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DENY QUASH MOTION TO DALE-MOORE
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LEGISLATORS
LOSEBATTLE
They Face Charges of Accept-
ing Bribe From Houston
Eye-Doctor
was afTer prize
Moore Will Go To Trial First
Dale Next, On Joint
Indictment
AUSTIN, April 26.— (AP)—Ten-
tative selection of jurors who were
questioned at length was under way
today preliminary to the trial of H.
H. Moore, Cooper farmer, jointly in-
flicted with F. A. Dale, Bonham
lawyer, 011 charges of accepting a
bribe to influence legislation in the
House of Representatives from which
they were expelled.
Severance of the case was demand-
ed by and accorded defense attor-
neys, and Moore, whose house ex-
pulsion was not voted so nearly un-
animously as Dale's will go to trial
Unit. TUey are nhjt rged with accept-
ing 11,000 from Willis Chamberlin,
optometry association lobbyist who
had forewarned house officials and
Texas Hangers, to secure an unfav-
orable committee report on Moore's
bills to tax stationary optometrists.
Defense counsel questioned jurors
closely about whether tliey had form-
ed opinions as the result of reading
of Dale's and Moore's expulsion from
the House of Representatives.
District Attorney J. D. Moore
provoked objections fom T. H. Mc-
Oregory, defense counsel, by asking
u juror whether he had any prejudice
against Chamberlin. Objection was
withdrawn, however.
The Flooded Region
2.000 CHINESE
TROOPS DROWN
SHANGHAI, April 26.— (AP)
—Two thousand northern Chinese
soldiers are reported to have been
drowned when shells from the
Cantonese batteries at Xmiking
sank their boats In the Yangtze
river.
Says British Ready
To Occupy Shanghai
SHANGHAI, April 26.— (AP) —
The vernacular newspapers publish-
ed an official Kuomintang (Canton-
ese political organization) manifes-
to to tl\e world today staling that
the British minister at Peking pro-
posed to prepare for the occupation
of Shanghai and Nanking in the
event that the Chinese government
should reject the demands made by
the powers growing out of the Nan-
king disorders of March 24.
Hubbard Heads
Highway Association
AUSTIN, April 26.
Hubbard of New Boston, former
chairman of the state highway
commission, Inst night was elected
president of the Texas highway as-
sociation in annual convention here.
Vice Presidents named include
Tucker Koyall, Palestine; Henry
Sackett, Coleman; T. W. Davidson,
Marshall; Lee Blvens, Amarillo; O.
lC. Oancy, Brownsville; Lynch Da-
vidson, Houston.
Among directors elected: J. A.
Kemp. Wichita Kails; W. D. ITaden,
Galveston.
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floods. The shaded areas Indicate Inundated regions.
DEATH. FAMINE. PLAGUE. GO
WITH MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
Coolidge Speech
Starts Discussion
BY BRUCE CATTON
NEA Service Writer
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 26.—
". . . and I looked and behold a
Pale Horse; and his name that sat
on him was Death . . ."
The Mississippi valley region to-
day is one vast valley of desola-
tion.
Beneath the sodden rain clouds
that a driving wind whips low over
the great waste of waters, over
100,000 people are homeless and
one who Is so minded can hear the
ghostly hoof-beats of three of the
Four Horsemen of legend, riding
on a mission of famine, pestilence
and death down a thousand-mile
pathway that cuts through the
heart of the continent.
For mile on unacounted mile the
horizon has dissolved in a gray
waste of water. The Mississippi
has become an ocean; Its tribu-
taries have burst their bonds, and
towns, vlllnges, plantations and
homesteads are dissolving before
their waves by wholesale.
A Great Disaster
(AP)—R.'/fc. ^ The rest of the country does not
grasp the extent of the flood's
devastation and the imperative
need for real relief work.
It does not realize that southern
financiers estimate it will take at
least five years for the south to re-
cover from this blow; that the flood
probably will be the greatest in
history; that the reconstruction
problem the valley will face when
the flood subsides—and bear In
mind that the waters have not yet
reached their crest—will be as
serious as anything the south has
faced since the reconstruction days
following the Civil War. Dire
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State Head to Open
Spanish War Post Here
AVIATORS DIE
AS BIG PLANE
CRASHES DOWN
Heavy Load Test Brings Air-
ship Toppling in Fatal
Fall
GET SEVERANCE
Was In Same Contest Which
Brought Clavier-Islamoff
Deaths
NEWPORT NEWS, Vh., April
30——(AP)—Members of the crew
which extricated the bodies of
Lieutenant Commander Noel Davis
miiiI Lieutenant S. H. Wooster
from the wreckage of their plane,
"American Legion" today near
Messlck, said Davis' face liad been
crushed and tliat the lieutenant's
neck was broken.
NEW YORK, April 26
(AP)— Commander Noel Da-
vis and Lieutenant 8. H. Woos-
ter were suffocuted by gaso-
line fumqs, and .not killed, b.v.
injuries due to the crash of
their plane, Richard R. Blythe
of the Keystone Aircraft Cor-
poration makers of the plane,
told the Associated Press this
afternoon.
POLICE ORDERED
TO ENFORCE LAW
ON SANITATION
ILAtK MARIA
WILL All IN
LEGION ARIVE
Veterans Who Have Forgotten
To Pay Dues Face Kan-
garoo Court
rangersdrafted
Thursday Morning Will See
Borger Revert to War
Times Once More
State Commander Duke of the
Spanish-American Wfir Veterans wili
be in Borger Wednesday night, April
27, to institute the local post of the
organization, at a meeting to be held
at the ciy hall at 8 p. in., Adjutant aviator and had been granted leave
Lee Brooks announced yesterday. (Continued On Page Five)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va„ April 26.
—(AP)—Commander Noel Davis,
who was preparing for a New York-
Paris trans-Atlantic flight and
Lieutenant Wooster, his alternate
pilot were killed today when their
giant airplane the American Legion
crashed near Messlck, Va.
Reports received at Langley Field
said that the machine apparently
developed engine trouble, became
unmanageable and fell several hun-
dred feet to the ground. It was
carrying a load of more than 1,000
pounds.
The accident occurred about 8:30
o'clock this morning.
N'o Time To Jump
Messick is a fishing and farming
settlement on Back River, a few
miles inland from Chesapeake Bay.
Telephone messages said the ma-
chine was badly smashed. Neither
airman had time to Jump.
Lientenant Wooster was Com-
mander Davis' personal selection
to be alternate pilot for the trans-
Atiantic hop.
Wooster was appointed to the
naval academy from Connecticut.
He, too, was considered an expert
The Legion membership drive,
starting here Thursday morning is
being planned in minutest detail,
according to reports from the com-
mittee in charge Of the drive. For
membership purposes the city will
be divided into four sectors, A, B, C,
and D, with Main at Fourth streets
being the dividing line. Northeast
will be Sector A, in charge of Ed
Lautron, Captain; northwest will
be sector B, in charge of Homer
Pace, Captain; southwest, Sector C,
in charge of H. M. Hood, Captain,
and southeast will be Sector D,' in
charge of R. R. Carr, Captain.
Fraser Presides
Post Commander Gilbert Fraaer
will be ensconced behind a table
at City Hall, presiding over the
drumhead courtmartial before which
all veterans will be tried, and ex-
service men on the city police force
and with the Rangers will be draft-
ed Into service for the day, as
will be the patrol wagon. Among
Continued from page four
The city commission yesterday
adopted important resolutions look-
ing to the sanitation and health of
Borger: Chamber of Commerce of-
ficials are today actively engaged
with State Sanitary Engineer V. M.
Ehlers in working on clean-up plans;
and members of the medical profes-
sion of Borger will meet at 8:30 to-
night in the mayor's office to dis-
cuss with Mr. Ehlers their part in
the sanitation drive.
C. of C. Directors to Meet
In addition, Chamber of Commerce
directors meeting tonight are ex-
pected to take further action back-
ing up the move which they institut-
ed several weeks ago for the alle-
viatiou of Insanitary conditions here.
Clean Streets
Coincident with these moves, the
latest developments of the intensive
drive to bring Borger into a health
-ul and sanitary condition, the streets
are being dragged and cleaned and
Street Commissioner C. E. House
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STATE DENIES
GRAY-SNYDER
THIRDJEGREE
No Compulsion Used To Get
Confessions of Murder,
Is Claim
WIFE'S STORY
First She Denied Guilt, Then
Confessed It, Says
Witness
XEW YORK, April 36.—(AP)
Mrs. Ruth Snyder enlisted the aid
of her dover, Henry Judd Gray,
to kill her husband because the
husband had threatened her and
she feared for her life, according
to lier confession read in court
today.
WASHINGTON. April 26.—,(AP)
—President Coolldge's conviction
that the oil land controversy with
Mexico is capable of amicable ad-
justment was regarded in official
circles at the Capital today as an
encouraging factor in the long
standing dispute between the Wash-
ington government and Ub sister re-
public.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 26.
'The Pan American titers hopped
ff at 9:68 o'clock this morning for
▼soah, Gt.
BORGER ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD
ANNIVERSARY DAMWET TOUGH!
DAINTS FREE
NAKRMRSE
SHANGHAI, April 26.— (AP)
—Miss Mary I. Craig, Philadelphia
nurse, recently kidnapped by ban*
dits in Yunnan province, has been
released. American Consul Gen-
eral Gauss was advised from Yun*
nanfu, capital of Yunnan province,
today that Miss Craig «ras free and
well.
Arrangements are complete for
the anniversary celebration banquet
to be given this evening to members
of I. O. O- F, Rebeccas and their
friends. The banquet tonight will
be held at the Methodist church,
starting at 8 o'clock.
Three hundred places are to be
made at the banquet table, accord-
ing to committee members this af-
ternoon following a change of the
program which is as follows:
Toastmaster—Mr. Goodwin.
Invocation—Rev. Adams.
Menu—Help Yourself..
Welcome Address—Mayor J.
Miller.
Response—Galloway Calhoun.
Solo by Mrs. Galne Center.
Life of Jesus by Rev. Adams.
Solo by Mrs. Cleek.
Our anniversary by former Okla-
homa District Deputy Grand Master
Davis.
R.
New Dodge Car Is
Seen In Borger
A new, all-purpose Dodge sedan,
of the tourist-salesman moled, has
made its appearance here. Dyke
Cullum brought one into Borger to-
day. The rear upholstery can be
removed to leave, in place of the rear
seat, a platform suitable for carry-
ing sample trunks or for use as a
bed, or It may be converted Into an
ambulance- The price, delivered, is
$1365. When closed it is similar
to a sedan.
Mrs. Pond Goes To
Grandmother's Burial
Mrs. Phillip Pond, of The Bor
g«tr Herald staff, Is called to Win-
field. Kansas by the death of her
grandmother, Mrs. Louisa Munson.
DKAN" HIGHLANDS DEAD
MADRID, April 26.—AP)—Dr,
Henry Highlands, dean of the Am-
erican colony in Madrid, Is dead. He
participated in the peace negotiations
at the close of the Spanish-American
war. He wu a dentist.
IEXIA BANDITS
GET $4.000
MEXIA, Texas, April 26.—(AP)
—The Farmers State Bank of Te-
huacana, si* miles west of Mexla,
was robbed last night of approxi-
mately 94,000 in cash and about
*3,000 in bonds.
The burglary was discovered
Tuesday morning when bank of-
ficers opened for business. The
vault luid been drilled and opened
without explosives.
Cashier Hallum stated a closer
check up would be necessary to de-
termine the cxaet loss.
SIXTY TRAIN
BANDITS KILLED
MEXICO CITY, April 26.—
(AP)—Federal forces sent, in
pursuit of the rebel band which
burned a train in a holdup Last
Tuesday overted the rebels in El
Gnatterara valley last Saturday
and in a five hour battle.sixty
of the band, eight soldiers and
an officer were killed.
A war office announcement to-
day sakl the rebels were com-
manded by the Cathodic priests,
Vega and Angulo.
Associated Press
Elects Directors
TEXAS CO., BUYS TRACT
NEW YORK, April 26.— (AP) —
The Texas Company has 'nought the
interest of Galena Signa Oil com-
pany In the Stevenson tract in the
Humble field, Texas, for a reporte^
price of $590,000.
COOLIDGE BACK AT WORK
WASHINGTON, April 26.— (AP)
—President Coolidge returned to
Washington early today from New
York, where last night he spoke at
a dinner of the United Press Asso-
ciation.
NEW YORK, April 26.—(API-
Announcement was made of the
election of six members to the
board of directors of the Associated
Press today at the Wardorf-Astoria.
Five directors, elected for a three
year period were: W. H. Cowles,
Spokane (Washington), Spokesman-
Review, re-elected: Frank P. Mc-
Lellan. Topeka, (Kansas). State
Journal, re-elected: E. Lansing Ray,
St. Louis, (Missouri), Globe-Demo-
crat, re-elected; Robert R. McCor-
mick, Chicago (Illionis) Tribune,
and I. R. Kirkwood, Kansas City
(Missouri), Star.
NEW YORK, April 26.—(AP) —
When Henry Judd Gray confessed
to the murder of Albert Snyder, he
was alert, uutired in appearance
and under no compulsion. Police
Lieutenant Charles Dorschelln, who
witnessed the confession, testified
today.
The defence in the Snyder murder
trial contends that the confession of
both Gray and Mrs. Ruth Snyder,
widow of the victim, were obtained
as the result of "mental third de-
gree."
George V. McLaughlin, former
New York City police comm' ioner,
testified in the Snyder muer trial
today, to a conversation lie had with
Mrs- Ruth Snyder aH she lay in bed
the day her husband was killed.
He said she told him of returning
from a card party, of being seized by
a man with a black moustache and
of fainting.
Asked Questions
"Did she know that her husband
was dead at that time?"
"Detectives told me she did not.
I informed her of the fact. She shed
a few tears and then continued to
answer questions."
"You saw her later at a police
station?"
"Yes."
"She still told the same story?"
"Yes."
She told him that her husband had
not shown any affection for her for
the last nine or ten years. She
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MOTHER KILLS
FOUR CHILDREN
WINDSOR, Ont., April 26.—
(AP)—Mrs. Humma Thomas, 44
years old, of Ford City, killed her
four children by slashing their
throats with a butcher knife, and
then attempting suicide today.
She was pairing the front veranda
when constables arrived.
Jane Adams Out
In Favor Al Smith
HOI LI BLAST LEVEE TO SAKE
REN ORLEANS FROM RK FLOOD
WASHINGTON, April 26.—
(AP)—War department officials
are preparing to notify Governor
Simpson of Louisiana that no fed-
eral objections would lie raised
to a proposal to cut the MLMlsalp-
pl river levee bftow New Orleans,
provided army engineers found
no technical draw-backs.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 26,
1 AP)—Having already wronght
what officials describe as one of
the worst cAlamitiN In the history
of the country, thp flood waters ot
the Mississippi river and its tribu-
taries now threaten the South's
largest city, New Orleans.
So grave has the situation become
above New Orleans that Governor
SlmpBon of Louisiana has asked for
official permission of the war de-
partment to dynamite a levee to the
South of that city in an effort to
save It from a floodthat would fol
low breaks In the dykes to the
north.
Army engineers in the valley now
make no secret of their apprehen
stone tor the safety of Now Orleans.
CHICAGO, April 26 — (API-
Miss Jane Adams, of Hull House,
has added her voice to that of Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, former governor
of Wyoming, that the question of
religion in politics, should be
brought Into the open.
Miss Addams, speaking before
600 special workers last night, re-
ferred to the candidacy of Govern-
or A. Smith, of New York for the
presidency as "a great boon for the
country." So far. she said, the so-
called tolerance of the electorate
has been oly an avoidance of the
issue.
All Texas Special
Will Leave June 19
DALLAS, April 26—(AP)—The
"All Texas Special" to carry the
message of Texas to the north and
east will leave June 19.
This was decided here Tuesday
at a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the organization sponsor-
ing the trip. The committee con-
tinued Its session this week.
Stolen Studebaker
Found in Nevada
A Studebaker roadster, stolen
from William A. White, of Edger-
ton, Wyo., at Borger, last March
29, was reported today recovered at
Pine County, Ely, Nevada, by auth-
orities working through the S. P. A.
of Borger.
Amarillo Bishop
Beit.*. Consecrated
DALLAS, Texas, April 26.— (AP)
Solemn consecration ceremonies,
elevating the Right Rev. Rudolph
Aloysius Gerken, D. D„ to the
bishoprice of the New Catholic dio-
cese of Amarillo began here today
at 9:30 a. m. The ceremonies were
at Sacred Heart Oathedral with
Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch, of-
ficiating.
Archbishop Sees
Mexican Revolt
SAN ANTONIO. April 26.—(AP)
—The San Antonio Express quotas
the most Rev. Leopold Ruis f
Flores, archlblshop of Mlchoacan,
Chile plans an extensive system
of automobile roads.
one of Beveral Catholic prelate
cently expelled by the Mexican -
ernment, as forecasting a revolution
In that country la the near future.
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Caufield, T. E. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 132, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 26, 1927, newspaper, April 26, 1927; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167064/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.