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Alamo Iron Works
Brownorlll* — Corps* Christ!
San Antonio — Howtoa
I THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLE Y—LEASE i> WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(JP) I
HIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 193 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY. APRIL 22. 1930 TEN PAGES TODAY i 5c A COPY
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IN OUrI
VALLEY
*= By CHARLES HALL •»=*>
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HOW ABOUT IT?
' Anything founded on the idea '
* greatest good for the
g»test number will win in the
—Henry Ford.
I, "PflPfc no intoxicating liquors: j
in these days of keen competition j
whisky and business won t mix \ !
—you can’t do both.”
—Captain Robert Dollar. ;
ship owner.
I 1 believe in men waiting ,
until they are ready to die before
using an* of their money for
nelpful purposes.’’
—George Eastman,
Kodak manufacturer.
*^’he long skirts are just fine
ly give the teacher dignity in
the classroom, and vou won't con
tuse her with the pupils."
—E. Ruth Pyrtle,
\ educator.
rROM Columbus. Ohio, today come,
I one of the ghastliest accounts1
■ of carnage flashed over news-1
PPer wires in many, many years
» tells of the burning to death of
RjPisoners. and the serious injury
Other men trapped like rats
K i «li overcrowded prison.
I Some men went mad and acted
I isaneiy. Others exhibited their ;
I *sentment against society by cut
I ng the fire hose and hurling stones
II heroic rescuers.
■ Today with smoke curling over
I le ruins of that penitentiary, and
I le smell of burning flesh sickening
a ie nostrils of weary tired men still
[■ i work, our prison problems of
vercrowding rise in a terrible form
o challenge the duty of a nation, j
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IflEANWHILE here in Brownsville.
In the report of the grand Jury.
I just adjourned, and the report
I f a Brownsville Herald reporter
Show the prisoners stacked in the
Ipameron county jail in a ratio
Something like three to one of the
iiiaximum capacity for which it was
onstructed.
And, furthermore, it is said this
i the case with a fund set-aside
ome time ago for that very pur
ose.
Youths and aged persons, some
elieved to be dying, ail occupy the
erne cell, with insane persons some
Ikmes thrown in for a greater over
lirowded mea:»ire.
I The time to prevent an occurrence
I f a similar incident to that at
| 'olumbus is now. And the how to
o it is too evident to insult the
itelligencc of the reader by setting
. forth.
I And whether such a tragedy should
I ver occur here, what about the
I umane issue now? Is there none? j
. et's get busy. The engineer of this
olumn is blaming none, just calling
1 n all.
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OTHERWISE, we have in the Val
ley the high chiefs of the Wes
tern Union Telegraph company
•hey slipped into Brownsville and
I aid nothing, but special dispatches
I ut of Cincinnati declare they are
I oing to spread out in the service
I ffered the Valley.
1 It is said that the chief cause of
I tis is the future of the Valley fore
II pen by these big business men.
| ’he Postal Telegraph company cvi
I ently thinks the same thing, and
Is moving in new offices, which will
■ n>n be opened for business.
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?i»y account of the expectation of
Mk inin Cobb, noted writer, to visit
IF* South Texas appeared in yester
I|ay's Herald. If Mr. Cobb ever
omes to Houston every citizen and
hamber of commerce in the Valley
[ hould Join forces with Captain
i till Sterling in getting him down
eOobb will probably crack many
joke about it all when he goes
ack east, but some of the best ad
ilertising the Ford car ever had
las the horde of jokes about it.
Ihich spread over the nation like
Hid fire.
vliJARM days for bathing, with
1 | blankets p”lled up at night It
» 1s an a mistake about this win
r resort business. The Valley is
oth a winter and spring resort.
\VR port MU has rrP°rtod
I to the house, and a vote on it
/ *s now expected Friday, instead
, Wednesday. It still looks like
uiy for the work to start.
! «HE river is spreading opt like a
eUrantic adder; another ram is
Srig promised by the weather
t- potatoes and tomatoes are
’with beans sprinkled in be
oU is to be sought near Rey
Looks like to us that if signs
i times were any better we
jld not stand jt — that is all.
M ND ON THE WIRES
U3ELPHIA — Audiences of
Philadelphia orchestra dis
eed with the director. Leo
tokowski. as to vhe merits of
L and he will abide by their
' In a curtain speech, he said
mning was disturbing and an
££ perhaps from the dark
rhen he sent a questionnaire
I subscribers and 700 favored
TeNCE. Italy - D P. Ray
Cling professor of India who
Lmng around the world. On
he left Lahore, where he is
her of the faculty of Samay
and since then has been
countries. He expects to
L United States in the fall.
YORK — Here is a prize
, definition: "Art is that
f which the imagination has
and which awakes in the
r an emotion of pleasure
to that of the creator.1 Mrs
io-n wife of the president of
tety of independent artists,
aided $100 for tt.
BROWNSVILLE.
IS CENTER OF
AIRSERVICE
Friday Will Witness
Opening of New
Plane Lines
Brownsville will participate Fri
day. April 25. in an event of na
tion-wide international significance
as air mail out of the city speeds
southward, simultaneously with mail
over the entire United States, to
inaugurate the first through seven
day service to Buenos Aires and j
Latin America.
The service will be operated by j
Domestic Air Mail Contractors and
the Pan-American Airways System,
with this city linked in the vast
system through the service of a
mail-carrying subsidiary of the
Southern Air Transport division of
American Airways. Inc.
The inaugural flight assumes an
international diplomatic signifi
cance as President Hoover sets the
example for municipal heads of
governments in writing letters to
the presidents of the Latin repu
blics Greetings for mayors of all
leading cities to the mayors of
Buenos Aires and Montevideo will
go forward with the first consign
ment of United States mail to our
Latin-American neighbors.
Brownsville Center
Most Texas mail will go by way
of Brownsville. Letters mailed in
Texas cities in time to be placed
aboard the Texas Air Transport (S.
A. T. subsidiary) plane Friday, leav
ing Dallas at 7:45 and Fort Worth
at 8:15, with stops at Waco. Austin,
and San Antonio, will be included
in the first cargo that flies across
the Carribean Sea, down through
Mexico and Central America to
the Canal Zone, thence down the
shorter west coast of South America
to Santiago. Chile, and over the
Andes to Buenos Aires and the
Atlantic shores of Uruguay.
Letters mailed in Houston and
Galveston will go by way of New
Orleans to Miami, being carried as
far as Atlanta by the Gulf Coast
Airways, another S. A. T. subsidiary.
Mail posted in Galveston in time to
catch the 4 o’clock plane Thursday
afternoon, or in Houston for an
8:45 a. m. (Friday) departure, will
leave New Orleans with the consign
ment for that city at 1 o'clock.
With a stop at Mobile and Birming
ham, the plane will arrive in Atlan
ta. where lines from the eastern
part of the country converge at
6:30 o’clock. Mail will continue to
Miami Saturday morning, departing
for Latin America at 1:45.
Pilots Named
Pilots on the amphibian that will
make the first flight will be Basil
Rowe and Edward Schultz, seasoned
sea fliers and ve*-rans in the Unit
ed States Air Mail Foreign Sendee
They will carry a radio operator to
help them cut their lonely way
across the blue Carribean through
contacts with the Panalr radio sta
tions which circle that vast semi
tropic sea. In the tanks of their
plane will be 475 gallons of gasoline
a reserve of fifty per cent against
the accuracy of their navigating.
Parker May Address
Senate Committee
WASHINGTON. April 22.—
Judge John J. Parker has informed
his friends here he has no intention
of withdrawing as a nominee for
the Supreme Court because of the
opposition of labor and negro or
ganizations or because of the Sen
ate Judiciary committee's action in
opnosing his confirmation.
He is considering the advisabil
ity of requesting that the com
mittee give him an opportunity to
appear before It and answer ob
jections raised against him. His
supporters in the Senate believe
such a course will be followed.
Tomatoes Movement
Opens at Harlingen
'Special to The Herald.!
HARLINGEN April 22— Move
ment of the Valley's tomato crop
seems to be getting well under way
with (he shipments of a second or
der today by the J. Roy Hand
Produce company of Harlingen. Ten
lugs were sent by express to the
Texas Produce company of Dallas.
The tomatoes were rrown bv E.
A. Crossland of Stuart Place.
Naval Parley Ends Greatest
Peace Gathering Ever Held
LONDON. April 22.—<P»—Repre
sentatives of the five dominant
naval powers of the world, Amer
ica, Great Britain, Japan, France
and Italy, this afternoon affixed
their signatures to an epoch-mak
ing treaty, limiting and reducing
the navies of three of them and
restricting the navies of the other
two.
Colonel Henry L. Stimson. Amer
ican Secretary of State, and his col
leagues on the American delegation,
were the first to sign the historic
document. M. Briand, French For
eign Minister. J. Ramsay McDon
ald. British Prime Minster and Ad
miral Giuseppe Sirianni with their
delegations followed.
Rejiro Wakatsuki. former prime
minister of Japan, and those of the
Tokyo delegation who have worked
with him through the three months
and one day of long and difficult
negotiations, were the last of the
five power representatives to affix
their aignatnrfs,
Fourteen weeks ago the confer
ence was ushered into being in the
midst of a dense fog which pervaded
the House of Lords in a ghostlike
blanket. There was that same fog
early today, but shortly after the
plenary session convened, the April
sunshine burst through the mists
and glinted from the golden trap
pings of Queen Anne's favorite
room.
The treaty signed definitely limits
the navies, in all categories, of
America, Great Britain and Japan,
and provides reduction in ships
already under construction in at
least one category, capital ships.
France and Italy could not compose
their differences and so adhered
only to other sections of the pact,
which important enough in them
selves. prescribe a capital ship holi
day. limitation on sizes of submar
ines, humanization of their use.
and record agreement on other
technical phases of the conference
work.
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Brownsville Man Makes Monterrey Happy
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J. M. “Chief” George Is being congratulated today by his Brownsville acquaintances for his victory at
Tampico, where he won the silver trophy which belon gs to the amateur national golf champion of Mexico.
The trophy is a tray made up of silver pesos.
“Chief" George defeated H. J. Hillier in the finals to cop the title. The local man was flying the colors
of the local country club Hillier Is the former cham pion. from Tampico.
“My friends from Monterrey and Tampico were un der the impression that I won the match easily, and did
not exert myself. ” he said Tuesday. “But I want to say that it was one of the toughest matches I ever
played in. and had to go the limit all the time. I was practically exhausted when the last shot was sunk.”
Grand Jury s Report
Exposes County Jail
BY JACK RUTLEDGE
Following & report of the grand jury Monday in which it urgently
advised and recommended that immediate steps be taken to provide
additional jail facilities, an Inspection of the Cameron county jail by
a Herald reporter Tuesday morning revealed that it was at present in
humanely crowded and insufficiently equipped.
The building was originally designed to accomodate approximately
75 prisoners, according to Sheriff Brown. The present rolls disclose that
about 180 men and 10 women are confined
CHARGE THEFT
Fort Worth Bank Officials
Held for Big Sum
FORT WORTH, April 22—
Charges of misapplication of $1,297
363 in Texas National Bank funds
and of false entry in an individual
account were filed today in federal
court against B. B. Samuels, presi
dent, and A. L. Baker, vice-presi
dent, of the defunct institution by
Norman A. Dodge, United States
district attorney.
Warrants were issued for their
arrest, Samuels has been in St.
Luke's hospital in New York since
about April 16. Service on him will
be obtained by the United States
Marshals office in New York.
Baker is in FOrt Worth.
N The cells are so crowded on the
second and third floors that luna
tics. Juveniles, and hardened crimi
nals are by necessity thrown to
gether In a hodge-podge of unpleas
ant intimacy.
The fourth floor, which was de
signed as a ‘ bull-pen' is without
bunks, cots, or seats. On this floor
around 35 or 40 prisones are sleep
ing on the floor and in roughly
constructed wooden tiers of bunks.
A hasty glance at the prisoners in
their box-like quarters reminds one
of canned sardines.
Jailers Deplore Conditions
me women’s quarters at the jai.
arc built to take care of but around
| 6 prisoners. There are 3 cells, in
[ which there arc 10 women. Of this
number, 4 are mentally deficient.
There are 5 men, lunatics, on the
first floor, 7 on the 3rd floor and
2 more on the top floor.
"The Jail has been stuffed with
208 prisoners in my knowledge,"
Sheriff Brown said Tuesday morn
ing.
"You can see for yourself the
conditions that exist,” jailer A. W
Shannon said.
One of the mo6t glaring deficien
cies, in the opinion of the reporter,
was the absolute absence of an en
closed yard in which the prisoners
might exercise.
"At one time, there was a high
wall which surrounded the grounds,
but this was tom down during
Sheriff Sam Robertson’s regime.
Flowers were planted in the front
yard, and grass laid out.” Mr. Shan
non explained.
Sleep Anywhere
The grass and the flowers remain,
but this does not improve the con
dition of the prisoners, who are
unable to get out in the sunshine
and walk around.
On the second and third floors
there are bunks and cells to accom
odate 64 men. Instead of this num
ber, almost 100 are confined there,
and are forced to sleep on the floor,
two in some of the narrow bunks,
and others actually sleep on top of
the iron bunk-racks.
The conditions are inhumane,
especially in respect to the mentally
deficient and sick.
"This is the phase of the situa
tion that I am most interested in,”
Sheriff Brown continued. “Juve
niles, the lunatics and the mentally
sick are forced to occupy the same
cells with hardened criminals. This
(Continued on page 3)
PORT PICTURED
TO LIONS CLUB
Visualizing a great city of trade
as the Brownsville of the future.
Judge H. L. Yates spoke on the
benefits of deep-water before the
Lions club Tuesday.
Millions of dollars will be saved
annually to Valley shippers when
a channel runs from Brownsville
to the sea. the speaker pointed out.
He also stressed the fact that as
surance had been given by smelt
ing concerns in Mexico that they
would establish plants here with
the coming of a 25-foot channel
thus making of Brownsville a “pay
roll city.” The Brownsville channel
will be shorter that the Corpus
Christ! or Houston channels. Judgt
Yates said.
The club was entertained by th*
singing of three-year old Panchits
Yturria who sank in both English
and Spanish. She was accompanied
by Miss M. Ortiz. F H. Blake am
W. H. Scott of Harlingen sang
Radio music by St. Louis Merry
makers was dedicated to the occa
sion.
Guests were the entertainers
Judge Yates, Z A. Rosenthal, Johr
Gregg. R B. Rentfro, F. R. New
man, former governor of LionLsrr
who spoke, and Howard E. Tuggey
Birmingham. Mich. Hershel Burg
ess was introduced as a new mem
ber of the club by President Bas
com Cox.
Texas Reports Two
Losses From Fire
HEARNE. Tpx.. April 22.—(<$*)
Fire believed to have been causes
by defective wiring destroyed th<
home of Herman Wilkeri_.i here to
day. The family of six escaped li
night clothes. Loss was placed a
$7,000.
CORSICA'NA. April 22 — (*•) ~
Fire of undetermined origin in th<
downtown district caused an esti
mated l06s of $5,000 today. ‘Place;
damaged included the R. L. Rees'
and Son Jewelry company. Dr. H
B. Love's office, Ruth Brooks’ Beau
ty Shop, C. J. Reisin’s studio and i
building owned by Mrs. Frank King
Fire Destroys 2 Rio
Grande City Storet
(Special to The Herald >
RIO GRANDE CITY. April 22
A fire of unknown origin last nigh
destroyed two grocery stores her
with a loss of approximately $15,00(
Fixtures and stock were only par
tially covered by insurance.
The blaze was first discovered ii
the store of G. Tijerina and rapidl;
spread to the Humpty Dumpty
operated by Elsworth Moore, before
it was brought under control.
Repair Bills Cost $$$— Insure
Rio Crmnde Yal>ey Trust Co.—Adi
THREE VALLEY
TOWNS CENSUS
COUNTDOWN
Work i n Brownsville
70 Per Cent Done
As to Area
With the first official report of
the 1930 census of this district made
by L. E. Bennett, supervisor, two
towns are shown complete.
These towns are La Feria and Ed
couch. Rio Grande City Is shown
but Incomplete.
La Feria. which in 1920 showed
a count of 236 persons, today »
reported with 1.594 persons. Ed
couch which was not incorparat
ed in 1920 today shows 914 inhabi
tants. *io Grande City showed
622. Names which have been over
looked in this count can still be
added after checking with Mr. Ben
nett. it was said. This can be done
by telephoning Brownsville 700, and
asking for the census bureau.
Brownsville 19,000
In Brownsville, Mr. Bennett esti
mates that the census is about 70
per cent completed. It is estimated
that about 19,000 persons have been
counted. Whether the city will show
a total of 25,000 was something for
reporters to speculate, the census
takers not being permitted to make
estimates. This, it is said, will de
pend upon whether the remaining
districts are thinly or thickly popu
lated.
Incomplete returns from various
parts of the Valley made some time
ago and reported to Washington,
follow.
Cameron county — Brownsville,
section from M. P. railroad to city
levee, city levee to city limits. 929;
section from Fourteenth street, ex
tended to city limits, 1,890; section
from Palm Boulevard to Arthur.
Fourteenth and Ringgold, 860.
Partial Counts
Hidalgo county .. Edinburg, from
Schunior to Fourth Avenue. 965;
McAllen from Twenty-sixth avenue
to M. P. railroad and city limits.
989; Weslaco, from Third to Mis
souri avenue. 1.006; Part of Justice
of Peace precinct No. 8, outisde
Pharr and San Juan, 876; part of
precinct No. 7, outside Edcouch and
Weslaco, 5540; part of precinct No
2 north of drainage -district, run
ning north through Christensen tract
to M. P. railroad outside Donna,
1.016.
Willacy County — Justice Pre
cinct No. 4, 1,119.
Fort Brown Loses
Fort Brown on April 1, 1930, In
cluded a population of 619. accord
ing to report of the Federal census
bureau in a preliminary complete
count, which is subject to correc
tion.
The figures for Jan. 1, 1920. are
given as 940.
Booze Bond Placed
For Harlingen Man
Manuel Garcia of Harlingen was
bound over to the federal grand
Jury in $250 bond Monday aftre
pleading guilty to liquor charges
before U. S. Commissioner E. K.
Goodrich.
Garcia confessed ownership of
three gallons and 40 pints of mes
cal found in an orchard near Har
lingen recently by customs officers.
Valley Lawyers Here
For District Court
Judge A. M. Kent opened the civil
district court term Tuesday evening
setting the docket and calling or
ders.
Lawyers from all over the Valley
were present at the opening of court
arranging their cases for trial.
Boy Drowns Saving Dog
Body of Daniel Garcia Found After Search
Of Four Hours: Funeral Today
Funeral sendees for Daniel Oarcia, 13-year-old youth t.ho was drowned
in the Joe Wells resacu while fishing Monday, will be held at the Im
maculate Concepcion church 4:30 p. m. Tuesday. Interment will be in
the old city cemetery.
Young Garcia s body was located in 16 feet of water late Monday after
noon after a four-hour search by a large party of divers. The body was
first struck by grappling hooks from a pontoon boat. Cesareo Leal
brought it to the top.
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Sharyland Winner
In State Contest
COLLEGE STATION, April 22—
1 CT)—Winning the sweepstakes for
the third consecutive year without
’ scoring first or second in any divi
sion, the Sanger high school team
j today possessed the Smith-Hughes
’ trophy permanently. The trophy
went to the judging team winning
i the sweepstakes three consecutive
L years.
Results announced at Texas A.
Sc M. college yesterday gave Ranger
second place.
The first place winners in var
ious contests were: poultry Judging.
' Taft; plant production, Cisco; live
stock Judging, Sterling City; farm
- shop. Comyn; entomology, Shary
t land; dairy Judging, Ralls; Angora
f goat Judging. Rock Springs.
Cattle Crossed
i A herd of 460 cattle was crossed
f into the United States at the Gavitos
. ford Tuesday morning for H. Mc
> Campbell, well known rancher.
The crossing was supervised by
American and Mexican customs of
ficers. The cattle were dipped on
. the Mexican side of the river.
I me youin was iismng on ujv
steep banks of the resaca with sev
eral other boys. According to re
ports he went in the water after a
dog, sinking from sight a short dis
tance from the shore. The other
boys became excited and ran to the
nearest houses to call for aid When
they returned no trace could be
found of Daniel
A large party of soldiers and
civilians Joined in the search.
The boy is survived by several
sisters and his mother, Mrs. Maria
Silva de Garcia. His father. Ern
esto Garcia, a World War veteran,
died about a year ago.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction of W. A. Darling.
Mrs. Stoddard Dies
At Harlingen Home
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 22— Mrs.
Mabel J. Stoddard, wife of J. T.
Stoddard, died this morning about
4 o'clock at the family home one
mile north of the city. Announce
ment of funeral services is being
held up, pending arrival of advice
from a daughter in Oklahoma.
I Burial will in Combs cemetery.
PRISON FLAMES
TAKE 317 LIVES
Ghastly Scenes of Mutiny and Death Make
Tragedy Resemble Field of Battle-^
150 Sent to Hospital
COLUMBUS, O, April 22.—OP}—Lives of 317 Ohio penitentiary convicts
were snuffed out by flame and smoke while they were locked in their
cells last night, according to the official casualty count made today by
state officials.
More than 150 other prisoners were in the penitentiary hospital, and
from sixty to seventy of these were in a critical condition from burns
and from smoke they inhaled while fire raged in parts of four cell blocks.
The penitentiary housed 4,300 convicts, some 2.500 above the ea
NEW TELEGRAPH
SERVICE IS SEEN
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Western Union Chiefs In
Valley for Survey
Of Situation
An extensive development cam
paign for Western Union in the
Valley is seen in the visit to
Brownsville Monday night of New
comb Carlton, president of the tele
graph corporation and three vice
presidents of the company.
The business conditon of every
Valley town was studied by Mr.
Carlton, who expressed himself as
amazed at the possibilities of this
section for future development and
its present sound business founda
tion. Extensions of service all over
the Valley are likely.
Came By Auto
The Western Union party arrived
In Brownsville at 5:10 In automo
bile. leaving their private car in
McAllen that they might get a
better view of the Valley. They left
here at 8:30 to continue on their
tour of the company’s holdings
throughout the nation.
The vice-presidents accompanying
Mr. Carlton here were A. C. Cronk
hlte. J. J. Welch, and G M Yorke.
EXTENSION PLANNED
'Snecial to The Herald.)
CINCINNATI. Ohio. April 22.—
Official statement was made here
by President Newcomb Carlton of
the Western Union Telegraph cor
poration when Mr. Carlton and
several associate officials of that
corporation passed through this i
city to the effect that his corpora- j
tion was actively preparing to at
once make extensive Improvements
in its facilities at Brownsville. Tex
as. as a result of the recent great
advance made by Brownsville as a
city in a business way and on ac
count of a recent large agricultural
improvement in the Brownsville
district which would eventually re
sult in much great Importance for
Brqwnsville as a leading Texas state
city.
Nation-Hide Tour
Mr Carlton's visit here was made
during his usual annual nation-wide
inspection of the Western Union
Telegraph compav lines and offices
In preparation for great increase of
business expected by this corpora
tion. The increasing importance of
Texas as a state and Brownsville
as a business center, was emphasiz
ed by the Western Union wire chief
during this Interview here.
Mr. Carlton deprecated the idea
that wireless communication cor
porations' future nation-wide inter
state operation would likely Inter
fere with the advance of the wire
telegraph business or income—there
fore the Brownsville and other ex
tensions to prepare for additional
and better traffic facilities.
. parity ior wmcn it was intended
when the fire, believed of Incen
diary origin, and fanned by a stiff
wind, swept through the upper
tiers of the four blocks apre: 5
death and suffering in Its wake.
The flames were discovered
shortly before 5:30 p. m. Withii
several hours the fire had been
brought under control, but the suf
focating smakc continued to take its
toll among the convicts- In the ad
joining cell blocks men screamed to
be released. And when the prison
officials capitulated to their de
mands the wide penitentiary yard
became a streaming mass of gray
clothed men. •
Prisoners Go Mad
Before two hours had poeo thi*
mass of men. picking tbalr w*y
among counties* bodlw spread over
the yard, became t threatening
menace Some of them eut the fire
hoee which continued to ptav upon
flames that spread to Che prison
cotton and woolen mills Other*
hurled stones and slugged the
guards the* were trying to main
tain order In the dining baT! dish
es and tabtea were upset
Everv available policeman in
Columbus was summoned for duty
both within the prison and on the
outside. A sub-machine gun in the
guard room protected the entrance
to the prison yard
Two companies of regular army
troops and 1 500 Ohio national
guardsmen were stationed at stra
tegic places about the penitentiary
Everv guard on both day and
night shifts was on dity.
When the thousands of prisoners
in the yards were ordered to as
semble in the dining room many
refused. Later they were ordered
into the remaining ceil blocks and
dormitories, but they Insisted upon
staying in the yard, crowding about
the bodies arranged in long rows
five and six deep
Flames Incendiary
Scenes of confusion and terror
accompanied the outburst of the
flames. They staHed in the north
west corner of a new building of
cell blocks, part of which still was
under construction, not more than
half an hour after prisoners work
ing on the Job returned to their
cells.
Apparently the flames broke out
in several places simultaneously,
officials said. Everything pointed
to incendiarism, they indicated.
Liston G. Schooley. Cleveland
councilman serving a term for
participation in a playground fraud,
was at work in the deputy warden s
office on the opposite side of the
prison yard. He saw smoke -tetng
from the cell blocks.
About the same time Charley
Sholkey. reported the fire. Snolkey.
a practical Joker, waa not taken
seriously by his fellow convict* un
til they saw the red reflection in
the windows of a manufacturing
plant near the penitentiary
Then a great scream emanated
from sections G and H. It each
there were six ranges of seventeen
cells, housing four prisoner* to the
cell. The flames and the amok*
were eating toward them rapidly
William C. Baldwin and Tom
Little, guard capralm. dashed to
the flaming building with kav* to
the cells.
At the same time finer guards
ran to the deputies’ off** *h*r»
Schooley, in the sheer o* of offi
cers. began handing cut order* and
issued all the keys he had
Ghastly Scene*
After he had .unlocked rht lay*
cell on the fourth rang* Little
collapsed. Four inma'e* can-led him
(Continued on page Two;
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For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes
day; not much change in tempera
ture. Light to moderate aoutheaa*
erly winds on the west ooaat
For East Texas: Inert-axl.g dkmdi*
ness tonight and Wednesday; aot
much change in temperature. Light
to moderate easterly to southerly
winds on the coast.
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DAILY RLVER BULLETIN
The river will begin (ailing Mow
ly at San Benito and Brown«vil>
during the next A ;o Sf hours, and
continue to fall all aong tbereaftei
in the absence of rains In th* water
shed.
Flood Present 34-Rr. 94-Br.
Stage Stage Cbng Ran
Eagle Pass 16 15 -0.1 .00
Laredo 27 -1 2 -0.2 00
Rio Grande 21 3 8 -1.0 .00
Mission 22 4 8 -1.2 .00
San Benito 23 99 *02 .00
Brownsville 18 3.8 -rO.6 .00
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TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoro
logical conditions:
High . 1:37 p. m.
Low.6:03 a. m.; 8:27 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6 -1
Sunrise tomorrow . .. 3* it