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COUNTRY CLUB
MAKES PLANS
Permanent Committee
Appointed; Three
Hop* on Card
The program for the 1928-29 season
has been adopted by the Brownsville
Country Club and will include three
dances one to be given at Thanks-
giving and the other two at Christ-
mas and on Washington's Birthday
respectively according to B. Lon-
goria Jr. member of the club fi-
nance committee.
There will also be several golf
matches during the coming season
wil prove of local interest. No an-
nouncement has yet been made as to
the personnel of these matches but
they will be played between the best
golfers in the club it is said.
Longoria announced Tuesday that
there were only 12 memberships left
and that they expected to place these
within the next few weeks. The club
membership is limited to 200.
The following permanent commit-
tees have been appointed:
Swimming: A. C. Hipp C. S. Eid-
man and E. J. Tucker.
Membership: W. E. McDavitt Drew
Patteson Carlos Watson and H. L.
Thomas.
Finance: Dr. B. O. Works E. J.
Tucker and B- Longoria Jr.
Tennis: A. M. Kent F. W. Seabury
J. L. Boggus and George Aziz.
House and Vntertainment: John
Gregg Jack McNair Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Ransome. Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
Bl ck. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boggus and
Mr. and Mrs. I. Dorfman.
Golf grounds: J. K. Wells George
Descha Mrs. E. J. Tucker Drew
Patteson and Mrs. B. O Works.
CITY BRIEFS j
_ I
Report Ready—The annual finan-
cial report of the common school
districts of Cameron county has been
completed by the Merchants National
bank and will be mailed to the state
auditor at Austin Thursday accord-
ing to word at the superintendent's
office.
Stated Communication Rio Grande
Lodge No. £1 A. F. & A. M.
will be held at Masonic
temple at 8:00 o'clock this
evening Tuesday. Ail mem-
bers requested and visiting
brethren fraternally invited
to attend. Sara D. Hughston W. M.
W. W. Ball Scc’y—Adv. G.
Nears Completion—The new home
of the Brownsville Public Library
under construction on Adams street
between Tenth and Eleventh streets
is nearing completion. Workmen
were busy Tuesday finishing stucco
on the outside walls.
If You Have anything to haul or
store phone 278. —Valley Bonded
Warehouse & Storage Co.—Adv. tf.
* Continue High Line—Work will be
esumed this week on the high line
rom the city power plant to Victo-
a Heights it has been stated. Sub-
* tations and a connecting high line
lready have been constructed be-
veen the plant and the stepdown on
ty property at Tenth nd Adams
n .reetk. The third substation will
y e built in Victoria Heights.
Returns to Brownsville — Miss
Louise Bauer has returned to this
city after a visit in Houston.
Y'ou Call 278. We haul.—Valley
Bonded Warehouse & Storage Co.—
Adv. tf.
’Fone Books Due—The new tele-
phone directories are expected to be
distributed soon. They were rhip-
ped by express frain San Antonio
Friday. The new directories will
cover the entire Valley. This will bo
the first book of this kind issued in
this section.
All hinds of feed at hardtime pric-
es.—Valley Bonded Warehouse &
Storage Co.—Adv. tf.
Half-way l'p—Brick work on the
new central fire station now under
construction has gone up past the
first story mark and the second story
is partly completed.
Dickey's Old Keliabla Eye Wate
raiiever sun and wind burned eyes
Doesn t hurt. All druggtsts.—Adv. <1/
Cotton Bu>er Here—J. Via<tero
cotton buyer of Mexico City arrived
here Tuesday morning. He is reg-
istered at the El Jardin hotel.
Kindergarten.—Mrs. D. W. Inger-
soll will begin her kindergarten
Sept. 19. For further information
telephone 946W. tf
Y iaitors—VV. B. Sanders of Hous-
ton and J. C- Briggs and W. L. Eu-
bank of Dallas are business visi-
tors in Brownsville.
Spangled and feather hats at fS.00.
this week only. Also felt hats at all
prices. Amaya’s Millinery Adams St..
j near Herald office.
«* Y’isiting Here—Lieut. Oscar Wel-
ler U. S. N. is in Brownsville visit-
ing his parents Mr. and .Mrs. H. H.
| Weller. Lieut feller has been sta-
tioned in Washington during the
summer but will return to Annap-
olis for a post-graduate course upon
his return to the east. He will be
here about a week.
Spanish .Mexican or Ba.ber's Itch
—One Dottle of Imperial Eczema
j Remedy is guaranteed to be enough
for any caaa of any kind. All drug
gist* ar* authorized to refuad your
money if it fails—Adv. (6j
.
To McAllen—G. C. Richardson j
manager of the Brownsville Cham- j
ber of Commerce and Z. A. Rosen-
thal president of the organization
left Brownsville Tuesday morning *
on a business trip to McAllen.
Election Spirited
In Massachusetts
BOSTON. Sept. 18.—<*»)—An un-;
usually heavy vote wee expected at |
the polls today as members of both j
maior parties reacted to tha most j
active primary campaign Massacha
setts has seen in years.
* Practically every important nom-
tion within the gift of either party
was the subject of spirited contest
with one exception. U. S. Senator
David I. V.'alsh was unopposed for
renomination on the democratic
ticket.
The contest for tho republican
nomination for tha United States
senate was three sided. Eben £-
Draper Gen. Butler Ames end B.
Loring Y'oung made whirlwind fin-:
ithes to active campaigns* i
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! Prison Poet With ‘90 Days to
Live’ Wins Bride; Books Worry
CONVICTS RIOT
IN MARYLAND
Prisoners Threaten To
Go on Strike; Say
Treated Badly
BALTIMORE Sept. 18.—OP)—Aft-
i er a riot last right threats of a
general strike at the Maryland State
penitentiary here were made today
by prisoners.
Guards were redoubled. A score
of city policemen and ten city de-
tectives were called to the prison.
Guards herded 800 prisoners from
the dining room to their cclis last
night because of a disturbance. Im-
mediately the prisoners started yell-
ing. beating the bars and walls of
their cells with nans stools and
anything that came handy ar.d
throwing everything loose at the
guards who patrolled the corridors.
Officials of the prison said a re-
port of Stuart S. Janney director
of the state bureau of welfare ab-
solving the officers and guards of
the prison of charges of cruel and
inhumane treatment of prisoners
which was made to Governor Albert
C. Ritchey Saturday was respon-
sible for the riot.
700000 BEE
(Continued from pare one.)
quifas 9. Doctors and those familiar
with conditions estimted that the
total deaths would be more than
1000.
Use Stones For Hammers
Poor country folk were endeavor-
ing to patch together their damaged
homes using stones for hammers and
bent nails drawn from the wreck-
age. Men women and children work-
ed together. Noah Sheppard an
agent for the federal land bank who
travelled across the island from
Ponce said he saw no one crying or
quitting. One of the greatest needs.
He thought was nails and hammers.
Sheppard estimated that 80 per
cent of the homes in the rural dis-
tricts which he crossed had been
damaged. Beans corn and sweet po-
tatoes for planting quick crops were
also needed he said.
May Draft Military Aid
Citizens of Porto Rico organized a
committee headed by Chief Justice
cid was thought essential. Justice
Pel Toro announced if the civil au-
thorities proved inadequate to cope
with the situation. Governor Horace
M. Towner as commander-in-chief
of both the United States army
forces and the national guard in the
island would be asked to press these
men into service for *he work.
Despite the staggering blow sus-
tained by the island’s inhabitants
they were determined today to stsrt
over again and build anew on th-
rich soil which has been the basis of
Porto Rico's wealth.
The island was almost completely
deprived of two crops which normal
ly provide income during the “dead
season” the period between sugar
crops. Both the coffte and citrus
fruit crops which would have pro-
vided 115000000 income largely
during the nest four months were
nearly wiped out. Some coffee may
be saved.
BABY’S BODY IN AUTO
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found in his auto the body of a baby
three months old.
the Babies-
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* LOS ANGELES. Cal. Sept. 18.—The
silver lining that No. 23419 used to
glimpse at through the bars of his
cell in Carson City. Nev. peniten-
tiary has proven not a mirage but
a reality. But it may turn out to be
a brief reality.
No. 23319. or Ben Klegg “the
prison poet” was paroled last June.
He was told at the time that he had
probably 90 days to live. His time
is about up! !
But the man who wrote "Just a
Memory” in his cell is not per-
turbed over anything so inconse-
quential as that. With his talented
wife of slightly more than a week.
No. 23319 is busy worrying about
affairs in the Nevada penitentiary
where he spent four ’’ears of a 12-
year sentence.
Not a Reformer
"I started the library back there”
No. 23319 explained. "But it has to
be kept up if I’m unable to con-
tinue. A lot of those fellows are
! back to read’ng the advertisements
j for want of somethirg better. I’m
t not a worker for prison reform
j There are plenty of those. All I’d
; like to preach is a gospel of under-
i standire.”
No. 233’9 married Miss Iris Wils
after a three-week courtship both
accepting the promise of 90 days
of life.
“It wasn’t as though I’d just met
him.” said Mrs. Klegg. proud bride
j of the song writer and poet. “I had
: known him through his works until
I could imagine how he looked. You
| see. I have done much work in penal
j institutions and I learned to know
a man’s character in any surround-
ing or garb. So it was easy to fall
in love with'Ben at first sight.”
Klegg was convicted of a federal
charge :n L03 Angeles ard sentenc-
ed to 12 years ard six months in
Leaevenworth prison. A short time
rfter his commitment he was trans-
ferred west but serious illness
caused him to be left at the Ne-
' va<ia penitentiary where he served
time until last June. During his
j incarceration Klegg attracted na-<
I tion-wide attention with his songs!
| and poetry all signed simply No.
| :3319.
His waltz ballad. "Just a Memory”
has become one of the most pop-
ul-r of present-day numbers.
He has a lot of things to do and
not much time for the doing unless
he fools the prison doctors. He
wants for one thing to write about
ihe “outside.” He developed his
talent in prison and consequently
his works have dealt chieflv with
subjects enmounterrd inside the
walls.
Hopes for Pardon
Then he's got some campaigning
to do for his library back in Car-
son City. *
But finally and most important
he's hopirg for a pardon. President
Coolidge reduced his initial sen-
tence by three years. Klegg said.
“After all” sighs No. 23319 "if a
man’s paid his debt to society if
that’s how thev wish to term it he’d
like to die a free man. Especially
if he’s on his honeymoon.
“But what I'm wondering about fs
what those fellows are going to do
with my library.
“Gosh if they let it go to seed!”
.
Missing Banker
Sought In Waco
WACO Texas Sept. 18—(IPt—
Search for G. E. Wiley former as-
sistant cashier of the Rosebud State
bank who is sought on a warrant
charging embezzlement of $20000 of
the institution's funds turned to
W'aco today.
It was her# the missing banker’s
automobile was found abandoned a
week ago after he had disappeared
from Rosebud the day a state bank-
ing examiner arrived to check the
bank’s accounts.
5 SAVED FROM
SHIP SUNK IN
CANADIAN BAY
18 Believed Lost When
Cattle Boat Found-
ered in "' wen Sound;
Survivors on Raft
OWEN SOUND. Ont.. Sept. 18.—(JP)
—Five men believed to be the
only survivors of 23 members of the
crew and passengers on the cattle
boat Manasoo which foundered in
Georgian Bay Saturday morning were
recovering from exposure here today.
The five were taken from a life
raft on which they had drifted for
60 hours. They were rescued by the
Canadian Pacific steamer Manitoba
yesterday and brought to this port.
All are expected to recover.
The other sixteen members of the
crew and one passenger are believed
to have perished.
Chief Engineer Thomas McCutcheon
of the Manasoo died aboard the raft
shortly before the rescue. His body
was stripped of its clothing and
tossed into the bay to lighten the
raft awash at the time because of
its heavy burden and leaking pon-
toons. His clothing was given to
Arthur Middleboro the purser who
had escaped clad only in his under-
wear. He is survived by his widow
and two small children. He was a
native of Fifeshire Scotland.
The survivors told Capt. F. J. Davis
of the Manitoba that the Manasoo
sank almost without warning giving
no opportunity to launch lifeboats or
warn the members of the crew who
were below decks.
The ship foundered before day-
break and in the pitch darkness the
men on the raft had no opportunity
to rescue any of the missing. When
dawn came they saw two lifeboats
one overturned with two men cling-
ing to its sides the other apparently
unoccupied. They quickly drifted
away however and were not seen
again. It is not believed the two men
could have hung on long.
In the hope that some of the miss-
ing might have escaped on other
rafts or in life boats rescue forces
were mobilized to search the bay
today.
Set Docket For
District Court
Practically alt member* of the
Cameron county bar were present
Tuesday morning for the setting of
the docket for the September term
of the civil district court. The docket
is along one and setting of cases will
occupy most of the day.
During the noon recess the Cam-
c-«n County Bar Association met at
Hotel El Jardin for luncheon with
several new members present.
Hearing of non-jurv cases will oc-
cupy the attention of the court the
remainder of the week and possibly
the greater part of the following
week.
Gil Would Continue
R.ligiou& Policies
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 18.—GP*—
Fmilio Fortes Gil. minister of in-
terior who is mentioned cs a prob-
able choice for provisional pres-
ident. announced today he would sup-
port the frm and definite policy of
President Calles toward the religious
question. He said he would order
whatever measures were necessary
to enforce the religious laws
throughout the country. 1
Band Concert At
At Post Tuesday
The regular Tuesday evening con*
cert will be given by the 12th Cav-
alry band at the Fort Brown band-
stand on the parade grounds to-
night.
The bandstand is located near the
Elizabeth street entrance to the
post.
C. F. Waddington will direct this
evening's selections.
The program:
1. March. “Bombardment” (Heed).
2. Selection '‘Magic Mebody"
| (Romberg).
3. Mignonette “Romeo and Jul-
iet (Tobani).
4. Ballet Music '•Sylvia" (Deli-
bes). (a) Valse Lente; (b) Bar-
carolle and March.
5. Waltz Philipine “La Tagala”
(Safranck).
6. March. “The Rattler" (HeedJ.
LETTER URGES
WIDE HIGHWAY
Walker Writes From
Canada Approving
New Proposal
George F. Walker Valley man now
on a trip to Canada favors widen-
ing of the Harlingen-San Benito
stretch of the highway he atates in
a letter to the San Benito Chamber
' of Commerce. Following is the let-
1 ter:
Port Stanley Ont.
Sept. 13 1928.
Chamber of Commerce
San Benito Texas.
Gentlemen:
I notice in the San Benito Light
that a proposition is on foot to
widen the pavement between San
Benito and Harlingen and 1 think
this would be a wonderful improve-
ment and of decided benefit not only
to both cities but to the traveling
public at large. Anyone who has
traveled over that road at night or
during a rain will surely agree that
a wider pavement is necessary both
for safety and the speeding up. of
traffic. The various widths of the
proposed completed pavement are
mentioned and possibly the expe-
riences of the road builders up here
in a heavily travelled territory may
be interesting to you.
When cement roads were first be-
gun in Ontario they were often nar-
row and of course traffic outgrew
them. All later roads have been
built 20 feet wide or wider and while
this renders them safe yet it has
not done away with head-on collis-
ions caused by one car trying to pass
another with traffic coming from
the opposite direction. Many of the
worst accidents up here are thus
caused and nothing but still wider
pavement will remedy this serious
trouble. In other words anything
too narrow to carry three lines of
traffic must remain a slow danger-
ous road in times of heavy traffic.
Therefore if anything wider than an
18-foot road is found feasible I
would suggest nothing less than 27
feet. This width of road with two
lines marked down it will give three
lines of traffic and those wishing to
pass can do so io heavy traffic with
little danger of a head-on collision.
Without these lines however it is
found that drivers will hold in too
far from the edge of the pavement
thus doing away with the benefits
of the wide pavement to a great ex-
tent.
While on this subject I would
also like to tell you what I have no-
ticed in safety devices for the paved
hgihways of this province. To be-
gin with there is a sign on all roads
INCREASED WAGESj
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Give yourself a raise in pay by setting aside a defi-
nite amount each week to save.
$1.00 Opens an Account Here
No account too large None too small for us to handle.
4% Interest Compounded Semi-Annually
Paid on Savings Accounts
First National Bank
Brownsville Texas
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that cross a paved highway compell-
ing traffic to atop before entering
or crossing the highway. This sign
is just one word. “Stop” painted in
large letters. This has done away
with neauy all accijnnts at those
points. Then a system of symbols is
used in marking curves of which
there are a multitude and accidents
have been greatly reduced. The
word “Curve" does not indicate the
nature or degree of curve with the
result that dangerous compound
curves caused many accidents until
the symbol signs were adopted. Be-
low I have drawn crudely some sym-
bol signs. Cross lines indicate a
road intersection. Where the road
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terminates dangerously in a right
angle turn a large 8 by 8 foot
square. checker board sign is
used the checkers being one foot
square and painted alternately white
and blck. Such signs are placed just
past the end of the road and even in
heavy rain at night this sign is
visible far enough {or the drivfr to
see it in good time snd make the
turn to right or left. As this sign
is direclty in the center of the space
that would be occupied by the
straight road if continued on no
driver can possibly mistake it for
anything but the end of the straight
road. Many fatalities formerly oc-
curred at these short turves but al
most none sow. Such tins at dan-
gerous points like “Dead Kan's
Carve” would do away with meet of
tne accidents there.
Hoping that you will find it feast*
ble to widen the Harlingen road I
remain Yours very truly
GEO. P. WALKER.
BOY DIES IN AUTO CRASH
FORT CORTH. Tex. Sept. IS.—(JP>
—Jasper Bradford IT. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Bradford Fort Worth was
killed and his three companions were
injured slightly today when their
automobile overturned near Arling*
ton.
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