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1 1 THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR—No. 91 * BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929_EIGHT PAGES TODAY’_5c A COPY B
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A. B. Crouch, Temple, Texas, grain
dealer, has been arrested in New
Zealand by Sheriff John Bigham,
©f Temple, after a 13-year hunt
which cos*. $20,000. CroutJi dis
appeared after alleged forgeries of
more than $150,000.
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county fair for this year to be
staged Nov. 11 to 13 at Mission.
For several years past a rodeo
has been one of the main attrac
I tlons of this expositidn and will tie
again this year. The Hidalgo
| county rodeo always has been of
high merit, but will be even better
this year, officials say. Tom Gill
and Bob Daniels, prominent cattle
men of this section, are in charge
Of that part of the show.
They have received assurance
from many of the leading rodeo
performers that they will be on
hand and to make the event even
more interesting a $300 saddle, used
by Gen. Pershing in San Antonio
during the American Legion con
vention there, is being offered as
first prize.
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But there will be many other in
teresting things in connection with
the fair.
A citrus exhibit—for one thing.
Officials promise “the greatest
fcitrus exhibition ever put on in the
upper Valley.
John Shary, Charley Volz, Ivan
Mayberry, L. E. Snavely and other
leading citrus producers are to dis
play their wares.
As is the custom—the three days
*vill be filled with entertainment
♦.features worthy of attention.
* • •
R. THORNTON, writer of a
f jcolumn in the McAllen Monitor
called the Gas Jet, evidently was
suffering with indigestion, an in
grown disposition or some such
malady when he wrote his contri
bution last week.
Starts out blaming Brownsville
for failure of the Fort Worth aero
cade to stop in that city, goes on
to explain that the road to the
Laguna Madre proposed by Har’in
gen and San Benlo is for the bene
fit of the WHOLE Valley (The ca
pital letter are his—not in«Our
Valley’s), says some of the other
L Valley towns should work together
for the benefit of the whole Valley
and winds up with the information
that “there won’t be any planes
missing the (McAllen) field on ac
count of fog.
Now that's quite a little sarcasm
for a column of type, isn’t it?
• • •
IF THERE IS ANY person In
afivnsvllle who did not want the
Fm-t Worth aerocade to visit the
McAllen airport Sunday the writer
does not know him, nor is It pos
sible to understand what such a
person’s motive coaid be.
Brownsville, instead of being Jea
lous of McAllen's airfield, is proud
of it and will be glad to see it used
on every occasion. The Herald was
almost as interested in seeing the
people of that town vote for the
port as It was in seeing bonds vot
ed for the Brownsvile port.
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AS TO THE ROAD east of Har
lingen and San Benito, in Our Val
ley certainly has no desire to delay
It being built.
The Herald is supporting the road
to Boca Chica and will continue to
urge that it be paved all the way to
the beach.
The Boca Chica road will provide
the only route to a mainland beach,
and The Herald believes its con
struction will benefit the WHOLE
Valley (The capitals are ours this
time.)
• • •
THAT PART about Valley towns
needing to work together for the
benefit of the whole Valley is so
apparently a statement of fact that
there is no need of comment.
Of course, there are going to be
occasions where desires of two
towns conflict and where both
v honestly believe they are working
for the good of the whole Valley.
Such an occasion Is no excuse
for towns refusing or failing to
Jiite on any Valley-wide program.
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THAT LEAVES only the dig
about planes being lost in the fog.
Not knowing of any planes that
have been lost in for recently except
four* Mexican ships which were
forced to return to Mexico City and
make a second start In the Mexico
City to Kansas City air derby, it is
to be supposed that reference was
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PROBERS HEAR
SHEARER ROLE
IN CAMPAIGN
Says He Made Speech
In Massachusetts
and Officials Used
Article
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.—(A5)—The
senate’s shipbuilding investigation
veered suddenly for a time today
from the events of the 1927 Geneva
naval conference to the part Wil
liam B. Shearer said he played in
the last presidential campaign.
Appearing as a witness for the
second consecutive day, Shearer test
ified that upon the suggestion of
Senator Moses of New Hamshirc,
representative Bacon of New York,
and Mr. Archer, he had gone to
Massachusetts, looked up Louis K.
Liggett, Republican National com
mitteeman for that state, and made
a speech and that others had used
his article entitled “sea power.”
Job Kept Secret
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas. turned the committee to
j ward the campaign after Shearer,
who received $25,000 from three
shipbuilding corporations for repre
senting them at Geneva, had said
S. W. Wakeman, head of the Beth
lehem shipbuilding corporation, con
ceived the idea of keeing secret his
employment by the shipbuilders.
He testified Wakeman had given
him his instructions at a private
conference and that T. P. Palen,
vice president of the Newport News
shipbuilding and Dry Dock com
pany. acquiesced. Asked about Clin •
ton E. Bardo, Shearer said Wake
man and Palen said he would
“trail along.”
“What reason did they give?” in
quired Robinson.
“They considered that the so-call
ed pacifist influence in the United
States had become so great,” the
witness said, “and that 26 Broad
way so near — you known J. D.
Rockefeller in a way is affiliated
with the Bethlehem interests. Ivy
Lee is the press agent of the Rocke
felers and also of the Bethelem
crowd and I believe of the British
government. The shipbuilders had
paid him $150,000, and I suppose
they didn’t want to puncture his
vanity.”
Says Kellogg Nervous *
At one juncture a committee
member objected to Shearer refer
ring to former Secretary of State,
Frank B. Kellogg, as “nervous
Nellie” but the witness insisted that
is the way he spoke of him in the
conversation he was relating. He
added he did not call Mr. Kellogg
that in public.
Robinson then continued his
questioning about the campaign.
Shearer said that Nicholas Murray
Butler, President of Columbia Uni
versity, had “Jumped on the navy
views of Herbert Hoover as express
ed in his acceptance address and 1
wrote an open letter in reply.”
N. Y. Girl Sensation
Of Women’s Tourney
OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY
CLUB, Birmingham, Mich.. Oct. 1.
(IP)— Maureen Orcutt, of White
Beeches, N. Y., provided the first
stunning upset of the Women’s Na
tional Golf tournament streaking
over the championship course in six
under par today to eliminate Helen
Hicks of Hewlett, Long Island, 3 and
2.
REGENT ASKS SUIT
FOR OIL LAND TITLE
AUSTIN, Oct. 1.—(S’)—Attorney
General R. L. Bobbitt has been ask
ed by the board of regents of the
University of Texas to bring stilt
against the Landreth Oil company
and the Texas Oil company for
title to 220 acres of oil bearing land
in Crane county.
OPEN BIDS TUESDAY
FOR BOX RANCH HOME
Bids for a $25,000 residence on
the Box ranch will be opened in the
offioe of F. H. Trimble, architect,
Tuesday at 3 p. m. His office is loc
ated in the Merchants National
bank building.
A number of local contractors
have prepared bids.
MacDONALD NOW THREE
DAYS FROM NEW YORK
S. S. BERENGARIA, Oct. 1.—Wfl
—The Berengaria plowed steadi
ly through a gray festive sea to
day three days from New York,
with the British Prime Minister,
Ramsay MacDonald. and his
daughter* Miss Ishfoel, aboard.
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Legion Hears About Valley
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LOCAL CORPS
IN CONCERT
OVER RADIO
Smartly Dressed Bugle
and Drum Corps Make
Impression on Ken
tuckians
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 1.—(J5)—
The Brownsville delegation to the
national American Legion con
vention was led by a thirty three
piece drum corps. Their white
vizors and helmits, red sashes and
plumes in their caps made a
striking effect in the bright sun
shine that marked the Legion
parade today. They drew the at
tention of the crovd as they
marched up the street.
The Legionnaires from Bowns
ville and the Rio Grande Valley
took occasion to let Louisville and
all the visiting Legionnaires from
throughout the country know that
one of the biggest things in the
Valley today is its grape fruit in
dustry.
They handed out and tossed out
to the crowds on the sidewalks
pamphlets cut in the shape oi
grape fruit r.nd describing the in
dustry and the opportunities of
fered in the rich Rio Grande
Valley.
The Brownsville band which
stopped over in St. Louis last
Sunday and played between the
games of a double header, gave a
concert last night of twenty min
utes over station WAS. here and
its members are confident that
they will take a high position in
the concert for the championship
tomorow night.
New Church Building
Nearing Completion
The Interdenominational Christ
ian church at First and Jefferson
streets has practically been com
pleted and the structure is expected
to be occupied by November 15.
Francisco Olozabal, founder of the
church is now in Los Angeles hold
ing a revival meeting. A convention
of interdenominational pastors will
be held here shortly after the struc
ture is opened.
The church has been erected
largely through donations from in
dividuals and firms. The labor for
the most part also has been donat
6Cl
The floors were being put down
Tuesday.
Attorney to Prepare
Report on Amendment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (^—Pres
ident Hoover announced today that
John McNab, attorney of San Fran
cisco, had consented to make a
study of federal judicial procedure
and administration of the eighteenth
amendment and to formulate
changes to be recommended to con
gress in Oecember.
SAN ANGELO JOINS
RAIL EXTENSION PLEA
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 1.—(/P)—San
Angelo will support San Antonio
and Corpus Christi in obtaining a
permit to construct a new railroad
connection with the gulf, represen
tatives of that city testified today
before H. C. Davis, examiner of the
L C. C. _
KIRK AND LOVETT
LOADING CAR
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Oct. 1.—Kirk and
Lovett, San Benito fruit and veget
able shippers were loading a car
of grapefruit here Tuesday which
they hoped to complete by midnight
and to ship to Texas points.
BANK REORGANIZED AS BULL
SELLS RAYMOND VILLE STOCK
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE, Oct. 1.—The
interest of H. A. Bull in the First
National Bank of Raymondville was
purchased Monday afternoon by
Isam B. Loe, formerly cashier of
the First State Bank of Rochester,
Texas, and new officers and direct
ors were elected in a meeting held
after the sale was completed.
Bull, who was president of the
bank, resigned, W. E. McCharen,
a director, leaving the organization
at the same time.
Davis E. Decker was elected pres
ident, Ed. C. Raymond, vice pres
ident and Loe, cashier. Directors are
A. A. Lindahl, C. E. Craig of Ly
ford. Chas. R. Johni*|i of San Per
lita. Decker and Raymond.
Loe will return to Rochester,
where he expects to remain about
two months closing up his business
affairs there. During his absence
his position of cashier will be filled
by Lindahl. The new officers an
nounced the present employes, Janet
Brenner and R. Lee Bull, would be
retained.
John and Raymond have been
directors of the bank since it was
organized. The bank recently has
enjoyed a considerable increase in
deposits, the officers said.
Loe came to Raymondville on a
visit some time ago and tentative
arrangements for the purchase of
Bull’s interest were made afP that
time.
“I see great possibilities for the
future of E mondville and Wil
lacy county,” oe said.
SENATORS QUESTION WILLIAMS
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Cotton states senoaors were interested in the senate agricultural com
mittee's examination of Carl Williams of Oklahoma (left), federal farm
board cotton member. Senators George (right) and Harris of Georgia
were among senators expressing a wish or an “out-and-out” cotton man.
Williams was exay.ined Monday
POTATO CROP
! YIELD SHORT
Federal Report Says Total
Will Fall Below Average
Past Ten Years
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—UP)—
The department of agriculture In
its Oct. 1. report on the agricul
tural situation today said the to
tal yield of crops this year prob
ably will run about six per cent
below the ten-year average be
cause of severe drought during
most of the summer.
Although September rains final
ly broke the long dry spell the sit
uation in the Fr.cific northwest,
the department said, is still ser
ious, and ranches have had dif
ficulty preparing their land for
winter wheat.
Effects of the dry season, the
report added, are evident among
vegetable crops also. The potato
crop is estimated at about 350,
000.000 bushels which is one of the
smallest crops in ten years. Total
car lot shipments of this season’s
fruits and vegetables during Au
gust and September ranged a
round 15 per cent smaller than
last year.
Miami Station Gets
Tug Distress Signal
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. l.—Cff1)—Dis
tress signals from the Tug Bafshe.
with 22 men aboard towing the oil
Barge Tiolene from Smiths Bluff,
Texas, to Tampa, were picked up
by the tropical radio station here at
9:50 a. m., today.
Immediate assistance was requir
ed, the Tug’s radio operator said.
The position was given as 50 miles
west of Cedar Key, north of Tampa.
Order Receivership
For Sugar Company
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.—(flV-A re
ceivership for the Cuba Cane Sugar
corporation, with assets in excess
of $110,000,000 was ordered in Unit
ed States District Court today.
Charles Hayden, chairman of the
board and of the reorganization
committee, said the plan of reor
ganization would be presented to the
court.
Prison Board May
Vote on Pen Site
HOUSTON, Oct. 1.—VF>— Mem
bers of the Texas prison central
ization commission met here today
to consider further the Paramount
probem which they face, that of
the site to be recommended for the
location of the concentrated sys
tem.
It was considered likely the com
mission would reach a vote on a
sub-committee’s proposal to locate
in the vicinity of Austin.
Flexible Tariff
Defended by Reed
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.—(AV-De
fending the flexible tariff provision.
Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl
vania, said in the senate today that
critics of this section in the pending
tariff bill had accepted in silence
a provision that delegates, in his
! opinion, more power to the pres
! ident than the flexible clause.
MEXICO EXPORTS
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THROUGH LOCAL
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PORT SHOW GAIN
An Increase of over 600 per
cent in carload exports to Mex
ico through the port of Browns
ville during the month of Sep
tember over the same period
last year, was reported by Wil
liam Neale, deputy collector,
Tuesday.
Only 14 cars were moved in
September 1928, as compared to
92 for the past month, the fig
ures showed. This does not in
clude the shipments of less than
a carload.
The bulk of the material going
into Mexico was composed of
iron pipe, lumber and agricul
tural implements.
DOCTORS’ TRIAL
BEGUN TUESDAY
Two Charged With Illegal
Operation in Death of
San Benito Woman
The trial of Drs. G. S. Bremont
of Brownsville and Pedro M. Her
nandez of San Benito, on charges
alleging illegal operation in the
death of a San Benito woman, was
begun in the criminal district court
Tuesday morning.
Considerable time was taken in
getting the case ready for presenta
tion and the jury had not been sel
ected up until noon. The court was
to go back into session at 1:30 p.
m.
The tritl ofj Santiago Casares, al
leged murte^r of Bob Browm and
Frank Stanner, deputy constables,
will not get under way until Wed
nesday, or possibly Thursday.
30,0G4 in Legion
Convention Parade
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 1—VP)
—Business was pushed aside by
the convention of the American
Legion today while the 30,000 or
more visitors staged a parade.
In the line of march were ap
proximately 100 drum and bugle
corps and almost half as many
full-fledged bands, coming liter
ally from the four comers of the
nation.
The cowboys and cow girls of
Texas were led by the famous old
gray mare band, which not only
played the tune, but produced the
old gray mare herself ridden by a
Texas.
40 to Testify in
Llano Killing Case
LLANO, Tex., Oct. 1.—(flV-Forty
witnesses were summoned today
for the examining trial of D. K.
Ellison and his son Barney, charg
ed with the fatal shooting of L. C.
Calloway on the public square here
Sept. 17.
District Attorney F. H. Hammond
announced he would oppose any ef
fort to admit the prisoners to bail.
Blowout—Wreck—Insuranoe
Bio Grande Valley Trust Co.
—Adv.
TELL LAMAR
BANK HOLDUP
Three Men on Trial
Recount Story of
Killing of 4 People
in Colorado
LAMAR, Colo.. Oct. 1.—(yP)—
Because the signed confessions of
all three defendants were given to
the press yesterday, Judge L. W.
Cunningham of Colorado Springs
attorney for George J. Abshier,
Howard L. Roycton and Ralph
Fleagle, charged with first degree
dustrymurder, robbery and kid
napping in connection with the
holdup of the First National bank
of Lamar on May 23, 1928, an
nounced today he would ask for
a continuance and a change of
venue, on grounds the release was
prejudicial to the defendants
case. , ,
The confessions retold plans for
the robbery, the gun battle in the
bank in which a. Newton Parrish
president of vhe bank, and his
son, J. F. Parrish, were shot to
death, and their flight, in the
course of which E. A. Kessinger,
kidnapped teller, and Dr. W. W.
Wineinger, Dighton, Kas., physi
cian, were slain.
Robbery Long Planned
Ralph Fleagle, reputed “brains”
of the gang, said the robbery had
been planned for two years. Three
times the robbery was frustrated
because officers were near the
bank. ' .
On May 23, 1928, shortly after
one o’clock the band entered the
bank following the elder Parrish.
Jake Fleagle, uncaptured member
of the gang, Ralph Fleagle, Roys
ton and Abshier followed Par
rish.
Ralph shouted:
“Hands up, this is a holdup.
A customer got in his way, and
he thrust him aside and vaulted
a counter. The elder Parrish leap
ed the counter after Ralph and
forced Royston to pursue him.
Young Parrish Falls (
Suddenly a shot was fired. “I
had my back to old man Parrish,
and was running after youn {
Parrish, (J. F. Parrish, son of the
bank president) when I heard the
shot,” Ralph said.
“Young Parrish fell, and I saw
he was dead. I believe the shot
that killed him was fired unin
tentionally by his father.”
The bank president continued
firing, sending a bullet into Roys
ton’s j^w, and Jake, shouted “get
that old man.”
The elder Parrish fell back into
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Pantages Jury Panel
Ordered Under Guard
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1.—(iT'i—
Trial of Alexander Pantages, the
atrical magnate, on statutory
charges brought by Eunice Prin
gle, 17 year old dancer, opened in
superior court here today.
The bailiff had barely called
the court to order when Judge
Charles Fricke, in a surprise move
ordered the jury panel kept under
guard and locked up in all ab
sences from the court room.
15 CONVICTS STILL
REMAIN AT LIBERTY
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Oct. 1.—</P)—
Nearly ninety hours after 18 con
victs dug their way to freedom at
the Wynne state prison farm, two
miles north of here. 15 of them were
still at liberty today._
SAN BENITO AND I
LA FERIA FIRMS I
LOAD SHIPMENTS I
Lawler Declares He Expects High Prices to Be H
Paid for Valley Citrus Throughout Season H
With Fine Crop in Prospect.
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(Special to The Herald)
LA FERIA, Oct. 1.—Two cars of
grapefruit, the first of the season,
were being loaded here Tuesday
and were to be shipped Tuesday
night by White and Lawler, local
buyers, to points in Texas.
I, Lawler, a member of the firm
m said both cars had brought a
high cash price but did not name
the figure paid for the fruit.
One car is Marsh seedless grape
fruit which came from the local
orchard of Dr. Dan Murchison and
R. H. Caldwell and the other car is
Duncan variety from the Ras Erick
son orchard near here.
Passes Tests
The fruit has been passed by the
department of agriculture after be
ing given a sugar test in compliance
with the green fruit law. The fruit
also has been colored and is in fine
condition for shipping, Lawler said.
“The growers say proper handling
of the orchards and fine citrus land
have combined to give them this
early maturity,” Lawler said.
“It is my opinion that a high
price for Valley citrus fruit will be
maintained throughout the season
and I believe today marks the be
ginning of the Valley’s brightest
year from a standpoint of citrus
production.”
Witnesses Testify
In Land Controversy
The case of A1 Parker vs. G. S.
Lyons and G. C. Brown continued
in the civil dis - ict court Tuesday
morning with a parade of witnes
ses beii :z put on the stand, testi
fying as to the quality of the land
sold Lyons and Brown by the
Parker company.
The witnesses, who were quali
fied as citrus experts, farmers,
and horticulturists from in and
around La Feria, declared that
the land, the north 10 acres of
block one in the Cantu tract,
was good f - the production of
citrus.
The defense, however, brought
out that the 10 acres was not level
and should be filled in.
Parker seeks to have the de
fendants continue their payments
on the land. They have filed cross
action alleging that the land sold
them is not the land that was
shown them when the sale was
made, and that the 10 acres now
in their posession is not good cit
rus land. They ask $9,000 actual
and exemplary damage.
Kidnap Detroit Lad
From Front of Home
DETROIT, Oct. 1.—(/P)—Jackie,
5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry S. Thompson, was kidnaped
from in front of his home late yes
terday as he played with his brother,
Henry, Jr., 7. , . „
The older boy was unable to tell
whether the two persons who ab
ducted his brother were men or wo
men. The kidnapers drove away in
a coupe as Mrs. Thompson, who had
been upstairs, ran to the front porch
Pistol Single Clue
In Sleuth’s Death
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Oct. 1.
(A1)—Authorities, with nothing more
tangible than a discarded pistol to
work from, are searching for the
assassin who late last night shot
and killed A. A. Morrison of New
York, Pinkerton detective assigned
to the Havre De Grace race track,
while he was on his way home
through a darkened street.
CHAMBER MUST PAY SERVICE
i’ :; CHARGE IF PLANES VISIT
Whether or not the chamber of
commerce will pay the servicing
charge on fifty army planes due
here on a cross-country flight Sat
urday will be a question put before
the board of directors at their meet
ing Tuesday evening by G. C. Rich
ardson, secretary. Unless their ac
tion is favorable, the party will be
unable to visit Brownsville.
The question grew out of the pro
posed visit of the fifty planes from
Brooks field to Brownsville for an
all-night stop on a training flight
According to plans first announced,
the planes were scheduled to land
here Monday morning, but the trip
was postponed to Saturday to make
necessary arrangements for servic
ing. Army regulations prescribe that
competitive bids must be received on
all proposed purchases of supplies,
and that the lowest responsible bid
der must be awarded the contract.
This eliminated the possibility of
the government purchasing fuel
and oil from the airport. The con
tract for servicing was awarded to
lb
the Magnolia petroleum company,
but Lieut. R. D. Knapp, director of
flying at Brooks field, states that
the bid did not include the ser
vicing charge of three cents per gal
lon on gasoline.
Army regulations make no provi
sion for the payment of this charge,
and unless some other arrangement
to care for this expense is made,
the planes cannot come here, Knapp
St&t6(ii
Airport officials stated that they
had no information to give out on
the matter. They had previously
agreed to lift their usual storage
rates on ships as a courtesy to the
party. . ,
Richardson thought it unlikely
that the chamber of commerce di
rectors woud see fit to pay the ser
vicing costs.
The flyers were to be quartered
at Port Brown. Officers had request
ed that no entertainment be ar
ranged for them here, but asked
that transportation to and from
the airport be provided*
TEXTILES’HEAD £
IS FOUND DEAD M
No Suicide Motive Is Ad*
vanced by Officers, Silent
mSm
On Murder Anglo
ELIZABETHTON, Temv Oct.
1—<&)—Konsul W. C. Kummer,
acting president of the American
Bemberg and Glanzstoff corpora
tions, Rayon Mills, was found
dead in bed at his home shortly
after 8 a. m., today, his wrists
slashed by a razor blade.
The body was discovered by a
maid. The razor blade was found
on the floor by the side of the bed.
Spots of blood led into the bath
room from Dr. Hummer’s room,
and his bed was bloodstained.
Ben Allen. County attorney
general, immediately summoned
detectives from Washington and
Atlanta, and held up the Inquest
until the detectives could arrive.
No motive for suicide could be
advanced by members of the fam
ily. Officers would not discuss the
probability of murder. A front
window of the house was open,
and a flower box on the edge had
been smashed.
The house was Immediately
placed under guard. Sheriff J. M.
Moreland and John Nade, Chief
of Police, taking charge and ad
mitting no one. A. B. Williams, a
deputy sheriff, who, with Sheriff
Moreland were the first officers
to reach the house, said it looked
like suicide.
Dr. Kummer had suffered an
attack of gall stones last night,
and was attended by Dr. J. b.
Shoun. He appeared resting com
fortably when he retired. Mem
bers of the family said no sound
of a struggle had been heard
throughout the night.
Dr. Kummer became acting
president of the textile plants
shortly after the lengthy strike
last spring. He relieved Dr. Ar
thur Mothwurf who went to Ger
many for a visit.
Britain and Russia
To Exchange Envoys
LEWES, England, Oct. 1.—(#)—
Great Britain and Russia today
agreed to an exchange of ambas
sadors, thus paving the way for
full resumption of trade and com
mercial relations between the two
countries. The agreement, which
is subject to parliamentary ap
proval in England, was reached
in a secret meeting here between
foreign secretary Arthur Hender
son of Great Britain and Rus
sian ambassador Valerian Dov
galevsky who came from his
Paris post.
Amarillo Editor on
State Commission
AUSTIN, Oct. 1.—UP\—Gene Howe,
Amarillo newspaperman, was ap
pointed a member of the state fish,
game and oyster commission by
Governor Moxiy today.
His appointment completes *he
personnel of the six member com
mission, the others being Senator A,
E. Wood of Austin, Caesar Kleberg
of Armstrong. Gus F. Schreiner of
Kerrville, M. L. Buckner of Dallas,
and J. H. T. Bibb of Marshall.
CATTLEMAN DIES
AT RANCH HOME
AMARILLO, Tex. Oct. 1—OP)—
Sloan Krltser, 43, prominent West
Texas cattleman, died yesterday
at his ranch headquarters south
of Amarillo after a week’s Illness
with pneumonia. He had lived In
this section for 18 years.
j THE WEATHER
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
very slowly practically all along dur
ing the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chug. Rain
Eagle Pass ...16 2.8 0.0 .00
Laredo .27 -0.4 -0.1 .00
Rio Grande ..21 0.0 -0.1 00
Mission .... 22 7.4 +0.3 .00
San Benito ..33 11.7 -OJ .00
Brownsville .18 7.02 -0.8 0.0
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoro- |_
logical conditions:
High.3:10 a. m.; 3:05 p. m.
Low .8:55 a. m.; 9:37 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Suneet today .. 8:lt
Sunrise tomorrow .