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The Washington times., 1930-01-15
z SUSPECTS BELIEVED
HIDING WITH WOMAN
IN NEW YORK CITY

The search for the slayers Of Christos
Haralampidis, 55-year-old Greek lunchroom
keeper and sportsman, has centered today in
New York, where Detective Sergeant John
Flaherty is working to locate the sweetheart
of one Of two men suspected of the crime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
RINGER OF FIRE
ALARMS FINED

Sam Kahn. former city employee,
was fined $500 in city corporation
court Monday morning when he
pleaded guilty to pulling false fire
alarms. Gonzalo Gonzales was
fined sl00, but this was suspended.
Imposition OF sentence upon Ysnael
Perez was held up until Tuesday.
but Judge A. A. Browne told Perez
he was inclined To fine him 5000.
Gonzales and Perez blamed
Kahn. declaring that he ordered
them TO pull the false alarms.
Additional arrests are expected to
follow in the near future according
to police
All three of the men signed O n
LESSONS
The police plan to continue their
vigorous activities against the false
alarm pullerS An epidemic Of false
alarms has been raging for the past
several months
In an effort to curb this danger
.ous practice the city commission re-
Gently passed an ordinance making
the offense punishable by a $500
fine. City Manager z. A. Rosenthal
also has authorized a $50 reward for
the arrest and conviction Of any
person maliciously turninS in false
fire alarms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
SHOT
Youth Killed When Hold-Up
Attempt is Frustrated

NEW YORK, June 9-tPD-A To-
year old youth was killed and eight
Of his companions were In jail today
as the result Of an attempt to hold
up a Greenwich Village drinking
resort while a city detective was in
the place.
Joseph Casey, Jr.. the youngest
OF the gang, was shot and killed by
Detective william Murphy, who said
the youth made a gesture as IL draw
ing a gun when commanded TO put
up his hands.
Murphy told his superiors that he
was in Mingo's restaurant at 30
East 10th street about dawn yester-
day when the nine entered. They
ordered beer and sandwiches and re-
tired TO a rea room.
Shortly after. Casey with three
others came out and moved toward
the door.
Lets stick this place up" one
Of them remarked. drawing q pistol.
Murphy said he drew a gun and
fired two shots where he stood at
the rear end OF the bar and that
Martin Mcknight. 20 years old. fired
five shots in return, n of which
wounded Louis Bertoniciana, the
bartender. in the arm.
Mcknight with two OF his COM
panions fled through the door and
Murphy followed. He ordered Casey
and the five remaining in the room
to put I'D their hands. The detec-
tive said Casey reached toward his
pocket and Murphy fired again kill
ing him. He was found to be un-
armed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Big Gum Of
Gangland Is Slain

CHICAGO. June 9.-tPs-Russell.
alias Frank. Thompson, often call
ed "the armorer Of gangland."
drove into a new Milford Filling
Station last night, weak from a
bullet wound near the heart.
He would not talk. sithough
physicians said the wound might
cause his death. Asked who had
shot him. Thompson's only answer
was: az won't talk. You ought to
be smart enough to know I won't
talk"
The attack upon Thompson, dis
covery Of the body OF Eugene tred)
McLaughlin-one of gangland's
toughest characters-and the state
ment OF officers that George
Bugs Moran and several other
important names in the gang world
are missing and presumably slain,
were weekend developments in the
gang war revival.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09

with two Webster count sheriffs
deputies, arrived at a church near
here as the choral gathering was
ending. and attempted Co search q
"a owned by Tom Brown Elkins,
10.
Elkins protested, and a struggle
ensued, in which shots were fired.
and a number OF men joined in.
Elkins was shot through a lung and
critically wounded.
Clubs and pistol butts we're
brought into play. Mrs. Ferguson
ran into the thick or the fray. "a
bullet struck her, and she fell fatally
wounded.
Sim y. Sewait. IS. a bystander,
was shot in a knee. while III. D..
Castle. is. and Archie Morris, o.
suffered bruised eyes and heads.
"A stray bullet struck Mrs. Floyd
Cooper. %. wounding her painfully
In the right leg.
ElkinS "a taken TO a hospital az
Houston, Miss, where his condition
was described as critical.
Witnesses said that Elkins and "a
friend. Watts Bowen. were seated i'm
the Elkins car. waiting for friends
who were emerging from the church.
Elkins demanded a search warrant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
CAUSE And Cure
OF COLDS FOUND
Vaccine Is Developed By
Noted Maryland
Scientist

BALTIMORE June 9.-R9-
Widespread interest was aroused
today by 4 scientists announce
ment that lie had discovered the
cause OF the common cold and de-
veloped a cure and preventive.
Or. j. A. Pfciffer. -aescciate Of the
University Of Maryland Medical
School and an outstanding path
oIcgist. made the announcement in
a pape- Before the Maryland
Biological Society. re has devised
a vaccine which he believes cures
a cold and gives a patient inn
munity fcr one to three years.
The cause OF colds. which cost
American workers S 1000, 000. 600 9
year in lost wages. he said. has
which has been named micrococcus
co-yza and IS entirely rev to the
science of bacteriology, he said.
ID the course OF seven years re-
search and experiment into the
causes Of colds the micrococcus has
been subjected TO tests by all
methods known to laboratory
technique as We'll as TO experiments
on animals and humans.
We are certain DR.. Pfeiffer
said, that the micrococcus is the
one We have been looking for and
that persons az be immunized
against attacks. We have proved
both points to our satisfaction by
experiments with animals and
humans.
incubation of freshly isolated
strains Of this organism into the
nasal cavities of suitable objects
produced the typical clinical symp-
toms of acute rhinitis colds. III
these cases a coccus. biclogically
Identical with those injected was
recovered from the discharge as
long as the symptoms persisted and
sometime thereafter"
Experiments on humans were
made comparatively easy by the
character Of the disease as many
persons were willing to take a
chance on catching a cold and
submitted themselves as subjects
for experiment. DR.. Pfeiffer in
oculated several Of his own patients
and other physicians carried out
experiments with their
patients.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Four Drowned When
" Auto Falls I'm River

SOUDERTOWN, Pa. June 9-tPl
-Four persons are believed 10 have
drowned when an automobile plung-
ed into so feet Of water I'm an aban-
doned quarry one mile south of
here last night. Today the bodies
Of two women were recovered from
the water. Floating on the water
were straw hats OF two men.
"A wiTe cable guarding the quarry
and a post were broken and auto
mobile tracks from the road 70 the
edge OF the quarry indicated that q
car had plunged over the side and
dropped 30 feet into the water.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09

WASHINGTON. June 9-CP9-
with the outcome still in doubt.
the senate Is expected to reach its
long awaited final vote on the
tariff bill before the end OF the
week. The rivers and harbors bill
is next on the legislative program.
A last meeting Of the conferees
was called for today. for the pur-
DnSe OF redrafting the watch para
graphs TO meet points Of order
raised against them from the dem
oaratic side OF the senate chamber.
Tney expected to submit their re-
yised report sometime before the
close OF the day.
The two sections OF the report
ore including most Of the rate sec
tons and the other the flexible
provision and. the lumber tariff
win be merged tomorrow. They VIII
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09

Across the Rio Grande. at Ran
cho Ia Pescada. four miles from
Cchoa on the banks OF the San
Juan. and midway between Camar-
80 and Aldamas. seventeen miles
from Roma and Rio Grande City a
wen Is being put down Oh the same
structure as the Roma wells or the
Texas company.
To Drill in To-Day
Drilling IS being done by the San
Juan Drilling company or McAhen
and the well Is situated IN the tract
OF 10000 acres az the national Pc
troleum reserve or Mexico. Early
last week a core was taken. giving
five feet Of fine quality oil sand.
Casing was Immediately set at 3.540
feet and the we'll is TO be drilled in
today. High hopes are entertained
by company officials for the success
OF the well since il Is only 500 feet
from that drilled three years ago b
the Mexican government and lost
through a series Of accidents. The
old well Is still running q good
quantity Of oil Of high grade when
its valve Is opened.
Starr county district has had a
number of wells drilled i'm the past.
but with inadequate equipment and
insufficient depth.
Big Pay Sought
Both Of the wells being drilled
now r OF sufficient depth To pene-
trate the Mount Selman formation.
and 1t Is hoped by oil authorities
that big pay will be encounter
ed at this level. or deeper.
These wells. and others to be
drilled when the field is in full
production ii is believed will make
OF Brownsville n of the most i'm
portant oil ports in the world since
the oil being produced already by
Texas wells at Roma Is Of highest
grade pariffin base and naturally
SO pure that It can be burned IN
automobiles without refining.
"A unique feature Of the situation
is that pipe lines from the districts
on either side of the river will bring
oil to Brownsville by gravity.
In addition two wells are drill
ing az Los Aldamas about ten miles
up the river from Ochoa Tamauli-
pas and near Cerralvo Nuevo Leon.
Both fields If brought IN are also
upon as tributaries to
Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Carol and Ex-Wife
Talk Things Over

BUCHAREST, Rumania, June g.
CPl-Proclaimed King of Rumania
after five years of exile, King Carol
ii today was busy consulting poll
teal leaders and in picking up
the threads of life once more in
the capital OF his fathers.
The most vital Of Carols prob
lens was tn relationship between
him and his former wife. Princess
Helen, mother Of nine-year-old
Michael, former king and nov back
N the nursery.
Carol had an interview with
Princess Helen last night, and ID
Is understood II was decided for
the present at any rate neither
would apply for annulment Of the
decree Of divorce granted Princess
Helen two years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Tariff Vote Expected
Last of Week With Port Next

be debated collectively and disposed
Of with q single vote.
Republican leaders today claimed
enough votes to pass the bill BY
a narrow margin. They awaited an
announcement Of the position Of
the two senator's from Pennsylvania,
Reed and Grundy, republicans.
Neither had made known how he
would cast his ballot. and in the
event of both opposing the meas
ure. 1t was believed it might be
defeated.
There was much speculation, too,
as to the fate Of the measure at
the White House, II II IS approved
oy Congress. 1t was announced last
week President Hoover Is keeping
ar open mind on the question OF
approval or veto. Before he reaches
a decision the measure will be in
vestigated BY the usual department.
al agencies
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY c. VI. HALL

HOW ABOUT III?
Il should like to be known as
a former president who tries to
mind his own business"
Calvin Coolidge.
Every man who does not do
his best commits the unpar-
donable sin"
William Lyon Phelps.
Il have been through five
business depressions. They all
act alike. The men who. If bust
ness fell off 66 per cent increas-
sed their selling effort rs per
cent. managed TO pull through,
As if there were no depression.
and the efforts Of such men
tend to shorten the periods or
depression"
Thomas A. Edison.
America is rebuilt every 40
years"
"A. H. Dickinson. president OF
a. national limestone company.
HE who is taught 20 live
upon little owes more to his
fathers wisdom than he who
has a great deal left him does
his fathers care"
William Penn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
REGISTRATION
OF ELECATES
AT HIGH MARK
Convention Attendants
Taken On Tour Of
Valley Today
Especial to The Herald.>


HARLINGEN, June g. With
delegates arriving hourly to attend
the state convention OF Business
ard Professional Women's clubs IN
session here today through We'd
resday, indications were early Mon
day morning that registration OF
delegates and visitors would reach
well over 200. An unusually heavy
registration two days before the
opening Of the convention today
had brought early attendance Sun
day to $50.
Nine clubs OF the Valley Fedora
ton OF Business and Professional
Women including Brownsville, San
Benito. Harrington. Edinburg, Nc
Allen. Raymondville. Mercedes.
Weslaco. and Donna are playing
the part of hostess organizations.
but business sessions Of the con-
vontion are to be held here in fair
park auditorium.
Among the outstanding officers
or the state organization who are
to be on hand for the program to-
night at the auditorium are Mary
Jane Higgins OF TT. Worth. state
president: Miss Mary o. Lilyer-
strom. Beaumont. recording sec
rotary; Miss Rhoda Murray. TT.
Worth. corresponding secretary:
Miss Ann Stallworth. Cameron.
t-s asurer; Miss Daisy III. Lake,
Temple. second vice president Of
the national federation: and Miss
Ollie Mooty, Temple. editor OF Tex
as Woman.
Miss Marion McClench Of Ann
Arbor. Michigan. national fedora.
ton president, will also be present
for the program tonight at the
auditorium.
The early arrival of delegates
found Valley club h~ostesses ready
to greet them and every provision
ready for their entertainment.
Saturday, hostess committees be-
gan placing flowers in hotel rooms
and leaving their cards for each
Of the clubs assigned to their care.
They will be responsible for their
Accommodations during the con-
vention.
This Is the first visit of most of
the women delegates to the Valley.
Their enthusiastic comments in
dictate that all their anticipations
Of the Magic Valley" are being
realized. They have complimentea
the hotels. the transportation SER
vice. the cooperation OF Valley
people in furnishing automobiles,
and IN particularly. the Valley-wide
feature OF the convention.
go At Point Isabel
Sunday, most Of Harrington and
Continued on page ten.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
TOUGH

II either Jack Sharkey or Make
Schmeling are looking for a first
rate sparring mate the Brownsville
police department knows where
they can find a capable party.
She proved her battling quail
ties last night at the police station
when the available officers had to
sound a call for reinforcements to
handle her.
She halls from Mercedes.
One Off ser stepped forward and
promptly had q 81 hat smashed be-
yond repair.
The woman and her male COM
pani0n were lodged in the county
jail. The woman was fined SfO0 and
the man SIS Monday morning by
City Corporation Judge A. A.
Browne. The tipsy pair were charg-
cd with disturbing the peace.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
TW0HURT
Harlingen Man Arrested
After Crash Here

w. r. Owens Of H%arlingen was
under arrest and two persons we're
In the Mercy hospital today as the
result Of a wreck at 18th end Madi-
son streets Sunday evening.
The people in the hospital were
Cresanta Camera and Jose Molina.
youth. The woman was severely
shaken. cut and bruised and an X
ray was to be made Monday to de-
tsrmine whether her skull was frac-
tured. The young boy was severely
cut and bruised.
There were a number Of other
children in the light a with the
woman at the time of the wreck.
Her automobile was almost totally
demolished. After spending a night
in jail, Owens made $3.50 bond Mon
day morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
7 Die in Explosion

OAKLAND. Calf, June 9.-F)
Seven men are dead and one is
in a hospital at Livermore, as the
result Of an explosion in the hetch
hetchy TUNED near Calvareras
Dam in the Alameda County Hills.
"A shot OF dynamite in the tun-
mel some time Sunday opened up a
stream df water and evidently blew
into a pocket of gas. The gas was
not ignited at the time. but APP
parently seeped into the long pas
sage and accumulated there.
Investigators believed a spark
last night from an electric tram
or a pick set off the gas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Approval of Pact
Believed Assured

WASHINGTON, June 1T
Chairman Borah called the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to-
gether today for the first OF a
series Of daily meetings which Is
10 continue until a vote Is taken
on the London treaty.
Supporters Of the pact expected
a favorable report before the end
Of the week. They looked for an
overwhelming vote of approval
with opposition coming only from
Senators johnson of California
and Robinson Of Indiana. Re-
publicanS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
CREACER QUITS
DEMO. CONTEST.
G. @. p. Leader Expresses
Regret For Prank
OF Jokesters

SAN ANTONIO. June 9=P-R.
b. Creager Of Brownsville, republi-
can national committeeman from
Texas, paused here long enough yes
terday to regret the Democratic par
tvs sense Of humor and 70 reply 70
Senator Smith w. Brookhart, as he
was enroute to Georgetown.
Today he was due TO receive an
honorary LIB. degree being con-
ferred upon him by Southwestern
University al Georgetown.
In n telegram to ID. w. Wilcox,
chairman Of the Democratic state
executive committee, Creagg- asked
that his name not be printed in the
Democratic primary ballot according
to a petition filed with Wilcox.
Not Proper
Il appreciate the compliment"
Creager said. but take ID for grant,
ed this was intended as a joke. I
am a republican, and ii goes without
saying it would not be proper for
my name to appear or a Democratic
ballot"
He took another slap at Senator
Brookhart, republican, OF Iowa. for
Brookhart's demand for an investi-
CATION Of an alleged liquor party IN
a Dallas hotel when Mrs. r.. IL.
Works of Brownsville, a member of
the Creager party there. took q dis
infectant an her mouth instead of a
harmless mouth wash.
The mans vicious mendaclty Is
almost beyond belief" Creager de-
clared. an his latest diatribe he IS
guilty Of the unforgivable sin or
dragging IN the name Of an inno-
cent woman.
Insinuati0n False
The Dallas incident to which he
refers was an innocent one. reflect
Continued on page l0)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Bailey's Lead Over
Simmons Still Grows

CHARLOTTE, ". G. June 9-lP)
The colors OF the North Carolina
democratic party in the race for
tie United States senate will be
carried IN this falls general cleo
ton by Josiah w. Bailey, 56-year-
old Raleigh attorney.
Bailey defeated Senator Furn-
ifole NJ Simmons. who has served
his state in the senate for twenty
nine years since he defeated Mar
ION Butler. the last republican SEN
atcr from North Carolina. In Sat-
urday's democratic primary.
With 1914 OF the states 1879
precincts reported. Bailey had a
lead Of 81 COS votes. The t~abulation
showed. Bailey. 1873. Simmons,
121. ass; and Thomas l.. Estep. wet.
1913.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
& AVIATOR
TO DEATH
Z. J. Snyder Killed in Glider Club Accident
While Wife and 1000 Spectators
Stand Mortified At Crash

Catapulting to bis death as a safety belt or his glider snapped, r y.
Snyder, 81, superintendent Of flying Of the Pan American airuays. fell
~ feet TO the landing field Of the Brownsville Municipal airport before ~
crowd Of 1000 Mortified spectators Sunday afternoon at $40.
Following announcements Saturday and Sunday that exhibition gItaar
ihgnts Voud 2 given ~ members of the Brownsville Glider club the
largest crowd since the arrival here OF Col. Iindbervb go4he-oa ". ".
airport Sunday afternoon: The exhibition za. .-.-.--a .- -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09

DETROIT, June 9-tP)-At least
four laborers were killed and be-
tween II and 20 others trapped by
a dynamite explosion In the water
works tunnel $50 feet below the sur
face of the Detroit river at the foot
Of Marquette Drive today. About
q dozen were injured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
INTERFERENCE

WASHINGTON. June 9-fP1-
Charles Nick. Saltzman. chairman
Of the radio commission said today
he had received no complaint with
reference to S O s signals which
disrupted a chain broadcast Satur-
day night by former Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri.
Senator Dill of Washington. au-
thor Of the radio act. was planning
to bring the subject up in the Sen
ate. however.
Reeds speech was being broadcast
from Sedalia, Missouri, and the in
terruption came as he was denounc-
ing what he termed the radio
trust"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Oil Hopes Rise as Reports
Of Valley Tests Are Made

Brownsville as an internationally famous oil port IS the latest picture
to he painted with important developments in oil fields around Roma
reported today.
Two wells are under way which promise to be producers Of high grade
OIL and particularly gratifying in its showing is the Texas Company well
No. l-B Guerra, five miles northwest Of Roma. which has tapped 4 sand
At ST24 feet and cored to an oil sand Of Us feet total thickness. which
authorities state, s Of unusual depth. 1t is believed that the well will
develop into a producer Of high grade oil.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
American Filler Lost

LIMA. Peru, June 9-tP=The
whereabouts Of Captain Lewis Yam
cey, American good will flyer. today
remained q mystery. The only re-
port III the last "a hours which in
dicated where Yancey nigh be was
an All-America cable message from
Santa Elena Station. Ecuador. which
said that a red plane flew over that
point at about 3 p. m, Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Shots Fly at Singing Bee
Wife of Officer Fatally Wounded When He
Tries to Search Car for Liquor

EUPORA. Miss, June 9-CPr-A justice Of the peace was charged today
with killing his wife in the confusion precipitated when he attempted TO
search a car for liquor at a Sunday singing bee" near here. Three others.
including another woman, were wounded in a fight which attended the
Justices action.
Lee M. Ferguson. the justice Of the peace, was freed on his own recog-
nizance on a manslaughter charge.
Information gathered BY Sheriff John w. Gary Ny that PARKINSON
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
Ocean Hop Delayed

DUBLIN, Irish Free state, June
9AP-Captain Charles Kingsford
Smith decided this afternoon not
to attempt a start Of the Southern
Cross Atlantic flight tomorrow
morning owing to unfavorable
weather forecasts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valleys.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
probably occasionally unsettled.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday becoming un-
settled; probably local Thunderstorm
ers IA northwest portion tonight and
IN interior Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-09
DEATH

DENVER. Colo. June 9-tP-The
state supreme court today decreed
that the three Lamar, Colorado.
bank bandits. Howard T.. Royston.
George j. Abshier and Ralph e.
Fieagle, must hang for murder.