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World renowned Pistol and
Rifle Shot Here October 25th
W. H. Putegnat Hardware
Brownsville. Texas
— - THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—-OP)
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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR—No. 100 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 14 1927 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A ( uPY
\ CAMERON COUNTY. County
Judge Oscar C. Dancy will te.l you
Jias a total of 53.2 miles of eighteen
Ifoot concrete paving under contract.
When this is completed he goes
i on Cameron county will have ap-
§ proXimatcly 96 miles of concrete
• I paving.
And he points out: “That's the
largest mileage of any county in
'jTexas and we have jrfst started.”
This better than 53 miles is ap-
I proximate ly one-fourth of the mile-
I age of concrete paving that will
eventually be in use in Cameron
county under the $6000000 bond
issue.
All precincts in the county are
benefiting under the present con-
tracts.
And future work will simply add
and add feeder toads in a network of
highways that will hook up every-
where in the county benefiting the
farmers and the tourists.
» Of course there will be one or
more roads to the coast. Should be
two or three such roads.
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LOS ANGELES began to get real
'development when it hooked up the
f city with the beaches and harbors.
Over at St. Petersburg Fla. they
have no farming section worth men-
tioning.
But they have developed a real
city based on tourist traffic and
tourist trade.
The beaches is the way they did
It. They made them available to the
motorist at all seasons.
They built roads and causeways
and things. They spent millions on
millions of dollars in public improve-
ments works calculated to make the
\ city more and more attractive to the
visitor.
That St. Petersburg story may be
repeated here. Can be.
In 1912 there was little worth
while at St. Petersburg Fla. That
was fifteen years ago. The city had
its great growth between 1920 and
1925.
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GENERAL W. W. ATTERBURY
president of one of the nation's
greatest railway systems—the Penn-
sylvania will visit Brownsville Sun-
day.
He will see the Lower Rio Grando
Valley. He will be accompanied by
H. R. Safford the Missouri Pacific
chief in Texas.
Fastern railways are said to be
•verse to making attractive tourist
rates to the Southwest to the Valley.
Fear it will reduce their eastern
population.
Perhaps General Attebury will sec
things in a different light insofar as
his line is concerned after he has
seen Texas and the part of it—the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
THE CORPUS CHRISTI naviga-
tion district is to ask a bond issue
of $1500000 for the purpose of
enlarging port facilities.
Corpus Christ! this summer has
had a taste of salt water traffic
and wants more of the same kind.
Colonel Robert Driscoll Wtid of
the port points to a saving of some
$360000 to fa’tnera this year on
cotton shipments as an argument for
more port faciliti>s.
That's about as good an argument
as one could want it seems.
The Valley has been hearing about
this Corpus Christ! port. At that
Mercedes meeting Friday night they
will talk deep and deeper water.
The government engineers demand
that the Valley show its interest by
getting up tonnage for sixteen feet
of water before the engineer! will
show any interest in thirty feet of
water.
That's a natural stand for the
engineers.
It's up to the Valley to complete
Dand use what It has.
Red snapper industry itself would
make sixteen feet of water worth
while.
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THE OCTOBER number of Monty's
Monthly of which Mr*. J. C. Mont-
gomery of Rrownsville is the pub-
lisher. 1* noteworthy in two ways.
It is enlarged as to page size and
has a changed front cover design.
Alto it is the “School Number” of
Monty’s and not only carries num-
erous photographs of Valley echoele
hat • great deal of information con-
cerning the schools.
It impresses one more then ever
that there is. possit ly no agricul-
tural section anywhere in the United
States or the world for that matter
that aurpassea the Valley in the
matter of school buildings grounds
and facilities.
see
NOT A CIRCUS on the l.orbon
for the Valley this fall!
Not a circua has made its appear-
1 ance anywhere south of Houston and
San Antonio if the highways and
the newspapeta are to be depended
upon.
The Valley la normally kind and
liberal with circuses.
It hopes some day to grow import-
ant enough to attract the biggest on
the road.
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BROWNSVILLE’S two fire pump-
are scheduled te visit Edinburg to-
day to take part in a fire preven-
tion parade.
These new pumpers are the last
word in motored fir* equipment.
And they put to shame the pump-
er that was bought in 1915 but which
is still doing business at the asms
old stand and is likely to continue
go for aome time to come. Because
it’s efficient.
.
WACO MAN ELECTED
DALLAS Texas Oct. 14.—(JPi—Dr.
Banter B. Stiles of Waco was re-
elected president of the Texas home- J
opathir Medical association at the
closing session here today on the
42nd annual convention.
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REBELS LOSE
OUTBREAK;
I 9 "VBjjjfflfflPP? 15 . I1 ' "it'. . I
Fear Foreigners May
Have Been Slain in
Battle; Another Ed-
itor Deported
LAREDO Tex Oct 14.—W—
Rebels following General Arnulfo
Gomez attempted to take the town
of Huatusco in the state of Vera
Cruz but were defeated with heavy
losses according to reports issued by
the Mexican war offices and received
at the Mexican consulate here today.
Huatuaco was without regular
garrison the defense being made by
residents who armed themselves and
routed the rebels into the mountains
the consulate was informed.
NOGALES Aril. Oct. 14.—(AV-A
new outbreak of rebellion in Mexico
prompted officials along the inter-
national border today to investigate
whether there had been any Ameri-
can casualties in the fighting near
Guadalajara Jalisco.
Semi-official advices reaching here
last night declared there had been
i fierce fighting between rebels under
J Generals Leon Sanchez and Antonio
! Degolla and federal forces command-
ded by General Francisco Floret.
Apparently there were two engage-
ments. In the first the rebels who
were said to have outnumbered the
federal troops won at a cost of
fifty dead while the loyal troops
counted only 18 killed. The insur-
rectors were reported to have been
routed in the second and more de-
cisive engagement.
First dispatches mentioned an un-
| known number of civilian casualties.
■ Whether these included any Ameri-
cans was a matter of doubt since
the fighting took place outside the
city.
S. P. Headquarters
Guadalajara is the headquarters
of the Southern Pacific of Mexico
and more than 100 Americans are
employed in its railroad offices
there.
The rebel victory in yesterday’s
fighting occurred at Hopulu just a
few miles from Guadalajara. From
there the insurrections advanced
upon the small farming town of San
Nicholas and looted it.
Marching upon the nearby town
of Soyotland the rebels not only
pillaged it but tore down and ret
fire to the buildings in retaliation
for the resistance to the attack
made by the townspeople.
The rebel victory was short lived
however for a short distance from
1 Soyotlan the federals reinforced by
j members of the agrarian party re-
| engaged them. The rebels fled to
the Sierra del Tigre.
VOTE 6-TEAS TERM
MEXICO CITY Oct. 14</P>—Con-
sidering all danger from the military
uprising past the authorities have
cancelled their order to keep the
troops confined in barracks. The or-
der was issued October 2 the date
of the mutiny of part of the Mexico
City garrison.
The senate has adopted the bill j
extending the president’s term of
office from four to six years. The
measure now goes to the chamber
of deputies and if passed there must
’be ratified by a majority of the!
state legislatures. If it becomes a
law the term of the next president >
—from present indications General
Obregon—will remain in office from
1929 to 1934 inclusive.
DEPORT EDITOR
MEXICO CITY Oct. 14.—<**)—
Another Mexican newspaper man has
been deported in the government’s
campaign to stamp out opposition.
Victoriano Salado Alvarez editorial |
staff writer for Excelsior was placed
on a train for the United States last
night accompanied by an agent of
the department of interior.
The authorities permitted him to
make preparations for his trip dkr-
ing the day and selected as his com-
panion an agent with whom he has
had friendly relations.
Alvarez’ deportation follows that
of Felix E. Palavicini founder and
former editor of El Universal and
Luis Elgdero chief editorial writer
for Excelsior.
Boys Thought To Be
In Sewer Come Home
SAN ANTONIO Tex. Oct. 14.—UP)
—W oodrow Kuhn and Fred Cunning-
ham were back in school here today
fresh from a fishing trip to Corpus
Christi which for a time led their
parents to believe they had been lost
in a San Antonio storm sewer.
The boys were missed Tuesday
after they had been seen to enter
a storm sewer back of their school.
Firemen searched the sewer without
result. The boys were found yster-
day fishing on a pier at Corpus
Christi.
WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Fair warmer to-
night and Saturday. Light to mod-
erate northeast to southeast winds
on the west coast.
For East Texas: Fair and warm-
er tonight and Saturday. Moderate
easterly winds on the coast.
River Forecast
The river will continue to fall
slowly all along during the next few
days.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Preset t S« Hr. 14 Rr.
Stage Stage Chag. Rata
Del Rio . 10 .uO
Eagle Pass .. 16 S.3 -0.2 .00
Laredo . 27 0.2 +0.1 .00
Rio Grande . 21 8.0 -0.5 .00
Mission . 22 8.3 -0.7 .00
San Benito 23 14.3 -1.6 .00
Brownsville . 18 10.3 -3.1 .00
RIVER STILL FALLING
The Kio Grande in the vicinity of
Brownsville continued to drop Thurs-
day night and Friday morning. At
the morning reading Friday a stage
of 13.1 feet was recorded a change
of 3.1 feet since the Thursday read-
ing. The prediction was for a con-
tinued fall during the next several
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French Aviators Start Ocean Hop
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Rumanian Princess
Elopes With Officer
NEH YORK N. Y. Oct 14.—<JP)
—Princess Ilesns slender blue-
eyed 18-year-old daughter of
Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
is reported to have thrown over
frospects of marriage with the
rince of Wales King Boris of
Bulgaria or some other member
of royalty to elope with an ob-
scure naval lieutenant of her own
country.
Dispatches to the Westminister
Gazette of London and the new
York Evening Post says the ru-
mor has social and governments!
cucles in Bucharest “by the ears”
and that the royal household has
issued a decree forbidding the
Rumanian newspapers from print-
ing accounts of journeys of any
members of the royal family.
Ileana has been missing for some
days from her usual haunts the
dispatch to the Post said and was
thought to be on a yacht in the
Black Sea. She ia said to have be-
come acqainted with the naval
lieutenant when he was aide-de-
camp to her father the late King
Ferdinand.
The young officer' described aa
handsome and of courtly manner
did not find his duties about the
place exacting the dispatch add-
ed and improved his time by culti-
vating Ileana succeeding to the
extent of winning her hand. The
government did its utmost to pre-
vent their elopement becoming
known but It finally leaked out.
Ileana youngest daughter of
Marie accompanied her mother on
the queen’s American tour last
year before the fatal illness of
Ferdinand. She created a favor-
able impression by her democratic
bearing and was popular with
those of the younger set with
whom she came in contact.
S. P. To Celebrate
Brownsville Entry
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DELEGATES TO
MEET NAMED
All Valley Cities To
Attend Port Gath-
ering
Names of the official Brownsville
delegates to the Valley-wide deep
water port meeting to be held at
Mercedes Friday night were announc-
ed here Friday morning by S. C.
Tucker president of the local Cham-
ber of Commerce. R. B. Creager W.
B. Clint John Gregg and G. C.
Richardson compose the group.
From three to five delegates from
14 other Valley cities are expected
to attend the meeting bringing the
number of official representatives
to approximately 60. Probably twice
that number will attend the meet
which will be held at the Elks Club
auditorium starting at 8 o'clock.
A tentative program otulined by
Mr. Tucker temporary chairman of
the gathering calls for an election
of officers including a permanent
chairman prior to the port project
discussion.
Everyone attending the meeting is
privileged to have a voice in the gen-
eral discussion it was said here the
only reason official delegates were
requested being to assure full repre-
sentation from each of the Valley
towns.
Many business men of the Valley
interested in the proposal are ex-
pected to be present and aid in set-
tling the questions expected to bo
brought up. Louis Cobolini chair-
man of the Brownsville port commit-
tee will bo in the delegation going
from hero to the meeting.
Plans for enlisting the aid of
Congress in putting over the pro-
ject are to be discussed. The port
committee of the Chamber of Com-
merce here has already communicat-
ed with the Texas representatives
at the national capital on the sub-
ject and it is expected that other
towns in the Valley are to be re-
quested to do likewise at the meet-
ing Friday.
Arkansas Republican
Leader Dies Friday
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Oct 1«.—OP)
—Col. H. L. Remmel Arkansas re-
publican leader who has been seri-
ously ill for some time here at a
hospital died this morning.
CLAIM VICTORY
PERING Oct. 14.—(A1)—Spokesman
for Chang Tso-Lin Manchurian war
lord and dictator of Peking today
claimed that the Shansi army num-
bering abont 80.000 has been virtual-
ly annihilated by northern alliance
forces
Less than a quarter of a century
after the first railroad train was
greeted in Brownsville by several
hundred persons who came from all
over the countryside in buggies and
stagecoaches the second great rail-
road will be ushered into its south-
ernmost terminus in the United
States with a great aerial demon-
stration as part of a two-day pro-
gram and with more than 15000
persons attending.
Announcement was made Friday
by H. M. Lull executive vice-presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific Lines
that the formal opening dates of
service from the Brownsville lines
has been set for November 14 and 15
to be carried out as part of the
first annual convention of the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Twenty-three years ago the St.
Louis Brownsville A Mexico rail-
way later absorbed by the Missouri
Pacific came into Brownsville carry-
ing the first cargo of rail freight
ever brought to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley—a consignment of
b.er for Teofilo Crixell. The arrival
of the first train and inauguration of
serv ice opened vast new develop-
ment and the coming of the second
railroad will open still more new
territory.
Governor Moody will come to
Brownsville in a special car to of-
ficially open the convention and an
airplane will be held in readiness to
take him to another engagement on
the following day. Other airplanes
will arrive to take part in an aerial
pageant.
The rail laying on the Southern
Pacific tract from Harlingen to
Brownsville is still several miles
from the city on the Paredes line
road but the track laying outfit is
making rapid progress and with
good weather will enter the city
come time before the scheduled cele-
bration it was said.
Consumption of
Cotton is Large
WASHINGTON D. C. 14.—(AV-
Cotton consumed during September
totaled 627421 bales of lint and 78-
260 of linters compared with 633-
434 of lint and 73987 of linters in
August this year and 670570 0f lint
and 74406 of linters m September
last year the census bureau an-
nounced today.
Cotton on hand September 30 was
held as follows:
In consuming establishments 1r
122059 of lint and 172448 of linters
on August 81 this year and 936.441
of lint and 100416 of linters on Sep-
tembers 30 last year.
In public storage and its com-
presses 3964.680 bales of lint and
38914 of linters compared with 2-
172945 of lint and 44667 of linters
on August 31 this year and 3487286
of lint and 38457 of lintera on Sep-
tember 30 last year.
BRAZIL GOAL;
0 R PLANES
READY TO HOP
German Fliers Make
Last Lap; American
Woman Held Up By
Storms
DAKAR Senegal Oct. 14.—i/P)—
Dieundonr.e Costcs and Lieutenant
Joseph Lebrix French aviators
hopped off at 6:23 o’clock this morn-
ing on the trans-Atlantic section of
their flight from Paris to Buenos
Aires. Their immediate destination
is Port Natal. Brasil a distance of
about 2000 miles.
Starting from St. Louis Senegal
where they landed from Paris Tues-
day Costes and Lebrix flew over
thia city at 7:40 and then headed for
the open sea.
JUNKER PLANE
HORTA Island of Fayal Azores
Oct. 14.—(JP)—The Junkers plane
D-1230 arrived here safely at 2:15
o’clock local time from Lisbon.
LISBON Portugal. Oct. 14.—(A*)—
The Junkers hydro-airplane D-1230
piloted by Frederick Loose left at
6:30 o'clock this morning for the
Azores in continuance of its flight
from Nordeiney Germany to the
United States.
HINKEL PLANE
AMSTERDAM Holland Oct. 14.—
OP)—The Heinkel hydro-airplane
D-1220 en route to tha United States
by way of the Azores arrived here
at 1:55 p. m. from Wilhelmshaven
completing tha first lap of its flight.
W1LLHEL.MSHAVEN Germany
Oct. 14.—(A*)—The Heinkel hydro-
airplane D-1220 which is on a flight
to the United States by way of the
Azores took off for Amsterdam this
afternoon.
The plane was still on the first leg
of the projected trans-Atlantic flight
having landed at Brunsbuettel from
its starting point Warnemuende on
Wednesday and at Wilkemshaven
yesterday in order to make repairs
to the radiator and tune the plane
for the ooeanic hop.
DAUN HELD UP
OLD ORCHARD. Maine Oct. 14.
—OP)—In spite of perfect weather
he;e Mrs.' Frances Wilson Grayson
and her two companions postponed
the start of their flight to Copen-
hagen today because of reports of
storms at sea appeared probable they
could not hop off before 7 a. m.
tomorrow when low tide will make
conditions favorable for the run
along the beach.
ON LONG JAUNT
CROYDON Eng. Oct. 14.—VPh-
Each carrying a small suitcase Mrs.
Keith Miller and Captain W. N.
Lancaster clim&ed into their light
sirplane “Red Rose’* this afternoon
and started on a flight of 13000
miles to Australia the longest air
journey ever undertaken by a wom-
an.
They will fly in stages across
Europe to Africa then along the
Imperial airways route to India and
over Burmah Siam and the Dutch
East Indies to' Port Darwin north-
ern Australia.
PRELIMINARY JUMP
IOWA CITY Iowa. Oct. U.-UPh-
Captain Frederick Giles who plans
an airplane flight from San Fran-
cisco to’ New Zealand by way of
Hawaii hopped off from the air-
port here at 6:47 a. m. today after
being delayed for more than a week
by adverse weather and • broken
cil pump.
He probably will spend tonight in
Salt Lake City.
Triple Execution
Performed in Georgia
MILLEDGE Ga.. Oct 14.—VPh-
Georgia’a first triple execution was
performed at the state prison today
when three negroes went to the elec-
tric chair in the space of 38 min-
utes. The three confessed their
guilt before the current eras applied
Ruth Elder Sets Record In Over-Water Flight
PARIS Oct. 14.—(AV-Forced
down et sea after battling storm
and mechanical trouble the flying
American Girl Ruth Elder and her
comrade in adventure George W.
Haldeman were safe and sound
today on the Dutch tanker Barend-
recht steaming steadily for the
Asores. They are due to arrive
there some time tomorrow morn-
ing.
Their monoplane the American
Girl took fire after their rescue
and lies beneath the waves of the
Atlantic a mass of charred wreck-
age.
When forced to alight they had
covered more than 2.600 miles
from New York in the longest
flight ever made entirely aver wa-
ter. They fell short of the Euro-
pean continent by some 600 miles
and of Paris their goal by about
IMk
a
A little more light was thrown
on their aerial odyssey in a wire*
leae message from Captain Gooe
of the rescue ship. This showed
that they had encountered a storm
sone as predicted by the New York
weather experts.
Fighting the storms for eight
hours they emerged triumphant
but found themselvea far to the
south of their course. Then the
oil pressure gauge dropped re*
reeling that the feed pipe was
broken.
They continued to fly aa best
they could thus handicapped for
fire hours fearing at every mo-
ment that the pistons would jam.
Then about 350 miles aoitheaat of
the Azores sighting the Barend-
recht. they headed f«sr her and
alighted alongside. S
Sailors made fast fh« plane and
the intrepid girl and her com*
i .
panion clambered aboard "well but
fatigued” aa Captain Coos report-
ed. Their first thought was for
their beloved plane "American
Girl** and the Dutch captain
agreed to attempt its salvage as It
was not damaged so skillfully had
it been brought down npon the
water.
Lines were attached and the task
of getting it aboard begun when in
some manner probably through
fuel spilling on the overheated en-
gine. the gasoline was ignited.
There were two explosions and the
graceful monoplane which had
served its crew so well was soon
a rasas of flames obliging the
Dutch master in view of the na-
ture of his own cargo to drop
tackle and sheer off. leaving the
machine to its fate. So quickly and
completely was it burned that the
sailors were unable to save any-
thing on board.
The glorious failure as It was
halted in Paris both thrilled aad
relieved the French public par-
ticularly the feminine portion.
Paris women were pleased that one
of their sex had set a record for
continuous over-sea flying.
Newspaper commentators la
common with a number of French
airmen hold that much aa the
flight was to be admired as an
exhibition of bravely and hardi-
hood its complete success could
have served no useful purpose.
Regret was voiced that a flight
which seemed destined to end so
well sbould have failed from such
a small cause as the breaking of
an oil pipe. At th* same time
technicians asserted thst this was
one more proof that trans-Atlantic
fliers should use multimotored
planes and not depend on one en-
gine which could be disabled bj n
small mechanical defect*
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Remus’ Daughter Stands By
Romola Remu« 20. above daughter of George Remus. Cincinnati
bootleg king who shot and killed his second wife on the eve of di-
vorce proceedings has declared her faith in her father. The girl a
daughter of a previous marriage plans to assist in every way she can
at his trial.
‘Bootleg King’ Is
Indicted for Murder
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GRID PLAYER
IS RULED OUT
Action in Lawre nee
Case Taken by Harl-
ingen School
Report* received here late Fri-
day afternoon from Ha/lingen in
a telephone conversation between
Supt. Paul E. Phipps of the Har-
lingen schools and The Herald
said that Quarterback Lawrence
of the Harlingen football tram has
been ruled out as ineligible by
Harlingen school officials and will
take part in no further games.
This ruling will have no effect
on the games already played hy
Harlingen unless the matter is
taken op with Interacholastlc
League official* by some other
Valley team. This has not been
done so far.
Supt. Phipps said that Lawrence's
age had been the question of dis-
cussion and inability to determine
his exact age has caused the school
officials to decide not to use him
in the team.
It was reported here late Thurs-
day that League officials had ruled
him nut. and that the games played
with Brownsville and Mission were
forfeited which League officials
denied.
Man Mistaken For
' Coyote; Is Killed
GLENWOOD SPRINGS Colo. Oct.
14.—bP)—Mistaking a burning cigar-
ette for the eye of a coyote Ollie
McNeese of this city shot and killed
an unidentified man 12 miles up Elk
Creek near Newcastle Colo. last
night.
The man waa sitting on a log
smoking a cigarette McNeese told
Sheriff George Winter. Following
the shooting McNeese left the body
in the woods and went to Newcastle
for help. #
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CINCINNATI O. Oct. 14.—UP-
fhargng “deliberate and premedi-
tated malice” the Hamilton coun-
ty grand jury today indicted George
Remus for first degree murder for
shooting his wife to death in Eden
Park here a week ago.
The indictment was returned af-
ter the grand jury had made a two
day investigation of the slaying.
Remus will be arraigned tomorrow.
In light of his repeated statements
that he felt “jusified” for killing
his wife Mrs. I mo gene Holmes Re-
mus he is expected to enter a plea
of “not guilty.”
He has alio been engaged indus-
triously in preparing to defend his
charge that his wife stole his for-
tune made from bootlegging and
sued him for a divorce to marry an-
other man.
'MARRYING PA S TOR’
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FINED FOR ILLEGAL
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WEDDING CEREMON Y
EI.KTON. Maryland. Oct. 14.—
UP—Richard T. Westren. de-
throned “marrying pastor” here
today was found guilty by the ■
Cecil county circuit court of per-
forming a marriage ceremony
without authority and fined $500
and costs. Joshua Clayton his at-
torney intimated he would place
the case before the Maryland court
of appeals.
The verdict of the court was an-
nounced by Jksociate Judge Lewin
W. Wickes wno declared Mr. Wes-
tren was under the jurisdiction of
the Wilmington conferenc tot the
Methodist Episcopal church which
cancelled his orders as a minister
in 1921. With his orders cancelled.
Judge Wickes explained Mr. Wes-
tren had no authority to perform
marriages.
Though the legality of the
thousand and some marriage cere-
monies Mr. Westren performed
from January 1 to June last when
church authorities preferred
charges against him was not dis-
cussed in the trial Judge Wickes
said the marriages were legal. He
cited a previous case which showed
that under the Maryland law a
marriage ceremony was legal If
the contracting parties were of the
opinion the man officiating was a
minister.
Mr. Westren was convicted on
a charge of performing one spe-
cific marriage—that of Allen
Dickerson and Claire MeCall. of
this county—without legal author-
ity. •>
Labor Endor$e$ j
Five-Day Week
LOS ANGELES Calif. Oct. 14—
UP—The national convention of the
American Federation of Labor with
not more than half of its delegates
on the floor for the final session
today recorded its endorsement of
the principle of the five day work
week.
President William Green and hit
staff were all ananimeuly re-elect-
ed te their offices Late yesterday.
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4 UNMASKED
MEN ESCAPE
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Enter Goodlet Bank
In North Texas and
Herd Employes Into
Vault With Guns
GOODLET Tex. Oct. 14.
—(/P)—Four unmasked ban-
dits all dressed as cotton
pickers and armed with pis-
tols held up and robbed the
Goodlet State Bank of an
undetermined amount of
money shortly after 10
o’clock Friday morning.
R. F. Stephenson cashier
Miss Vera Rhea bookkeep-
er; and B. M. Marcam and
K. Collins customers were
left locked in the vault as
the bandits fled.
Stephenson said the four men all
dressed as cotton pickers and carry-
ing cotton sacks entered the bank.
Two of them stopped at the door
and the other two came behind the
counter where Stephenson and Miss
Rhea were at work. The two men
behind the counter drew guna and
forced them into the vault. At this
point Marcam and Collins customers
of the bank came to the door and
were immediately covered with guna
by the two bandits in tha doorway.
They were forced to join employees
of the bank in the vault.
The vandita then scooped up all
the money in sight and made their
escape unnoticed.
It was not until several minutea
later when L. C. Hollow another
patron of tha bank came in that the
robbery was reported. Hollow enter-
ed the bank and found the four per-
sons locked in the vault. He gave
the alarm and H. D. Wrinkle direc-
tor of the bank who operate* a
store across the street released the
four from the vault. t
At noon no check had been made on
the amount of the loss and Cashier
Stephenson declined to make an esti-
mate.
Several posses headed by Sheriff
John Compton of Childress county
were combing the Summers brake
south of Goodlet.
Officers of adjoining counties had
been notified and were keeping a
lookout on all roads for the bandits.
Catch Mistake
In Cotton Total
NEW ORLEANS La. Oct. 14.—
—A notice attached to a copy of the
recent carry-over estimate of the
bureau of agricultural economies
department of agriculture and as-
serting that there was an error of
321.000 bales in the estimate was
posted on the bulletin board of tha
Ned Orleans cotton exchange today.
The notice containing figures
compiled by Secretary H. G. Hea-
ter of the exchange pointed out that
the carry-over estimate of the bu-
reau of economies fixed the ginninga
for the 1926-27 season at 17^77JMM1
bales.
“The actual ginnings as reported
by the census bureau were 17755070
bales” the notice said “a differ-
ence of 222000 baels.
-This 222000 bales together with
99.000 bales of foreign cotton in-
cluded by the Lureao of agricultural
economies makes a total error by
that bureau of 821000 bales too
much.
Explain Recall
Gen. Summerall
WASHINGTON D C. Oct. 14.—UP)
—Mystery surrounding the recall of
Major General Charles P. Summerall '
chief of staff of the army to Wash-
ington abruptly ending hia western
inspection tour has been clarified
with an authorised statement from
President Coolidge that he wished to
confer with the army officer on the
service's next year budget program.
War department officals including
Secretary Davis apparently remained
without knowledge of the cause of
his recall until it was disclosed at
the White Hons# that the president
had summoned him to remain here.
The statement from the president
which was issued after hie speech
at Pittsburgh disclosed no other rea-
son for the recall it was indicated
by those about Mr. Coolidge.
Man Rents Horse and
Rig Fails to Return
KANSAS CITY. Kan. Oct. 14.—UP)
—There ere still e few old fashioned
thieves left W. M. Grigsby reported
to police today.
A stranger rented an old fashioned
drire-it-jrourself rig from him Mon-
day Grigsby amid and has not been
seen since.
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