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VOL. XXX No. 164. BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 14 1921 SIX PAGES TODAY ESTABLISHED 1893
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RACE SCHEDULE
p
R0S1TA TRACK
Chaotic Political Conditions
on South Side Rio Grande
Responsible for Suspen-
sion of All Races
Races on the La Rasita track will .be
suspended until the political difficulties
of Mexico arc settled was the announr -
ment made this niciinig by L. II. Kd-
wards ptesid nt of the International
Amusement Company cwners of the
track. The race herscs which w re tak-
en across the rivir will he returned to
the American sid immediately it wits
stated and the Saturday and Sunday
seheules announced last Tuesday aban-
doned.
According to present p'ans of the
racing association racing will be re-
sumed on Christmas Day if conditions
in Mexico have become sufficiently
stabilized. The hers.s which ate leini
returned to the Atmrican side will bt
stabled in Brownsville.
“It is extremely unfortunate that the
political trouble of Mexico shoud have
oceutrcd at this tint ” Mr. Edwards
stated. “Tr.ere can be nc doubt that the
renditions in M* xiea have deterred
thousands of race fans front coming to
the border but we urc confident that
rs soon as this trouble bl ws ov r the
track will hnve a he .vy patronage. It is
probable that Mexico will stCle her
political difficulties in' a short time and
as soon as conditions permit the race
track will be re-opened.**
Sivtral turners of hordes went out to
the La Rosita track this afternoon and
It is undtrstood that practically all the
race horses will be brought to this side
« f the river before niehi. Arrangements
have been made with th. consul and
customs office*s fer the rapid transfer
of the horses to American territory.
The proposition of continuing the
races with a Saturday and Sunday
*!: schedule has been bfore the horsemen
several days but it was not until th
morning that a decision was reached to
tharden the plan. Conditions on th*
Mexican side of the Rio Grande it was
pointed out are so chaotic at the pr s
tnt time that it was deemed best to
bring the hors.s to the American sid*.
It is undei stood that very few of the
hois.s will be shipped out of the Valiev
practically all the horsemen having de-
cided to remain on the border and await
developments if the conditions in Mex
ico beconv settled in a few weeks tht
daily schedule of races will be resumed
and every poss»ble facility and protec-
tion will be afforded race track visit
on.
Part of the horsts are to be shipped
back from La Rosita over the Mexican
Natione.1 Lints end th- te*t will be
brought beck over a tiail which w. s re
ccntly located over which r. trip can he
made without enecunteiing the deep
overflow water which still practically
surrounds the city of Matamoros.
A number of B ownsville citisens w re
requested to express th ir epin on re-
garding the situation act css the Rm
Grande and almost without exception
they advised the removal of tie hots.-
to this side of th river and the can
celling of the race schedule until more
propitious conditions prevail in ih*
southern republic.
Officials at Mi tamcros h :v extended
rwt)' possibl facility and count sy to
make the race track « »uece«< hut c r-
cuinstances over which th*.y h ve nc
control have a:: en. an 1 many of th*
prominent tf-'.dints of thr.t tuy have
tlso -expressed the opin»"n ••'at the
horses would b« safer on th. Amt r cm
s *e of the river._
GIRL "PRISONER
SUICIDES IN JAIL
AT AMARILLO TEX
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AMARILLO Texas Dec. 1! Frances
Matteson age 15. ended h r life in the
county jail here today by hanging.
She was placed in tht county jail two
days ago after having been adjudged a
juvtnilo delinquent and was awaiting
assignment to a st.it institution.
INTRODUCE BONUS BILL
WASHINGTON D. C. Lee. 11. The
soldi* r bonus bill which passed Con-
gress last year and was vtlo *1 by
I*-evident Harding was rcint rod need
Thursday by Representative McKcm'c
f Rej' • of Illinois st the requ ct o.
R publican veterans in th" he use. It
entries only minor changes from the
original hill.
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CHICAGO SELECTED
(fly Th*> A *ci:>t <1 l'r -a)
WASHINGTON. 1>. «. Dee t I. <; •«-
erjii camp A; .1 h* adqu.tt rs !*: :■ I'n -i-
dent <'uol>!(t* will hi e-l..blisinl a*
( hicagc Decemb r 27 ac' aiding to an
annourccment made this m. rn m bv
i*h«? in charge cf the- (*o<Udge cam•
• nr.igr.
John S. Gatal. fo mcr m mb r of the
house from I iws. }; h: n r-*Yc* <1 to
tn-n;:ge the FotJtd^e camp.i^n tar .u h
tut the middle v.e: t.
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| 1 By The Assocint d Pr is>
ATLANTA. «..i. I»e . 1 t. Phillip
Fox. who is on trial here for the murder
of t'npt.i'ti William Fobiirti. attorney
for the Simons fa it ion of the ku kiux
klnn. was intoxicated for throe days
prior to lit* shooting <*f (Yhtirn the
prosecution attnoitiK-ed today while
t'oe.gi esstnatt 1'itI toil Su1.11. *• s .f
fifth Texas distri-t wit* on the stand
. testifying as to the character of Fox.
“l*o you know." tpe solicitor general
asked the emigre-small. "that Fox was
| wrested in « heal hotel in this condition.
in <otnpany with a woman?" The eon-
| gresstnan said that he knew nothing of
1 the life that Fox was leading situ-e omi-
I ing to Atlanta from Texas hut that ’nr-
j ins his re-iden e in Texas his ilmraeler
was good.
“Knowing Phil Fog as 1 do. sit dt :n**
lion as you have ontlineil makes me be-
lieve he is craxy" the congretisman de-
clared.
The defense counsel late yesterday en-
tered a plea of instifilly for their client.
K. K. Meade city editor of the Dallas
Texts Times Heraid. testified :.s to the
condition cf Fox fcllowing his ner-
vous bnakdown while working cn th t
newspaper. Meade corroborated the
other witnesses a* to the c; ml tion ef
Fox. stating that he had occasional fits
of despondency tsnd added that at one
time Fox had ;h d* la non that some-
body wns trying to kill him.
Resigns
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Cent ral P. i'.Yy.; Call.- hr.*;
tvsitfni’d the candidacy far
president cf Mexico t.» take* the*
fi' ld again .t : .t* r. beta accord-
ing to wire reports.
Illy Th«* Animated I'rra.)
SHANGHAI China Dec. I t.— Three
thousand l: r.dit? unde- the leadi r-hin
•■f ‘the notorious chieftains Chen Yen
'ieh and Wang Han Ymg eapttsr d the
city of ( haho Wednesday looting th
entire city and burning m"ny houses.
The bandits also carried o.’f tht«magis-
trrue the commissioner of education
ami tv.-ii' ether official* in addition
to more than a bundled of the most
iu-iJiy resident:* if tie city including
many womeii according to di ; retches
icc* .vid litre from t hungsba.
Tb* inhabitants of the city who tfit-
nes.-ed i;* c. j ture end looting stated
t at the magistrate of Chi ho was sduir.
after being t**ke*i prison-i for tie pur
pr*e of intimidating the rest of tin
pi ir oners.
Texas “Blue Sky” Law
Will be Enforced to
Letter Staples Says
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(I’.v The A-social el Press )
AUSTIN Tex » Dec. 14. A concert-
ed drive to rid the state at' alleged
“blue -ky** ©per .tors has been start d.
S. L. Stafll-» secretary of state an-
nounced today. *
Prosecuting attorneys in all parts of
the state have been renuest <! to • «*k
« ut violators and the judges have been
requested tc instruct grind juries to
five this matt r spec::.I attention
S aples said.
No prosecutions have been instituted
in the state under hn “blu* sky** law
passed by the last legislature but prep-
arations arc* b ing made to st: rt action
as soon as information of violatit ns i
t hand the secretsrv added.
OKLAHOMA OFFICERS
LEAVE FOR ARDMORE
WITH BANDIT LEADER'
Shcrif" E. C. London and Deputy
Shrriff Jt ss Dunn of Ardmore Okla- I
hor.ia left yest rdny afternoon for Ard-
more with Frank Crincr note.rions Okl.r-
henn 1 audit who \v:.s nrrC-tcd in
}lrownsvi:le venter<1 y morning. *
f'rin r broke jail at Ardmore in th*4
n'ght of November 29 and officers
t cecd him to Brownsville. H is want d
in connection with the h ighjjcking and
robbery cf a traveling man near Ard-
more and for ether offenses.
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Baptist AoproDriations
Reduced By Tlie Board
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t T*f \«iv(|i I’rpwn I
DALLAS Texas flee. 11. Parrying
out it* rnrovnc d policy of economy
".he executive ' ooid of the Toxna It:*p-
t- genera! convention in session here!
todar. reduced t'.e $2d ’.00.1 budget j
! s ught by the missionary choich s in
I the st <in by shout one-third. The bon rt!
indicated that all appropriation* fo’ j
1924 would be reduced
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PASS PUBLIC* SAFETY BILL
—
(By The Associated Pr: «sl
DUBLIN n c- 14.-The yvlklic safety
! 1 PL extending the powers of the nrrm-
i try to arrest and detain without 11i •'
persons deemed guilty of c»mmiss ons
certain specified offenses was passed by j
the Dail Eirtann today. |
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CAMION VALLEY TO
!F WEATHER CLEARS
If ih weal her clears end the wind
die-* Tun lontxhl there >k a p® mi-
ld fiv i f a gimral frost over the
Vrllit IhrIHiI imririiiiK to
Vi 'I her Obwrvrr SHiaurbusrh.
It is ha'dl* probable however ‘hat
frost Kufricient to do much damage
»»ll hi* experienced unless there is.'
a radical drop in temperature. •
I her. has hern very littie rise in
tbe temp raturt today according to
the report submitted by th* obser-
ver a. noon and there is a jw.-si-
bi’itv of the :-!.> rivaling tonight.
whi< h u -iuld be followed by a
rhatp drop in temperature.
Vail* y farmers should he prepar-
ed to meet tie »•« nGngeney. if it
d t* aiise. heal growers state.
BANDITS HOLD UP
PAYMASTER AND GET
AWAY WITH $15000
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dee. II—Two
bnnditv today found un«i trrgg-d the
paymaster of th • 311 eh sc! Melody W;
Son r.in) traction .Company. rnd made
th r eserpe with SIR.788 which h“ was
placing in *h<» pay‘envelopes rf the
e< mr* nyV employes.
The nltttm was given promptly but th*
n.flir* h' ve failed to secure any true of
the bandits.
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COTTON CONSUMPTION
PUR INC PAST MONTH
SHOWS SMALL DECREASE
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dee. 14.—G of on
eonj©med duHng’ November rmounted t**
rjtl.tS.tl rvnni-p bales <1 lir.t. and 48-
tlSW I nb s of lint vi*?5!. r compared with
* tt «‘»5 ' s!-» ef lint and 57.128 I’rt ri fn
October ef thi-' *fin\ and f.79 bn'i s
©f lint end 55 12* listers i.i N*»v mb»r
ef I- -t yc*r. tb« census bu.euu announc-
ed this morning.
5 dl : i
Small Section of Vera
Cruz and Jalisco in Hands
of Revolutionary Forces
SAN ANTONIO. Texas I)** M. Tho j
official icjiurt of the f)t»r<••> n govern-
rn ru t:-»€>«;; |>ncil lust night to Am ri- j
tan <a«i tula (a th t tbc military ■
situation had net changed appreciably 1
Thursday and that the feleral coat ols 1
the entire intuior with th* exception of
ctcis in the states tf Vera Cruz and
Jiiiisto.
P. t aident Ohrcgoti held a review ve<- •
today of the troops at Irapuntc that
;re to Le used against the Estrada
forcer in J.Jinco.
Goring the w ek a decisiv battle
v* 11 \ e fought on the Vera C uz front.
The reb«l» at Vera Cniz e* ntrcl only a
small part of the state. : nd ere not able
to .dvsnec. The fed ral troops are con- I
rent uting at Expernnza to start the of-
fensive gainst the troops under com-
•t: ill of € n«*ri»l Sanchez.
Th g« ner .l situation thr ughout the
republic i* good th teport stater and
the grot majority of people are opti- ]
mi.-tic and completely loyal to the Ob- I
egon government.
i By Th< Associated Press!
LOS ANGELES. Cal f. Dee. i t. Me*.i \
ca:i Consul (lain Lei I of * his city has*
declared that attempts have been made j
by the revelation ary forces in Mexico i
to establish consulates h re and in Sin
Fr ancisco.
• By The Assoc iite.1 Piers)
N'OGAI.IX Ariz. i i. |»«i. 14.-—Feel- ’
•■•si troo|<s at Tepi and Nayarit have’
ret.ehen llial city and hive routed the
rebel forces arid are pur-iHttg them to*
•ward .lalisro. according to offirial ad
vn.es reccngd luum I•«?.-(r. ...»
SAX ANTONIO. Texas. I)*.-. H.—'
!*r***it|eg Obregtin I* now lit tlie head!
of federal troop* anan-litug to attach
<•> utnlajara City. now held by the revo- j
l.it ioni-t*. jo• or iog to an offi -ial tele-
tram from Mexi o t’iiy re eived here by
• '■>tiMil General* Amarn and Amarillo.
The telegram *tati*l thai tLe troops are |
:ti high .pint*. Uee*t:iblii4>iiieut of rails
traffic to the north ate! to Agusoalienic*
ami Ciudad Juarez was al>.» aniiootteed.
HAVANA. Cu' a. Ihc. 11.—Americans
urc leaving Vera Ciuz as rapidly as pos- !
sible except the old time residintr ac-
roiding tt passengers arriving hire to-
day on the French liner Fspagne. While
rbsolute U.inuui|itv reigned in V»ra
Cruz when the Espcgne left on D cem- I
•o* 11. Americans feared that should
de la Huerta forces suff r a defeat
lotting and banditry might begin ac-
cording to Herman F. Smith vie -piesi-
dent of th? United States Rubber Ex-
po t Company who rivet! on the liner
FL PASO. Texas D c. 14.—General
S nchez military thiif of the rtbel
movement continues to receive tele-
grams of adhesion to the rtvolt the
provisional gtvernor of th state c.t
V« ra Crux Jrse Prieto Lautens de-
clares in a telegram received h re and
that General E.st adn is continuing his
aavnnet toward the capital.
BOMB PLOT CASE
BEFORE COURT AT
CORPUS CHRISTI i
SAN AKTONIO. Texas H e. 14.—Ha-
bers corpus hr a ting if Victor Fucnt s
and Juan Morales of San Antonio held
under indetment in. Nuice* county upon
eh rgf« of being implicated in the Cor-
pus Christ! bomb case is set for hear-
ing in Corpus Chrisii today. Mrs. Victor
Fiontes mother of Morales and her
daughter left Sin Antonio last night to
he pr sent at the trial. They were ac-
companied by their attorney W. H.
It anten of San Antonio who w:.» r<-
tained h.v the Sens of America.
Fuen'es and Morales were indictee!
on evidence gathered by Ringers who
an investigating th case and it is al-
leged that Fuen'es hauled the hr mb to
no .r the Inte rnational-Grout North' rn
Railway ft t on and it was carried
from a truck to the express of fie and
•hipuel hv Morales. It is not chimed
the defendants w: t r"sponsible for the
plot b t th.it tiny were hired to ship
th bomb by s in" other petson. Otfi-
: cers »*y the principal culprit has not
i been arr sted.
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ORIENTAL CAPTURED BT
TROOPSOFOELAHUERTA
V IA CRUZ ANNOUNCiS
The revolutionary forces have taken the initiative in precipitating a
decisive battle with the federal troops according to the official reports
issued this morning from the headquarters of the provisional govern-
ment at Vera Cruz. The movement < f troops from Vera Cruz has pro-
ceded with great rapidity and the inn. ta.it jundtion of Oriental has
fallen to the revolutionists.
At noon Thursday the troops of General Pedro Gonzales commander
of the advance troops of the revolutionary government entered San An-
dres Chak-hiccmula in the state of Puebla on the Mexican railroad
1 I* < • • M4I
ueiea mg i.enerai jopetc. the a value
toward Telmm an is now being organized. !
The revolutionary vanguard com-
manded by General .lose Villanueva
Garza of Mai amor os. after •apturing
Oriental the main railroad junction h<i- !
twecu Vein t’niz and Mexico t'ity. is;
now pro* ceding toward San Marcos an- i
oil < junction. Oriental v.'»s the head-I
quarter* of the ttbiegonista troops the
city being capture! after a hard battle. I
tin i tbregon forces retreating toward
San Marcos. The important junction of
Sail Marcos will soon fall to the revolu-j
lionary forces the report state*.
I* -pori * received at Vera Cruz head- j
quarters by wireless state that in view ■
of tbr-e seriou- defeats whi h threaten j
Mexico t'ity. I'resi ent t Ibregou has left1
tiie capital te take personal com.Mund of
the troops retreating toward San Marc is.
Troops in (jnin’aiiu I too uialer the
command of Major Anastaeio ltojas.
have revolted ami joined the revpliiriou-1
ist-. The territory of (Juiwana (too
adjoin* Yucatan on the stouth and west..
This given the revolutionary government!
eon’ml of iIn* entire < ■ ulf coast from
Ta..i|d( <■ to the Guatemala border.
tieneral GulIcgW. operating chief in)
the state of t•'uanajuato has definitely j
joined the revolt capturing the iown <»f]
Celaya. where President Obregou re-j
sided while eon vales iug af'er hi« recent i
illness t'elaia is an important railroad
I* int. 7.1 miles west of Mexico City
tieneral Gallegos' troop* are ex pet laid. U»'
form a junction with those of General!
I'.sfrada to attack Mexico City from the.
north and west.
I
General Kurique Estrada. with three 1
battalion-. toiir regiments and ten air- j
planes is advancing from .ialiaco toward i
Mexico City and has been in touch with
the Ohregnu forces since Thill sday
morning.
President ttbregon Inis left Mexico
City for Puebla to take toitunanl of the
troops of General .fittm Andrew Almazuu.
to make an effort to stop the tide of re-
lent toward San Marcos.
The de la Huerta provisional govern-
men eotilinues to receive numerous a a
hesions from civil authorities and citi-
zens of different states indicating the
widespread sympathy for the movement
throughout the republic.
tDv The A-soeiated Pres*. 1
EL PASO. Texfa. Dec. 14.— R' ports rf
»cv re fighting between the outposts of
the advancing rebel army fiorn Vera !
Cruz and ihe f.derm's entrenched in the j
path of march toward Mexico City were
received h le today by Senor Salvador
Fria*. special representative ef the dr
la Huerta prevision government here.
Seno: Frias was advised that the rtbel
army had captured Oriental after severe
fighting and is now engaging ihe O’-
iej.cn forces at S n Marcos. Gcnc.al
<*:.!!« gos in the state of Gunnajato h is
tevoUtd and captured the town <f Ce-
laya.
ST. LOUIS CONSUL
JOINS REVOLUTION
j
1 Rv The Associated **rexO
ST. M»1 IS. I lee. II The personnel!
of the Mexican consulate here 1ms re-
signed “and has ae epted appoiutnient
from de la lluerta. who heads the pres-
ent revolution in Mexico" ii was an-
nounced yesterday by Alvarez the con* j
Sill.
The “personnel of the consulate finds]
that the uprising against the central
government is justified bemuse Ohregon
violated the most sacred duties of his
oath «.f office by trying to impose Gen-
eral t’alles on the people of Mexico as
the next president thereby violating the
free suffrage of the constitution of
Mexi o.“ the consul said.
CHARTER FOR WOMEN C*. OF C.
(By Th * Associated Pre«*>
ACSTIN. Texas. He. 14 The Texas
Woman’s Chamber of Commerce of
Dallas was in* orporatel here today.
Ti.e organization has no capital -took.
Th • announced pitrttose of the organ-
ization is “the fostering and promotion
of harmonious relations and cooperating
wiih oilier organizations ami individuals
in the general welfare ami building up of
i-i>mtiiiinitles of Texa>."
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I i! Iiic id (own
The police are after me—
They never caught me yet—
They won’t catch me thf» time—
BUT YOU CAN GET ME
(T b C * d )
FIVE CONVICTS
GET AWAY FROM
TRAIN GUARDS
( By The Associated Press)
WICHITA FALLS T xas Ilec. 14.—
Five ptisoners en route from Fort
Worth to the federal penitentiary at
Lcavenwotth. Kansas jumped through
the train window at Caldwell Kansas
last night t.wd mad. their escape ac-
cording to advic. s received here today.
The prisoners were in charge of II. W.
Conners a detective of Fort Worth.
In a long distance telephone conver-
sation today ('inner said that the es-
caped m n weie Charles Fowler.- W. II.
Lindsey and Bill Turner all of Fort
Worth and one of the prisoners was
from Wi hita Falls. He did not know th
name ef the fifth prisoner who was
from Fort Worth.
Thirteen other federal prisoners
seven of whom were convicted in the
recent oil fraud cases at Fort Worth
were on th. train but made no at-
tomot to escaue.
I.C. C. REVERSES ITS
RULING REGARDING
RAIL CONSTRUCTION
(By The Associated Pr. sa.t
WASHINGTON. I). C. Pec. 14.—The
Interstate Commerce Commission today
reversed its pri vious decision in which
i* laid down the bread principle that no
further railway construction would be
authorized to open coal mines.
The decision will be of particular in-
terest to railroads operating in the cral
regions which wire contemplating ex-
t n.»ive construction prior to the ruling
going into effect.
Official Weather Reports
'
Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cl. Udy and continued cold tonight; Sr.t-
urd iy probably fair with slowly rising
tempeiatutr.
East Texas: R n.rally fair tonight;
not quite so cold; frost in southeast
poiticn except the Lower Kio Grande
Valley and west ccast. Saturday fair
with rising temperature. Light to mod-
erate northerly to esat rly wnids on the
coast.
Weather Condition*
A cnen e c hieh n e*» rro-
covered the entire country from the
“Rockies" ti th Atlantic coast with
relatively high pleasure also ever th:»
soutfcewfstern portion of the United
States and moderately low pressure
over the Canadian N r:hw- *t. Fair cold
weather prevailed throughout the United
St.:tes since the last report except that
light rains fell yesterday in ptrtions of
the wi st and middl Gulf states and
moderately heavy rains and sncw.s in
the southeastern and northeastern
states. It was colder to much colder this
morning from Texas to the New Eng-
land states exc pt Florida hut temper-
atures are moderating throughtu* the
northwest.
The lowest readings last night at
Texas stations ranged from 14 at Am-
aii'lo to 44 at Brownsville.
Local Weather Data.
Itnpuneter 7 j*. m. yesterday ....
Itnrnmeter 7 a. in. today .tO..*1
Temperature highest yesterday ..
Temperature li t». in. yesterday .. *j**.
Temperature 4 p. m. yesterday ..
Tempera'lire 7 p. ni. yesterday .. R*
Teni|M* rat tire lowest Is.*4 night.. 41.
Temt»erotnre 7 a. in. today . 11-
Temperature H» a. m. today.4:t.
Temperature 12::W p. »»• r»d«y .. 4«i.
Humidity 7 p. ro. yesterday 41* t) 71.
Humidity 7 :i. in. tar'ay Ipet)-'J-'1-
Humidity li:3») p. i«- today (pet! 71.
Precipitation 7 p. in. yesterday ... «» 1-
Precipitatlon 7 a. in. today . {'
Total rainfall this month . LoR
Wind (direr. *V vel.t 7 p. in. ... No
Wind (direr. »V vel.t i a. ni.\-l»»
Weather 7 i». in. . ...
Weather 7 a. m. today ........ cloudy
Sun sets today ... o:41
Fun rises tomorrow . 7:10
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NEW OFFICIALS
NOW IN CHARGE
AT MATAMOROS
I -
Conrado Gutierrez Deposed
as Mayor and Luis Ren-
don Appointed by Auth-
ority of New Governor
Conrado Gutierrez who has served as
r ©.* Mat &Dii»to% and wni> was de-
tained by the military officials when
•ite city was p'osrcd under martial law
on December 7 ..as been drpns-J ly
o-ucr of the ptvvlsional Ucvcrnor at
Victoria and lu:* J.« ndon u will-known
(an 1 progressive business mu of that
rity has been appointed mayor. Manuel
Fernandez former city treasurer has
also been replaced by the appointment
of Francisco Schreck to that position
and Protacio Guerra has been appointed
collector of state taxes for the Mata-
moros district.
The change in the p rsonnel of the
city gevernment was made yesterday
and was effected without trouble. All
political prisoners who had been de-
tained at the tin? martial law went in-
to effect were also reh used but there is
a persistent rumor to the effect that
■ Miguel Elizondo mayor-el.ct has been
! sent tc Mexico City. No confirmation of
I this rumor could be secured lrom Mexi-
| can officials.
The statement was made this morning
bv prominent citizens of Matamoros
that the mayoralty was offered to Sal-
vadcr Cardenas who refused to accept
it and later was tendered to Leonidas
Guerra who was the opponent of Mig-
uel Elizondo in the municipal election
held December 2. Guerra is r ported to
have refused the office stating that the
electorate of the municipality had de-
fected him at the election and he could
not conscientiously accept the office by
appointment. There' was no bitterness
in thv municipal campaign and election.
Elizondo winning by a decisive majori-
ty-
The term of Mayor Gutierrez would
have expired on December SI and Mig-
uel Elizondo would have succeeded him
as mayor of the city on January 1 »#
j the revoluticn had not intervened.
The policing of the city remains un-
! dtr the charge of the military officials
end pet feet order is being maintained.
Extra stronc forces ore being used to
patrol the streits each night hut there
has been no hint of disorder of any
kind.
All the newly appointed officials are
prom nent business men of Matamoros
and arc rated among the moat progrea-
i sive citizens of that city
if ___
KANSAS PAROLE
OFFICER SHOT
j BY TWO CONVICTS
ALICIA. Ark.. Dev. 14.—Two escaped
convicts from the Kansas penitentiary
today shot XV. D. Burns state parole
officer of Kansas.
Burris was taking* the men buck to the
they luid been arrested. The roaibti
peniteni iar.v from Texarkana. where
they had been arrest cl The eonvi ta
were B. F. Casey and a man named
O’Keith both making their escape
after the shooting.
Burns who was shot five times was
placed aboard a train to be taken to a
hospital in St. Louis. It is feared that
his wounds will prove fatal.
NEWPORT. Kan*. Dec. 14 —A mes-
sage received here at noon stated that
Benny Casey and Charles O’Keith the
convicts who escaped at Alicia today
after wounding James Burns had been
rccantured at Minturn.
TFXABKANA. Ark.. Dec. 14—While
D. XX'. Burns re **r 1 clerk and parole
officer of the Kansas state peniteu-
i tiar.v. was standing on the platform at
tin* union xaiion here yesterday after-
noon waiting for a train to take Bernie
Ca*ey and Charles O’Keith hack to !.an-
i sing he saw among the crowd Charles
I McKenzie a former inmate of the
! Lansing prison and an escaped convict
from the Missouri state prison.
McKenzie was taken into custody and
| held for the Missouri officers. He was
. paroled from Lansing and soon after
j was sent to the Missouri prison on a ten
year sentence for robbery. He escaped
in October 1918. after serving IK
mouths of his sentence and had not been
’ seen sin e by anv officer who knew him
| until today. He frankly admitted bia
identity. a
PUPILS OF GRAMMAR
SCHOOL GIVE PROGRAM
Pupils t■' the Brownsville grammar
school gave a program consisting of
readings songs and drills at the school
• • a** moon at 2:'.) for the
benefit of the library fund. Each grade
v sepod from the first to the
fourth presented at least one number.
The program was arranged through
the Parent-Ttachers' Association which
is raising funds for a grammar school
library. An admission charge of five*
cents was made.
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