The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 130, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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THE
STOVEk
AUTO-OILED WINDMILL
A 24 hoar service mill
that will operate at !ea*t one year
with only one oiling
I ALAMO IRON WORKS *
SAN ANTONIO BROWNSVILLE
_ESTABLISHED 1892 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11 192?_EIGHT PAGES TODAY_FIVE CENTS A COPY
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^POTATO GROWERS of the Valley
your toes!
■i Read what Arthfbr Brisbane the
itorial writer says of the Zucker-
**sn brothers of California:
“In the Sacramento Valleys glory of
hi orthern California the Zuckerman
^•others are making this old earth
n.ork as she should work. They plan
_*xt year to beat the world's potato
rowing record which belongs to
IRiem by increasing their record to |
w 600 bushels per acre from 1038 the
11 present record.
“With such production one corner
’ »f California or Texas would feed
— he world. Making 60000 pounds of j
U.'ood grow on an acre where no food !
c?rew a little while ago is worth!
5 while.
t “The Zuckermans are not making I
jany little laboratory experiment. I
i Their crop last year was 375.000
'■ sacks of number one and 25000 sacks i
j of number two potatoes enough to J
^winter 20000 families."
» Probably Mr. Brisbane’s friends per- ;
mit their potatoes to grow to large
C sixes. Here in the Valley 350 bushels
‘ ha* been a pretty good record but
( since they are harvested early and
in small sixes as comrared with the
^ Zuckerman potatoes the figure it-
■ salf means nothing- Grow the Val-
■ ley potato to the California siae and
700 bushels would be the likely re-
sist.
Therefore the Valley doesn't harve
far to shoot to equal or beat’the
present record of the Zuckermans.
tt m
BROWNSVILLE’S assessable valu-
ations for tax purposes promise to
be increased this year from about
$7800000 to $11000000 or above.
At least such are the rumors that
come out of the board of equaliza-
tion’s office over at city hall.
„ «2|S board is reported to be mak- |
itfjr an earnest effort tq raise all real
estate values to a reasonable valua-
which are generally conceded to be
which are generally ocneedes to be
ats least twice the value 18 months
or so ago.
Fire insurance in force in Brqwns-
ville is said to l»e around $15000000
or twice .the* figure of the old valua-
tion—and none of the insurance cov-
ers dirt which cannot be damaged
by fire.
Seventy-five per rent of the actual
value iv'he way the board is going
at the matter.
• • •
TWO INDIANS near Mexico City j
• are being “touted” to win the next j
! Olympic marathon if they are given j
• the opportunity to enter.
t They ran 621-2 miles in nine I
r hours thirty-seven minutes.
m Their kind of life lived always rn
in he open kept them in fit condition.
— Wonder what would happen to:
^*»em when inserted into Pullman
t erths. steamer cabins stuffy hotel
ooms while en route to the*OIympic-
"* The / news dispatches telling of
feat also recounted that their
~"otton crop was destroyed during a
^ elebration of the!r marathon.
But they were compensated. They
demanded thirty yards of cloth each.
Their demand was met and then
some the additional gifts including
a plaugh and a crimson slik handker-
chief for each.
^ w —
EDINBURG HAS joined the list of
Vsllsy towns having town clocks. The
list is nqt long. It comprises just
two town clocks.
The first and only town clock in
the Valley Hr something like 85
years is in the bclfrv at the Browns-
ville grammar school.
The newer clock is now established
at the front of the haadsome new
building of the Edinburg Bank &
Trnat Company.
The town clock that is Browns- i
ville's ia not a persistent worker. It
frequently takes days off judging
from remarks among residents of its
immediate neighboihood who depend
Upon it to keep them in close touch -
With all fleeting moments-
And we might mention that among
the things the Valley needs is more
town clocks.
• • • «
IT TAKES REAL money to run
newspapers. The Herald is again re- j
minded of the fact since it has just
invested in a machine to make the
Corners of border rules fit snugly—
close up.
The machine cost $250.
In addition to which The 'Herald
hopes some day to save 25 minutes
in press time. To save that 25 minutes
It will cost the newspaper $30000.
Over $1000 a minute.
The difference comes in the fact
that that press will print 5000 papers
in about^twenty minutes whereas
the present equipment will print
#000 papers in an hour—When every-
thing it running just right.
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GRAND MA PLAYS.
SOUTH ARDMORE Pa.-Although
00 vears of age Mr*. Caleb Fox of
Philadelphia lost by onlv one stroke
qualifying for the women’s notional.
golf tourney.
MILLIKIN GETS
FULL PENALTY
FOR SLAYING
__k
Lockhart Man Con-
victed of Murder Ift
Sentenced to Elec-
tric Chair
lockhart! Texas Nov. 11.—</P»
—A. V. Miliikin here on trial since
a week ago lust Monday for the
slaying of Mrs. Virginia Petty
Pivtty San Antonio business woman
was found guilty of murder and
sentenced to death in the electric
chair by a jury in the twenty-second
distrietvcourt today.
Miliikin received the verdict with-
out emotion. He wus arrested in San
Antonio last May after the finding
of Mrs. Penny's body on the banks
of Comal river near New Braunfels.
“Good bye” he said to newspaper-
men as a bailiff led.him back to jail.
The defense offered only one wit-
ness Miss Paula Nelson* of New
Braunfels who said she was acting
as clerk at the Plaza Hotel on the
niaht of the alleged murder. She tes-
tified that a man came in “Some
time after 11 o'clock” on that night
and registered us A. V. Miliikin. She
said she did not pay any attention
to his face and could not* say if the
(Continued on page two.)
FIND NO TRACE
OF VALLEY MAN
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Harlingen Electrician
Misting Since Nov.
2 Wife States
HARLIXGEX Tex.. Nov. 11.—Be-
luf that her 1 usband has been mur-
dered was expressed here bv Mrs.
Albert B. Holmes when she left for
San Antonio to look for Mr. Holmes
missing since Xov. 2.
Holmes is an electrician and left
here with the intention of going to
Houston although he told his wife
before having that he would prob-
ably go by Fan Antonio first to see
if he could fi’ d work there. It was
his intention to leave San Antonio
and sock work in Houston in case
he did not find a location in the
Alamo city.
Failing to hear from her husband
Mrs. Holm’s communicated w’ith of-
ficers in San Antonio and Houston
and a search was started. No trace
of Holmes had been found up until
Tuesday of this week and Mrs.
Holmes left Tuesday night for San
Antonio to h-*lp hunt for her hus-
band.
Mrs. Holmts expressed the fear
that her hus'tand has been murder-
ed. or h.Tr met with an accident.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Alphor«c
Newton of Bexar county is working
on the case.
SHAW IS AWARDED
THE NOBEL PRIZE
STOCKHOLM Sw den Nov. 11.—
—George Bernard Shaw British
author today was awarded the 1925
Nobel prize for literature.
The 19£*T prize was postponed un-
til next year by the Royal Swedish
Academy of Literutur? which decides
the awards under the terms of the
Alfred Nobel Foundation.
Open Schcols In 4
Church Buildings
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 11.—GTn—
Twenty-five schools have been open-
ed in the republic in buildings which
weie used formerly as rectories ves-
tries or other adjuncts to Catholic
churches and which were recently
taken ov?r bv the government.
Numeious requests have been re-
ceived for the use of such buildings
for school purposes and are being
act^d on as rapidly as possible. All
requests which have been made so
far have been acted upon favorably.
• ■" ■ — ■ ■ ■ i
All Nations Today
Paying Tribute to
World War Heroes
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.—(/P)—The world paused a' mo-
ment today in the frenzied struggle for existence and ag-
grandisment to recollect that exactly eight years ago there
had come the ringing word*from France that gripped men's
hearts as no other message could have done.
The great war was over—the roaring destroying guns
stilled at la$t. i
An ecstacy and rejoicing and triumph had followed. In
that ^irst wild burst there was no thought of the maze of
BULLET KILLS
CHICAGO GIRL
Police Believe Slay-
ing Was Case Mis-
taken Identity
CHICAGO. Nov. 11.—Shot
down last night as sh? was hurrying!
home from a violin lesson fifteen -
year old Victoria Dorothy Delcmata
was slain police believed today as
a result of mistaken identity.
The girl’s mother heard her cry
as sh? fell mortally wounded in the
middle of the street near her Aep-
fathcr's delicatessen store. A theory
that the girl. IT pupil in the Chicago
Heights high school was slain when
she fl?d from the advances of some
loiterer was discredited when it was
discovered that two shots had been
tired from as far away as the side-
walk. Police Mrgued that such an
assailant would be unlikely to fire
more than once if at all and the
girl apparently had not been harmed
before she was mortally wounded.
Detectives learned that Victoria
very much resembled a Mtss Hel?n
Lagura who lives near the delica-
tessen and who a short time ago re-
ceived a threatening letter from a
suitor she dismissed.
Also it was found that an uniden-
tified man had forced his way into
the girl’s home to look at the body
had became very agitated and fled
to a waiting automobile when at-
tempts were made to question him.
No one witnessed the shooting al-
though one woman s-aid she r..n to
her door in time to see u mati slip-
ping away into the dusk as the
child’s steps falt?red.
STEAMSHIP LINE
TO CORPUS CHRISTI
(By Trens Agency.)
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 11—Arrange-
ments are being made for the open-
ing of steamship connections be-
tween Corpus Christi Texas ar.d
ports in Mexico. The traffic is ex-
pected to start in the near future.
Extensive improvements have b#en
made at Corpus Christ! during the
past two years and the port is now-
able to take care of deep draft ves-
sels of all kinds. Every effort is
being made to extend the trade of
the port.
Several firms there are in touch
with the Mexican authorities look-
ing to intensifying the trade with
Mexican ports. The Mexicnn consul
there i« giving all available assist-
ance and information regarding raw-
materials markets and other matters
likely to increase he trade between
the two countries.
REBELS ATTACK
MEXICAN TOWN
MEXICO CITY Nov. 11.—f/P>—■
The commanding officer and three
soldiers have been killed by “fanat-
ics” who atti.cked the garrison at
San Juan de los Lagos.
The war department in making
the hnnouncemcnt says four of the
fanatics weie slain and that troops
have been rushed to the scene to
cunish the other rebels. The garri-
son at an Juan de los Lagos Is made
up of fifteen men.
»
Disturbing Elements on
Queen's Train Have Left
QUEEN MARIES TRAIN En-
route to Kansas City Nov. 11.—<iP)
—Cleared of dissension which has
marked *ts passage since the trans-
continental tour began Queen Ma-
rie’s special train moved across
•Colorado Kansas and into Nebras-
ka today before returning south
again to Kansas City the day's
destination.
With the departure in Denver
yesterday of the party of Miss Loie
Fuller who befriended Queen Ma-
rie during the war a factor about
which much controversy waged
WR( removed from the train’s p?r-
Ik. V r
sonnel. Miss Fuller her press
agent. Miss May Birkhead and her
secretary Miss Gabrielle Bloch
left of their own accord to keep a
business engagement IB New York.
They departed in a special car
with the understanding that they
could remain with the party as
long as they desired as guests of
Queen Marie and. Colonel John H.
Carroll host to her majesty.
Miss Fuller who is associated
with the millionaire Samuel Hill
in his Maryhill Museum venture
said goodbye to Marie just before
the queen set forth to enjoy Den-
ver’s reception yesterday.
penexities that was to beset
the pathways of peace.
What mattered it; the boys were
coming home.
They came and grateful nations
poured out a lavish greeting to gi^
iant sons. The glory due to valor
was showered upon them in every city
and hamlet.
Then came one home to America— !
dead and unknown who Cbuld not
hear the cheering. • About him cen-
tered such a majestic tribute to all !
those who lay dead in France as the {
price of victory that it gave Armistice]
Day a new* and solemn meaning to all j
Americans.
Today as always the tomb of the
unknown soldier in Arlington ceme-
tery was the heart of the American
observance of Armistice Day. In the
words of congress and of the presi-
dent’s proclamation it typified “our
gratitude for peace and our desire
(Continued on page two.)
BLIND; TAKES
HIS OWN LIFE
Old Man is Discovered
Dead on Carmen
Ranch
Because he was fated to spend the
remainder of his old age in darkness
hopelessly and totally blind. I'ablo
Portales 7b years old took his own
life on the Carmen Ranch on the
mii’tary road yesterday afternoon.
That is what relatives and others
living close to the old man said
yesterday afternoon when they found
him. mortally wounded in his room
“If I cannot »s**e I do not want to
live." is what the ol() man is said
to have remarked when ufter fruit-
less trips to San Antonio Monterrey
and other places to interview special-
ists he was told that his case was
hopeless- „
Only two women were in the
house one a daughter-in-law when
the shot was heard in the old man's
room. Rushing in they found him |
wounded and called for help. Ho died j
before officers and a doctor* from j
Brownsville could arrive on the scene.
Sheriff L. G. Nichols and Judge
George B. Brown went to the ranch. !
Judge Brown conducted an inquest
and returned a verdict of suicide.
Clos^ relatives surviving him arc '
his widow- and a son. Andrea Poe-
tries. who runs a store on the Car-
men Ranch.
Funeral services were held today
on the ranch burial plot.
STEEL COMPANY
PAY ROLL GONE
AMARILLO. Texas Nov. 11.—OP>—
The disappearance of the $5000 pay-
roll of the Pittsburps-Dcs Moines
Steel Company of Dallas Amarillo
ann Borgcr remains a mystery here
although every effort is being made
to trace it.
The payroll in check form was
mailed from Dallas November 4 but
was never received in the Borger
field office. O. C. White field man-
ager said last night.
Several of the checks have been
cashed in Amarillo and the oil <
fields it is said.
Hutchinson Carson and Potter
county officials are busy today in
an effort to trace some of the j
checks already cashed.
BIG AIRLINER ;
IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY Nov. li._<£>)—The
triple motored air liner of tha Na-
tion;*! Air Transport Ir.c. which ar-
rive^ here late yesterday from Chi-
cago will resume its flight today on '
the trial passenger trip froi* Chica-
go to Dallas. The ship will take the
air early this afternoon for St. Jos-
eph -Mo. where an'overnight stop
will be made.
Friday morning ths giant plane
will hop off for the south with
Wichita Kans. its first scheduled
stop.*
BABY BURNED.
PLAINFIELD. N. Y.^Leaving the
house for a few minutes after mak-
ing fire in a kitchen stove Mrs.
Leonard Russell returned to find
the kitchen in flames.'Effort* to res-
cue her baby who was sleeping in
a room adjoining ihe kitchen were
unavailing.
»
WOMEN OFFER
LEGISLATIVE
SUGGESTIONS
Federated Clubs Pro-
test Against Inva-
sion of Residential
Districts by Stores
DALLAS Tex.. Nov. 11.—</b—Fed-
erated club women of Texas today
took up u cudgel against the corner
grocery store the neighborhood gas- |
oline tilling station" and other al-
leged ttespussers in residence pre-1
cincts.
Calling upon Governor-elect Dan
Mo mi} and members of the legisla-
ture to do something delegates to I
tne ;lS#th .tnnusl convention af the
Texas Federation of Women's clubs
voted almost unanimously for some
system of zoning residential dis-
tricts from the intrusion of the
commercial invaders.
• We realize that cities must have
stoies and factories of ull kinds in
order to supply the needs and desires
of people but we insist that there
are places in every c^ty much bitter
situated from every standpoint than
our residential districts and that
such locations can only be correctly
deter mined through comprehensive
city planning.” the risolution snid.
Two women one a law enforcer
and the other soon to be a lawmak-
er told the delegates about laws that
should be enforced and those that
should b. pass.d. The first senator-
elect of Texas .Miss Margie Neale
of Carthage said it was her purpose
as the first senator to ”go slow-
keep cool and not ride a hobby.”
Mrs. C. \V. Webb city attorney of
Elgin approved th.* prohibition law
denounced bridge parties in hotels
and urged the women to put “force
in law enforcement.**
•The l#th amendment na» given
us better food and better educated
children” she said. -The United
States government has said it will
protect the mail if it took the whole
navy. I say we ought to enforce pro-
hibition if it takes the whole army
and thi* v^hole navy."
Miss Neale said she did not expect
to become a great law’makcr over-
night but that she would ‘ have
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INVESTIGATE
POISON CASE
Entire Family Show
Effects of Arsenic
Poisoning
BALLINGER. Texas. Nov. 11-—f/P*
—Mystery revolving about the
poisoning of eight members of the
W. M. Ashton family at their farm i
home neaiy here probably will be j
taken before the Runnels county |
grand jury District Attorney \\al-|
ter Early of Btownwood said today.
Early and Other officers investigat-
ing the case indicated that an ar-
rest is imminent. Five of the family
are still in serious condition.
A physician’s analysis of flour
used in breakfast biscuits showed
liberal quantities of arsenic as also
did the biscuits officials sa’d. The
family fell ill after breakfast and
it is believed that the poison was
placed in the flour sack the night
before.
J. J. Ashton. 75. father of W. M..
seems to be in the most critical con-
dition it was reported today. The
latter's wife and two of their girls
Elma 20 and Mary 16 are the other
victims. Three boys of the family
recovered.
DUBLIN ROWDIES
PRECPITATES RIOT
»
DUBLIN. Nov. 11.—(Ah—Several
persons were injured today in a me-
lee caused after an armistice day
celebiation in Phoenix Park when a
group of rowdies attempted to cap-
ture Union Jacks being . .arried by a
detachment of former woldiers which
took part in the observance.
The police were forced to charge
several times and to use their bat-
ons.
The rowdies attemped to set fire
to an antomobile from which poppies
were being sold for the benefit of
disabled soldiers and who stripped
poppies from other cars?*
Two Released By
Chicago White Sox
CHICAGO. Nov. 11—<AV-Pitcher
Milton Steengrafe and Outfielder
Spencer Harris today were released
bv the jChicago White Sox.
* Steengrafe. who was obtained from
the Little Rock Southern Association
club last season goes to the Wich-
ita Falls Texas League club and Har-
ris. who has besn with the Chicago
lub for some time was turned over
o ."Shreveport.
V*.
Three Negroes
Slain Report
HOUSTON Texas. Nov. II—bP)
Seven unmasked men at least
nnt of them white shot and killed
three negroes and burned the
bodies of two of them in their
cabin at the Ilasett Blakely ranch
near the Harris and Fort Bend
county lines Wednesday night ac-
cording to a report to Sheriff T. H.
Binford's office here Thursday.
First reports to the sheriffs of-
fice were that four negroes had
b< en slain and their bodies Incin-
erated. Investigation showed the
sheriff said that one of the occu-
pants of the cabin had escaped.
The scene of the murders is 25
miles from Houston.
Arrest of at least one white
man is imminent the sheriff an-
nounced.
According to the sheriff’s depu-
ties. a number of men in cowboys’
garb surrounded the home of
Scott Evans 50 negro for 20
years foreman of the Blakel]|
ranch. The structure was about a
mile and half from the main ranch
building. In response to their call
Evans came out of the house and
was shot ffis body was found near
a rear gate with his head split
open.
Ln response to other calls. Fra-
iler Holmes negro cook for Evans
appeared. He was told to leave
and was unmolested. Robert
Brown. Negro cowboy and hla
wife Sylvia elected to stay in the
house which was riddled with
bul ets and set on fire. Their char-
red bodies were found in the ruins-
No white people were on the
ranch at the time of the tragedy.
It indicated. Sheriff Binford
said that the raiding party might
hve come from Harris county.
WEATHERMAN
GOOD TO FAIR
I *
Hidalgo County Plays
Host to Crowds at
Exposition
_
MISSION. Tex. Nov. 11.—Excellent
weather attended the opening of the
| annual Hidalgo County Fair here to-
day and the local American Legion
i o»i( ontor tor the exposition was
rewarded by having big crowds on
..am a * gates were thrown open
to the public.
Mission look occasion to csleljrate
both Armistice Day and the opening
of the Fair today. A parade was
held this morning in which those
who participated in the world war
eoncHWed eight years ago today were
generously represatned. Overseas
men in uniform participated in the
patade which was led by troops from
Fort Ringgold and their band. Oecor
rated floats weer provided.
VVnen the gates w„*rc thrown open
the majority of the booths were
ready and th* others were being
rushed to completion in order to be
ready for th* night crowds. The
fair is to continue through Saturday.
Although there was a pretty good
sized crowd on hand early today oth-
ers were coming in at a rapid rate
throughout the day. 'the city wel-
comed them with bunting and flags
on their buildings ’ere they reached
the fair grounds.
Among me micrnoon s aivirsior.s
were towo band concert* and rodeo.
Tonight the queen is to be crown-
ed. Her name is being kept secret
and the crowds are awaiting the cor-
onation tonight to ascertain her iden-
tity. She will be surrounded with a
couit composedof ductiesses repre-
senting various Valley towns.
Alter the coronation is over there
will be n style show with displays
of clothing by Hidaigo county mer-
chants.
Noticeable this year is the result
of special efforts to make it more
of a ATallty-wide affainr. Invitations
were sent out to all Valley towns to
participate and most of them accept-
ed. This was evidenced by the dis-
plays on hand from various Valley
towns.
EIRE SWEEPS
MIRANDO CITY
LAREDO. Tex. Nov. 11.——
Four business structures the postof-
fice and telephone exchange were
destroyed in a fire which swept Mi-
rando City an oil town 39 miles east
of here this morning.
The loss is estimated at $30000
partly covered by insurance.
Thief is Killed
When Car Crashes
CHICAGO Nov. 11.—<;p>-*-One of
a trio of supposed telephone box
thieves was killed and his com-
panions one a woman were hurt
early today when the automobile in
wh;ch they were racing ahead of .a
police car crashed into a bridge
abuttment.
A telephone paystation box. box
keys and $38 in nickels were found
in the wrecked car.
ABSENT-MINDED HUBBY.
CHICAGO.—George V. Schumacher
ha* secured the return of his w’allet
which ho put in a mail box instead I
of a letter given him by his wife.
Coolidge Will Not
Request Senate to.
Modify its Position
KANSAS CITY Mo. Nov. President Coolidge
served formal notice here today that the United States
would adhere to the world court only on the condition^laid
down by the senate.
The position of the chief executive who from the first
of his administration had urged American membership in
the court was made clear in an Armistice Day speech in
which he discussed world problems and called formally for
COOLIDGE JN
KANSAS CITY
Cheering Crowds Greet
President and Ap-
plaud Speech
KANSAS CITY. Nov. li.—op)—
I ['resident and Mrs. Coolidge and an
official party arrived at 8:35 this
morning on a special train from
Washington D. C. for the dedication
here today of the Liberty Memorial
Kansas City’s monument to war he-
roes.
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
arrived at the memorial for the ex-
ercises at 10:32 o’clock-
ignoring the cold and biting wind
the president stood on the platform
bareheaded his overcoat discarded1
and coat unbuttoned. The crowd had
by that time grown according to of-
ficial estimates to fifty thousand.
The first applause came whs.n ht
mentioned the names of Major Gen-1
eral Leonard Wood as one o' the
commanders of the 89th division
which was raised in this scctiot. and
Secretary Davis of the war depart-
ment. a native of Missouri.
Again there was applause when he
declared America was one and that
all her soldiers in the war were
Americans whatever the country of
their birth. His assertion* that
America must protect itself *h«! HUT
the first duty of Americans was to
maintain the supremacy of Ameri-
can rights also drew applause.
NEGRO IS HELD ON
NARCOTIC CHARGE
-- ■
A Brownsville negro John King
until the time of his arrest a porter
at the Riverside Hotel is in jail fac-
ing a charge of unlawfully smuggling
from Mexico into the United States
four grains of morphine and one
grain of cocaine.
The negro was arrested at 11
o’clock yesterday morning by Inspect-
or I. C. Jefferds at the international
bridge just as he had crossed to the
American side in a hack-
A preliminary hearing was given
the negro before Judge E. K. Good-
rich U. S. Commissioner yesterday
afternoon and bond set at $500. This
the negro was unable to raiie.
The negro signed a voluntary state-
ment in which he admitted having
used morphine and sometimes cocaine
for o*er 20 years.
LIABILITIES OF
DEPARTMENT BIG
AUSTIN’. Nov. It.—(/Pi—Outstand-
ing liabilities of the state highway-
department a* of October 31. aggre-
gated $4745004.34 while on the same
date cash to the credit of the de-
partment in the state treasury
amounted to $97909.21.
This report wa# made Thursday to
the house investigation committee by
L. P. Echols of the Houston branch
of Ernst and Ernst who audited the
highway department's books-
Representative John Wallace of
Freestone county committee secre-
tary said Echols’ report would be
placed in the committee's record.
One of the most significant fea-
tures of the audit is the fact that
the department has unpaid vouchers
on file for $451469.77 and doesn't
have the money to pay them” Secre-
tary Wallace said.
For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Fair and warmer to-
night; Friday partly cloudy and
warmer.
For East Texas: Tonight fair and
warmer; Friday inerrasing cloudiness
and warmer.
Light to fresh easterly to souther-
ly winds on the coast.
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present 24 Hr. 14 Ha
Stags Stage Chng. Rais
Del Rio .10 .00
Eagle Pass ..16 4.6 0.0 .00
Laredo .27 0.6 -0.1 .00
* Rio Grande 21 9.0 -0.6 .00
Mission ...24 7.1 ..+0.1 .00
San Benito 23 11.00 -0.6 .00
Brownsville ..18 7.8 -0.4 ‘.00
• Note: Rio Grande City's river
stage now from actual gage readings.
Zero of new gage was lowered 6 feet
and flood stage placed at 21 feet.
River Forecast
There will be no change in river.
BESIEGED BY BEES.
SOUTHAMPTON Eng.—A syste-
matic campaign had to be waged to
free several families besieged in
their homes by bee*.
the lirst time for conscript-
ion of capital as well as man
power in time of war.
The address was in dedication of
the Liberty Memorial erected by tho
people of this city in memory of it*
citizens who served in the world war.
Delivered at the hour when eight
years ago the Armistice went into
effect it was devoted to a discussion
of problems arising out of the war
with are-stating of the position of
the Washington government on many
questions of world interest whito
mention was made of national antag*
onism against this country.
Much Misrepresentation
“A permanent court of internation-
al justice has been established”the
president said in setting forth hia
position on the worm court “to
which nations may voluntarily resort
for an adjustment of their differ-
ences. It has been subject to much
misrepiesentation which has result-
ed in much misconception of its prin-
ciples and objects among our people.
I have advocated adherence to such
a court by this nation on condition
that the statute or treaty creating it
be amended to meet our views. Tha
Berate has adopted a resolution for
that purpose.
• While the nations involved can
not yet be said to have made a final
determination and from most of
them no answer ha# been received
many of them have indicated that
they are unwilling to concur in tha
conditions adopted by the resolution
of the senate. While no final deci-
sion can be made by our government
until final answers are received tha
situation has been sufficiently de-
veloped so that I feel warranted in
saying that 1 do not intend to ask
JlljyuMaifi to modify its position lip
hot believe the senate would tag*
favorable action on any such propos-
iti. and unless the requirements of
the senate resolution are met by the
other interested nations I can see no
prospect of this country adhering to
the court.”
Would Conscript Resources
In speaking of conscription Mr.
Coolidgc said that it “is more and
more becoming the conviction of stu-
dents of adequate defens.• that in
time of national peril the govern-
ment should he clothed with author-
ity to call into its service ail of its
man power and all of its property
under such terms and conditions that
it may completely avoid making a
sacrifice of one and a profiteer of
another.”
“To expose some men to the perila
of the battlefield while others are
left to reap Urge gains from the dis-
tress of their country is not in har-
mony with our ideal of equality" ho
said. “Any futuro policy of con-
scription should be all inclusive ap-
plicable in its terms to the entire
personnel and the entire wealth of
the whole nation."
After asserting that the Armistico
in 1U18 "did not mark the end of the
war for the end is not yet” Mr.
Cooiidge declared for adequate mili-
tary naval and aviation preparedness
while he emphasised that the United
States does net seek to be a military
power and “cherishes no imperialistic
designs.” At the same time he re-
iterated the desire of the Washing-
ton government for a lessening -of
competitive armaments.
Disarmament I resiles
hsv« at last entered into trea-
ties with the great powers." he said
“enlightening to a large degr e com-
petition in naval armament*. We are
engaged in negotiations to broaden
and extend this humane and enlight-
eend policy and **r* willing to malt*
reasonable sacrifices to secure its
further adoption."
In mentioning the war debts owed
the United States by foreign coun-
tries and their adjustment Mr. Cool-
idge again emphasized that -moder-
ation is a mutual international obli-
gation.
-Our government” he said in thia
connection “has steadily maintaioed
the policy of the recognition and
sanctity of international obligations
and the performance of international
covenants. It has not believed that
the world economically financially
or morally could rest upon any oth*r
source foundation. But such a policy
docs not include extortion or opposi-
tion • • • w« have therefore un-
dertaken to deal with other countries
in accordance with these principles
believing that their application is for
the welfare of the world and the ad-
vancement of civilization.”
Avoid Suspicion
Reports that Europe dislikes Amer-
ica were met by tha president with
the statement that he wanted “to bo
sure that the attitude and acts of th*
American government are right” a ad
that he was “willing to intrust to
others the full responsibility for the
results of theii* own behavior.” “If
we are to have paace." he assarted
“we are to livs id accordance with
the dictates of a higher life. Wo
shall avoid a national spirit of sus-
picion. distrust and hatred toward
other nations. The old world has fo#
generations indulged itself in thfa
form of luxury. The results hava bean
ruinous. It is net for ns who mb*
more fortunately circumstanced to
tass judgment unon those who are
less fa-ored. Jn their place we might
have done worse. But it is our doty
(Continued on pare two.)
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