The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1924 Page: 2 of 6
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Revolution in
INDURAS MAY
CAUSE TROUBLE
Cruiser Sent to La Ceiba to
Protect American Inter-
ests at Big Fruit Shipping
1 Port
(By The Associated Prez*.»
SAN SALVADOR Republic of Sal-
vador Feb. 8.—Fighting is reported in
Hondura- following thi presidential
deadlock and th announcement that
President Gutierrez would continue in
office.
According to novices receiv d by way
of Amap.'ilfu Monduiun government
troops defeated revolutionaiy forces at
San Pedro in Hula north -rn Honduras.
The r be! leatfcr Jacobo Mungia was
wounded.
General ('arias one of the three un-
successful candidates who proclaimed
himself head of th- government is re-
ported to be at the Nicaraguan frontier
with a ievolutionary army.
The Guatemalan government has ex-
tended tk- facto recognition to the gov-
ernment of President Gutierr-z.
WASHINGTON. IV! s. TIm- .miser
Rochester of tli<* s|wial service ■apiad-
ron. now at <'olon. has been ordered to
J.a tVibn. Honduras iu response to an
upp*mI to the state department from
A liter i an residents who f*»r a revolu-
tion may jeopardize their interests.
No actual outbreak has been reported.
Rut American' in Honduras believe the
prospects for tin ami able adjustment of
the Honduran election tangle are not go >d
anti fighting may break out at any time.
State department «>ffi> ials say dispatch
of the cruiser does not mean there has
been a decision to intervene.
The Rochester should reach Iter de.*-
tination on the north coast of Honduras
tomorrow tiffiinl reports from Hon-
duras have been meagre but not encour-
aging.
It still is hoped that the tie facto
government may succeed in organising
n coalition cabinet tinder which a new
election couki lie held ami the political
situation Men red up without resort to
arms.
Ia t’eiba is a center of fruit exporta-
tions and there tire large American in-
vestments there.
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FIVE NEGROES MEET
DEATH IN ELECTRIC
(Continued from page one.)
terfere in the execution.
. The negro received the news without
emotion. Guards took him to the chair
strapped hint in securely and stepped
back. Assistant Warden Speer lifted
his hand and another time the big.
black lever was thrown into contact.
Three charges of electricity of the
full voltage were given to each of the
prisoners except Morris 'who was pro-
nounced dead after the first charge.
The crimes for which the negroes
were convicted and sentenced to death
were:
Reynolds killing a white man in Red
River county: Morris killing a white
man in Victoria county: Johnson slay-
ing a negro woman in Liberty county;
Washington killing a negro man in
Newton county and Mathews killing
his wife in the same county.
Both L. K. Irwin representative of
Pallas county and author of the hill
substituting electrocution for hanging
anti Commissioner Savles expressed sat-
isfaction over tin* success of the exe-
cutions.
“It is more humane” Irwin comment-
ed and Kayles agreed.
Representative Irwin announced that
a bill would be introduced in the next
legislature to abolish capital punish-
ment in Texas.
While Warden Miller was officiating
at the electrocutions the former ward-
en It. K. Coleman peacefully slept at
his home here because he chose to
follow the dictates of his conscience.
He resigned the post last month when
it became known that he would have to
act as executioner in all death sen-
tences in Texas.
The state was searched for a suc-
cessor. Mr. Miller former sheriff of
. Johnson county finally was decided
upon.
“It just couldn't be done boys."
former Warden Coleman told newspaper
men. “A warden can’t bo warden and
killer too. The penitentiary is a place
to reform a man. not to kill him."
Bat with Warden Miller it was dif-
ferent.
“It's a case of duty with me" he
•aid. "I have hanged several men
■while I was sheriff and to touch the
button or pull the switch on an elec-
tric chair means no more to me than
pulling the lever of the gallows. At
any rate it's more humane—the
chair.”
Coleman is now* proprietor of a hotel
here.
While the five negroes were the first
condemned men to be executed several
white men will walk to the chair in the
next three months. Blaine Dyer a»d
Ernest Lawson negroes wore started
for the prison here from Dallas yester-
day manacled and under heavy guard
to await execution March 2* for the
•laying of two Dallas policeman.
The law changing the legal mode of
imposing the death penalty from hang-
ing to electrocution was passed at the
last regular session of the state legis-
lttire.
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j NEW LEASE PROPOSITION '
fBv The Associated Pr«m
WASHINGTON Feb. 8.—A bill pro-
viding for the base of Muscle Shoals to
a $15dhH)000 corporation to be form d
by the Tennessee Electric Power Com-
pany and other southern power com-
panies was Introduc- d today hy Repre-
sentative Hull republican. Iowa.
la An Attack of acute rheumatism in
whb h there is much |*ain Ballard's
Snow Liniment i* a necessary part of
the treatment. It iw powerful pain re-
lief. Three sixes. HOe. fhV and $1.20
|»er bottle. Sold by nil dealers—Adr
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Crowd Kneels in Prayer When Word of End Comes i
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A woman led prayer opposite the Wilson house when word reached those on the outside that the war' prwdeut Lad.died...aka and.awiueu
dado no effort to keen lack tears
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USE LETHAL GAS
FOR EXECUTION
IN NEVADA JAIL
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Chinaman Exeuted Today by
New Method Which is De-
clared Absolutely Pain-
: less
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CARSON CITY. Nib. Feb. 8. (Jo?
J«m Chinaman convicted of tin murder
of a follow countiyman in a tong war
was put to death by lethal gas in state’s
[prio n h.ie today. Ho was pronounc'd
| dead a; 9:27 a.m. and persons who wit-
nessed the execution said death oceutred
thirty seconds aft?r the ga- was turned
> into th death chamber.
The condemned prisoner walk'd forty
yards into the prison yar s and eight
minute- after h> left the condemn d
ci 11 he apparently was dead.
Gee Jon came into the death chamber
supported by two guards but walking
firmly and quietly. He was immediate-
ly strapped in the chair/
As the gas was turned on it made a
j slight hissing sound which was audible
to the witnesses outside the chamber
j The condemned man looked around at
1 the direction of the sound and then
gasped for breath. His head bobbed up
and down several times.
NKVAItA STATK I'll ISON. Carson j
t it}. N**v. leb. s.—Gee Jon. Chinese!
tong slayer fated death this morning
in the first execution bv lethal gas in
American history.
I I util ia-t night two men bail been
| doomed t»* die in thi- execution. At a
special meeting .f the state board of j
I pardons however it was decided by the
vote of Governor Scrugliaiit to commute;
to life imprisonment the sentence of the
| other condemned man. Thoiuns Hussell. j
I an American l*« >rn Mexican. tonvi t»*d of
hilling his sweetheart an Italian girl.
I*. A. M< Can an. a former justice of
• lie Nevada supreme tourt had made
I an impassioned plea on lehalf of Hussell;
i basing the argument largely on the ree-j
lord in the Case which the attorney con-
tended failed to bear out the state's
case. The my:her of the Italian girl hud
testified that she -aw Hussell kill the
girl but Hussell had insisted till along j
I even yesterday as he saw death a few j
hours away that he was itmocefir and
that it was the mother who was the*
mu »«*r.
! e*t* rd.iy ihe district judge wlm pre-
sided :it Hus'cll'- trial. telegraphed
tJoveriior Si rugliani expressing doubt
whether it was a ease of premeditated
lutirder. The governor concurred ill this
doubt while vowing the belief that
Hil-se|| killed tile girl.
The execution of lice Jon was set
for Hi o'clock in the death chamber
a little stone building in tlie prison yard
in wlti li «e||s hud been fitted for the’
condemned men. It was arranged f<»r|
the ('hinese to he strapped in a chair in'
the • ell. The deadly gas who It will he
vaporized from a liquid solution of hy-
drocyanic acid was in another airtight
.-lone compartment. Warden Denver
S. Dickcrgoii had arranged for the wit-!
nesses to view the execution through
two windows.
A rehearsal of the execution yesterday
afternoon snuffed out the lives o f >wo
enis in a time estimated at to seconds:
The cats died apparently instantly and!
without pain.
It was charged that (lee .Ion and an-1
'other t'hinese. now serving a life term.!
were sent from San Francisco by a tong1
to “exe nte** Tom (Juon member *»f
a rival tong.
| In the loin' legal fight to stave off the
cxc ution. two appeals were made to the
supreme yourt of the Tnited States on
the ground that lethal gas was an **un-
U'-ual and inhuman" form of execution.
The supreme toiirt refused to hear the
petitions.
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PREMIER POINCARE
ANGERED BY ATTACKS
(By The Amociated Tress! ^
PARIS Feb. 8.—Pr mier Poincare
with all the cabinet ministers exasper-
ated by the opposition's attacks walk'd
out of th chamber of deputies tolay.
Tho se sion was immediately suspended.
The suspension of the sitting was
'moved in order to prevent th enbinet's
| departure being interpreted as m wi-
! jnjj that the governnt at would resign.
I The session was soon resumed and
' immediately voted the remainder of
Article 1 empowering the government
to effect economies by decree by vote
of 3B2 against 182.
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i Try A Classified Want Ad
FOUND GUILTY OF
FRAUD PLAN FOUR
AWAIT SENTENCE
lltv The Associated l'r**sa.)
DALLAS. Texas F* b. 8. Three de
fendants found guilty by a jury in f> d-
eral court lien ye lei day on charges of
using the mails to defraud in oil promo-
tions today weie awaiting amt one by
j Judge William H. Atw dl. They are G«m
: ■ ' >n Ingail- Robert Edmund Ingalls am!
Rich: rd Rader indicted las* Sepemb r
in connection with promotion of th
Richard Radi r minetal deed syndicat’.
It wa sim.iruteil that sent net would
he passed within the n xt two day*. Dc-
i faisc counsel .'tuled that an appeal
would he p rficted is soon a po slide
Th? three wire fi und guilty on fifteen
of the eighteen counts in the indie'
m nt the court having instructed tin
jury to find the defendant* not guilty
on thro counts because the evidence
was considered insulfici nt.
MELLON ANSWERS
CHARGES IN BOND
PRINTING MAHER
fl’v The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON F-.lt 8. Secretary
M«!!<>n wising another of thi r-
ious charges mud*- in th • general bond
• uplir.itim controversy by Charles H
Brewer d part men t of justice attbrney
declared today the difference in type
and *tyie <-f numbers on some bond was
due to addition of n w numb ring ma-
chines to the bureau «f engraving
i quip meat during -he war. When th<-
great lu.-h of bond is*u s !orc«d the bu
reau during the war to expand t* iquin-
ment suddenly new merhiac* b id to I -
purchased quickly and th tr usury wa
unable to obtain mat bines of '.he r.aic
con truction as those in use.
The bureau equipment h-.d b n a'
fired very little in thirty yean prior t
•he war Mr. Mellon aid. Ev ry pi c • f
equipment hat been standardized so that
when the exigency aros th tre;; ury
failed to fiml equipment fitted with ‘h
same type and sty! of r.um nils a ad
character* rr.rrird by the old machine*.
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RIVAL CLAIMANTS
FOR NEW YORK REAL
ESTATE BRING SUIT
(By The A*-sopi «.J Press)
NEW YORK Fib. H.—At.otn r group
of out of town claimant* to valuable
Manhattan real estate with the custom
ary search for th “estate of an an-
cestor who bought land a century ago”
appear d when 35 North Cudolinians last I
night and a ktd Charle- Daniels bio-
ther of the former secretary of th- navy
to press their claims. The Pulit* i
building in which the World is pub-
lish -d. stands in part of ^he “estatv
which th y believe to be worth
000000. Heirs of R. ed Wards who left
Wilson N. C. a century a'"' believe ht
bought parish of land in this city and
leased it for !K» years. The 1 are is ab« .r
to cvpim . the claimants asset!.
Avulialde records i> not show any
Rued Wards as owner of large r al es-
tate here cr to any great e tat having
been left by a man of that name.
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WANT SPECIAL COIN STRUCK
(Hy The Associated Press )
WASHINGTON Feb. H. Gution Borg
h in sculptor of the Stun - Mountain
memorial being constructed near At-
lanta. a.-ktd Pit*ident Ccolidge today to
approve pending bills to authorise
coinage of a special fifty cent piece to
tonimcmoiite the o mpl tion of ht
fir t section of the memorial.
j INDIGESTION GAS
| UPSET STOMACH
1 Instantly! “Pape'sDiapepsin”
Corrects Stomach so
♦
j. Meals Digest
The moment you eat a tablet «
‘Tape’s Diapepsiit” your indigestii>u is
gone. No more distress from a sour
lucid upset stomach. No llitulenoe
i heartburn palpitation or niiaerv-maklog
I gases. Correct your digestion for a fivr
cents. Fai-h package guaranteed by
druggist to overcome stomach trouble.
BLANCA EXPECTED SOON
BIG BATTLE AT TIFRRA
(Continued from Pagt One)
| ed an engagement Thursday with rebels
under General Cesar Lopez de Lara
former governor of Tamaulipas. Fed-
eral* reported he had three hundred
| men in his command.
TAMPICO. Feb. With Tuxpam
I still in rebel hands and Tampico held
by the federals it had been irnpossi
| ble to obtain confirmation here of the
i . that Adolf o de la Huerta pro-
ceeded to Tuxpam when he fled from
Vena Craz the former rebel hcud-
I quarters. %-
A? regards the counter-report- that
de la Huerta had gone to Yucatan it
is believed here that if he ha taken
this course it will prove a fatal -tt p
for him as important military opera-
tions by the federal:? are in prog res
in Yucatan with every promise of com
piete success.
The state of Tamauiipas continues
quiet.
VERA CRUZ Feh. 8. Mexican federal
forces ar mar hin;: toward Vera Cruz
which was evacuat'd by the icbel ac
c< tding to a ( ordoba • i patch. .I lapa i
in the pois stion of the federals tru t
worthy sources report'd.
All » voluticnary forces left Vera1
| Cruz Wednesday almo t all of then
going via tailway to a de-tination some
where n-ar Tterra Blanca from which;
point they will try to reach Tuxpam.
where tevolution!.ry iteadquvrt i- will
i In i-.-taidished. Adolfo < e la llu rta
commander qi ehi-f of the reh<*i forces
with iii? cabinet ttaff of clerks an
many supporters 1 ft on the Agutin
company's boat San Bernardo bound f»r
Tur.n .in. Tw ■ Mexican gunboat: necout-
I pan i d the Si n B‘ rnardo.
Older i« prevailing in thi- city there
being few eases of looting. Tb rus
i tom- house telegraph oftict and other
: public buildings clo* d and n f> w o f th •
! lot? n< - bou i s w a e op‘ r-d.
The United State* worship. Richmond
i is in the harbor. .
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Liquid Boroznnc i nn e.'fii icnf lu ll-
ing fimilj for-humiiii or animal flesh.
It mends a severe v-mind sore. < til or
> r..«> ii ai tin* -»j.M't**!st possible linn*.
Price :;•*«. <50 itiul JSl.lfti. Sold hy all
dealers. Adv.
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REFUSE CLEARANCE
FOR FRUIT STEAMER
GOING TO VERA CRUZ
NKW OIU.PANS Feb. s Arturo Elia *j
consul general lute for th* Mexico fit}
govcrnm nt. refused *.o i- uc »!c;.i;.nc |
papers t« the C’uy.it*tyl Fruit company's I
steamer II ibuera* which had be n sebed- j
ulcd Jo sail for Vera Crus today.
With tli** mtbr ak of the d la H it
to insut rection and th. establishment
of rebel headquart: t* at Vera Cruz th
Mexican f-derni government t u d at:
or er closing th? port to commerce. The j
Cuyamel comp.. iy which ope rat » a
banana plantation near Vera Cruz con-
j linued to n;l vessels to that port t‘
liring them out. tec iving clearanc pa-
pers front the Huerta consul here and
paying him the usual f es.
All v Hsels of th • (‘uyamel fleet are j
under IPnduran regi try and it * ni-
di rstood. cun make no np al (o Wash j
inpton. . I
FURNITURE OF MRS.
BOUCHEL BACK FROM
HOME OF CANDLER
NEW ORLEANS La. Feb. H. -Back
from its hapless journey to th • home of
Asa i until.« Sr. in Atlanta n:or that
forty cratr of Mis. eaittia de Bnu*
cheFf furniture will he sold to the hi;:h-
.-'t hi dm. at a New Dries ru auction
hius" her on February 15. St. V al n-
tine’s D«jr. The furniture has been stor-
ed in he auetiin house during ihe three
w ks in which the breach of promis*
uit if Mrs. de Bouchel again l the
nfrt«d i .pit list was fought in the At-
lanta court.
In the "artfully cot runted cfi.tes are
beautiful pier r of eld family fumi’ur
•hen loom- *f th‘ past. 1 h" bouillon
eun or.** of which MC «nd!er inform-
ed hi Intended 1 i « had he n brok n
>hiipi.': . are to it-v d to be a part of
the lot. Virtually r.ll of the furni’ur
had i * ;i uni . eg d in ’In Georgia hum*
under Mr. (.-.ndl r’s direction in anti*
cipatkn «-f ' e- tablishn> nt of th"
lu me «f 'hi couple after tin marriag"
that was n vets* o’is .in t-d. The ' urni•
tore was r* pa* ke1 a i i returned tOsNiw
Orleans with the cancelling of the nup-
tial af?hngeni nts.
WEBSTER DEFEATS CONLEY
CASI’KR. VVyi. Feb. H. Al Webster
Billings lightweight scored .* technical
knock ut over Ory Coni y of Given Bay
Wist. ir tie fourth round of a achedul id
t n round bout here last night. Conley
broke hi thumb.
Persistent
Coughing—
waste* your strength makes
tire deli at" throat tissue* raw
am! sore c\|*mes y.u to more
serums trouble. You can check
coughing with l>r. King’s New
I fi'COVen . NlitU
rally jiimI hurrah:>*-
ly it cumulates the
mucous urinbraiK*#
to throw oil" «l«*t?-
pinjr secret ion*. Has
a pleasant taste. AH >V
ilruyt ists. f
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(IT HERE
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= P. O. Box 746
£ Brownsville Tex. 1
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wajs know where to M*t
K«>od service
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g
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yW* Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists.
I A*pitin to the trade mark of Bsyer of UoaoswUwcidcswr of SsUcylkacfd
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SflPIRO CRITICIZES
DEPARTMENT POLICY
WASHINGTON Feb. K. After an ad
ili«:*n by Secretary Wa liar the Nation* i
al Council of K..rmei»' Co/ | i-intive M *•- j
k t rig A aviation* beic today waa a k«**i
by Aaron Sa| iro pmnii.i nt in organix* j
ing «u» h a**oci:tC:.nx to draw up a "bill j
of particular*" criticising th * ap ieul- !
ti re depeitnu nl’s policy towar I co-»p-(
«*rutive marketing. *
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WOMEN! DYE If
NEW FOR 15c
Skirts Kimonos Draperies
Waists Dresses Ginghams
Coats Sweaters Stockings
Don’t wonder whether you **«n dye ar
tint MirreMilully tnwaimn perfect hon»n
dyeing i* guaranteed wiw Diawond
1 fyi**’’ even if you Hnve never dyed m-
forc. Hmyywfn have nil color*. Direc-
tion* in each package.
C RCULVtS COMSTIPATiOM
r wil&ipjfi
I bran
m COOKED KRUMBLEO
RI ready* to cat
►/ -f fia/ #f
K>| y.nn^yf
' - (rLOCCCOMPAAy
TO FIC.IIT CONSTIPATION—rthe most
dangerous condition your system can become
chained to—to get free from Weary bilious-
ness dull headaches nausea—etc. etc.!!!
Rid yourself 6( ibis dangerous condition-
er start “slipping” and become a prey to any
one of the most dreaded human ailments
which have their beginning with constipation
and toxic poisoning!
Fight constipation as yon would fight fire!
Fight it with bran—Kellogg's Bran—BE-
CAUSE IT IS ALL BRAN! Don’t temimrizc!
Don't waste time and health by going half-way!
You nerd ALL BRAN: you need the hulk the
“roughage*’ of AIX BRAN because it sweeps
cleanses and purifies!
REALIZE THIS—foods with a part bran
content can only relieve constipation in pro-
portion to the amount of bran they contain!
If they arc 25 or 50 per cent bran—you may
get 23 or 50 per cent relief!
REMEMBER THIS—Kellogg’s Bran is ALL
BRAN and is guaranteed to give you positive
and permanent relief ?f you will eat two table-
spoonfuls daily or as much with each meal in
rhronic eases!
Don’t delav: don’t fuss with lialf-wav moa-
• m
Mires! You have too much at stake! All
grocers sell—
We mean that we can deliver jour prescription or your finer*
Kency needs at once. We base improved oar delivery service
by the addition of a motorcycle (skootaMota) which will be
used to deliver your order immediately.
.Cisneros Drug Store
DAY PHONE 303 NIGHT PHONE 8SJ W.
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