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‘jig me Innonsuflk Herald ]SE1 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 79 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY 5C A COPY PAIR HELD BY CANADIANS AS NORTHCOTTS Additional Finds On Farm Made As Boy And Woman Arrest ed By Officials [ LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20.—</P»— The search for human bones and other evidence to substantiate the %inister story of the Northeott niur Jier farm was temporarily suspended today by Southern California offi cers pending return here of the prin cipals in the case, a 21-year-old youth and his mother, who were ar '-ested in Canada yesterday. The center of activity in the case , hifted to the Riverside county dis trict attorney’s office, which began extradition proceedings a~ainst Gor don Stuart Northeott and his moth er, Mrs. Louisa Northeott. sought for nearly a week. The former has been named as the slayer of at lea^ four boys on his chicken farm ox Riverside. Murder charges have been brought against both. Authorities were confident the youth arrested in Vernon, B. t\. and the woman held in Calgary, Alberta, pro the two principals named in the story of torture and murder told by their young relative, Sanford Clark. Immediately following reports of the arrest Rex Walsh. Los Angeles city chemist, reported that sample* of stained earth from shllow graves ^ “ found on the Northeott farm reveal traces of human blood. Youth Fails to Deny His Identity VANCOUVER, B. C.. Sept. 2«.-«A>! —Police of two Canadian cities* to day were holding for Southern Cali fornia authorities a woman believed to be Mrs. Louisa Northeott and a youth identified as her son. Gordon Stuart Northeott. The youth was arrested at Vernon, (Continued on page two) WILL LAUNCH .. COUNTY ‘NAVY5 flagship ‘Cameron’ to | Fly Waters Flood Control System __ Cameron county "navy” will lie placed in commission Friday, when yiie flagship “Cameron” slides into ^the waters of the Rcsaca Rancho \ i Vejo floodway. The. flagship is a 12-footer, 'staunchly built, and will be propelled •by a 6-horscpowcr outboard motor. Solid *sh oars will be utilized in the [event the motor fails to function. George Houston, for many years an employe of the coutny engineering 'parlineat, who is credited with « ving "sea legs” and other requi res of a first class mariner, has been appointed admiral, v It will be the admiral's duty to use is craft in connection with inspec ,jun of the tamero.i county tlood control system. The “Cameron” will {ply the writers of the Resaca Rancho tiejo, when there is water in that {floodway, the Arroyo Colorado and the Rio Grande. The armament will consist of three 6-foot shoves, and two pickaxes of the most modern design. The craft e has been equipped with a completi commissary department sufficient to h accommodate four lunch boxes. Being ■ extremely light, though staunch, it will be transported overland on a | trailer when navigable water is not available. Permission is being sought from the American and Mexican govern ments to place the boat on the Rio Grande during periods of high wa ter. It will ply the stream with the1 admiral maintaining a lookout for i levee breaks. Experience during flood periods last year convinced the engineering department that a craft of this size was ncessary to properly inspect le ; vecs. A boat was borrowed and used j several weeks during June. 1827, anti i proved of great value on the Rancho Vieju floodway. Christening of the flagship with Rio Grande water is expected to take mlace Friday. Several names were fcuggested for the craft, including 1 JTJnly Concrete,” but by a unanimous * te of the engineering department r* willl proudly bear the name of meron," the engineers statiinjr i* named after the county and thn' eaould not be confused with the $h word meaning “ahrimp.” 0 1 - .. ' ' .-. DAUGHTER TALKS * * * FOR SMITH; WINS * * * OKLAHOMA TOWN KL RENO. OMr., S.pt. 30.—'*) —Serving as a substitute for her father. Mrs. John A. Warner, daughter of Gov. Smith, made her first speech of the campaign trip from the back platform of the presidential nominee’s special train here today. “My father stayed up very late working on his speech last night,” explained Mrs. Warner when the cheering from the crowd at the station platform had stopped. “So wc thought it would be best not to wake him this morning. You know, he has a very hard day ahead of him in Oklahoma City.” The slim girl in her chic tail ored navy blue suit had the en tire attention of the hundreds who had come to see her father. Lusty applause following her few' words of explanation and appreciation of El Reno's interest, seemed to in dicate the substitution had pleas ed the audience. PHILADELPHIA COURT SHOP GRAFT MONEY Saloon Keepers Testi fy They Paid $25 Weekly For Police Protection PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.— An envelope containing $5,100 in 1100 bills was in the possession of Dis trict Attorney Monaghan today as representing but a small portion of i the $2,000,000 which he declares has been paid to police in a year by boot leggers and rum rings. Introduction of the money into the trial of Police Captain William C. Knoell came yesterday after the grand jury, investigating possible collusion between police and boot leggers and gang murderers, had ob tained information tending to show the acceptance of protection money by certain police officials. After the district attorney had caused the arest of Captain Knoell and Detectives John Sells and Her bert Layre o cnarges of bribery, ex tortion and conspiracy, they were held by Judge Edwin O. Lewis in heavy hail for hearing. Fourteen saloon keepers con fronted Knoell and the detectives from the witness stand and testified they had been paying $25 a week for police protection. One of them, John Fngleman, said he had delivered the pooled contributions weekly to Sells, who worked in Captain Knocll’s dis trict. Sells testified he had collected $500 a week, the sum representing $25 from each of 20 saloon keepers, over a period of six months ending three weeks ago, kept $60 a week himself | and took the rest in an envelope to t a station house and put it in a bu reau drawer in Knoell's bedroom. Assistant District Attorney Hermes walked to the bench. “In this envelope.” he said, holding it before Judge Lewis, “there is $5,100 in $10" bills and a bank de posit book which shows that Captain Knoell has made many substantial deposits. Wc have just obtained the envelope from a young woman. She received it from another young wom an to whom Captain Knoell had given it this morning.” FIRST SAN BENITO * * * BABY, NOW AGED * * * 21,SEEK’NG PRIZE! SAN BENITO. Sept. 20.—(AY— Something over 21 years ago, the San Benito Land and Irrigation company promised the first child born on their lands a lot when he or she became 21 years of age. Thursday morning Benito Mont alvo strode into town prepared to take over the lot Friday—his 21st birthday. The San Benito Land and Irriga tion company ceased to function many years ago but efforts are be ing made to place Montalvo in touch with Col. Sam Robertson, pioneer land dealer in this section. Nearly everyone had forgotten the offer made in the distant past, but not so Benito. His tale was received with skepticism until he found one who remembered the promise and expounded it lor the benefit of doubter*. ALL OKUHOMA IN CAPITAL AS SMITH ARRIVES Dem Nominee Center State-Wide Demon stration; Address to Be Broadcast —— TO RADIO TALK OKLAHOMA CITY, Sepl. 20.—I (AV—Governor Smith's address ' here at 7:30 o’clock tonight, cen tral standard time, will he broad cast by 34 radio stations in a nation-wide hookup of the Na tional Broadcast company. By I). HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 20.—(A*. —Arriving in the capital of Oklaho- ] ma today. Governor Smith imrac- j diately found himself the center of | a monster state-wide demonstration. A great crowd which had been wait ing since early morn, sent up a tre mendous shout of w-elcome as the democratic presidential nominee's special train pulled into the Rock Island depot at 10 a. m., an hour late. Delegations from every county in the state, which the democrats car ried in the last presidential election, were included in the reception throng, as well as thousands of citi zens of Oklahoma City, all dressed up for the New York executive. Lining the streets on the route to the governor's hotel were additional thousands, waiting for a huge pa rade which had been arranged in honor of the nominee and which he ws to lead. Speaks Tonight Tonight, Governor Smith will make the second speech of his cam paign in west in the capital’s coli seum. By working Ite last night while his train moved through south central Knsas he had completed a rough draft of his address, expected to be one of the most important of his series of six in the middle and far west. Since daybreak, when an extra car j (Continued on page two) STORM HITS j NEAR TAMPICO I ■ - , ■ ■ , Severe Los# Reported In San Geronimo Tuxj: an Region MEXICO CITY,' Sept. 20.-h/P> Property loss of $o,000,000. river floods and extensive damage to crops and buildings are described in news paper dispatches from Tampico as the result of a heavy storm which has been raging in the region be tween San (Jeronimo and Tuxpan for several days. Petroleum companies suffered considerable damage. The region affected is on the north coast of the State of Vera Cruz. Wil liam Gren. superintendent of the La lluasteca Petroleum Company, was given authority for the $5.000,000 es timate of damage. He vffis quoted hlsu as declaring the visitation was the worst of its kind that he had seen in his 30 years in that zone. No loss of human life has been reported Another violent storm was report ed in a dispatch to IE Universal from the west coast seaport of Manzanillo in the State of Colima. A heavy gale pounded the harbor and forced the steamer Washington to cast loose her ; moorings in order to avoid being ! pounded against the docks. Police on Guard | At Home in Waco WACO, Sept. 20.—(JPt—Police eon- ! tinued today to guard the home o', j Professor J. W. Downer of the Latir department, Baylor University here \ while they endeavored to apprehend an anonymous letter writer who ha: threatened that “a gun will speak either at you or your daughter,” If $350 is not paid to the extortionist. The first letter arrived a week ago today, but news of the extortion did not leak out until yesterday after five letters had been received. Twice in the last week officers have accom panied the professor to rendezvous which the letter writer had made, but in both cases no one appeared to da ini the money. Dr. Downer has three daughters Corneille, 17, Lucy, 15, and Belle, 9 K : irf JtiUEL' QUEEN MARIE TO WED AMERICAN? Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania, has been reported engaged to marry an American multi-millionaire. Although no details have been learned of the alleged match, it is understood the beautiful Rumanian noble woman met her future husband during her tour of the United States in M>26. Over 300 Known Dead in Florida Following Check WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., Sept. 20.—lA’i—The known death toll from Sunday’s tropical hurricane mounted above 300 lives today. A. G. Parker, city manager of West Palm Beach, said an official check showed that 35 white person* and 250 negroes all victims of the hurricane have been buried here. Seventeen were known dead in the vicinity of Okeechobee City while re ports from field workers said bodies were piled at several places in the lake region awaiting transportation to high ground for burial. WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—<iP>— The weather bureau today issued the following storm warning: “Advisory. 9:30 a. m. Warning* down Boston southward and small craft warnings ordered coast of Maine. Tropical disturbance cen tral over western Pennsylvania moving north-northwestward with greatly diminished intensity.” NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—</P>—The fringe of the tropical hurricane which swept through the West In dies and Florida lashed the North Atlantic coast today with diminish ing violence. From Haiteras to Boston high seas pounded the shore line and the wind which reached “whole gale” force blew down trees, telephone and tele graph poles and disrupted electric light and power systems for several miles inland. Winds ranging from 80 miles an hour down to 25 miles in protected sections of the metropolitan district I,- --~ swept away many small boats. Chief I damage in this section w* along the New jersey coast where seaside re sorts were hard hit. Four deaths were attributed to the storm in New Jersey. They were due to falling trees or traffic acci dents. High tides invaded New York har ! bor. causing readjustments of the landing bridges at the ferry slips. The tide was three feet above normal in the harbor. Worst damage to the New Jersey coast resort cities was at Manasquan and Point Pleasant. Big liners entered New York har bor without difficulty. Incoming liners, now fighting the worst of the storm off shore, would dock on schedule, their offices here an nounced. Several coastwise steamers delay ed sailings from Boston. Relief Speeding To Stricken Area WEST PALM HEATH. Fla . Sept. 20.— tiPi—\\ hile the count of loss of life and the injured and homeless from Florida's tropical hurricane went forward in the storm area ts day. additional relief was speeding to the district from every direction. Food, clothing, medical supplies and building material were hauled into the stricken I.ake Okeechobee area by train and boat, while trucks (Continued on m-se two.) It’s A good time to purchase a canoe, icebox, ukeicle. tent, porch swing, or other equipment. Many necessary articles with new value are sold in the “Sale Miscellaneous’’ columns at used prices. The Want Ads are the b^r bain counter of .advertising. Phone 8. - ]j —-”T- == ■ —— -■; ; " st,-." DEMANDS FOR $100,000 MADE IN 3 LETTERS Mrs. Raskob Is Told Home tc be Blasted; Suspect, 65, Caught In Philadelphia PHILDKLPH1A, Sept 20—P—A 65-year-old man. giving a Philadel phia address, was today held in 610,000 bai! on a charge of threaten ing to blow up the home of John J. Raskob. democratic national chair man. unless he was paid 6106,000. He gave the n»me of Frank Mooney. The threats were contained in three letters sent through the mails. According to private detectives, Mooney, admitted the charge. The letters were addressed to Mrs. Raskob at her home in daymont. near Wilmington, Del. The first threatened to dynamite the home un less the money was forthcoming. Mrs. Raskob paid little attention to it, but when the second arrived she turned it over to detectives of the Du Pont company of which her hus band is an offict r. A trap was laid for the writer, bul in tho meantime a third letter was received. Mrs, Raskob was instructed ‘ to answer it. and she did so, address • Intr ft to ge nr rat rtwhrrrr. Wiftn del ■ phia. postoffice, as directed by the writer. Mooney called for the letters last night and was arrested by detectives | of a local agency. • I • ■ , , .—. Unwritten Law Plea Results in Not Guilty Verdict Roy Stuckey, confessed slayer of Ricardo Arriaga, who plead the un written law as justification for his deed, was pronounced not guilty Wednesday afternoon after the jury had deliberated over 20 hours. The case went ot the jury shortly oral times the jury appeared before after 5 o’clock Tuesday night. Sev the court to propound questions rel ative to the la win the case and in terpretations of the charge. Theij verdict was returned at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Stuckey admitted going to the home of Arriaga’s parents and shoot ing Arriaga as the latter sat on a bed. The shooting occurred 3 days after Mrs. Stuckey had informed him that Arriaga had assaulted her on the military road near Santa Maria. A charge of rape was filed against the woman who accompanied Mrs. Stuckey and Arriaga on the trip from K1 Jajdin to Santa Maria, bui the grand jury failed to bring an in dictment. 2 Chemists Hurt In Houston Blast HOUSTON, Tex.. Sept. 20.—<**)— Two chemists of the Gulf Refining Company were burned severely and another was slightly burned in an explosion in the company's labora tory on the fifth floor of the Gulf building, today. The explosion, which blew out all the windows, drew hundreds of per sons to the busy streets below, and witnesses said that just after the blast flames shot out of the windows and reached two floors above. The injured were J. von Henst, E T. Gregg and C. H. Davidson. The latter was the least severely burned. Gregg said the explosion occurred while the chemists were conducting an experiment in cooling gasoline with liquid air. The biaxe was extinguished quick* iy. _ Mother, Tired, Shoots Her Baby and Self BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 20.-<JP. — Because “the baby was cross and 1 was tired," Mrs. Virginia Ztlka. -6, ahot her three* months old son and herself, she told authorities at a local hospital where she was re ported in a serious condition to day. The child died soon after it and the mother were brought to the hospital* V * I-Si STORM BELIEVED * * * TO HAVE KILLED * * * ALL FLAMINGOES WASHINGTON. S«pt. t*.—IAV In addition to the terrific biow tie- j livered at human life and-proper ty, the West Indian hurricane is believed by nature lovers to have dealt harshly with bird and plant life in the western world. Chief of the concerns of the American Nature association is that the hurricane may have wiped out the last colony of flamingoes, the “flame bird," which once spread its gorgeou splumage over the West Indies and southern United States. These .birds, the association says, were almost exterminated by the hurricane of two year* ago, and it fears the few remaining on Andros Island, one of the Bahama group, could not have survived last week’s terrific blow. Andros was declared a flamingo sanctuary by the British govern ment after bird lovers of the l nited States and Englnd became aroused at the wanton killing of the birds by natives. MURDER CASE BRINGING OUT FEUD DETAILS Frederico Leal, Slayer Of Jose Moreno, As serts His Life Was Threatened Details of an old feud wh;ch fi nally culminated in the slaying of Jose .Moreno at La Paloma on the night of August 11, were brought out Thursday in the trial of Fred rico Leal, charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Moreno. The feud had its inception •n ®n *ffe»y in which Moreno and Fredrico Leal were the principals some three years ago. Moreno was shot as he sat in an automobile near the La Paloma batlc grounds. Fredrico Leal admitting he fired the fatal shot, asserting that he had been informed Moreno had threatened to kill him. Leal sur rendered to Deputy Sheriff Tomas Cavazos a few minutes after the shooting. Witnesses testified that Leal ap proached the car in which Moreno was sitting and at a distance of three or four feet fired a 32-20i caliber revolver bullet into Moreno’s body. The bullet struck back of ] the left side just below the shoul-l der, Moreno dying a few minutes later. Nears Jury The first witnesses were called Wednesday afternoon, and the state rested after submitting the testi mony of four witnesses. The de fense closed its testimony shortly before the noon recess, the state announcing several witnesses in re buttal. The case is expected to go to the jury late Thursday after noon. The defendant was placed on the stand Thursday morning and testi fied that his brother had been ser iously wounded by Jose Moreno on the night of February 5, and alleg ed that MoTeno also attacked him, introducing in evidence a coat he had worn that night which had been slashed in several places by a knife. He asserted that Moreno had attack ed David Leal without provocation, stabbing ar.d cutting him in several places and that Davis was in a hos pital 14 days as a result of his wounds. Feud 3 Years Old The trouble between the men started three years ago in a fist (Continued on page two.) People Donating To Relief Fund mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn • Brownsville people are respond ing well to the appeal of the Red Cross for funds to be used in the hurricane stricken area, according to Secretary Marshall Watson of the local chapter. Over *30 had been received at an early hour Thursday. All contribu tions should be turned in to Watson at the State National hank. A list of contributors will be published Friday. The fund drive was opened here yesterday with receipt of a tele gram from national headquarters stating that a crisis faced the or ganization and urging that Browns ville give freely and promptly. HARPER RAPS OUT 3 HOMERS TO WIN GAME Close to 50,000 Fans See Castoff From New York Defeat His Former Mates POLO GROUNDS, N. Kepi. 2D.— —Three home runs by George Harper, Giant castoff, helped the Kt. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants in the first gsme of their crucial dou bleheader today. The final score was 8 to 5 and boosted the Card inals pennant lead to three fall games while rlose to 50.000 fans looked on. Score by innings— R H. F„ St. Louis . MO 0041120—8 11 2 New York. 000 003 200—ft 12 0 First Inning, Cardinals Douthit sent un a high one to Jackson. Cohen threw out high st first. Frisch flied out to Reese. No runs, no hitj, no errors. First Inning. Giants Bottomley took Welch’s grounder and touched first. Reese was thrown out at first, Sherdel to Bot« tom ley. Mann struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Inning, Cards Bottomley flied out to Rests. Jackson threw out Hafey at first. Harper cracked a home run into the right field stands. Wilson was given a base on balls. The Card inals tried the hit and run. Jack son made a fine play on Maran ville's difficult smash and threw him out. One run. one hit. np errors. Second inning. (Hants Lindstrom got a hit into left for two bases. Hogan fouled out tw High. Jackson struck out. Maran ville kicked Terry’s grounder, Lind strom going to third. On an at tempted double steal. Lindstrom ran into Wilson, who touched the run ner as he came into the plate. No runs, one hit, one error. Third Inning, Cards Cohen, threw out Sherdel. Jack son came in fast and threw Douthi* out. High lofted to Jackson. No runt, no hits, no errors. Third Inning, Giants Cohen flied out to Douthit. Sher del threw out Benton. Welsh lined out to Bottomley. who made a one handed catch. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fourth Inning, Card* Frisch got a base on balls. Bot tomley flied out to Reese. Hafey fanned. Harper got a base on balls. Wilson lined out to Mann. No runs, no hits, no errors, (two left on base.) Fourth Inning, Giants Reese singled sharply to left. Mann forced Reese. Frisch to Marnnville. Mann went out stealing, Wilson to Frisch. High tossed out Lindstrom, No runs, one hit. no errors. Fifth Inning, Cardinals Maranville flied out to Reese. Sherdel whiffed. Douthit sent up a high fly to Welsh. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fifth Inning, Giants Hogan got a single off Maran v tile’s hand*. Jackson forced Ho tContinued on page twelve) | WEATHER For Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday: somewhat warmer tonight. For East Texas: Partly cloudy to night; warmer in east and south portions; Friday partly cloudy, ex cept showers in northwest portion. Light to fresh southerly winds on the coast. RIVER FORECAST There will be a slight to moder ate drop in the river at San Benito and Brownsville, and probably no material change at and above .fis sion during the next 24 to 48 hours. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr. Stage Stage Cum*. Rain Eagle Pass .. 1* 2.8 0.0 .00 Laredo . 27 -0.2 -0.1 .00 Rio Grande .. 21 10 0 -U .00 Mission . 22 .M San Benito .. 22 18J -0.1 .00 Brownsville , 18 15.8 10 .0-1 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabel tomorrow, under normal meteorologi cal conditions: High •. Nons Low ..... 2:52 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today .... Sunrise tomorrow ... _-—- — - «