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VOL. XXX No. 226. _ BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY Ifi 1924 Eight Pages Today ESTABLISHED 1893
BILL TO CREATE
NATIONAL PARK
TO BE PRESSED
Senator Sheppard Gives No-
tice That Bill to Make Na-
tional Park of Palm Grove
Will be Introduced
Senator Sheppard has prepared a hill
to be introduced at this session promis-
ing that the government take over the
Ituhh palm grove n few miles below
Brownsville for the purpose of making
it a national park according to an an-
I'oen -meni made today by I». I’ Colp
maunder of the (JIaeier to Culf Motor
v.u.v. lu a letter t*• the Brownsville Board
of City Development. Mr. Culp's letter
states:
"Senator Sheppard has notified me
that he has the hill prepared to intro-
duce into congress proposing that the
government take over the Itahh natural
palm grove and make a national park
of it. 1 think it will go over without
any trouble. This will he- a great advei -
tising usset for Brownsville. You < in
have one or two parks just as easy if the
Valley wants them. Will you help
get them?"
Mr. Colp also stated that it end .»•
impossible f»*r 1 lovernor Nef:' and the
►late purk board to come to Hrownsville
the last week of this month to inspect
the Hahb palm grove and also to attend
the Itio (iramie Delta imposition bum
the party will be here March Ml to
make their inspection of the palm grove
and |M»ssihly other proposed sites for
state purks.
During his trip to the Valley in No-
vember. Senator Sheppard visited the
Habb palm grove and was greatly im-
pressed with its natural beauties. After
spending several hours among the palms
he stated that there was no ipiestion in
his tlliud that the grove should he pre-
served. and that the federal government
should assist in making it one of the
beauty spots of tin* I’nited States lie
pledged liitusclf at that time to use every
effort to secure favorable a<tinn by the
federal government.
D. K. f'olp manager of the Dinner
to Uulf Motorway has probably been one
of thy lyyM tt'tive exponents of the plan
of securing the designation of the palm
grove as a state or national park. At
the last session of the legislal lire In*
spent several days in Austin working in
behalf of the proje i and has carried on
correspondence with senators congress-
men. legislators and good roads pro-
moters in all parts of the country using
nil |H*ssihle means to impress upon them
the necessity of securing a national park
ill the Valley.
Hrownsville residents who have kept j
in close toil li with the progress of the
prope< t are confident that Senator Shep-
pard's hill will receive favorable con-
Mderatioii. and that congress will at this]
session designate the palm grove as a j
national park and make an appropriation [
sufficient to carry out the beautification
and improvement of the grove.
IOWA LEGISLATURE
NOW CONSIDERING
NEW EUGENICS LAW
fBv The Associated Prf«s>
BES MOINES. Feh. 15.—An amend-
ment to the Iowa marriage hill en-
acted last week hy the senate which
would require every male applicant j
for a marriage license to pass a phys-
ical examination before receiving a
license was concurred in yesterday
hy the house hy a vote of 55 to 17.
after the latter Imdy had broadened
its provisions to require women to
pass the same examination as men
and to specify that five days should
intervene between application for
marriage licenses and its granting.
The hill now goes back to the sen-
ate for its concurrence in the new
clauses attached hy the house.
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Official Weather Reports
Brownsville and vicinity: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday; not much «linage
in temperature.
Hast Texas; Pn etlled tonight and
Saturday; wanner tonight in east portion
except the West coast. Mod-rate to
fresh southerly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions.
The "high" noted over the Canadian
Northwest yesterday morning is central
this morning over the upper Ureal Bakes.
Pressure was also moderately high over
the southeastern states and relatively
low over the extreme northeastern states
and also throughout the K why .Mountain
region. Considerable cloudiness prevail-
ed throughout the country at the morn-
ing observation and light precipitation
occurred in New Mexico and extreme
western Texas also on the Pa< ifi •
• oast and locally in the New P.ngiaud
states. It was much colder this morning
over the upper tireat l.akes ami upper
.Mississippi Valley and warmer in the
south-central states the Plateau region
pud in the far Canadian Northwest.
The lowest temperature last night at
Texas stations ranged from 3b at K1
l*ato to 5U at Brownsville.
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The Home of Albert B. Fall
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lilt!?'* ‘1 na*:inificent ho“° of former Secretary of Interior Albert 1$. Fall at Three Itivers N M.
Tn the fonground tuay Lo seen a Mexican farm hand and a German police dog._ The dog bokmtra to Pali ^
Woman Ends !
Common Lav
Find Him ^
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PLACE BIAMEON
j COMMUNISTS FOR
• JAPANESE AFFAIR
(By The Associated I’res-t
FOKIO Feb. 15. t'ommunii propa-
g.nda influence! the imtil attempt m.
Prince Regent Hirohito’s life accordin'
to a statement which Tokio newspapers
1 attribute to Minister of Ju-tice Suzu-
ki. The regent’s aut< mobile wa. fired j
upon by a youth December t!7 when tit
former was o.T his way to attend a j
meeting of tin diet.
The newspapers -tat > that Suzuki'
made the com muni-1 propaganda chart?
when : ddressing a secret meeting of the i
I re feet ura I governors.
At this meeting it was raid “danger- j
ous tin ught.s ’ w re discussed.
The minister of justice it is didared
stressed the men c*- growing out «' •
radieali m and urged the governors to'
e lli i in an attempt to suppress it. He'
was i|unte * as saying that evi.i**i;ce h d
been obtained hewing th:T cemmim !
ists of Japan were in league with those I
of Russia and America.
NEUTRAL ELEMENT
NOW IN CONTROL OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY'
<Rr T!ir Assncihtpil Pr»«* l
MARION*. III. F.b. lli. Withdrawal
of troops from Williamson county where
they were *ent after a clash between Kit
Kins Khin and anti-KInii factions last
Friday leaves the neutral element of the
fitirenry to work out their plans for j
establishing an orderly control of nf- l
fai**-
With the exception of one battalion'
of infantry ail military forces are soiled-1
iibnl to leave Herrin today and *i nuinl.er
of units are expecteil -to depart finuii;
Marion and other points where they have
been stationed this week.
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PRESS REPORT ON
VANDERLIP SPEECH IS
FOLLY CORROBORATE
fBy The Assoeiated Press»
WASHINGTON. F eb. 1I.oUis H. I
Brush on-* of the men who bought th
Million Star from President II ediar.!
testified about the details o| th • sale
t. day before the oil eommitee.
“The Associa e.| Pr • account of Ms.
Vanderlip's speech which was sent to
its numbers throughout the country and
the world wsr verified as con ret l>v Mr
V’anderlip” Mr. H*u li said in begin
ninp bis testimony.
PENNSYLVANIA MAN
SELECTED AS SPECIAL
COUNSEL BY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.—Owen J.
Roberts of Philadelphia was select-
ed by President Cool id Re today as
republican ir.« nther of the special
counsel in the oil land lease protec-
tion.
He succeeds Silas If. Strawn of
Chicajw. whose nomination was with-
drawn from the senate )*> tli * pres-
ident yesterday after it had been
found unacceptable. The nomina'ion
of Mr. Roberts was sent to the senate
today.
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SHARP COLLAPSE
IN STOCK PRICES
'T»„ vr... %«rrn<*|«ited Pre«« I
NEW YORK Feb. 15.—A sharp col
i lapse in . lock prices took place jusf ; f
| u moon in today’s market upon the
wire spread circulation of reports in th*.
; financial district that one of Wall
Street*? most promine it operators h d
suddenly tumid bearish on the theory
that public confidence had been un er
mined by the Washington oil disclos
urea.
Search for
/ Husband to
»Vith New Wife
* !'v 1 lie Associated |)
Mil .WAI KI i:. I'd.. |r» *Ms. Susan
K mil It ended an • iglii year search for the
‘••"‘"on law imslemd. William and two
• I the si'i d.ild'eii lie hore him li.dav la
laid one son dead. tin* other turned
against her. and her hud.a ml married to
another woman. !*> wlmm he also hits a
soil. She can id his arrest oil a lentn-
l ve eiuii giif bigamy. eoiiieitditi:: that
• heir common law marriage at lltriitli
.Minn seventeen years ago. makes him
still her legal husband.
lint till the years of |iriviltioii and snf
feriltg (if w’lit h sin- t hi deteetivi .. were
forgotten in tin- grief that wrung the
mother's heart when the son Harry
whom she lias not seen f ir eight \ ears
refused to greet her a.id ran fro.a the
house when informed that his mother
waited for him in an aittouiootle oii’sde.
lie is flow 1« years o’d and attending
liiglt school here.
i here was ji brie/ hut len-e drama
w ion ttio «oiitin n law wife. a«- oiii]»aiiied
by del. lives. Went lilo the dwelling to
• on it out Hie w ii*i.i ii Kntith admits in*
-married ju Kijioii. Win. on qqw.)ij . • ||*|Ji.
t’he secot'd wife says Kit Util courted her
as a widower. She i- M Itertlm Teake
Kimtli. .'til and her three year odd son.
Hilly Holt. | >lji ym I about her feel aa
she told of her life with the man.
( f* V T|*A t ci;*ted prrs?)
SAN* ‘vMAAImUI. UepiiM;- .f Sal-
vador. I «d>. In. I lot it the government
forces ami insurrectionists in Honduras
rlaim victories! m di--pat< lies received
here.
A Honduran official statement nn-
n*mnr*es the appointment of fienernl
Maximo It Itosales ns laminin ipler in
chit f of government for es. The state-
ment s3> • tlial tin* rebels under tienerrtl
Trilnirt io t’arias who i-. at l.amai. cut
the eomiimni. at ion with western Hon-
duras and abandoned their base without
a I tacking t ”oina;> .igiia. t luv eriinieiil
forces recn|*ltired l.apiiz from the rebel**
Ilebel news sotirecs claim Jhe move-
ment i taking the form of a general
revolution all over the eoiiui r> with tin*
people \oiling a general protest against
Ike disinter hip of *i nieral IJafael l.opex
*tiltierrex whose presidential term ex-
pired I «d>rna ry 1.
Tin* Indian: of Tcxigu.it have joined
the revolution and the government for es
are getting smaller according to tin*
rebels.
JOHNSON BLAMES
GOVERNMENT FOR
WOES OF FARMER
nnill.KSTOX. III.. Fell. 15.—The
government is responsible for I lie plight
of the farmer and must itself seek a
remedy as part of i;s wrong de lured
lit am .Nditi'on of California candidate
for tin* republican presidential noiuiua-
lion here today.
••Appeals t»> the farmer to plant more
wheat met with a generous and patriotic
response and now he is told that lie most
help himself ami return to diversified
farming.-** Senator Johnson said. Low
pri es uniting with high «s».d of operation
are throttling agriculture lie asserted.
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CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
IN ST. LOUIS MAKES
NEW ARREST RECORD
ST. LOUIS. Feh. IS.—The police
erin.;* "cleanup” drive started in this
city Mondav has resulted in the ar-
rest and detention of over 1601) per-
tains with a new record yesterday of
> 670 persons apprehended within a 1
hour period and 76 saicnns pool
rooms dives and resorts raided.
That the dri»e is bringing results
i was shown yesterday hy the facts
Ithat only one robbery was reported
police point oat.
ON ALL FRONTS
Wireless Reports From Fron-
ted Headquarters Indicate
Victories For Rebeis in
Several Engagements
FRONTKKA. Til.mii i>b. 16.— (Ra-
dio v i;i l)iilla < N< w - to The Assufii.U'1
Pro s) The revolutionary Imres coin
Miandi d by Generals iin-gutz and Ar-
| riiii/. defeated gov rnment forces near
La Pirai Mi. ho. can Wt dm* day ar-
•« idit.g to official utiitoti icement of thi
i on part mint of publicity of the rcvolu-
i tionary hmidqu.i:te>s last night sign-
ed by Otilio G n/..li . |i tailetl reports
I «>f the a.ti .n were being awaited.
General Gonzales Kseohar «.f the fed
j oral forces w h reported to have b *en
wuun ed eriou ly.
< ' ini.i ni<at i.m between Vera t iuz
| and the enfiitr I has herb- 1*nf by the rev-
<dutiooi.-t the official comuiuniqu • de-
d ■ ' nil the dr la Huerta forces have
“bottled up the enemy in the port of
Vcia friz.”
Genera! Octnviano Solis with K0;» men
was tep. rte i to huv • taken Ixcampilpa.
Pttelila after defeating Colonel licit in
of the fed* rubs the atti.ek being part
••f :t previously conceived plan.
Information as to the position and
what has hnpp ned to the federal rear
guard in fh • vicinity of Guadalajara
\va lacking at the time the tatcment
wa~ is lie 1 iiut it was declare! that
r mntunic lion between Guadalajara
and Mexico Pity w;.s being interrupted
* rionsly by the revolutionists.
A - toit<-molts d< partments of marine
and marine i rvire have been created
oy the revolution!! is in decaecs an
j n •tire d at bea quarters hery. latere are
four divisions rceognistd. marine war.
merchant : it. I lighthouse service. Two
divisions of nt fine infantry also have
been created for use on beth the ea? t
and west fronts and gnrt i-oning o
ports. *
MKXl'PO PITY. Fell. 15 (Radio via
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram >—The war
department announces that federal
troops under General Obrogon entered
Guadalajara yesterday amid a shower
of flower!. Guadalajara has been one
of the mo-t important rebel strongholds
I on the western front.
General K eohar. although wounded
has ordered an immediate advance
• :r iinst Morela where rebels Generals
Kstradn and Hieguez are reported to
have concentrated their forces. Snecials
say that the two rebel lenders follow-
ing tl*e rebel reverses at Palo Verde
Wednesday joined forces at I'anind:-
cuaro and marched upon Morelia with
fit Ml men.
The rebels lost about 800 dead and
a large number of prisoners and the
federal:! lo t 10 dead and 100 wounded
in the battle of Palo Verde official ad-
vices said.
Vera Crus chief port of the state of
Vera Crux.has been declared the prin-
cipal capital of the state until Jalapa.
the real capital is captured from the
rebel*.
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ANOTHER WITNESS
TO APPEAR BEFORE
OIL INVESTIGATORS
(p.v The Associated Press)
DENVRR Colo. Fell. t5. Carl C
C. Schuyler Denver attorney who r>p
resented J. Leo Stack in enforcing
Stack’s claim in the Teapot Dome oil
leasing rontrover y today made public
photost.tic copies of letters received
f-om John C. Shaffer newspaper pub-
lisher ii Chicago and Denver conern
ing Shaffer’s interest in Teapot Dome.
Schuyler announced he wc uid appear
as a witne-s before the senate inve t;
gating committee next Monday and
would give the committee a full recount
of his connection with the oil leasing
controversy.
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REPORT RIM TRFATV
WASHINGTON. F b. 15- The new-
convention wiih Great Rritiin concern-
ing th • suppression of rum smuggling
was ordered favorably repotted by th<
senate foreign relations committee.
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LETTER SEEKS
TO BRING FALL
IN ALASKA DEAL
Asserts That Attempt Was
Made to Turn Alaskan
Coal Field Over to Inter-
ests
flly Tlii* Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Keb. 15.- Former Sec
retary Fall .nd Secretary Itenby wen
I declared in a letter laid before P esi
! <|ent Coolidye today ly John K. H'jl
Maine an Alaskan railroad construe to.
j to have entered into ne^otiatio.is it
July l!#l!t for transfer and le.se of tin
rich Matanu ka coal reserves tf Ali.sk;
| Many the same lines as w»-r» later fol
lowed iii the Teapot Dome lease.
1 hi* Abakan coal Jesse was not exe
cut«tl but the letter mud th* navy «Je
puttiiicni largely through the efforts of
I Rear Admiral Robinson had a -iduou -
.y refured ever since to permit use of
Ala kaa e« I by the n-.vy.
Mr. Italia in ’ who constructed the
Alaskan central railroad the forerunner
of the present government line present-
ed his letter to the president as a up-
|.lenient to previous charges that p<w-
••rful intere ts are at work to hinder
the de veto pro -n* of Alaska. lie also h*s
pr< i nted charges to several senator
including Chairman Lenroot of the sen-
ate oil investigating committee.
“Th * official files show that Secreta-
ry Fall of the interior and Secretary
Denhy ot the navy began negotiation-
as early as July 15*21 for the transfer
of the naval coal reserves in the Mat
tanu.-ka field from th’ navy to the in-
terior department and for the leasing of
that reserve for a period of SO years"
said the lett< r. “The negotiations and
the t rms ngr« ed upon between th<* tw<
eeretaries in this coal resolve ran
I al-tng lines exactly parallel with the ne- |
gotiatiens and tbo term of the lease of j
r th * Teapot Dome «>iI reserves
“The lease of the M tauuska coal re-
! serve was executed ltut thp net re-
suit w. wrs the naval mining opera* |
lions in the Matanu-ka w?re transfer
red by Secretary ■* nby to the interior
department and abruptly closed in M »y i
! 1P22 at a time when the navy as offi* '
oral reports show had a mine develop’d
and equipped ready to produce 2f»0 tom
a day with (Ml t.OiKI tubs of coal hTWk
ed out in that mine and with 2d»000(MI
I tons of the same quality in sight bj
diamond drilling in the coal creek riis
| l rict.
“During the negotinNrns cv*r the
Mi tanu.-ka coal reserves and for two
| years continually up to the present time
; misleading announcements contrary to
j the cstabli-he-l official facts about the
| quality of Matanuska coal hav * been
given wide publicity by the buref-u of
engineers of the navy of which Admiral
Robison is head and by the bureau of
mines of the interior of which Dr
Burn »- th;* head."
MISSOURI STIRRED
OVER RUN MEETING
AT STATE CAPITOL
ST. Loris Fib. 15.—The use of the
hall «>f representatives of the Missouri
st**t•* v ipitul for a Ku klux klan meet-
ing last Sundav which has created a
political stir in Jefferson City. Mo. has
be?n explained by Heber Nations com
missioncr of the bureau of labor statis
tic according to an article in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat today.
Nations according to the paper said
that a representative of the Klan th*’
membership of whiiit according to his
statement i abou* I.IKIT in Jefferson
City requested him to ask Harry Wood-
ruff Commiss:.*n *r if the porn».mt i.t
se:.t of government for the hall and
that he made the request stating pur-
poses of the meeting and that “Wood-
ruff gladly granted” the use of the
hall.
A formal resolution will be presented
to Governor Hy>'e by the democratic
city of St. Louis when it meets Febru-
ary 21 for an explanation of the Klan
meet ing in the ctpi*.»!. accordingto Jos-
eph J. Mestrcs chairman the paper
states.
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Seeks Injunction To
Restrain Another Ulan
From Taking His Wife
CHICAGO Feb. 15.—Application
for an injunction to restrain another
man from taking sway bis wife is
to be filed by John J. Dunn assist-
ant to the general manager of a
steel company. The other man is
Carl Larson a structural iron work*
. rr.
Dunn alleges that Larson took
Mrs. Dunn away last October and
that she has since been passing as
the wife of (.arson until her arrest
yesterday. Because of a 11-year-old
son. lie has no desire for a divorce
he said.
Former Jndge Sheridan E. Fry
Dunn's attorney believes that the
l**gal venture if successful will es-
tablish a r.recedent for victims of
domestic triangles and prot ide a
harrier against homewrecking.
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VANDERLIP SPEECH BASED
ON RUMORS; BRINGS NO
NEW LIGHT IN OIL PROBE
_________
<Hv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON F-b. 13.—No evi lence
to implicate President Harding ii the
oil scandal was developed today when
the senate oil committee began its in-
quiry into rumors regarding the sale
cf Mr. Harding*: Marion Star ju.'t be-
fore his <eath.
The committee heard detailed testi-
mony in refutation of the Star story but
no e iii suppi rt of it.
Ft ink A. Vanderlip the New York
.at.her who rec ntly said in a public
speech that tale of the paper should be
inve tig: ted testified that he only was
repeating a rumor that had been cur-
rent.
He said he knew none of the fact:* in-
volved ia the sale; made no effort to
ascertain them; and had intended only
to ; k for an investigation so that the
good name of th'* president might be
cleared.
He made the ‘same explanation of h
refereoc* to reports that the committee
had rrfusol to pres- its questioning of
Albert Fall because be might ‘peach’
m those in high places. He did not even
know he said that Fall had claimed
immunity although it was published
prominently everyw h ire.
At one point in his cros- examination
the banker declared flatly thut he h'*d
not co ined vl the sale of the Star with
the oil scandal in his now famous
speech at Ossining. A moment later he
said he had verified as correct a story >
about the speech submitted to him by
I he A suetalon rress.
Details of the sale* of the Star were
laid before the committee by Louis II. j
Hiush. who with Roy I). Moore pur-
chased it. He >ai ! all the* nion-*y invest- i
el was their own except what was bur- ;
rowed from Ohio banks and secured bv
a lien cm the property. Mr. Brush. \
peaking also f*.r Mr. Moore appear'd!
at his ow 1 request and was not CWM
examined by the committee.
Thontn Johnson foreman of Albert
B. Fall’s New Mexico ranch was called
as n witness today before the oil com-
mittee but could give no information ns
to the cost of the improvements made to
the ranch subsequent to the oil leases.
The witness said he did not get any
remittance of ffiH.OOO or some such
fund. This was a reference to testimo-
ny of Archie Roo-evelt that he had been
toll Sinclair had s.-nt checks of this
sum to Johnson.
Johnson said he had checked against
bank accounts for the ranch expense
but knew nothing of the source of the
funds that had been deposited.
(ltv The Associated Press.1
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Frank A
Vanderlip took the witness stand today
is soon as the oil committee < onvened.
Senator Walsh democrat Montana
opened the proceedings by reading a
newspaper article declaring that mem-
bers of the committee had forc ed t'hair-
inn n Lenroot to subpoena the New York
banker in spite of his unwillingness.
"1 talked with Chairman Lenroot.’*
said Senator Walsh "and he asked me
what we ought to do about the Vanderlip
spec h. I said that we ought to call
him and find out what he knew about
the matter. There was no difference
between iis.~
Chairman Lenroot indorsed Senator
Walsh’s statement as Mr. Vanderlip
• ame to the stand identifying himself
as **a retired business man and banker.
Chairman Lenroot read an excerpt
from tlie Ossining speech as to “a cer-
tain Marion newspaper sold f<>r $.».at.taa>
to two young men" under *ireumstances
that constituted a “ehalletigV to the last
aclmiulatrai ion."
Mr. Vanderlip then began to explain
that "in the first instance” some papers
bad misquoted him.
"Substantially I said t l***r»» were ru-
mors coming from Washington which
worn far beyond gossip." he continued.
"You heard it everywhere about this
story.
"1 believed that out of respect to
President Harding’s memory this scan*
(Continued on Page 7.)
REVOLUTIONARY
OFFICERS SHOT
AT NUEVO LAREDO
NUEVO LAREDO. Me*.. Feb. 15-
Four officers of the Mexican revolu-
tionary army captured Wednesday by
federal* after an engagement near
Teran. Nuevo Leon were executed by
a firing squad here at 6 o’clock this
morning after a summary court mar-
tial. They were General Amorico I.ar-
ralde. Colonel Enearnacion Morales
Colonel Doioteo Solis and Major Edu-
ardo Arellano. All were members of
the command of General Francisco
REPORT LIQUOR RAIDS
(By The Associated Pressl
MEYIA Texas FeU. 15.—Office"*
checking repotU today of raids duri.ig
the past week chiefly in the south
eastern part of this county said there
had been seized and destroyed 32'hi
gallons ot ma h. 15 gallons of corn
whiskey two 150 gallon boilers and 72
barrel accessories. Six persons were ar-
rested. The raids w?re under supervi-
sion of the sheriff’s off.ee.
J i. c. a
NEW POWER UNIT
FOR CITY PLANT
NOW PROPOSED
City Will Call For Bids Imme-
diately For Unit to In-
crease Capacity of Power
Plant
Important action looking toward ex-
tent ions fust] improvements in tlie city's
/ml die utilities was taken by the ♦itjr
commission at I lie regular met ting thin
morning. The most important action
was the authorization of the purchase
of an additional lIMrtl kilowatt power
unit for the city light plant bid* for
which will h«- advertised at once. It ia
estimated that from four to six month*
will he required to buy receive and
install the new unit which will iu reane
the present capacity of the plant about-
one-third. Three units now iucltided in
the plant have a capacity of approxi-
mately Il.tNNt kilowatt*.
Iii discussion of the proposition it
was stated that the plant is capable of
handling the needs of the city but that
extension* of the service outside the
city limits together with the additional
local requirements as the city grows will
make a larger plant necessary. Several
additions to the »ify. and rural com*
luuuilies are contemplated. Citizens in
Mntamoros are urging extension of the
service of th«« Brownsville plant and the
line to the Country Club has already
been put into operation. The addition
to the Traveler* Hotel which mills for
three electrically operated elevators
the new ice cream plant and other pend-
ing* proj»» ts were also mentioned.
The «omuiissiou also voted to pun-hane
a duplicate power unit foe the sewage
disposal plant so that iu < use of a break
down it would not he necessary to turn
sewage into the resaca thus menacing
the health of the city.
The hid of the Cameron Steam l*uinp
Works n| New York for a pump to be
installed at the sewage disposal plant
for the purimse of the elevating the
treated sewage to give drainage iuto the
river was accepted. The hid was $124(1.
This pump will be installed at the plant
iu place of the plan first considered of
placing a pump at the river.
The I'nited Suites Cast Iron l*ipe
Company of Burlington New Jersey
was awarded the part base of 1200 feet
of six-in h east iron pipe which will he
used in extending the fire line to the
Mercy Hospital. Consideration was
**KUI» per ton. with nu allowance of
$14.40 freight to Brownsville.
Action was taken raising the salary
of the chief of police and all lieutenant*
of police $2o per month and raising the
salary of patrolmen $15 per month thus
making a blanket increase for the police
department. The commission also au-
thorized employment of an assistant for
the city manager’s department.
WALSH MAY BE
CANDIDATE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
(Pv The Associated Pr#a».l
ATLANTA Fib. 15.—State Represen-
tative A. S. J. Stovall of Elbert county
t <Jny issued a call for a meeting to b«
held here February ID **to consider the
advisability of entering the name of
United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh
of Montana in the coming primary” in
(I corgi a for the democratic presidential
nomination.
KNIGHTS KAMELIA
SUSPEND SIMMONS
fRv The A'sociated Press)
ATLANTA Feb. 15.—Suspension of
William Joseph Simmons from Knights
of Kant *lia an affiliated order of the
Ku Klux Klan was announced today by
II. Tom Knight secretary of the Knights
Kamelia according to a story appearing
in the Atlanta Journal this afternoon.
Colonel Simmons also has been noti-.
fied of the Kameiia’s intention to banish
him on charges of high treason against
the order the article declared.
Secretary Knight declared the action
was being taken by his organisation be*
with the Ku Klux Klan by which he was
paid $145500 for his right title and in-
terest in the Klan and for his monthly
annuity of $1000 which contract was
consummated Iasi Saturday the arti-
cle sets out.
JACKSON WINS SALARY CASE
MILWAUKEE. Feb. 15.—Jo- Jackson
former outfielder for the Chicago club
of the American League emerged vie-
to- in his saln-y suit and $18500 bonus ^
claim when n jury in circuit court heie
today brought in a special verdict
awarding him $15700.40.
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