah Cumberland P o t o m c
apple belt moved toward mate.
rialization with the application
for a charter for the organiza.
ton, with a million dollar
authorization and common stock
authorized in the amount of $50.
900, in $50 shares.
A committee of a half-dozen
men from over the entire belt
met here and made application
to the West Virginia secretary
of State for incorporation on this
basis. The permanent name Of
the organization was not Sc
The six man committee was
composed of Gray Silver, OF
MartinSburg; Fred Robinson,
Winchester, Va; M. w. Fulton,
Berkeley Springs, president of
West Virginia Horticultural So
ciety; Frank Gillian, st. Thomas,
Pa; j. Kieffer Funk, Chews-
vile, Md, and Arthur A. Gold,
representing the Ohio Valley
growers.
The committee was one spe-
cially appointed to draw up the
framework of the big co-opera-
tive organization. They were ap-
pointed at a meeting held last
month in Washington, at which
some 26 growers of this region
were present and appeared be-
fore the Federal board to dis
cuss matters that must be &C.
complished to conform to the
boards requirements and obtain
Federal aid fnr. this secfinn
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
7 WO FUGIT|VES
HELD IN THEFT
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WINCHESTER, Va, May g.
After their hearing in police
court on charges of burglarizing
the store of T. j. Cooper and Son,
police ascertained two of the
three prisoners, who were held
for the grand jury. are escaped
convictS.
The men are Harry Jenkins,
Joe Jenkins and Dulaney Jenkins,
said to be brothers. They were
charged with having broken into
the Cooper warehouse several
weeks ago and stealing over 40,-
600 cigarettes, valued at $500.
One of the men had escaped
from the state convict road force
in Rappahannock County. Va.
where he was serving a term for
stealing, while another had brok-
en- out Of the Jail at Washington,
Rappahannock County, where he
was awaiting a liquor trial.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
RE D ACTIVITIES
To Be PROBED
BY HOUSE
Soviet Company Officials
Assert WhaIen Letters
Are Fake; Session Secret

The calling Of Police Commits
sioner Grover Whalen of New
York before the House Immigra.
tion Committee is only a pre-
liminary step toward what may
become a sweeping investigation
Of Communism in the United
States and the alleged propa.
ganda Of Soviet Russian agen.
cies, 1t was disclosed today.
Disregarding suggestions that
congressional inquiry might dis
turb RusSo-American trade rela-
tions, the committee may call
officials Of the State and Labor
Departments and patriotic socie'
ties before it.
The whole field was convassed
in a secret session Of the com.
mittee. The request to Whalen
to appear Friday was described
as a preliminary move to de-
termining how far the committee
should go. Whalen will be ques-
toned behind closed doors.
Employ Investigators
The House Rules Committee
also may act this week. to au-
thorize an official investigation
by a House committee of five
members. and q fund of $25, 900
to employ investigators during
the summer months.
The committee in its closed SeS-
sion rejected proposals to invite
Peter A. Bogdanov, chairman OF
the board of directors of the
Amtorg Trading Corporation, Of
New York, and Boris e. Skfrsky.
director of the Soviet Information
Bureau of Washington, to answer
Whalen's charges.
Forgery Claimed
Both Bogdanov and Skvirsky
have denounced the documents
obtained by the New York police
as forgeries.
The documents, which Whalen
described as important, were
alleged to show that agents Of
the Third International in Mos
COW were fomenting strikes in
this country, and purporting TO
trace propaganda to the Amtorg
corporations doors.
Although the United States has
not recognized Russia, the Amtorg
corporation has been given vir-
tually an official status. The cor
poration, according to Bogdanov.
did a $50, ,0OO, 900 business in this
country last year.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
| POLICE
OBE GUIDED
BY CAUTION
Hart Advises Against Raids on
Stores ''For Time Being;;"
Rover Doubts Ruling Value

While police officers detailed
to dry law enforcement today
pressed Assistant District Attor,
ney David A. Hart for permission
to declare war on stores selling
barrels, bottles" and other para.
phernalia intended for use in
violating the Volstead Act, the
prosecutor advised "for the time
being" that such raids be with.
held. 49,
AT the same time, Hart's chief
States Attorney Leo A. Rover,
and his associates in prohibition
matters, vouchsafed the opinion
that the decision will not extend
existing practices in such raids.
Hart said that such raids have
consistently failed as basis for
court prosecutions heretofore,
except when stills or parts of
stills were seized.
Difficulty FOreseen
There may be difficulty even
vet in convicting those arrested
in such raids, where barrels,
bottles, ETC., are seized, unless
undisputed proof of intent to aid
in violating the law, in offering
them for sale, exists, according
to Hart.
Nevertheless, the prosecutor
tntimated that series of raids
would follow the Supreme
Courts decision of yesterday,
which undoubtedly gives greater
leaway to dry law officers.
Told to Lay Off"
A detective, whose name re-
Gently figured in a series of cpl
sodes resulting in charges against
him, told the prosecutor that he
knew. of one store where para
phernalia for the manufacture of
liquor is offered to sale, unques-
tionably for the purpose of violat-
ing the law. Hart said with a
smile:
Maybe so, but lay off It;
Til have someone else raid it,"
The law has always provided
for the seizure of any goods that
might be used in the manufac-
ture of Intoxicating liquor, Rover
said, but requires strict proof of
"intent and design" to violate the
law, Two libel cases against con-
fiscated paraphernalia are now
pending in the court which orig
mated in conjunction with pad
lock injunction suits.
Although Rover refused to def
ritely commit himself to a policy
70 be followed by his office as
result of the decisions he lndi-
Gated that his office would not
launch drive to eliminate every
place where such paraphernalia
can be bought.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Youth RenppeGrs
As BOdH Is Hunted

NEW YORK, May 6.-While
Nassau county police were crap
pling for his body. Warren Bene
vile, Is, son of Roland Beneville
secretary of the Ridgewood Cham
Der of Commerce, appeared at
Jamaica Bay. He had been seen
to fall from rowboat.
The boy had managed to swim
unobServed to the boat Of a
friend.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
800 NeD EngLGnders
To Attend COnnreSS

TUNIS, May 8 ON.SO.-New
England's contingent of 100 priests
and 200 pilgrims to the Eucha-
ristic Congress at Carthage ar.
rived here today on board the
French liner Rochambeau at 8
a. m.
Cardinal Lepicier, designated as
papal legate to the congress, was
expected about 4 o'clock today on
the especially chartered City Of
Naples, the first vessel to fly
the papal flag since the re-
establishment Of the Vatican
State.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Federal Allotment
For ID. e.. Is IndOrsed

The proposed $12,000,000 allot-
ment as the share of the Federal
Government in the expenses of
the Capital City was commended
in a resolution adopted by the
Dupont Circle Citizens ASSocia-
ton at its last regular meeting
Of the season yesterday afternoon
at the Mayflower Hotel.
The bill, introduced by Repre-
sentative Moore, of Virginia, to
provide q committee to study
fiscal relations between the Fed
eral and District governments,
also was approved.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Family Loses Third
Child bH Accident

ELKINS, w. Va. May 6.-Dor-
othy Jean Semones, three. daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Sem
ones, died in an Elkins hospital
of a cerebral hemorrhage after
being struck by an automobile
while playing in the street near
her home.
This is the third death In the
family by accident. A brother,
Glen. two years old, choked to
death in his bed at the home
here and a sister, Opal, three
years old, died at Horton from
burns received when scalding cof.
fee was spilled on her.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Gun Club CGret0ker
Found Shot to, Death

PHILADELPHIA, May g.
With part of the head shot away,
the body of Richard Leonard
White, 56, was found in the eel
lar of the Quaker City Gun Club.
There is no question Of murder
and no evidence has been
brought forward to prove whether
White, who was caretaker of the
club, shot himself accidentally or
Intentionally. A shotgun was
found under the body.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
MRS. KERR DIVORCED

RENO, New, May 6 0.N.S0.-
After charging that her husband
lived in villa near Cannes,
France. while she had to live on
an abandoned farm near Ber-
nardsville, N. ~, Mrs. Rosemund
Burr Kerr today has been
awarded q divorce from Albert B.
Kerr, New York attorney.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
CLASS GETS DEGREES

CLARENDON, Va, May g.
Edward Douglas White Council,
Knights of Columbus, will hold
its semi-monthly meeting tomor-
row night in the auditorium Of
st. Charles schoolhouse. A large
class of candidates will receive
their degrees.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
M. C. SCHOOLEY FREED

RENO, May 6 G.N.SD May
ben c. Schooley, sister of Charles
Wakefield Cadman, noted com.
poser, today had won divorce
from Edward Allen Schooley on
grounds of incompatibility.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06
Phil Scott to Meet
StribLin0 in London

PARIS, May 6 0N.S0 Phil
Scott, British champion heavy
weight boxer, has signed con-
tract to fight young Stribling.
American heavyweight, in London
on June 2, it was announced here
today by jeff Dickson, American
promoter.
The bout will be a 12-round az.
fair.
The Washington times., 1930-05-06

= ALTHOUGH PREMIER RAMSAY MACDONALD will appoint
Engnds Poet Laureate to the late Robert Bridges
whose obscuy made him famous everything depends the
eens taste and the occupant of the treasured literary berth
must have royal Many candidates being mentioned
the Kpng Masefed Mare the
Swe though will scarcely however novel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06

re-checking. IN addition to all Of this. the callers say
that the population Of three suburbs would place the
pouulation Of the Alamo City slightly more than 5000
greater than the Dallas count. Figures given OF the
suburbs follow: Alamo Heights, 1858; South San An
tonic, 1868; state Hospital, 1886.
yes, but Dallas has suburbs. independent munich
n~alities. not included in the official count. Highland
Park and University City. on the fringe Of Dallas
have a combined population Of something like 1000
If suburbs are to be counted, then Dallas should be
given credit for the population Of Highland Park and
University city with their own municipal govern
ments.
Re-checking Is strictly legitimate. II errors were
made. they should be rectified. Regardless OF all TINS,
an official count returned by the census bureau IN
the CITY Of WASHINGTON Will be the official rating OF al
American cities and towns and states until another
count shall be taken in the year 1e4o.
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for that. She loved his ideals With
the indulgence Of one who knows
that most ideals are made Of papter
mache.
No one suspected Der secret but
Simon Fentress. That small dry
person sighed when he saw her so
beautiful. so eager; shy as his own
girl was shy. He wondered why
things had to be that way. Brian
had made this woman love him
without lifting his finger, and an
other man would have done far
better for her.
But he knew better than TO hint
this to his protege. Brian had &C
cepted aid with rather bad grace
from at first, and OF them all he
was the only one who did not sus-
pect the real reason for the Fem
tress interest. But Daisy was as
good a loser as her father; not by
one word did she betray the blank
sense of loss that spoiled her young
world.
perhaps something will happen
yet her father thought, watching
her face and watching Linda's, not
knowing which 20 pity most.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
Brother Joseph Of Oregon

Brother George w. Joseph Of Oregon is the re-
publican nominee for governor. Brother Joseph is a
lawyer. Brother Joseph appears to be free with his
pen and scorehing with his tongue. He criticized the
action Of the supreme court Of his state in certain
cases.
NOW, the supreme court has issued an important
edict, barring Brother Joseph for the period Of his
life from p~racticing law in the courts of Oregon.
Oregon Is 2 republican state. In Oregon the republi-
can majority is considered beastIy.
After the election and Inauguration Of Brother JOS
eph as governor Of Oregon, will the relations be cor
dial between the governor and the august personages
who decorate the supreme court bench?
Brother Josephs race for governor was known as
me revenge contest, as he was primarily seeking vim
dication as a result Of his disbarrment controversy.
Now, 1t may be necessary for him to bring about the
election q new justices Of the supreme court. He
has gone half the road. He may be compelled TO
go all the road, or acknowledge the humiliation that
comes from defeat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
jefferson Davis-Leader of A
Lost Cause

Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were native
sons Of the dark and bloody ground Abraham Lin
coin found fame and fortune as an adopted son OF
Illinois. jefferson Davis rose to eminence as a soldier
and statesman as the adopted son Of Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln was the president Of that section OF
the union Of states which fought against the right OF
q state TO secede and for the abolition Of chattel slav-
cry.
Jefferson Davis was the first and the only presi-
dent of the Planters republic, a Confederacy that
fought for the right Of the state TO secede. Armed
conflict followed and the cause OF Lincoln triumphed
and the cause Of which Jefferson Davis was the rec
ognized voice persisted at Appomatox courthouse.
jefferson Davis had a remarkable career. His fore
bears fought in the war of independence and his three
brothers were rifle bearers at the last and decisive
battle at New Orleans in the second war OF the
American revolution.
He was a West Pointer. He fought in the Mexican
war and prior to that in the Indian wars and his
achievements as a soldier are splendid pages Of the
history he made from early youth. He was a mem
Der Of congress before the Civil war; he was a sec
rotary of war in the cabinet of a democratic presi-
dent, he was three times a senator Of the United
States from the state Of Mississippi.
He was g prisoner Of war when the Stars and Bars
were furled forever. He was indicted for treason to
his country. He was represented BY one OF the great
est lawyers America has known, Charles OConnor Of
New York, and OConnor and Horace Greely. most
ultra Of republicans, were his friends and his bonds
men when he needed friends. His story Of the rise
and fall Of the confederacy was an after the war con-
tributiOn TO American history.
He died years after peace had come. He was a cul-
tured. hgh-minded, gallant American and he lived
and he died like a Christian and a man. His cause
was lost, but down deep in the hearts of millions OF
men and women there remains even to this day d
warm spot for that president Of the Planters re-
public who was a bold and undaunted champion OF
the rights Of the state, and who gave al he had in
defense Of the cause that was lost by the decision Of
the sword.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
Ferguson Ineligible to Hold Office
In Texas

Former Governor James E. Ferguson is ineligible 70
hold office in Texas; the verdict Of the senate, sit
ting as a high court Of impeachment which returned
q virdict Of guilty Of the charges filed custer from Of
flee and the penalty disqualification from ever hold
ing a state office stands in the official record and was
not set aside BY the amnesty act Of a legislature Whlle
Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson was the governor OF texas.
This is the finding Of Associate Justice William
Pierson and Special Justice A. II. Britain ana y ?
Bradley on the Ferguson application Tor a manoanlus
TO compel the state democratic executive commIVee
to place his name on the primary ballot as q can
didate for governor. There is said to be no appeal
from the decision TO a higher court Of last resort ~
Is held by the special tribunal that the high court Oh
impeachment tracked the constitution, and the only
possible way for the former governor 70 nulhly ~
penalty is an amendment to the venerable document
adopted almost so years ago.
MI. Ferguson has stated in print and In private
conversation that the name Of Mrs. Ferguson, also q
former governor for a single term, will appear on the
official ballot as the vindication candidate OF the
House IF Ferguson. subject TO the action OF the demo-
cratic primary in July. Two important decisions nave
been made by the court Of last resort in and for the
state Of Texas. Love, who bolted the Miriam A. Fer
guson nomination In 1924 and cast his ballot for the
republican nominee and bolted again in 1928 and vot-
f- the Hoover electors, has been given a place on
the official ballot by court action.
Ferguson Is barred from the ballot by court action,
but not for boiling. He is held ineligible because of
his disqualification by a high court Of impeachment
as provided by the organic law Of the commonwealth.
This clarifies the political atmosphere. Early in June
the state committee will hold a session as provided
by law and place the names eligible on the ballot 70
be voted at the July primary. Now the preliminary
campaigning for the nomination will open in earnest
and the battle lines will stretch from the Gulf Of
Mexico almost to the foothills Of the Rocky range.
Democrats Of al the factions. regardless Of past
affiliations, will find themselves, they will place them
selves under the standards Of their choice, and the
battle for honesty in government, efficient service and
reform legislation which is so necessary viii be fought
as sincerely, or vindictively. or as noisy as any cam
paign that has ever been fought in Texas since James
Stephen Hogg and George Warwick Clark locked their
political horns in 1892 for the control Of the state gov
Anment.
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And the Alamo City Ran Third

Yes, it was a beautiful race for the honor Of first Of
Texas cities In point Of population between San An
tonic and Dallas for many years. San Antonio is not
the largest city in the state for the first time since the
1890 census. In that year Dallas led San Antonio by
SEA. In 1890. Dallas had q population Of 38O67 and
San Antonio 81, CTS.
San Antonio was settled in l7l6. Dallas was settled
IN the 1905.
This is the official figure for three Texas cities as
announced by the census bureau in 1880: Houston,
2oo.a11: Dallas, 2s0.3s7; San Antonio. 254.562. Hous-
ton was third city Ia 1920. Now it has a long lead
over Dallas, which IS second, and San Antonio, rank
ing third.
san Antonio has called for a recount, or rather q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
Mercantile Houses
To Open in Mercedes

h-"""AA ~ 4AAE A4fAA
MERCEDES. June 6-Mercedes is
TO have two new mercantile houses,
$. l.. Kavanan, recently Of San Ben
ito. will open a general dry goods
store here under the name OF the
Star Dry Goods Store. Inc. in the
building Just vacated by the w. 3.
Mercantile company. New fixtures
are being installed and a stock Of
new merchandise will be ready for
opening soon.
7. Nedler, owner. has removed the
stock and fixtures Of the w. y.
Mercantile company in one Of the
stores in the Watson building: upon
dispcsing Of this stock Mr.. Nedler
stated that ne would open one Of
the most beautiful ladies ready-to-
wear and shoe shops in the Valley.
Mr.. NedleT Is opening his new shop
in H~arlingen this week.