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THIRTY-SEVENTB YEAR—No. 240 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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VALLEY
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ONE HUNDRED and seventy
Canadians, crossing ' the United
States from north line to the
south line, are scheduled to reach
the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sat
tiAiy morning.
ameron county will entertain
tB visitors Saturday.
hidalgo county will have its fling
At the northerners Sunday.
Since there are many former
Canadians in the Valley, probably
there will be some reunions of old
friend*.
They will be entertained and will
entertain, since they are bringing
their Scotch with them.
Not the Scotch that is perhaps
most familiar down here, but a
Scotch kilted band.
From forty to fifty cars v-re being
assembled to give the visitors a
view o/ Cameron county. Each
coup# will supply cars for the day.
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While on the subject of
visitors and cars, there’s a matter
that has not been given very much,
if any. attention. And it is im
portant.
Down here in the Valley we do
ourselves proud, so to speak, in
gathering automobiles for the en
tertainment of visitors who come in
groups, large or small.
What about the individual tour- :
ists who come down here to spend i
a week, two weeks, a month or a
season.
What are we doing to entertain
them? What do they do to enter
tain themselves.
Who pays them any attention?
Who gives them any mind? Who !
digs up a car for them to see the i
Valley?
Is there a “tourist day” once a
week, or once in two weeks, on
which occasion tourists who are
here “on their own” are invited out
for a view of the Valley?
The chambers of commerce might
give that some thought, if so
minded.
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HIS NAME is Burton Davis.
Back in 1915, if memory as to
dates serves correctly, he selected a
broiling August day for a hike from
Brownsville to Point Isabel.
He made the trip all right, but
lext day went to bed with the
irst case of sun blister on rx
°d arms ever seen here. And
A abed for a wrr*i:.
was a reporter on The
■wnsville Herald.
Considerable water has gone over
the dam since 1915.
Now he is in New York City.
Writing. With him. also writing,
his wife, red-headed Clara Ogden
Davis, formerly of Fort Worth.
She has just completed a book.
“The Woman of It,” a story about
a woman governor.
And together they are collaborat
ing on a mystery story, also to be
published in book form.
Older residents of Brownsville
will remember J. Burton Davis. He
has since dropped the first letter.
An invitation to them, while in
Texas, to take a job took them to
New York. They stuck—and are
making good.
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GEORGE R. TAIT. capable man
ager for the Brownsville district of
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
company for the past two years, is ,
going up.
He has been given an important
appointment in the development
engineering department, with head
quarters at San Antonio.
He will have all south Texas as
his territory.
George Tar, is the type of util
ity official who. when asked some
thing out of the usual, replies “it
can be done.”
And nine times out of ten does
it. And when one comes to know
him and hears him say. “it can’t
be done,” it may be put down as
being just that way.
George Weber, manager of the
Corpus Christi district, again as
sumes direction of the Brownsville
district pending decision as to the
future.
Weber is a veteran, with 32 years
of service in South Texas with Bell
Telephone.
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THE CORPUS CHRISTI Caller
is much interested in Brownsville’s
airport developments, as reported in
the press from day to day.
“The Crow's Nest,” the interest
ing first page column of the Caller,
fcasio say:
"'Townsville, almost overnight, j
halAecome one of the most im
portant airports in the Southwest.
Much of its success has been due
to its natural location, on the inter
national border. But not all. by
any means. Brownsville has built
a model landing field, at a cost of
around $200,000. and equipped it in
accordance with the best stand
ards. It will be the terminus of :
three air lines, all of considerable
importance.
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“NEXT SATURDAY Brownsville
will see the inauguration of air mill
ervlce between that point and :
lexlco City, it will be the term- j
nus of the line from Chicago to
fhe Mexican border: and the term
c .us of the line from New York
* id Washington via Houston. At
ae same time the line from San
Antonio to Laredo will be discon
tinued, and the mail planes routed
from Antonio to Brownsville
A passenger line from Dallas. Fort
Worth. San Antonio to Brownsville
Is projected, and there are rumors
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CREAGER RAPS WORZBACH
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Bexar Man Held In Murder Of Mason Sheriff
COMPANION IS
BEING SOUGHT
BY OFFICIALS
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A. T,! Murray Found
Slain In Highway;
Had Answered
To Arrest 2 Men
SAN ANTONIO. March 1.—(fP)—
Ofilio Herrera. Bexar county resi-,
dent. Friday was held in the Ma-1
son countv fail in connection witn
the slaying of Sheriff Allen T.
Murray of Mason, Thursday, near j
Mason, while a search for a com- i
panion of Herrera continued, ac
cording to District Attorney F. K.
Hammond of Mason.
District Attorney Hammond told
a representative of the Light by
telephone that a charge of murder j
had been filed against Herera who J
was arrested Thursday night eight i
miles from Mason on the Brady
road.
Herrera was arrested when in
formation was brought to Deputy
Sheriff Tom Baker of Mason that
there was a car stalled on the i
Brady road, according to the Ma
son county prosecutor, who said
Herrera was believed to have had a
companion with him. The suspect
made no statement.
Deputy Sheriff Baker found his
superior dead when he responded j
to a report that a drunken man
was lying in the road by his car in
a lane near Mason. The sheriff J
had be^n last seen when he left j
Mason to search for two men whose j
arrest had been requested by offi
cers of Laurel Valley, village near 1
Mason.
Martin Lively and Walter Irvin
of Brady, drivers of a gasoline
truck, after the discovery of the
sheriff’s body, told officers of hav
ing seen the sheriff talking to two
men in the lane. There was a small
gray coupe and the sheriff’s car
stopped in the lane, they said.
HAMER AIDS HUNT
MASON. Texas. March 1.—f/P)—
Captain Frank Hamer of the Texas
rangers arrived here this morning
to assist officers of Mason and sur
rounding counties in running down
the slayers of Sheriff Allen T. Mur
ray, whose body was found in a j
lonely lane near here yesterday.
‘Fire Bug' Is Being
Sought In Harlingen
As Residence Burned
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. March 1.—Damage
estimated at several hundred dol
lars was caused b. fire, believed to |
have been the work of a “fire bug,” ;
Thursday night at the new home i
here being built by A. G. McCrumb. |
This is the second attempt to
burn the house, police say, and a
rigid investigation is underway. The
house is a large one-storv building
with a basement, and in the attempt
last night, the blaze was started in
this basement, a considerable por
tion of the interior being badly
damaged.
WILBUR NOMINATED
9TH CIRCUIT JUDGE
WASHINGTON, March 1.—(H)—
Curtis D. Wilbur, secretary of the
navy, was nominated by President
Coolidge today to be United States
circuit judge for the ninth cir
cuit.
By the nomination President
Colidge settled the future status of
one of the first members of his
cabient whose plans have become
definitely known. The retirement
of the secretary also will make it
possible for Dr. Ray Lyman Wil
bur to become secretary of the in
terior in the Hoover cabinet with
out there being two brothers in the
cabinet.
SUZANNE LENGLEN’S
DAD DIES IN FRANCE
NICE. France, March 1.—(Hi— i
“Papa” Lenglen, father of Su
zanne Lenglen. French tennis star,
died here today.
“Papa” Lenglen, for many years
secretary of the Nice Lawn Ten
nis club, taught his daughter, Su
zanne. the game which brought her
international fame as a peerless
player. He frequently told how
speed and accuracy had been the
secrets of his success in teaching
his daughter to play the game.
WILSON CHARGED
FORT WORTH, March 1.—(H>— i
E. D. Wilson. 40, arrested after a
running gun fight with three de
tectives, has been charged with as
sault to murder City Detectives
Winston J. Lewis. H. E. Chappie
and W. T. Henderson. None of
the detectives was injured. Wil
son is suffering from a pistol
wound in his shoulder.
NEWSPAPERMAN VISITS
Brad Smith, editor of the McAl
len Press, was a visitor in Browns
ville Thursday. While here he in
spected the municipal airport. j
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AIDS BOOTH’S SUCCESSOR
An active worker in the Salvation Army is Mrs. Wesley Taylor,
of Detroit, whose father. Gen. Edward J. Higgins, has bean elected
commander-in-chief of the organization, succeeding Gen. W. Bram
well Booth, who persistently has fought attempts to oust him from
power.. despite his advanced age and failing health. Mrs. Taylor is
above with her three-year-old daughter, Gladys.
VICTIM IN CAR
ACCIDENT DIES
Mrs. F. B. Rhoe, Hurt !n
Auto Crash on Highway
Dead At Hospital
HARLINGEN, March 1.—Mrs. F.
B. Rhoe, 54 years old, injured in an
automobile wreck on the highway
between here and San Benito sev
eral weeks ago, died at 11 o'clock
Thursday night at the Valley Bap
tist hospital.
Seven other people were injured
in the crash when two automobiles,
one driven by Mrs. Rhoe. crashed
head-on. Mrs. Rhoe, however, was
the only one severely injured. She
had been at the Valley Baptist hos
pital for the last two weeks, and
was reported well on the road to
recovery, when she suffered a re
lapse Thursday morning.
Death is believed to have been
the result of complications follow
ing a fracture of the skull. Of the
seven others injured in the accident,
all were released after examination
at the hospital, having sustained
only minor bruises.
The body of Mrs. Rhoe will be
sent to Crete, 111., her home, for
burial tonight by the Thompson
mortuary. Mr. Rhoe, her husband,
who was injured in the accident,
will accompany the bcdv.
CHENGOES OFF TO SEE
OLD HOME IN GREECE
Anthony Chengoes is going home.
For the first time since leaving for
America 21 years ago he will see
his mother and the old home in the
mountains of Greece.
Chengoes, who is one of the pro
prietors cf ne White Kitchen, was
to leave Friday for New York,
where he plans to spend about a
week's vacation before catching
the boat for the second lap of his
journey, which he plans to com
plete in time to spend Easter at
home. He will be a way about four
months, returning to ‘ Brown, ville
at the end of his visit.
“I won't know any one there,”
he remarked, “except my mother,
and scarcely my sisters and broth
ers.”
HEAT OF CHORUS
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GIRL’S BLUSH IS
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RECORDED 5-100F
NEW YORK, March 1.—(A'j—An
instrument so sensitive it can
measure the blush of a Broadway
chorus girl is one of the achieve
ments of science during the last
year.
In one of a series of demon
strations arranged by the Amer
ican Institute, Miss Joanna Al
len of a musical show sat before
a device resembling a small au
tomobile, and blushed. Dr. E. E.
Free, chemical authority, who
conducted the demonstration, re
corded the blush at five one
hundredth of a degree Fahrenheit.
Miss Allen's blush was classi
fied as a “slight" one, scarcely
sufficient to deepen th color of
the cheeks. Dr. Free said in a
series of tests a wide range of
temperature changes had been
noted in blushes, some readings
showing 100 times as much actual
rk j in temperature as others.
The blushes of blondes, he said,
were hotter than those of bru
nettes.
Death Term Given
Slayer of Dallas
Trolley Operator
DALLAS, March 1.—I7P)—For the
third time in two months a Dallas
jury assessed the death penalty
last night when Dewey Hunt was
sentenced to the electric chair for
the murder of Samuel Cole, street
car operator. last November.
The jury, apparently overlooking
Hunt's plea of insanity, found him
guilty on the first ballot last night.
The state introduced witnesses to
connect Hunt with the crime on
circumstantial evidence.
Strapped to a chair, a gag cov
ering his mouth, the burly defend
ant could do no more than roll his
eyes when the verdict was read.
He was trussed up on the opening
day of his trial W’hen his ravings
threw the court room into confu
sion.
Cole was shot to death at the
controls of his car the night of
November 3 when resisting an at
tempted holdup.
Lindy Believed Teaching
Anne to Pilot Aeroplane
MEXICO CITY, March 1.—</P)
—This capital was inclined today
to the belief that Miss Anne
Morrow might be an aviatrix be
fore she became Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh and might be able to
take her turn at running a honey
moon plane.
There is nothing new to indi
cate when her marriage to the
transatlantic flight hero will take
place, but friends see in events of
the past two days possibility that
Colonel Lindbergh is teaching
her to fly.
Miss Morrow's known enthus
, iasm for the air and the Quick
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ness with which she submitted to
“army medicine” yesterday after
her crash of Wednesday lent
foundation to indications that
she wishes to handle a plane her
self.
Cuernavaca with its lazy beauty
will draw the aviator and the
Morrows again this week-end.
Colonel Lindbergh and Anne will
return to Mexico City on Tues
day. Further definite assurance
has been given in authoritative
sources that there will be no
secret wedding, as some had sug
gested on this second trip to the
Morrow, country home, Aj-r
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AVENGEDEATH
OF AMERICANS
Mexican Troops Re
ported Trailing Last
Of Kidnapers Who
Killed Engineers
MEXICO CITY, March 1.——
Sixteen. Mexicans have paid with
their lives for the alleged murder
of W. M. Underwood and G. C.
Aiesthorpe, American mining offi
cials. in the state of Guanajuato.
Two others, held as prisoners,
today faced summary action by
court martial, and probable execu
tion for their part in the slayings.
Troops were in pursuit of the re
mainder of the band.
The military commander of the
state of Guanajuato reported to the
chief of the presidential staff here
fhat federal troops yesterday en
countered the bandit group which
kidnaped and killed the two Ameri
cans and in a two-hour battle
killed ten of them, capturing two
others. Six others were killed in a
previous battle.
One federal soldier was killed in
yesterday's encounter.
Aiesthorpe and Underwood were
kidnaped from their bunks at the
Guanajuato mines and reduction in
northeastern Guanajuato Wednes
day of last week. A ransom of $7,
500 was demanded for their release.
This was paid to an intermediary
and was being carried to the ban
dits when federal troops attacked
them, killing six.
Presumably in retaliation for the
attack the two Americans were
killed, their bodies being found
near the scene of the battle by pur
suing troops
ANTrSElNG
B1LLJSPASSED
Measure Now Before Gov
ernor After Stormy
Session In House
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN, March 1.—The Holbrook
fish bill, designed to close the coast
al waters of Texas to seine fisher
men after January 1, 1930, was
passed finally by the house late
Thursday night and sent to Gover
nor Moody for his signature.
The measure does not prohibit the
use of trammel and giil nets, but
does prohibit drag seines and trawls
except small bait seines.
The bill was attacked in both
houses as sounding the doom of the
commercial fish industry and the
destruction of the property of those
engaged in this industry. It was re
vealed that commercial fishermen
have paid in about $50,000 taxes on
12,000.000 pounds of fish taken an
nually.
Representative L. M. Kenyon of
Galveston, led the fight in the
house, though the bill was spon
sored by the senator from his dis
trict. He charged it was fostered
by rich sportsmen who wanted pro
tection at the expense of 5,000 per
sons engaged in the industry. Rep
resentative C. S. McCombe of Dal
las also spoke against the measure,
the fight for the bill being led by
Representative Hill A. Sanders of
’ Nacogdoches.
Proponents of the measure stated
that all varieties of fish are disap
pearing rapidly from the coastal
waters of Texas; that the bill was
in the nature of a conservation
measure, and that prohibition of
seining is necessary to preserve ma
rine life on the Texas coast.
No definite announcement has
been made by Governor Moody, but
he is expected to sign the measure
Friday or Saturday.
Mission Electing
2 Commissioners; ^
Expect Big Vote
MISSION, March 1.—A heavy
vote is being polled here today in
the election at which two members
are to be added to the city commis
sion. The additiona’ members were
provided in a new charter recently
adopted.
Candidates are Albert McHenry,
said to have the support of Mayor
G. F. Dohm and the present ad
ministration; Jack Frost and Roy
Buckley, said to be the candidates
of those who oppose Mayor Dohm
and the present regime.
Present commissioners are Geo.
Cavazos and R. R. Stepnens.
PROMOTION IS GIVEN
TWO M. P. EMPLOYES
HARLINGEN, March 1. — An
nouncement of the promotion of
two local Missouri Pacific railway
officials was made public today. C.
C. Clayton, local passenger agent
was appointed as division passenger
agent, while L. H. Moore, division
passenger agent, was promoted tc
genera’ passenger agent with head‘s
quartei* in this city.
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Checks Drawn by
Robison on Land
Fund Under Fire
AUSTIN, March 1.—(/P)—Cancelled checks drawn on
a one cent an acre fund collected from purchasers of pub
lic lands to pay expenses of revaluing the tracts and gifts
||Steived by Commissioner J. T. Robison, were discussed
before the committee investingating the land office yes
Aff AIT ACTION
ON BARRICADE
Fence Over Concrete High
way Near Santa Rosa
Still Standing
Action to be taken by Cameron
county in connection with the
fence and barrj|®de erected across
the concrete hignway west of Santa
Rosa on the line between the Cantu
tract and the property of ths
American Rio Grande Land & Irri
gation company will be decided to
day.
County Judge O. C. Dancy, who
went to Austin Tuesday, returned
to Harlingen Friday morning, and
is understood to be investigating
the legal phases involved.
County Engineer W. O. Washing
ton, who made a trip to the west
end of the county Thursday after
noon to survey the barricade, pro
nounced it a very substantial af
fair. A heavy wire fence, support
ed by heavy mesquite poles is
stretched across the highway and
is reinforced with a large tree and
i stumps.
Investigation revealed that the
land had been leased by the
American company for grazing
purposes, but whether the barricade
had been erected by the holder of
the lease was not definitely ascer
tained.
At a meeting of Santa Rosa resi
dents Wednesday a committee was
appointed to visit other Southern
Pacific towns and secure a, delega
tion to go to Edinburg to request
immediate paving of the three-mile
gap between the end of the Cam
eron county pavement and the
Mercedes base line. This would
necessitate construction of a dip or
causeway across the north flood
way.
The barricade, which has been
erected about half a mile east of
the Hidalgo county line, has effec
tually cut off all traffic between
the Southern Pacific towns of Cam
eron and Hidalgo c ounties, it was
stated.
Rumors are rife in the western
part of the county in connection
with the barricading of the road. It
is understood Cameron county se
cured right of way from the
American company several months
ago, but the legal status of the
countjy could not be determined
1 until the county judge has com
pleted his investigation.
CHARGES OF MURDER
ON HIGH SEA FILED
HOUSTON, March" 1.— (Jf) —A
charge of murder on the high seas
was filed today against John B.
Fikes, oiler on the steamer Endicott,
United States shipping board ves
sel. due to dock here March 8. It
was the first such charge to be filed
here in 11 years.
Fikes, reported in irons aboard
the ship, is accused of slaying Geo.
A. Leonard, ship steward. February
1. while the ship was docked at
Havre, France,
REMAINS J. J. PALMER
FORWARDED THURSDAY
Remains of J. J. Palmer, 66, who
died here Wednesday morning, were
forwarded Thursday evening to the
family home at Black Lick, Pa., for
burial. Palmer, who had been
spending the winter in Brownsville,
is survived by his wife and a son
who reside at Black Lick. The body
was prepared for forwarding by
Hinkley mortuary.
rieraay.
Many checks drawn in favor of
“self” or “cash,” ranging in denom
inations from $100 to $1,000, signed
by the commissioner and issued
against the special fund, were in
troduced in evidence. The commis
sioner said the money in each in
stance was drawn to defray ex
penses incident to revaluing the
lands, except those issued while he ;
was in a San Antonio hospital to j
pay the bills Incurred by his ill- j
ness.
He said he was of the firm opin
ion it was right and just for the
fund to stand the expenses of his
illness, since he was stricken as a '
result of hardships he endured
while in the field appraising the
lands.
Gifts Listed
Gifts which were brought into
the hearing were as follows:
Eighty acres of land In Live Oak
county, from the late George W.
i West of San Antonio, which Com
missioner Robison said he later sold
to former Governor James E. Fer
guson for $2,000.
Five hundred dollars from Ira G. I
Yates of San Angelo, to apply on
his last campaign expenses, used by j
Mr. Robison, he said, to pay a loan!
of $500 from Judge R. L. Bates, [
| obtained during the campaign.
(Continued on Page Nine.)
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San Benitan Came to Valley
In 1909; Member of
A. L. and Masons
(Special to The Heraldl
SAN BENITO, Mar. 1.—Olin C.
Collins, 41-year-old Valley pioneer
who had seen this city grow almost
from nothing in 1909 to its present
size, died at 1:30 a. m. at the home of
his mother, Mrs. J. R. Collins, after
an illness of three months duration.
Death is thought to have been
caused from complications arising
out of an accident in which he lost
a leg some time ago.
Collins had been connected with
various enterprises and was well
known in the lower Valley through
business connections and member
ship in the American legion, 40 & 8
and the Masons.
He began work in the McChesney
San Benito store on his arrival in
the Valley, later farming and then
working in the Brownsville Mc
Chesney store. Of late years Collins
has been connected with a tax col
lector’s office in San Benito and
during the past two years was with
the J. R. CoLins Insurance Co.
The decedent spent 15 months
'"'erseas during the World war
with a machine gun troop,
Collins is survived by his mother,
Mrs. J. R. Collins, a sister. Mrs. E. C.
Leese, four brothers. Richard T.,
William B.. James and Robert M.,
all of San Benito.
Funeral services conducted by
Rev. E. C. Marshall from the Meth
odist church at 4 p. m. today. Ac
tive pal bearers have been named as
follows: Dr. S. E. Crews. Burt Ep
stein, A. L. Montgomery, L. S. Bol
ing. Milton Pupkin and Charles
Bowie. Ail nail bearers are mem
bers of the 40 & 8.
Funeral arangement swere made
by the Thompson mortuary.
TIDAL WAVE HITS JAPAN
TOKYO, March 1.—UP)—Dispatch
es to Tokyo newspapers today said
tremendous damage had been
wrought by tidal waves along the
coast near Choshi. Isle of Nippon.
(Entire villages were destroyed. The
I coast line caved in for many miles,
j burying villages to a depth of 12
feet in water and mud. The num
ber of casualties was unknown.
Runners Relay to Catch
Alleged Valley Robber
(Special to The Herald)
SAN TENITO, March 1.—The
familiar story of two foxes relay
ing in circles to run down a dog
was reversed here yesterday aft
ernoon by W. S. Brock and S. L.
Manley, and as a result R. E.
Randolph is lodged behind the
bars on a cherge of burglary.
Randolph is alleged to have
grabbed a wad of cash from the
Barger Plantation office’s cadi
register and dashed out. Brock,
cashier and manager for the
plantation, heatedly sprinted out
I behind him. Despite strenuous
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CHARGED fflTl
Bexar County Man De
nies All Testimony
Of G. 0. P. Conmiit
teeman Given in Quiz
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—^)—
R. B. Creager, republican national
committeeman for Texas, charged
before the senate patronage com
mittee today that, Representative
Harry M. Wurzbach, only repub
lican member of congress from
Texas, had violated the penal law by
“collecting contributions" for hi^
campaigns. \
Wurzbach entered a categorical
denial ot ail ot the charges and as
serted he had “never solicited a dol
lar" in his life.
“In the campaign of 1926," Creag- ,
er said, “while a congressman and af*
candidate for re-election, Mr. Wurz
bacn received contributions for i!“^
campaign from at least four officer*®
and employees of the United States. ^
Details Contributions
“On June 28, 1926, Mr. Wurzbach
received a campaign contribution of
$100 from H. M. Holden, at the time
United States attorney at Houston*/
Texas. /
“In July, 1926," Mr. Wurzbach/
ceived a campaign contributi/'' ^
$100 from S. C. Kyle, at t/¥-■!
district dirpctor of the Uji/1 saJ®l|l
veterans bureau, staticnL
Antonio. Texas. %®®H®
“On -In!v 8. 1926. Mr. \33®®®|
rep' ived the .- on of $25 as a®®®
partr* rorcribidicn from H. F.^®®
or, of San Antonio, Texas, wh^^Q
ihp time was a railway clerk
United States. WBmm
•On July 8. 1926. Mr. Wurzb®lp
received $50 as a campaign contH^H
bution from E. J. Keudell. of £a®
Antonio. Texas, who at the tira®
was a railway mail clerk of t.H®
United States.
Wurzhacli Admits
“On Aunist 16. 1324. ir.J®®
inaeh, a1 the tmie a member ®H|
cress and a candidate for R®®ill
'••' n. received a campaign cor^H®®
tion of $25 from Roy B. Mi ®M1
postmaster at Houston, Texas. ®9®
last contribution was received®®
Mr. Wurzbach in person in
fice of Mr. Nichols in the * J®
building in Houston, J5M
contribution was by ch®\\. th®
Union National Bank of Houston®
Texas, the check being numberec®^
1.493 and I now offer the origina®
cheek to the committee as evidence.-®
Wurzbach admitted he had re®
ceived all of the contributions bu®
declared they were unsolicited an®
came from men who had given th®
money voluntarily and were hi.®
lifetime friends. i®
“I do not understand.” he said®
“that it is a violation of the crim^
inal law to accept voluntary contri- ,
butions.”
Creager testified (hat in October,
1924. C. K. McDoweil, then of San
Antonio, entered into an agreement
with W'urzbach whereby the repre
sentative was * to support McDowell
for the position of collector of cus
toms” and that he was “to pay
Wurzbach $1,000 as a campaign
contribution.”
“Signed Endorsement”
“Mr. Wurzbach. at the very time
Creager said, “signed a written in
dorsement of McDowell for the po
sition stated and this written in
dorsement was mailed by Mr. Mc
Dowell to the secretary of (he treas
ury, Andrew Mellow. Mr. McDowell
delivered and caused to be deliv
ered to Mr. Wurzbach prior to the
election, the sum of $290. Immedi
ately after the election Mr. Wurz
bach called noon Mr. McDowell and
demanded the balance of the $1,090
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