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DREYFUS CASE
MAY CROSS
KING STORY
Victim Is Believed
Witness To Old
Crime
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—MV
A new investigation into the death
of Mrs. Aurelia Fisher Dreyfus,
killed in a fall from a porch at
the Potomac Boat club, may even
tually cross with the mysterious
murder of Dot King. Broadway
dancer, some years ago.
District Attorney Rover, who is
directing the inquiry into Mrs
Dreyfus death, said today he had
heard Mrs. Dreyfus was a witness
whose testimony helped in freeing
Albert E. Gumiares, night club hab
itue held for questioning in regard
to the dancer’s murder.
Mrs. Dreyfus was the divorced
wife of Herbert Dreyfus, promi
nent New York broker, and Ed
mund McBrian. also a New’ York
broker and named as a co-respond
ent in Dreyfus’ suit for divorce, was
with her on the night she was
killed at the boat club.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.—MV-'The
slaying of Dot King, whose real
nome was Ann Keenan, artists
model, six years ago remains one
of New York's major murder mys
teries.
Miss King’s body was found in
her fashionable apartment March
15, 1923. an empty poison phial
near by. The apartment had been
ransacked.
Various theories were advanced
by police and the district attor
ney’s office for the killing—that
she had been slain by Jewel thieves,
that she had been killed to hide
a secret marriage to a rich young
man and that she had been killed
because she refused to aid in a
blackmail plot against one of her
many wealthy admirers.
The latter theory was the most
generally accepted, but never prov
CDEdmund J. McBrian, who was
with Mrs. Dreyfus the night she
was killed in a fall, was questioned
in the King case because of his
friendship with Albert Gumiares.
who was held for some time in
connection with the killing. I*
said Mrs. Dreyfus aided in supply
ing an alibi for Gumiares. who was
, discharged from court custody two
months after Dot King was killed.
City Briefs j
Bring Ycur hemstitching to us
and see the hats we have from $19a
up. Amaya s Millinery. adv, 1* i
valley Trip.—AT~E. Munday. city
secretary, made a visit to Mission
and other points in the upper Val
ley Sundav. He reported everything
in that section as looking extreme- ,
ly well.
In Mexico.—U. S. Commissioner
E K Goodrich is now on a business <
trip that will take him to several
towns in Northern Mexico. He lef
Saturday. Ifi*? commissioner will
probably be gone about a week.
New Postoffice Truck.—Beginning
Tuesday, another truck will be
placed in service delivering parcel,
post packages. The truck is being
loaned by Fort Brown.
Ideal Beauty Parlor.—Under new
management, will give Nestle Cir
culine permanent wave with test
curl for $7.50. Ideal special per
manent wave, for S6.00. Expert fin
ger waving and manicuring. Mrs
Mattie Younkman. Manager.—Adv.
Elks to Meet—No unusual busi
ness is to come before the Elk> at
their regular session Wednesday af
ternoon! it has been announced by
R. R. Colley, secretary.
K. C. Session.—The next meeting:
of the Brownsville Knights of Col
umbus will be held Dec. 23. accord
ing to officers.
Stein way Grand piano for sale
very cheap. 243 Levee St., or phone
122—Adv. 19.
To Make Pictures.—George Bas
tear. of the Rothacker film corpora
tion. New York, arrived Monday to
make pictures of the Missouri Pa-,
rifle station, the airport and other!
scenes around Brownsville to be
used in the Missouri Pacific Travl
News magazine.
Real Home Cooked—Meals and
chili at the Bridge Cafe opposite:
Miller Hotel. Fred Samms ar.d A1
Bullock. ^ adv 16
Week End Visit.—Wendell Long,
who is studying aviation at Brooks
Field San Antonio, spent the week
end here visiting his aunt. Mrs.
Geo French, and other relatives.
Kansas City Party.—J E Sud
derth F. B. Jenkins, and W. D.
Jackson, all of Kansas City, arriv
ed Mondav morning to spend a few
days in the Valley.
On Business — D. H Willard, of
San Antcnio. is in Brownsville for
a day cr two. looking after busi
ness. _
On Trip—Mrs. Ed Buckley, of
Tampico, passed through Bornws
ville Sunday on her way to Aus
tin to visit her sister, who is ill
there. __
Peace Disturber*
Feel Lash of Law
Tfco disturbers of the peace felt
♦he lash of the law as applied by
bv Justice of the Peace B. L. Cain
to the extent of $14.30 each Mon
day morning. Another, charged
with fighting, was
The three were alleged to have
participated in an altercation ot
the carnival. . , _
The arrests were made by Con-:
stable John Martin and Deputy W.
W. Miller. 1
AUBURN WARDEN RECOVERING
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Associated Press Photo
Warden Edgar S. Jennings (left) of Auburn, N. Y, state prison,
who suffered from tear gas used in rescuing him from group of riot
ing convicts, is shown after his release from the hospital. Beside
him Is Lieut. F'anklin Orser of state police.
Scrap Iron Dumped Into River
To Check Treacherous Waters
There's a reason for the dumping
of worn-out cars and other scrap
iron along the bank of the Rio
Grande, even beside the Chamber
of Commerce park, and the curve of
the river down to the International
bridges.
Many new comers have wondered
why this should be allowed in the
vicinity of what is being developed
into a beauty spot. It is not care
lessness but deliberate intention.
The explanation is given by G. W.
Rogers, city engineer.
Yeaiy ago the river started eas
ing into the bank along this sec
tion of its course. The treacherous
yellow waters which wind so quietly
along are notorious for their habit
of changing the course of the
stream. Cracks on the upper end
of Levee street were appearing and
the sana of the oanks alone was
insufficient to hold.
It was then that dumping of the
old cu-s and the like into the river
began. The scrap iron binds the
sand, Rogers explains, and furnish
ed means of reinforcing the bank at
little cost. If this had not been
done, the city would have been
forced to take expensive engineering;
measures to stop the encroachments'
of the river. At one time all the
scrapped cars and other such mat
trial were gathered up around the
city and thrown into the river.
Rogers states that within a com
paratively short time the danger
spots will be completely filled, and
sand will be packed in the rubbish
until its is completely hidden. The
banks of the river can then be beau- I
tified just as though the spot were
not the Eraveya**: for dozens of dis
carded Lizzies.
Today’s Markets
S. Y. STOCKS
NEW YORK. Dec. 17—<*n— The
stock market again opened irreg
ularly lower today, but support ap
peared for some of the steels and
other leaders. U. S. Steel mounted
11-8 and Bethlehem 11-4. West
ing ho use Electric also rose 11-4.
but Missouri Kansas Texas lost 1
5-8. New Haven. American and
foreign power and Warner brothers
about a point each. Radio, Inter
national telephone. American tele
Association Admits
Sul Ross College
ALPINE. Dec. 17—The Sul
Ross State Teachers College * has
been admitted as a first-class col
lege to the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools,
which held its annual meeting in
Lexington. Ky., Dec. 2-7.
Sul Ross, less than 10 years old.
is a member of the Texas Associa
tion of Colleges and the Ameri
can Association of Teachers Col
leges.
Mr*. Jimmy Golf*
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Another addition to the ranks'o!
enthusiastic golfers is Mrs. Jamei
J. Walker, above, wife of tht
mayor of New York. She is seen
daily on the links at Hot Springs,
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, phone. Anaconda and Union Car
bide, 1-2 to 3-4.
N. Y. COTTON
NEW YORK. DEC. 17—(/^—Cot
ton opened steady unchanged to an .
advance of 2 points in response to !
relatively steady cables.
Further Southern selling caused
some irregularity, but the market
had a fairly steady undertone and
after showing net advances 5 to 6
points on the active months, with
March selling up to 17.16. held with
in a point or two of the best at the
end of the first half hour.
CHICAGO WHEAT
CHICAGO. Dec. 17—<A>-Degpite
a wavering start, w'heat averaged
higher in price here early today.
Opening unchanged to 5-8c off.
Chicago rheat later scored a mat
erial advance all around. Corn, oats
and provisions were also firmer
with corn starting l-4c lower to
l-8c up. and subsequently showing
general gains.
BI TTER A EGGS
CHICAGO. Dec. 17—‘VPi— Butter
steady: creamery extras 37: stand
ards 361-2; extra firsts 36 to 36:
firsts 33 to 341-2; seconds 311-2
to 32.
Eggs steady: extra firsts 50 to
53; graded firsts 46 to 48; ordinary
firsts 38 to 43; refrigerator extras
371-2; refrigerator firsts 361-2.
10 MEN FACE
CHARGES ON
MMCASES
Eighteen Are Not On
Criminal Docket
For Present
Of the 28 men charged with
various offenses when the criminal
docket was called in the Cameron
county court at law Monday morn
ing, ten will faoe trial Monday af
ternoon and Tuesday. The remain
der of the cases were either con
tinued, dismissed, or demanded to
Justice of the r -e courts.
Matias Ortega and Alfredo Leal,
charged with aggravated assault,
were to be tried p. m. Monday.
John W. Rattan will face a similar
charge the same afternoon. Rattan
is alleged to have cut another car
nival negro last week.
Guadalupe Estrada, Jesus Mar
tinez, Baldomero Martinez, Juan
Enriquez and Edward Valente will
be given hearings on charges of ag
gravated assault Tuesday. Jose An
gel Leal and Epifanio Perez will
face the Judge the same day. They
re charged of carrying pistols il
legally.
Spanish Methodist
Church Dedicated
Members of the congregation and
visitors packed the auditorium of
the new Methodist church for
Spanish-speaking people at the
special dedication service Sunday
evening. The Rev. F. S. Onderdonk.
of San Antonio, preached the ser
mon. *
Special music was given by the
choir and a quartet composed of
the Rev. de la Garza. Benjamin
Trevino. Miss Carlota Villareal and
Miss Belen Gutierrez sang. D. L.
Parker and Miss S. Martinez ren
dered a duet. The church was bank
ed with floral offerings.
Services are to continue through
out the week. The Rev. Rodolfo
Jones of the Presbyterian church of
Mercedes will speak Monday eve
ning. while the American Method
ist choir is to render special music.
The Epworth league from this
church will visit the new church in
a body.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was moder
ately high this morning from the
Candian Northwest eastward and
southeastward to the Atlantic coast
from Maine to FloMda. Relatively
low pressure prevailed to the south
westward of this high pressure area.
Cloudy and unsettled weather pre
vailed practically throughout the
country at the morning observation.
Light to heavy rains occurred within
the last 24 hours from Texas and
Louisiana northeastward nearly to
the Great Lakes, and rain or snow
was likewise general in the far west
ern and northwestern states. Tem
peratures were rather mild this
morning practically throughout the
southern half of the United States,
and about seasonable in the noith
em half.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figures, lowest temperatuers
last night: second, highest tempera
tures yesterday: third, wind ve
locity at 8 a. m.; fourth, precipi
tation in last 24 hours:
Abilene .48 72 .. .00
Amarillo .42 70 .. .00
Atlanta .58 70 .. .00
Austin .60 76 .. .56
Boise .40 60 .. .34
Boston .20 44 .. .00
BROWNSVILLE ....64 75 .. .03
Calgary .-2.04
Chicago .34 36 .. .00
Cleveland .30 36 .. .00
Corpus Christi.62 70 .. .01
Dallas .58 68 ..1.22
Del Rio .58 68 .. .00
Denver.34 60 .. .00
Dodge City .36 66 .. .01
El Faso .36 66 .. .00
Fort Smith .54 62 .. 1.32
Helena. 8 46 .. .14
Houston .60 66 .58
Huron .18 20 .. .00
Jacksonville .60 76 .. .00
Kansas City .38 50 .. .01
Louisville .44 58 .. .38
Memphis.60 70 .. .00
Miami .74 76 .. .24
New Orleans.58 70 .. .00
North Platte .24 50 .. .00
Oklahoma City .56 64 .. .00
Palestine.60 70 .. .50
Pensacola .58 68 .. .00
Phoenix .40 76 .. .00
Port Arthur*.62 66 .. 122
Roswell .30 68 .. .00
St. Louis.46 58 .. .12
St. Paul .20 26 .. .00
Salt Lake City.43 60 .. .00
San Antonio .62 76 .. .00
Santa Fe.28 58 .. .00
Sheridan .20 40 .. .00
Shreveport. 62 66 .. 2.12
Vicksburg .58 68 .. .00
Washington ....42 56 .. .00
Willis ton.6 6 12 .01
Wilmington .54 76 .. .00
With a wanning pad or a Cosy
Glow, you give the comfort of
instant warmth whenever and
wherever it’s needed. Warming
pads at 96.50 and 98.50 and Coxy
Glows from 97*50 to 910.00.
Westinghouse
The Sign of a WettinghouMe Dealer
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’ NAVAL’ CONFERENCE ADVISERS
Associated Proto Photo
Adm. Sir Charles Madden, ehlef of naval staff (right), and Vico
Adm. Sir William Fisher, deputy chief of naval staff, will act aa
advisers to British naval conference delegation.
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Named In Suit
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Associated Press Photo
Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, wife of
the Standard Oil magnate. Is named
in a $750,000 suit filed fcy Edward
E. Kern, Regers' former seeietcry.
who charges a conspiracy to secure
the divorce of Rogers from his first
w:?«.
Corsicana Almost
Marooned By Rain
CORSICANA. Dec. 16.—\&}—
Rainfall of 3.10 Inches during the
past 24 hours left Corsicana prac
tically marooned by mud and high
water today. All creeks were rising
rapidly, and Chambers creek, north
of here, was almost over a railroad
trestle.
\Qiffmann
‘THE AIR CIRCUS’
with
Sue Carol
Louise Dresser
Educational Comedy
Admission 25—20—10
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TODAY ThriTWED.
IN NATURAL
COLORS
The first All-Talking, Singing,
Dancing, Musical Comedy Pho
tographed Entirely in Techni
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WARNER JiROS.
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BETTY^COMPSON
ARTHUR LAKE
JOE E. BROWN
SALLY O’NEIL
and 100 Dazzling Beauties!
A feast for the eye! Charms
for the ear! The scintillating
musical comedy extravaganza,
colorfully photographed! Intro
ducing the radio song hit “Am I
Blue?”
Starting Thursday
Charles Rogers
—In—
“Half Way To Heaven”
FACES COURT
Convicts Sent Up For
Wounding Agent
John W. Ratlan, carnival negro,
will go on trial in the county court
at law Monday afternoon charged
with slashing Will King, another
carnival negro.
Ratlan made his escape after the
altercation, but was later taken into
custody by Deputy Constable W. W.
Miller as he lurked on the outskirts
of the carnival.
The fight took place in the stage
wings of a darkie revue shortly be
fore the curtain was to go up. Rat
lan was a comedian in the revue.
5 OFF TO PEN
Deputy U. S. Marshal F. E. Sef
fel of Mission and two guards left
Brownsville Sunday evening with
five prisoners for Atlanta. Ga., pen
jitentt'irv. Three of the convicts
were being sent up for the wound
ing of A. C. Graff, federal prohi
bition agent.
Monday evening. Deputy U. 8.
Marshal H. R. Jefferds will leave
for Leavenworth with 13 prisoners,
accompanied by four guards. The
major portion of the men were con
victed on liquor charges.
The men to accompany Jefferds
are Ralpl* Tucker. John Castleberry,
La Feria constable; R. G. Delaney,
deputy sheriff; and E. Cavazos, Jr.,
deputy sheriff.
The Valley’* Perfect
Talking Picture Theatre
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LAST DAY !
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Fttnjs It's Challenge
in Ecstatic Song
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Dancing
Radio Pictures
Presrnts
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Comedy
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NANCY CARROLL
JACK OAK IE
PARKPLANNING
N \ R S FINISH
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Dredging of Resaca and
Street Opening Will
Make Beauty Spot
With dredging of the city resaca
practically completed, and the op
ening of Ringgold street from the
entrance of the park at Fifth
through to Palm Boulevard well
underway, plans which will make
the municipal park near Los Eban
os one of the prized beauty spots
of Brownsville are steadily going
forward.
Opening of Ringgold through the
park to Palm Boulevard gives a
thoroughfare directly from th en
trance of the park to one of the
hading paved streets of the city,
and makes it much more accessible.
By this means, .hose wishing to
visit the park can drive out Palm
boulevard to Ringgold, cross the
resaca and enter from this point.
Grading on Ringgold is now in
progress, and a bridge is to be put
over the city resaca near the park
entrance.
The resaca. which curves around
the park, has been dredged from
the Southern Pacific track to the
point of intersection with Ringgold,
increasing the width to 100 to 120
feet, and the depth to 5 feet. Earth
removed from the resaca has been
dumped along the water edge next
to the park.
Plans are at some time in the
future to make a drive along the !
water's edge on the bank thus
formed.
A concrete lined wading ool has
recently been completed at the i
park, a gift to the city from the
Rotary' club. This pool is to be of
ficially presented and dedicated
some time during the holidays, this
season being particularly appro
priate. as the pool was constructed
in place of the Christmas tree
, usually given by the Rotarians for
1 children of the city.
The municipal park was acquir
ed by the city during the .erm of
Burt E. Hinkley as park commis
sioner, and beautification work has
been done under his direction.
“GLAD I KILLED HIM"
DRESDEN.—As he was executed
for murdering a policeman. Kar!
I Bochel exclaimed. "I'm glad I kili
j ed him."
LIQUOR TA
Driver Surprised To See
Officers Find Hootch
**What! Liquor on my running
board? Don't know a thing about if
It’s an old gag. but they continue
to pull It at the bridge on American
customs officers. The last presenta
tion of this little tableaux was en
acted Sunday evening.
A car glided up to the customs of
fice and came to s stop. The offi
cers were flashed an over-friend I v
smile. Straight away they walked
around to the opposite side of the
automobile. There they lay. Two bot
tles of hootch.
“Somebody must have put them
there on the other side of the river.
I don’t know a thing about It,” th*
driver protested.
The officers smiled, took the hoo%.
ch and the drivers name, and tb&j
car drove off. w
WHITE CURBS FOR SAFETY
Brussels.—Belgian towns are ad
opting the French scheme of white
washing street curbs at dangerous
crossings to guide motor drivers at
night.
U. S. SHARPER CAUGHT
Leeds, Eng —R. W. Jamieson, who
claimed to be an American, was
arrested on a train for fleecing «
passenger out of $100 with a card
trick.
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The Oreat Stars of “Seventh Heav
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Coming Friday—The Picture N. y.
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—Bicycle
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