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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-25
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Mercedes Club
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MERCEDES, June 2o.-One OF
the delightful social activities or
the weekend was the dinner dance
given y the r~ecreational club OF the
American Legion.
Following the dinner, the remain
der OF the evening was spent in
dancing. An election Of officers for
the coming year was held with o.
j. Gum being named president. w.
j. Scoton was named vice president.
and l.. A. Clark secretary. The din
ner was in celebration Of the first
anniversary OF the club. the central
ornament for the dinner table be-
ing a large birthday cake bearing
one candle. "A color scheme OF pink
and white was chosen for this
pretty affair. both IN floral decor
alton and place cards which marked
places for the following: MeSsvs. and
Mesdames S. w. Allen. Bill Allen,
Murray Howe. f. ID. Green. r. r.
Talbert, +. j. Haufl. Dart DAVIS. j.
Bennett. q. A. King. +. c. McManus.
Fred Johnson. c. c. McIlwain. Mrs.
Jimmie Johnson. w. It. 5cattoa,
Mrs. Roy Harrell. Mrs. L. A. Clark.
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INFOR NAL
BRIDGE PARTY

Auction bridge formed diversion
for a group OF ladies who gathered
az the home Of Mrs. Clarence Rouse
a few afternoons ago. Mrs. Paul
Ruckell. Mrs. A. L. Kline and Mrs.
Joe Wood acting As co-hostesses.
After the games, a tempting re-
freShment course was served, the
following other ladies being pres
ent: Mesdames Jack Hawkins,
Charles Weiner. Bess Roberts.
George Potts. Harold Roland. Floyd
LanEford, Neil Kendrick Of san
Benito and Miss Ruth Anderson.
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A III LESSON

She: Have you ever had a lesson
by correspondence?
He-You betl I never write 70 wo-
men now.-What's on the Air.
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Friday Bridge
Club Hostess

Mrs. Milton West will be hostess
on Friday afternoon 10 members OF
the Friday Bridge club al her home
on washington street.
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ident; Mrs. Ben Epstein. Harlin-
ger. secretary and Mrs. Schwartz,
Raymondville, treasurer.
The first activity OF the sister
hood was a benefit bridge party
given this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-25

The cost Of the World War I'm
money has been estimated at about
Si86. 600. QO0. 1000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-25

Miss Dorothy Cook. above, OF
Washington. ID. C., will be at the
wheel Of the leading a when a
motor caravan Of members Of the
Women's international League
for Freedom and PeaceS leaves
California this month TO carry
disarmament petitions 10 Presi-
dent Hoover. The caravan Will
be met by prominent women Of
each state along the route. The
same petitions, ARE to be laid be-
fore the 1892 International Disar-
mament Conference in Geneva.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-25

Odds quoted against twin babies
Nv a London insurance broker are
100 to 5.
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CTAR HAS
SERVICES

INITIATION SERVICES
In~itiatory services were held
Monday night at the regular meet
ing Of the Eastern Star Chapter Of
this place. with the newly installed
officers putting Ne work.
Mrs. John Rouse. retiring worthy
matron. was hostess during a social
hour. serving a refreshment course.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Jack Trollinger and children
have returned from a recreationaI
visit in the mountains near Kerr
vile.
Mrs. II. Blake Seay and son.
Ralph Greenlee, who have been
guests here in the home or Mrs.
Walden Greenlee. left this week for
Dallas. where they will Join Bob
bic Greenlee. From there they will
60 TO Chicago. where the boys will
attend Northwestern University.
Mrs. Letie Gibson, owner Of the
Gibson Beauty Shop Of this city.
and Mrs. Lellah Lyle. a member Of
the Mercedes school faculty. left
this week for Dallas. Mrs. Gibson
will spend several weeks there in
the interest Of her business. Mrs.
Lyle will 60 on 70 Bonham. where
she will spend the summer In the
home OF her sister.
Mrs. Frank Hall and daughter.
Isabel. have returned TO their home
in Los Angeles. California. where
they will spend the summer. Mr..
Hall who is affiliated with the Co
Operative Association here. left at
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Starr Tried to Die by Poison, But
London Gin Acted as an Antidote

LONDON, June 13 GN.SJ.-
New details of the strange love
life of Starr Faithful, beautiful
New York murder victim, were
unfolded here today as Sc eJeral
persons recalled her adventures
in the British capital.
infatuated with a man who
did not return her affections, the
cultured beauty attempted to
commit suicide in London hotel,
according to the London Daily
Express.
The newspaper published a
lengthy interview with the prysi-
clan who treated the girl on that
occasion. The physician was
quoted as saying:
81 received a telephone call
from Grey FriarS Hotels asking
me to come at once. I found
the door of Miss Faithfull'S room
broken open. She was lying in
a state of coma under the in
fIuence Of a narcotic.
81 treated the girl for a long
time, administering strychnine
and other restOratives until the
stimulated heart action grad
The Washington times., 1931-06-13

peatedly interviewed acquaint-
ances who knew Starr Faithful
during her stay at the Cecil
Hotel in 1928. This investiga-
tiOn was still in progress today,
it was understood.
Known in Bohemia
AS a result of these inquiries,
it was learned that Miss Faith
full was a well.known figure in
the Bohemian life of the Chelsea
district, as portrayed by the
"Sleeveless Errand" inn and
night club. She also was we'll
remembered in such other Bo-
hemian inns as "The Goat in
Boots" six Bells" and "Cada-
gan"
One of the pretty barmaids at
the "Six Bells" recalled that
Starr often visited the inn. She
said:
"She often came here in the
company of a handsome man.
One day, / remember, she
rushed up to me all excited
and hySterical.
Congratulate me; I'm GO
ing to get married. she cried
to me. I congratulated her,
but thought at the time she
did not appear to be very
happy for a girl who was soon
to be married"
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Step-F Father Promises Sensation
Today in a Talk With Reporters

Stanley E. Faithful, manufac-
turing chemist, step-father of the
dead girl, added a new mystery
to the case when he told reporters
that something very important"
was about to break.
Standing in front of his apart
ment in the same block where
Mayor Walker resides, Faithful
said:
Something impOrtant-tre-
mendOusly important - and
something I'VE been r. Ig
could be avoided is going to
take place at Mineola in the
morning. 1 can't tell any more
about it now
Faithful then retreated into
his home. declining to comment
further. He refused to answer
question as to whether he did
not mean Tuesday morning.
when the grand jury will resume.
That Starr was a constant trial
to family and friends by her eS-
capades was testified by several
witnesses. S. Edwin Mergargee,
noted illustrator and dog fancier,
said he had known the FaithfullS
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Took Two Trunks of Expensive
Clothes With Her on Ocean Trip

cause of the slain beauty's fire.
quent visits to London and partly
because of the Englishmen men,
toned in connection with her
love affairs.
Rudolph Haybrook, a scenic
artist, revealed that Starr was
infatuated at one time with DR..
Raymond Lancaster, then ships
surgeon aboard the Mauretania,
declaring that she had followed
him to London and pleaded with
him to marry her. He repulSed
all her advances, Haybrook said.
DR.. Lancaster is now practicing
in Shanghai.
Yard Goes To Work
Scotland Yard, the grim
nemesis of criminals in England,
today entered the Starr Faith
full case in earnest, determined
to unearth all information con-
nected with Miss FaithfuII'S fire.
quent visits to England, and to
learn more about the boy friends
WITH whom she played while
here.
Despite repeated denials that
"the Yard" was officially inter
ested in the case of the beauti-
full New York society girl whose
supposed murder has attracted
the attention of two continents,
In ternational News Service
learned that detectives of Scot
land Yard have been making de-
termined inquiries in Miss Faith
full'S former hauntS.
The former head of "The
Yards" narcotic squad during the
past two or three days has re-
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
ISLAND { HILL D.
AID ASKED

Describing 100000 Porto Rican
children as seriously under
nourished, many slowly starv-
ing" with $4,000 of the neediest
receiving daily food through the
island schools, the Washington
committee of the Porto Rico Child
Feeding Committee. Inc, today
was sending appeals to Capital
residents for a quota of relief
funds.
The letters, signed by Robert
v. Fleming, treasurer of the local
committee and president of the
Riggs National Bank, quotes
President Hoover as saying, after
seeing the suffering in Porto
Rico:
"ThiS is an American job.
The work of the Porto
Rico Child Feeding Committee
is a humane undertaking of the
highest value and deserves the
warmest support of the public"
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
T|M|D|TY LANDS
MAN IN JAIL

A colored man, boiling at high
speed from police headquarters
today after he had timidly ap-
preached the desk to do a favor
for a friend, was chased for a
mile and finally nabbed by pa
trolmen.
Brought back to headquarters,
police were at a loss to know
what charge to place against him
and finally booked the runaway"
on charge of investigation.
Robert Moten, 26, of 408 Fifth
st. N. W., was asked to come to
police headquarters Ivy a friend
who had been arrested for driving
car with bad brakes.
A sudden attack of Stage-fright
caused him to depart post-haste
from the bureau before he had
talked to any one. This led to
a pursuit in which several po-
licemen and score of others
joined. Moten finally was cap
tured at Missouri Avenue and
Seventh Street Northwest by
Policeman w. E. Riley.
Just why he ran Moten de-
clined to say and the police are
trying to solve the mystery.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Present Mystery Is Second One (
In Which Faithful Has Figured

BOSTON, June 13 G.N.SJ }.
The Staying of his pretty STEP
daughter, records here today re-
vealed, was the second mysterious
death investigation in which STAN
ley E. Faithful has played a
prominent part.
Faithful and his family have
been involved in several legal
suits in Massachusetts, courts.
During the World War, in 1917,
Harold A. Whitman, chemist in
Faithfull's chemical plant at
Mansfield. was found brutally
beaten in a dump in Somerville,
and died the following day.
First believed the victim Of
highwaymen, Whitman was later
found to have possessed a secret
formula for use in warfare. Faith:
full, aiding in the investigation Of
Whitman's death, revealed that
The Washington times., 1931-06-13

for five years and told of daring
episodes in the girls life. On Tues
day of last week Starr visited his
studio. She merely chatted and
then left, he said.
Called "NarciSSest"
A friend of the family, whose
name was withheld, described
Starr Faithful as "a narciSsist. !"
He said:
"Three-quarters of her time
was spent on thoughts of her
physical appearance. In many
respects she had the mentality
of a 12-year-Old girl. Her in
stability brought trouble to
everyone who ever knew her."
He explained further that
Starr had love affairs with ships
officers, artists, and various men,
including middle-aged writers and
artists. She passed from one
mad infatuation to another, with
the exception of one, over which
she brooded constantly. Ihis
was her friendship with DR.. G.
Jameson Carr, surgeon on the
liner F'rancOnia
The Washington times., 1931-06-13

ualIy brought her back to con-
sciOuSness. She then made a
rambling statement about TAX
ing an enormous amount of gin,
after which she had gone to
bed and taken "a tablets of a
drug she had purchased at a
chemists shop"
Saved by Liquor
This quantity, the physician de-
clared, would have been more
than sufficient to kill any person
in a normal state, but added that
"the liquor doubtless proved an
antidote." The physician con.
tinued:
II saw her three times the
next day, and asked her why
she had taken the tablets.
"She replied: Il have nothing
to live for now; someone has
let me down very badly /
gathered that she meant some
man, but 1 did not get his
name.
"Miss Faithful struck me as
the type Of person who would
try anything once"
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Police Find Fugitive
After Frantic Hunt
In Own Jail

CHICAGO, June 13 0.N.SO.
Chicago police today had trailed
and captured a desperate, es-
capped convict-in a police sta
ton.
Fond du Lac, Mis-. police tele-
phoned they had traced Albert
Jennings, wanted in three
States, to Chicago and gave his
telephone number, obtained by
tapping the wires when he call
ed his wife.
The number was a secret one,
the telephone company would
give no information, so a squad
car was sent out to the exchange
while Chief of Detectives Nor
ton, himself, used his persuasive
powers.
Finally the address was OBJ
tanned and broadcast and five
fully armed policemen rushed to
the scene. It was the Grand
Crossing police station and Al
bert Jennings was there and
had been for three days.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
MACHINE GUNS
To QUELL OHIO
MINERS
Governor Promises Military Aid
If Strikers Carry Out Aims
to Destroy Coal Property

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, June
13 0NSO.-Special deputies with
fresh supply of machine guns,
tear gas bombs and other weapons
today were en- route to the New
Lafferty coal mine, where 1000
striking miners are threatening to
wipe the New Lafferty off the
map"
Sheriff Howard Duff ordered
the deputies to use tear gas bombs
if an attack was made on the
MINI today and to return any gun
fire with vOlleyS from their own
guns.
Militia May Act
Gov. George White has prom
ised military aid within four
hours if needed.
PITT SBURGH, June IS
Q.N.S0 Possibilities of a quiet
and peaceful settlement of the
walkout of 10000 bituminous
miners in western Pennsylvania
were seen today as operators and
miners awaited joint conference
to be held with Governor Clifford
Pinchot at Harrisburg next
Thursday.
Police On Alert
Participants in the conference
will be Philip Murray, interna-
tional vice president of the
United Mine Workers of Amer.
lea, and Samuel Pursglove, preSi.
dent of the Pittsburgh Terminal
Coal Corporation.
Strong State police guards,
deputy sheriffs and coal and
iron police patrolled the district
yesterday, on the alert to fore
stall threatened violence.
The coal miners union is
staging a spectacular comeback
in Northern West Virginia, where
the open shop system has pre-
vailed for years, according to a
statement published in the news
paper Labor today.
The organ of the railroad
brotherhood declares that p mine
owners have signed agreements
with the United Mine Workers Of
America, calling for clOsed-shOp
operation and an increase in pay.
Since strikes were declared in
43 mines more than 5000 men
have joined the union, it is said.
The strikes are being pursued
against the remaining 16 OPP
orators still holding out for the
open-Shop basis.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
BOOSTERS VISIT
POINT CONFORT

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va,
June 13.-The S. S.. Southland,
bearing 1865 goodwill emissaries
from Washington. reached here
this morning, and after unload
ing a few ardent golfers, con-
tinued on it's course to Norfolk.
Later in the day the ship will
return, take the golfers aboard
and continue on to Newport News
where an inspection of the Dol
lar Lines new boats, S. S. Presi-
dent Hoover and S. S. President
Coolidge, is scheduled. Tonight
the ship will cruise up the
Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis,
Md.
The cruise, sponsored by the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Washington, is an
annual affair. It was inaugurated
81 years ago. This year a black
coffin, symbolic of the burial Of
business burdens, is being con-
Spicuously displayed in the
ships bow.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13

Whitman had been doing Gov.
ernment research work and the
conclusion was reached that the
young chemist was lured away
and slain by enemy spies.
No arrest was ever made and
the case remains a mystery to
this day.
To Somerville police and Middle,
sex county authorities, Faithful
refused to disclose the nature of
the formula, asserting that it was
a commercial secret.
The step-father of Starr Faith.
full was indicted by a Federal
Grand Jury here in 1921 on mail
fraud charges but two years later
was acquitted by a jury. It was
alleged that Faithful claimed he
was the originator of a CONNER,
ciaI process for producing edible
Tactic,
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
School Official Must
Stand Trial as
Wife Beater

NEW YORK, June 13-Not
only must Raymond E. Pink
ham, supervising principal of
Weehawken, N. j., public
schools, stand trial on charge
of hitting his wife in the eye,
but he has to leave her in sole
possession of their home until
the end of the school year.
Mrs. Evelyn Pinkham won
this victory in Weehawken
police court when she exhibited
her injured eye as evidence.
She offered to drop the as
sault charges if Pinkham would
publicly admit them to be true,
but when the latter stubbornly
refused, the case was slated for
hearing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Chevy Chase Citizens
Mark I'd Birthd0H
photo by International
MRS. FAITHFUL

A dinner yesterday at the Olney
Inn concluded the second year Of
activity of the Chevy Chase Gar
dens Citizens Association. Of
which Robert E. Littleton is presi-
dent.
The dinner took the form Of a
progressive affair in which the
guests moved forward three places
after each course, taking their
silverware with them. giving them
a better chance to get acquainted
with their neighbors.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Sons Fight Fathers
BeQueSt to Fidncee
RUDOLPH HAYBROOK

CHICAGO, June 13 uN.SD.-
Cutting off two sons, George Hast
ings White left an estate valued at
half a million to Miss Elfreda M.
Prestel, a law office clerk, whom
the sons say they do not even
know. Miss Prestel, 40, explained
she had been engaged to White,
who died at. the age of so, since
1928 and would have married were
it not for the stock market crash
a year later. The sons, Stanley
w., and Leslie r. White, began
immediate legal action to break
the will.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13

Miss Faithful, according to j
r. Bissett, manager of the Golden
Cross Hotel. came to the Golden
Cross from another London
Hotel. He said:
"She had two trunks packed
with the most expensive cloth
ing" Throughout the whole
first day she mOped and fumed
around the lounge of the hotel
and kept repeatedly ringing
someone at her former hotel.
She was apparently always re-
buffed and became more and
more respondent after each set.
back.
Leaves without Baggage
"She was not drinking any.
thing and had only stayed two
days when she disappeared.
leaving her luggage behind. l
searched fOl clues which would
lead me to her whereabouts,
and it was then that I found
her diary. Three weeks later
q draft came from America
clearing up her bills and her
baggage was sent on to her."
Another London friend Of the
slain girl, in an interview pub
liShed here. declared that Starr;
escapades had given her motheI
cause to worry since her schoo
girl days. He recalled an earlier
attempt on the part of the gir
to commit suicide, declaring sh'
was restrained by a hote
chambermaid.
Case Interests London
The murder of Miss Faithful
has attracted almost unprece
dented attention here, partly be
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Woman, Threatened,
Watches Thief Work

Police today are searching for
a thief who ransacked the home
of Mrs. Martha Hitler, Benning,
D. C. Mrs. Hitler was awakened
last night to see a colored man
bending over her with a lighted
match in his hand. He threat
ened to kill her if she made an
outcry. Frightened, she lay mo-
tionless while the intruded ran
sacked the room. He took SIS and
a watch and then escaped.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
South Carolina Man
Breaks Lea on Train

Felix Doughty, colored, Of Latta,
S. c., broke his leg yesterday
when he attempted to board a
freight train near Union Station
in Alexandria. He was taken to
Alexandria Hospital for treatment.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Boston Places Curb
On Noise of Radios

BOSTON, June 13 Q.N.SO.
Under a new city ordinance, effec-
tive at 1901 a. m. today, radio
loud speakers in Boston from
midnight until 7 o'clock in the
morning must not throw jazz or
other programs beyond a distance
of 100 feet. A maximum fine of
$40 was provided.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
175.MILE Birdie PATH

RUTLAND, VT, June 13 G.N.S)
A network of bride paths is be-
ing mapped out in the foothills
of the Green Mountains to enable
horseback riding without encount-
ering motorists. The longest bride
stretch is from Bennington to
Burlington, IT'S miles.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
SChnf Will Leaves
SI,OO1,OOO to Charity

MINEOLA, N. Y, June 13
G.N.SO The will of the late
Mortimer L. Schiff, financier and
philanthropist, was filed for pro
bate today. Charitable requests
totaled $1,001, 900, but there was
no estimate of the amount Of the
estate.
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
TILTED BY SHIP DOCTOR SHE
FOLLOWED To EUROPE

diary being found were discounted
by Inspector King. He denied
that he had found a second
diary and insisted that the dOcu-
ment he showed District Attorney
Edwards last night was not a
diary but merely some notes
found at the Faithful apartment.
He said the notes may or may
not" play a part in solving the
mystery,
The Washington times., 1931-06-13
Continued From First Paee)

(C0ntInued From First Pdge)
turers of 500 bills and the dis
tributing headquarters abroad.
Starr, with her cultured man.
ner, finishing school background
and unimpeachable place in so
ciety, could carry sums of money
back and forth between the conti-
nents without exciting suspicion.
Meanwhile, reports of a second
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sion 1 before Justice Peyton Gordon.
She was remanded for sentence.
Miss Jane Pierson, nurse. was the
complaining witness and told the jury
that she had been called to the Port
land Apartments, where Mrs Howe re-
sided. October 10 to nurse her. While
so engaged, she said, Mrs Howe told
her she was the widow of Flagler and
expected soon to come into her share
of shis estate. She promised the nurse
to give her $4,000 of her inheritance
and also stated that she owned a
picture in Newark valued at S2c0 .00o
These representations, the nurse said
induced her to lend 81 500 to, her
patient, none of which has been repaid
Assistant United States Attorney John
j. Suraci conducted the prosecution.
The grand jury today heard testi-
mony concerning the killing of Mrs.
Anna May Baker April in the pres
ence of her three little children Her
husband, Albert c. Baker, is said to
have admitted to police that he fired
the shots that killed his wife. He sur
rendered Monday after paying a visit
to a brother in Virginia. An indict-
ment for murder in the first degree
was asked of the grand jurors by As
sistant United States Attorney John r.
Fitzpatrick, who presented the case.
The witnesses included Mrs. Ida L.
Mcpherson, sister of the dead woman;
Robert L. Reum, her brother end De-
tective Sergeant George G. Darnall.
The three children, Victor, Albert and
Jack. who are respectively 8, 10 and
IL years cid, were summoned to the
grand jury room, but Mr.. Fitzpatrick
decided not to require them to narrate
the details of the tragedy to the grand
jurors.