Port Arthur News, The (Newspaper) - June 23, 1929, Port Arthur, Texas VOL NO 174 ARTHUR TEXAS JUNE 1929 FIVE CENTS DRY STOOL PIGEON SOUGHT IN KILLING ARTHUR Six Men Arrested In Liquor this American 1 elation principal national kind for months past has been In preparation at tourist aids anticipation of Acc ord breaking tourist travel season THAT tourist Is now under- 1 way Principal bureau of the American Automobile association with which Port Arthur Automobile club Is affiliated the National Ing bureau whose survey forecasts a tourist movement this year of automobiles MAPS route logs tourist Infor descriptive distribution of these constitute a comprehensive activity by the reau and at some time or another on his travels every tourist this year will come in contact with the A A A ONE of details Is the tion by the A A A of a pre- pared map illustrating principal routes and points of Interest em- bracing every slate These are being published in thousands of newspapers over the country in magazines recreation publications and in other tions dealing with the affairs of motordom The aggregate circulation these publications Is well over tt stupendous total YET thai map which will be rec as authority by millions of tourists this year bears no men lion of Port Arthur PORT is out of thi tourist picture Not because we do not something the tourist would like ti have Not because the map was pre pared when Port Arthur waa a vil logo and by virtue of ita size ai had its Identity lost In com mon with thousands of other vil tho map waa prepared thin year reason Port Arthur is 1 the map IB because Port Arthu la without a highway recognized as a direct arterial Tho reason its highway is no recognized Is because It has been formally designated as a lat ot the Old Spanish Trail reason H has not been form 1 ally designated as a lateral the Old Spanish Trail though trai authorities by courtesy have it ns a continuation Is be cause it id not a modern route It Is handicapped by a ferr when it should have a bridge AND so Port Arthur Is left off th A A A map being this tourist season by thousands o newspapers and is losing an sum in publicity because of it It is losing an sur In tourist patronage And of course prosperity tha tourist patronage in the form new dollars would not other wise bo attracted any clt through which traffic passes ON tho maph recognized rosor centers hut with those on th 1 const possessing no whit better gu bathing than can Lo round for tw score or up and dow our own gulf coast nro a doze cities SOME of them Brownsville Corpus Christ Houston Galveston Beaumon Texas Lake Charles Baton Rouge Orleans La Mobile Ala Tallahassee City Jacksonville St Bench Melbourne Palm Key We Fort Meyers St Petersburg Flo The tourist on the Old Trail only 10 miles away will m even know there is a Port Arthu WHILE ft situation of thla BO obtains Port Arthur must coi Unite heavily handicapped ita o to become known heavy bu don on ISOLATION thus becomes tw 1 transportation not Is n wall lo ket people from getting inF but ft mal just no Iron a grip on pr venting contacts with do except at tho price of WE can reconcile ourselves to nnd pay flint price But will tho world hny city is justified In wanting contribute its part through coi or tourist contacts p< whan U Is to g coif AGENTS OIN COUNTY AND HTY OFFICERS 0 Gallons of Whisky Are Confiscated NEW BUILDING BREAKS ALL RECORDS FIRST SIX MONTHS BEER IS ALSO SEIZED wo Taken Into Custody At Taylor's Bayou Federal prohibition agents id county and city authorities ook a hand in liquor raida here and Saturday night They arrested six men and approximately 50 ons of liquor 80 gallons of beer ash several hundred bottles of ecr and than 2000 empty eer bottles Led by Federal Agent A Harms officers made two ar- ests In Taylor's bayou at clock Saturday afternoon Charges be filed before federal cs at Beaumont Monday It was aid Alleged Wholesalers Both men according to Bents have been engaged In the liquor business here for rtc last several months They arc aid by the officers to have owned boats but whether these confiscated by the ent could not be learned Swooping on a residence In the 00 block Sixth street Chief Deputy sheriff It J Shepherd end Ics Glen Hamman and L E Cato nade one arrest and confiscated 40 of liquor 14 quarts of which was bottled In bond a five gallon ar of red whisky 200 bottles of more than 2000 empty bottles Booze to booze was taken to the office at Charges are to be Monday Three residences raided by police under Detective Gotham resulted In ho arrest of three men and the confiscation of 50 quarts of whisky and several hundred bottles of beer Raiding officers were Gotham De- Davis and Officer I At one of the residences in the 200 block on West Hth street the officers arrested eight men on charges of gambling with cards They were tried In city court afternoon and paid fines of 10 and costs each Literally former ing records into a cocked Port Arthur permits Saturday had soared past and a half mark for the first six months year Permits since January as recorded by City Building Inspector J Cain total This is mately double the volume of permits on July I last year and is almost as much as the total for the entire 12 months of 1928 Last week's total of Port Arthur the state for the year and Fourth in the state for the-week Only Houston Fort Worth con- for more building last week than The I in construction work is the largest ly total in a month and indicates building officials say that there will be an increase in summer building rather than a as had been thought likely The largest single permit last week was issued to Capt A T tong for construction of four apartment houses at 3300 ter The total cost of will run around I when com- according to Capt ton Six residences during the week also boosted the total They are mated to have cost an average of each Remodeling and tion permits comprised the balance Saturday permits totaling were issued as Procter City of Port Ar- thur 220 Lake Shore repairs to storage shed 75 Sam Gable 838 Harding avenue addition to idence Figures state will be found on page 3 column COUNTY REJECTS BRAIN AGE PUN Boundaries of Water Control District In Precinct 2 Will Be Redrawn By Petitioners Beach Way Needs Shell To Remove Trend The Jefferson county stretch oJ beach road from bench to High Island lacks only the plication of shell to make it com- parable ns a highway with the county end inspection id Saturday The Jefferson county stretch in excellent shape considering its lack of shell or topping with T few hundred yards of soft sand Corrugations across the road prac Its entire length makes li somewhat reminiscent of the corduroy type of road At High Island Saturday finish Ing loads of shell were being ap piled making shell surfacing con into Port Bolivar This sec tlon of tho road Is in good shape From Iho corner o Austin nnd Procter to High the average speedometer will tcr miles nnd from the town of High Island to Port Bolivar 29 miles MERCURY RISES TO 102 DEGREES PASO BL PASO June 22 max temperature here today WR degrees just two degrees the June high record for nil time ftc BEAUMONT June ies of the proposed water control district In precinct 2 will be re- to exclude property of op- nr interests Sam H Crosby of t Arthur chief sponsor of the said here this afternoon fter the conclusion of a public at which a petition for the district had been assailed by every largo corporation in he precinct and rejected by y commission Need Exists Need undoubtedly exists for the creation of a district that could thousands of acres of land tow going to waste permitting settlement and ion of a wido and valuable Crosby declared In the light of he rejection of our first petition t Is how plan to alter the daries of the proposed district to in- clude only such land as will be benefited by drainage ures thereby o the creation of Another Hearing Crosby indicated It would he some time before lines of the rict are drawn anew and a second petition presented to commission Vhon such a petition is submitted another hearing similar to that conducted today will be held Scores of persons from precinct 2 were present In the district courtroom when the hearing ed and they saw opponents of the proposed district effectively block he first move for Its creation Re- pleas were made to the com- to end the hearing on the Turn to Page 6 Column 1 THREE LOCAL WOMEN HURT IN AUTO WRECK Three women were carried to Mary Gates hospital in ambulances at o'clock Saturday afternoon ing from injuries received when two automobiles in which were riding crashed at and avenues Mrs Fred 516 Nederland avenue sustained a broken arm cuts and bruises about body Mrs C 949 street received a slash across her head and Mrs P A Manning 049 street was cut about th body All wore released being given first aid treatment JUDGE FLAYS JURORS FOR DRY ST LOUIS June 22 jurymen received a stinging re buKe nnd their names were strick en off the list of for service in circuit court at Clayton today after they delivered a verdict In the Will f am Loon charged illegal possession of intoxicating liquor It took the jury but four mln and two ballots to decide on Circuit Court Judge Mulloy p You have down on you duty ns jurors and I hope you wil never be called as jurors li a of this kind in my court CHICAGO COPS GRIP GUNS WHILE FACE WILLIE GETS 13TH MAN HE community's would bo not In supplying bridge but In for It by Its but not getting what It for into more n CAR your that must uso nu ferry CHICAGO Juno 22 robber flitted about in tho early morning hours relieving milk wagon drivers and of their cash A cab driver was shown a ture of Wee Willie Doody man police slayer mall robber and quarry of a determined man hunt Ho threatened to kill said the cah driver Told mo I was his 13th victim today That's tho mon And tho hunt for tho little bad man wont on Milton a died of bullet wounds In- by a In a holdup Thursday n because a short time before robbery a policeman who was shot down an badly wounded had pointed t Baby Face Willie's that of his assailant A downtown theater Is hold up a phantom car speeds through th a liny robber pokes his gu inlo someone's ribs and lifts someone cries perhaps and the fca of tho desperate killer have mad every victim nco in his tho midget Bui with each free report of shooting and robbery th Chicago police hold their revolvers for hoy that our or flv already In his gun Is 01 to got tho copa Doody Is with tho mu iler ot five Ihls year Queen of Campus University of Mississippi students i secret acclaimed MSB Celeste above freshman of Phi Mu sorority Miss The honor Iso the distinction of being tic most popular girl en the Franco May Resume To New York Today MADRID June 22 Spain after a day of uncertain ies and conflicting reports re- over a radio message from Major Kamon Franco that he hac safely with his three fellow aviators at tho isolated island San Miguel the Azores Not only were the fliers and thei plane safe but it was reported tha hey would resume their flight to vard New York tomorrow after noon No of why they chose to land at th easternmost point of the Islam Instead of at Horta wher supplies would have been available and from their saf arrival could have been y Hashed to the world It was understood here that lh Hers tomorrow would make an e fort to reach New York without stop They had arranged however to refuel at Halifax N S If thei supply should be y struggling head wind The Spaniards plan to visit Wash ington nnd after a short stay t reverse their route to Spain 25 ARRESTS REPORTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING Continuing tho series of raid that marked law enforcement during Saturday 25 arrest were reported at police between 1 and 2 o'clock thl morning names were on the blotte Including white charged with who wcr arrested on West Eighth marked hold for 1 were marked hold for sheriff nn two were regular police arrests REPUBLICAN COP PUTS WARRANT UPON DEMO LOUISVILLE Ivy June 22 A constable n republican co: stable at that today plastered warrant on the door of tho dcm city and county committee's headquarters Tho warrant gave notice of In sale of tho office In lieu of payment of month rent totaling GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF SANTA ANA Calif Juno 22 57 real esta broker today pleaded guilty tho murder of Mrs Myrtle Woo Long Reach Calif a nml wan sentenced to life In San penile llary hy Superior Judge E Marks HIDE eek Confirmation Of Poisoning In East Texas Ocie Nix Said To Have Confessed NE Texas June 22 Nix 22 was hidden in n unknown Texas jail today while he stomach of the wife Is alleged to have poisoned was Its way for analysis special session of the grand jury as been called for Monday to the charges against Nix Is cald to have confessed his wife The viscera of a dog at the 1 which was found dead the after young Mrs Nix died n convulsions also was being sent Austin When neighbors found ie dog dead and swollen they Its stomach and found ons of a An ody at night at he lonely cemetery an was performed Neighbors said that Nix was in a field when they heard la wife screaming at a They rushed lo the buse and found the woman in con- and the five months old aby crying Mrs Nix died afterward and neighbors sale hey thought a heart attack had aused her death Officers said today they had earned Mrs Nix was insured for 1400 Nix denied the insurance lad anything to do with her death KILLS SELF AT YOUNG GIRL'S DOOR GALVESTON June 22 ered by jealousy A D Webb 27 helper killed iy a blow over the heart with an ce pick this afternoon at the hole oom door of a divorcee Evelyn Diamond with whom h lad been keeping company Mis Diamond went swimming with an ther man and when she returnee Vebb questioned her from the hall way while she was dressing to mee him He drove the into hi when her answers him residents of the hotel said FICKLE FEMALE FADS BANKRUPTED MILLINER ST LOUIS June 22 Changes In women's milliner styles have bankrupt the Hat company here Ernst Bek treasurer told Bank Referee Coles today The hat business Is not wha t used to said Bek who ha been a milliner for 35 years Women used to tuy hats with lot of flowers and feathers bu now they wear just small piece of felt Wise men are getting ou of the ARRIVES FEW HOURS BEFORE BODY DOES TIFFIN Ohio June 22 Joseph H Zesser 17 who arrive iere today a few hours before hi body did discovered he hod die hi Indianapolis Zeser despite the fact his fan lly had been notified of his death proved to them that he was nnd well When his body arrived In Bosket it was discovered to that of a stronger Now an police aro trying to find out wh tho stranger was HEAVY RAINS FLOOD KANSAS CITY AREA KANSAS CITY June 22 of Inches of rain fell he between W5 and o'clock th morning virtually nil tho being between nnd 10 Hundreds of basements flooded Wooden nnd away KIKE DB LEON June 22 Reid Auto Supply company i automobile agency was at a loss of hero Tho fire originated In a wa room For a lima the flames sh high and fire fro Dublin nnd came hero tho De Leon department East Cultivation Is Urged hamber of Commerce Launches Move To In- crease Exports Through Local Port Asking Beaumont and Orange to join Port Arthur chamber of commerce to start a for more Intensive in east Texas the ports ill receive a great surplus ort products from these farm nds Col Harve Haines general snager of the chamber of com- Saturday sent a letter to the range and Beaumont chambers Seek Cultivation Col Haines declared that if the ast Texas chamber of commerce d not take the matter up he ould recommend that Port Ar- lur Orange and Beaumont join ands in bringing farmers into this of the state to cultivate lands The letter The advantages of the intensive of the arable lands of astern Texas as such advantages elate to the Sabine district ports nd cities is a subject that has in- the hoard of directors of Arthur chamber of com- and very materially In the opinion of this board ye lould face the and ot attempt to disabuse our real conditions Cites Decision Man Who Turtle Hauls In Giant The recent decision of the court f civil appeals favoring Houston i the matter of the equalization of ales to Galveston Port and Orange and the possibility of the lent of the principles laid he court of civil appeals in he opinion of the board of ors of the Port Arthur encourage us begin a campaign for a more cultivation of the lands f east Texas to the end that wo nay have available to the Sabine district ports at short distance a reater surplus of the exportable products of Texas and for the ad- reason that we would Turn to Page 2 Column 1 A beach who into the limelight in Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoons as the result of a In The Hews about Wiltz catching the largest sea turtle ever seen section of the gulfi stands a good chance this morning of going again be- fore Mr A- eight about 650 pounds and was pulled -at- McFadden's beach Saturday morning by Wiltz and three other men with the aid of a 350 foot seine took three men fish to board of a carl It will on at the Breeze Inn on the beach Acadia Parish Struck Small Tornado By LAKE CHARLES La June 22 tornado struck the Jennings oil field in Acadia sh this afternoon causing rty damage and injuring two arsons Miss Esther Derouen p Ben Miller a merchant who were Bating in a restaurant destroyed by the twister Eight derricks were blown down FIVE YEAR OLD BOY IS STRUCK BY AUTO HERE George Harold Harrison five years old was carried to Mary Gates hospital in a Hampton com- mny ambulance about o'clock Saturday night suffering from sustained when he was down by an automobile in Jie 2000 block of Procter street The car that struck the youth was said to have stopped but no report of the incident had been made to police at a late hour boy was released from the hospita after he had been given first aid treatment SAN ANTONIO MAN AND BOY ARE WOUNDED U.S Informer Blamed Shooting Mother of Injured Lad capes Rain of Bullets SAN ANTONIO June 22 one man dead and a man and bby in serious con- dition at the hospital after a fusilade of bullets from a stripped down auto mowed the down at an East street gasoline city and officers tonight ng a prohibition stool pigeon the killing George Hale service station died Otto and Government Informer Gill told that Halo had escribed one of the two men who ired en the trio as a eminent stool pigeon with whom he had ad trouble a few minutes he shooting The Hale had ome into filling station and attempted to go behind UVo Hole it ob- and struck one of the Closing his to enter an auto occupied Gill young Gahwiler and the mother Mrs Otto preparatory to a fishing trip Fired from Car The Gill up at a swift pace topped and Its occupants opened Hale fell beside tha car arid Gill and the boy jumped out Both Gill and the boy were hree times Hale was struck In left side left thigh and left arm Gahwiler being Saturday night as a while police searched or the suspects She to lave declared could orie of the men AT SABINE NOW Expected To Be of Value To District Shipping A radio compass of untold value to pilots anc ships coming into the Sabine dis is now being installed at Sabine lighthouse This compass will enable ship to get their positions at any time according to officials of the Sa bine Pilots association Particularly will this prove valuable during fogs and days ii which it be impossible for th skippers to take their own bear ings by aid of sun or moon With the installation of the corn pass masters will to iess the Sabine lighthouse for thei positions HOUSTON COP BY HOUSTON Detective vie squad killed b a negro man Bayou street tonight while the ficer was arrest hi The negro then was fatally ed by Hope's partner Detective Ira Nix POSSE AND CONVICTS MAY FIGHT BAY CITY June 22 battle is believed Imminent be- tween posses and tiree convicts be- to at Clemens state prison farm here In which 43 men escaped The three Massey of Galveston Joe Williams of Fort Worth and W A Smiley son of held up a Mexican automobile near dar Lane and forced him to them north ATTEMPT FAILS F o g Fore e s Down CLEVELAND Chip at Cincinnati that fog on the course to New York was un- Lee Schoenhair landed at Cleveland municipal eastern standard time tonight in his attempt to a flight from Los Angeles to NcV York He had traveled approximately 2100 miles in 13 hours and 20 utes His plane and engine were m good condition he said and he plans to fly to New York some time tomorrow BOY 5 DROWNS PICHER June 22 Claude Jones 5 son of Mrs J A Jones drowned in a mine pond liero late today while several companions watched the struggling lad The body was recovered about 15 later but resuscitation methods failed TEXAS DEMOS SEEK MOSES TO LEAD THEM FROM WILDERNESS By Stuff Correspondent AUSTIN June Its search for a political Moses to lead It back the light of parly mony nnd power Texas democracy soon will begin a painstaking in- of what resources were left from the debacle of Hoover victory last year according to party adherents So far the search has been less as to finding any one leader who can supply tho leavening leant of a restored party spirit though say tho time is early and leadership may be found in ample season to the battered organization Tho leaders so far nro faction leaders ot tho conflict which spill ho party In than since reconstruction days The disorganization In Texas and the apparent need of- a little Mussolini medicine aro both brought In clear relief by the working of tho republican party machine oiled by a campaign fund for tho 1030 gov and 1932 presidential races in Texas Texas democrats likely will un- some sort of rally or re- organization meeting It was said Tho aim of such reorganization will bo to select party not candidates for will give of their time energy and money toward bringing the party back to unity of purpose There nro two major factional groups In the but as one more sharply defines tho party Turn to Column 1 MAN AND GIRL DROWN ATTEMPTING RESCUE ALVA Okla June 22 ney of Alton Kansas a harvest hand and Miss Curran 20 drowned in a pond near here late today attempting tr rescue the girl's younger sister Maude had stepped into a deep hole while wading Maude rescued by her brother HOUSTON FIREMAN AT 4 BLAZE ELECTROCUTED HOUSTON June 22 ton fireman was electrocuted and damage totaling moro than was caused In a fire which swept two residences on Reeves street day R L Hendricks 22 fireman was the victim Weather Forecast Kant Sunday to moderate winds on the count cloudy easterly coast TIDE RECORD Time ot w water iiy tho U S const And n Lew
