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Wire Potato Baaket. I TANKS
In Half Bushel Sites a n c
Any Oesign Size or Type
W. H. Putegnat Hardware Co. (-'u k ^ ^
Brownsville Texas ALAMO IRON WORKS
r ____ SAM ANTONIO BROWNSVILLE
-- THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) -
VOL. XXXV No. 220 ESTABLISHED 1892 • BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11 1927 SIX PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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HIM ©UE
VALLEY
/' _
NOW LET’S THINK a little about
baseball for the summer months.
The Texas Valley la-ague seem*
«n assured fact.
Towns included .ir> Corpus Chris-
ti Lari do. Edinburg. Mission with
possibility of a joint San Benito-
Harlingcn club.
1 nat make* five clubs.
Thi-ie's « movement orp looking
toward the organisation of a club
in Brownsville.
Brownsville wou'd be the sixth
city in the league.
Last s -oaon Brownsville had a
good club in the Valiev league. Ft
ha.l perhaps » better attendance
than moat of the other club.
Even at that it lost money.
But there are fan^ in Browns-
ville who are *<> mueh inter -sited in
good baselinll that they usually arc
willing to do more than their share
in helping out.
Perhaps a plan can he worked out
that will give Brownsville a fast
club.
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HERE’S A THOUGHT from tt. S
Miller Brownsville.
“The sunken gr rd ns of St. Lmi
have been the talk of the coun-
try for years a beautiful spot
sunk b -low the lev*I of sur-
rounding lots filled with tree:; and
shrubbery front ail part* of the
world. Rubb?r trees banana trees
paints cactus. shrubs and treei
front the ast Indies. Brar.il Au -
tralia. Africa and all marked with
nameplates It i- a truly interesting
place to visit.
“The St. Louis tourist coming to
Brownsville for the first time and
seeing the lots to the south of the
n?w depots would remark: 'What
a beautiful place for a sunken gar-
den. Just see how Itivotr it would
he with a row of bananas for a
background a clump of five uni
brel!* trcci \»r an arbor; a fish
pond in thu renter with scats all
around for visitors to test up after
their long trips; fin ■ palms in front
end down the sides and filled with
trees and shrubbery. It would make
a spot that would be the talk of
the country. Let’s do it.’’
• » »
ST HA N’t IE SOMETIMES what
most impresses the first time vis-
itors to the Valley.
Man came here recently from
West Texas.
San! he had occasion to visit a
Valley drug store twice- On each oc-
casion he was the only customer in
the store.
Now the. man hailed from W‘ at
Texas which is known best through
the «lf forts of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
"Out th r«\ lie said the aver-
age dtug store had a long line of
customer* . t all house of the day
and you have to wait your turn to
he waited on.’*
The answer to that lie w is told
l»y a long t»ine resident of fhe V al*
a I y ii e.; y. 1 he fact of the matter
is. no one her** liecome* ill c”c at
on the r.ire-t occasion*. Which is
why the average Valley drug store
is always ready to w it upon each
customer the inomewi he >tr|>’ in
side the door.
Probably out in dreary West Tex-
as folks .lie alwuv.i getting vid
Ju't another reason why the \ .1-
ley is different from most other
parts of the country.
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SENATOR Aid iTrilt I' VRR of th -
district ha* introduced a till in
the legislator piov ding for the
establishment of a citrus f ru«t
experiment *t;.iion.
The news dispatch announeng the
step does not indicate where he
would establish the • lotion but pre
sumahly it woubl he in tli • citrus
growing region which is the Val-
ley. And since* there is already an
experiment station in the Valley
between Merced*** .ind \\V' ic«
doubt! ss it will not be difficult to
gue.*s «heie the citric- *t.*ti«*n w*ll
be.
Anyhow if an experiment -a
t-#n will help the industry In th
section let’s have it. The indu-trv
is still new to to oat of u> and thi*
more we learn about it the b iter.
• •
„* HAVE Yor NOTH'*!* how very
very sweet our grapefruit is at this
inn-?
* Luscious ju<t crammed with the
snappy juices.
(lon’t need *'Ugar. Swe t without
it. Which s* why Valley grapefruit
will yet rind it* pise wherever
giapefru’i is a breakfast frjit <*r
at any othei me ii.
• • •
W. K. MrDAVITT. Brownsville
comtuissiwn man is still ijuite a
young man.
Mr. McHavitt entered the pro-
(Continued • « page two.)
MAN ON WAY
TO VALLEY
DISAPPEARS
Search Instituted For
Howard Hunter Of
Los Angeles; Had
Big Sum of Money
DALLAS Tfxa*. Feb. II. Ite-
ported disappearance of Hu»aid i*.
hunter .'{7 somewhere between I.os
Ai gelea < alifnHiia said Houston
Texas tli • past week was invest!
gated here today by the Dallas
branch of a national detective
: v ncy.
Information coneerning Hunter’s
disappearance was supplied by Miss
iLt th fare) of Dallas his friend and
business associate who reported
that he carried 1‘JS.fHK) in currency
when h* I eft Los Aneelcs.
Miss «'ai. fears for Hunter were
aroused when he wrote her she
said that lie was coming to Dallas
and H< mston by automobile with
1 three m r and expected to carry the
! money with him.
Aerrrding to Mt. farcy. Hunter
had obtained the money from in*
ve talents hi I.o Angele. and w:*3
bringing it into Texas to invest in
a II o <:;.iiide Valley proposition
which she was to take charge of.
Hunter wrote V! *s i are) each day
1 wired h**r frequently *He s-id up to
| the time he checked out «>f his Los
Angele* hotel t< drive to Texas Feb-
i ruty I Sine* then she ha* not heard
\ from him.
Casualties In Recent
Revolt Estimated
! At 1300
LONDON. Feb. U. ■!*>— Lisbon
i under martial law. I»ut the ten
suiship precludes accurate detail*
of casuaitie in the latest Portu
peso revolution whieh. from all Mc-
iount . has been suppressed. It u >*
the l!.tr«l revolution in tht* 17 years
of the tepublic’.- life.
Many persons lost their lives a
I ante number were wounded and
there was a Rreut deal of property
drum*re. One r-port plates the li*t
Of dead at about with more
than I .two wounded.
PARIS. ! f>. 11.—(.4*) Advices re-
ceived he:;1 from Lisbon s.«y that
Major Aruerieo Olavo former min-
isttr *>f vjt!> was assassinated by
the revolutionaries in Portugal.
i he numb r killed in the fighting
at Lisbon according to the Havas
c« respondent is l‘H Thirty-seven
offiiets w*re arrested for having a
part in the movement. At Oporto
wl: re the revolt started the deaths
were 70 with :lt*U wounded-
Lisbon b being strongly pa-
t idled and the police tire making a
careful search of the qua'ter* oc-
cupied by 'he insurr 'ctionisis.
CRISIS REACHED
IN SCHOOL ROW
s\\ HEN 1 TO. Keb. I!.- V walkout
of th« tudtnt* of the San Benito
high -chon! may t< -ult from a eontro-
' who \ ha- arise* between the
head of the *ehe -I system in which
friction b tween Surerintentlent 0. C.1
Joi.es ai d Pritn tpal K. II. Harrison is
understood ic plav an important part.
1 he re lyation of Principal llar-
* *~ ‘- wsi it e iily tendered the
school h«>atti. and at a mass meeting
of students Thursday morning a res-
olution Wijs Adopted calling upon
the school board not to accept th<*
resignation. Petition* of the* same
general tenor were rit minted among
the bi. ir.t-s men of the city durtn;
the* day. and were generally signed.
At the meeting of the student h-vdy
* nuoibe* adv. 4 ted a wailk out if >■}
school board accept.1 the resignation.
WEATHER «
For Brown-viHe and the Lower Kio
<iiattde Valley; MuHy cloudy and
■ • " • d cold tnnnrRt probably with
light mini; Saturday probably fair
with n mg temperature.
I*.»i Ka t Texa-: Mostly cloudy to-
night. and Saturday; occasional rains
in anal portion; warmer in north per-
lion tonight; warmer Saturday. Lijrht
te tmtieta'e northerly to easterly
wind* on the coast.
Hally River Bulletin
Flood Present Jt Ilr. }4 Hr.
blue- it* sc Cling. Ea.n
I tel Rio .... 10 00
Eagle Pa * .. Id 4.2 0.7 t>o
La min . ml l.ti • |.*2 ©S<
RM Grande 21 ft.7 00 .On
Mission 22 ft.0 0t* .12
San Benito .. 24 IO.it n & .»*.»
Ilr nnsviUo . IS ft.o -0.7 .tig
River Fo meant
The river will continue to rise
slowly all along
i* .dirifafe # :4 ■ ;-/v
Tried 9 Times for Murder;
% *
Admits Slaying 18 Persons
MTT1.K KOrK. Art.Feb. 11.—<•?>>
—IM daring that he had slant •«
person. who ■ name* he ha* re-
fused to divulge because be fears
death at the hands of his victims'
friends J. M. Saunders former
Oklahoma Banker.- Association of-|
final today pmfes-ed to fie reluc-
tant to return to Oklahoma t. fa. e
n charge of fur-;et> and art invest i-
cat ion of his alleged killings.
While ttkl.'hoMia officers who at
rived here to take hint in custody
on the forgery charge wire nun-
coitiir.it*..1 v.i to his story his wife
Vl*i <.lady - Saunders told about
four slaving t committed by her hus-
band. If there w it fourteen others
she aid Sounder never told her
anythin'' about mem rnd she neser
heard about them from other sourc-
es.
A check of Saundet *•’ story re-
tContinued on jingo two.)
. 1 1 111 ■' 111 '■ w ———*
British Endorse
Coolidge’s Naval
Disarmament Plan
PLAN PRISON j
RELOCATION
| F our Bills on Reorgan-
ization Now Before
Committee
AUSTIN Te\a.». Feb. 11.—i Vi—The
house today laid hold of wind prob-
ably will lit- the most important
problem of the -10th legislature re-
organisation and relocation «>f the
7« xa» prison system.
| i he noon recess interrupted dis-
cussion of u committee substitute
I for four bills affecting the prison
ay stem. Several days may be re-
quited for disposition of the bill
j and house members bel oved today
that a Saturday 'fistioDi v tikh t*
! unusual will be held to speed np
[ work delayed by the Halo-Moore
bribery case.
The committee bill is a cor re I In-
ti "i ot the Satterwhilo and Teer
j I ills and provides for appointment
I « f a prison board o' nine by the
j governor employment of salaried
prison manager and empowers the
i board to establish a modern fire-
proof prison system and to l uy and
s« II land incident to concentration
'or n liKMt ion of the »y ■ torn.
HIGHWAY BILLS
ARE WITHDRAWN
AUSTIN Texas. Feb. 11.—.Jp.—'The
entire | rogram of highway system
) reform legislation has been with
j drawn for the present w ith concar-
> renv of tiuvernor Han Moody it was
| learned today. Effort will be made
to get into on comprehensive bill
icovertng the “patchwork” projxrsais
! now extant for introduction at the
| spot ml session now regarded as in-
[ evitable.
House committeemen faced with
five major bills proposing various re-
forms of the highway system includ-
ing re-districting election of highway
commissioners and other extensive
change:* none of which were agreed
despaired of agreeing on any one bill
tj cover the situation and sought
view of Governor Moody.
Representative W. A. Williamson
said that after the Moody confer-
ence. that the committee derided to
withhold the pending hills in hope
that a -■ scientific** measure designed
i to cure maniiuid "ills” w ill be in-
troduced and pa-sod at i special ses-
sion.
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY HORSE POWER
YmJXCSTOWN Ohio Kelt. 11. fa
—Edward Wenner 56 prosperous
farmer near here today anchored
ms body to hi* barn with a chain
hitched a horse to another chain tied
around his neck and shoulders and
»h«*n urged the hor-»* ahead. As the
animal jumped Werner’s neck and
bad were broken. Me was. dead when
relatives found him.
Youth Is Arrested On
Embezzlement Charge
HOl’STOX. revus E h. ll.-i-C-
' !*■ but J. Lieb. Ricf Institute grad-
i u*te. and h< ad of Herhut J. Lteb and
Company investment bankers and
I brokers was m county jail Friday
• her*** with eml. rilecicnt of
| Iran a >il j ear old counit*.
Oiati icf Attorney Flo race Soule .aid
I Lieb printed fake eto* k. represent* z
| it to be stock fa well known ma
p.tnies and sol" it t-i the couple. Th
loinplai't specifically alleges money
j was eiiib. aled from Mrs. Louise
Dreyer.
W IMS PKkCTK E MTOPPFll
Al STIN. Tev* Feb. II.-- -A* <;OV.
j ci nor Dan Moody today rugest-d that
[the state game fish and oyster com-
mission stop its alleged practice of
buying copies of an "outdoor.” mag-
asine at SI.iXN per year above the
current price.
r
LONDON Feb. u.—'-Pi— The Brit-
ish government heartily endorses the
principles of President ' oulidge's
naval u<>mi mjtm-nl proposal*. This
was made known at the foreign office
today.
“The generally favorable press
comment on the President’.* note
voiced bth the public and official
opinion of Cirent Britain** official*
trtld The Associated Pres*.
It was asserted that Clreat Britain’s
support of American efforts toward
disarmament as enunciated by Lord
Balfour at the Washington confer-
ence would be accorded Mr. t’ool-
idge's plan ut tieneva.
FRANCK SU’DYINC.
PROPOSALS OF l’. 3.
PARIS. Ft b. 11.— (VPi—President
Foolulge’.i proposal for further naval
limitations is receiving careful stun>.
it wa iui dat the French foreign oi-
t C ontinued on page two.)
Made Dash for Liberty
When He Learned
Arrest Imminent
MARSHALL Te^is Feb. 11. -d*—
\ negro giving the name Jona* A.
Brown is dead here and a young Ital-
ian girl is in jail at Shreveport La.
as the result < f two robberies and a
I bold attempt on the part of the ne-
; gro to escape. .
The stares of Frank Liberto and
film Marabello Were robbed of ?118
yesterday morning. Shortly after-
ward the girl ng-d 16 who is a
•laughter of om* of the store owners
and the negro were seen in a railroad
station here. They were acting sus-
niciou ly after buying tickets for
«‘hicago.
The g .l vo. taken into custody
but the negro made a dash for liberty
crawling under a train which had
stopped at the depot lie was cap-
tured later at Woodlawn seven miles
north of Marshall after being shot
twice. He died last night.
Sheriff Sanders took the girl to
Shreveport where he • aid she admit-
ted playing a part in the robberies.
OFFICER HELD ON I
i MURDER CHARGE
i HOUSTON Tex:** Feh 11 - ..$»*
* Police offiter M. K. Hooper ore of
t the .1 neu men ree*ntly added to the *
I department voo under $2.f>00 bond
Friday ch.tgvd with murder in con-
| nection with the killing of Fayette
MeQuiston. 26 truck driver ai*out
midnight in an outlying district.
M. *a fleeing from the S
officer. according to Justice Over-
street who held the inquest.
Leonard Hair night watchman said
Mcyuiston v * now rg him a hr >- ;
l ken pistol which .VfcQyiston said he \
'had found ir the street. Mcijui. to
| r-'ti when Hooper appro .cbed and the
| officer pursue*] him. Fifteen block
avrav he was shot.
"When 1 n td." Iio<itrr- said Fri.
day. ” I turd to -hoot him in the leg
| arid did not intend to kill him.**
SENATE BILL
ISO IS AGAIN
STORM CENTER
Committee's Unfavor-
able Report on Bill
To Repeal Measure
Starts Fight
Al'STIN Texas Feb. 11.—(jP)—Sup-
porter* of the Kings-l'ummins bill to
icpeal the law allowing foreign cor-
porations without Texas permits to
buy into Texas concerns were mar-
shaling forces today for the practi-
cally inevitable fight to get the meas-
ure on the house floor.
The bill was reported unfavorably
shortly before midnight last night by
the house judiciary committee before
which Lynch Davidson and counsel
for the Humble Oil Company locked
horn . on the merits of the law whose
repeal is sought. It is the famous
senate bill 180 that got so much
space in the newspapers during Da-
vidson’s campaign for governor.
Davidson reiterated before the
committee last right his campaign
charges that the hill which he called
“the Standard Oil act.“ virtually re-
pealed the state’s anti-trust laws.
John Mobley counsel for the Hum-
ble Oil Company declared that his
company tha Standard Oil of New
Jersey which owns some sixty per
cent of the Texas company’s stock
has no mo.e legal privileges since j
passage of senate bill DO) than it had
before.
Representative r.. S. • u minings ol
Abilene who with Rep. S. A. King of
Throckmorton introduced the bill
declnred after Davidson and Moblev
had finished f peaking that "you can't
tell the people of my section that a
jump in gasoline prices did not fol-
low the passage of senate bill 1X0 and
you can't tell them it wasn’t the
cause of it."
Cummings said he voted for the
hill hut changed his mind about the
virtues of it.
RAIL EXECUTIVE
JUMPS TO DEATH
SAN FRAN ISCO Cal.. Feh. 11.—
iJl*> Kdward Chambers UK of
Chicago vice-presiden of the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
plunged four stories to his death
from a hospital window here early
today after having been seized with
what apparently was a fit of tempor-
ary insanity.
Mr. Chambers who was one of the
best known railroad executives in the
United States entered the hospital
about ten days ago for a minor oper-
ation. He was reported to have been
making normal progress in conva-
lescing.
Hospital authorities said that
shortly before .*< o'clock this morning.
Mr. Chambers jumped from his bed
grabbed his special mirsc find thrust
her out of the room locking himself
in. Before the nurse could summon
help he smashed a window pane and
jampdd.
Attendants rushed to the spot and
moved him back into the building
where he died a few moments later.
Mr. Chambers had been* with the
railroad company for 4t» years hav-
ing started as a freight handler in
Pueblo Colorado.
His physician Dr. West and the
nurse. Miss Flo Yates were unable
to give any explanation of his act
more than to pronounce it a case of
temporary dementia.
Country Flooded
With Citrus Fruit
t iiiCAGO Feb. II.—<*>— Florida
California and Texas are firing a
regular citrus barrage at the rest
of the country. The Government Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics re-
ported Thursday that oranges are
coming out of Florida and Califor-
nia nearly twice as fast as a year
ago.
litas has already more than
doubled last year’s movement of
-lapefruit. In addition California's
lemon output of 5<H> carloads is in
■css of the corresponding lt*2*»
total.
Even citrus enthusiasts have been
over whelmed and prices are tending
do.v award.
Plans to Pound Golf Ball
for 3500 Mile Journey
MOBILE. Ala. Feb. 11.—^-Dis-
tance and figure# don't mean a
thing to I*«k\ Graham. 21. of Crieh-
ton. a .-uburb. oho is going west.
starting Sunday in company with a
bra-tie and sky iron not to speak
of several go if ball# and a volun-
te r i» i Jtijr.
(inban who i# well known in
Mobile and < riehton wants to go
wait. He is bound for Los An-
geles. driving a golf ball before
himi every foot of the way. The
routt he will take he has dir cov-
eted.twill make h:s journey -ome
n^OC files long.
\ r;.. “
Graham'* an:billon for the last
year. When be starts. 1 e will be
accompanied by H a|»j*> Ki-Sy. a 1»-
year old adventurer who .rant- to
go a!**ng and will offuiate as cad-
dy.
Graham will tee off on the Iona
hole Sunday morning driving from
number 1 b»le at the Mobile Coun-
try club.
• When hr reaches river* to cross
he will * pick up” and start again
on the other *»de but he's deter-
mined to drive the ball to Los
Angeles if it takes him five years
instead of the five months he fig-
ure* will be required.
■ :-v i[Mi.'*•-pj ' vii ';M
Mexico Will Ask
$50000 Damages
From Government
SAN ANTONIO Tex.. Feb. 11.—</P)—Suit for $50000
will bo filed against the United States government by Mex-
ico in connection with the alleged shooting from ambush of
Tomas Nunez Mexican citizen and his two sons in Willacy
county last September M. C. Gonzales counsel of the Mex
ican government announced*
Friday. &
H<* has just returned from Itay-
mondville wnere he conducted a thor-
ough investigation of the killings he
leported.
Gonzales reported that the suit is
being prepared by the Mexican con-
sulate here and also intimated that
if Nunez’ two sons are proven r.ot to
nave been American citizens that a
suit for a much larger sum would
be filed.
The petition he explained will be
sent to the Mexican embassy at
Washington where it will be filed.
The $60000 is sought it was stated
for Nunes' widow who has two daugh-
ters ami who is alleged to have no
means of supporting them.
Gonzales also reported that fur
thcr charges will be filed in higher
£ouit;. against Willacy county author-
ities.
Mi-xioon ( otisul A. C. Vasquez
stated tis afternoon he hud received
no information from the consul gen-1
oral’s office at San Antonio relative
to the action to be taken in regard
to the killing of Tomas Nunez one
of the five prisoners slain on Sep-
tember 7. M. C. Gonzales attorney
for the M xican govtrnment has
been in Willacy county several
weeks investigating the affair and
wa> prominent in the recent habeas
corpus proceed ings which followed
the arrest of tight officers upon ;
- cm plaint filed by a daughter of !
Nunez. The officer* were net in-1
dieted.
OFFICER FACES
BOOZE CHARGE
Iowa Park City Marsh-
al Arrested by Wich-
ita Falls Constable
WICHITA FALLS. Texas Feb. 11.—
*A*>—li. C. Lawrence city marshal of
Iowa Park. T. L. Tiptw.i and Frank
Hambley also of Iowa Park were
formally charged Friday with trans-
porting liquor and with possession of
liquor intended for sale in com-
plaints filed as a sequel to the seiz-
ure of approximately lot) half gallon
jars of whiskey and a large sedan
shortly after midnight by Constable
Frank Morgan and two of his depu-
ties from Wiehita Falls.
Lawrence and Tipton were arrested
according to Morgan as they pre-
pared to transfer the whiskey from
the sedan to another car parked on
the Wichita Falls road about five
m’le. east of Iowa Pane.
Hambley owner of the sedan was
taken into custody later. Hambley
was released on $1000 bond. Law-
rence -and Tipton were still held in
jail at noon Friday neither having
requested that bond be set.
SANTA FE HEAD IS
VISITING VALLEY
i
I The Valle)' in getting it* shi.re of
vi from railroad president*.
The latest railway head to be at-
tracted by this section is F. I’. Petti-
bone president of the Santa Fe Sys-
tem
Juhn Shary of Mission was in
Brownsville last night when he re-
ceived a message to the effect that
Mr. Pettibone would be in .Minion
early this afternoon. Mr. Shary left
'here this morning to meet Mr. Petti*
bone. They are old friends.
Two private cars belonging to the
Santa Fe systems are due to arrive
on the 18:90 o'clock train here to-
night.
Cruickshank Leading
| Hot Springs Tourney
j HOT SPRINGS^ Ark. Feb. 11 P»
.—Bobby ( ruirkshank. professional of
the Progress Country Club Purchaae
N Y„ kd player* rounding the three
quarter pu»? when about half had
completed it in the south centra! golf
tournament ttere today with a score
of 8*>-7l-73—224 for the 54 hole*.
Frank U'af»h professional of Ap
pie ton. Wu who Isd at the close of
yostorday’i play was in second place
with a score of 74-74-77 22f».
Corsicana Team
Secures Manager
CORSICANA. Tesas Feb. U.-bPp-
Le*lie G. Nunantaker former Cleve-
land American League catcher has
been signed to manage the Corsicana
Oiler* of the new Lone Star baseball
league for 1827 according to an-
nouncement made by Dube Ran so me
president of the leca! club.
PLANES HEAD
FOR THIS CITY
Leave Philadelphia
With Brownsville
As Destination
PHILADELPHIA. Fa.. Feb. 11.—(PI
—Two planes of the Loening-ar.iphib-
nn type piloted by marine officers
hopped off from the Philadelphia
navy yard today on the first leir of
a 3000 mile flight to Brownsville
Texas.
The ships were used by Commander
Donald McMillan in the arctic re-
gions two years ago.
The expedition is for the purpose
of photographing light houses and
bays and to survey from the air an-
chorages along the Atlantic coast and
the (iulf of Mexico. Today’s* objec-
tive was Quantico Va.
Captain J. K. Davis commander of
the flight piloted one plane. The
second plane wa; piloted by Lieuten-
ant B. F. Schilt. Each was accom-
panied by a second man. a pho-
tographer.
STOCK MARKET
AGAIN STEADY
NEW YORK N. Y.. Feb. 11. ■<*»>—
Stock prices displayed a firm under-
tone at the opening of today's mar-
ket. Dupont and Freeport-Tcxns
opened a point higher the latter
touching a new record high. General
Motors yielded fractionally on the
first sale indicating that the increase
in the annual dividend from $7 to $8
announced yesterday had been dis-
counted. Baldwin opened unchanged
ami then yielded slightly.
ST. LOUIS HOTEL
BURNS TO GROUND
HAST ST. LOUIS Feb. 11 -Seventy-
I five guest* were removed from their1
I room* today when fire of undeter* 1
i mined origin destroyed the four story I
i illmo hotel and tea stares located |
in the building with loss estimated
! at $300.000. One fireman was slight-
ly injured.
FOREIGNERS LEAVE
CHINESE PROVINCE
SHANGHAI Feb. 11.— m The j
'first group of foreigners to evacuate
j Szechwan province ll>0 in all. 27 of
| them Americans arrived here today
j on a river steamer built to accommo-
date only thirty persons.
The refugees declared they had no
I difficulty in getting out of the
I province and had not been molested
although the anti-foreign feeling was
apparent.
Cowboys And Navajo
Indians Have Fight
ALBUQUERQUE I M.. K«i. If
<Ab— A ci»** boy and i.% > . a\ <» It
dians were silled in a batik on me
Indian reservation near Pueblo Alto
a message to the Albuquerque Jour-
nal today said. Eheriff's officers
from Sandoval and McKinley counties
arc* on their way to the scene of the
1 battle.
Few detail* are known except it
was said that trouble arose over tome
range cattle.
Scripps-Howard Buy
New York Telegram
NEW YORK. N. Y.. Feb. 11.—<AV~
j William T. Dewart publisher of the
i New Yolk Sun and New York Evening
i Telegram today announced that the
Telegram had been sold to the
S«*r*|p- -Howard interests. The mone-
tary consideration was not an-
nounced.
MAY POSTPONE MEETING
The meeting of the El Jardin
r«mra«i!»itjr Touncil which is sched-
uled for this evening at the
school house in FI Jardin will in all
probability not be held says H. L-
iiunter president. This will be on
account of the impassible roads.
| The iyceum also to be held at the
{school house tonight will likewise be
j postponed.
FIND HEADLESS
BODY OF GIRL
ON RIVER BANK
Indiana Police Seek
Clews to Gruesome
Crime Uncovered At
South Bend
SOt’TH BEND Ind. Feb. 11.—Of)
— More light on n gruesome crime
wit» sought today along the bleak
ice-f nr ged shores of St. Joe Kivar.
There in a tiny cove where lha
stream touches the grounds of St.
Mary’s college for girls Sari Rupa
a South Bend fireman and Frank
Bolde. his friend yesterday found
the handles* body of a woman;
aims shoulders and part of tbs
trunk missing down to the fifth rib
with b«th legs broken at th? hips
and b’. ut back these touching tha
thighs and tied with cord.
The search today was upstream
along both banks for :>is*ing parts
of the body. Other searchers went
in boats upon the shallow stream
drugging its bed.
At police headquartr* reports of
u issir.g women were studied. Seven-
teen women have been reported
missing in South Bend in the last
nine months.
The woman might hav* met death
four month: ago examining physi-
cians said but because of the con-
dition of the body which hsd been
spr nklod with lime the time of
death was uncertain.
The most common theory was
that the body had been placed in a
box which probably ws» tossed into
the river from one of several
bridges spanning the St. Joa be-
tween South Bend and Elkhart Ind.
Action of the swift current tossing
the rough coffin against the rirer
hanks and flowing debris probably
smashed the box. freeing the body.
The meager clews given up by
the river included a strip of flesh
colored silk stocking and a bit of
rotten underclothing found cling-
ing beneath one bent-hack knee.
The victim was described as a
roman about 10 years old? 6 feet. 8
inches in height and weighing about
10m pounds.
Physicians found indications that
the woman was to hav* become a
mother.
Appeal of Ponzi To
Federal Court Fails
HOUSTON Texas. Feb. 11. -OPP-
< hurles Ponxi held in the Harris
county jail imd wanted in Massa-
chusetts to answer to charges of
being a “common and notorious
thiel" will be returned to Boston
next week according to present in-
dications.
Federal Judge J. C- Hutcheson to-
day told H i- Kahn attorney for
I onxi thought he believe parts of
the court battles which hud been
waged in the prisoner’s behalf were
faulty ho did not feel inclined to
interfere.
Sheriff T. A. B.nford said that
Ponxi would he ready for the re-
turn to Boston when officers ar-
rived for him.
GARY NOT TO RETIRE
NEW YORK N Y.. Feb. 11—
Elbert If. Gary chairman of the
United State* Steel Corporation an-
nounced today that the question of
his resignation had never been dis-
cussed or considered setting at rest
public rumors that he intended to re-
tire this year.
THREE MINERS KILLED
POTTSVILLE Pa.. Feb. 11.—"''
—Three men were reported killed
and a number entombed as a result
of a gas explosion at the Phoenix
Park Colliery a Philadelphia and
Reading foal and Iron company op-
erating f.ve mil s from here. Tw«
dead hate been recovered.
TRUCK MARKETS
By Naval Radio to The Herald
from |I. S. end Texas Agriculture
Departments
___
* atlot shipments for entire United
States reported Thursday. Feb. 10:
Cabbage: imperial Valley 1 Flor-
| Ida 18. Lou.slam 1 New York 37
! Pennsylvania 2. Texas 15 Wisconsin
10 total Li. S. 85 cars tin reported
Fell. 8: Central Calif. I New York 1
total 2 cars.
Beef: : Texas 1 total U. 8. 1 car.
Canots: None.
Mixed beets and carrot*: Texas 5
total U. 8. 5 cars.
| .spinach: South Carolina 13 Texas
7. total I . .' 20 cars.
ilou ton pas'mgs during previous
24 Hours I to midnight Feb. 10):
Cabbage: Chicago 6 St. Lou.a 6; I
each Pittsburgh and Lexa; 2 each
4 incinnati Toledo Baton Rouge; I
each Repina. Lexington Waco New
York Philadelphia Seattle Hunts*
jvillt Harrisburg Atchinson forsi*
Irena. Augusta. Wilson. Vicksburg
Quincy. Ft. Worth. Orangeburg
Nashville Columbia Charleston Ada
tirand Island. Boston. Dallas Kansas
City Memphis Sheffield.
Beets: 2 each Chicago and St*.
Lou s: I each New York Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Providence. Cleveland
Carrots: 1 Philadelphia.
Mixed beets and carrots: St. Louis'
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