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VOL. XXX, Xo. 276. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTER NOOX, APRIL 5, 1924. SIX PAGES TODAY ESTABLISHED 1893
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INVESTIGATION
war contracts;
WILL CONTINUE
Daugherty Committee Recess
es Today to Take Up War
‘Deals' Monday. May Cite
M. Daugherty for Con
tempt
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. A|»l. The iMugli- |
erfy investigating committee was in re
«ess today after another week of ri o
alieting inquiry.
Although darting from ••deal” to
••deal” the committee was om ertie l j
chiefly with war contra ts and is expect
ed next week to hear Secretary Weeks |
with reference to aircraft fraud cases.
It is planned, however, to examine
other witnesses on this matter Indore
questioning the secretary and that the
aoiumittee will have available to study
documents relating to some of the cases
pla< ed at its disposal yesterday for con- I
sideration in executive session.
Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana,
prosecutor of the inquiry, and Senator
Moses of New Hampshire, repuli'an
member of the eoimnittee have been mi*
, tkorM to conduct an investigation it
Washington Courthouse. Ohio, of the ac
counts of the Midland National Hank of
which M. S. Itaughertv, brother of the
former attorney general, is president,
hut it hail not been made known last
night when they would leave.
I'outempt proceedings against the
Ohio hunker are under > onsideration be
cause lie has refused to permit examina
tion of the accounts by its agents to tie*
extent desired b> tli,. committee and re
lent ly failed to answer when ailed un
der a subpoena, subsequently question
ing the legal rig'nt of the investigators t.i
require his presence.
ATI.ANTA. April J. K. Dyche.
former warden of the Atlanta federal
prison is said to have made sc ret invest!
gat ion of alleged nareoti- peddling witn
iu the prison in an effort to destroy the
tivil service system within the institution I
so that lie might appoint men of his own
selection to various points it was • barg
ed last night by I.. .1. Fletcher, deputy |
warden.
Ilis statement was in answer to
■ qi’.e J he senate j
; ■ oniinittee .if
feet that drug.< i
in the prison,
se the arrest of
at the peniten
ths! it ute his own
drug- away
from tins' place wnere there a mote
than •J.htto prisoners, especially when
about StMl of them are narcotic addict'."
said Fletcher. “Hut \f<- ...
that there is not as much smuggling ot
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ACTRESS STARTING
SUIT FOR OVER HALF!
MILLION IN DAMAGES:
-.
»By The Associated Pr< ss :
XKW YOKK. April I’rim
Maria 4*:irmi Matchahell', known oil tin*
stHge as Maria Carini. today brought
suit in the stale supreme emirt against
Morris liest, producer. asking S.Hi.imhi
damages for alleged Breach ol coutia.
nnd asserting that l.ad> I liana Huff
*‘ooper. Knglfsli actress, had been '<i •
R tit tiled for her ill n ride in •the Mir
*iic' " for whi h she had Seen engaged.
.LAY QUALIFYING EVENT
(By The Associated Pres* V
riXKIU'KST. N. April •> The
filial IN hole round of the .nullifying
event in the annual north and **>ui!i
niuateiir golf tournament. postponed
yesterday heeatlse of rain after a muddy
nine holes had been negotiated, will he
placed here today, weather permitting.
The end of the first Is lodes Thor*
day found M K. Merrinian of Watery
Imry. Conn*, leading with a *• ore of 7>
ami 1C! other tdayers hunched within
nine strokes of him.
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Official Weather Reports
Brownsville r.nd vicinity: Mostly
cloudy and unsettled tonight :.nd Sun
day. probably local showers; not much
change in temperature.
Hast Texas: *L’n: titled tonight and
Sunday, probably local showers; cooler
in northwest portion Sunday. Light to
moderate easterly to southerly winds on
- the roust.
Weather Conditions
The weather was generally cloudy and
•omewhat unsettled this morning
throughout the g eat central valleys and
the cotton belt. Light to heavy rains
occurred within the last 21 hours in the
the south Atlantic stairs and in the in
terior of of Georgia and Tennessee.
Charleston, S. Car. repo-tid a very
heavy rain of 1.02 inches. There was a
further slight to moderate rise in tem
perature over the eastern half of the
country, hut it was colder this morning
in the Plateau and most of the Rocky
Mount: in regions under the influence
of a moderately strong high pr ssuro
a:ea moving in from the notth Pacific
j^V roa t.
Ik The lowest temperature Inst nicht at
^M^Texas stations ranged from 42 at Ant
|Kuillo to 66 at Brownsville.
Every Person Interested
Will be Given Opportunity
to be Heard in Merger Case
illy The A .seriated Press J
AI’STIX April •”». I-Ivery person in
lereste.l ill the e-ntisolielul ie*ll plans of
the Infeiuatioiial tJri'.it Northern rai
road and the <■ ulf t'n.i'l Lines will have
an opporlnnity t > he heaid at llie hear
ing on this mailer before the Texas rgii
road «omniission next week, eonimis
sioner Walter Splawn anumim-ed today.
The llpplieal ion < ( the liulf I'oilsf Lines
to pnri base the s|oi k of the I li. I
a good i lusiraii ui as lompared with « n
for i*il and wholesale* eonsolidation pro
vieled by the* fee|e*ral law of Itrj.i, t'ojh
missioner Splawn said.
“When it is e-onleinplatrel tiiat two
properties shall I•«* put tme|e*r a sing).,
management at.el the- matter is set down
for ptildie he-arilig." he said. "e-ve*ry per
soli favotaide* e<r eeppeise-d to the propa-i
tion has a rlianee to he- lieuiel. wli«*re*as
they might he- diseoiiraged if the plo
posal Intel to he- e-e>Usiele»re*t| along with
a hunelred otln-r proposals."
TEXAS POTATOES
BEGIN ROILING TO
NORTHERN MARKET
Al'STIX. Texas. April d. Texa ' first
reported ear <*f white potatoes r »l!-*«l
yesterday with a movement from the
C titled State- a- a whole of ears.
I .at e wires from cabbage shipping points
gave this state but seven of d| ears ■ f
i abbage, but listed tin mireported imtve
nieiit for April third of Idl Texas ears,
title ear of Texas sweet potatoes of a
total of nine was listed and 'Jtl o| d4
eat s og, spinach. < tf mixed vegetame
shipments Texas was listed incompletely
with five of ji total of Id, and with a
pickup for the preceding day of sixty
six of 117 ars. l oading station market
were generally unchanged at * a loti
to growers for wagon hits of t abbage
and $’_*7-."»ti a t-.n for usual term- ear
lleets brought growers sixty cent- per
biisbel, carrots (id rents and carloads
of both sold on shippers’ ord« rs move |
mostly for ninety cuts-$1.10. Satur
day’- jobbing cabbage markets follow':
Kansas City. Texas arrived, three
on track, steady. Sdd loti.
St. I.oiiis. ;i Texas arrived. '-’I “ii
track, dull .Sdd tit* ton.
Chicago. lit Texa- arrived, dti ->n
track, steady. S'. Id ewt.
I’ittslmrgb. lit Texas arrivetl. I.i on
truck, steady. tfUitI t;.. ton.
FIVE YEARS TIME
LIMIT ON HARBOR
WORK DEMANDED
(Rv The A.-soeint "d !’re«« »
WA8HI X<IT*»N. April •">. UN* Ic . •
river- ami harbors < ommittee toihiy
adopted a resiltition by Representative
Newton. leMibliean. Missmiri. deelaring
a general policy that all river ami har
bor improvements should be completed
within five years of their authorization,
unless the secretary of war shall deem
sin h a course imprai-ti able.
The committee approved a project to
deepen the Mississippi to eight feet
from the month of the < tliio to St. l.oui
and to si\ feet from St. I antis in .Minne
apolis. The <*|iio w hi Id he improved
from Pittsburgh to Cairo and a perm.i
nent channel 'i\ feet deep would he pro
vided ill the Missouri River.
The total eost w I.llld hi1 $ i *1.1 *1N l.t M u I to
stretell over fiv«. years.
Control over improvement wnrl: on
tin Mississippi River, now veslctl in tin*
Mississippi River nmmissioii. would be
transferred to the secretary of war
under a resolution adopted today by the
house rivers ami harbor- committee.
RELATIVES PRAYED
WHILE JURY DECIDED
THE FATE OF WOMAN
(Bv The Associated Pros)
NEW’ YORK. April •' Mr*. I
Cross. wa- tiMpiittcd of tin* murder
.if her liushaml. Irving, hi— i»i|tl*t. in 1
few minutes more than an hour after tin’
ease hail lieen given l'* the general
sessions jury.
The a .initial ranie as rival croups of
relatives prayed for release or entivi
tiou of the woman, and was followed
hy a denionstratioii of her friends th.ii
eottld only he stilled hv interfereme of
the police, who i-cirted shouting ei-le
I,rants from the criminal courts lunldii’g.
While the jury deli •er.-lted. friend
and relatives of the a eased woman held
a Jewish religion- service in an ad
joining room, while relatives of the -u.m
man prn$ ed for her i*ouviet ion in • •
i-orridor.
Uro— was killed in hi- Bronx apart
mein la-t In-ember. The wife - defen •
j was that her hushand was uc'idcntnlh
! -hot as they struggled for possession of
a gun after a ipiarrel over Cross alleged
.maltreatment of her.
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STRIBLING AGREES
TO MEET MIKE CURKE
NEW YORK. April 5 — Young S’rih
ling. Georgia light heavyweight, today
agre.d. through his fath.-r-man;-w
••J’a” Stribling to box Mike Burke, 'I
New Yoik. in a six round hour for tiu
bencf t o tthe Olympic f ind hen* on
Api it 29. pr< ting Atlant i promotes
will release thi young ter from n con
! t act to 1 ox tdi re ou t'"e a. i..'J Jat?.
INVESTIGATION
| OF LAND DEALS
I ‘ I
Former Assistant to Attorney
General Subpoenaed. Will
Reopen Hearings Monday
Morning
WASHINGTON, \pril —The sen
ate committee investigating charges
of land frauds in Texas cancelled the
meeting it hail ,'.lanned to hold today.
It prohalilx will meet again Monday.
A subpoena was drawn up for .Imm
W. II. t 'rim. former assistant to the
Attorney Geijrr::! ami now spe ial
prosecutor in the veterans’ Imreaii <ases.
This action was rc<p|estcd by tleorge A.
Hill. .Ir.. of Houston, counsel for U. I*,
t 'reag» r.
t'rim's name wa- brought into the i:i
xestigation through the reading of tor
respondem-e that pass«i| between him
| ami eliief postal inspeitor Uii'li I*. Sim
i ioiis. who has o < upieii the slum! during
the hearing thus far.
| Senator 11 • -11 i n. democrat. Alabama.
I in eharge of the impiiry, explained that
! posi|M.neniei»t of today's session w.i'j
due tit tin* pressure of corn- pondem •• in
ihe offices of senators on the committee,
; xxho look advantage of the senate's ad
! jottrniuciit 1.1 eat li up with their privae
j work.
MAKE TENTATIVE
PUNS TO REOPEN
HARLINGEN BANK
l Bv The Asso.-iati d I’-e s)
IIAKI.INCEN B VNK— indent .
Xl'STIN, April 5.—Tentative plain
for reopening the Planter*’ State
Bank at Barling* n next week haw
been made h> the stale banking de
partment. Th« hnak wa- closed about
1 six weeks a :n. Iteorgani/alicn has
been effected. Commissioner J. I..
Chapman -aid.
TRIAL OF GOVERNOR
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
TO BE CLOSED TODAY j
illy The A social <1 Press)
INDIANAPOLIS. April 5. The prose*
; cut ion of th*' trial of (iovernor Met ray.
[ charged with embezz’ement «f $ 1 .Tii.no I
of the fund- of the state hoard ot agri
culture, is expected to ch> e its ease ;
today. After more than twenty hankers
| had testified yesterday as to the « xtent
ot the defendant’s indebtedness, only a
few witnesses remained to he called ty
the tate. *
The testimony regarding the govern
in'* financial obligations was introduc
ed in an effort to show a statement re
g; rding his financial condition made at
the time of obtaining the money was
false.
Washington Republicans
Favor Mellon Tax Plan
_
(Bv The A soc.ntcd Press)
WKNATniKK. Wash.. April A.
Washington repuldhan- had before them
when they met today in state conven
tion a platform drawn hy a sub-com
mittee and ratified hy a plat form com
milter pledging them to the i aildiditey
of t'alvin t'oolidge for the presidency
and an explicit stand oil governmental
men-tires.
The convention will elo t delegates to
the national convention ;ynl prohuldy
select national committee men.
The platform favor- lower taxes and
adoption of tlo- Mellon tax plan.
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Seek To Prevent Ball
Player Jumping Contract
HOUSTON, Ti xus, Aftril 3. Houst >n
club owners will reek an injunction to
restrain Harry Strong from playing
with the It cine club of the Mid west
League, if Strong, who recently jumped
. local contract, apport in a« K^cin
unifo: m,
^ Strong was bought ! y lL-uston fr* m
ntr.umdn! for .even! thousand dollars.
Inasmuch as he reported to the It iff*
' and signed a contract Houston is ob
ligated to pay .or hint.
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WILL BAR FOREIGN WORDS
AMSHACH, # April* 5. “American
bars" will pro! ably disappear from
Amsbach and “coiffeurs" will be re
pi: red by some German word which ug
gests the idea of a barber shop.
The town counci "f decidtd to place
a sjecial tax on all foreign words u*ed
I in any sort rf advertising.
ORDERS VESSELS SOLD
IlMLKTMX. April .V Nearly HL0OO
• piart- of eoitfis ateil li«|ti**rs arid litre**
raptured vessel* wer»> ordered sold .it
pnhlie auction by I’ederal Judge J. t'.
Hutcheson. Jr., loda.t.
To Amazon
</ r
l*r. Hamilton .A. Rice (top), ex
plorer of Boston, will try to tret to
the headwaters of the Amazon
River. Brazil, this summer. He
will take a party, fully equipped
with radio. In the party will be.
ari ontr otlur . Walter Hinton
• lower left I, pilot of the N('-4,
which crossed the Atlantic f rst by
air .and John VV. Swanson, radio
erpert.
SCIENTISTS LEAVE IN
SEARCH FOR SURVIVAL
OF PREHISTORIC AGE
My The A-soriated Pres•- )
N'MJI'M.K. V i.. April A seanh
for ill** lioat/en, a reptil'uin bird des
cribed by siifiiti'is as a survival from
prehislttrii apis, was hepttti today liy a
pally of ornilh doffist s who left hi'
aboard th,. steamer Sn phens for ex»
ploratioti in I lie jungle* of i lie np|i r
Amazon liiver. where Hv .np spe, imeiis
of i h*1 ii^ii""’ real lire are reported
to have been seen.
The hoat/i’ti. im . orbing to the ortiitii
olopi't'. h< gnu life as a fish paddling
tlhoiit ill the min mie oo/e. In the pro
i e>s of tittle, they say. i; developed
wings and feathers and sited many ol
the aipiatie rharaeteristi s of its earlier
stapes. Ii U rep a riled by some a> ait
example of arrested evolution.
The party I- headed by lioihdplie ,b
S< liaitenesse. a si n of llatoin ss de
S. hanenesse ami owner of an a inry
containing many rare birds at Ids none
in 1 hiltnlelphia.
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OIL WELLS YIELD (.OLD
SAN HKKNAUDINO, Cal. April a.—
A number of pure uold numtets, each
about thi .-;ze of a pe Jt have lei'-: baled
out of the t'.ttO foot level of an oil well
In ink drilled in a canyon near h* re
(ieolojri ts explain th t the gold prebib
ly was catried down the pr'historic
stream known to be flow in jr UOO feet
under the surface. It is believed thaY
this stream flowed on the surface 1 e
tore the upheaval of the earth’s crust
FIND SOLDIERS
BODY ON MEXICO
SIDE OF RIVER
No Indications of Foul Play,
and Officials Believe Sol
dier Fell Into Stream and
Was Drowned
Body of an Aim* ican soldier, recov
ered from tht waters qf the Kio Grande
river yesterday afternoon, hy Mexican
re id. nt* opposite Fort Brown, has
been identified »a the i ody of Sergeant
Hoy <’. Harris, missing from Fort Brown
since March 31. Person. I effect* found
on the body lead to identification.
A car ful examination of the body dis
closed no signs of foul play, and ofli
cer- at Fort Brown advance the theory
that Harris fell into the river from the
American side, possibly ju t above Fort
Blown. The body wi s recovered at the
first bend of the* stream after it en
ters the post. The water hud been in the
wat» r . veral days.
Officer at the post, assisted by the
deceased man's wife, have been *»• irch
ing ‘or a trace of Hart s since hi- dis
appear nee on March .'<! hut no clew had
been found, until the body was seen
floating in the river, a little before
noon Friday. It was not until several
hours litter that the body was recover
ed from the Mexican side, and the re
main were taken to the Matamoros
host ital, that identification was made.
Th* to.lv was brought buck to Browns
villc, after an inquest had been held in
Mat. moros
A military funeral will be conducted
_at the Service Club. F'ort Brown, this
afternoon at 4:30, and the remains will
he -hipped to I’inceton, Kentucky, th<
home of the deceased man' parents, for
interment, on the altirnoon train. Mrs.
Harris w.ll accompany her husband's
body to its final resting place.
The deceased was about 30 years of
age and had Iren tation. d at Fort
Brown for several months. He had in
excellent service record.
DOMESTIC TROUBLES
WEALTHY PUBLISHER
AIRED IN THE COURT
(Pe The Asso In ed Press.t
NEW YORK. April 5. Mr . Eleanor
Brewster, w.fe of Eugene V. Brewster, I
wealthy publisher of motion pirture
map; lines filed suit tod; y in the su
I erne court apt inst Miss t'orliss Pal
mer. cht rping hi r with alienation of her
hu band's affections and : skint; $200,
000 damapi s.
In 1022 Mrs. Brew ter 1 epan a suit for
separation, ma ntaininp that her hus
band hail h< used in hi- Itoslyn, Ln-.p
1-land. home ; screen actre s. After the
case was ,-ittli-d nut of court. Brewster
took up hi- home on tin estate at Mor
ristown, N. J., where he was said to
have in tailed Miss Palmer, her mother
and family. He declared he would mar
ry Miss Palmer “as soon its the law
perm its.**
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Btl .M. LAIN KILLED
KREDERK K. Md. April ft. L. onn Es
tell Whittei, 25, shot last night by <*iin
ton Shepherd her 12 year old uitor, be
eause she s;,,d she refused to marry him.
died today.
Rum Running Navy to be
Augmented by Addition of
300 Well Equipped Vessels
DOHENY GRANTED
LONG DELAY BY
SENATOR SPENCER
<Hv The Associated Pressl
WASHINGTON, April fi.—Edward L.
Doheny, for whom a subpoena was is- i
sued by the oil committee more lhan a
week . go, has been granted an indefin
ite delay by Scnato Spencer, r. pub- j
(lean, Missouri, at whose request the
; summons wa sent cut.
Senator Spencer said Doheny had ad
vised him that hi cause of pressing I us
iness matters it wa not convenient for
him to leave I.os Angeles at this time.
The Missouri senator desires to que -
tion the les ea of C Iif< rniu naval re
serve No. 1 concerning h s contribu
t .ms to the democratic campaign fund
of 1920.
1'pon his la t appearance before the
committee. last February. Doheny prom
ised to irak ■ further effort to find the
missing part of the note he said Al- i
bcrt It Fall gave his son. E. L. Doheny,
.fr., when he delive r'd $103,000 in cash1
to the former interior secretary in
Washington on November 30 1921. The
committee ha* heard nothing further
from him, however, so far ns has teen
j made known.
I* mocrats on the committee desire to
question Doheny further regarding this
note and also regarding several other
matters.
When the oil committee tctunic* it'
hearings M< nday W. L. Kistler of Tul
s: . Oklahoma, and others will be ques
tioned regarding gossip o! “oil deals**]
at the Chicago republican national con
vention in 1920.
<t!v The Associated Press )
WASHINGTON. April 5. The flr-t
units of the coa-t guard new prohibi
tion navy, probably will ie ready to put
to sea within a few weeks.
With an additional $1S,000,000 avail
able under recent congressional ap
prnpriat.on coast guard officials have
drawn up detailed plans for the acqui
sition nf some 300 ves els equipped to
chase rum runners away from American
shores : nd for an enlarged personnel
to m. n them.
The nucl.us of the force will he 20
destroyers, which congre s authorized
the coastguard to purchase from the
navy. The present intention is to se
lect twenty ships from the destroyer
squadron m w lying out of rommi sion
:•{ Philadelphia, /'oast guard officials
have inspected these ships and are
dr: wing up specifications for their re
conditioning.
A date for receiving bids for con
struction of patrol boats probably will
he fixed within a few days. It is the
hope of those in charge of the work
than many of the 250 or more vessels
of this type can he purchased ready
m. de i^nd put into u e after minor al
terations.
A plan to provide a -efficient person
nel contemplates an active recruiting
campaign and graduation this fall of
nixt year's class of officers at the- con-.t
gu. rd academy at New Lond< n. In all
nearly 5,000 additional ( fleers and men
will he required to man the fleet.
CAMBRIDGE DEFEATS OXFORD
I'l'TNKV. Kngluml. April Cum
bridge I niversity’s varsity right sprang
a surprise today hy defeating the hrari<T
and more «»xt*»»ri«*n»-»*«l Oxford i-r«*w in
tin1 Tilth revival of their bistori ran*
on t |it. Thames from 1‘ntuey to Mort
lake. The light l«ltt**s won hy aho'it
three and one half leug’ilis.
ONLY STEEPLE OF
CHURCH NOW SHOWS
ABOVE FLOOD WATER
I’KAGl'E, April 5.—A flood caus
ed by the sudden nulling of except
ionally heavy snow ha* submerged
the village of Bodrog-St. Marie, in
eastern Slovakia. Only the church
steeple shows above the waters.
The inhabitants, assisted by
troop*, fought the rising waltr* for
a wtek, plugging gaps in the dvkes.
Ore pca-ant. finding nothing with
which to plug an inru-hing stream
filled the gap with hi* body for sev
eral minutes until help arrived.
ARMED MINERS
I
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I Bv The Associated Press)
CINKVILLE, Ky. April 5. An invita
tion from * iove r nor William J. Fields ti
submit their differences to arbitration |
was lefore leaders of opposing forces
in the labor trouble at the mining camp
cf the Liberty Coal and Coke Com
pany oji Straight creek today.
A ten e situation developed at the
camp Thutsday after riflemen hiddtfri
on . mountainside fired on non-union
employes of the company, killing one
man and wounding another. Rcpoits
were current here today that armed men
were gathering in large numbers on
wooded slop. - *if mountains surrounding
the Camp.
State officials in Frankfort declared
1 st night that no order had been i-sued
sending national guardsmen to the
scene Adjutant Centra' James A. Ke
roe, however, wa- reported to have term
ed the situation “very serious” : nd
have dr elded -hoaid the guard be called
out it would be under secret orders.
FURORE OVER
NEGRO STUDENT
STILL UNABATED
(Bv The A*', ciatej Prs.-st
NEW YORK. A Futnald Hall,
residential hall at Columbia universi
ty. a room which is occupied by Freder
ick W. Wells, negro law -tudent of
1'nion City, Tenn., continues to he a
storm center. Wells has received tw
letters th i.-tenim dev th, purporting
have been sent iy Ku Klux Klansmen.
The negro whose te-idence at Furnald
has been the bone of contention between
two factions at the hall, culminating
Thursday in the burning by unknown
persons of a ilaming cross on the cam
pis reiterated his determination to
! stay.
One of the letter was scrawled in
pen, enclc sed in a plain envelope, which
Wells found under his door. The sec
ond, ty|« wi itten, reached him by mail.
A< three mem! er of the police bomb
squad kept guard in the dnrin.iorv last
night, two factions in the dispute fur
their strengthened thiir line . J. B.
, Rucker, chairman of the hall commit
tee, presented to !>< n Hawkes. a res
(lution op th committee asking Well’s
removal from the building. A counter
resolution urging that. Wells be allow
ed to stay was signed ly 100 residents,
more than half of those in the build
ing. !>•. C. M. Mar,tell, on - o: the ten
members of the hall committee resign
ed. He was the sett nd to go during the
week.
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SEVERE EARTH SHOCKS
IN THE ENGLISH MINES
(Dr The A sHoeist cd Press.)
LONDON', Ai rii 5.- Severe earth
quak shocks recurred I; st nirht in the
I Derbyshire eoal fields and in the neigh
borhood o‘ Alfreton. Shocks were first
noticed .nt about II o'clock and were,
more vi« lent than any of those experi
enced early in March, when the earth
disturbances were first noticed.
Many buildings were- shaken and win
dows vii r: ted loudly. The oscillations
were accompanied by dull uncanny nois
es.
Appar. ntly little damage was done al
though shaking of the strata in the col
liery workings has caused sente anxie
ty.
JOHN HARRELL
ACQUITTED OF
MURDER CHARGE
Verdict Returned by Jury
Last Night After Being Out
OnJy 15 Minutes. Harrell
on Stand in Own Defense
John F. Harrell, charged with the
muidir of A. R. Taylor, a soldier, on
the steps of the Harrell's West Browns
ville home, on October J5, 192J, was ac
quitted by a jury in the criminal dis
trict c< utt here Friday afternoon. The
jury return* d a verdit after being out
only fifteen minutes. Argument of the
ease began shortly before noon Friday,
and the case wa given to the jury
about 4 o'clock.
Taylor was shot from the doorway of
Harrell's home as he and another sol
d c approached the house. Harrell sur
rendered to officers shortly after the
killing. Kvidence introduced during the
trial indicated improper relations be
tween Taylor and Harrell's wife. Self
defense wus also made a part of the
deft nse.
Harrell took the stand in his own de
fense at the morning sessian of court
yesterday, and told hi« story of the
shooting. The court room was crowded
with spectatois, and Harrell's broken
testimony mated quite a sensation.
Testimony regarding statement* and
actions of Mrs. Harrell at the time of,,
the shooting was ruled out by Judge
Cunningham >• sterdav morning. The
state w; apparently attempting to
show premeditation.
Milton West, district attorney, who
opened the case fir the state spoke
about 15 minutes, in which he outlined
briefly the nature of the case, leaving
for his colleague, H. B. Galbraith, the
-pccial pro ecutor on the case, the bur
d« n of the state’s rgument. Galbraith
prefacing his remarks with the state
ment that ho did not care what verdict
the jure returned, delivered a scath
ing denunciation of the defendant's ac
tion. such :s has tardy Lien heard in
the courts if Cameron* county. In a
speech in which he referred to the
lan man's aged mother and in which
he declared Harrell's hands were stain
ed with blood forever, he charged the
defendant with h.ving “hidden behind
his wife's dirty petticoat.” to escape
the consequence of his crime.
Judge J. C. George, le.-ulif% counsel
tor the defense, delivered a powerful
plea fo: hi- client, outlining the trend
of the testimony. He charged Taylor
with I re: king up the h >me of the de
fendant. Yolney Taylor, assisting Judge
George. also delivered a powerful speeth
in which he a>ked the jury to return a
verdict of not guilty.
The trial created more inten st local
| ly than any case in lecent thonlWv-Xfce ,
coup room was crowded with tense”'
spectators throughout the trial which
j lasted two days.
GOV. NEFF BOOSTED
FOR PRESIDENT BY
W. C. T. U. WORKERS
—
(By The Associated Press)
AUSTIN, Texas. April 5.—Governor
Pat M. Neff was boosted for president
o! the United States ly the Texas Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union in
the final session of a two-day state con
vention here last niirht.
Miss hailotte Fr; rer of New York,
rational lecturer for the Union, declared
“we have resolved that never shall our
wet povernor po to the White House at
!onp as tht re ire men like your Gov
't nor Neff." Other speakers extolled
the governor ;s “the bulwurk of na»
tional law enforcement.”
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CHICAGO MEAT
MARKET BOMBED
CHI' ACO. April 5.—Three families
natrowly escaped death today when
meat maiket was bombed, breaking a
tres pipe and dam: Ring the a|>ortments
on the floois above. Policemen Mnd
fin men rushed into the debris and K**
fumes and rescued half a doxen chil
dren, while the adult members of the
families made their way to the *tr«et.
The owner of the meat market said he
was enable to ofter an explanation for
the bomb attack.
Brownsville Should Work for
400 or 600 Room Tourist Hotel
“With the very apparent increased ratio of development of the sur
rounding agricultural c mmunit.v to the City of Brownsville; with the
more direct contact with Rio Grande Valley points through the opening of
our highways, and with the constantly increasing traffic of homeseekers and
of pleasure seekers to this section and to Brownsville, the question of ade
quate hotel facilities for this city is necessarily playing a most important
part* in the ratio of our development for the next few years* tim.e” A.
Wayne Wood of the First National Bank stated.
"Th< hotels we now have here have done exceedingly well in their effort
to take care of our transients and are to he congratulated upon the way in
which they have represented Brownsville in their line, but it id unques
tionably true that our facilities are seriously inadequate for the pressing
demand for bigger hotel accommodations. 1 am in favor of any sised
good hotel and believe it will add just so mu<h to our progress. What f
would like to see and believe we must work forward to. if we hope to even
partially accomplish our ambitions in the developing of our rity. is to have
n large hotel of from 4(H) to (*>(H> rooms, und I think we ought to point our
fforts in that direction.
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