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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 227 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
J _MAY BE CREW FOR EAKER’S BROWNSVILLE FLIGHT
w Captain Ira C. Laker who will make a dawn-to-d usk flight from Brownsville to Fanama on March 10
was commander of the “Question Mark" which recently broke the world’s record remaining aloft 150 hours.
The above is a picture of Captain Laker a:id his crew of army fliers just before taking off on their epochal
flight and it is believed he will select two members of this crew to accompany him on his new venture.
Left to right: Sergeant Xooe Lieutenant Quesade Lieutenant Halvorson Captain Lakrr and Major Spatz.
] BIG MEASURES
j i AWAIT ACTION
) BOTH HOUSES
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it -
o' Final Decision on Im-
2 portant Bills Is Ex-
pected In Legisla-
°ru ture Next Week
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By 9. RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN. Feb. 16.—Next week will
tell the story of the major doings
t of the Texas legislature
vo This was decided as the present
’J week rounded to a close when the
^ senate set both the $175000000
Q statewide highway bond issue and
ht the w hole question of prison central-
■it isation relocation and reform for
rtf action next Monday. The senate
It then set the big question of legal
og dealings with bolting democrats lor
Jr action Tuesday.
| Highway bonds and prison affairs
UH have been accepted as the t*>> out-
. standing measures before the legis-
lature. Public utilities coni: iil and
fi state civil service have gained next
> rank and both these measures are
4f scheduled for consideration next
pweek as well as highway bonds and
prison affairs. The civil service
T measure has been passed by the
house and awaits senate action
iff Utilities control awaits action in
•'• both houses with assurance of a
ylsenate vote soon after the other big
* hills are disposed of. •
f» Senate Takes Lead
I') The senate which has kept far
it ahead of the house in action on big
and little measures and which at-
1 tempted to secure passage of the
big supply bills but failed to over-
come house opposition swung into
action Thursday and Friday in ret-
ting down the big bills for early next
week.
| The next six legislative da's will
see the history of the measures writ-
ten and see the opening chapters of
f a long story of public policy as the
• outgrowth of the votes now sched-
mu lei.'
at Various university measures and
• hills affecting the leasing of oil
» rights which grew out of the contro-
ls versy over the university land sales
of the early days of the session also
. will go to definite decision dunng
• the next week if present signs do
not fail. However indication has
•eiheeti given that the changes to be
vrmade will be far less revolutionary
h than at first promised.
Frobex Nearly Finished
• The coming week probably will
*#« the close of the surge of investi-
I gations which swept this session
and which was accepted as a cus-
stomary phase of every regular ses-
I sion. The highway and board of
control inquiry has been recessed
until next Wednesday. The land of-
s fic* inquiry is underway. An investi-
gation of textbook matters was or-
y dcred. Others have been disposed
> of or refused. The coming week
• should free the legislature of the
i*: grind and worry and activity and un-
certainty which the investigation of
I state department* always entail.
The highway bond issue* proposed
► will be the openirg gun of the “big
1 week” and on outcome of this pro-
* posed public vote next July 2 will
depend the fate of numerous pend- j
irg bills relating to gasoline taxes
meter vehicle registration fees di-
vision of fees and other related mat-
ters
AUSTIN Feb. 16.—fA*>—Process
of the nnti*evolution bill by Repre-
tentative James W . Harper of Mount
'I'leasant a minuter which would
make it unlawful for any instructor
"In a public free school to teach as a
|ct that man evolved from a lower :
'Irder of animals was inneded yes-
When the ho.? deferred its’
eHL'w»yhert because {.quorum was
The membership had been dwin-
dling gradually during the debate on
the measure as members quietly left
for a week end visit home. When
tim* came to engross the hoard ‘
5 showed less than li* voting and some
•M raised the point or order which
(Cuatinued on V*ge eight.) |
Chicago Clamps on
Lid as Aftermath of
Gangster Massacre
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CHICAGO. Feb. 16.—<A>-Three
“purple" gangsters of Detroit today
were thrice identified through photo-
graphs as members of the gang hunt-
ed fur Thursday's septuple slaying.
Police said they were planted in
advance to observe the men marked
for death and note their hours 01
gathering so that the actual killers
would know when and how to strike.
Two women and a man living
across from the garage where the
gang massacre took place identified
! photographs which they said were of
j men who had rented rooms overlook-
j ing the garage during a period of
days preceding the assassinations.
Harry and Phil Keywell brothers
j and Edwdic Fletcher were the three
whose pictures were identified. But
even the identifications were matched
in interest by several sensational
aftermaths of the crime.
Find Gang leader
For one thing George (Bugs)
Moran was found not by author-
ities but by newspapermen. The
seven who were slain were Moran
mobsmen.
For another a fiery shaft of cen-
sure and warning was shot by state's
Attorney John A. Swanson at the law
J enforcement agencies of Chicago and
; Cook county.
The state's attorney called Police
Commissioner Russell other high
police officials sheriff's officers and
county police to his office and issued
! Ibis fiat:
“Enforce the gambling law and
the laks against vice.
"Obey these orders or you’ll go to
; prison."
Swanson told them their depart-
tContinued on page eight.)
Civil Service
Will Be Sent To
Special Session
AUSTIN Tex.. Feb. 16.—Gov. Dan
Moody will seed the state civil serv-
ice hill hack to the special session
of the legislature “and to every oth-
er session as long as I am gover-
nor until it is passed.” he announc-
ed Friday promptly after the house
killed the administration civil meas-
ure.
He charged “a lobby of state em-
ployers afraid they couldn't hold
their jobs under the merit system
killed this bill."
“When civil service has been pass-
ed in this state there will he fewer
state stamps used in political cam-
paigns fewer state automobiles used
<n campaigns for office and fewer
state employer* traveling around on
state time working for candidates to
they can hold their jobs" Moody
declared.
BODY FOUND
!N CEMETERY
Police At Marshall In-
vestigate Mystery
Murder
MARSHALL. Tex. Feb. 16.—(*»>—
All available peace officers of Har-
rison county today were called upon
to seek the slayer of H. B. Alston
Texas and Pacific railway employe
whose body was found in a Marshall
cemetery last night. His skull had
been crushed.
The body was found by a police-
man who accompanied a man to the
cemetery after the latter had asked
the patrolman for his flashlight to
aid in finding money he had lost
‘•while running through the ceme-
tery/’
The man who asked for the flash-
light and two girls said by police
to have been his companions were
held for investigation. The girls
wrere said to have been unable to
tell a connected story of the affair.
An examination of Alston’s body
showed the skull had been broken
in several places across the fore-
head. No trace of the instrument
with which the crime was committed
was found.
Alston who was 30 years old form-
erly lived in Shreveport having re-
cently moved to Marshall.
Grant Rails Use
Of Houston Road
W ASHINGTON. Feb” 16.—(JP>—The
Texas Si New Orleans railroad to-
gether with the International Great
Northern St. Louis Brownsville and
Mexico Gulf Colorado and Santa
Fe. Missouri-Kansas-Texas and the
Tnnitv and Brazos Valley all re-
ceived permission from the Inter-
state commerce commission today to
operate over the municipally own-
ed railroad at Houston Te*.
The line over which the joitt
operation will extent in part is own
ed by the navigation district at
Houston and in part by the city ol
Houston. Approximately 52 mile-^ ol
terminal track reaching industries
and plants and wharves in tha
Houston district will he opened for
the joint use of the railroads named
by the contract which the commis-
sion approved.
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“The Singing Fool" they called the “happy waiter” discover-
ed through Help Wanted ads. Mr. Emplo)*r in what other
way can >ou get the number from which to select as quickly
as through a Help Wanted Ad in this paper?
DAWN TO DUSK
PANAMA TRIP
SET MARCH 10
Commander of <Ques-
tion Mark’ Selects
Municipal Airport
For Epochal Flight
WASHINGTON Feb. 16.
—(yp>—A dawn to dusk
flight from the United
States to the Panama Canal
Zone will be attempted
March 10 by Captain Ira C.
Eaker who wfas chief pilot
of the endurance plane
Question Mark.
The flight will be made
in the first model of the
P-12 newest and fastest of
army pursuit planes deliv-
ered to the air corps. It will
start from Brownsville Tex-
as with France Field Pana-
ma as the terminal. Five
stops will be made in the
2.000-mile flight—Tampico
and Minititlan Mexico Gua-
temala City Guatemala Ma-
nagua Nicaragua and Da-
vid Panam-.
Captain Eaker ia at Seattle where
hit ship is being built. He plans to
leave there either Monday or Tues-
day for Kelly Field San Antonio
Texas making overnight stops at
Oakland. Riverside and San Diego
Calif.; Tucson Aril. El Paso and
Midland Texas. Flight tests will
be conducted at Kelly Field where
a speeial gas tank and pumping gear
will be installed.
The plane will leave for Browns-
ville. March 8 or 9 ao as to be ready
at dawn on March 10 for the flight
to Panama if weather conditions are
favorable.
In event the project ia successful
Captain Eaker will make another
race with daylight on the return trip
by leaving Panama at dawn in an
endeavor to reach Brownsville that
evening and Washington D. C. the
following day.
The ship will be named “The Tan-
American.” It ia a small fast ma-
chine. with a wing spread of 23 feet
and from tip to tail measures not
more than 21 f«et. It ia powered
with a 450 horsepower pine-cylinder
air-cooled motor.
Bootlegger Gets
Bight ’Phone But
The Wrong Party
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sras zns
I "I* th» Frank?" he asked when
the connection was completed.
4r.^rVOc* "P>ied.
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the boys after • couple of cal?.
Where can they meet Jou?" '*
same Place—10 Broadwav"
•pnnded William Huntfr. *'
te-’sajaptsaSiS
'bo?d°Bt#r W-' pBf*d ■"«** *».000
Two Vernon Men
I Held For Murder
.?*“'• Feb. 1«._<*V-
Raw la "wiht^*1*** Donahue and
can 80U(tht 0 •
charge} also with the slayi^”**’
-Mel be* nd v'r. ar-
an’s* ih!* "«terday after Wal-
1 c>nn«L k°dy. frosen from a week’s
s~stw?r#* W*‘ 0tt!d on the bank of
«oufc nVb ®U t‘*id town
fll d araiSsthe»be‘ T£* C*rr* w«"
jnttu *F*Jn** the three men after
IftuSuf- wf*1-1*— ■^■Nar ol.ee
/t»'4ks.“2ip"H**F h«d hiss
in the chest with a shot^ua.
AIRMINDED? WHY
* * *
THEY SHIP COOK
* * *
STOVES BY AIR
Is Brownsville airminded?
So much so that Saturday morn-
ing a large iron cook stove was
loaded aboard a plane at the
municipal airport and sent via air
to Soto La Marina.
While enthusiasts in other parts
of the country are engaged in
coaxing newcomers aboard planes
for one short hop Brownsville has
gotten over the finnicky stage and
now is practical in the matter to
the extent of shipping fish and
cook stoves by air.
The stove was sold to the
aerial fishing fleet” by the W. II.
Futegnat company of this city.
CELEBRATION
TOBEFILMED
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News Reel Concerns
Will Attend Air
Mail Event
News reel concerns are to be well
represented here at the celebration
of opening of the Brownsville-Mexico
international air mail line here ac-
cording to advices received by G.
C. Richardson manager of the cham-
ber of commerce.
Wires have been received from J.
H. Britton of the Fex News company
and also from Fred Bockelman of
the Paramount company advising
they would be here to record the
event for the films.
Plans for the celebration are
making considerable headway ac-
cording to Charles Burton chairman
of the chamber of commerce air-
port committee. Meetings of various
committees to solidify details are
being held daily in order that noth-
ing may be overlooked which might
add to success of the celebration.
A record attendance from all sec-
tions of the United States and Mex-
ico is expected pilots from all sec-
tions also are expected an invitation
to all licensed flier to attend htving
been sent out by the chamber.
A letter waa received Saturday
from Jose Crux y Oblis president of
the Confederation de Camaras de
Comercio of Mexico an organization
similar in Mexico to the United
States Chamber of Commerce that
a committee of that body would be
appointed to attend the Brownsville
celebration.
Fears Insanity*
Kills 2 Sisters
And Slays Self
OMAHA. Nebr Feb. 6.—<flV~Frank
Johnson who feared insanity would
befall his entire family went to a
hospital late last night shot and
killed two of hia sisters and then
turned his pistol on himself.
One sister Alma was a patient
under treatment for mental trouble.
Another Ede was a hospital at-
taches. A third sister. Hulda has
been a patient at the hospital for the
insane at Hastings Nebr for a year.
Hospital authorities expetced a
friendlr family gathering when John-
son a Kearney Nehr farmer called
and asked to see hia sisters. The
three had been left is a room only a
few minutes however when three
shots were fired. Nurses found the
three bodies.
BridgeBiUsFor
Valley Siped By
President Today
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1«.—0F>—
President Coolidge signed the fol-
lowing bridge construction bills to-
day: Across Rio Grande at San
Benito Texas by Rio Grande Del
Norte Investment company; across
Rto Grande at Donna Texas by
Dobbs Bridge company; across Rio
Grande at Los Indios. Texas by
Los Indins Bridge company and
seress Rio Grande at Ri# Grawde
City Texas by* Ria Crtsfe City
Camargo Bridge company.
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Wurzbach Flays
Texas G. O. P. in
Patronage Probe
MANY KILLED
WHEN MEXICO
TRAIN RAIDED
Bandit Bands Slay
Passengers After
Wrecking Cars On
Michoacan Line
MEXICO CITY Feb. lfi.—«4»)—Sur-
vivors of a train attack in which as
many as 25 or 50 may have perished
were en route today to Mexico City
from Yurecuaro Michoacan near
where the attack occurred.
News of the attack is carried in
Mexico City newspapers today in
special dispatches from Guadalajara
and Zamora. The Guadalajara dis-
patches to Excelsior say the entire
military escort of the train—usually
between 30 and 50—and its engineer
and fireman were killed.
Zrmora dispatches to El Universal
merely say “some of the passengers
some of the crew and some soldiers
perished."
The train proceeding from Reyes
to Yurecuaro lrom wht re it was to
go to Mexico City was dynamited be-
tween the stations of Moreno and
Guarachita. Insurgents then attacked
it the escort fighting until its am-
munition gave out. The attackers
then burned the train.
The Zamora dispatches said al-
though the engineer and ' fireman
were killed in the explosion mem-
bers of the crew detached the loco-
motive from the coaches and taking
tomu passengers with them ran it
through the insurgents lines to Za-
morii and later to Yurecuaro.
The entire garrison at Zamora was
sent in pursuit of the insurgents.
The raid was reputedly led by a
General Gorostieta who during tne
regime of Victoriano Huerta was
sent to the Vera Crux area to repel
a possible advance of Americans to-
ward Mexico City. There was no ad-
vance and hence no clash.
La Feria Voting I
Today On Bonds
LA FERIA. Feb. IS.-While the
morning rote at the La Feria water
district 11600000 bond election to-
day was light election officials pre-
dicted that a heavy vote would be
cast during the afternoon.
Four periling places were designat-
ed for the election one each at La
Feria Bluetown. Santa Rosa and
Wilson Tract. The polls will close
at ? o’clock.
A vigorous campaign has been
waged to get out the entire vote of
the district. Proponents of the
bond issue predicted it would carry
by a large majority. No check on
votes was available at noon.
WILLACY ORCHARD
NETS BIG PROFIT
RAYMONDVILLE. Feb. 16.-The
total sales from the 40-acre citrus
orchard of W\ A. Harding lying with-
in the city limits of Raymnndville
this year netted *6.000. or *150 per
acre according to German Fox sup-
erintendent of the orchard.
The last three car load* of fruit
icmaining on the trees has just been
sold to L. E. Sntvely of Harlingen
at two cents per pound Mr. Snavely
to d« the harvesting.
WASHINGTON. Fet. 16.—(AV-
Representative Wurzbach only re-
publican member of congress from
Texas told the senate patronage
committee today that since 1921 an
“enormous amount” of money had
been collected by the Texas republi-
can organization in return for fed-
eral appointments.
He declared that from May 1921
when the Dallas headquarters were
opened to January 1 1929 promis-
sory notes made payable to the or-
ganisation controlled by R. B.
Creagcr republican national com-
mitteeman for Texas totalled more
than $200000 most of which was not
given voluntarily.
“If this money had been paid in
cash” Wurzbach said “these con-
tributions might have been volun-
tary but the large proportion of
promissory notes shows they were
not voluntary because men do not
usually go under a legal obligation
to make donations of this sort.”
Postmasters Have Notes
Tha notes he said were made by
postmasters. United States marshals
and customs collectors all or nearly
all of whom were republicans.
He declared that from May 1921
to January 1 1922. the notes total-
ed $66000. This he said was be-
cause terms of office were expiring
and new notes were being asked
by the organisation.
“Just when the pie counter open-
ed up ” Chairman Brookbart aaked.
"Yes” Wurxbach answered “the
plums had just begun to fall.” This
was soon after the inauguration or
President Harding.
After January 1 1922. Wurzbaeh
said the contributions fell off but
that they rose again in 1925.
“I am looking for another rise
this year” he added.
350 Notes Found
Brookhart said his committee had
found 350 notes and that the names
of the signers had been sent to the
postoffice department for identifica-
tion. The department replied that
242 were postmasters or postal em-
plovees.
Of the 6S unidentified by the de-
partment Wurzbach identified nine
including Henry Zweifei as federal
district attorney at Fort Worth; S.
I- Gross as marshal at Dallas and
R. W. Humphries as collector of cus-
toms at Galveston.
Wurzbacll said be had received
many complaints about the situation
in his state among them a letter
from W. E. Talbor former director
of the republican organization to
J. M. Parker of Fastland county
which Wurzbach said corroborated
his testimony that contributiona
were involuntary.
Leonard Withington the present
director has told the cemmittee con-
tributions were voluntary.
Wurzbach entered a general de-
nial of charges that he bad de-
manded contribution* to uid his
campaigns is which he said he was
opposed by the "democratic and
Creager machines.”
Famous Singer
Will Appear In
Valley Concert
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Feb. 16. — Civic
clubs of Harlingen and individuals
here have aimed a guarantee of ap-
nroximstely $2J00 to bring Madame
Ernestine Sebuman Heink here for a
concert on April 15.
The famous singer will appear in
the municipal auditorium.
The civic clubs were backed by
the Business and Professional Wom-
en's club and several individuals In
guaranteeing the amount.
Youth in Willacy Jail
Proves Adept in Angling
RAYMONDVILLE Feb. 1«—(A*»
—Temptation proved too strong for
Long! no Villalovss a juvenile
“trusty” at tbe Willacy county jail
when he found there was a large
quantity of liquor stored in tbe
basement. He contrived an ar-
rangement to “fish” tbe bottles up
window and get possession of
LaSber Snow bad dis-
cs was mjsterious-
and set a man to
i guard on duty saw a “fish-
I
ing” arrangement come down from
an upper window and clasp one of
the bottles which was drawn op.
Investigating farther he foana
Viilalovas at the window drawing
an the liquor.
The liberty of the “faithful
trusty" summarily revoked
and ha [confined in a ce.».
Jadga R mett than disposed
of the « y aaaten<*ing Villa-
‘7 4 "WSforasalory at
ijatesville. ta is rimrr old arwf
had been In J*it on a
chare* of
SERVICE FROM
BORDER WILL
OPEN MARCH 9
Reserve Right to Ex-
tend To Central
America; Mexico
Announces Opening
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.
—(/Pi—The post office de-
partment today awarded to
Pan American Airways Inc.
the contract for carrying
mail from Brownsville Tex.
to Mexico City. One way
service will start on March
9.
The Pan American Air-
ways Inc. was not the low
bidder for the route but was
the only one regarded able
to meet the requirements of
the Mexican postal authori-
ties. The Air Transportation
company of Minneapolis
was low bidder with an offer
of 98 3-4 cents per mile and
several other bidders with-
drew their bids when they
found they could not meet
the Mexican postal require-
ments.
In the contract the postmaster
general reserved the right to ex*
tend the route from Mexico City via
Vera Crux to one or mor* Central
American countries.
On the return trip from Mexico
City to Brownsville the mail will
be carried by the Mexican Aviation
company a subsidiary of the Pan-
American Airways. The Pan-Amer-
ican Airway’s bid was 12 per mile.
MEXICAN SERVICE TO
START FEBRUARY 23
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 18.—<AV-An-
nouncement has been mad* that the
new airmail route between Mexico
City and New York by way of
Brownsville. Texas will be inaugu-
rated February 23. High Mexican
government officials will be pas-
sengers on the first plane to the
border.
GARNER GETSPERMIT
FOR FOREIGN PLANES
Foreign plane* wifi be permitted
to land at the Brownsville municipal
airport wa* the announcement Sat-
urday morning in a telegram from
Congressman John N. Carrier who
recently conferred with treasury and
labor department officials relative
to the international phases of the
Brownsville port.
"The . Interdepartmental airport
committee of the departments of
treasury labor and commerce has
instructed Collector of Customs
Campbell of temporary permission
granted for landing of foreign air-
craft at Brownsville- the congress-
man stated in his telegram. “Con-
sideration will be given with a view
of permanent arrangements as re-
quested by the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce when regulations for
the designation and continuance of
airports of entry have been adopted
THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair and continued moderately cold
tonight; Sunday fair and someuB»at
warmer.
For East Tins: Fair tonight;
not so cold in north and west por-
tions; frost on the east coast; Sun-
day fair; somewhat warmer in south
portion; colder in extreme north-
west portion.
Light northerly to easterly winds
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
Thera will ho no materia! change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present t*-Rr. S4-Br.
Sta«e Sues Ctntg. Rein
Eagle Pass Id 2D +0.1 .00
Laredo . 27 -03 04) DO
Rio Grande .. 21 4.2 04) .00
Mission. 22 4.2 -0.1 DO
San Benito .. 23 7.0 OD .00
Brownsville . 18 IJ -44 DO
TIDE TABLE
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