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Wild Confusion, Firey
Speeches Precede
Action In Fight On
Chief Executive
BATON ROUGE. La., April 6.—
—The house of representatives
of the Louisiana legislature this
morning voted to send Hqev P.
Long, governor, to trial before the
state senate. The vote was 58
to 40.
On a vote regarded as a test of
strength, advocates of impeach
ment won by 68 to 27 on a ques
tion of sustaining the chair in a
decision, which ruled against th«
admission of a substitute motion
that would have subjected the gov
ernor to a public reprimand rather
than impeachment.
The record vote was taken amid
wild confusion after fiery speeches
had been delivered by both oppon
ents and supporters of Gov. Long.
The substitute resolution was of
fered by Representative Ard, of
Lafayette, over one previously pre
sented by Representative Perrault
of St. Landry calling for impeach
ment o* the governor on the count
in wnjbh he was accused of at
temptfm: to intimidate Charles P.
Manship, Baton Rouge publisher.
TRUSTETVOTE
REPORTED SLOW
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Only 25 Votes Cast Here By!
Noon; Many Boards Re
turned Unopposed
Votes were being cast slowly Sat
urday morning in the school board
of trustee elections being held over
the Valley reports at noon indicat
ed. In most instances, however, it
was believed by the election man
agers that the vote would become
heavier during the noon hour and
Jn the afternoon.
A large number of the boards are
being returned without opposition
and few of the elections involve
mere than trustee elections. This
was not the case In the Browns
ville district, however, as a $75,000
bond issue for new structures was
before the voters.
Twenty-two districts were holding
elections in Cameron county and
in addition a county board was be
ing selected. The county body of
Lee R. Vance. J. A. Hockaday,
Francis M. Davis, L. M. Vigness,
and A. L. Brooks, is being returned
without opposition.
The Brownsville district also is
returning Harbet Davenport, Ike A.
Dudley. J. S. Gaham and O. V. Law
rence to the board without opposi
tion. Indications were at noon
that the vote would not go over 100.
Only 25 ballots had been cast at
mid-day.
15,000 Attending j
Formal Opening of
New Zapata Bridge
MERCEDES. Tex.. April 6.—(/P)—
An enormous barbecue, planned to
satisfy 15.000 appetites, was a fea
ture of the celebration today at
Zapata, Texas, in connection with
the formal opening of the new
international bridge between Za
pata and Guerrero, Mexico The
barbecue pits have been laid out
on the Mexican side of the river.
Visitors were expected from La
redo and every city in the Rio
Grande Valley.
Student Flier Is
Fatally Injured
In Dallas Crash
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DALLAS. Tex., April 6.—(JF>—
Walter Tuttle. 20. Terrell, student
flier, was probably fatally injured,
and Scott Dollins. 24. Detroit. Tex.,
suffered severe injuries in an air
plane crash here today.
follins bought the plane Wed
lay at Midland. It fell about
200* feet when it went into a tail
spin. The men had hopped off for
Detroit.
Tuttle came to Dallas six weeks
ago for flying instruction. Dol
lins had a limited license as a
pilot. The plane was wrecked.
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Four Burned to Death in Hotel Fire
LAST PICTURE OF AMBASSADOR HERRICK, TAKEN AT FOCH FUNERAL
Last picture of the late Myron T. Herrick, American ambassador to France, taken as he sat with representatives of other large nations in the
Invalides, Paris, during a civil funeral service for the late Marshall Fe rdinand Foch. Ambassador Herrick died several days later as result of
exposure suffered during long, drawn-out services for Marshal Foch. Left to right are showm Herrick, Sir William Tyrrel of England, Quin
ones de Leon of Sain, Prince Charles, the count of Flanders, Belgium and the Prince of Wales.
STAR LINE MAY
MEET AIRMAIL
Gaines Confers With Den
nett; Pair to Meet Mex
ican Officers
A conference on the advisability
of changing the schedule of the
Valley star mail route so as to
make connections with the north
bound airmail which leaves here at
1:25 p. m., was held here Saturday
by S. M. Gaines, superintendent of
railway mail service with offices at
Fort Worth, and Postmaster G. W
Dennett of this city.
The conference was the out
growth of numerous letters from
up-Valley points urging that the
schedule by changed so that letters
mailed in the morning on the star
route could make connections with;
the northbound airmail. Airmail
is being used more and more in the
Valley, the letters pointed out, and
urged that the schedule by changed i
as soon as possible.
Gaines and Dennette also were to
meet Lino B. Rochin, sub-director
general of postoffices, Mexico City,
and Jose V. Chavez, general super
intendent of railway mails, who
were to fly here today from Mexico
City on the same plane bringing
Miss Constance Morrow, sister of
Miss Anne Morrow, fiancee of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Mexican postoffice heads
are en route to an international
postal convention to be held in
London. It is probable that they
will confer with Washington postal
officials while on the trip.
Chavez was here at the opening
of the international airmail line, j
Gaines arrived by rail Saturday!
morning and expected to return in'
the evening. I
Several Injured as
Blast Almost Wrecks
Train Near Temple
TEMPLE. Texas, April 6.—tJP)—An explosion of an undetermined na
ture in the lavatory of a coach on a Santa Fe Railway passenger train 1G I
miles north of here today injured several persons and gave rise to early
reports that the train had been bombed. Railroad officials began an
investigation.
MEET IS WON
BY SAN BENITO
Big Lead In Literary Con
tests Gives 29 Points
Over Brownsville
San Benito won the all-round
championship in the Interscholas
tic league met held here last week,
according to announcement today
of A. S. Caldwell, director of liter
ary events.
San Benito w'on 84 and a half
points in the literary events to 20
points for Brownsville, giving the
schools a net score of 134 and a
half points and 125 points, respec
tively.
Brownsville, who won the athletic
meet by a score of 105 to 50, did
not enter sevft-al of the literary*
events.
The district interscholastic meet
is scheduled to be held here Friday
and Saturday, April 19 and 20. The
district is composed of Hidalgo,
Starr, Willacy and Cameron coun
ties.
Lindy Turns Instructor
To Teach Fiancee to Fly
MEXICO CITY. April 6.—(JP)—'
This capital, which decided a
month ago Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh was teaching his fi
ancee, Miss Anne Morrow, to fly,
is now convinced she is gaining
some proficiency with an airplane.
It is believed that under the
tutelage of the man she is to
marry, she is becoming capable of
ordinary maneuvers in the air,
and. given a few more hours
aloft, should be able to manage a
plane without Colonel Lindbergh's
help.
There is no way of confirming
the belief since both Colonel Lind
bergh and Miss Morrow have
kept silent even to their most in
timate friends in an effort to es
cape the inevitable publicity if it
were known. But observers point
out that the flying Miss Morrow
has done with her aviator fiance
has borne many resemblances to
ordinary student flying. And they
chuckle and say Thursday's flight
—after he had taken up Elizabeth
and Constance, her sister.—had
some of the characteristics, at cer
tain stages, of a novice's air man
agement.
Mrs. Morrow', Anne, Elizabeth
and Constance, and Colonel Lind
bergh returned yesterday from
the Morrow country home at
Cuernavaca to see Miss Constance
off for school in Milton, Mass.,
today.
No announcement has been
made of Colonel Lindbergh's plans
but it is believed he intends to
remain here several days longer.
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£ Several of the 15 passengfers re
ceived minor cuts from flying glass,
but did not go to hospitals here for
treatment.
The train was running about 50
miles an hour when the explosion
occurred and did not stop. Special
Officer Rooney of the Santa Fe
said he believed a small bottle of
nitro glycerine might have been
left in the lavatory, and a jolt' could
have ca\?d it to hit the floor and
explode.
The steel construction of the
coach was said to have kept it from
being blown from the rails and in
have averted a train wreck. The
coach was from Kansas City, and
was replaced here.
A Mexican, en route from Kan
sas City to Laredo, on his way
home after taking a load of cattle
to Kansas City, was questioned,
but absolved of any connection
with the blast and released.
Conductor Maxey Callaway, in
charge of the train, said it was a1
miracle several lives were not lost.
James E. Ferguson, former gover
j nor of Texas, was a passenger in
j another coach and was not hurt.
BOSTONFLIGHT ,
PARTY ARRIVES
Three Ships Expected to Go
To New Orleans Later
In Day
The last of the places to make
the Brownsville to Boston army air
corps navigation test flight arrived
here at noon today and prepara- '
tions were being completed for the
three ships to leave some time this
afternoon.
The tri-motored Ford plane, pi
lotedby Captain C. V. Finter. and
carrying five passengers landed at
the port at 12:10 p. m. and the tri
motored Fokker, with Lieut. Albert
F. Hegenberger as pilot and carrv- :
ing three passengers, arrived ten
minutes later.
The 0-11 arrived late Friday, pi
loted by Captain C. V. Finter, and
Lieut. C. Valentine as passenger.
Members of the party planned to
have lunch here and to leave later
in the day for New Orleans, the
first stop on the flight which is to
take about ten days.
Lieut. D. V. Gaffney, who assist
ed here in arrangements for the
Eaker flight, arrived in an army
plane to see the party off. Con
gressman Meh’in J. Mass of Minne
sota was a passenger in one of the
planes. }
CREAGER TO LET
PUBLIC JUDGE
Local G. O. P. Head Recalls
Confidence Expressed
By Hoover
Cading on the public to “judge
between the word of President Her
bert Hoover and that of Senator
Smith Brookhart” as to the record
and standing of the republican par
ty in Texas and its leaders. R. B.
Creager late today issued the fol
lowing statement in reply to one
by Brookhart earlier in the day.
“An attack by Senator Brookhart
is almost like getting a distinguished
service medal for bravery on the
field of civic battle. He is one of
the most preposterous figures in
American public life.
“There is a fairly accurate pic
ture of him in the elading article in
the April American Mercury where
the following language is used in
describing hipi: “There is little in
telligence or moral fiber in him.
Brookhart runs heavily to simpli
city. Not infrequently it reaches
the intensity of the scatter-brained.
His wits don’t seem to help him a
great deal save to lead him to false
conclusions. His gullibility makes
him an easy mark whenever occa
sions whatever the situation, re
qune Brookhart, simple man that
he is, glorifies in the resultant pub
lic attention.
“Brookhart charges me with being
mentally dishonest. I have publicly
branded him as a falsifier and have
proven that, at least in two specific
instances, he lied.
“As to the record and standing
of the republican party in Texas
and its responsible leaders, the pub
lic may judge between Senator
Brookhart and President Hoover,
who in his statement published in
every newspaper in the country ex
pressed in unqualified language his
confidence in the Texas republican
arganization and its leaders.”
Potato And Bean
Markets Steady;
Movement Heavy
The potato market was holding
steady Saturday at $2.00 per hun
ired with shippers reporting in
creased demand from all points.
Beans, which also are moving in
aeavy volume, are holding steady at
fl.75 per hamper. Beets and car
rots continue to move in heavy vol
lme, at profitable prices to grow
ers.
Loadings Friday totaled 241 cars,
including 40 mixed vegetables, 22
beets. 34 carrots, 32 beets and car
rots, 32 cabbage, 28 onions, 34 po
tatoes, 14 string beans, 2 parsley.
I chicory, 2 grapefruit. The move
aient to date totals 16,250 cars
as compared with 14,284 to the same
date last year.
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Firemen Believe Many
More Are Buried Un
der Debris; Women
Scream Alarm
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DES MOINES, Iowa, April 6.—iVP)
At least four persons are dead and
scores are suffering from injuries
received in a fire at the Kirkwood
hotel, early today.
“Fire Chief Burnett after in
specting the wreckage expressed be
lief that several additional bodies
might be found. He said a group
of men and women had been re
ported holding a party in one of the
rooms, and had not been found
since. Firemen were almost unani- |
i mous in believeing that more vic
tims were buried in the debris.
J The known dead:
MRS. RED WATSON.
W. D. RAIDLER.
“RED” JARRUP.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
i Twelve persons were taken to hos
' pitals and many others injured and
burned were given treatment. Be
tween 125 and 150 persons were in
the building when the fire broke out.
Two policemen, attracted by the
screaming of women, and a negro
I porter, turned in alarms. All fire
| companies in the city responded to
| the call.
Four men jumped from the fifth
floor to the top of the court which
served as the roof of the first floor.
Three of them are believed to be
dead. Police and hotel employes
were busy this morning checking up
the guests to see if any remained
in the burning building.
The building, a total loss, was
! valued at between $200,000 and I
' $250,000.
PERSMlAY
BE AMBASSADOR
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Political Circles Believe He
Will Succeed Herrick
At Paris
WASHINGTON. April 6.—(.■Pi
Possibility that Gen. John J. Persh
ing may become the next ambassa
dor to France has been injected into
the unofficial speculation which al
ways thrives in Washington when
an appointment of such importance
is pending.
His name has been added mys
teriously to the list of distinguished
public men already mentioned for
the post, which includes such fig
ures as Frank B. Kellogg, until re
cently secreary of state; Dwight F.
Davis, former secretary of war. and
Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador at
Rome.
The point emphasized in the dis
cussion of General Pershing is that,
as a World war hero of both Amer
ica and France, he occupies a posi
tion in the affections of the two
peoples similar to that of the late
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick.
CHICAGO OFFICER
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KILLS SQUIRREL
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WHICH BIT SEVEN
CHICAGO. April 6.—(£»)—The
little red squirrel that got mad
and bit seven persons has been
executed.
Judge Herbert Immenhausen
of police court believes there has
been a miscarriage of justice.
Tiie judge issued a warrant
charging the squirrel with may
hem and providing for his re
lease under $500 bond.
Patrolman Oscar Hansen, how
ever, already had fired the shot
that ended the great Addison
street squirrel hunt. He said the
rodent had bitten seven persons
this week and was a menace to
society.
As Judge Immenhausen pointed
out. however, the sanity of the
squirrel had never been legally
determined. '
MISS MORROW
ARRIVES HERE
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Sister of Lindbergh’s Fiancee
To Leave By Rail Sat
urday Evening
Miss Constance Morrow, sister of
Anne Morrow, fiancee of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, arrived at the
Brownsville airport at 12:55 p. m. as
a passenger aboard the Mexican
Aviation company’s plane.
Miss Morrow, who is en route to
Boston to return to school, was ac
companied by Mrs. S. R. Grame. A
drawing room reservation has been
booked for the two over the Mis
souri Pacific. They were to leave
by 8:35 p. m. They will travel by
way of St. Louis, arriving in New
York City at 9:35 a. m. Tuesday.
The daughter of Dwight Morrow,
U. S. ambassador to Mexico, was in
good spirits upon arriving, despite a
somewhat rough air passage. She is
a flying enthusiast, having spent an >
hour in the air recently with Col. j
Lindbergh.
No reception, was planned here
for her and it was thought probable
that she and Mrs. Grame would
spend their time here in resting
for their long rail journey.
Miss Morrow has been visiting her
parents over the Easter holidays.
She left Mexico City at 8 a. m.
Mrs. Morrow. Col. Lindbergh and
Anne and Elizabeth Morrow, went
to Valbuena flying field in an em
bassy motor car to see her off.
Lind B. Roachin, sub-director
general of postoffices of Mexico
City, and Jose V. Chavez, general
superintendent of railway mails,
came here aboard the plane with
Miss Morrow. The Mexican post
office officials are en route to an in
ternational postal convention to be
held in London.
FRENCH BIRTHS GAIN
SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR
PARIS. April 6.—(£>)—It will take
France 20 or 25 years to make up
the loss in native born population
sustained through war casualties.
Last year there were slight in
creases in marriages and births but
the excess of births over deaths
was only 70.000. The war death
list was 1.500.000.
Spring-Like Weather
Makes Poet of Lawyer
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CHICAGO. April 6.——Attor
ney Victor Frohlich is well versed
in the poetry of motion.
He stood before Judge Joseph
Sabath yesterday as counsel for
Mrs. Ana Barcal, seeking a di
vorce, and spoke as follows:
“This motion, if your honor
please,
“For alimony, and solicitor's fees;
“The man is strong, the woman
meek.
“I think she should get 12 bucks
a week.”
Judge Sabath enjoys - a bit of
poetry now and then, but in its
place.
“Are you making light of this
court?” he demanded.
“What do you mean, your hon
or?” '
“You just recited poetry,” said
the judge, “and very bad poetry,
too.”
“I did not realize it, your hon
or,” said Mr. Forhlich. “It must
have been the spring-like weather
joining my well-meant words to
gether.”
“Very well,” the court said. “I’ll
entertain your motion, though
your motion did not entertain
me.”
He cotninued the case a week
so that Anton Barcal might en- I
gage an attorney—one who does :
not. Judge Sabath emhasized, use I
poetry.
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12 PLANES AT :
SAN ANTONIO;
SENT TO NACC
Battle Rages As Reb
els Under Genera
Topete Launch At
tack On Garrison
NACO, Sonora. April 6.— (AP)*j
—In the face of withering gunl
fire rebel troops under General
Fausto Topete. attacking the fed-;
eral garrison here at noon today,
had gained the protection of a j
cemetery east of town.
NACO. Ariz., April 6.—;
CP)—American and Mexican
soldiers clashed in battl3
here today, climaxing
night of violence along th
international border during
which the Southern Pacifi
railroad line to the erst wa.
foun.d strewn with bombs.
While the Americans ane
Mexicans were exchanging
shots, the rebel army o
General Fausto Topete hurl
ed itself in force against th
Naco, Sonora, loyal garri
son, defended by 1,20*
troops under General Luca
Gonzalez. Two airplanes;
tanks and cavalry bore down
on the federal entrench'
ments shortly after daylight,
and there Vas a heavy ex
change of fire.
Developments came ■ fast, begin'
ning with a terrific explosion ii
Naco, Sonora, at 3 a. m. Immedis
ateiy preceding this, both Nacc'
towns were plunged into total darkj
ness. Main electric lines werfl
found to have been cut on thv
American side, four blocks from th<
international line.
The explosion rocked the tw<
towns, shaking residents out of theb
beds and breaking windows. Citi
zens believed it heralded the loni
expected major attack on the fed
eral garrison by the rebel troops im
mediately to the south. Big search
lights which had been flashing ou
from the garrison were useless. I
looked like a rebel raid was com
ing. The international line wa
closed and newspaper men refuse<
permission to cross.
Later it was said a locomotive jus
outside the federal trenches ha^
been blown up. Whether this wa
the work of the rebels, or the pre
mature explosion of a defense mine
or from some other cause remainei
undetermined. The federals wen
said to have planted 12 mine
around the garrison.
The cavairy troop, a part of th
command of Maj. Walter Hazletin
here, rushed to the tunnel eigh
miles east of Naco on reports tha
an explosion had rocked building
in Douglas, 23 mile seast of Nacc
and that another blast had occurre<
at the tunnel. i
The American cavalrymen report
ed to Major Hazeltine that as the
approached the bomb cache, whici
had been located by an Americai
patrol, Mexicans approached fron
the south side of the border an<
fired at them. An American pri
vate, whose name was not giver
was shot through the chest. Th
American soldiers said they unlim
bered their guns at the Mexican
who fled.
Meanwhile Topete's troops hurle<
themselves at the loyal Naco garri
son. Shortly after daybreak twi
rebel airplanes roared over th
Mexican town, dropping six bomb
and heralding a general advance.
Rebel cavalrymen bore down oi
Naco from the south encounterim
fire from a field piece in the gar
rison and a fusillade of rifle bullet
(Continued on page two.)
jTHE WEATHER
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For Brownsville and the Valley
Fair or partly cloudy tonight an<
Sunday; not much change in tem
perature. Moderate to fresh ans
occasionally strong southerly wind
on the west coast.
For East Texas: Cloudy in m
terior and generally fair on th
coast tonight and Sunday; no
much change in temperature. Mod
erate to fresh southerly winds ot
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material chang
in the river during the next fet
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-H
Stage Stage Cling. Rai
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.5 i0.1 .0
Laredo .... 27 -0.5 0.0 .0
Rio Grande . 21 4.2 -0.1 .0
Mission . 22 4.1 0.0 .0
San Benito . 23 8.0 0.0 .0
Brownsville . 18 2.6 -0.2 .0
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological condition:
High . 1:22 a. ill.; 2:45 p. ii
Low .8:06 a. m.; 8:36 p. n
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .
Sunrise tomorrow .. 6^
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