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- ESTABLISHED 1892 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 20. 1926
VOL. XXXV No. 47 ESTABLISHED 1894 ||3iSg|
PLEASANT BREEZES have been
blowing over the Valley from the
Gulf# of Mexico for several days
»osr.
Xn “old timer” had occasion a day
or two ago to go out into the brush
country.
Returning he asserted a change of
weather is due shortly. He observed
that the snails are hurrying up the
trees which to him indicates there
will be rain.
That's one we’ve never heard be-
fore. And doubtless it’s as good as
any other "sign."
• • •
HERE IS A NEWS dispatch from
Kansas City whi<;h because it tells
something new about Aphides more
or less known in this section is of
interest in the Valley:
“The oily white spots on your new
nutomobile sides or windshield are
mat made by exhaust steam from tall
buildings combined with cardon di-
oxide from thousands of engine
mufflers.
“According to H. C. Springer sen-
ior observer in the weather bureau
the culprits are many: Aphides by
name and legion in number whose
name is ‘plant lice.’ They draw sap
from the leaves of trees and exude a
kind of honey which unlike the
hoarded treasure of bees is left to
float in the breeze.
The special customers of this in-
vert are ants which keep then\ in
colonies to provide ant food in the
summer—the busy season of tne
Aphides.
“To the Aphides Paris green and I
arsenic are candy but a sprayed so-1
lutioo of nicotine is said to he dead- ;
r|y both to grown-ups and eggs."
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CAN GRAPES be grown in the
'' o*tr Rio Grande Valley?
^ I. V. McLean Pharr believes it is !
possible and prof.table product for
1 lie section and believing it has
railed a meeting of interested per-
soas to be held Monday at Pharr.
As a general thing what can be
grown with success in California can
be produced in the Lowtr Rio
Grande Valley.
It it said that certain sections of
Hidalgo county are particularly well
adapted to the production of grapes.
[ Among these is acreage in the vi-
cinity of Monte Christo in upper
western edge of Hidalgo county.
• Another area believed to be so
adapted is the Willacy county "dry
farm” sections.
If there’3 money In grapes let’s
grow ’em. At least try.
* • •
DAN MOODY moved rapidly
through the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley.
He mas not the first gubernatorial
candidate to visit Rio Grande City if
memory serves us right. The first
was Pat Neff.
The July primary Starr county
gave Davidson 4. Ferguson 848. and
. Moody 21.
As a result of Dan Moody’s visit to
> Rio Grande City yesterday so goes
a story which reached here yester-
i day the nest primary will give Mr.
[ Moody 873 votes or thereabouts
i Unless it is Duval county there is
no m<>re unanimous county In Texas
than that of m-hich Rio Grande Cily
is the seat.
Mr. Moody was unable to 'visit
Brownsville and San Benito because
of the jaunt to Starr county.
But probably he’ll be seen here
! later.
I REPORTS FROM Harlingen an-
nounce that Boh Stuart and Par-
ka* *re heading a movement to raise
• fund of $100000 for deepening the
Arroyo Colorado for navigation.
It is reported also that $40000 of
the amount has been raised.
Harlingen observes Houston. “If
Buffalo Bayou can be made naviga-
ble why not the Arroyo CnlnmAi f
is the way Harlingen looks at II
Probably it can. At least the fed-
eral government is being interested
in the proposition and the pending
rivers and harbors bill provides for
a survey.
In the meantime Point Isabel har-
bor is pushing ahead. Work is pro
reeding on the Padre Island side of
Brasos Santiago Pass. Harlingen
plans to connect with the harbftr.
• • •
STACKS OF BRICK tile and lum-
ber have begun to appear on the
scene at Olmito “The Unusual City.”
< Means buildings Attractive struc-
l tares for the selling plan is entire-
ly restrictive as to type and cost of
1 structures.
A half doien buildings on the site
of the new town will be an added
incentive to others.
The coming fall and winter should
witness considerable activity on the
site.
Most significant in the southern
part of Cameron county is the fact
that lumber concerns have staked
off lumber yards at Olmito also at
Barreda. And Point Isabel also has
a lumber yard for the first time in
lits history.
Big Wildcat Struck
In Brownwood Pool
—
BROWNWOOD Tex. Aug. 20.—OPi
—The A. H. Bowers well on the
Cason tract seven and a half miles
north of Brownwood flowing by
heads one hundred barrels daily at
1625 feet is Brown county's newest
wildcat producer.
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New Move in International Bridge Plan
THINK KILLING
IS RESULT OF
CAMPA1GNROW
Shotgun Loaded With
Buckshot Used By
Assassin Who Es-
capes in Automobile
BFLTOK. Texas Aug. 20. -<*T—
Chief of Police Wiley Fisher of
Temple was shot to death at 10:20
o’clock here this morning being
struck by three charges from an au-
tomatic shotgun.
He is said to have been fired upon
from an automobile that stopped In
the street near where Fisher was
standing. Fisher was at the curb
preparing to get into an automobile.
His wif? was by his side but was
not struck by the charge.
Fisher had come to Belton to at-
tend the funeral of Mrs. George
Burtchell who was killed in an auto-
mobile wreck Tuesday night. Fisher t
had been taking care of the three
orphaned children of the woman and
they were in his automobile at the
time of the shooting. The car wee
stopped in front of an undertaking
parlor where the body of the woman
lay.
The man who did the shooting left
immediately in his car. leaving on a
road going toward Killeen. It was
believed that he would go to some
other county to give up. Pisher re-
cently was charged with criminal
libel by Albert Bonds candidate for
sheriff who alleged that Fisher had
written and circulated libelous let-
ters about him in the recent sheriff*
race between Bonds and John Big-
ham. Fisher was very active against
Bond* in the campaign and there
was strong ill-will.
Deputies at the shenli » oinco
said Bonds did the shooting and that
Sheriff John Bigham had gone to
Nolanville. where Bond* has rela- 1
tive* in search of the man.
Following the shooting former
Sheriff Aloert Bonds drove by
Guffy's garage ordered his tank
filled w’lth gasoline and told Gufff!
“I have just bumped Wiley Fisher
off." Guffy told officers.
Guffy said Bonds stood by his car
with his gun cocked.
RUMANIAN QUEEN i
WILL VISIT U. S.
PARIS. Aug. 20.—iVPl—The people
of the United State* arc to see one
of the most handsome and astute
members of European royalty. Queen
I Marie of Rumania.
At the end of next month the
I queen will leave for New York. It
is her hope to visit each of the 4*1
j states of the union and probably the •
i chief cities of Canada. She will not
adopt an incognito but will travel
a> a queen. Therefore she will be
unable to visit the homes of citliena
as a formal guest and will pot up at
hotels except when in Washington
where she probably will lodge at the
I Rumanian legation.
She desires to travel through the
United States as much as possible by
j automobile so that she may obtain
| an intimate view of American life.
FIVE PARDONED
BY MRS. FERGUSON
AUSTIN. Texas. Aug. 20.-(/Ft—
| General J. M. Rangel and five of hie
1 companions' who have served about
] 12 years each for the killing of
j ( andelario Ortez Dimmit county
I deputy sheriff while leading a revo-
J lutionary band against the govern-
ment in Mexico were granted full
pardons Friday by Governor Miriam
A. Ferguson.
Those pardoned are General Ran-
gel Abram Cisnoros Leonard L.
Vasques. Charles Cllte Jesus Gon-
zales and Pedro Perales. They wera
convicted of murder in Bexar county.
ROBBERS GRAB PAYROLL
KIAGRA FALLS. N. Y Aug. 20.—
! Four robbers today held up Robert
: Kelly payroll clerk for the Spirella
company in the plant office and es-
caped with the company’* payroll
estimated at flO^MM).
EMPLOYE ELECTROCUTED
DENISON Texas Aug. 20.—<*V-*
I Fdward Chambers. ‘16. of Sherman
1 employe of the Telephone Company#
was electrocuted here shortly before
noon when a telephone wire on
which he was working fell across a
I trolley wire used by interurbana
sending six hundred volts through
his hotly. Efforts were being mad*
to resuscitate him. a
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POISON AND ROPE
: ELGIN III. Mrs. Joseph Webb
j took poison and hanged herself in
a double attempt at suicide but will
I recover.
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CITY GRANTS
CREAGER NEW
RIGHT-OF-WAY
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Another Franchise Is
Given Him to Build
Structure Over Rio
Grande Here
Abandonment by the Gateway
Bridge Company better known as
the Creager bridge interests. of
their plan to build an approach to
their proposed inteinational bridge
by using Fourteenth Street in favor
of an approach up Levee Street and
on the south half of the street was
indicated todav when the company
applied to the city commission for
a new franchise incorporating the
new plan.
The franchise was voted bv the
city commission as requested by the
applicant. R. B. Creager president
of the Gateway Bridge Company.
While no official announcement of
the fact has been made it is under-
stood that the Gateway Bridge Com-
pany and the Brownsville & Mata-
moros Rapid Transit Company which
also proposed to construct a bridge
at about the same point have come
to »n agreement. The latter com-
pany recently took a non-suit in an
injunction charing in the fedeial
coutt. It has dropped its plans it
is understood in favor of the Gate-
way company’s project.
Other than the change in the
ground to be covered by the ap-
proach on the American si(fe of the
river the franchise is the same
that granted by the city commis-
sion last December and which was
later approved by the voters in a
referendum election called because
of a protest.
Still another bridge interest that
of C. G. Maiolt and associates (if
San Antonio. originated as the
Brownsville & Matamoros Municipal
Bridge Company contested the Gate-
way company’s plans in a trial in
the civil district court of Cameron
county in which the plaintiff con-
tended that certain damage to prop-
erty might be sustained if the bridge
approach was constructed on bour-
teenth street. The case was de-
cided in favor of the Gateway com-
pany and was appealed to the civil
appeals court at San Antonio. A
decision is not expected before Oc-
tober.
According to the Creager inter-
ests the pending case will in no way
interfere with the plans to build the
approach on Levee street instead of
Fourteenth.
The new fronchise grants to
Creager a right of way in and upon
that part of Levee and Fourteenth
streets bounded on thq southeast by
Fort Brown on the noitheast by the
center line of Levee street on the
northwest by an extension across
Levee street of the line dividing lots
10 and 11 in block f>U and on the
southwest by the southwestern boun-
dary of Levee street.
| WEATHER REPORT
For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Fair to partly cloudy
to night and Saturday; moderate
tempei ature.
For Hast Texas: Tartly cloudy to-
night and Saturday. Light to fresh
southerly winds on the coast.
Daily River Bulletin
Flood l’revent 24 Hr. 2t Hr.
Stave . Stare Chnr. Rain
Dei Rio .10 — — .00
Kagle Tass .10 3.7 40.2 .00
Laredo .27 0.1 +0.1 .00
Rio Grande .15
Mission .24 5.0 -0.8 .00
San Benito .21
Brownsville .18 0.7 -0.4 .00
River Forecast
The river will continue to fall
from Mission down.
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Mexico Supreme
Court May Pass
On Regulations
MEXICO CITY. Auk. 20.—</P> —
The Catholic episcopate bejran care-
ful studv today of the question
whether it shall petition congress to
ameliorate the reliitious reflations
which have caused a cessation of
masses and other ceremonies in the
Catholic church or whether it shall
make an appeal to the supreme court
to pass upon the question of the
KELLOGG PLAN
IS ENDORSED
London Approves U.S.
View on Regional
Programs
—
' LONDON. Aug. 20 </P>—The ad-
dress of Frank B. Kellogg American
' secretary of state at IMattsburg. N.
| Y- in which he dir cursed the Geneva
conference for the limitation of |
armaments and denied that the
United States government eontem- |
plated withdrawing from the Geneva i
discuss’ons. is commented on ap- |
provingly by several of the London
newspapers today.
The contention of Mr. Kellogg that
it is better to begin regional arma- |
ment agreements than to await the
formulation of some universally ap- !
plirable scheme of disarmament is
generally endorsed. The Times states
that the "considered views from Mr. j
Kellogg’s signally well balanced i
mind" form a valuable contribution
to the disarmament problem espe-
cially as he spoke as “the represen-
tative of the nation which first
brought about by mutual voluntary
agreement curtailment of armaments
among several wholly independent
and distant countries."
GKNKVA Switzerland Aug. 20.—
l/P»—Secretary of State Kellogg's
address at Plattsburg has pleased
league of nations circles because of
the renewed assurance that the Uni-
ted States will stick to the present
disarmament discussions while there
exists any hope that something can
be achieved in the reduction of
armaments.
Disarmament is proving even a1
bigger problem than had been an-
ticipated and it is realized here that
infinite patience must be the watch
word If anything is to be accom-
plished.
29 REFUGEE NUNS
ARRIVE ON BORDER
LAREDO Texas Aug. 20.- OT*l —
Twenty-nine refugee Catholic nuns I
from Mexico left here this morning
and will be followed by twenty-four
others Saturday morning all being
I members of the colony of nuns in
Laredo expelled from Mexico.
Twenty-four members of the
Madams of The Sacred Heart from
Mexico City left here today for San
Antonio where they will found ft
convent to open September 1.
BREAK AIR RECORD
CHICAGO 111. Aug. 20. (Ah The
United States air mail was brought
fropi New York to 1 hicago today in
five hours and 27 minutes breaking j
all records officials said for west- |
i bound airmail transportation over i
the route.
County May Lease Road
do Supplement Revenues
BEAUMONT. Texas. Aug. 20 —
♦Ah—The nalm of Jefferson county
Texas is itching for the King
Midas touch. This county is hon-
eycombed with oil wells spouting
out liquid wealth at a great rate
since ancient Spindletop has be-n
revived but the county officially
stands by with empty pockets.
So the county commissioners
have conceived the idea that per-
haps they can lease a road for
drilling purposes and thereby cor-
ral a few of the millions that are
a
The county commission deliber-
ated on the question yesterday. A
county road runs ^rough the
field and it has been suggested
that the county could either close
the road or narrow it. rK large
number of producing wells are
within a few feet of the road and j
it is said if the county could find ;
some legal way to lease the public
highway it would gain millions in
royalties. Some lawyers state it
would be unconstitutional to do
so.
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validity of the religious provisions
of the constitution.
This step is being taken following
receipt by Archbishop Mora Del Hio
of a letter from President Calles in
answer to a request from the episco-
pate for a suspension of the regu-
lations. The president informed the
archbishop that he purposed to up-
hold the constitution as it relates to
churches and declined because of his
"political and philosophical convic-
tions” to request congress to amend
the fundamental law.
Wcunld Oppose Change
The president suggests that if the
episcopate desires any modification
of the law that it may have recourse
in any attempt to have congress
change it or appeal to the supreme
court for relief. He says that if the
episcopate should introduce an
amendment bill in congress he will
not use'his presidential prerogative
to have it withdrawn
Bishop Diaz secretary of the epis-
copate commenting upon President
Calles' reply said:
“We must recognize that President
Calles is frank in his reply to the
episcopate’s letter as he declares his
philosophical and political opinion
forbids him from transmitting our
request to congress.
‘‘In the second place he is granting
us the right which the constitution
denies clergymen in admitting that
we have the right to make a petition
because the constitution denies us
everything. In the third place the
president admits that we .have not
rebelled ugainst the laws in ordering
a suspension of religious servitts.
"His reply points out a way to
settle the conflict.”
ItrlriKi' Subjects
All the Catholics arrested in con-
nection with the alleged conspiracy
to foment uprising* throughout the
republic last Sunday have been re-
leased. except three women whom
the police call the leaders of the
plot and right men.
ttenora Josefina Novoa Senora
Luz F. I'eperchez and Senorita Pax
Gomez Linares are the women who
are being held
Dispatches from Puebla say that a
Catholic priest has been brought
there under arrest from the village
of iluelvetlan. The charges against
him were not revealed. Local rumor
however is that the priest killed the
mayor of the village because the
mayor refused to open the-Catholic
church.
The Catholic episcopate announces
that it has been informed that the
I department of education in the state
of Jalisco has sent a circular to all
school teachers that they must with-
in ten days make known whether
they support President ('alles' relig-
ious policy anti if they do not they
must resign.
Workmen Propose
Rent Strike
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 20. f/T> The
union workmen of the federal dis-
trict are considering proclaiming a
"rent strike" as a countermeasure to
the economic boycott of the Cath-
olics. Workmen if the strike is
called may refuse to pay house rent
to landlords who are members of or
support the League for the Defense
of Religious Liberty’s boycott.
A meeting of the federal district
federation of labor unions has ac-
cepted in principle the foregoing
proposal but final action upon it
will be taken at a subsequent meet-
ing. '
The plan proposes that rent shall
be deposited in banks periodically
and be available to landlords when
they repudiate the league boycott.
Houston Man Makes
Bond in Auto Killing
HOUSTON. Texas. Aug 20.—I. S.
Gerson merchant. 4214 Polk Avenue.
Thursday made bond in the sum of
$1000 on a charge of negligent homi-
cide in eonncction with the death of
an unidentified Mexican laborer
struck by an automobile Monday
near Harlingen. *
Bond was made at the office of
Sheriff T. A. Binford for the author-
ities at Harlingen. before whom
complain was filed.
Gerson said the Mexican suddenly
stepped in front of his car. Gerson
was touring the valley with a cousin
when the accident happened.
TEETH FROM STEEL
ESSEN.—Experiments are ' being
made in the manufacture of false
teeth from enameled steel.
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DRIVE STARTED
FOR DREDGING
OF WATERWAY
-
Project Proposes Deep-
ening of Arroyo Col-
orado Sufficient For
Barge Traffic
HARLINGEN’. Texas Aug. 20.-
Plans for deepening the channel of j
the Arrovo Colorado sufficient to
permit light draft barges to navigate
the waterway as far a* Harlingen
and possibly La Kcria are taking
definite shape here. At a meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce ihur*-!
day afternoon the various phases of
the project were discussed and a
committee consist ng of Al Parker.
O. E. Stuart and W. L. Beckham. Jr . |
was appointed to take charge of fi- '
nancing the project.
Several surveys of the Arroyo
channel made with the idea of util-
ising it as a commercial waterway
J are available and it is estimated
that the cost of dredging will noi
exceed $100000. Dredging of the
(Continued on page two. 1
Large Audience
Welcomes Moody
HARUXGKX Texas Aug. 20.—
Speaking at the Valley fair grounds
before the largest audience of vot-
ers ever assembled in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Dan .Moody candi-
date for governor last night flayed
the policies of the present state ad-
ministration asserting that "Kergu-
BABY BANDIT
IS SHOT DOWN
14-Year-Old Boy Pulls
Gun to Intimidate
Officers
FUFBLO Colo Aug. 20.
Leslie Gonce 14 year old ‘‘ba.:y ban-
dit" was shot and probably fatally
wounded just before noon today
when he attempted*to draw a revol-
ver when ordered to surrender by
deputy sheriff Charles Fiscus. He
was shot three times in the neck
and chest.
Just before noon federal prohibi-
tion agent Fred Funston and Special
Deputy Sheriff H. J. Morris had
been talking to the boy on the street
for five minutes asking that he sur-
render when Sheriff's officers ar-
rived. The bov then attempted to
draw a weapon he carried in his
shirt front.
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FRANTIC MOTHER
STOPS WEDDING
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PARIS. Mo..#Aug. 20. P- -Cupid's
plans went awry here yesterday and
an April and December wedding was
indefinitely postponed.
Luther Sebastian 26 of Shelbina
Mo. had won Mrs. Lucy C.reenup 72
>•!'« •• a whirlwind courtship that
started last Saturday. The license
had bten secured the minister sum-
moned and the wedding guests were
gathering when the prospective
; bridegroom’s mother and a son of
I the intended bride arrived.
Sebastian was taken hom# by hi-
motheg while hi- 72 year «dd fiancee
I was lectured by her son on the trials
of matrimony.
Five Dead in Ohio
Floods; More Rains
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Aug. 20. iA*- —
With the death toll in Ohio due to
floods in the past few days standing
at five and with thousands of acre.*
of the state's finest corn land and a
number of highways under water
rain was again forecast for today.
Although- • number of streams
were! reported receding last'night
• ddyfionnl rainfall today was expert
| sonism is the greatest menace con-
fronting the state of Texas.
Finley Ewing mayor of Harlingen
presided at the meeting and intro-
duced Milton West of Brownsville
head of the Moody campaign com-
mittee for this part of Texas who
in turn introduced the speaker.
Mr. Moody dwelt to some length
upon the pleasures he derived from
: his Valley trip expressing his ap-
| predation fer the support given him
' at the first primary. “The Lower
Rio (Jrande Valley is wonderful." he
j stated. “My trip over the Valley to-
day ha' been a revelation. All Texas
| is proud of the development and
Texas is confident this will eventu-
ally become (fnc of the most beau-
tiful sections of the l>ited States."
Commenting upon the Valley's cot-
ton crop Mr. Moody stated that Wil-
liamson county. his home. had
claimed to be the banner cotton coun-
ty of Texas but his trip had con-
vinced him that the Valley would
be entitled to that banner.
Flays Administration
Mr. Moody then launched into his
j campaign address opening with the
chatge that Texas has a dual gov-
| ernnient that Mrs. Ferguson is
merely the nominal governor and
"Jim” the active governor without
responsibility. He asserted that this
j is a condition that cannot be rnain-
' tained in Texas; that it is direct
contravention to every precept of the
democratic party and democratic
government.
The highway contracts were next
in order Mr. Moody reading from
the records the amounts paid sub-
contractors by the American t'on-
I struetion Co. and the amounts de-
lived by that company frorn state
i funds. His arraignment of the Fer-
gusons and the highway commission
I for their petion in awarding the
contracts was scathing. He also re-
: ferred to the employment of Jim
Ferguson as the attorney for the
Sugarland railtoad. stating that Fer-
guson had not been active in prac-
ticing iaw and that his employment
in such capacity was a distinct sur-
prise to the Texas bar and had elicit-
ed much comment as to the probable
reason for the railroad company’s
action in employing Ferguson.
Teh sudden growih of the Fergu-
son Forum's advertising patronage
was another subject which drew
scathing comment from Mr. Moody.
He cited the fact that prior to the
election of Mrs. Ferguson the Fergu-
son Forum had been a very ordinary
weekly publication devoted largely
to political propaganda. 'Immediately
following the election of 15*24 its
adveitising developed amazingly pub-
lic utilities corporations rtntd con-
! tractors and in-urance companies
being among the chief patrons. He
maintained that the advertising rates
had been increased beyond ill rea-
sonable bounds but that the publi-
cation obviously had no difficulty
in securing plenty of advertising
from corporations which could he
benefited through special favors of
the chief executive of the state
liive* Ovation
When Mr. Moody entered the grand
(Font in tied on page two.)
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Find Gaines Guilty
on Slaying Charge;
Daughter \ ictim
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug 20.—(>P> -
Wallace ( loves Games charged with
staying his daughter Sylvia faced
the gallows today. He was con-
victed of first degree murder in sti-
pe rior court here Iasi night and the
jury fixed the penalty at death by
hanging.
A* the verdict was returned the
prisoner collapsed but quickly re-
gained his composure leaving the
court room under guard erect and
indifferent.
"It sure was a body blow." was his
only comment. Games’ attorneys
immediately pre-enttd motions for
arrest of judgment and for a new
trial.
The conviction of Gaines brought
to a close a trial that has attracted
more attention than any other crim-
inal proceeding in the history of
Seattle. The state's case against
the defendant was circumstantial
tl ere being no eye w itnesses to the
slaying.
Sylvia Howard Gaines. 22. pretty
and a graduate of Smith college
Northampton. Mass. was killed the
night of June 1*>. Her battered body
w. found the next morning on the
pogo two.)*
HOLD WOMAN
i SON IN CASE
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Both Are Arrested In
Los Fresnos Death
Mystery
A woman and her son are being
■ held on special warrants in Conner*
! tion with the mysterious death Wed-
nesday evening of Juan Garcia at
Los Fresnos who died in convulsions
j after stating that his illness was
i due to something that he had eaten.
Officers Thursday began inquiry
into his deatH :.nd an a'utopsy was
performed in an effort to determine
the cause of his demise. iHs stom-
I ach was sent to Austin where it now
■ is being examined for poison traces
1 by state chemists. It is expected
(that a report will be received soon
! from Austin.
One hearing was held before Jus-
| tjee of the Peace Fred Kowalski this
morning in which the woman and her
son were examined and another
I hearing was scheduled for this after-
j noon to bring out furtheij evidence.
Garcia was < mployed b> Antonio
Gonzales in the Los Fresnos com-
I munity. He is a native of Mexico
I but had lived at this place for eight
.or nine years. He partook of some
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GUNMEN KILL
GANG LEADER
Nephew of Chicago
Vice Lord Victim
of Old Feud
CHICAdi. 111.. Aug. 20.—MV-
Gangsters' bullets that have been
turned upon associates of Phillip
Piazza slain vice lord of Chicago
Heights were used again today. This
time Joseph Nerone or Maroni. :57
said to have been a nephew of Piaz-
za. died when seven shots had en-
tered his body.
Nerone had attempted a counter
attack for his hand clutched a revol-
ver from which two shots had been
fired. He was killed as he stood by
his expensive automobile in front of
a barber shop. His diamonds worth
a small fortune were not taken.
Police thought the motive centered
about rivalry between liquor gangs.
INVESTIGATING
! COMPRESS FIRE
HARLINGEN. Texas. Aug. 20. G.
N. Hottbn state fire marshal is in
Harlingen to investigate the recent
$450000 fire in the compress at this
pjace the first large cotton fire Joss
of the season.
Mr. Holton explained that incen-
diarism is not suspected hut that the
investigation will go toward elimi-
nating a gin hazard. In ginning
damp cotton there is much friction
with the gin saws and a spark is
created. That spark is hidden In
the interior of the cotton as it Is
baled and smoulders for hours be-
fore it burns to the surface and
exposes the fire.
According to Mr. Holton the Har-
lingen fire has been traced and that
the gin will be asked to hold its
cotton twenty-four hours before
sending it into the compress or place
it w’ith other cotton. Several gins
. will be importuned to do the same
; thing and eliminate the danger due
! to friction in ginning damp cotton.
MOODY RETURNS
CONTRIBUTIONS
AUSTIN. Texas. Aug. 20——
Attorney General Dan Moody has re-
turned the contributions of Lee Rat-
terwhite and R. L. Bobbitt candi-
dates for the state legislature he
stated in a statement attached to his
expense account filed with the sec-
retary of state Friday.
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