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The Washington times., 1931-02-06
BUILDER SUES
. DEFUNCT FIRM

David L. Stern, a builder and
contractor of 1912 1 st. N. w,
today filed a petition in Equity
Court to compel the receivers for
the defunct investment banking
house of SWartzell1 Rheem and
Hensey to furnish him with a
list of names of holders Of notes
aggregating $450,00O which he
borrowed from the firm and has
only received a part.
According to the petition filed
by Attorney Alvin L. NeWmyer,
Mr.. Stern negotiated the loan in
furtherance of the building of
the Frontenac Apartment house
at the corner of Connecticut Ave
and Brandywine st. He has re,
ceived part of the money, Mr.
Stern says, but a large amount
of the original loan is yet un-
paid and the interest payment
on the first six months period is
about to become due.
Mr.. NeWmyer indicated that
when the names of the notehold-
ers and the increments of the
amount which they hold are as
certained, he will file suit to en-
force payment of the entire
amount of the loan. The build
ing is about 85 per cent com,
pleted, according to the petition
This action closely resembles
the procedure adopted by Frank
Tomlinson, another builder, who
yesterday named the receivers
and 2O9 noteholders defendants
in suit to carry out the terms
of the original loan agreement
he had made with the banking
house,
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Army Orders

Leave of absence is granted
Capt. Harry L. Hart, Quartermas-
ter Corps.
Col. William H. Noble, Quarter
master Corps, to Fort Newilton,
N. Y.
Lieut.. Col. Sherman Miles,
Coast Artillery Corps, to the
Field Artillery.
Lieut.. Col. John Hawley Larned,
Air Corps Reserve, to active Gltty.
Capt. Irwin S. Dierking, GUAR
termaster Corps, to Hawaiian De
partment.
Col. Benjamin o. Davis, Cav
airy, to duty with pilgrimage Of
mothers and widows to the cene-
terieS of Europe.
Major John A. Crane, to Fort
Sill, Okla.
Major Joseph M. Swing, to Fort
Sill, Okla.
Capt. Augustus M. Quincy, to
Fort Sill, Okla.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
KISSES
FATHER At
VERDICT
Jury Acquits Youth After
Three Hours; Killing Held
Result of Drunken BraWI

NEW YORK. Feb. 6 G.N.S.).
To start life anew, James M
Maxon, jr., was to leave today OF
tomorrow for his home in Chatta
nooga, Tenn. The 21-year-old son
of the Protestant-EpiScopal bishop
coadjutor of Tennessee was &C
quilted here last night by a jury
in the court of general sessions Of
second degree murder charges.
He was accused of beating to
death David Paynter, aged printer
during a rooming house quarrel.
Eyes Fill With Tears
After he heard the words dis
charging him from custody the
youth walked to the front bench
in the court where his father was
sitting, his eyes filled with tears,
and leaned over and kissed the
bishop.
The jury deliberated less than
three hours.
In his charge to the jury Judge
Donnellan said if the story told
by Maxon on the witness stand
were true. he should be acquitted.
Maxon had testified he had
struck several men in a fight at
his rooming house here last April
but denied he had killed Paynter
The prosecution claimed the aged
lodger was killed in a free-for-all
fight.
LittIetOn Touched
Martin w. Littleton, New York
defense attorney, whose heart as
we'll as his legal interests, were in
this trial of the son of an old
friend, made a moving speech to
the jury. He said:
Hes only a boy. He was a
stranger in this city, and a
stranger in the rOOming house.
He came here driven by ambi-
ton, wanting to write, wanting
to be a newspaper reporter. He
hadn't scratched the surface of
this huge city with it's rushing
life, it's metallic surge.
Think, gentlemen, before
you throw away such a precious
thing as the life or liberty of
21-year-Old boy on the testimony
of such witnesses as you heard
here"
There we're tears in the eyes
of Mr.. Littleton, in the eyes of
the defendant, and in the eyes of
Bishop Maxon, when the attorney
finished his address,
The MaxonS, father and son,
were too overcome by emotion
and relief to make any coherent
statement of their plans, but it is
thought that the bishop coadjutor
of Tennessee will take his son
back to Chattanooga.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
QUAKE DAMAGE
S125,000,000
MILE. JEANNE JULIA

WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 G.N.SO
Damage caused by the series of
earthquakes W hi c h destroyed
Napier and Hastings, two cities
in the Hawke Bay region of North
Island, was estimated today to
total $125,O0O,O0O. Estimates as
to the number of dead still range
from 700 to 1000.
Several persons have been
rescued from the ruins of their
houses after having been buried
for two days.
Relief work has progressed so
satisfactorily, however, that or
ders for the complete evacuation
of Napier have been rescinded.
Food supplies in that city are
now considered adequate and
adequate sanitary arrangements
have been made so that the
danger of pestilerce and disease
has passed.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
FqnnOn VIII Push
Auto License War

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Feb. 6.
Councilman T. J. Fannon yester
day served notice on the council
that he had not abandoned his
one-man war on the city auto and
truck licenses when he intro
duced a resolution to do away
with all auto licenses beginning
January 2, 1882.
He said he was introducing the
resolution now so that council
could find some other way to
raise the $4,000 netted by the
licenses.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Baby Burns to Death
As Mother Talks
Insurance

KINGWOOD, w. Va, Feb. 6.
Mary Lou, 9 months old, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Danks, was burned to death at
the home of her parents on
Beverly Hill.
The child was left in her
carriage in the front room
while the mother was on the
porch with an agent trying to
sell her life insurance for the
children.
A 2-year-old sister left play
ing pushed the baby carriage
into "a burning crate, igniting
the clothing in which the baby
was wrapped.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Los Angeles Swept
BY Disastrous Storm

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Feb. 6
INSD.-This city and vicinity
today was recovering from a
heavy rainstorm which left death
and destruction in it's wake. High
seas washed a half dozen cot
tages into the sea in the Topanga
canyon vicinity and others were
undermined by heavy breakers.
A passenger bus was lmgulfed
by a cloudburst, forcing it off
the highway. The bus caught
fire, burning a sailor and woman
to death.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
ZiegfeLd ShOW Girl
NOU Seeks ALin1OnY

NEW YORK, Feb 6 CU.SD
Marion Dodge Humbert, who
smiled in Smiles" for Ziegfeld,
would like a separation and rea,
sonable alimony from her hus-
band, John Horace Humbert,
stock broker and son of the late
John j. Humbert.
She filed her action today,
contending her husband was
cruel and inhuman and that he
abandoned her in 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
NeW Jersey to Haze
IL COP. Districts

Final plans of New Jersey Re,
publican leaders for reapportion,
ment of congressional districts
will be drafted at a meeting in
Atlantic City Saturday, it was
announced today. The confer
ence will include leaders of the
legislature, Representatives Per
kinS. Lehlbach. Bacharach and
other Republican leaders.
1t is said authoritatively that
the redistricting plan, adding two
new congressional districts to New
Jersey. will make IL of the IA
districts normally Republican.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
MATRON WARRIOR DIES

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 6 G.N.SO
Sonora Amanda, aged 1O7, has died
in ASuncion, Paraguay. She
served as a sergeant in the Para
guayan army in the war against
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay,
1860.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Epstein s Statue Genesis -
Anglers London Critics

LONDON, Feb. 6 G.N.SD Tor
rents of criticism were poured on
the head of Jacob Epstein, Ameri-
can-born sculptor, today, over his
newest work, Genesis" represent
ing the birth of mankind.
The statue will not be seen by
the general public until next week.
but critics, granted a previeW, are
almost unanimous in attacking
the marble figure Of a squat
woman with Simian-like features
as the essence of ugliness."
Defending his work, Mr.. Ep-
stein said:
"'Genesis' is not ugly. l pur-
sue my own ideas of beauty, not
someone else's IDEAS"
Mr.. Epstein first offended the
The Washington times., 1931-02-06

critics in 1908 with 18 figures he
executed for the British Medical
Association Building on the
Strand. His Oscar Wilde tomb, in
Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris,
has frequently been criticized.
Stanley Baldwin, then prime
minister, was violently attacked
in 1925 when he unveiled Mr..
Epstein's statue in Hyde Park,
erected as a memorial to w. H.
Hudson.
Figures representing DAY" and
Night" now oTnamenting the
London Underground Railway
Building, were the latest previous
Epstein works to be criticized.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
MACHADO NOW DICTATOR
HAVANA, Feb. 6 GN.SD

HAVANA, Feb. 6 G.N.SD
President Machado signed the bill
authorizing him to suspend conSti-
tutional guarantees in all or any
part of Cuba at any time. He is
thus authorized to declare him
self virtual dictator of the island
at any time.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
VA. MATRON BURNED

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 6 GN.S)
Mrs. Catherine Van Buren, 35,
died today from burns suffered
when her dress caught fire in
front of her kitchen stove. Her
husband was burned badly when
he tried to save her.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Navy Orders

The following changes are an
nounced:
Comdr Benjamin V. McCan-
dish. to War College, Newport,
r. I.
Comdr. Harold V. McKittrick
to War College, Newport, r. I.
Comdr. Frank H. Roberts to
War College, Newport, R. I.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

ton. hating new drilling for a
commodity already so vaS.gy e
produced that the petroleum indus
1ry OF the entire world IS sick.
Scarcely less vital from the con-
servation angle was the ruling that
the slX-state compact which made
possible the construction OF Hoover
dam on the Colorado was valid and
that Arizona could not block the
project. So confident were Wilbur
and his aides on this point that
The contract has been let ard con
struction is lar advanced Mil
lions had been spent before the
supreme court gave its approval.
The OIL ruling was one OF the
first executive acts Of the Hoover
administration. The industry, par
tlCularly IN this country, was IL a
bad way. The president and his
interior secretary were preaching
conservatiOn-oil was being wasted
that never could be replaced. In
those days neither the industry
nor the OIL states were very symp-
allC.iC. But things got worse as
show nby the tumble III oil prices
from an average Of $3.50 OF bet
ter to something like 80 cents. Now
the p|roration idea Is in full swing.
with the principal states in some
measure clamping down on pro-
ductiOn b. existing wells. The
'unitizati0n" or unit operation idea
BY which n wei does the WORK
Of dozens and does it more eff
GENTLY II more slowly, Is gaining.
But, had the supreme court held
that the law authorizing oil cx-
pioration permits prevented the in
terror secretary from refusing more
permits, the bottom might have
fallen out again. Everybody inter-
ested in new territory would have
been forced To drill Immediately
bringing in a new factor Of un-
certainty and a threat OF still
greater. unnecessary production Of
petroleum.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Will DAY
FETE IS RIOT
Meeting Breaks Up In Dis
cord AT N. Y. Last
Night

NEW YORK, May IS. pa meet
ing OF 500 persons in celebration of
international goodwill day ended
in discord last night.
1t broke I'D with Kisses. cheers
and organ music when James w.
Gerard formerly ambassador 10
Germany. who was presiding. refus-
cd to put a motion offered BY John
Haynes Holmes. clergyman, con
demning the current arny air man
etIvers as "monstrous, arrogant and
shameless"
The meeting was az Town Hall.
q civic forum on West 43rd street.
For several hours George Gordon
Battle. Claiming Pollock. Rabbi
Ogjbow Goldstein and Nfrku James
J.. Laidlaw denounced war as brutal
and uncivilizcd.
Then Mr.. Holmes offered a re-
solution pctitioning President Hoov-
cr to stop the air maneuvers ana 10
prevent this dissertation Of internal
tional good will and "wanton ex-
penSe IN a period Of acute ecOnO-
mic distress
In refusing 10 put the motion Mr..
Gerard said the audience should
have faith enough i'll America to
realize that the maneuvers were not
hostile gestures.
We are at. var right now with a
nation OF murderers who have de-
stroyed religion" he added.
Interruptions here became fire.
quent. One heckler called for A ris-
ing vote on the resolution and many
IN the audience stood up. The organ
was played in an effort to stop the
verbal confusion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Truck
Markets

+. o. d. shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday, May Is:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
warm cloudy.
Tomatoes: HaulingS moderate.
Good wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate, market about steady. Lugs
green wrapped US No. / 6x7 and
larger, carloads FOB usual terms
mostly around SI.5O, few Sl.35;
cash track mostly S125. Truckloads
cash 10 grOwers-mOStly 2 to 2 I-2c,
very few &c per ID on ext and lar
ger.
Green corn: Haulngs increasing.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate. market about steady.
Bushel baskets carloads FOB usual
terms $l.35-1.50; cash track mostly
around Sl.25, few lower. Top ice
extra. To growers in field 50-75c
per buShel. mostly around 75c.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Monday. May Is:
Tomatoes: Texas So. Fla. 48, Cal.
2, total US 103 cars. Mexico = cars.
Potatoes: Ala. $50, Cal. 20. Fla.
l37, Idaho 81, La. IS, Maine IS,
Mich. 9. MINI. Is, Texas 20. Wach.
AS, Wis 10. Total US 624 cars.
Beans: Ala. 1, Fla. II, Ga. 8, La.
p, S G. 4, Texas ?, total Us 40
cars.
Beets: N. c. 6, total US 6 a
Cabbage: Ala. "A, La. J., Miss. 81,
N. c. i, s. c. IL. Texas 8, va. 2. to-
tai US 162 cars.
Carrots: Calf. "a. New York 8.
Texas /, total US 40 cars.
Green corn: Fla. 2, Texas 20, to-
tai US % cars.
Cucumbers: Ala. ?. Calf. ?. Fla.
81. III. 1. Ind. i. Iowa /. Mich ?,
Texas II, total US 1O8 cars.
Mixed vegetables: Fla. 10, La 4,
Texas 3. total US 81 cars.
Onions: Calf. 70, New York 3,
Texas III. total US 90 cars. Pre-
viously unreDorted for May 10th.
Texas 4; 18th. Texas IS; 18th Tex
as IL.
Lower Valley shipments forward
ed Tuesday morning, May 10:
Cucumbers /. mixed vegetables 8.
carrots ?. potatoes 3, beans l. toma-
toes 81. corn Fl. parsley 2 total lib
~ars. Total movement to date this
eason-Fruit 1920 vegetables 1888.
otal 22.o13 cars: to same day last
-eason-Fruit 1882. vegetables 90
COZ, total 2 4s44 airs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
PLAN VALLEY
NAVAL RESERVE
Deep Water Harbor Will
Boost Prospects,
Says Kramer
CBy Staff Correspondent

HARLINGEN. May l9.-Organ-
cation Of a naval reserve unit in
the Valley Is beginning to appear
very favorable largely on account
Of the fact that a deep water har-
Dor Is expected to be made avail
able, according to George A. Kram-
er OF Harrington, naval recruiting
officer for this district.
He has been in correspondence
with various superior officers con-
corning the formation Of such a
unit for some time and Wednesday
a number or them will be in the
Valley on an inspection tour dur
Ing the course OF which the mat
ter probably will be further dis
cussed.
Capt. and Mrs. ?. II. Newton.
the wife OF Admiral Apologize and
several others are expected to ar
rive in the Valley for this tour
wednesday.
1t is necessary to have four line
officers in a district before such
a unit can BE- established. Kramer
said. He recently found the fourth
one at Laredo. One ship company
probably would be organized at
first with a hundred or more mem
bers. Drills would be held once a
week and those participating paid
at the rate OF a days service al
though the drill period would not
consume over two hours at the
most.
Before the coming OF deep water,
land drills probably would be held.
With the coming OF a deep water
harbor a destroyer or submarine
chaser might be assigned 70 Port
Isabel and Brownsville as Is the
case where there r other naval re-
serve units.
Men and bows between the aGes
OF II and IS would De eligible for
enlistment in the reserve unit.
Should a boat be assigned TO the
Valley unit the members would get
q great deal Of recreation out of
the service to saw nothing or the
practical instruction they would
receive.
Kramer. a navy enthusiast 70
the core, Is highly enthusiastic over
the prospects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
SUSPECTS ARE
GRANTED Bail
Dallas Plans Prosecution
OF Alleged Kid
napers

DALLAS, Tex. May 10. P-Two
men held In the Corsicana jail
charged with KIDNAPPING Robert
Cert, Corsicana bankers son. last
December and obtaining $4,000
ransom for his release, looked to-
ward Dallas today for the next
move in their fight 10 obtain re-
lease on bail.
Jimmie and Doyle Nash won
their contention in the court OF
criminal appeals at Austin yester-
day on habeas corpus proceedings
for release under bond in the Ma
varro county charges, kidnaping
and conspiracy. CurTie Caldwell.
ramed with them in the Corsicana
charges, also was allowed bail at
the hearing. Charley HaSscll, a
fourth member Of the quintet in
dlcted at Corsicana, remained IL
jail, and Oliver Clapp, the fifth
member, had not been arrested
The appellate court order con-
cerned only the kidnapping charges
at C~orsicana, the men contending
the charges under which they were
held were not capital cases. having
to do with events which occurred
before the legislature passed a new
law making kidnapping a capital
offense.
However, District Attorney VIII
liam McGraw Of Dallas announced
Jimmie and Doyle Nash and Clapr
were charged here with robbery
with firearms. a capital offenset
and he would resist efforts of the
Nash brothers to obatin bail. Cald-
well and Hassell we're not charged
at Dallas. Corsicana officers held
warrants under which the men
could be held for the Dallas cases
The court of criminal appeals
asked that q hearing be held in the
district court at Corsicana to de-
termine the amount Of bail for the
Nash brothers to obtain bail. Cald-
held Saturday. the court said. the
men will be granted $1,000 bail III
each case, which would mean a
total OF $4,000 for each man on
the two charges.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Illinois Family
Praises Schools

Brownsville schools and climate
are highly praised by the Wilson
family, Of Rockford, III, who will
leave the city in a few DAYS fol-
lowing the close Of schools here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Wilson and
their two children came here in
December. for Mr.. Wilson's health.
They noticed considerable improve
ment in his health. and were 50
pleased with the schools here that
they remained through the school
year, and plan to return this win
ter, according to reports from the
tourist department OF the Browns
vile Chamber Of Commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

each morning 70 salute the Rus
sian soviet flag and promise ale
glance TO IL.
The California law prohibits the
display OF a red flag or any other
devise in a public place as a sign
OF opposition to organized govern
ment or as an invitation or slim
illus TO anarchistic action on as an
aid 70 propaganda that ~ on N Be-
ditlOus character"
Chief Justice Hugges' opinion
said "the maintenance OF m up-
portunity for free political discus
sion 10 the end that government
may be responsive 10 the win or
the people and that changes may he
obtained by lawful means an up-
portunity essential 10 the secur-
ity Of the republic. ls a ftnda-
mental principle or our constitu-
tional system"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Washington Bust Is
Presented To Texas

AUSTIN. Tex, May 10. tP-Con-
gresham James p. Buchanan urged
America to redidicate Itself 70 the
principles OF George Washington IN
an address here last night present.
ing a bust OF the first president e.
the State Of Texas. The program
was 10 commemorate the 2O0th an
niversary OF the birth OF the ma
tons first executive.
Buchanan said the country was
entering on the most important per-
iOd in It's history, and declared the
growth OF bribery and corruption III
public life was a menace to the
union.
Accepting the bust. Governor
Ross Sterling exhOrted Texans to
properly observe the bicertennial OF
W~ashington's birth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Valley Underwriters
Discuss Problems
DIV Siaff CnrrnSnnndentl

SAN BENlTO. Nav LIT always
costs more TO drop old policies and
replace them with new ones for the
reason that age Of the insured has
increased. 1t was pointed out at the
meeting Of the Lie Underwriters
Assn, Of the Valley here. ye. 'twis-
ters' are successful often times in
getting policy holders TO do this.
The association elected Yves WIKI
inson and Mrs. Katy Haley OF Har-
lingen. l.. 4 Taylor Ct Donna and +.
G. Osborn Of Brownsville members
Of the board OF governors.
officers previously elected who al
so will serve on the board are Frank
Hadden. Mercedes. president: II. H.
Iueders. McAllen. vice president:
and J.. ID Wren, San Benito, secre-
tary-treasurer.
All IS membc>s and one visitor
were present az the meeting here.
The next meeting will be at the
Plaza Hotel, Harrington, May 30.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Effort Made For a
Veterans Hospital

Plans for q determined effort 10
secure a projected vrteran's hos
tai in Brownsville Will be discuss
I at the meeting Of the Browns
lie Chamber of Commerce to-
night. according to announcement
made today by officers Of the or
~-aniZation.
The Lower Valley is being con-
'dered as a site for a proposed
-7rital. and the al rantages OF
rs CITY will be brought 10 the at
tention Of the hospital. officials.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Highway Association
Assists In Publicity
fBv Staff CorresDondent

SAN BENITO. May l0.-The asso-
ciated commercial clubs with head
quarters at Rapid City. South Da-
kota and 38 touring bureaus has,
agreed to display advertising book
let's and other literature from cities
ca the Meridian Highway which pro-
badly Will attract a large number Of
tourists to Texas and the Valley,
according to a letter received by the
chamber Of commerce from d. r.
Colp, president OF the Meridian
Highway Association in Texas.
Mr.. Colp said that he had receiv-
ed such assurance from r. L. Bron-
son Of the associated clubs due TO
the fine cooperation offered III con-
duct Of the Custer Battlefield High
way Assn. tour through Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
RIGHT TO TALK
POLITICS Wins
Supreme Court Finds Cal.
Red Flag Law Is
Defective

WASHINGTON, May 10. Up
Free political discussion OF the
government remains a constitution
al right.
Fol that reason, among others.
the supreme court found defective
the California Red Flag law under
which Yetta Stromberg. a native
American Of Russian parentage.
was convicted. The decision yes
terday sent the case back 10 the
state court.
The woman was prosecuted be-
cause children at a camp TO which
she was attached we're assembled