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PAPER SCORES
SHORT WAVES
AWARD PLAN
Hearst Counsel Avers
Associated Press Is
Ignored In Applica
tion Field
Washington, Feb. 7.—w—The
Tadio commission today made public
a protect by John Francis Neylan,
counsel for the Hearst newspaper or
ganisation. which charged that the
proposed allotment by the American
Publishers’ committee of 20 short
wave radio frequencies set aside for
press use "is designed for the selfish
interest, convenience and private
profit of the Chicago Tribune and
*» few associate newspapers."
The protest referred to a report
by Joseph Pierson, chairman of the
American Publishers’ committee,
suggesting that the wave lengths be
turned over to an organisation known
as tha American News Traffic cor
poratioa formed on January 1ft by a
number of interested newspapers.
The Pierson report has not been
made public.
Mr. NevInn's protest denied that
tha "so-called American Publishers'
committee on cable and radio com
munication represents the American
preaa or any considerable portion
thereof," and al«o denied that “the
alleged report of the said Pierson of
January 1ft, 1929, is a truthful or
correct report of the proceedings of
the ao-ealled American Publishers’
committee."
The document further denies that
the proposed allocation was agreed
upon “after an honest consideration
of tha facts," and charged that it
"was arrived at on a basis of manip
ulation and trickery without regard
for the rights of the public or the
American press."
Neyaln declared he wished to di
rect the attention of the commission
to that part of the Pierson report
“which as a matter of juslifTcation
for the existence of the American
News Traffic corporation said Pier
son alleges that this corporation is
holding itself ready to serve the As
sociated Press."
"I deny." Neylan said, “that said
Pierson has any warrant of any
kind or character to set up a guar
dianship for the Associated Pres*.’’
He said he was informed “and believe
and therefore assert that said Pier
son had positive knowledge that said
Associated Press would not be in
volved in the proposed scheme and
1 further charge that the inclusion of
the name of the Associated Press
was for the purpose of misleading
the commission.”
*T herewith charge." the protest
continued, “that in the allocation of
the waves Pierson and his coadjutors
absolutely ignored the lights of the
Associated Press, the greatest news
gathering organization in the United
States or in the world.”
DREAD CLUNG
TO DEAD WIFE
»
Probing Death of Slot
Machine Manufac
turer'* Widow
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—(AV-Finger*
of fear, blurred by blackmail and
stained with sinister suggestion, bad
left their whorls on the Burnham
death mystery today.
No matter where it turned, the
official inquiry into Mrs. Selma
Burnham’s death ten days ego fol
lowed a trail of dread,under which
the wealthy widow lived following
the death last July of her husband,
Sanford A. Burnham, slot machine
manufacturer.
Burnham’s daughter*, Mrs. Sidney
W. Ballard of Detroit and Mrs. G.
Howard Cowen, wives of physicians,
made a request last night for ex
humation of their father’s body.
A statement by Dr. Gowen was
one reason given by Henry E. Ayers,
assistant state's attorney in charge
of the inquiry, for believing exhum
ation advisable. Dr. Gowen arrived
at the hospital operating room just
as an operation was being completed
upon Burnham the day before he
died.
'I asked Mrs. Burnham why she
didn’t let me know her husbend was
ill." Dr. Gowen said. “Her answer
' was: ’Oh, I suppose you think 1
! killed him.’”
Previous statements by persons
i close to the Burnham household had
i recited the same fear by Mrs. Burn
ham that she might be blamed for
! husband's death.
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Texas House Passes
Bill By Large
Majority
i AUSTIN, Feb. 8.-^—The bill by
j the house yesterday. The vote was
! 103 to 24, the big margin in ita
| favor surprising those who opposed
it.
Representative Chastain of Eaat
, land charged the attorney general
\ with assisting “land butxards in at
' tempting to defraud pioneer west
j Texans of their lands." while Rep
resentative Woodall of Marshall,
j against the bill, asserted “there is
| someone back of the curtain at
j tempting to place private gain
| above the rights of the state."
The bill will now go back to the
senate, where it vat sanctioned last
! week, for concurrence in an amend
ment offered by Rep. Morse ef
Houston and accepted by Rep.
Storey of Vernon, who sponsored it
in ’he house.
The senate refused to concur in
the house deficiency appropriation
bill, which was cut more than half,
including allowances for 1928 sum
mer schools and $400,000 for trans
fer of rural school students.
The senate pasted the William
son pharmacy bill.
Episcopalians
Adjourn Meet
Winding up its business on sched
ule time, the 28th annual Episcopal
Council of the Diocese of West
Texas adjourned Thursday after
noon, following a three-day session
here. The Woman’s Auxiliary of
the Council, in meeting during the
I same time, also adjourned.
Th© most important business be
! fore the council the final clay was
the nomination of committees and
delegates in council and appoint
ment of committees of constitution
and canons finance and state of
church, these to be published in the
Diocesan Annual.
Session of the council, attended
by approximately 100 clergymen and
lavmen, was declared one of the
most successful ever held. All meet
ings were conducted at the f hurch
of the Advent, Rev. J. O. Mackintosh,
rector, while meetings of the auxil
iary were in the parish house. Rev.
W. T. Caocrs, bishop of the dio
cese, presided.
! Willacy County
Road Bonds Sold
fSpecial to Tht Herald)
RAYMOND V1LLE. Feb. 8.—The
Willacy county commissioners court
this week sold $120,000 worth of
road district bonds at 95 and accrued
interest. The bonds were for $220.
000 in Road District No. 2, and
$200,000 in Road District No. 3. In
both of which districts road work ix
in progress. .
The bonds were bought by B. F.
Ditmar company, M. Elkins company,
and associated bond buyers.
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Appointment Of
County Agent In
Willacy Sought
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMOND VILLE. Feb. P—Peti
tions ara being circulated in Wil
lacy county asking that the commis
sioners court appoint a county farm
demonstration agent and a home
demonstration agent for the county, j
The petitions have been circulated
under the direction of G. W. Mus- |
grave, chairman of the agricultural j
committee of the Raymondrille ;
Chamber of Commerce
Tho board of directors of the J
chamber of commerce are behind
this move, and at the next general
meeting, which w*ll be on bob. 15,
the members of the commissioners j
court and the county judge will be j
1 guests of the executive committee:
at a luncheon, at wjiich time the
j matter will be taken up in detail
with the commissioners.
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TWO CRUISERS
Action Seen As Reply
To Passing of 15
Ship Act in U. S.
LONDON. Frb. 8.—<A>>— Prospec
tive American cruiser construction is
seen in some quarters as the back
ground for the statement of W. C.
Bridgeman. first lord of the admiral
ty, yesterday that arrangements for
construction of two new British
i cruisers were pricceding.
It is said that if there was a tus
sle between the treasury and the
admiralty over the question of build
ing two cruiaers this spring, the ad
mirality seems to have won.
Building will go forward, Mr
Bridgeman's statement is interpret
ed, according to the schedule laid
down by the Macdonald government
i in 1924. That is, one cruiser will bs
laid down this month, and one in
March.
British newspapers today printed
the account of the question in the
house of commons which elicited Mr.
Bridgeman’a statement and his re*
ply without comment. In certain po
litical quarters, however, it was salt'
Mr. Bridgeman and tho admiralty
staff had been strengthened in their
argument against the treasury's plea
for economy by the action of th#
United States senate on the cruiser
i bill. Cabinet opinion is understood
to have been atiffened also.
The entire affair follows report.*
in London papers three days agt
! that the cruiser construction here
was to be abandoned, partly at a ges
[ ture toward disarmament and partly
in deference to a treasury desire for
economy.
Training Camps
Quota To Be Set
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In the near future, orders will be
issued from Headquarters Eighth
Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston. Tex
as, prescribing the dates and quotas
for the Citizens’ Military Training
Camps to be held in this corps area
during the summer of 1921*. The
places wilt bo the same and the dates
approximately the same as they were
in 1923. i. e., Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, June 15 to July 13; Fort Sill,
Oklahoma. July 6 to August 3; Fort
Logan. Colorado, June 20 to July 19;
Fort Bllas, Texas, July 25 to August
I 2o; Camp Stephen I>. Little. Arizona,
August 1 to August 31; Fort I>. A.
Russell, Wyoming, June 20 to July 19.
| Tho latest information from the war
department indicates instead of
I "6,000 young men being trained in
Citizen's Military Training Camps
throughout the United States as was
the case in 1928. the number will be
inrreased to 35,700 in 1329. It is ex
pected thnt the Eighth Corps Area,
consisting of the states or Texas,
Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arisona. will be allotted, as their
share of this increase, two hundred
additional places, making the quota
for tho corps area in 1929 two thous
and and nine hundred.
47 Killed In
Indian Riots
■
BOMBAY, India, Feb. 8.—W-Six
• Hindus were killed in a fresh out
break of Fathan-Hindu rioting here
today. It was the sixth successive
day of the disturbances.
Assaults continued intermittently
throughout last night, and more
troops and armed police were
brought in today to combat the sit
uation.
The base of the military opera
tion* prevented the spectacle of a
huge armed camp with armored cars
everywhere in evidence.
Th* fresh rioting set at naugh<
overnight peace efforts which it was
hoped had pacified the mob*.
Today's dead brought th* total
casualties to 47 dead and 345 wound
ed of whom many may die.
TO FIGHT FOR THIRD
COLLEGE STATION, Tex., Feb 8.
—With at least temporary possesion
of third place in th* conference
standings as a reward for a victory
by either team, the Texas Aggie-S.
M. U. Mustang cage tilt at the A. A
M. Memorial gymnasium Monday
night has taken on increased inter
est in the Southwest conference
championship basketball race. With
this reward as an incentive to sum
mon the best efforts of both quin
tets one of tho hardest fought battles
of the season is expected to take
< place between th* two teams.
Lingering Colds Play Havoc
In System Weakened by Flu
Physician* advise thnt th* ehief
danger of this year's epidsmie list
in the after-effects. Colds attack
ing th* weakened system se often
lead te bronchitis, sinus trouble,
pneumonia, or even meningitis. This
Is especially true of children of
old folks.
These cold* must be cheeked im
mediately. And yet too much dosing
may upset th* digestion which is al
ready disturbed by th* toxins of ia
• fluents.
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first sign of s cold without upset
ting the most delicate digestion.
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CONGRESS' DAY
TO BE ROUTINE
— i
Fund Bills and Com
mittee Meetings on
Calendars
W ASHINGTON, F«b. 8 —\JPf-Con
gress today had before it appropri
ation bills and committee meetings, :
most of them routine.
Th house faced the naval supply j
bill again, and the senate the $447,
uOO.OOu war department appropriation
measura. Passage of the latter has |
been expected for two days and today j
was again in prospect, but some sup
porters of the navy supply bill are in
no hurry to get thnt feusure through,
believing President Coolidge will
sign the cruiser bill before the week
is out. In that event, Chairman
Britten of the house naval affairs
committee, plans to amend the navy
supply bill to provide funds to begin
work on some of the ships called for
in the cruiser bill. The house, as was
expected, yesterday concurred In the
senate amendments to the cruiser
bill.
For several year* each congress
has had the problem of what to do
with Muscle Shoals op its hinds, and
apparently this one will end with the
solution not yet in sight. Another
bill affecting Muscle Shoals, the mad
den measure, was voted down In
committee yesterday.
Both houses are expected to de
vote most of their time from now on
to sppropriation measures and when
these arc disposed of, it is a question
whether much time will be left for
anything else. One supply bill a de
ficiency measure, is in danger of not
passing at all. There has been in
ability to agree on senate amend
ments added to the bill as passed by
the house. The fight revolves around
the $24,000,000 added for prohibition
enforcement.
Committee hearings early in the
week on Indian affairs caused some
lively hearings, as did a row over
the Memphis postmastership but
there was not an Indian in sight on
today’s congressional horixon. The
house appropriations committee had
the second deficiency bill up and
ways and means had its hands full
with the tariff. Judiciary and post
office bad regular meetings scheduled
and the expenditures committee had
arranged to consider veterans’ af
fair. On the senate side the oft recur
ring problem of unemployment was
before the senate education and labor
committee.
Hold Last Rites
For Mrs. Hurst;
Burial At Dallas
Funeral services for Mrs. C. F.
Hurst, prominent Hub woman of
Brownsville, who died at her home
here Wednesday night, were held at
the Central Christian church at 4
p. m. Thursday. Remains were for
warded Thursday night to Dallas
her former home, for interment.
Services here were copdueted by
Kev. Le Crand Pace, of Mission.
Mrs. Hurst was stricken with par
alysis only about 21 hours bafore
her death. She is survived by her
husband, her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Collins of Dallas, who were
here visiting her at the time; four
sisters, Mrs. P. W. Lawthcr, and
Mrs. W. W. Cason, both of Dallas;
Mrs. T. B. Hancock. Denver, Colo.,
and Mrs. N. B. Chase, Louisville
Ky., and one brother, Bryant F. Col
lins of Mathis.
Mrs. Hurst had lived in Browns
ville for a number of years, and had
taken an active part in church, club
and other activities.
Pallbearers were John Gregg. W,
E. McDavitt, G. C. Richardson, Rov
Ruff, Drew Patteson and Charles
Barker of Chicago.
WOMEN SCARED TO DEATH
HULL, Eng.—The deaths of Miss
Agatha and Rose Bareham, sisters,
following a fire in their home were
attributed to fright, as neither was
injured.
WOMAN BANDIT KILLED
NAPLES—A bandit killed in an at
tempted highway robbery was found
to be a woman disguised as a rnan.
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When your
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hasn’t heard of Caatoria! At least
five million homes are never without
it. If there are children in your
family, there’s almost daily need of
ita comfort. And any night may And
you very thankful there's a bottle in
the house. Just a few drops, and that
colic or constipation is relieved; or
diarrhea checked. A vegetable pro
duct ; a baby remedy meant for young
folks. Caatoria is about the only
thing you have ever heard doctors
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medicines are dangerous to a tiny
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Remember the name, and remember
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leas. anxious night. It it always
ready, always safe to use; in emer
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Any hour of the day' or night that
Italy becomes fretful, or restless.
Castoria was never more popular
with mothers than it is today. Every
druggist has it.
QQsuQSD
Ship School For
Texas Voted By
Group In Senate
AUSTIN. Feb. *.—A ahlp
school for teamen would be estab
litked in one of the Texas Gulf porta
under the term* of a bill voted fav
orably out of the senate state affairs
committe last night.
The bill, introduced by Senator
Cousins, asked for a state appro
priation of $75,000.
Castain G. W. Williams, appearing
besore the committee, declared the
federal government would give a
$600,000 ship on which the «cbool
would be conducted and $25,000
The purpose of the school wouU* be
to train Texans to man ships. At
present the crews of many American
ships are made up largely of foreign
ers. Cousins said. „ v.
Captain Williams asserted that New
York. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
and California have established such
| schools.
Hoom
MEET PRESS
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To Continue Sessions
At Capitol As Done
Heretofore
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. Fab. 8.—
President,elect Hoover, after enter
Ing the White House, will continue
the semi-weekly conference* with
newspaper correspondent! inaugur
ated by President Harding and car
ried forward by President Coolidge.
Since bis election Mr. Hoover has
had but few meetings with the large
staff of correspondent* assigned ta
report his activities, and thi* h»a
given rise to conjecture as to whether
he might adopt some other ayatem
than that in vogue for stating his
views to the country on public ques
tions.
From the beginning of his cam
paign for the presidency the next
chief executive decreed that any
statement he might make for publica
tion would be in writing so that there
could be no misunderstanding and he
has followed that plsn since Novem
ber 8. Aside from his speeches on
hie Latin American good will tovr, he
has made only a few public utate
ment* and most of them have b#;n in
writing.
HILL LEADS TEXAS
CONFERENCE CAGERS
WAXAHACHIE. Tex.. Feb. K-<A»>
—Irwin “Rusty’’ Hill, 200-pound for
ward of the Trinity University Ti
gers, with 73 points to his credit in
six games, is leading Texas confer
ence basketball players on the (cor
ing side of the gf.me.
In second place ii Captain Jotnnv
Gregg of Simmon* University, with
67 points, and he is followed by
Captain Griffin of Austin College,
i with 53 points.
Other players who rank among
the highest ten ir. scoring are Whit
tle, Southwestern; Kcliehor and Mi
lam. Austin College; Marecck, Mc
Dougle and Bailee, Howard Pi^yne,
and Mathews, Simmons.
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WASHINGTON. Keh. 9— W —
Promise of variety and color in the
presidential inauguration ceremon
ies has assumed definite proportions
with tho announcement by the in
augural committee that 22 state gov
ernors have reserved space for
themselves and retinues in the
parade.
At the same time, the committee
announced other entertainment fea
tures on tho tentative program of
events—among them being concerts,
air stunts by army and navy flyers,
and a great display of fireworks.
Many of tho executives, tha corn
in' 1 said, will come with escorts
garlted in gay uniforms. The gov
ern. r of Alabama will he eccompan
ltd by tv* aaptafaa fvaai tb* »t
national guard and a band af
place*. From Dataware*, Maw J •
toy end Virginia, artilleryman i
cavalry men will cam# with Id
chief*. Tb# goveraar af Vlrg*
will have 450 member* ef tb* lit
th* Richmond Howitzer* and
Richmond Gray*, and a fife i
dram corpe.
In th* second division af th#
rsdt. th* comstlttea *n non need,
teen additional military and e
units already hav* been asaig
positions. Among thorn la a del
t on from tho Sen Diage army
navy aradomy of Padfi* Be
C alif, and on# from Coo college
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BUILDING AND L0j .
ACT HEARING IS 11.
AUSTIN. Fab. —Bail*
] and Loan azseciatian represents
from all tactions of tb* states
tended a lengthy joint hearingf .
night on a bill rawritiag tho ref
lory act for such organization*.
L. F. IlUnkeabocker of Hoaef
attorney for a small building
loan company, charged th# bill W'
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