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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

JOHNSON, EDWARD HARRY. Departed
Inhs NE sA RESay Eb MSTis ~ dgs 2so
loved husband of Lizzie v. johnson; de-
voted father of Agnes L., Charles L.,
Walter F. and Vertina T. Johnson:
brother of Marie Emmons and Emma
Simms Of New York and uncle OF Syl-
vester Simms family at 2ol3 5th st. NV.
Funeral Tuesday, March 81, at pm,
from Boyd's funeral home, 1870 L ST. nv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

this life Thursday, March 26, 1881, at 1875
pm. at st. Elizabeth's Hospital. CARRIE
leaves to mourn their loss q loving hus-
band, Richard Martin; q loving father,
Charles Robinson; two sisters, Hattie But
Ter and Evelyn Robinson; . devoted friend,
William johnson, and q host of other rel:
atives and friends. Remains resting at
Eugene Fords funeral parlors, 1900 8.
Capitol ST., until 4 pm, Sunday. March
20. Then the body viii be moved to her
former residence, 1929 New Jersey ave.
Sc. Funeral Monday, March so, at / pm.
Internent WnndlaWn CennefePY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Killed
AT Matamoros

Formal charges OF homicide will
be filed Wednesday before judge
Jesus Roias In Matamoros against
Natividad Ramirez, or La Ventana
ranch In connection with the fatal
shooting Of Manuel Medina, SO.
near "El Puente Grande" Tuesday
afternoon.
Special Investigator Ramon B.
Arguelles will file the charges. Ac-
cording 10 testimony from witness
es 70 the shooting Ramirez and hts
brother Nazario were riding IN a
cart towards their ranch when the
shooting took place.
According 10 Ramirez testimony.
he was riding with his brother and
when they neared a railroad bridge
just out OF the city limits known
as "El Puente Grande." Medina Is
alleged to have boarded their cart
and threatened them. Natividad
declared he drew a al caiiber pistol
and fired five times at Medina all
bullets taking effect IN Medina's
body. He died almost instantly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
CAPONE REMAINS
IN COUNTY JAIL

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-P- AL
Capone remained In the county
jail today while his attorneys de-
cided what 70 do next.
Granted a s~upersedeas writ that
allowed him TO stay out OF the
p-enitentiary during appeal 70 the
supreme court, but denied bail, the
gangSter was ordered kept IN GUS
tody with no credit toward his
eleven year sentence in Leaven-
worth for tax evasion.
Defense Attorney Michael Aherr
said he might 40 10 Washington 10
apply for bail 20 Justice Van De-
vanter. the supreme court member
assigned to the seventh judicial
circuit. II he were refused bail
there. Ahern indicated he might
ask the writ OF Supersedeas vacated
50 Capone could be taken to Leav-
enworth to start serving his SEN
tence. pending further legal action.
While CapCne'S lawyers were
working for him. the gang leader
remained In a hospital ward cell on
the fifth floor OF the Jail. He eats
the jail's cornmeal mush or oat-
meal with his morning coffee and
stewed fruit but has his luncheon
sent In by his family.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
YOUNG KILLER
ENJOYS TRIAL
l2-Year-Old Boy Amuses
Self With Harmonica
During Testimony

ASOTIN, Wash. Oct. 2s.-P-
Harmonica in hand. Hubert MIC
coils. l2-year-old killer. enjoyed
himself today as his trial for the
Staying OF Sheriff John Wormeu
neared the end.
Almost all the testimony for and
against the frail boy who admitted
robbing a store and shooting down
the aged officer was in the record.
Hubert pleaded insanity.
Il saw some tobacco through the
window" Hubert testified yester-
day. and I wanted it. So I broke
the pane and went In. I was filling
a sack with tobacco and gum when
I heard the door rattle" Then fol-
lowed a calm admission OF the
Staying but the boy added Il did
not want TO shoot him"
Hubert answered questions with
an alertness and with an excellence
OF language that astounded his
jailer> and others who knew him
as the underfed, ragged and dirty
urchin he was when arrested BY
Deputy Sheriff Wayne Bezona
August 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
ROTARIAN SAYS
INDUSTRIES UP
c. L. Jessup Outlines Trip
Through Egypt AT
Luncheon

Courage. confidence and common
sense are the immediate needs OF
the American people in times Of
economic stress" p. NJ. Lamberton
told the Brownsville Rotary club at
the regular weekly luncheon We'd
nesday.
These times OF stress have come
In the past. and by examining the
history Of those ~depressions We may
be able to see Just what we may
expect today" the speaker continued.
Better times come when retail
buying picks up. and retail buying
picks up when people run out OF
the necessities or life and are forced
70 replenish their supplies, the
speaker stated.
That business Is now on the up
grade may be seen by a survey OF
conditions in the manufacturing dis
trictS. he said, mentioning the
Brockton district or Massachusetts
In particular where shoe factories
have been running 10 capacity for
the past six months.
Psychology plays Its part IN the
mending Of depression, Lamberton
stated, adding that good news
travels fast, and as one merchant
tells another Of his increased bust
ness the whole business structure
begins to face the future with a re-
newed confidence.
We believe that our country IA
here 70 stay. we believe in the in
stitutions OF this country. We be-
lieve In the business OF this country
and In the business men Of this
country" the speaker said.
Giving the club members a very
brief address on his recent trip to
Egypt. g. T.. JeSsup presented In
terestinE facts and comments. I'VE
always think OF Egypt as being way
down south" he said. "and vet
Cairo Is in the same longitude as
Austin"
Total area OF Egypt Is 350.0o0
square miles. said Jessup. OF which
only 1900 square miles are capable
OF being cultivated. With the con-
Struction OF the AsSuan dam a con-
siderable portion OF this area Is be-
ing irrigated
The river Nile. the speaker stated.
furnishes sufficient water for the
irrigation Of nine million acres and
for the domestic use Of Is million
people. and yet pours into the Medi-
terranean sea $4,000 cubic feet per
second. For 5000 miles the Nile has
no tributary. A
Telling the club OF the pyramids
the speaker stated that history
claims that for 20 years 100000 men
labored TO erect one pyramid which
Is $50 feet square and over 450 feet
In height. Stones weighing from
TO 50 tons were used In its construc-
ton. Various theories as 10 how these
stones were put In place were out
lined Mr.. Jessup stating that the
n most commonly accepted Is that
sand was laid as a runway and
thousands OF men pushed the stones
into their place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
GUN TOTING
TO
SERVE Ter N
Shocking Array OF
Perjury Seen
AT Trial

CHICAGO. Oct. %. CP-PhiI D.
Andrea. gun toting bodyguard OF
"Scarface AT Capone, was sentenced
TO six months In the county Jail by
Judge James II. WilkerSon today for
carrying his loaded pistol into fed
eral court.
Judge Wilkerson said the presence
OF an armed mar during the trial of
Capone's income tax evasion caSs
was a direct menace 10 the court
itself and adjudged D'Andrea guilty
OF contempt OF court.
Stay II Granted.
A two weeks stay az execution was
granted and D'Andrea was paroled I'd
Michael Ahern. his and Capone's
lawyer.
D'Andrea has been IN the county
Jail since oct. 10 when he was found
carrying a loaded pistol in the court
room. He had been sitting directly
behind Capone every day OF the trial
until his arrest and yesterday,
throwing himself On the mercy ar
the court, the bodyEuard admitted
ne had carried the weapon daily.
Before sentencing D'Andrea. Judge
Wilkerson said II was clear he was
a member OF an outlaw gang
which not only tried 70 intimidate
government witnesses In the Capone
trial but also caused defense wit
nesses to perJure themselves.
This gang" the court said. Eek
perienced a control over people with
whom 1t came IN contact that re-
Sembled nothing less than insuT-
rection against the laws Of the u. s.
Witnesses Instructed.
ct would have been totally blind
had / not noticed the intimidation
OF witnesses. Time and again II
noticed witnesses faltering on tho
stand
Judge WilkerSon said the closing
days OF the trial, when the defense
brought on a series OF bookmakers
TO testify concerning Capone's losses
on horse races, disclosed a shock
ing arTayal OF perjury" which was
Of itself much worse than DAN
drea's offense. He said the witnesses
were summoned 10 the Lexington
hotel. "the camp or this outlaw
band and instructed to perIure
themselves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
NATIONALS WIN
BRITAIN'S RACE
MacD onald's Governm e n [
Rides Crest OF
Victory

LONDON, Oct. 28-LR- Ramsay
Macdonald national government
secured a clear majority in the
house Of commons this morning
with SD seats out of SGT returns
reported.
MacDonald's government rode
the crest OF n OF the most surg
ing electoral tides OF British policy
history, a sweep Of votes that fiat
tened the labor party and all but
obliterated David Lloyd Georges
liberals.
Most OF the towering heads of the
labor party went down. One of the
first TO fall was Uncle Arthur
Henderson. foreign mini y in the
late labor cabinet, = OF the found
ers Of the party and its leader
after Mr.. Macdonald was repudiat-
ed when he formed the national
government.
Strenuous efforts to pass protec-
tive tariff legislation were regard
ed as certain 10 follow the con-
sentative victory.
The fate OF the prime minister
himself. after the bitter contest in
his " constituency at Seaham.
was not known through all the
drama OF the returns last night
and this morning. The votes in the
Seaham division are not counted
until afternoon.
On the basis OF SGT available re-
turns. the standing Of the parties
in the house Of commons as a result
al yesterdays general election was
nc f0iinul.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
WRECK
RECALLS 1916
BANDIT RAID
Wedding Plans Of
Other Victims
Postponed

Randolph cLucky") Wright. for
many years a resident Of Browns
vile, is at the point Of death and
three other persons are in the Mercy
hospital as the result OF a head-on
collision near Smiths day at 5
r m. Tuesday.
Little hope was held for Wright's
recovery. Occupants OF the other
car. Miss Fay Knox OF San Benito,
and Stanley and Albert Bridges Of
Paradise. Tex, suffered painful cuts
and bruises. All received treatment
at the Mercy hospital. Stanley and
Miss Knox were to have been mar
ried today.
Hit Head on
Wright was driving north and the
other car was coming from the
opposite direction. The automobiles
met head on.
Wright was pinned TO his wheel
when heavy sample cases lurched
on him from behind. He suffered a
fractured skull, a dislocated right
hip. a broken left arm and the
shattering windshield badly LAGER
ated his right arm.
Miss Knox was thrown through
the windshield OF the Bridges car,
Albert was thrown out OF the door
and Stanley was severely shaken
but remained under the wheel.
Both cars were almost totally
demolished.
County Traffic Officer z. Z.
Sadler investigated the case.
Well Known Here
Wright lived here many years
and was a member of the Browns
vile Masonic lodge. He travelled
south Texas for the Galveston Dry
Goods company. Last year he re-
moved 10 San Antonio and has
been there since as a travelling
salesman.
He got the name Lucky" from
the bandit raid on a train at Oh
mito in 1916. Wright had $500 on
his person when the armed bandits
stuck up the train. He hid the
money behind steam pipes aid il
was overlooked although the ban
dts went so far as 10 take off his
shoes and search them.
Wright has a wife and ten year
old son in San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
j. F. Bray Dies

J. F. Bray. a resident OF O.mito
for the past three years, died at
his residence Tuesday at lao D. m.
following an illness which extended
over a period OF 6 years.
Mr.. Bray was born Nov. 81, 1888
In st. J%ohnsburg. VT. and moved
with his family from Sigourney,
Iowa 10 Olmito. He Is survived by
his wife. four children. Tom or Des
Moines. Iowa: Anastasia, Daniel
and Miriam OF Olmito: three broth
ers and five sisters all residing In
the north and east.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 9 O'Clock from
the Sacred Heart Church upon the
arrival OF his son. Tom from Des
Moines. The body is at Morris
Mortuary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
OLD POSTOFFICE
YIELDS PAPERS
60 Year Old Receipt Of
Port Isabel Rails
Is Uncovered

A souvenir which tells part OF a
story OF progress IN Brownsville go
years ago came to light with the
razing Of the old federal building
here.
This is a customs house duty
receipt for steel rails shipped from
Cardiff, England. 10 Brownsville by
way Of Port Isabel in 1872. The
rails were used In the construction
Of the Port Isabel railroad.
The paper was found by Post
master G. w. bennett in old GUS
toms house papers, most Of which
were destroyed. Just as the old
building Us being RACED.
Mr.. bennett gave the paper TO
Joe Celaya, vice president Of the
Texas Bank & Trust Co, since the
rails were shipped TO his grand
father, Simon Celaya.
Simon Celaya, one Of the build
ers OF Brownsville, constructed the
narrow gauge railway from Browns
vile TO Port Isabel in 1872.
The shipment which is described
In the customs house receipt con-
sisted OF 1880 rails, weighing
476.580 pounds. This is enough rail
TO build about ) IL miles Of rail-
road, Mr.. Celaya figured.
The value OF the shipment was
S6,647, according TO the old paper.
and the duty paid on this ship
ment was S3,336.06, less 10 per cent,
or S3,002.46 in cash. Just why the
discount was made was not ex-
plained-probably for cash.
The shipment arrived on Sept.
20, in the ship Peerless, with Allen
as master. The rails were taken
from the customs house by L. NJ.
Spinelli. customs broker, acting for
Mr.. Celaya. and the paper was
signed by @. G.. Davis. deputy COL
lector OF customs.
The old paper Is headed. Dis
trict OF Brazos de Santiago; Port
OF Brownsville
Another interesting old paper
shown at the Texas Bank e. Trust
Co., is one owned by Ephrem Cham
pion. employee of the bank. and
which was made out by his grand
father, Peter Champion, in Deem
Der. 1859.
II is a claim against the Mexi-
can government seeking $l6.679 for
damages claimed TO have been done
BY troops under Cortina to the
Champion ranch property near
Santa Maria, and another claim OF
$4,000 payment for liquors and
other property lost by Mr.. Cham
pion at his general store al Bagdad
when that city "a raided.
Peter Champion was the pro-
prietor Of a store in Bagdad which
handled among other things, liq-
uors. food. drugs. dry goods. gro
ceries, and operated a billiard
parlor on the side.
The price Of Bourbon whiskey is
listed In the claim at $3.50 a gall
Ion, and cognac at $3.50 a gallon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Grapefruit Culls
Held Off Market

HARLINGEN, Oct. 28.-Truckers
are no longer handling grapefruit
culls in fancy boxes says Hart Il.
Longino OF the federal-sta ship
ping point inspection service.
In the past there have been truck
ers who put wrapped culls in boxes
and the unsuspectirg buyer paid
fancy prices for them but the man
at the other end has begun looking
into what he Is buying. Longino
saws.
Many Of the truckers now serve
regular customers. whom they can
not afford to deceive. he said.
A great deal Of basket packed
fruit Is still being trucked out but
the grapefruit transported in this
manner Is generally Of better quality.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Hope Held for Wright;s Recover,
Three American Crusoes SaUed After
Shipwrecked Six Months on Tiny Isle

BALBOA, Canal Zone. oct. %
=RJ-Three Americans. steam
ing toward this port aboard the
gunboat sacramento today after
their rescue from six months OF
shipwreck existence on a lonely
Pacific isle, were trying TO make
up for enforced tobacco abstin-
ence with constant smoking.
The caStaways, clad only In
loin cloths. were found by the
gunboat yesterday afternoon on
the beach OF the island Of Cocos,
$50 miles southwest OF Panama.
Their presence there was diScov-
cred Saturday by julius Fleisch-
man, son Of a former mayor OF
Cincinnati, who Is cruising 70
the South Seas in the yacht
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Cox Quits

Due TO lack OF funds in the coun-
ty attorneys office with which TO
paw his salary, Bascom Cox, as
sistant county attorney. has re-
signed, effective Saturday.
He plans to enter private prac-
tice OF law in Brownsville.
Cox salary is paid out OF fees
received from criminal cases and
these fees have been insufficient
to make up his salary. Last month
he received but half pay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Hotel Man Dies

NEW YORK. Oct. %. P-John
McEntee Bowman. president Of the
Bowman Biltmore chain OF hotels.
died early today in Post Graduate
hospital after an operation for gall
stones performed Oct. II. He was So
years old.
During the World war he was chief
Of the hotel. restaurant, dining car
and steamship division Of the u. 8.
food administration,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Officials Return

Rafael Mungula, Tamaulipas
state tax collector. Civil Judge
Simon Torres and LIbrado Salinas
Matamoros police chief have re-
turned from a visit 10 the state
capital. Ciudad Victoria.
They made the trip by the Mat
amoros-San Fernandez iudad VIC
toria highway. They declare the
road Is In a pasSable condition and
that grading work is being rapidly
completed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Zepeda Rites

Funeral services are TO be held
in Buena Vista cemetery Wednes-
day at 5 o'clock for Raquel Zepeds.
~. merchant at Polk and Is. who
died Tuesday following a three day
illness. Services will be held al the
residence and at the cemetery by
the pastor Of the Mexican Presby-
terrain church. Survivors are a num-
Der OF brothers and sisters. Cara
Undertaking parlors are in charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

Camargo. His party found the
remains of the yawl West
Wind" which wrecked last April,
and a note signed by the three
men which indicated they had
been on the spot 48 hours before.
The note said the castaways
had exhausted the supply Of
cocoanuts on that side Of the
island and had struck inland to
look for more.
The rescued men we're Paul
Stachwick or Huron. s. d..
Gordon Brawner OF Springfield.
Ill, and Elmer j. PalliSer OF
San Diego. Calf.
Guns and fishing tackle, SAL
vaged along with a few other
articles from their yawl. aided
them in their six-months' strug-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

gle to keep supplied with food.
For the first few days they
found fish easy 10 catch In the
islands mountain streams. but
later the fish became wary OF
their bait. They built a dug-out
canoe and attempted to fish in
the ocean with not much success.
Their shelter was a rude hut
made OF trees and tightly
matched to keep out an almost
constant heavy rain. The island
Is only Is miles in circumference.
IL was once a rendezvous for
pirates.
They were overjoyed at their
rescue. A whaleboat from the
Sacramento was unable TO get
TO the beach and the three men
had to swim to IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
James Delays Visit

Congressman W. Frank James,
due 70 delays in his schedule else
where, found IL necessary to pas
up Brownsville on his present tour
OF cities in which there are army
posts.
The congressman, head or the
military affairs committee, arrived
in San Antonio yesterday. He had
planned 70 come here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Texas Couple Shot

GREENVILLE. Oct. %. Up
Mitchell Hudnall. 81. and his wife.
Mrs. Grace Hudnall. were IN a seri-
Gus condition at a hospital last night
after a shooting at their home.
Little hope was held for Hudnall's
recovery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Texan Indicted

CORPUS CHRISTI. Oct. % Up
V. Don Carlis was indicted bv the
grand jury today for the slayinR of
Alfred Steinbach. 20, Of Cincinnati.
Ohio.
Steinbach disappeared July Z. A
month later a cowboy found a skele-
ton on a ranch 10 mites south OF
Corpus Christi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Goes Under Knife

Robert Kemper. IL. son or MI.
and Mrs. II. c. Kemper. underwent
an operation at the Mercy Hospital
Wednesday morning to straighten
a shoulder which was injured in a
football game at FL Jardin some
time ago.
The youth was reported doing
well al noon and II was believed
that the operation had been sue
cessful.
DR.. 3. o. Works had charge OF
the operation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Light Norther
Due In Tonight

A light northef viii strike the
Valley late this afternoon o early
tonight. sending the temperature to
about 65, lowest of the season for
the Valley, the weather b-reau re-
ported this morning.
The north winds TO reach the VAL
ley are a continuance Of, cold wealth
er In Wyoming. Montana. Colorado.
New Mexico AMI down the Pacific
coast.
Colder weather was predicted for
north and east Texas tonight. with
probable frost in the Panhandle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Competency Attacked

HOUSTON, Oct. 2a-P- The
competency OF the prosecutions
first testimony attempting directly
TO link F. L. Bouknight with the
Staying OF w. L. Edwards was at
tackled unsuccesSfully today by
counsel for BoukniEht In Ills murder
trial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Church Blaze Probed

TEXARKANA. Oct. %. R-The
schedule Of the Bowie county grand
jury today included further ques-
ticning- or residents OF the Minton
community whose church was de-
strcyed by fire ~allegedly OF incendi-
arv origin Monday.
The jury questioned Is persons
yesterday. six youths were held in
connection with the fire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Methodists Meet

AUSTIN. Oct. %. administers
and lay delegates were arriving here
today for the annual meeting OF the
west Texas conference OF tie Metho-
dist Episcopal church. South. which
will open tomorrow and continue
through Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Intrusion
In Banking Warned

DALLAS. Oct. %. P-Nathan
Adams. Dallas banker, appearing az
a principal speaker before mortgage
bankers here yesterday. warned
against further intrusion by the
government into the banking or
other private business fields.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
NAZA IMPROVES

Condition Of Emilio Maza still
remains serious. although a slight
Improvement in his condition Is
noticed according to attendants at
Mercy hospital, where he under
went an operation Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Miss Lane to Leave

Miss Pauline Lane. who has been
in Mercy hospital for the past
month following an accident the
latter part OF September. will leave
Wednesday for Scott and White
hospital in Temple. She will be
accompanied by her father. J. II.
Lane and her sister, Jimmie Lane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
MARKETS
AT GLANCE

NEW YORK:
Stocks heavy; several rails
at record lows.
Bonds irregular: foreigns and
u. s. governments gain.
Curb heavy: utilities sag.
Foreign exchanges irregular;
sterling of fractlonally.
Cotton steady: New orleans
and local buying.
Sugar higher: steadier spot
market.
Coffee Quiet: foreign buying.
CHICAGO:
Wheat steady; sharp advances
Argentine market.
Corn firm: bulllSh weather
forecast; strong foreign mar
ket.
Cattle firm.
Hogs higher.