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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
Houstonian to Speak
At Advertising Club
(SDecial to The Herald


HARLINGEN. April 2e.-Dale G.
Rogers Of Houston is to be the prin-
cipal speaker on the program Of
the Valley Advertising club at It's
meeting next Monday at the Plaza
hotel here at 1880 p. m. Mr.. Rogers
is president Of the Rogers-Gano Ad-
vertising agency in Houston, and IS
a past president Of the Tenth Dis
trict Of Federated Advertising clubs.
He is we'll known as an outstand-
ing advertising man OF the state
and is in demand as a speaker. His
message is expected to be Of in
terest TO the merchants and adver-
Using men OF the Valley, as well as
to those interested in the sale Of adj
vertising.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
City Briefs

Here. - S. w. Skinner, OF Corpus
Christi. was a visitor in Brownsville
Monday, spending the night here.
DIR. Black. Veterinarian. has es-
tablished temporary vaccination
station for dogs at Groves and Co.
Feed Store. 18th and Adams.
Adv. %.
BY Air. - r. W. Warren. Browns
vile, left for Vera Cruz Tuesday
morning by air. where he will re-
main for several days.
To Mexico City. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian B. Lyles, Brownsville. went
to Mexico City Tuesday morning
by Mexican Aviation company air
plane.
Awnings. - Highest grade avn
ings, tents, tarpaulins. and beach
umbrellas. South Texas Tent and
Awning Co, phone 1176. adv-tf
Visitor. - B. Rankin, from Cor
pus Christi, was a business visitor
in the city Monday and Tuesday.
Excellent pig skin porch chairs
a. The Basket Place, Northeast cor
ner, Plazp, Matamoros, Mexico.
Adv. 8.
Great Sale Of entire stock will
take place Wednesday. April 3Oth.
The International Shoe Company
will sell out their entire stock IN
der cost in order 10 make room for
a complete new stock. The Inter
national Shoe Store.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
Hardin Announces
For District Clerk
fSnecial I'd The Herald.l

HARLINGEN. April 2e-B. r.
Hardin has announced his candidacy
for the office Of clerk OF the dis
trict court Of Cameron county,
subject to the action Of the demo-
cratic primaries in July.
Mr.. Hardin has been a citizen OF
Harrington for eight years. during
which time he has served as presi-
dent of both the chamber Of COM
merce and Rotary club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
Coste Is Preparing
For Ocean FLIGHT

PARIS. April 29.-F1-Reports at
the V~illacoublay field today were
that Dieudonne Coste, noted French
flier, tomorrow will begin trial
flights In his renovated plane
Question Mark" in preparation for
a transatlantic trip 90 New York.
It Is said Coste hoped to take off
shortly after the full moon May T..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
.TRON GENERAL. DIES

BELGRADE. J~uaoslavia. April %
-P1-General Michael Zivokovitch.
known as the Iron General" and
former Jugoslav minister Of war.
died today aged H.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29

SAN SABA, April 29.-P-Com-
pletion OF a jury was the first
business at the trial of G. "A. Nc
NELL. charged with bank robbery, in
district court here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
NIPPED-INS

Whether tweeds, silks, fine semi
sheer crepe woods or cottons. both
sports suit and dress ones prefer
the nipped-in waistlines TO the
straight cardigan cut.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
RATISTE BLOUSE

For a second blouse for ones
blue suit. nothing could be sweet
er than a little hand-embroidereG
white batiste. with its youthful
collar worn outside the coat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
POULTRY

CHICAGO. April 29-tF-pouI.,
firmer; fowls "a l-2. "a. broDa
1888: ROSTERS is; turkeys 25-7
heavy ducks 22-23: geese Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29

Here. - S. w. Skinner. OF Corpus
Christi. was a visitor in Brownsville
Monday, spending the night here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29

BY Air. - r. w. Warren, Browns
vile. left for Vera Cruz Tuesday
morning by air. where he will re-
main for several days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
GOTHAM MIXED
OF S2O,OOO.OOO
BY CORRUPTION
Trail of Graft Leads From
Battery to Bronx With
Dozens Implicated.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, June 6.-New York
ers are learning this spring that the
recent toll of bribery, defalcation
and corruption here may total
something more than S20,000,000.
Certain former city officials are
in Jail because of their eagerness
to participate in the footing; charges
are pending against others and
trail of graft leads from the Bat
terry to the Bronx and across to the
neighboring borough Of Queens.
County judges, former borough
presidents and prominent bankers
have been involved and a federal
Judge has been censured publicly
because of his connection with the
failure Of bank.
At present two investigations are
in progress, one involving a county
judge and the other an advocate be-
fore the city board Of standards and
appeals.
Judge Under Probe
County Judge w. Bernard Vause
Is under investigation in connection
with fee of $2500OO allegedly paid
his law firm for obtaining valuable
pier leases for the United American
lines. Vause is under indictment on
a charge Of mail fraud in connec-
ton with the failure of the corpo-
ration.
William F. Doyle, an advocate, Is
being investigated by Federal Attor-
ney Charles H. futile because he
deposited S850,0O0 in one bank in
the last three and a half years.
DOYLE has admitted that he split"
fees derived from clients for whom
he obtained building permits from
the board of standards and appeals.
Two Are Convicted
The falling last month Of Maui
rice Connolly, former Queens Dor
ough president, and Frederick See
ly, his chief engineer, reminded
residents of Queens of the $10,000,-
600 which had been taken out OF
their taxes by the so-called Queens
sewer ring" Connolly and Seely
were convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the city In awarding sewer
contracts.
Another large item was the fall
ure of the City Trust Company for
100000.
Three brothers and their partners
in the private banking house of
Clarke brothers are serving peni-
Tertiary terms in connection with
the failure of the bank for
100000.
Another case that involved no di-
rect corruption, but attracted con-
siderable interest, was that of Albert
H. Vitale, who was removed from
the magistrates bench by the ap-
pellate division of supreme court
because he accepted a $4,000 loan
from the late Arnold Rothstein, no.
torious gambler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
SLAP STATE BAN ON
TAKING OF MUSSELS
Five-year Ruling % Become Effec-
tive July Is, Lieber Announces.

Five-year Ruling % Become Effec-
tive July Is, Lieber Announces.
A f1ve-yesr ban on the taking Of
mussels from certain streams Of the
state becomes effective July IS I'M
der a ruling of the state conserva-
ton department, announced today
by Director Richard Lieber.
Waters protected are yellow river
from Plymouth to the west line of
Marshall county; Wildcat creek
from its mouth to Cutler; Eel river
from Logansport to the east line Of
Cass county and from Roam to
North Manchester; Tippecanoe river
from State road 81 to the east line
of Marshall county; Pigeon river
within La Grange county; st. Jo-
seph river from Fl. Wayne to the
north line of Allen county; Elk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
One New Face Daily

BAMBERG, Germany, June g.
The population of Bamberg, the
town with as many breweries as
churches, increased by 365 during
1929, or at the rate Of one new in
habitant a day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
EUROPE WHEAT CROP
REDUCTION FORECAST
Experts Predict Harvest May Be
Third Less Than in 1923.

Third Less Than in 1873.
BIZ United Press
LONDON, June 6.-An European
wheat harvest of about one-thlrd
less than the bumper crop OF 1929
was predicted today by London
wheat experts.
The 1880 harvest, which the ex-
perts estimated at about Is per
cent less than average, was dam
aged somewhat by a cold, wet
spring. Decrease in acreage was
cited to account for the remainder
of the drop from last years total.
In the event of shortage in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06

current crop in the United States.
Argentina and Canada, it was con-
sidered certain that prices would
be advanced materially.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06

hart river from Waterford to Elk
hart; east fork Of White river from
Columbus to the south line Of Bar
tholomew county.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

that he had been robbed of $50.
He was returned to the Arling-
ton county Jail.
Three days after Barrere was
locked up. Campbell was arrested,
charged with the murder. and
placed IN an adjoining cell. Wit
nesSes to the attack on the girl
in her parked automobile on
the afternoon CT the day Of the
murder said Barre-e was not the
man, but were doubtful about
Campbell. Barrere was released
few days afer his return from
Montreal.
On August 4, Campbell started
habeas corpus proceedings. Cir
cult Judge Mccarthy dismissed
the proceedings and remanded
Campbell to til Jail.
Captain Kelly secured a Dis
trict warrant charging Campbell
with having killed Miss Baker in
the District and that was followed
by the local Grand Jury returning
an indictment.
On August 20, United States
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
STRAY BULLET
HITS AUTO

A stray bullet crashed through
the windshield of the automobile
operated by Norman l.. Ernest, 81,
of Baltimore, Md, last night as
he was driving along the Canal
Road near Forty-seventh Street
Northwest. The car narrowly
missed plunging into the canal
when Ernest was momentarily
blinded by flying glass.
It is believed that the bullet
came from the gun of a careless
hunter on the Virginia side OF
the river. Ernest was slightly cut
on the face and returned home
after being treated at Georgetown
University Hospital.
A piece of bullet, found by po-
lice near the scene of the shoot
ing will be turned over to balls
tic experts in an effort to deter
mine whether it came from pis-
tol or gun. In the event that
an examination proves the bullet
came from a pistol the investiga-
ton of the shooting will be coIl-
tinued. Police, however, are in
clined to believe that the bullet
came from the gun of a hunter.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
T|PSTERS
GET PRIZES
(COntinued From Page -

(cOntinued From Page -
wife of an Army Air Corps cap
tain, while visiting Mrs. Guy Kirk
sey, of the Broadmoor Apart
mentS. Mrs. Drayton had or
dered paraldehyde at a drug
store on her physicians prescrip'
ton, but the druggist by mistake
gave her formaldehyde. The fire
rescue squad gave her first aid
and saved her life.
Third prize Of S. is awarded
for tip on Mrs. Key Pittman,
wife of the Senator from Nevada,
suffering a severe injury to her
ankle in fall on the stairway
of her home on Ridge Road,
Northwest.
Fourth prize of SO is awarded
for. a picture of Cricket the pet
terrier of Secretary of State Slim
son, which awakened the Cabinet
members household and fright
ened away a burglar who had
entered the home.
Prizes Of 81 each are awarded
for tips on the following stories
A diamond backed rattleSnake
two and q half feet long,
which had been terrOrizing
residents in the 800 block
Fourth st. N. E., captured and
killed.
Samuel Marks, of 1900 block
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., severely
injured i'm 25-fOOt fall while
working on building at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Southeast.
Street car hits milk wagon Of
the Thompson Dairy Company
at Third and QuackenbOS
Streets Northwest, injuring one
Of two horses so severely that
it had to be shot.
Little Betty Ann LOhman has
unique distinction of possessing
1S living grandparents.
Six-year-Old GwendOlyn Wash
ingtOn, of 41OO block Benning
Rd. N. E., cured Of severe ear
trouble by a good, healthy
SneeZe.
Thirty gallons Of Maryland
rye seized when police stop car
driven by Joseph w. Harrison,
of 14OO block Newton St. N. w.,
while at South Capitol and N
Streets, and arrest him.
Fifty dollars more in prizes viii
be awarded next Monday. Keer
your eyes and ears open, anC
whenever anything happens, cal
the News Tip Editor, The Wash
ington Times-DiStrict $3.50. Cal
Immediately, as the first one il
with the tip usually wins thu
prize.
Be sure to call between 6:3C
a. m. and 6 p. m. After 6 p. m.
wait until the following morning
to give information.
Here is chance to make some
easy money. A telephone cal
may pay you anything from 81
to $40.
Whenever anything happens
| think of The Times.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
BALLOU SCANS
SCHOOL FUND

The Bureau of the Budget to-
day met DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
Superintendent of Schools, at the
Treasury Building to report on
the estimates reached by the
bureau in regard to school expen-
ditures.
Five other members of the
school system. including Stephen
E. Kramer, first assistant super
intendent of secondary educa.
ton; Robert L. Haycock, first
assistant superintendent in charge
Of elementary schools; G.. c.. Will
kinSon, in charge of colored
schools: Major r. o. Wilmarth
and Jere j. Crane, in charge of
business affairs, were also pres
ent at the hearings.
The session will be held again
tomorrow and until such time
when the hearings will be COM
pleted.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
q U.s.. MARINES
|. GIVEN MEDALS
Times staff Photo

The Medal of Merit, a personal
decoration presented ,by President
Jose Maria Machado Of Mica
ragua, in recognition Of services
rendered to that country, was
awarded to 81 members Of the
Marine Corps, including six en-
listed men, by Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke
today.
These men, now on duty in
Washington, are part of 1876 Off
GERS and enlisted men Of the
Marine Corps who have been
awarded this Nicaraguan decora-
tion, which consists of a triangu-
lar piece of bronze suspended
from a navy blue ribbon. The
medal depicts the Nicaraguan
seal, the liberty cap and the five
volcanoes of Nicaragua.
Among those who received the
award were Brig. Gen. Dion Will
liamS, who commanded the Marine
forces in Nicaragua; Col. Rush
r. Wallace, commanding officer
Of the Marine barracks; Col.
Charles r. SanderSon, Col. John
C. Beaumont, Major Miles r.
Thacher, Major David L. S.
Brewster, Major w. w. Buckley,
Major Edwin N. Mcclellan; Capt.
Clifford o. Henry, Capt. Donald
J. Kendall, Capt. Richard o.
Sanderson, First Lieut.. Robert I.
Skidmore; Second Lieut.. Prentice
Shiebler, Second Lieut.. William
Orr, and Chief Pay Clerk Fred
S. Parsons.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Commissioner j. Barton Phillips
ruled after a hearing in Alexan-
dria that Campbell be turned
over to the District authorities for
trial. Smith appealed to Federal
Judge D. Lawrence Groner and
the latter visited Alexandria, Sep
tember 20, to hear the appeal.
Arraigned on october z, before
Justice Jesse c. Adkins, Camp
bell pleaded not guilty. Mr..
Smith then asked that his client
be released under bond until the
trial but Justice Adkins refused
and since that time Campbell
has been locked in the District
Jail.
The defense then engaged AL
bert H. Hamilton and his son,
Robert, criminologistS of Auburn,
N. Y. They spent three days
last week examining and testing
the Campbell pistol. They are
expected to testify that it was
not the Campbell pistol that was
used in the killing.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Flames Peril TOIUn
As Store Is RGzed

MITCHELLS STATION, Va,
Oct. 2O.-Fire. said to have
started in a defective flue, de-
Stroyed the store of j. D. Morris
and threatened the whole village
before the Culpepper fire depart
ment could reach the scene.
The flames were confined to
the store and warehouse and an
old building formerly used as a
poStoffice. Damage was esti-
mated at $11,500.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Pair NGbbed After
Attempted HOLd-Up

Walter L. Moore, "a, and Carl
G. Hughes, both of the 900 block,
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W., were
arrested last night by Policemen
T. D. Bacon and r. Schleigert
after, it is alleged, they attempted
to rob Carl Buchanan, so, of the
$500 block Edmond st. N. w.
According to police the two
men grabbed Buchanan and
dragged him into a dark spot
near the Botanical Gardens. Both
prisoners were charged with as
Sault and robbery,
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Will Dredge Danube
For Gold Buried
500 Years Ago
MARY BAKER

BUDAPEST. Oct. 20 dN.So.
Two galleys laden with gold
and other treasure buried for
the past 500 years on the bot
tom of the Danube may be
brought to light, according to
dredging plans announced by
Prof. Thor Gerevich of Buda-
pest University.
The Sunken galleys belonged
to Queen Mary of Hungary.
who lived in the thirteenth
century.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Department Building on April IL.
Wilson, a married man, admitted
it and said that he frequently
had taken rides with Miss Baker.
He said, however, that sne failed
to meet him at 4 o'clock on the
day of the murder. He later ap-
peared as q witness before the
Grand Jury which indicted Camp
bell.
Her Keys Found
On April Is, keys to Miss
Bakers car, and receipted physi-
clans bill made out to her were
found on the Agriculture Depart
ment's experimental farm near
where the body was found.
On that day also Herman H.
Barrere, who later played a promi-
nent part in the case, was arrested
and locked in the Arlington county
Jail on complaint of Campbell,
who charged the itinerant painter
with theft.
Three days after Barrere's ar
rest Mervin Sisson, 35, a travelling
salesman and friend of Miss
Baker, was arrested at his home
in Warsaw, Va. He had been traced
through letters from him found in
Miss Bakers trunk. He was
charged with murder and locked
in the Arlington Jail. The next
day Julian Gallagher, another
Warsaw salesman and friend of
SisSon, was also arrested and
charged with the murder. Both
he and Sisson admitted that they
had spent a night in a. Baltimore
Hotel with Miss Baker and an
other girl, but their alibis for the
day of the murder stood against
all the tests and they were finally
released. The same day Campbell
dropped his theft charge against
| Barrere, who was released.
4 On May IA, Private Howard L
Brewster, 81, of the Remount
Corps, confessed he was guilty OF
the murder. He was finally
charged with the crime and was
locked in the Arlington county
i Jail. He even signed his con
fession but later recanted anc
was released from Jail. He is
now at the Walter, Reed Hospital
for mental observation.
1 CampbeIPS Gun
On June 3 Campbell turned
over to the police a .32-calibel
pistol which, the police say, hi
claimed at the time was tht
pistol that killed Miss Baker. HI
told them a story of a big mar
with a wart on his nose who haC
visited his office in Virgins
Highlands and had told him that
Barrere' had sent him there. Tht
''big man." Campbell is ALLEGED
to have said, told him that Bar
rere said he had the pistol which
killed the girl. Campbell sale
he went to his home to look fol
his pistol, leaving the "wart
nosed" man in the office. HI
could not find the pistol in th'
place where he usually left it
be said.
. When he returned to his of
flee, police said he told them, h
found the big man" gone. but ;
search revealed the pistol in ;
drawer of his desk.
CampbelFs pistol was the1
turned over to DR.. Wilmer Sou
der, ballistics expert of the Blu
reau of Standards, who, after {
series of tests. said that thl
bullets found in the body of tht
girl came from the pistol Camp
bell had turned over to rht
police. Police Lieutenant Joh1
Fowler, another balliSticS expert
later confirmed the report.
Campbell, according to tht
police. charged that on June
20 Barrere had stolen the pisto
from his home. A few day!
later a warrant was issued charg
ing Barrere with the murder Of
Miss Baker.
Barrere was arrested in Mon
treal on the afternoon of July
Is, when he walked into police
headquarters there and reporteC
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
DEATH PROBE
SPREAD OVER
MONTHS
Many Arrests Made Before
Campbell Was Arrested and
Accused of Girls Murder

Another chapter in the strange
mystery Of the murder of Mary
E. Baker will be started in the
criminal section of the District
Supreme Court tomorrow morn
ing when Herbert M. Campbell,
Virginia real estate dealer, will
be placed on trial, charged with
numbering her.
Because Of the widespread in
terest in the case, unequaled jim
Washington court and newspaper
records, a large crowd is expected
to attend. Officials at the court
house said today that no one
would be allowed to stand in
the courtroom during the trial.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney, William H. Collins will prose
cute the case. The defense will
be represented by Attorneys
Charles Henry Smith, of AleXan-
dria, Va, and Lucien H. Van
doren and Herbert Ward, both
of Washington.
Clergyman'S Daughter
Miss Baker, who was an en-
ploye of the Navy Department,
was 81 years old. She was the
. daughter of the Rev. Thomas
Baker, an Episcopalian minister
of Oak Grove, Va, and started
to work as yeomanette in the
Navy Department during the
World War. -. :,
From then on Miss Baker lived
in washington but early this year
she rented and lived in a house
at 217 Beech ST., Lyon Park, Va,
with Miss Olga Skinner and Miss
Mildred Sperry.
On the afternoon of April IL,
accompanied by another woman
in her department, she. attended
Lenten services at an Episcopal
Church on G Street near Four
teenth Street Northwest. Follow
ing the services she started to
walk to her car which she had
parked at Seventeenth and B
Streets, near the Navy Depart
ment Building.
She was last reported seen
alive by F. T. Rice and MIR. and
Mrs. u. r. Wood, who told the
police they saw her being at
tackled in her parked automobile
at Seventeenth and B Streets by
a man who wore gray cap.
They said the man had black
hair. When they went to hunt
for a policeman, they said. the,
man. drove the cal hurriedly
away. They added that, as the
car passed off in the distance,
they heard what they thought
was three muffled pistol shots
within the car.
Automobile Found
At 6 o'clock the following
morning her car was found
parked near the southeast corner
of Arlington Cemetery. Blood
was spattered over the INSIDE. At
10 o'clock that morning, Miss
Skinner and Miss Sperry reported
Miss Baker missing.
Shortly before noon on April
IL, Miss Bakers body was found
in a culvert near Sheridan Gate
of Arlington Cemetery. She had
been shot three times, once in the
neck and twice in the back. Her
face was scratched. From che
position in which the body was
found, the police came to the con-
clusion that she had been thrown
down into the culvert. Coroner
B. H. Swain, of Arlington county,
said that a bullet that pierced
her throat had ended her life.
No inquest was held.
Later the police learned that
Fred Wilson, of Takoman Park.
Md, had an engagement with
Miss Baker in front of the Navy
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
ALUMNI TO LUNCH

The University of Michigan
alumni will resume their weekly
luncheon meetings next WedneS.
day. The luncheonS are held at
the Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

MILDRED HOFFMAN
THIS 20-year-old coed has
been declared the most affec-
tionate coed on the University
of Kansas campus. The award
was made by Sour Owl, student
humorous publication. which re-
Gently conducted a contest.