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IN OUR
VALLEY
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TRAFFIC OFFICERS of Came
ron county recently announced a
campaign against defective lights
Some arrests and fines have re
sulted.
Every car should be equipped
with two headlights, properly test
ed and adjusted, and a tail light
The absence of any one of the
three causes the vehicle to be a
menace on the highv ay.
There are far too many accidents
on Valley highways which are con
sidered unavoidable—although in
W cases out of a hundred they are
really not unavoidable. They are
avoidable to the extent that the
conditions under which the accident
occurred should never have existed,
and would not if all driers con
cerned had been careful.
jk Defective lighting adds greatly to
1 bring about such conditions. The
officers ask for support of all Val
ley people in carrying out the cam
paign.
• • •
SEVERAL strangers In Browns
ville recently have mentioned the
absence of name plates on streets
of the city, especially in the busi
ness section.
Time was when they were not
needed.
Then there was only one street,
and a handful of addresses.
But conditions have changed.
Strangers find it difficult to locate
businesses or individuals from street
addresses, and Brownsville is try
ing to please strangers. Name plates
would help.
• • •
SOME COMPLAINTS also have
been heard of closing the east side
of Tenth street between Elizabeth
and Washington streets to automo
bile parking.
Cuts down to almost nothing the
available parking space In proximi
ty to the postoffice, since there is
a service station across the corner,
with little space available on the
west side of Tenth in this block .
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JOE C. BALLENGER of San Be
nito notifies The Herald that he
has secured contract for consider
able work in the Barreda tract
close to $300,000 worth.
Mr. Ballenger is a veteran Val
ley dredging contractor, having put
up a large part of the canals, le
vees, drain ditches and other struc
tures in the Valley. Operates out of
the Valley, also.
• • •
Hie Barreda tract development
Is being watched with much Inter
est by Valley people.
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IF YOUR HORSE shows up with
a terrible hang-over, don’t be sur
prised.
For Valley people will be Interest
ed to know that this section is
supposed to contain a “sleepy
grass,” a stock poisoning plant, so
named for its effect on horses, ac
cording to a department of agri
culture communication.
Several persons approached about
the matter state they have never
heard of It.
• • •
THE HERALD has received two
communications from persons out
side the Valley, commenting on
Valley citrus fruit
One is from Mrs. R. F. Schulz,
of Ivanhoe, Minr... and she tells of
buying Valley fruit sise 112, at
three for a quarter.
The fruit was not quite as sweet
as other Valley fruit she has
bought, she says. Expresses the
belief they were picked a little
green. The grocer paid $7 a box
lor them.
Mrs. Schulz hopes to come to the
Valley soon.
The other communication, from
Allan Reid, of Queensboro, Ken
tucky, suggests that Valley citrus
growers follow some of the meth
ods of apple and other fruit grow
ers in Kentucky, in permitting fruit
to ripen thoroughly on the trees.
It gets larger, and better, he says.
Valley people know this, Mr.
Reid, and would like to let the fruit
stay on the trees longer, but it can't
be done economically. The public
wants the fruit, and unless the Val
ley ships it, Florida will.
The Valley appreciates the in
terest these people are taking w its
problems.
2 Hurt In Mexico |
Political Rioting
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9—With
only a week to go to the national
elections. El Universal tonight re
ported that partisans of Jose Vas
conoelos and Pascual Ortiz Rubio,
the rival presidential candidates, had
clashed today at Cordoba in the
state of Vera Cruz. A meeting in
the Interest of Vasconcelos, anti-re
electionist party candidate, was
broken up in the central plaza and
two of his supporters were wounded
in the exchange of shots.
B&ndeen Chon gen
W. T. C.-C. Manager
ABILENE. Tex.. Nov. 9—<JP)—D. A.
Bandeen of El Paso, unanimously
selected manager of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce, announced
there tonight that he would accept
the appointment. He was selected
by the board of directors of the or
ganization which also named ten
regional directors for the organiza
tion.
9 9 9 9 9 ^ ’
Negro Held for 4Attack * Lynched
VICTIM SHOT
TO DEATH BY
FLORIDA MOB
Black Charged With
Assaulting Girl Is
Taken From Jail and
Strung Up.
QUINCY, Fla.. Nov. ft—Will
Larkins, negro Indicted here today j
on a charge of assaulting a 12-year
old white girl, was lynched tonight.
The negro was hanged with a
strand of wire and shot to death
by a mob which took him from a
a jail somewhere in this vicinity to
night. Sheriff G. S. Gregory who
was in Jacksonville, had placed the
negro in a Jail in the afternoon but
it was not learned here what Jail.
Larkins was lodged in jail at Talla
hassee last night for safe keeping,
but it was understood he was spirit
ed away from there today when a
mob was said to have formed and
started to the capital for him.
The negro’s body was found hang
ing beside a railroad grade crossing
late tonight on the Midway road
near here.
Heavy Rains Hit
South Texas Area
HOUSTON. Tex.. Nov. 9—<A>—
Rain pounded a wide segment of
southeast Texas today, marooning
two passenger trains at Waller
for a time, thoroughly drenching
Hempstead, Waller, and ether towns
in that section and halting mo
tor traffic out of Houston to
Austin. San Antonio, Dallas, Vic
toria and Shreveport.
Hempstead reported a cloud
burst and Waller a total precipi
tation of 1* inches. Hockley, near
by, received nine inches. Creek
bottoms, it was said, were inun
dated but there was no known
damage of major consequence.
Texas Woman Shot;
Husband Wounded
PORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 9—
(AV-Mrs. W. E. Kerlee, 25. was
shot to death and her husband.
W. E. Kerlee. 32. was seriously
woundeu here tonight.
The body of the woman was
found on a vacant lot near the
Kerlee home. The husband serious- ;
ly wounded, was found beside his
automobile not far from the wo- !
man's body. He carried a shot gun
from which two shots had been
fired. He is not e*pdfcteu to live.
The couple, according to relatives
of the pair, were estranged.
PEACE IN SIGHT,
MacDONALD SAYS
LONDON. Nov. 9.—(AT—Hundreds
of distinguished persons, including
the ambassadors and ministers of
many nations, made the famous
old Guild hall echo with cheers to
night at the annual lord mayor's
banquet when Prime Minister Ram
say MacDonald said. "The prospect
in front of us tonight, my lord
mayor, is the prospect of establish
ed peace.”
PECAN GROWERS MEET
SAN ANGELO. Tex., Nov. 9—I
—Members of the West Texas
Pecan Growers’ association closed
their annual convention here to
day with the adoption o plans
for the immediate formation of a
cooperative marketing association.
DRUNK CHEWS UP
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ROSY CHEEKS OF
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DALLAS OFFICER
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 9—(JP)—
Policeman Ed Winterbauer, whose
bulk is about twice that of his
fellow members, also has rosy,
red cheeks, like an apple, per
haps; but no one ever told him
they looked good enough to eat.
Consequently he was somewhat
surprised this afternoon when a
garrulous but otherwise seeming
ly harmless drunk whom he was
escorting to the station, leaped on
him and fastened his teeth in the
officer’s cheek. The canaballstlc
inebriate was left at the jail to
sleep it off. while Winterbauer
proceeded to the emergency hos
pital for first aid.
900 CARLOADS
FRUIT SHIPPED
Marsh Seedless Now Mov
ing; San Benito Still
Leads, Mercedes Next
Citrus fruit shipments out of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley were more
than 900 carloads Saturday, In spite j
of a slump in the movement over
the Valley, attributed to the poor
market, and the Valley campaign to
bold fruit for a better price.
Marsh Seedless grapefruit has be
gun to ripen properly, with several
days of sunshine during the week,
and is beginning to be moved out
in large quantities. Rains earlier
in the season had held up the
movement, which was considered
an advantage in permitting market
ing of the Duncan without com
petition from the seedless fruit.
The Southern Pacific showed a
total of 144 cars moved this season,
134 cars being fruit, and 10 vege
tables. The S. P. moved nine
cars Saturday.
The Missouri Pacific has shipped
668 cars of fruit, and 31 of vegeta
bles, including 25 cars Saturday
morning.
San Benito still is leading in ship
ments, with a total of 132 cars of
fruit and four of vegetables. Mer
cedes is second with 99 cars of
fruit and 16 of vegetables. Others
are Brownsville. 19; Harlingen. 64;
Rio Hondo, 1; Stuart Place. 42; La
Ferla. 65; Weslaco. 6 vegetables;
Donna. 61 fruit and 5 vegetables:
Val Verde. 30; Alamo. 49; San Juan.
10; McAllen. 22; Sharyland. 45;
Mission. 33; Edinburg. 23; Lantana,
1; Snavelv. 71; Edcouch. 5 vege
tables: La Blanca, 1 vegetables;
McAllen. 28 fruit.
The marsh fruit Is smaller than
usual this year, according to re
ports from shippers, and growers are
urged to let it stay on the trees as
long as possible.
Airmail Pilot Escapes
When Plane Crashes
BELLEFONTE. Pa.. Nov. 9——
Suffering only from a fractured arm
and bruises, according to air field
attaches here. Jack Webster, air
mall pilot was discovered on Rattle
snake mound tonight not far from
where his ship crashed.
Officials at the air mail fMd
were not advised who located the
aviator, but it was said he had
been removed to a hospital at Phll
lipsburg. Pa., for treatment.
Moody Forces May
Lose Out at Borger
BORGER. Tex.. Nov. »—The city government of Borger. Installed
by Governor Moody’s agents after the old administration had been forced
to resign, was threatened with an early retirement today when a peti
tion for an election was presented to the county commissioners.
The petition bore the names of more than the required ten per cent
of tne city s voters. Attorneys iorj
the petitioners assert that Mayor
Glenn A. Pace and the other city
officials resigned on such short no
tice that a re-election was justified.
The city administration resigned
during the reign of martial law
when Governor Moody announced,
through his agents. District At tor
new Klem Calhoun and others, that
martial law would not be lifted un
til the old administration had been
replaced by one which met the ap
proval of Calhoun. One of the pro
mises required of those selected for
the new administration was that
they would not be candidates to
succeed themselves.
:
Vandy Crushes Tech
In Fourth Victory
NASHVILLE, Twin., Nov. <JPh
Vanderbilt won its fourth straight
southern conference victory today
by crushing Georgia Tech, 23 to 7.
Touchdowns by Bsheckfer, Askew
and Leonard, with Abernathy kick
ing the extra points and a safety
accounted for the Commodores
points. Vanderbilt kept the play In
enemy territory most of the time
until the final period, when Thom
ason fought through for Tech's only i
touchdown. 1
PANTAGES IS
SHOCKED BY
PRISON TERN
One to Fifty Years Is
Sentence Imposed by
Judge, After Refus
ing All Pleas.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 9—(>P>—Le
gal barriers intended to protect Al
exander Pantages from punishment
for a criminal assault on Eunice
Pringle. 17-year-old dancer, were
struck down today In superior court,
and the 54-year-old theatrical mag
nate was sentenced to San Quentin
penitentiary for a term of one to
fifty years.
Pantages appeared shocked at the
Judgment. His face whitened, his
hands clutched his chair, his lips
twitched. But he did not speak.
It was just three months today
since the girl ran from Pantages'
offices in his theatre building here
screaming "He’s ruined me—ruined
me!’’
Judge Charles Fricke listened more
than an hour to efforts of defense
attorneys to delay the sentence. He
rejected a motion for a new trial.
He dismissed a motion for proba
tion. Then he pronounced sen
tence. taking no regard of the rec
ommendation of clemency made by
the Jury as it convicted the vaude
ville king.
The defense gave oral notice of
appeal—the last Impediment avail
able in this court to aid Pantages’
fight for freedom. Today’s appear
ance ended for a time the court
room scenes of the Pantages family.
Mrs. Pantages yesterday was grant
ed probation for ten years from the
conviction of manslaughter for the
death of Juro Rokumoto, Japanese
gardener, in an automobile collision
last June. Mrs. Pantages paid $78.
500 to Rokumoto's family and sev
eral friends riding in the gardener's
car.
Mrs. Pantages is 111, and before
her husband left the courtroom to
day he was granted a final request
—that he be permitted to see her.
Associations Get
Huge Board Loans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—0P>—
The Federal Farm Board has loan
ed or made available to agricultur
al marketing associations a total of
$46,805,000 since the first loan was
approved under the agricultural
marketing act three months ago.
Board officials revealed today
that some of the money loaned
early in August already is being
repaid. While the principal work
of the board has been to get funds
into circulation among qualified
associations, machinery for receiv
ing it back again has been set up.
Lowry Burial At
Dallas Planned
DALLAS. Tex.. Nov. 9—(ff)—Mrs.
Robert C. Lowry, widow of Lieut.
Col. Robert C. Lowry who was kill
ed Monday in an airplane crash
in Mexico, is expected here to
morrow to complete preparations for
the funeral and reburial here of her
husband. The body was tempo
rarily buried in Mexico City.
Col. Lowry, traffic superintendent
for the Corporacion Aerona utica de
Transportes, was in a cabin ship
bound from Mexico City to Juarez,
with Oovemor Manuel Carpio of
Aguas Callentes and another pas
senger when the plane crashed
during a dense fog near Villa Car
bon, Mexico.
Loys Wilson Faces
Perjury Charges
TYLER. Tex., Nov. 9—Mrs.
Loys Wilson, J. L. Farley, former
Troup, Tex., constable, and Edgar
Cash of Troup, are scheduled to go
on trial on charges of perjury in
connection with the famous Fount
Wallace murder case Nov. 19.
Sid Wilson, uncle of Mrs. Loys
Wilson, charged with perjury, also
is docketed for trial at the present
term of court.
FORMER MINEOLA
MAYOR DEAD
.DALLAS. Tex.. Nov. 9—UPh- Wlt
tich Charles Dubose 48, former
mayor of Mineola. Texas, -died to
night in a local hospital following
an operation. He is survived by
his widow and one son. W. C. Du
bose. Jr., of Dallas; and two sisters.
Mrs. Walter J. Coleman of Mine
ola and Mrs. Lewis C. Holloway of
Ennis.
Insurance—Better than Luck.
Bio Grande Valley Tnvt Co.
INNOCENT?
TOM MOONEY T
SEEK WITNESS
TO CONFESSION
3 Testify Heaving Man Say
He Threw Bomb, Not
Mooney
BELLAIRE, Ohio. Nov. 9—(ff>— !
With three persons corroborating
the alleged six-year-old death bed
confession of Lewis Smith that he
was responsible for the San Fran
cisco preparedness day bomb out
rage of 1916, when ten persons met
death, interest tonight centered in
the whereabouts of Frank O. Stev
ens, an inmate of the National
military home at Dayton. Ohio,
and one of those who claim to
have heard the death bed state
ment.
Stevens left Bellaire today ac
companied by a man who identi
fied himself as a Cincinnati news
paper reporter.” They were said to
be en route to that city by auto
mobile, but efforts to trace them
failed.
Dramatic Scene
A dramatic scene ocurred dur
ing the day in a cabin in the hills
of Belmont county when Stevens
faced Mrs. Dora Monroe Wegee,
(correct), sister of Smith, who first
announced that her brother had
confessed to the bomb killings for
which Thomas Mooney is serving
a life term in California. As Stev
ens entered the door Mrs Wegee de
nounced him, shouting "I have
violated my dead brothers con
fidence.” She claimed that she had
been led to beleive Stevens was
dead, and that she would not have
annonuced the confession had she
konwn he was alive. The woman
fainted, and when she was revived,
she forcibly ejected the newspaper
men from her cabin.
Stevens, Mrs. Wegee and the
latter's son, Otto, an told the
same story, about the death bed
confession—that Smith told them
he, and not Mooney, planted the
bomb which resulted in half score
deaths and two scored maimed.
At first it was believed that
federal authorities would inves
tigate the alleged confession, but
attorney general Mitchell at Wash
ington announced that the gov
ernment had no right to deal with
the Mooney case.
Tells Confession
Smith died in Cleveland six
years ago. after he was injured
while working on an automobile.
Mrs. Wegee said her brother told
her at that time that “it was not
Mooney who threw the bomb into
the crowd, it was me, and Mooney
was not even present.”
“He told me how he stood on
a road above that monstrous
crowd and hurled the bomb. I
had not revealed this statement
before because of a promise I made
my brother.”
Members of the Smith family
revealed that he was a “soldier of
fortune,” and that after serving
in the Spanish-American war, he
served time as an army deserter.
Later he Joined the German army.
When he returned to America he
drifted from place to place, and
his family did not know of his
movements.
THREE SUSPECTED
SLAYERS JAILED
OKLAHOMA. CITY. Okla.. Nov. 9
—f/P)—Ralph A. and Delmer J. Hull,
Prank Lang and Gladys Evans,
arrested here as suspects In con
nection with the slaying at Harjo,
Oklahoma, of James A. Kiersey
Oklahoma officer killed in a gun
battle with Owen Edwards, bank
bandit suspect who also was slain,
are being held while police seek to
connect them with scores of worth
less checks passed in Oklahoma and
Texas. ,
WHOLE VALLEY
WILL OBSERVE
ARMISTICE DAY
Business Houses Will
Be Closed In Obser
vance of World War
Peace Signing.
Celebrations throughout the Val
ley will mark the observance of
Armistice day Monday. Business
houses will be closed, and special
programs of some sort will be pre
sented in almost every town. The
Hidalgo county fair is scheduled
to open in Mission Monday for
three days of entertainment, with
a special program under the au
spices of the American Legion posts
of the county during the morning,
at which Walton D. Hood, past
state commander of the Legion will
be principal speaker.
In Brownsville, the American le
gion post and Port Brown have
united in making up a program
suitable to the anniversary of peace.
A big parade, arranged by the Le
gionnaires will form at the Legion
hall on Levee street at 8:45 a. m.
A. B. Cole, mayor, the city commis
sion, and the two Civil War veter
ans surviving in the city, will head
the parade. Next in the van will
be placed representatives of the
Spanish American war veterans; a
squad of eight legionnaires In ci
vilian costume will represent the
year 1918; next, a squad of eight
soldiers in uniform calling to mind
the entrance of America into the
war in 1917; 1918 will be depicted
with another squad in overseas
equipment, followed by a “tank” and
a German gun. The bugle and
drum corps, ex-service men. Boy
Scouts, school representatives and
others will make up the remainder
of the parade. Marching from the
Legion hall at 9 a. m. the caval
cade will proceed out Levee to
Fifth, over to Elizabeth, and beck
to Fort Brown.
Fort Field Day
Fort Brown troops will assemble
for reveille, and form dismounted
on the parade ground. Col. Daniel
Van Voorhis will make a brief talk,
followed by a parade of the troops.
(Continued on page 10)
Flood Warnings Along
Colorado Are Issued
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. 9—
i/p)—Flood warnings to towns be
low La Grange and Columbus on
the Colorado river were issued by
J. H. Jarboe, local meteorologist,
this afternoon due to heavy rains
during the last two days in the
Columbus region. Jarboe predicted
the river would go out of Its banks
below Columbus.
Hamilton Back In
Amarillo Law Office
AMARILLO, Tex., Nov. 9—(/PH
Judge R. H. Hamilton, acquitted
in Weatherford Wednesday of
charges of murder In tl»e slay
ing here last May, of MS son-in
law, Tom Walton, Jr., returned to
Amarillo today. He was in his of
fice and on the streets here most
of the day, but declined to discuss
the case.
SNOW IN KANSAS
NORTON, Kas . Nov. 9.—UP)—
Traces of Thursday's six inch
snow here were being covered with
another heavy blanket tonight as
a fresh fall beginning about 3
o'clock continued at 6 o’clock to
night.
GordonNamedto
Succeed Veteran
Police Lieutenant
•
Xo Reason Given For Action In Note Handed
Chief Linton By City Secretary; Cole
Attacks Legality of Procedure
John T. Armstrong, lieutenant of police here for the
past 11 years, was discharged Saturday evening by a brief
note from City Manager A. E. Munday on the orders of
Burt E. Hinkley Sr., commissioner of parks and police.
No reason for the action was given in the note. It stat
ed that the services of Armstrong and E. Lerma, police
man, would not be required after Saturday.
Henry Gordon, lieutenant of police before the World
War, was named as Armstrong’s successor. Gordon has
been in charge of the city abattoir for the past several
years..
Upon being approached on the subject, Commissioner
Hinkley stated: “I am not giving out anything.”
Armstrong said he was at a loss to account for his dis
missal, except on the grounds of “politics.” The former
lieutenant of police asserted that;
Commissioner John Starck. a can
didate for mayor, had approached
him several times recently and sol
icited his support in the coming
election. Finally Starck told him
that he "would have to come over
by 2 p. m. Saturday, or be put out
of office," Armstrong declared.
The note was handed to Chief of
Police W. B. Linton Saturday after
noon by City Manager Munday.
Cole Doubts Legality
Mayor A. B. Cole asserted that
there had been no commission meet
ing on the subject and that he
doubted the legality of the move
and Hlnkley's authority to dismiss
Armstrong. "I am certain that it
was illegal to ’fire* him in the mid
dle of the month, as he is on a
monthly salary," Mayor Cole de
clared.
City Commissioner A. S. Hipp al
so questioned the legality of the
move. “In view of the excellent
work Armstrong has done as a
peace officer for the past 11 years.
I think this action is a disgrace to
the city of Brownsville," the com
missioner declared.
Lerma is a brother-in-law of
Armstrong.
Armstrong Statement
The former lieutenant of police
said Starck told him that "pressure
was being brought to bear” on him
<Starck) to have Armstrong re
moved from office If he did not
support the “Citizens' ” ticket in the
coming election.
“I have evidence that you are
campaigning for the 'Good Govern
ment’ ticket.” Armstrong quoted
Commissioner Starck as telling him.
May Test State
Tax On Gasoline
WICHITA FALLS. Tex.. Nov. 9.—
i/Pj—Although revealing that a re
quest for an opinion on the consti
tutionality of the four cent gaso
line tax is not on file in his depart
ment, Attorney General R. L. Bob
bitt said during a brief visit here
today that he believed a court test
would be the most satisfactory way
to settle the question.
Wayne Somerville. Wichita county
attorney, announced plans to file
the petition for a restraining or
der. According to Paul Barnett,
county auditor, the tax costs the
county about $300 each month.
Somerville said he believed it un
constitutional for the state to tax
one of its political subdivisions.
HORSE SHOW HELD
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. 9—
(JP—First horse show of the San
Antonio fall fair and International
exposition was held tonight in the
big fair park coliseum, three miles
east of the city.
Three Charged with
Murder in Collision
PARIS, Tex., Nov. 9—(A1)—Three Paris men. today were charged with
murder and one of them with driving while intoxicated here in the death
of Thomas Henry Deatiey, 18, last night In an automobile collision.
David Fox, shipping clerk and the alleged driver of the car which
struck Deatiey, and his companions Billy Miller and Neil Rose were
uicxse cnargea. rux »iso wm tumg-.
ed with driving while intoxicated.
Deatley was killed while repairing
a tire on his car which was parked
at the crub.
Examining trial was waived. The
three were released on bonds of $2,
500 on the murder charge. Fox made
a $500 bond on the charge of driv
ing while intoxicated.
Shortly after the collision the car
driven by Fox went into the ditch
a mile east of Rugsby and was pull
ed into Paris by a wrecker, the three
boys accompanying the car.
Fox came to the sheriffs office
with his father and the other boys
were arrested by Sheriff Bud Wal
1 ten at their homes.
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Political Meeting
Slated For Monday
Proponents of the “Citizens’ tick
et,” headed by John 8tarck for
mayor, were planning a meeting
Monday evening at Hinkley’s hall.
The first session of the body was
held last week at the fire station
at which time Elmore Grider was
elected temporary chairman of the
body.
Organization work was expected
to take up almost all of the tima
at the meeting Monday evening.
N. Y. BANKER”"
ENDS OWN LIFE
Both Financial Losses and
and 111 Health Given
as Reasons for Act
NEW YORK, Nov. (*V-Wlth
a bullet through his head. Jamas J.
RIordan, president of the County
Trust company and close friend
of former governor Alfred E. Smith,
was found dead yesterday in his
home here where he lived with his
sister. Police said it was suicide.
News of the death was withheld
until today to avoid a possible run
on the bank and to permit a check
of its books.
The reason for the act, police
headquarters said, was heavy losses
in the stock market. Other friends
and the board of directors of the
bank ascribed the act to ill health.
The bank is in "wholly sound
condition” the board of direetcns
said in a statement at conclusion of
a meeting today which Joseph Bro
derick. state superintendent of
banks, attended. Broderick was
quoted as having said that he had
found the company in “wholly li
quid and satisfactory condition.”
Broderick would issue no state
ment personally, but said the di
rectors’ statement had his approval.
He said his examiners were going
over the bank's books and he prob
ably would issue a statement later.
First intimation of the suicide, Dr.
Charles A. Norris, city medical ex
aminer. said, came yesterday after
noon when an official of the bank
discovered the cashiers pistol was
missing.
Former Governor Smith was noti
fied and went immediately to the
bank and then informed Mrs. Mar
garet Murray, Rlordan’s sister. The
discovery of Riordan's body, slump
ed In an easy chair in front of a
desk in a room he used both as a
private office and a bedroom, fol
lowed.
Strikers Ousted By
Church; Charges Fly
MARION. N. C.. Nov. 9.—
| Charges and counter charges flew
| thick and fast today between 12
Textile Union members dismissed
from the East Marlon Missionary
Baptist church and church officers
who brought about their dismissal.
Officers of the local chapter of
the United Textile Workers of Am
erica, a textile union affiliated with
the American Federation, charged
the letters of dismissal were given
the union members solely because
they joined the union. A. R. Black,
clerk of the church, replied that
union membership had nothing to
do with the dismissals and that
there were charges enough against
tho« given the fetters for more se
vere disciplinary measures.
ONE LOST IN WRECK
CORUNNA, Spain, Nov. g—
Fisherman landed here this after
noon 31 of the crew of the small
Spanish Steamer Marla Victoria,
which sank today. Only one man
was lost,
1 THE WEATHER
West Texas: Generally fair Sun
day and Monday.
Oklahoma and East 7ms: Pair
in west, clearing In east portion
Sunday; Monday generally fair
Light to moderate variable winds on
the coeat. _