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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14
BY HARRY MCCORMICK
MA Service Writer

o OMANCE and adventure ride
IN again on the nations last
frontier, the Big Bend country of
TeXas-the last untamed area of
the old Wild West-where it still
is the case that a mans life often
depends on his ability TO shoot
quick and shoot straight.
I just have returned from trip
through this mountainous wilder
ness, as large as several New Eng
land states, which rises abruptly
from the level plains of west
Texas. 1t lies within the hollow
of the huge bend made by the
curving Rio Grande and thereby
gets its name.
Except for isolated cattle
ranches here and there, and
tiny towns fifty miles apart on
narrow mountain roads, the Big
Bend country today is little diff
ferent from what it was when the
earliest pioneers braved the In
dams to enter it century ago.
Lofty mountains rear their ma
jeStic heads in silent grandeur
over the narrow river that winds
its snake-like way through the
canyons far below; scrawny mes
quite ard cactus cling to their
rocky sides; mountain lions and
panthers roam the underbrush
and rattlesnakes as thick as a
mans ankle wriggle among the
sun-baked rocks.
A ND now a new chapter is be-
L N ing written in the Big Bends
long and colorful history-a chap
ter almost equally as dramatic as
those of guns and bloodshed and
cattle rustlers and bad men that
have gone before it,
The long standing feud be-
tween American ranchers and
Candalario Baeza, the willy old
Mexican bandit, who rules the
wild country just across the border
has been renewed.
The trouble started recently
when Art Hannold and John Rol-
Inns, ranchers, were lured across
the border by Candalario and
made captive, after a plot to have
them slain had failed. Eventually,
they were released.
There is prospect of more trou-
BILE, Recent withdrawal of United
States army troops from their post
at Maria, Tex, in the interest of
economy, has made Candalario
holder, as evidenced by the case Of
Hannold and Rollins, and further
border raids by his band appear
likely.
Uncle Sans cavalrymen, who
could come Gathering through the
mountain passes on short notice,
are gone now, but these hardy
TeXans-rancherS, peace officers
and Texas Rangers-are confident
they can meet anything the willy
Candalario has to offer.
One leaves Texas modern cities
behind and turns back the pages
of history for more than a gene
ration when he enters the Big
Bend country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14

Erom San Antonio westward lie
4 mile after mile of gently roll
ing prairie. Small farms dot the
highway and break its tedium
until one reaches Uvalde. Texas,
the home of Vice President Gar
ner
Beyond Uvalde the scene
changes; the sage brush and the
chaparral grow thicker and the
farms are further apart.
At Del Rio one finds himself in
a rough country that is fit for only
grazing and ranching.
Here are the cactus. the rugged
rocks, the chaparral thickets and
countless thousands of acres as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14
BANDITS LOOT is $40
Gunner Stick Up Operator of
North Side Restaurant.

Two masked bandits, armed with
pistols, early today held up Sans
Subway restaurant, 2735 North Me-
ridian street and obtained approx
mately $40.
Sam HICKMAN, operator of the
restaurant, told police the gunner
fled east on Twenty-eighth street in
Ford roadster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14

This is the first of five stories on the
Big Bend country of Texas. Americas
last frontier, by Harry Mccormack spe-
cial correspondent for NEA Service and
The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14

Since Phil Stong had his first
novel published, the reading public
has anxiously been waiting for his
next. Harcourt, Brace and COM
pany have just published Stong's
latest, Strangers Return The
chief character is Grandpa Storr,
a lovable ostogenarian. 1t is a
story of Iowa fields. OF course
YOU have read Stong's first pub
lShed novel State Fair"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-14
Mexican-Texan Feud Flares Again

location the Big Bend country esten Te east and ntomed de
England hOun the be
typical Gnde this
Evening star., 1933-05-15
STAB WOUND FATAL
IN FREE.F0R-ALL
Colored Man Victim and Three Are
Arrested After Fight Of
Race Groups.

A free-for-all fight between white
and colored men in the vicinity OF
Twelfth and @ streets last night about
1870 o'clock ended in the death OF
John Schenck, colored, "a, OF the l6OU
block of S street, who received stap
wound in the region of the heart, and
blackened eyes, cuts and bruises re-
ceived by others of the party.
Four persons were arrested and helo
pending further investigation of the
affair. They were booked as George
Jones, 81, of Bates street; George Nor
ris Brewer, colored, 28, 1400 block OF
Girard street; Alfred Tate, colored, 81,
of the 1900 block of K street, brother
.in-law of the dead man. and Harry
Evans Sengstack, %, of the 800 block
of Marietta place.
When the fight was over. and 1t was
found that Schenck, lying on the pave
ment, had been wounded, Condery
Jones, 1914 Twelfth street. drove him
to Freedmen's Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival. Tate,
Sengstack and Brewer were treated at
the same hospital for wounds they re-
ceived, before being placed under ar
rest. Two other men were being sought
today.
According to information obtained by
the police, Jones, standing at Twelfth
and @ streets with several companions.
was playing with a dog when several
colored men came along, one of them
commenting upon Jones and the dog.
A blow was struck and the fight was
on. Homicide squad detectives and po-
lice of the second precinct were con-
tinuing their investigation today.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
COE IS Nominated
PATENT OFFICE HEAD
Roosevelt Also Sends Senate Name
of F. W. johnson as Land
Office Commissioner.

President Roosevelt today sent to the
Senate the nomination of Conway p.
Coe of Maryland to be commissioner Of
patents and Fred w. johnson of Rock
Springs, Wyo.. to be commissioner OF
the General Land Office.
Mr.. Coe is appointed to succeed
Thomas E. Robertson of Chevy Chase,
Md, who was appointed by the late
President Harding. Mr.. johnson will
succeed Charles c. Moore as commiS-
sioner of the General Land ONCE.
.Mr. Coe is q native of Maryland and
for a number of years has been living at
lis oxford street, Chevy Chase. He is
q neighbor of Commissioner Robertson,
whom he will succeed. He was educated
in the public schools here and graduated
from Central High School. He later
graduated from Randolph Macon Col
lege and George Washington University.
He is 81 years old and for 10 years
has been practicirg as patent attor-
ney in this city. with Offices In the Ma
tioul Press Building. .
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Two GROUPS TO HEAR
BISHOP J. E. FREEMAN
Hyattsvilie and Broad Creek Epis-
copal Meetings to Hear
Washington Cleric.

Right Rev. James e. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, Is scheduled to
speak at two important Episcopal
Church meetings in Prince Georges
County this week
The bishop will deliver the opening
address at the Spring meeting Of the
Northern Convocation Of the Diocese
of Washington to be held in Pinkney
Memorial Church. Hyattsville. Wednes-
day, while on the following day he will
confirm q class and deliver a sermon
at the 2l0th anniversary celebration
of ST. Johns Church. Broad Greek.
Rev. Malcolm Taylor Of the Ma
tional Commission on Evangelism, and
Rev. Charles H. Collett of the Speak
ers' Bureau. National Council. are also
on the Pinkney Church program. Busi-
ness to be transacted there includes
the election Of clerical and lay dele
gates to the Executive Council Of the
diocese.
Numerous brief felicitatory speeches
by clergymen from Washington and
Prince Georges County will be deliv-
cred during the afternoon portion OF
the Broad Greek celebration.
Evening star., 1933-05-15

The Library of Congress today be-
came the owner of the John Boyd
Thatcher collection Of books and docu-
ments said to be worth $500.000.
through an opinion handed down by
the District Court Of Appeals.
The books and other documents had
been placed in the library by Mrs.
Thatcher prior to her death, and the
collection, subject to certain restrtc-
tions, was left to the Government by
her will.
Mrs Thatcher, who lived in Albany,
N. Y, died February 18, 1927. The will
directed the library off1cials to keep the
books and documents In q group to be
known as Collection Of John Boyd
Thatcher" and to prepare and publish
a catalogue of the books.
Claiming these requirements had not
Evening star., 1933-05-15

1--WE laughing jackasses arrived at
l. the National Geological Garden
bird house from Australasia late
/ yesterday. and settled down in
their cage in the bird house
without so much as cracking q smile.
The iackasses are q species OF king
fisher so highly priced in their native
land that DR.. william M. Mann. Zoo
director here, has been trying without
success for seven years to obtain rev
for the Washington bird house. The
present acquisition finally was arranged
by an exchange Of some South Ameri-
can birds the Australasian ZOO wanted.
In the trade DR.. Mann also received
two fine partridge pigeons. which are
actually pigeons but have markings like
a partridge; three "scaly breasts. y
little gray birds with feathers ruined
on their breasts like fish scales. and three
tufted-crown pigeons and two bronze
winged ones Three young wallabiss.
the smaller type of kangaroo. also ar
rived in the same shipment and were
given a cage near the lion house, where
they viewed apparently without per-
turbation. a fierce looking Siberian tiger
in his quarters across the way.
The laughing jackasses, so called be-
cause they give frequent and noisy vent
to the avian equivalent Of horse laugh,
really are the prizes of the new collec-
ton. Australasians are so fond OF
them they even hate to see any leave
the country They have put the model
jackass' face on their 6-penny stamp.
passed laws for their protection and
make prize pets of them.
DR.. Mann figures the five sent him
will make fine drawing card at the
bird house, as they are active, their
plumage is attractive when in full
growth (they we're clipped for shipping)
Evening star., 1933-05-15
.CAPPER TO SPEAK
AT RENTS Meeting
Second Session Backed by A. F.
Of L. Will Be Held at Central
High Wednesday Night.

The second mass meeting of the Dis
trict Department of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in protest against high
rents in the District, to be held in Gen.
trail High School auditorium Wednesday
night, will be addressed by Senator Ar
thur Capper of Kansas, it was an
nounced by the committee arranging
the event today.
Senator Capper, former chairman Of
the Senate District Committee, who d.
rected an investigation into the rent
situation during the last Congress, was
the principal speaker at the first mass
meeting in Mckinley High School q
month ago. He will outline plans he
has been studying for bringing about
readjustment in housing costs.
Representative Jennings Randolph Of
West Virginia, member of the House
Rents Subcommittee. also has accepted
an invitation to address the gathering,
John P. Simpson, chairman of the Civic
Affairs Committee of the department,
announced.
Leo E. George. president Of the Ma
tional Association of Post Once Clerks,
will analyze the burden Of housing costs
borne by wage earners generally and
will present the views Of the American
Federation of Labor on the matter.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
CARAVAN TO ATTEND
BOARDS SHAD BAKE
500 to 800 Expected at Trade
Groups Annual -Celebra-
ton Saturday.

Between 500 and 300 members of the
Washington Board of Trade are ex-
pected to journey to Bay Ridge. Nd,
next Saturday for the annual Shad
Bake of the organization, for which
elaborate preparations are being made.
A bus and automobile caravan. headed
by an escort of motor cycle police, will
leave the District Building shortly after
9 am, arriving at Bay Ridge in time
for the first serving of plank-baked
shad.
w. Crosdale Wits, general chairman,
and Karl FARRELL, vice chairman Of the
Shad Bake Committee, announced today
that arrangements are being completed
for an attractive program Of sports and
entertainment, including the annual
base ball game between the Member
ship and Public Order Committees:
Tickets for the Shad Bake. materially
reduced in price as compared with
former wears, are ob.ainab'e at the
headquarters of the Board of Trade.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
GINGER JAKE PROBE
SOUGHT BY GROUP
Victims of Middle West Poi
soning Live in Auto Trailer
on Congress Visit.

Convinced now that they cannot re-
cover. the ginger jake" victims OF the
Middle West have sent three OF their
number to Washington to lobby for q
Senate investigation.
The representatives, all Of whom are
permanently crippled, are living in an
automobile trailer on Bladensburg road
while they carry on their campaign.
I'VE did not come to Washington to
ask pensions" said H. H. Kincheloe OF
Oklahoma City, president Of the Ma
tional Committee, United Victims OF
Ginger Paralysis Association. rather
we came to ask the simple justice of q
complete and impartial investigation.
10000 to $4,000 Crippled.
The delegation declared that between
&c, 900 and $4,000 residents of Okla
homa, Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama and
Louisiana "are helpless and permanent
cripples" from drinking Jamaica gin
ger shipped in interstate commerce as
q legitimate medical products.
The other members Of the delegation
are H. NJ Spillers of Chapter No. 2,
Wichita, Kan, and w. J. Herndon of
Oklahoma City. They said a number
Of members of the Senate Agricultural
Committee had pledged support for the
proposed investigation.
Mr.. Spillers explained that while most
of the sufferers were stricken in Febru-
ary and March, 1880, 1t was only COM
paratively recently that the conviction
of permanent injury became general.
Responsibility Not Fixed.
"While some distributors have been
indicted in Kansas" Mr.. Spillers said
no responsibility has yet been fixed
upon the manufacturer of this devastat-
ing poison. That is what We hope tc
achieve in Washington-the exposure
of the company which made the prod
uct and of the wholesaler who shipped
it from the East"
MI. Spillers said that because of early
reports that "tramps and degenerate
persons had been drinking the poison
ginger for cheap drunks, hundreds ol
innocent women and children among
the victims are hiding their afnictior
from the public"
He said Jamaica ginger was one ol
the oldest standard medicines sold ir
the Middle West and was taken BY
thousands of victims, not as beverage
but as a legitimate remedy for stomach
; disorders, notably intestinal influenza.
Evening star., 1933-05-15

Tiny was on hand promptly. He took
a chair and several knives and forks
The first chair broke, and Tiny took
two chairs after that-a safety pro-
vision Mr.. Harr insisted upon.
Tiny had been going for sew
eral hours. when it occurred to Mr..
Carr that he might be an asset as
well as liability. So he put Tiny In
the window for an advertisement.
Eggs by the dozen, chops, salads,
quarts Of ice cream, onions, mashed
potatoes, frankfurters and side dishes
disappeared while Tiny piled his knife
and fork. This went on for hours.
Toward nightfall. Tiny showed signs
Of weakening. What will 1t be for
iessert?" q waiter asked hopefully.
"Dessert?" said Tiny, between bites,
I've been thinking about that. but !
can't decide. I think I'll have . steak!'
Tiny showed up again this morning,
but he wasn't hungry. In decidedly
melancholy frame Of mind, he couldn't
help asking If the winning Of q title
was worth the loss Of an appetite?
"All you need" said the manager,
~ another turn asDund the block:
Evening star., 1933-05-15
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BECOMES
OWNER OF THATCHER COLLECTION
Will Receive Books and Documents Valued at S5OO,OOO
by Appellate Court Decision

been met, the executors of Mrs Thatch-
er's estate sought to recover her de-
ceased husbands collection. The Court
of Appeals, however, upheld the finding
Of the District Supreme Court that the
library had fully complied with the
stipulation in Mrs. Thatcher's will.
The collection consists of the books in
Mr., Thatcher's library and number Of
letters and manuscripts written by "the
Kings and Queens or other rulers OF
England Germany, Spain and Italy, in
GLIDING the Popes Of Rome, and the
Napoleonic collection, as well as num-
ber of books and pamphlets relating to
the French Revolution"
The Government was represented on
the appeal by United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover and two Of his assistants,
John W. Fihelly and John ]. Wilson.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
FAT MAN EATS $13.98 WORTH
OF FOOD AT PENNY RESTAURANT
Tiny Williams, Weighing 406 Pounds, Becomes Knife
and Fork Champion of Washington.

The new knife-and- fork champion Of
Washington spent last night trudging
the streets in an earnest effort to forget
He circled blocks, hour on hour, but
he couldn't shake of the conviction
that he, 406-pound Tiny Williams Of
Chester. Pa, was the man who ran up
q 1888 check at a penny restaurant.
Tiny was to have gone home today.
back to- Chester with his laurels-
homecoming which Tiny has postponed
indefinitely, or ut least until he can
muster the enthusiasm to claim his title
The marathon got away to q pre-
liminary start. Saturday night at the
Penny Restaurant, 638 D street. Tiny
came in with his customary appetite
but after an hour or so the provision"
ran low, the steam counter closed ane
the walters donned street clothes.
Tiny fetched such Q sigh that the
proprietor's heart was touched. No,
Tiny admitted, he had never had enough
to eat.
Come back at O'Clock Sunday
morning." invited Oliver Hary, and III
III you up Tor oncel" ODD
Evening star., 1933-05-15
INAUGURAL BALL BRINGS
$37,83O NET INCOME
Mrs. Dougherty, Chairman, De
clares Money Probably Will Be
Given to Community Chest.

Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chair
man of the Roosevelt-Garne inaugural
ball, today announced that the net in
come from that function was $37 $50 Is
The money will probably go to the
Community Chest" she asserted. This
is at the discretion of the Finance
Board. but I hope that the widows and
orphans funds of the Police and Fire
Departments will receive $4,000 each
They have always had this sum or
more in each of the three inaugural
balls of which I have been chairman
Gross receipts taken in at the ball
were not available today. 1t is eX-
pected that when the general chair
man of the Inauguration, Rear Ad-
miral Carey T. Grayson, makes his re-
port the whole balance sheet will be
presented
Evening star., 1933-05-15
MOURNING PERIOD
IN ETHIOPIA SLASHED
Three Days Instead of Forty Fixed
for Weeping, in Proclamation
Of Emperor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCl8te0 SreSS.
Halle Selassie the First, "annointed
Of God, lion of Judah" and Emperor Of
Ethiopia, much grieved over the death
of a beloved daughter. has broken with
the past and ordered that henceforth in
his land death shall be mourned three
days and not 40.
Furthermore, good Ethiopians may
weep. silently or loudly, and may put a
black band on their clothes. but they
shall not scratch their faces. leap, take
off their clothes or dye their costumes
either black or yellow.
A proclamation to that effect has
reached the American Capital from
the ancient Christian African empire,
with an explanation that this modern
izing will do away with very elaborate
emotional practices, the loss of which
will be much regretted by conservative
elements of the population. Part Of
the new rules follow:
After the three days (of mourning)
have elapsed, those relatives and friends
who come to visit the bereaved, should
leave their cards or should sign in q
book especially prepared, to indicate
their visit. The visitors, who, after
the third day come and sit with the
mourners, are wasting time, because the
bereaved feel that they must weep with
each visitor. This Is prejudicial. There
fore, let it be abolished"
Evening star., 1933-05-15
1886 CLASS REUNITES
Washington High School Group
Holds 47th Reunion.

The forty-seventh reunion Of the
class of 1886, Washington High School
was held at the Hamilton Hotel Sat-
urday night, with Thomas c. Barr,
class president. acting as toastmaster
Mrs Della P. Mussey was elected presi-
dent for the coming year.
Other new officers are George Herbert
Ross. first vice president: Mrs. Charles
S. Eisinger, second vice president
Harry w. Dowling, orator; Mrs. Fred
erick o Roman, class poet; Mrs.
James Henry Harper, historian, and
George Francis Williams, secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
POLICE FAIL TO IDENTIFY
BODY OF RIVER VICTIM
Harbor Officers Pull Corpse of
Well-Dressed Man From Po-
tomac Near Belleview.

Police have not been successful in
identifying the body of a well dressed
man, about so years old, found float
ing IN the Potomac River near Belle
view yesterday afternoon.
The body was pulled from the water
by harbor police and taken to the
District Morgue. Only . picture Of
Christ was found In the pockets.
An examination by DR.. c. j. Murphy,
deputy coroner, indicated death was
due to drowning and that the body
had been in the water only few hours
when found. There were no marks
of violence.
The man was S feet inches In
height, weighed 100 pounds, had no
teeth, was bald and was dressed In q
brown suit, q white sport sweater, .
white shirt, black polka-dOt tie, low
tan shoes and Eay sport sockA -
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Police Baffled by Bees
Decide to Turn Over Job of Routing Big Swarm
From Blockaded Capital Home to Fire
Department.

Snyder and Stuart showed unusual
daring In their attempts to round up
the bees and frequently stuck their
heads near the largest pile Of the In
sects with hundreds Of them swarming
about. Up until the Fire Department.
hose truck had arrived not one sting
had been recorded.
The Fire Department won the first
skirmish with the bees as the men OF
No. II Engine Company pulled out a
hose and washed most Of the insects
from the wall. Thousands OF them
were knocked unconscious, but they
were marshaling their forces for an at
tack on the firemen. The firefighters
after they had unloosed q stream OF
water followed it up with small cans OF
insect sprays and fitted the bees indi-
vidually.
When the war was onicially declared
residents of the section who had been
giving their advice on how to get rid
of the problem took cover. No casual
ties we're announced, although numer-
Gus angry bees were buzzing about the
locality.
The Calls recently moved into the
house, but old residents of the neigh
borhood said the bees congregated in
side the place last year, and the owner
was forced to tear our partitions and
destroy them with poison.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
STABBED BY .BEGGAR
Walter Bahen Injured When He
Refuses Gift of Dime.i

Because he refused to give a dime
to a panhandler yesterday, Walter Ba-
hen, 80, 223 Tenth street northeast,
was stabbed three times in the arm
and shoulder by the mendicant.
Bahen told police he was walking
near Fourth street and g place when q
shabbily dressed man approached him
and asked for money. When Bahen
refused. he said, the man pulled out q
large pocket knife and stabbed him.
Policeman r. E. Turner of the Traf-
fic Bureau later arrested Steve Hadley,
CATION In connection with the stabbing.
Bahen was treated ct Casualty Hos
pitO for his wounds,