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QUARTET GETS
LIFE TERM IN
MURDER OF 4

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Aug. l4-tP
Three torch slayers. called "fiends
in human form" by the judge who
sentenced them, were in solitary
confinement today in Jackson
prison, serving the first day OF a
lifelong penalty for killing and
burning two young couples on 4
lonely country road near here
early last Tuesday.
They confessed, were sentenced
to life Imprisonment and placed
in the Jackson institution within
six hours time last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
Valley Article Appears
By Staff CORRESPONDENT

10y otdAl
HARLINGEN, Aug. l4.-An ex-
tensive article on surveying OF VIII
lacy County water Control and
improvement District No. / appear
cd IN the Aug. s issue Of the En-
cheering News Record under the
signature OF Jimmy Goddard OF the
Morgan Engineering CO.
In his article he told Of various
unusual phases OF work on this
prcAcs and includes a picture OF
n wild cat in a trap showing what
the surveyors sometimes encounter
ed.
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S442,5OO,OOO
ROAD WORK TO
AID JOBLESS

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL. Rl-The
active federal aid highway program.
enriched by appropriations from
congress 10 aid the nations jobless.
involved contracts along with states
amounting to SAP 500. 900 on Aug. /.
Approximately $4,000. 900 more IS
available from the sl25. 000.0W ap-
propTiated for this year to ca, ~ or
the construction work on a fifty
fifty basis with the states.
Since August 1.
The s442. o 5000 total accounted
for only the active projects under
way OH August /. II does not include
highways started and completed
earlier in the year.
On August /. 1890. the active pro-
gram involved contracts costing
$3.50. 900. 900. Through the $4,000, :
O0C annual increase in regular fed
erai aid appropriation and allotment
OF al $50. 900 900 emergency fund ,
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south FLAYS
FARM BOARDS
COTTON PLAN

ATLANTA. Ga, Aug. IA. CR1-The
plight Of the cotton industry was
uppermost in the mind OF the south
today as 1t contemplated remedial
suggestions, counter proposals and
comment.
Seven southern governors ex-
pressed unfavorable reaction to the
federal farm boards proposal that
a third of the 1891 cotton crop be
destroyed BY blowing under every
third row Of cotton in the fields.
Two chief executives promised CO.
operation.
Governors Reply
The unfavorable comments came
A-om Gov. Russell OF Georgia, Gov.
Gardner OF North Caroli-", Gov.
Blackwood Of South Carolina. Gov.
Miller OF Alabama. Gov. Parnell OF
Arkansas. Gov. Carlton of Florida
and Gov. Bilbo OF Mississippi.
Gov. Sterling OF Texas said he
would gladly cooperate" and Gov.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
Thompson to N. York

HARLINGEN. Aug. 14-John T.
Thompson Of Thompson's Mortuary.
Is on his way to New York where
he will attend clinics on embalm-
ing and funeral direction.
He sailed from New Orleans this
week for the East and will be gone
about a month.
While he is gone, M. A. Thomp-
son. his son and manager of
ThompSon's Funeral church in
San Benito, will manage the bus
ines here.
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Murray or Oklahoma said he was
willing to join the movement but
doubted II 1t could be carried out
From Sen. T. II. Caraway Of
Arkansas came a proposal. for
warded 70 Pres. Hoover. that the
farm board buy 100000 bales OF
this year crop at 8 cents or more a
pound from growers who would
enter into a contract not 10 grow
cotton next year. He sent the
proposal 10 the farm board also.
Board Criticized
The farm board also drew un-
favorable criticism last night from
Sen. Hugo l.. Black OF Alabama.
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states. this years work Is about four
months ahead of last year.
All unexpended emergency funIs
from this appropriation applied on
projects not completed by Sept. J..
lapses on that date.
G. ID. Curtiss. chief OF the division
of control Of the bureau of public
roads. explained most states used
their share OF the emergency money
carly in the year so 1t will be ex-
pended before September I. The IN
completed portion Of the projects will
be finished by regular federal aid
and state money.
Iowa Gets Share.
Iowa was the first state TO be
raid its entire share OF emergency
money.
These active projects called for
construction OF 1882 miles OF high.
ways compared with 1876 a year
ago.
Matched with state funds. the $50.
100000 of regular federal aid still
available will be swelled TO abou'
65,000,0 600 for ALLEGATION this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
UNHAPPY MAN.

HUSBAND: DO you remember
years ago in your fathers parlor.
when I asked you to say one little
word that would make me happy
for life?
WIFE: Yes, I remember.
HUSBAND: Well. you said the
wrong one.-The Humorist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
(By Staff Correspondent

stationed along the lower lilo
Grande at $50 a month and went
hungry for days at a time, j. O..
Bramham says who has Just ap-
piled for a pension.
Rangers rode for days In those
times with nothing more than bis
quit and dried beef in their sad
die bags for food and when IL rain
ed it usually poured to such an
tent that they could not even make
coffee.
Life Easy Now
Life OF a modern ranger who
rides pullmans instead Of horses
and who gets a good salary With
all expenses cannot compare with
the bandit days OF years ago IN
the Valley, he says.
There was a EVOLUTION in Mex
leo and umerou forays were made
from the Mexican side into Texas
after horses and cattle. Bandits
murdered as well as plundered r
/ no one was safe. On this side OF the
Rio Grande there also were cattle
rustlers, ~stagesoach robbers and
fancy bad men.
Strange 20 say there was virtual
ly no brush In South Texas in those
days. There we're clumps Of bushes
along arroyos and nea other great
bodies Of water but most OF the
country was bald prairie. Then
came cattle, ranging over the ter
ritory spreading seed OF mesquite
and prickly bushes to harrass engi-
neer and others who made this
country into the citrus empire 1t Is
today.
Settlements we're few. Brownsville
and Rio Grande being the only
towns OF any consequence. Rio
Grande boosted all Of 800 inhabi-
tants Of whom eight were Amer
leans.
Towns Name Changed
Rio Grande had another name
then, Rancho Davis, after a PROM
inent setter who was postmaster
and rancher. Bramham said he met
a nephew Of this man In the up
per end Of the Valley several years
ago.
There was only one long railroad
in South Texas. a narrow gage al
fair between Corpus Christi ana
Laredo. Then there vas a sho.ter
road. also narrow gage, between
Brownsville and Port Isabel. He rode
OH q train only once in the two years
he served as ranger.
Rangers never went to Browns
vile although they frequently came
near the city. They went Wherever
there was work TO do and II was
nearly always dangerous. Men VINO
rustled cattle and held up stages
were bad hombreS" and 1t was dam
gerous business TO round them W.
one OF the biggest hauls In which
Ranger Bromham participated &C.
CURED near what is row Mission.
There was only a Catholic mission
on a hill near the river at that
time. Three Mexicans who had
made a raid into Texas we're caught
with rs head Of stolen horses.
Company Scattered
Only once since the company OF
rangers with which he enlisted
broke up has nc met n OF his
former companions. IL was Albert
Grimes. sergeant, whom he saw in
San Antonio about 30 years ago.
Grimes county was named after the
s~ergeant's father.
Rangers made headquarters at
Collins Station, about 20 miles
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Sharing of Goods Slayer
Narrated BY Agent

telling them frankly he was an
investigator and was after Sey-
mour. He did this, Mr.. Street
said, because he knew his con-
VerSations would be repeated to
Seymour. He thought the young
brave might betray himself in
some way, but he never did.
Elicits Confession
Finally, Mr.. Street had as
sembled enough evidence to cause
the arrest of young Seymour. He
knew the Indian and the New
York research student had been
seen together on their way to at
tend a tribal dance at Canyon
Day, another Indian settlement
seven miles from the woman'S
cabin. She lived alone, 200 yards
from the Indians cabin. Street
said:
cat first, when I accused him
of the murder, he vehemently
denied his guilt. But, when 1
confronted him with the evi-
dence 1 had gathered, he con.
feSSed."
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
US. MISSIONARY.
DECAP|TATED

PEIPING, Nov. 6 G.N.S)
The body of the Rev. j. w.
Vinson, the American missionary
killed by Chinese bandits in
Kiangsi Province, has been
taken to Ichow, Shantung
Province, for burial, the United
States Legation here was advised
today. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow.
A report from friends who Gaw
the remains said the missionary
had been killed by a shot through
the heart and that his head was
then severed from the body.
The Nanking government has
promised to punish the bandits,
but it is understood American
authorities will make no demand
for indemnity.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
IN TRANCE
GIRLS KILLER
SHUNSFOOD
Columbia Student Working on
Theory Apaches Were
Lost Tribe, Revealed

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 6 UN.S0.
Golney Seymour, 81, Apache In
dian, charged with killing Miss
Henrietta Schmerler, "a, Colum-
bia coed, on the Apache reserva.
ton last July, today continued in
a strange Indian trance in ais
cell in the Pima county Jail here.
Since being locked up, Seymour
has eaten little food and has re-
fused to utter a word, either to
officers or Indian friends who
have visited him.
His attorney, John P. Dough
erty, of Globe. AriZ., declared To-
day he would place Indian and
Caucasian witnesses on the stand
during Seymour's trial to tes-
tify that Miss Schmerler had told
them she was working on the
theory that the Apaches we're
a lost tribe and that in this con-
nection she was studying their
tribal relations.
The witnesses further will tes.
tify, Dougherty said, that Miss
Schmerler had violated numerous
customs on the reservations.
Seymour will have a orel4nlin-
ary hearing before United
States Commissioner at Globe,
November % and will be bound
over to Federal Court for trial.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. 6.-J. A.
Street, special agent of the De-
partment of Justice, has re-
turned to his office here with the
full story of the unusual detec-
tive work which enabled him to
arrest a young Indian buck, Col
ney Seymour, for the murder OF
Miss Henrietta Schmerler, %
year-old Colu mbia University
research worker.
Mr.. Street laughed over the
suggestion he had disguised HIM
self as an Indian and, thus, had
Wormed himself into the conf
dence of the inhabitants of the
White River Indian Reservation.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Street
said, he had posed originally as
a cattle buyer and, later, had de-
clared himself as detective seek
ing the killer of the white woman.
What he never did tell the In
dians was that he had a fluent
command of Indians dialects and
understood the mutteringS that
went on around him.
Mr.. Street started to work in
earnest on the case only last
month.
Mixes With Indians
October was roundup time for
the Indians. This made it all the
more difficult for Mr.. Street, be-
cause almost every Indian was out
herding cattle.
Mr.. Street rode herd with the
Indians. He sat around camp
fires listening to their talk, which
he understood, but he never
talked their language.
When Mr.. Street was not pos
ing as a buyer of cattle, he was
playing one Indian against an
other. He had picked up a
thread of conversation which led
him to suspect Seymour, tall
and slender Apache. So he would
converse garrulously with Indians,
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
j. s. SHIP RUNS
AGROUND

DEAL, England, Nov. 6 G.N.S0 .
Lifeboats and tugs were rushed
today to the assistance of the
United States Shipping Board
freighter Hybert, which went
aground on Goodwin Sands and
was reported in a dangerous posi-
tion.
The vessel was close inshore,
looming mountain-like through a
grey mist. The sea was calm,
and it was believed that part of
the cargo was being thrown over.
board in an effort to get tie
ship refloated.
The Hybert, bound for Rotter-
dam and Amsterdam with a gen.
eral cargo. carried cc,W of SIS
men. There were no passengers
aboard.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
|NSUREWORKER,
F|LENE URGES

Unless industry provides unen1'
ployment insurance for Its work.
ers Immediately, far more radical
measures will be forced through
Congress, Edward A. Filene, Bos-
ton merchant, warned Jhe Hebert
Senate unemployment insurance
committee today.
So much resentment and hard"
ship is current, due to wage re-
ductionS and unemployment,
Filene said, that industry must act
now to assure employees rrotec-
ton against the future.
Filene advocated both State
and voluntary unemployment in
surance systems. The method he
favored most was "workless funds"
to be established by industry sub.
ject to Governmental control. All
industry would be compelled to
create such reserve.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
LEGION RI 7 { 8
TOOPEN ROAD

Exercises celebrating the for
NAL opening of five miles Of
hard-surfaced roadway will be
held on Armistice Day, November
II, at Fredericksburg, Va, under
the auspices of the Bowen-Frank-
lin-Knox Post, American Legion.
The road to be opened to the
public will be the first section
of 40 miles of parked boulevard
to be built by the United States
under the direction of the Fred
ericksburg and SpotSylv a mia
County Battlefield Memorial Com
mission.
This road runs from United
States Route No. l, at Lees Hill,
whence Lee directed the Battle
of Fredericksburg, to- Hamilton's
Crossing.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
WHEELER SEES
WAR CLOUDS

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 G.N.S0
Europe today is an armed
camp, Is years after the war to
end war. In my judgment war
would break out if some Of the
nations in Europe felt they
could finance it,"
United States Senator Burton
K. Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
tana, made these assertions to-
day on his return from Europe.
Senator Wheeler said he re-
garded Governor Roosevelt, of
New York, as the strongest presi-
Dental candidate of the Demo
cratic party for 1882. He said:
Roosevelt rightfully should
be nominated, he certainly
would win. The election re-
turns in New York State indi-
cate his strength"
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
School of Religion
Celebrates NOU. II

The annual convocation and
the siXtieth anniversary of the
formation of the school of re-
ligion at Howard University will
be held on November II to 19,
it was announced today.
Many theological schools and
seminaries have been invited to
send representatives to participate
in the celebration. Among the
speakers will be DR.. Jesse E.
Moorland, Dean Kelly Miller, DR..
Robert L. Kelly, executive secre.
tary of the Council Of Church
Boards of Education, and DR..
Mordecai johnson.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
"War on ProIetariat,"
Moscow Says of Japan

MOSCOW, Nov. 6 Q.N.S).-A
charge that japanese military ag-
gression in Manchuria is the fore
runner of a world war against
the Soviet proletariat was issued
by the central committee of the
Communist party here today in
a broadside commemorating the
fourteenth anniversary Of estab-
nshment of the Soviet regime. It
said:
"This war in China is not
against the government but the
masses. 1t is against US. 1t
Is a step forward in the COM
ing struggle against the Soviet
prOletariat."
PEIPING. Nov. 6 G.N.S0.
Capt. Parker G. Tenney, assistant
United States military attache
here, left today for Tsitsihar to
investigate the military situation
arising from the Sino-Japanese
clash at the Nonni River.
LONDON, Nov. 6 0NSO.-Dis-
regarding emphatic protests in a
section of the japanese press, the
British government, it was learned
today, has completed the draft of
Q treaty with China, by which
Great Britain surrenders extra
territorial rights in the Far East
ern republic.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
MOntagu Norman
Off to Gold PnrLey

LONDON, Nov. 6.-Montagu
Norman, governor of the Bank Of
England, left for Basle last
night, repeatedly to discuss the
question of gold distribution and
future policy of countries which
followed Great Britain in aban-
doning the gold standard.
Mr.. Norman will also investi-
gate the financial position Of Ger
many with regard to Germany'S
difficulty in meeting short-term
credit and loan payments, &C
cording to the London Daily
Herald.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Sharp Note to Japan
Sent by StimSon

Another memorandum, sharp in
tone, reminding the japanese
cover ment of its unfulfilled
pledges to withdraw its troops
, from the non-treaty areas of
Manchuria, has been communi-
Gated to Japan by the American
State Department, it was learned
today.
Like all previous diplomatic rep
reservations by this Government
to Tokyo, this latest note was
designed to show Japan that the
United States is fully in SYM
pathy with and intends to sup
port the League of Nations Coun-
Gil in it's efforts to bring about
Japan's observance of her peace
pledges under the Kellogg pact.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
GLaSSfOrd to Join
LeQiOn Police Post

Brig. Gen. P. D. Glassford,
newly appointed superintendent
of Metropolitan police, will be-
come a member of the Washing
ton Police Post. No. 20, American
Legion, Immediately after his as
sumption of office. -
Gen. GlasSford announced his
intention of joining the post at
a meeting of the organization last
night in the District Building.
He stressed that the first duty of
the police is service and loyalty
to the public. The new com
mander was given an ovation by
the post members.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
FACES
NAVAL BLAST,
FATAL To 5
Dreadnought Colorado Scene
of Target Practice Tragedy;
Four More May Die

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 G.NIS0
Toll of death in the gun explosion
on board the U. S. S. Colorado
was increased to five today when
G. E. Swift, first class seaman,
died on the hospital ship Relief.
Its upper decks SCARED by the
explosion of an antiaircraft gun
that instantly killed four men and
wounded nine, the Colorado is
moored at its dock while naval Of
ficials seek to determine the cause
of the blast.
The explosion occurred during
target practice off the Santa
Rosa Island in the Santa Barbara
group off Los Angeles.
Immediately following the dis
aster the Colorado, one Of the
most powerful dreadnoughts of
the American fleet, headed at
full speed for the harbor here,
arriving last night.
Three More May Die
AS soon as the Colorado ar
rived in port the wounded men
were transferred to a tug, which
carried them to the hospital ship,
U. S. S. Relief. where surgeons
and nurses were waiting.
The dead, besides Swift, are:
Lieut.. Ralph Bradford, jr., Pom
tiac, Ill.
Lewis A. Clark, seaman, Los
Gatos, Calf.
M. Hawkins, seaman, Hastings,
Mich.
j. j. Schnur, seaman, st. Louis.
Three more of tie injured may
die, physicians said. They are
Lieut.. Winston I. Quattlebaum,
Ensign John D. Huntley and Sea-
man R. o. Duff. The seriously IN
jured include Seamen H. j. Hin
ton, J. r. Nowalski, G. V. Stover,
H. E. Lutz and w. H. Duval.
Ready For Practice
The explosion occurred when
the officers and men, with a
group of observers about them,
were preparing a five-inch anti
aircraft gun for a shot at a float
ing target above, attached to a
bombing plane.
According to reports, a time
fuse on one of the shells became
fouled as the shell was being
placed in the breech Of the gun,
causing the explosion.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Operator Strike Ends
As Machines Take
Places of 40

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 G.N.S).
Modern machinery today ended
the strike of Al operators who
walked out of the All America
Gables in protest against a 10
per cent salary cut.
The cable office announced
that automatic printers have
been installed, which type the
messages instead of perforating
tape, which the Al men were
employed to decode.
One striker of the Al re-
turned to work and will attend
the new machine.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Num- ShOw to Open
At 9 O.. m. Tomorrow

The 18th annual chrysanthe-
mum show of the Department of
Agriculture will open tomorrow at
9 a. M, and remain open until
Sunday night, November is, at 9
O'Clock. The exhibit, in the. De
partment's greenhouses at Four
teenth and B Streets Northwest,
will be free to the public.
A collection of 1875 varieties of
japanese and 507 varieties of
pompons and single chysanthe.
NUNS will be shown. There will
also be Japanese and pompon
seedlings,
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
BUSINESS NJ T n
ELECT KING

Sylvan King, of Kings Palace
Department Store, was elected
president of the Central Seventh
Street Business Mems Association,
organized at a luncheon meeting
at the Raleigh Hotel today.
The association seeks to improve
the civic and commercial condi-
tions of that business district
between E and K Streets, North
west.
Other temporary officers elected
include: Harold Sigmund. vice
president; Henry Kaufman, Sec
retary, and A. Bowden, treasurer.
These officers and a committee
of six will draft a constitution
and outline plans to be acted on
at an early meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
d. C.. Dead Firemen
TO~Be MemOri0Lized

A memorial service for mem
bers of the Fire Department will
be conducted by Bishop James E.
Freeman at the Washington
Cathedral at $3.50 o'clock Monday
when a stone commemorating the
dead firefighterS will be placed
in the south transept of the
edifice.
The District Commissioners and
widows and children of the fire
men will be present. Fire Chief
George S. Watson will lay the
stone.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Commissioner Back
From HinhLDnu Tour

Ernest Walker Sawyer, execu-
tive assistant. to the Secretary of
the Interior, and also commits
sioner of the international High
way to Alaska, has returned from
an inspection of the highway in
Victoria.
The road will start at the
Peace Monument at Blaine, near
Vancouver and will go to Fair
banks, Alaska, a distance # 2,225
miles. Mr.. Sawyer is a trustee
of the Peace Monument which
will be dedicated by the Prince
of Wales.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
CAPONE
OFF To JAIL

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 Q.N.SO.
Ralph j. Capone, gangster and
brother of the notorious Scar
face AL" will leave Chicago to-
night for Leavenworth Peniten-
tiary to start his three-year term
for income tax law violations.
It was definitely announced he
would leave the county jail with
a regular consignment of Federal
prisoners. The group. in charge
of Deputy United States Marshal
William G. Thompson, will arrive
at the prison at noon tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Gangland's Rides
Help u. S. Cleanup

CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Gangland
is cleaning house and making a
good job of it. According to
Murra, Carson, Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor, BIT of the TOO
alien suspects on his list when
he came here on a drive against
public enemies, have been elimi-
mated, most of them taken for
q ride"
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
COunter.attackS Due


TOKYO, Nov. g. (IN.S0.-The
Japanese war office was rushing
plans today to send fresh troops
to Northern Manchuria as ad-
vices from the Nonni River front
indicated the Chinese army OF
Gen. Ma Chan-Shan, after being
turned back toward Tsitsihar, was
preparing for a counter-attack
upon the Japanese expeditionary
force.
Press dispatches from Man
churia said the Chinese were de-
feated after several hours of
bloody fighting, and the Japanese
had moved to the north side of
the Norni River, occupying the
town of TahSing.
AS the japanese held to their
positions, the Chinese began to
fall back, and were finally in full
retreat. The Japanese did not
attempt to follow, and only a
small detachment was sent across
the river to take over Tahsing.