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QNCE-PRIVATE
AFFAIRS OF 2
COUPLER AIRED
LOS ANOELES. Feb. 22 (JP>—Soc
ially prominent principals in Los
Angeles' startling quadrangular mari
tal scramble went into week-end re
tirement Friday—one of them in
bed suffering from shock and a ner
vous breakdown.
The case. Involving once private
affairs of two Beverly Hills couples—
Walter Emerson, former actor and
writer; his eoclalite wife. Jan*
Scholtz Emerson, Barton Sewell.
Beverly Hills sportsman, and his
wife, Leah Ciampitt Sewell—will be
resumed in Judge Ben Lindsey's
court Monday.
First Angle Completed
The first angle of the case, its legal
notifications a* complicated as the
domestic lives of the Emersons and
•ewe 11s. was completed Thursday.
It concerned Emerson’s suit for di
vorce against his wife Jane. :th ac
companying charges of in.idehty be
tween his wUe and hi* lormer friend.
fieweiL
Mrs. Emerson did not appear in
oouri Tnursday. Her attorney said
her ordeal of testifying the day be
fore, when she startled the listeners
with frank admissions of her love for
Sewell, had brought on severe shock
and nervousness.
Mrs. Sewell Thursday testified she
and Emerson shared a bed In one
room while her husband and Mrs.
Emerson slept together in an ad
joining room during a party at a
•each cottage several months ago
Mrs. Sewell, asked If any illicit
relationship occurred, replied em
phatically :
“No. there was not I”
Mrs. Sewell said Emerson had been
the first to retire, and so far as she
knew', did not awaken the entire
night.
Asleep in Next Room
Answering another question, she
•aid she saw her husband and Mrs.
Emerson asieep in the next room
Both were in nightclothes.
Mrs. Emerson had declared her
husband knew of her relations with
Sewell and agreed to the arrange
ment.
Two of Emerson's witnesses, how
ever. Virgil C. Crites, an electrical
engineer, and Mack Wise. San Fran
cisco shoe merchant, declared Emer
son was shocked and upset when he
burst into a bedroom door of his
home and found Sewell, unclothed.
and Mrs. Emerson in bed. They ac
companied Emerson on the “surprise
visit.”
“You dirty dog, I thought I could
take you at your word, ’ they said
Emerson told Sewell.
Previously testimony in connection
with this incident said Sewell rais
ed himself in bed and said to Emer
son:
“I thought we had an understand
ing about this "
Other phases in the case yet to be
aired in the courtroom are Mrs.
Emerson’s cross bill against her hus
abnd in which she charges extreme
indiscretion between Emerson and
Mrs. 8eweli: and Mrs. Sewell s 1100.
000 alien it ion of affections suit
•gainst Mr:. Emerson.
20 RELATIVES
• (Continued From Page One)
**old out” Clyoe and Bonnie for a
parole from a prison term; John
Basden, S. J. Whatley. William D
Jones. W H Bybec and James Mul
len
United States Attorney Clyde
East us moved to dismiss the charges
against Lillian McBride and Beu
lah Praytor on the grounds that the
prosecution’s case was not a strong
one against them. The motion
was granted and the two women left
the courtroom.
Defense Plea fails
A defense motion made by J.
Earle Kuntz of Wichita Falls, at
torney for Joe Chambless and two
other defendants, asked t-hat the
Indictment be quashed for failure
to include word for word.” the
warrant issued in May. 1933. for the
arrest of Barrow and the Parker
woman. This motion was over
ruled.
Burt Barr, attorney for Mr and
Mrs. Steve Davis, stepfather and
mother of Raymond Hamilton, con
demned bank robber, then moved
for a bill of oartlculars setting
forth more specifically the offense
with which his clients were charged.
It. too. was overruled
A crowd of approximately 300
persons jammed the courthouse
corridor* two hourh before the pro
ceeding* started. Not more than
loo of them were successful In get
ting into the court room.
Two Are Shackled
Permission to set up newspapei
camera.' in the court room for a
few minutes before the ludge came
in was granted and. as the prison
ers were broURht in. flash bulb*
brilliantly illuminated the room.
The women came first, with Mil
dred Hamilton leading the proces
sion.
Noticing the waiting cameras, she
Hftea her pocket book before her
face and virtually e\ery one of the
tec women defendants who followed
her did the same. The men follow
ad the women, guarded by federal
and state officers.
Only two of the defendants were
Shackled They were William D
Jones and Henry Methvin. This
was done to protect them as much
aa for any other reason, since Meth
vin 1$ reputed to have put Bonnie
Parker and Barrow "on the snot’*
when they were killed in Louisiana
last May. and Jones had given in
formation liberallv to officers.
Mormormm To Be
Sermon Subject
“Monnorusm, Its History. Doc
trines. and Practice” will be t';a sub
ject of an address by Rev. E. P. Day
at the First Presbyu-tan church
•unday at 7:30 p. ra.
Rev. Day stated that he will alsc
Ct out the difference In the teach
of the M or irons from those
MMrally accepted by Evangelical
Two Long Distance Air Races Draw World’s Best Fliers
ISrc air marathons longer and man gruelling than last year’s London*
Melbourne Derby are being arranged. National Aeronautical Chamber
if Commerce is planning a round North and South America race, with
stops at all Latin American capitals, as a Pan-American good wUl ges
ture. City of Vancouver expects to stage race from London via Moscow
Tokyo to Vaacouver as feature of its 1936 centennial celebration.
! Sheldon Begins
Lecture Series
To Businessmen
•_
Dr. A. P. Sheldon, LI. B. member
of the faculty of the University of
Miami, began his aeries of four lec
tures to business men of the city at
the chamber of commerce Thursday
night, which was attended by about
so men and women.
The course is to consist of four
lectures, two sessions to each lec
ture, wi>. be held for the next three
Thursday nights.
Dr. Sheldon outlined salesmanship
os a knowledge of one's self, a know
ledge of human nature and therefore
a knowledge of the person to whom
the sale is to be made, a thorougn
knowledge of the product, and fi
nally a combination ol the three
knowledges m making the actual
^aie. An employe, he said, is nothing
xore than a salesman, who is sell
i mg his services to the company. As
:n all other salesman, an employe
must know himself, he must know
numan nature, he must know thor
oughly his work, and he must com
mne the knowledges.
Bur mess is nothing more than
service, based on commence and
satisfaction, he said. He stressed the
.mportance ol service, in an employe
or in & business, and declared that
without service neither an itiplof*
or a business can survive.
Dr. Sheldon said that the success
ful salesman, whether he is selling
fcis owm services or is in business,
must know nature's laws, and thai
permanent success can come only
through a knowledge and observance j
| oi these laws.
HARD-HEADED
(Continued F*om Page One)
requirement opposed by President
Roosevelt.
The action was taken without a
s ecord vote.
After reporting a separate $880 -1
000,000 bill, administ ration torce*
i hope to work out a way to block ulti
mate approval by congress ot the
McCarran prevailing wage amend
ment so vigorously opposed by Pres
j ident Roosevelt.
Robinson said there was danger in
further delay in appropriting f;i the
needy and it was the intention to
separate the bill so the $880,000,000
could be acted upon hrst.
Chairman Glass of the appropria
tion! ions committee told the senate
the bill was "in such condition that
it will inevitably meet a pres!
veto" and said it was - extren % «
; .sirable that it go back to the .urn- (
i mittee.” , A ,
Robinson, moved recommittal at
.he request, he said, of Glass, who is
in charge of the bill.
Would Provide for Relief
Robinson explained it was the de
sire of administration forces, m new
of the difiiculty in the way of Hnal,
passage since adoption of the p*'
vailing wage provision, to repo: \
1 a seperate bill to provide immedia..
i ly the $880,000,000 for direct relic
i funds for which are rapidly beconi
mg exhausted
Senator McNary. the republican j
leader, expressed a desire to co- j
operate if the committee acted ,
quickly to ‘relieve distress and meet-1
uig the present situation.*' bm he ■
questioned the purpose behind the |
move.
He said it was quite evident the
ud mi rust rat ion forces warned time;
to block the prevailing wage amend- .
neat
Bvrnes said the prevailing wage
amendment "would destroy the iun
damental purpose of the bill which
was to provide employment and at
i the same time not entice workers
away from private industry.’’
He added: "If the government
tliJUld pay prevailing’ wages, the
pay in some instances would be
higher than workers could get on
many other jobs.
• Instead of giving industry a
chance to absorb the unemployed,
that change would entice them ,
away from industry.
"I believe the house will uphold j
the president and insist upon re
jection oi that amendment.’’
Birth of Sextuplets
Reported in Africa
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22.
Now it’s sextuplets.
Dr. Edward Schumann, of the
medical faculty of the University of
Pennsylvania, said he had been in
j lormed of the birth of six cnildren
to a negro woman on the African
Gold coast.
Speaking at a medical meeting
Thursday nigh,. Dr. Schumann ex
hibited a pic-are of the asserted sex
I tupiets which he said was sent to
| him by a medical missionary.
He said ne was informed by what
! he considered a reliable authority
.hat the infants were eight days old
and still living when the picture wa*
taken.
SOLON SUFFERS ATTACK
AUSTIN, Feb. 22. bPj—Representa
tive Eugene Worley of Shamrock col
lapsed on the floor of the house of
epresentatives Friday from an at
tack of acute appendicitis. He was
removed to a hospital.
DEANS REUNITED, SIT FOR FIRST FAMILY PICTURE
An exclusive picture of the Dean
family, famous in the baseball
world, shows them at Hot Springs,
posed together for the first time.
Front row, left to right, Mrs. Jay I
(Dizzy) Dean; A. M. Dean, fa- I
ther of the pitching brothers, and j
Mrs. Paul (Daffy) Dean. Back i
row, left to right, Dizzy, himself
Elmer Dean, brother and formci
peanut peddler in Sportsman’i
park. St. Louis, and Paul Dean. *
REDFISH REFUSE'
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TOURISTS — BITE
*****
AFTER CONTEST
(8peciut n< ine Herald)
DEL MAR, Feb. 22.—Late Thurs
day, too late to help tourist* con- t
testing in the Iishing tournament,
a run o. rediish rewarded the ef
fort* of anglers, and more than 50
were landed in a short time at the
jetty and in the surf.
A dozen or more drum, and a
number of other itsh also were
caught on the first moderately
high tide in five days. The tide*
have been extremely low for al
most a week.
Among tne catches were the fol
lowing: R W. Bennett of Bi vns
ville, five reiis; C. W. Chap,. 1 uid
father oi Mission, five. C- L. Os
born, Carl Hargis, and Ed Noian
of Santa Rosa, 14 reds; Frank
Myers oi Mead. Kans., 19 reds and
1 drum; Will Peyton of Culpepper.
Va.. 4 reds and 7 drum; Tom O'
Roark, St Louis, Mo., 8 drum, 17
golden croaker; and others.
The tourist contest came to a
successful close at noon Thurs
day, prizes being awarded follow
ing a fish fry given by Colonel Sam
A. Robertson The prizes were pre
sented by Charles Burton, member
oi the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce committee.
Man Shot Down By
Husband of Woman
BILOXI Mu*. Feb 22 —A man
identified by police as Larry Claire..
48. connected with a Detroit Service
company, was shot to death in an
apartment here Friday in the pres
ence oi Mrs. H R Long. 42. auburn
haired estranged wife of a Detroit
restaurant man.
Long, tile husband. 64 ye rs old.
was arrested. Police Officer ojdney
Brtelmeyer said Long admitted tne
shooting and that it was lucky hi->
wife got away.'
Mr*. Long ran out ot the apart
ment to the home of a neighbor. She ,
told police that she had been mi
Biloxi tor two weeks, that Claire had ;
been ill and she had been ill and she
had been nursing him.
Wed» by Proxy
JUAREZ. Mexico. Feo. 22- oPH*
Hundreds oi miles away m Call*or*
nia Ludwia Lewisolui, writer and
lecturer, w*»s remarried Thursday* by
proxy alter he had been granted a
divorce irom his wue. Mary Arnold
Child*. ■
Lewischn received a Rabbinical
Divorce from his first wife more thw
ii vfiri ugo id Pol And* out
obtained the decree Thursday a»*ei
its validity had been questioned.
The proxy marriage reunited him
with Thelma Bowen Spear.
1,500 Lose Jobs
CROCKETT. Calif.. Feb 22. wP>—
Approximately 1.500 workers were
thrown out of work h< ' Friday when
the California and Hawaiian Sugar
refining Corporation plant was shut
down because of what officials de
scribed as labor trouble.
William B Tyler, prcsident. ^id
the plant would be closed until, inti
mid at ion and coercion cease.
Deputy Is Shot
McALLEN. Feb. 22. — Deputy
Sheriff King Custer of Sinton. San
Patricio county, was removed to his
home Thursday night following an
accidental shooting at the Hidalgo
bridge Wednesday night, in which he
was wounded in the leg.
His wound was not considered ser
ious.
Notable Day
for Hughes
The whole world had been his
attentive listener when Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes
read the U. 8. Supreme Court’s
momentous majority opinion
upholding the administration in
the gold cases. The chief jus
tice is shown here aa he left
the Capitol.
Youth Recovering
Jo6r Ramirez. Mat. amor os young
ster, victim of a hit and run driv
er in the border city two days ago.
is improving rapidly. Young Ramirez
wa» struck down when he was w-alx
ing along Hidalgo street. The driver
fled to the American side of the riv
er w ithout stopping to pay toll on the
bridge.
Ramirez sultered a broken leg and
cuts and bruises as a result of the
accident.
Race Horses Burn
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 22.
Eighteen race horse* were believed
burned to death in a fire which
destroyed a bam valued at $12,500
at the fair grounds track Thursday
night.
The names of all the horses could
not be learned and their value was
unestlmated.
Teachers Arrested
HAVANA, Feb. 22. <JP>—Twenty
teachers in Havana province were
under arrest Friday as the govern
ment took steps to curb Cuba's
school strike.
Prospects for quick sett^ment ap
peared dim after a night-long con
ference between government leaders
and edrcators striving to prevent
bloodshed
Birds have lower temperatures m
hot weather than in ooid>
CLUB WOMAN TO
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REPAIR ANCIENT
*****
STREET CAR HERE
Mrs. D. P. Gay, businesswoman
and club worker of Brownsville,
has built many houses in her day.
Recently she has been concerned
over the lact that the old street
car in the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce park, is decaying. She
believes it should be kept in re
pair.
Mrs. Gay called on the chamber
of commerce cm the matter. She
was informed that the chamber
had no funds for hte work at this
time.
“Well, do you mmd jf I get a
hammer and a saw and a man and
go to work on that car?' she asked
Manager G. C- Richardson.
’Certainly not, said Mr Rich
ardson.
So the old car U going to be
repaired.
The matter came up at a recent
meeting of the Brownsville Civic
League.
Dog Clean-Up Drive
Will Begin Monday
Due to numerous complaints oi
vicious dogs, another *‘clean-up"
campaign will be begun here Mon
day with employment of a dog
catcher, it has been announced by
Lieutenant of Police John T. Arm
strong.
More than 800 dog* were killed in
the last campaign which was staged
here about seven months ago.
“Something has to be done to rem
edy the situation;' Lieutenant Arm
strong say*, “because complaints
about vicious curs have been con
stantly increasing for the past sev
eral months '*
Wreck Kill* Man
NOCONA. Feb. 22. </Pt—An auto
mobile accident near Nocona Fri
day caused the fatal injury of Jeff
J. Fite. 30. and the critical injury
of Miss Kiss Brown. 32. Attending
physicians said she might die.
The vicitms were brought to No
cona in an ambulance and Fite died
soon after arrival here. He was the
son-in-law of William Alcorn. Miss
Brown, the daughter of Art Brown
of Ringgold. wa* employed in a
Nocona factory.
Nurses Meet Here
The Texas Graduate Nurses auso
I elution social meeting held this
week at Brownsville with Miss
Rachel Pierce as hostess, was at
tended by 31 members. McAllen
was represented by Meadames Auer,
Williams and Harrison and Misses
Caldwell. Schoening Bohart. Rol
lins, Dohm, Isensee Smith and
Ohlson: Harlingen. Misses O'Dell.
Johnson. Gordin Shelton and Mrs.
La&kso. Brownsville. Misses. Browne,
Champion. Pierce. Levrier.
Solon Injured
AUSTIN. Feb 22. uPt—Representa
tive Bob Calvert of Hillsboro was
recovering Friday from injuries re
ceived in an auto collision between
his automobile and that of Ray Pool
of Fort Worth near Austin. Calvert
suffered a wrenched knee. Pool, at
first unconscious, was able later to
leave the hospital.
BOWIE STRICKEN
BAN BENITO. Feb. 22.—James C.
Bowie, manager of the Bayview Cit
rus development on the coast east
of here, was taken to San Antonio
Thursday night and will undergo
an operation there Friday or Sat*
urday.
BAR TO OPPOSE
COURTCHARGES
Instructed to oppose any proposed
changes in the present set-up of
courts in Cameron county, between |
1C and 15 members of the Cameron
County Bar Association will attend
a meeting of South Texas bar asso
ciations in Corpus Christi Saturday.
The meeting for associations in
the southern section of the Fourth
Supreme Judicial district. was call
ed bv the Nueces association for the
purpose of discussing proposed
changes in procedure practice and!
court arrangements. The primary i
purpose is to discuss pending legis
lation affecting procedure and
practice, but several plans for new
court arrangements in this section
also will come in for consideration.
One movement, sponsored by D.
8. Purl of Corpus Christi, would
create two district attorneyships for
the criminal district court which
operates down the coastline between
Nueces and Cameron counties. At
present the court has one district
attorney with two assistants, one in
Camerr n and one in Nueces. Purl
was district attorney for the court
until defeated in the paat elections
by R. B. Rentfro. Jr., of Browns
ville who is opposing the measure.
Another movement would create
a new district oourt for Cameron,
Hidalgo and Willacy counties hav
ing concurrent civil and criminal
jurisdiction. One of the objects of
such a cotut would be to shorten
the time between terms of criminal
courts in Cameron and Willacy
counues. This would reduce the ex
penses of keeping prisoners in Jail.
It is contended by those favoring
such a court.
The Cameron county bar associa
tion Tuesday ol this week voted to
oppose any changes in court pro
cedure and court set-up in Cam
eron county.
The Corpus Christi meeting, to
be attended by Chief Justice John
H. Bickett. will get under way at
2 p. m. at the Plaza hotel.
The committee on remedial pro
cedure will form the chief body rep
resenting the Cameron association
at Corpus Christi. Other members
of the Cameron association, how
ever. are to be delegates and will
have a full vote.
City Briefs
_ _ — ..————
Week-end Specials — Breakfast ta
ble and chairs. Aluminum and
enamel kitchen utenslb. Browns
ville Hardware. Adv.
Lawrence Olmsted. Jr., a recent
graduate of Kelly Field, who receiv
ed his "wings." last Wednesday, is
in Brownsville on a 20-day 1* ave.
Mr. and Mrs Ted Stephens and
children were guests in Mission the
early part of the week of Mr. and
Mrs. R. R Stephens.
mu> Adelia Shroeder was a recent
guest of Miss Alvenna Hohmier in
Mercedes.
Mrs. A. Hausman was a recent
visitor In Mercedes in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mestel.
Mrs. Fa us to Yturria underwent a
minor operation at the Mercy hospi
tal Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Barber of
I Clinton, Okla., were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Weller.
Robert Puckett left Thursday aft
ernoon by plane for San Antonio for
medical treatment in the Santa Rosa
hospital.
MARKETS
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
PORT WORTH, Feb. 22- —<U.
S. D. A-»—Hogs 1.300; truck hogs
steady; top 8.35; good to ehcrtce ISO
280 lb truck hogs 8 25-35; good Light
weight* averaging 160-175 lba 7^0
8 20; numerous truck lot* mixed
, grade light and medium weigh,
uutchers 7.00-75; packing sows
steady, mostly 7.25. _
Cattle 800; calve* 300; scattered
i sales fall classes about steady, no.
enough cattle or calve* on sale to
, make a market; receipts include one
I load choice weighty country-bought
i steers 12 00; few good fat cows 4.50
5.00; odd head bulls 3.00-4.25; few
i ; ood heavy lat calve* 6.00-50.
| Sheep 1 400. fat lamb* fully steady;
; fat yearlings and wethers 25c and
I more higher; better grades wooled
and shorn fed lamt* 7.50-75; medium
grade lamb* 7.25 down; shorn fat
yearling* 6.25; wooled fat yearlings
6.50, wooled tat wethers 5 00-50.
Wire cable was first made a hun
dred years ago in Germany.
What The
Legislature
_Is Doing
AUSTIN, Feb. Zi t/fV-The
Texas house tolled on Washington s
birthday while their senatorial col
leagues rested but became bogged
down In s aeries of minor amend
ments to a senate bill tc issue $3,
500.000 in relief bonds and ad
journed until Monday without
final action.
Ihe house rejected an arn^nd*
ment to use $60,000 of the uond
money to construct s rebel head
quarters building In Austin alter
it a ax revised to provide lor pay
ment of the prevailing wage scale.
Si* .-sore said the relief comma
slot; paid approximately $1,000
monthly and that the ouualng
could be used to house other state
departments when rebel is aban
doned.
Amendment# to limit the maxi
mum interest rate to four per cent
to remove the inhibition
agau^t employment of relatives
ol p iObc oificiais were adopted.
An amendment to limit salaries
of administrative ofllcers to $150
per .i onth and to abolish the $100
monthly added to the salary of the
boajd of control members m com
peted .on lor tnetr rebel duties
was del eated.
The lK>use voted to print on
minority report a bill to remove
insan.ty as a bar of divorce in casea
where grounds for seperation oc
curred pior to insanity.
Another flood oi onix and con
stitutional amendments were in
troduced. Proposed amendments
included:
To restrict the pardon power of
the governor to action on recom
menua ons by the board of par
dons and paroles.
To commit insane persons to In
stil uncus without a Jury trial.
To reouoe house memuersmp to
96 and increase senate membership
to 4$
io permit clarification of prop
erty tor tax purposes, deieatea last
November.
Bills introduced included:
To provide for initiative ref
erendum in home rule cities.
To levy a graduated tax of from
two to six per cent on the value
of natural gas production based
on quantity, the six per cent to
apply on quarterly production in
excess of two billion cubic feet.
To increase the natural gas pro
duction ux to one cent per 1,000
cubic feet.
To establish an eight-hour day
for truck and bus drivers.
To make city oMciais and offi
cers oi private corporations liable
to prosecution for stream pollu
tion.
To vest district courts with dis
cretionary power to grant bail
pending appeals.
To establish rules for release of
prisoners on parole. Persons sen
tenced to leas than life would be
eligible after serving one*thlrd of
their term; life termers after serv
ing 10 years.
To license outdoor advertising
concerns under the Highway com
mission and prohibit erection of
signs within one-half mile of a
highway without authority of the
commission. Companies would be
charged a $50 annual fee and live
cents per square foot of advertis
ing structure.
To ux race track admissions 10
per cent
To Increase tuition tee* at state
educational institutions to $75 per
four and one-half months semes
ter.
Mrs. Mormon Will
Appear at Church
Mrs. Ross Gerheart Mormott in
ternationally-known reader and en
tertainer, will appear at a special
program at the Methodist church
Sunday night at 8 o clock, it was an
nounced Friday by Rev. O. C. Crow,
pastor. _
Mrs. Morrison will read "The Hem
of His Oarment. by Margaret Sang
ater. _, .
Mrs. Mormon, one of Americas
best-known entertainers, is spend
ing the winter months with Mrs. C
H Swallow of Alamo, and has made
several public appearances in the
Valley during the winter.
WEIXER ROAST DELAYED
The wiener roa*t scheduled for
Satudav night by members of Mrs.
. E. M Bowmans Sunday school
class ol the First Methodist church
has been indefinitely postponed.
The affair will be held later, the
exact date to be announced later.
SIDE GLANCES - - - George Clark
“What’s.the matter? Didn't you see me pot out my hand
I / for a tarn r
COOLIDGE DIED
PUZZLED MAN
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 22. uP—Cal
vin Coolldge. m the opinion ol hi*
latest, biographer, died a bewilder- |
ed man—puzzled and distracted
the trend of American life and
thinking during the last days ol hu.
life.
Dr. Claude M Fucss. head master
of Phillips Academy, and Dover,
Mass. presented this view ol the re
publican president on a visit here
Friday.
The educator, who is the author of
four other biographies, is preparing
the work on Coillagc with tuc aid of
Mrs. Coolldge .
“Coolldge once remarked to a
friend. I do not fit with he**
limes,'’ Dr. Plies* said **Froi» my
study of his life X sec how he
couldn t understand the excessive
spending, the wild speculation and
the move toward bureaucracy and
state socialism. Hi* whole ptugisophy
was that of thrift and uuuviuu.ihsmV
Dr. Fues* declared Coolldge was
in earnest in making Ills lair.ous "I
do not choose to run announcement.
Dr Fuess related an anecdota
which he said was fully authenticat
ed.
A portrait artist decided to try to
draw out Coolldge in an attempt to
catch a spark of expression lie could
transfer to the canvas.
Mr. Coolldge." he asked, ‘ what
was ihe first thing you thought of
when you were iniormed President
Harding had died and you were to
become president ?
Dryly, Coolldge half . nuled ana
said:
"Well. I thought I could swing it.
BILL TO BUILD
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der direction ol the state department,
of which the International Boundary
commission is a part. It i* presumed i
the boundary commission would have,
immediate charge ot the work, as
it ha* charge ol the present flood
control work.
It provide* also that tiie United
States shall immediately open neg
otiations with Mexico lor a treaty
covering the u» of water* of the Rio
Orande and the development of the
river for irrigation. po*ver, etc.
The comunication received here
stated that the bill will be referred
to the committee on flood control,
of which Congressman West Is *
member.
Three Dam* Provided
It is considered certain that a sur
vey of the proposed project will be
authorized, and that lavorable action
eventually will be secured on the en
tire work as outlined.
The work to be don< In % es a
great dam in the Big Bend —c'lon
of the Rio Grande, .storing more than
3.000. 000 acre-feet of water, a small
er dam between Eagle Pass, and a
third daoi and hydro-electric plant
Just west of Roma. It would con
serve practically all the flow of the
Rio Grande lor beneficial u*e, and
since the annual ilow of the river
Is 5.000.000 acre feet, this would bt
enough to Irrigate all the lands on
both side* of the river, estimated at
2.000. 000 acre* of irngable lands.
A preliminary survey, including
the lower part of the project, was
made several years ago under the
direction of Colonel S F. Creceliua
with fund* appropriated by the fed
eral congress at the request of John
N. Garner, then congressman from
this district.
WATERWAYS
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district had applied for extension
of the canal to Harlingen and Port
Isabel, after an adverse report some
time ago had been made. rite
army ngineer.s have taken the stand
that final decision should be re
served until the operation of the
canal as far south as Corr 8«
Christ! can be determined, and the
canal association working under the
review which ha^ been authorized
is preparing to present data in sup
port of an immediate favorable de
cision.
Mr. Holland met at the £1 Jar
din hotel with Valley directors of
the association, who are John H
Shary of Mission A1 P. Parker of
La Perla. R. T. Stuart of Harlin
gen. and County Judge Oscar C.
Dnncy of Cameron county.
The plan is to seek stronger Val
ley-wide support for the Canal as
sociation. including aiding In finan
cing the organization, and fund*
lor the survey to be made.
Blast Kills Women
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb n.—Wh»
Two women died and a third waa
reported near death In a hospital
here Friday following an explosion
and fire at the farm home of Ernest
Busey 32. 16 miles southwest of
Oklahoma City.
The dead were Mrs Ida Darrow.
18 - year - old widov ed sister of
Busey. and her mother. Mrs. .Annie
Busey 52
Mrs. Darrow died early Friday.
She nad been sprayed wit a flam
ing gasoline from a can which ex
ploded after being placed near a
stove.
KIWAMS MEETING
RAYMONDVILLE. Feb. 22-Pat
Macmanus of Brownsville danced
and Ralph L. Buell, editor of the
Herald, spoke before the regular
Klwarns meeting here Thursday
noon.