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I CRUSHED
CLOTHING
KEDINOIL
Well-Dressed,
i In Lonely
Lane; Second
Kind
D. N J., Feb. 23.—f/P)—
body of a well dressed
»ut 30 was found by a
on a lonely stretch of
>day near the Cranford
*olice believed the wo
n thrown from an auto
:hed with gasoline, aft
had been crushed in,
?ar and three days ago,
Miss Margaret Brown,
governess of New York,
jurning in a lonely
xxis near Bamardsville.
es from here. The mys
ieath was never solved,
scovery was made by
, a driver for a baking
e found the woman was
itified Cranford police,
who rushed to the spot
the womans' blazing
a snow.
ring and two diamond
n her fingers, and the
ithcd in expensive silks,
n found today was ly
mward. Her head had
d by a heavy blunt iu
as light brown, slightly
grey and her eyes were
►as dressed in a black
trimmed at the hem of
th fur. and with gold
• coat was of black ve
9. collar of mink. She
lgs, set with imitation
id a necklace of imlia
Her left shoe was fit
arch supporter.
• of a second bakery
told police he had pas
ten minutes before dis
ic body, and had not
he had seen an auto
d near the place. There
irsons in the machine.
\ Suffer
llism Attack
. Feb. ‘J3.—On—Despite
ntitoxin serum, brought
niversity of Illinois at
>y airplane, three young
in critical condition to
ff from what doctors be
botulism, a rare type of
ip.
-Catherine Whaley. Lu
tings and Wilhemina
ime violently ill short
te Wednesday night,
lition became gradually
yesterday when a plane
“d by Swift and Com
?mplovers, to bring the
Champaign. There was
serum in Chicago to
tient. doctors said.
! fact that a roommate.
?nhall. who had also
eal. did not become ill.
aid they could not be
used the poisoning.
! ONDVILLE FETES
NOR WASHINGTON
fjccial to The Herald)
ONDVILLE. Feb. 23. —
tons birthday was observ
by closing of the banks
lay of American flags. The
:ook a half holiday Friday
a. and programs were giv
le Masonic Lodge and the
rgonne post of the Ameri
on.
egion program was held
dtemoon in the basement
lethodist church, while the
program was held Friday
In the halls of the Masonic
Lied; 5 Hurt
en Train Hits
but At Midland
lND, Tex . Feb. 23. f/PV—
uns crowded into a small
jscurlng the vision of the
as believed to have caused
,e crossing accident near
t yesterdav in which Mrs.
tv of Midland was killed
others injured, one critical
errv. driving the automo
said to have gone directly
path of the train, appar
; seeing it until a moment
le crash. „ _
in the car were Mrs. Per
. Thornes. Hugh and Carl.
D L. Flood and her son.
tomas Perry, the mo«=t se
ijured. was not expected to
gh Perry lost an eye.
ID" HALTS SEARCH
IONT. Texas. Feb 23.—
le a diver was probing the
l the Neches river here for
of t W. Kune, houseboat
lleved to have been drown
5 apiv*ared on the river
d ordered the work stop
said that when his boat
sink it awakened him and
out for a cup of coffee.
ADY CONVENTION
f. Texas. Feb. 23.—
as been selected for the
irt of Editors convention
I. according to H. F.
?r. editor of the B-ad v!
. who has returned from
? of the executive commit
ATTEMPTING CANADA TO CUBA HOP
*- - GEORGE HALDEMAN
WINDSOR, Ont., Feb. 23.— OP)—George Haldeman. pilot for Ruth
Elder, in her attempt to span the Atlantic, left the WalkervUle airport
near here at 3:49 a. m. in an attempt to make a non-stop flight to Ha
vana. Cuba. Haldeman was accompanied by James Hayden, mechanic.
At the Walkerville airport officials said the plane of Leonard Flo. Ann
Arbor, Mich., aviator, was ready for departure this afternoon on another
flight, with Havana as the destination. Haldeman said his flight was
“merely a sporting venture.”
Massacre Witness Is
Kidnaped In Chicago,
Released In Detroit
DETROIT, Feb. 23.—OPi—Dazed and in a half fainting condition, Dr.
Loyal W Tacker, Chicago dentist and police witness in the St. Valentine’3
day gang massacre there, was picked up at the corner of Library and
Gratiot avenues in the downtown district here shortly after noon today.
He had been unconscious most of the night, he told Patrolman Marvin
Vollmer, who picked him up.
rackers wrists, arms and ankles^
were bruised and lacerated, appar
ently from bonds.
Taken before Edward H. Fox. chief
of detectives, Tacker told a story of
having been waylaid at about nine
o’clock last night by four men who
seized him and threw him into an
open automobile after slugging him
on the head. The attack came, he
said while he was on his way to
liis home at 424 Surf avenue, Chi
cago.
All the labels and identification
marks had been removed from Dr.
Tacker’s clothing, leading police to
believe his kidnapers intended to
take his life. What led to his re
lease in the downtown district here
is not known. Dr. Tacker said he
recovered consciousness only a few
moments before Patrolman Vollmer
found him.
Sees Victory
For Fish Bill
Victory for the Texas sportsmen
and others sponsoring the anti-sein
ing law. which passed the senate
last week, was predicted Saturday
by Harry Faulk. Brownsville attor
ney. who arrived from Austin where
he siient several days in the inter
est of the measure.
Agreement in the senate resulted
in unanimous vote for the bill on
final passage. In the house the
measure has passed engrossment
and is expected to be up for final
passage next week. It is doubtful if
a sufficient majority can be mus
tered to pass the bill with an emer
gency clause. Faulk said, but in the
event of a majority vote the law
will go into effect January 1, 1930.
The Dallas delegation is leading the |
fight against the measure in the
house
The bill prohibits the use of drag
seines and shrimp trawls in the
coastal waters of Texas, but does I
not prohibit use of trammel and gill!
nets. This feature, sponsors of the :
biil state, will not interfere with the
spawning beds, which they claim are ,
practically destroyed by drag seines
and trawls.
Magazine Editor
To Address Meet
|
—
DENTON. Texas. Feb. 23.—uD—
Nerle Crowell, editor of the Ameri
can Magazine, will be the principal
speaker at a joint meeting of the
Southwestern Journalism Congress
and the Northeast Texas Press as
sociation at the College of Indus
trial Arts April 5 and 6. according
to Eric O. Schroeder. president cf
the journalism congress, who has
charge of the program.
Member schools of the congress
include: University of Texas. Bay
lor university, Texas Christian uni
versity. College of Industrial Arts.
Pou i hem Methodist unive*-sity,
Baylor College for Women. Texas
A. and M. of Texas and Southwest
ern university.
CHARGE THREE
IN KIDNAPING
Release of One Man
Likely After Baby
Returned Safe
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 23.—
—Three persons were charged with
kidnaping today in connection with
the disappearance a week ago of
four-year-old Doris Virginia Smith
Murphy.
The charges were filed against
Mrs. Charles Sharp, her husband
and John Williams, employe of the
United States mint here, after the
child had been found in a flat
occupied by the Sharps. Police
said Williams probably would be re
leased.
Mrs. Sharp told police last night,
they said, that she kidnaped Doris
singlehanded from a public play
ground and kept her in the flat
which she rented under an assumed
name for seven days. In h**r alleg
ed confession, police said she exon
erated Williams who had been held
since shortly after kidnaping.
Mrs. Sharp first told police she
had received Doris from an uniden
tified man in the belief that she
was her own daughter. Betty, whom
she had not seen for many months.
When Doris was restored to her
foster father and her mother. Mr
and Mrs. Edward J. Murphy, they
discovered that her clothing had
been changed and her long eye
brows cut. apparently to alter her
appearance.
POLICE SEEK MISSING BOY
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 23.——
Police began a search today for
Teddy Schwartz. 10. missing from
his home here since last Thursday.
The lad was last seen near the
Thirty-sixth street school, which
he attended.
BOARO VISITS
RAYMONDVII.LE. Feb. 23—The
county board of education spent
Thursday vfsffn* the rsrftWTS rural
schools of Willacy county. The
board is composed of the following
mom hers- Ira M. Hawkirs. W. T.
Holder. Oeorce H. Mitchell. Robert
Rev and Isadore Moritz County
Judge R. S. Dorseft is ex-officio sec
retary of the board.
RPFFDV JCST’CE
REAUMOVT. Texas. Feh. 23—'/P
—An exhibition of sneedv justice
was demonstrated at Libertv. when
the owner of a truck in which 1.142
n'nts of Honor was found was in
dicted Headed guilty and was sen
tenced to one year and a day irt
the state prison at Huntsville with
in five days.
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DENIAL HADE
TO DEWHURST
PLOTCHARGE
1st Defense Witness
Declares He Never
Discussed Alteri n g
Election Returns
AUSTIN. Feb. 23.—</P>—The
state rested its case against Con
gressman-elect Augustus J. McClos
key of San Antonio at 10:30 a. m..
after introducing a handwriting ex
pert to testify that figures made in
the alteration of election records
which led to McCloskey’s Indict
ment were made by the same hand.
Launching into its case, the de
fense called as Its first witness
Ernest L. Altgelt, 56. farmer and
real estate man of San Antonio.
Picking up a transcript of the
testimony of David Dewhurst. star
witness for the state. Wayne Davis
of defense counsel, brought from
Altgelt a denial, item by item, of
everything Dewhurst had said con
cerning Altgelt.
The testimony included denials
of Dewhurst’s statements that Alt
gelt had insisted that ballot boxes
be held for a possible contest; that
Altgelt had quoted Eugene Nolte,
state republican chairman, and R.
B. Creager. republican national
committeeman, as insisting that the
election be taken away from Har
ry M. Wurzbach. the incumbent
congressman In the 14th Texas
district, and that there ever had
been any discussion with Dewhurst
or McCloskey about stealing, or tne
facility of stealing, the election for
McCloskey. ......
Under cross examination Aitgeu
was asked whether he had asked
William M. Mackintosh, publisher
of the San Antonio Light, not to
“nlav up” reports of a Wurzbach
victory, as then indicated, because
he < Altgelt > knew that the result
was going to be changed.
The question brought on triucn
legal debate, and finally was ruied
out and the jury told to disregard
11 Asked whether he had been In
McCloskey’s private office at any
time after the election. Altgelt
fenced at length with Prosecutor
Seeligson and finally replied.
"I don’t remember.”
He denied that he had ever been
with Dewhurst and McCloskey in
the latter’s office, and reiterated
under direct examination that he
never had discussed changing the
election returns with anybody.
Appearing upon the witness stand
late yesterday in a surprise ma
neuver. Dewhurst. the states big
star, linked himself as originator.
McCloskey as producer of the nec
essary documents, and Charles Ra
mirez. formerly secretary to Mc
Closkey. when the defendant was
Bexar county Judge, in a plot to
steal the November 6 congressional
election In the 14th district from
Harry M. Wurzbach. Texas’ only
republican congressman.
Said It Was Steal for Steal
It was steal for steal, as outlined
(Continued on page eight)
Burglars Busy;
Leave No Clues
Two burglaries, one of which is
believed to have been the work of
professionals. were staged in
Brownsville Friday night, the bur
glars escaping leaving practically no
clues. , „
The offices of Drs. B. O. and B. M.
Works on the second floor of the
Merchants National bank building,
were entered, the burglars securing
a small quantity of morphine and
approximately $35 from the cash
register. The cash register was
smashed, the burglars taking only
cash, leaving several checks.
The store of Cuban Monsees in
Victoria Addition also was entered,
the burglars gaining entrance by
smashing a panel of the rear door.
Approximately $40 worth of cig
arettes and about $30 from the cash
register constituted the loot.
Whether both jobs were the work
of the same gang has not been as
certained. Police believe several
professionals are operating in the
city, but state the burglarizing of
the Monsees store appears to have
been the work of amateurs.
Mexican Bandits
Kidnap and Slay
2 U. S. Engineers
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23.—UP)—Death of two American mining en
gineers at the hands of Mexican bandit kidnapers is reported today in
Excelsior in dispatches from Guanajuato, capital of the state of that
name.
Bodies of the two. J. M. Underwood and C. C. Aisthrope. the paper
says, were found yesterday by federal troops in the wilds of the moun
tains of Guanajuato, a region where insurgent activities have been fre
quent of late.
ONE KILLED, 15
HURT1NPANIC
Gym Damaged By Fire
While Washington
Fete Is Staged
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 23.—
JACKSONVILLE, 111., Feb. 23.—
ced at a Washington Day program
in the Illinois woman's college gym
nasium last night, turned Into a
frenzied rash for exits when fire
broke out on the gymnasium stage,
following the taking of a flashlight
picture.
Miss Eugenia Van Norman of Jas
per, Ind., was killed when she leap
ed from a second story window.
Miss Winifred Wackerle, college
i matron, was burned, probably fa
1 tally. Fifteen others were burned
or injured enough to require hos
pital attention, among them being
Mrs. Clarence P. McClelland, wife
of the college president. Her right
leg was fractured when she jumped
from a window.
Many of the 200 women in the
gymnasium wore costumes of Colo
nial days, and were hampered in
making their escape. Several faint
ed ana were carried out by friends.
Damage to the gymnasium was
slight, and except for the frenzied
I rush there need have been no dead
or injured, officials said.
Deputy To Aid
! Income Reports
To aid those required to pay fed
eral income tax, a deputy collector
of internal revenue will be stationed
at the postoffice here March 6. The
deputy is to aid preparation of re
turns.
Reports for the calendar year 1928
must be filed with the district col
lector of internal revenue not later
than March 16.
Penalty for willful failure to file
these returns is a fine of not more
than $10,000 or imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both,
and in addition, 25 per cent of the
amount of the tax.
No charges are to toe made for the
services of the deputy collector.
S. A. U. & G. SEEKS TO
BUILD AN EXTENSION
Washington! Feb. 23.—(4v
The San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf
railway company, a unit of the
Missouri Pacific system, asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
today for permission to construct a
five-mile extension in Texas. The
new line would run from Brundage.
Dimmit county, into an agricultural
area, the company said.
LILY LANGTRY, NOTED
ACTRESS, IS BURIED
JERSEY, Channel Islands. Feb.
23.—'4V—In this island famous for
its lilies after which she was nam
ed. the body of Lily Langtry, fam
ous English actress, was laid to rest
today.
Services were held at St. Sa
viour's church after which the body
was interred in the family grave
Among the mourners were Lady
Malcolm, only child of the actress:
Gorge Malcolm, a grandchild, and
Mrs. Peat, for manv years the “Jer
sey Lily's” companion.
Lily Langtrv. whose marriage
name was Lady de Bathe, died at
Monte Carlo, on Feb. 12.
to
e Botn dos lcs Dore gun snot wounds'
and apparently had been abandoned !
by their captors after the men had j
been slain. The troops brought them '
with them to Guanajuato.
Earlier dispatches last night to
the paper had told of the kidnaping
of the two men. While they slept
Wednesday night at the Bustos
mine, property of the Guanajuato
Reduction and Mines company of
Columbus. Ohio, bandits, guided by
a former employee, crept into the
camp.
They took Underwood and Ais
thrope from their quarters and for
ced them to mount horses and ac
company them on the road to a
nearby village known as Santa Ana.
A note was sent back to the mine
with a threat to kill the two men
unless a ransom was paid.
The governor of the state of Gua-1
najuato immediately took charge of
the rescue. Federal troops institut
ed a wide search which culminated
in discovery of the bodies.
U. S. TO BE ASKED TO
DEMAND PUNISHMENT
COLUMBUS. O.. Feb. 23.—MV
Officials of the Guanajuato Reduc
tion and Mining company, two en
gineers of which were killed by Mex
ican bandits, declared today that C.
L. Kurtz, president of the company
would appeal to the United States
government in an effort to have the
slayers punished.
Kurtz was informed of the mur
ders in San Antonio. Texas, last
night as he was enroute to the
mine. He notified this office here,
saying he would proceed into Mexico
at once.
It was revealed here that threats
had been received a month ago that
J. M. Underwood, mine superintend
ent and one of the slain men, would
be kidnaped. At that time mine
officials were instructed to make all
precautions.
C. C. Aisthrope. mill superintend
ent. the other slain man. formerly
lived in Denver and was the father
of two grown children. Underwood
was single and there was no record
of his former home at the local of
fice.
Indians May Get
Polk County Land
BEAUMONT. Texas. Feb. 23.—
—With final details being worked
out for transfer of several hun
dred acres of Polk county land to
the Alabama and Coushatta In
dians reservation, the culmination
of work for the past several years
on the part of Texans interested in
their welfare is seen.
The land being purchased by the
government for the tribe is owr.ed
by Beaumont land owners, of which
i Judge Thomas J. Baten is the
largest holder. The transfer is be
ing made at a cost of $10 per acre.
A chief of the tribe made a trip
to Washington last year to call on
the president and present the
plight of the Indians. The Texas
legislature has shown great inter
est in their welfare, and it was one
of the hobbies of the late Senator
H. F. Triplett to obtain aid for
them. A state senate committee
visited them last year shortly be
fore the trip to Washington was
made.
PLAN CANNING PLANT
NACOGDOCHES. Texas. Feb. 23.
—(JP)—With prospects of 300 acres
of land being pledged to tomatoes
this year, plans are under way for
erection of a canning factory here,
which will have an estimated pay
rol lof $6,000 monthly. Roland
Jones of the Nacogdoches cotton
compress is to head the new en
terprise.
SMITH NEW’ J. OF P.
RAYMONDVILLE, Feb. 23 —The
Willacy county commissioners court
has appointed C. 8. Smith Justice
of the peace for precinct No. 2 in
place or John M. Spillman , who
failed to qualify for the office.
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RECAPTURED
Pat McDermott, convicted slay
er of Eon R. Mellett. Canton edi
tor, who escaped from Ohio pen
itentiary with four other prison
ers, was recaptured near Columbus.
manMin”
LOCALHOTEL
Clinton Fisher, Land
Man Is Victim Of
Heart Attack
Clinton Fisher. 48 years old, wide
ly known land man of Tulsa, Okla..
died suddenly in his apartments at
a local hoiel, following an attack of
heart disease Saturday morning.
Mr. Fisher, who had been oper
ating in the Valley for some time,
had been ill several days, it is un
derstood. He was found dead in his
room early In the morning and it is
believed by physicians that he died
between 4 and 5 o'clock a. m.
Mr. Fisher at one time had been
connected with the Point Isabel De
velopment company, operating out
of this city, and was active in the
development of that section. He
was well known among Valley land
operators.
At the time of his death he was
operating here independently un
der the name of the Flsher-Wright
Land company, it is understood.
He is believed to have a wife and
family residing In Tulsa and a tele
gram. was sent them advising of his
sudden death, and asking advice on
disposition of the body.
The body is being held at the
Hinkley Mortuary pending advice
from these relatives. No answer had
been received up to the noon hour.
Lindy Flying On
Secret Mission
WICHITA, Kans., Feb. 23.—UP—
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took
off alone from Central Avenue air
port at 7:30 a. m. His destination
was not announced, though he
headed in a southwesterly direc
tion.
The Lone Eagle, spending the
night here, would give no informa
tion as to his next stop. Airport
officials said they thought he would
go from here to Waynoka, Okla.
WAYNOKA. Okla.. Feb. 23.—(P)
—Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
who took off from Wichita. Kans .
at 7:30 o'clock this morning with
Waynoka as a possible destination,
had not arrived here at K: 30 p. m.
Since he had more than sufficient
time to reach here it was regarded
as possible that he had continued
toward some other point.
A rumor was current in Browns
ville today that Col. Lindbergh was
flying to Mexico City to visit his
fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow’.
STIMSON SAILS HOME
MANILA. Feb. 23.—UP)—Governor
General Henry L. Stimson. who is
expected to occupy a place in the
cabinet of President Herbert Hoov
er sailed today for the United States
aboard the liner President Pierce.
LOCAL ROUTE
IS WANT
LINKJN PLAN
Brownsville Hop-Off
On All-Land Route
To Central, South
American Points
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.
—(/P)—Organization of the
Southern Air Transport Com
pany, Inc., a “solid south”
air mail-passenger organiza
tion, was announced today
by Alva P. Barrett, who be
comes its president.
The company is composed
of the Texas Air Transport,
Inc., of Fort Worth, of which
Mr. Barrett is the head and
the Gulf Air Lines of New
Orleans, holding company
for the St. Tammany-Gulf
Coast Airways, Inc.
The two concerns consolidated are
announced to Include all air mall
and air pasenger routes In the
South with the exception of the
New York to Atlanta-Miaml Pit
cairn lines route. Passenger ser
vice the year round is possibly over
a part of the route, Mr. Barrett
stated.
The service designed to unify pas
senger and express sendee of the
air throughout the south will con
sist of two trunk lines. Mr. Barrett
stated.
Passengers and mail service will
be operated from Atlanta to Bir
mingham. Mobile. New Orleans.
Beaumont. Houston and Brownsville
over one of the routes.
The other will extend from At
lanta through Birmingham. Jack
son. Miss.. Vicksburg. Monroe.
Shreveport, Dallas. Fort Worth and
El Paso
The Atlanta to Brownsville route.
Mr. Barrett said, ''will form an im
portant link in the Pan-American
all-lard route bv air from New York
through the South to the Rio
Grande and thence through Mexico.
Central America and on to South
Am-rica.”
The other will become a “stretch
of the Southern Transcontinental
air route which has the advantage
of being open for passenger and ex
press sendee throughout the entire
year."
Thomas Hardin, vice president of
the Southern Air Transport com
pany. will be vice president of the
New York company, which will
maintain headquarters at Fort
Worth.
Directors nlrcadv named are
.Tames P. Butler, president of the
Canal Bank and Trust company of
New Orleans: Sidney W. Souers.
vice president of the Cana! bank:
f Continued on pago eight)
THE WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Sunday. Moderate to
fresh easterly to southerly winds
on the west coast.
For East Texas: Increasing
cloudiness and warmer tonight;
rain on the west coast; Sunday
cloudy; rain in southwest portion
and on the west coast; warmer ex
cept In northwest portion.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stare Stare Chn*. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.7 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4.3 0.0 .00
Mission .... 22 3.9 -0.3 .00
San Benito . 23 6.7 -0.1 j00
Brownsville . 18 1.4 +0.2 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High.2:54 a. m.: 5:10 p. m.
Low.10:13 a. m.; 10:17 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Slunset today .6:28
Sunrise tomorrow 6:58