The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 131, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 11, 1928 Page: 2 of 34
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JOINING RED
CROSS URGED
BY COOLIDGE
President Issues Pro-
clamation on Eve of
Roll Call; Gives
Praise to Work
WASHINGTON. No*.
President Coolidge today issued a
proclamation urging membership in
the American Red Cross noting the
rehabilitation “work done by the or-
ganization during the past year par-
ticularly for sufferers from the
^e«t Indies huyicane.
H:s proclamation follow • in part:
“The American Red Cross has
once more demonstrated in impres-
sive fashion the necessity for main-
taining at full strength this great
humanitarian organization. Acting
■ s the agency of the American peo-
ple! it promptly and effectively wpnt
to relief of the half a million peo-
I le left destitute by the hurricane
which swept over Porto Rico the
Virgin Islands and parts of Flor-
ida. It will be engaged for many
weeks to come in the task of restor-
ing the stricken people in those
disaster areas to a normal basis of
living.
“With equal promptness and effi-
•iency the same organization has
been answering the rail for d'sa-'ter
relief from other sections of our
country. • * * .
“Relief for suffering humanity in
the wake of disaster is hut one part
of the work to which the American
Red Cross is dedicated. It is well
to remember at this time as we
solemnly observe the tenth anniver-
sary of Armistice day. the duty
which we owe to those thousands
of ex-service men who have never
fully recovered from the wounds of
war.
“For these men and their fam-
ilies the Red Cross continues to
tender the same tender care which
during the World war gave to that
organization the proud distinction
of being termed ’the greatest mother
in the world’. • * •
'As president of the Cnited
States and as president of the Amer-
ican Red '"ross I earnestly urge
that the American people during
the period between Armistice day
and Thanksgiving dedicate them-
selves anew to service for humanity
thiough a greatly increased member-
ship in their Red Cross.”
$5000 Contest
Materia I Is On
Hand at Dittmann
Booklet* containing rule* of the
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contest are being distributed at the
Dittmann theater.
The contest con-ist* of making *
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Nate releases by the picture corpora-
tion Any juxaposition of the titles
may he utilized linking them up
with as little additional phrases as
possible.
The ronte t begins immediately
and closes January 15. 1929 winners
to be announced in the March 1929.
issue of Screenland.
The first prize i* >1.000 in cash
and the second is a Chrysler 4-door
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known products me given as third
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Engineers Hear
Dean Taylor At
Regular Parley
MERCEDES Nov. 1*0—The regular
monthly meeting < f the Lower Rio
Grande Valley chapter of the Air.osi- I
can Association of Engineers held i
here Saturday night was featured by '
i the appearance of Dean T. U. Tay- 1
lor ot the University ©t Texas engi-
neering department.
Some 35 Valley engineers. 12 from
the Cameron county engineering de-
partment. heard Dean Taylor talk
! on the necessity of character in en- 1
gineers. The veteran engineer also
: entertained the body with interesting
reminescences.
Effect of the proposed irrigation
: projects in Maverick and Starr j
counties on the water supply in the
Lower Rio Grande was discussed in-
formally a* was the move now on
I foot for the adoption of a 13-nvontn
■ calendar.
President W. Commons and j
! Secretary J. R. Hopkins both of ;
1 Mercedes conducted the meeting i
Sandwiches and coffee were served- ■
Miss Knaak Slew
Self Coroner In
Illinois Reports
LAKE BLUFF III. Nov. 10.—</P>— I
. A coroner’s jury late today returned
a verdict finding that Miss Elfrieda
: Knaak. 29 school teacher and book
! agent had come to her death a week
ago by self-inflicted burns.
Although the jury apparently
j wrote the last chapter to the mys-
tery. State’s Attorney A. V. Smith
of Lake county declared he would
continue his investigation.
Miss Knaak was found the morn- '
j mg of October 30 in the basement
[ of the village hall and police station
j of Lake Bluff. The flesh had been
' burned from both feet her right leg.
j both forearms and the front part of
| her head.
Dr. A. J. Kissinger who attended
Miss Knaak during the three days
| between the time «he was burned and j
her death testified today he believ-
ed the burns were self-inflicted.
MAY DISCARD
(Continued from page one.*
a hotly contested campaign in which
! it had been hoped to depose tile
| regular democratic administration
headed by Sheriff A. Y. Baker.
Kirgan said republican-citire n
supporters are being admonished to
i "sit tight” and avoid any semblance
of disturbance. “All we want is a
square deal in an orderly legal ;
: mariner.” he declared.
The mayor sought to correct an
impression which he declare*] had
gotten out that the independents
! compromise a radical disgruntled
minority. “That is not true” he
i continued. “I can prove that ten
of the fifteen Hidalgo county banks
i are with u*. 1 also will say that 98
i per cent of the resident white land-
owners and growers are on our side j
' If the official returns show Mr.
| Griffin elected that may pour some
{ oil on the troubled waters. We are
I tired of rows and dissension and
j would like to see harmony restored.”
Mr. Kirgan conferred here svith
j Mayor F. B. Freeland of McAllen
who made an unsuccessful appeal
: to Governor Moody for martial law
in Htdalgo county.
It is said no funds have been
1 made for a contest of the election
I but that money would be axailable
if needed.
BOLTERSPLAN
(Continued from pace one.)
a right to he happy. We have rid
our party of Tammany wet. nullifi-
cation ideas that potentially have
Keen so dangerous. I honestly be-
lieve the constitutional democrats
have saved the ideal of democracy.
The importance of men ia temporary.
The principles of democracy are
eternal and there will be successful
successors for the host of great lead-
ers. who in the past have made the
democratic party great.
"The fundamental principles of our
party are far bigger than any section
or ism. Just in the measure that we
ire guided by this fact shall we as a
; party Again become great in the na
lion and merit the trust of our peo-
TAKE MUSSEL
(Continued from page one.)
chine acts somewhat as a rake. It
is dragged along the bottom of the
resacas and canals penetrating sev-
eral inches into the mud at the
bottom and it drags the mussels
and mussel shells out of their snug
home at the bed of these bodies of
wafer.
The shells are then dried out
and arc loaded for shipment.
Trucks are operating to bring them
in to a loading point in San Benito.
Mr. Bowyer said that as soon as
he finishes the work here he will
move to other places in the Valley.
He is negotiating now with water
district and water company man-
agers to get shells from resacas
; and canals in other parts of the
Valley.
IN OORVALLEY
I
Continued from psge one.)
There is Boy Sceut work school
work art exhibits and so on.
The fair was originated by the
vocational agriculture class of the
Ponna high school under the super-
vision of Paul Cowan director of
agriculture in the Donna schools.
Grief Is Fatal
To Dallas Father
DALLAS. Tex. Nov. 10.— /.*».—Grief
over the death of a daughter. -Mrs.
i l leo Lieto found beaten to death
near here a week ago. was thought
to have cauesd the death of James
Hardin Denton. 79 here today.
Relatives said the aged man had
refused to be consoled and that his
intense grief sapped his vitality.
The battered bodies of .Mrs. Liet<*
and her friend. Mrs. Bessie Lvnch.
were found in a field near Daila'
last Sunday. A week of investiga-
tion today had found authorities
I without a clue to the slayer of the
j two women.
fltw haves
(Continued from pi.gc one.)
not bo apparent immediately as
not all cleared transmitters are
equipped to use their new power
allotment. Others may havo
some difficulty maintaining their
new frequencies without interfer-
ing with stations on ad;acent
bands.
Some minor changes have been
made since the first announce-
ment of the reallocation and
nation WGY Schenectady N. Y.
has obtained a restraining order
from Disfrict of Columbia court
of appeals against the commis-
sion’s decision that it limit its
night time operation.
experience may prove that in-
terference will result on some
channels because of inadequate
geographical separation. Commis-
sioner Sykes said today. He ex-
pressed the opinion that addition-
al stations may be squeezed into
the broadcasting spectrum.
< ommissioner Caldwell asked
the "patience of the public" for
the reallocation “with the know-
ledge that through the new plan
there will eventually be restored
to the American public broadcast-
ing service without parallel in the
history of the art."
UNCOVEOlG
(Continued from page on«.)
all but the widow's third after a few
specific bequests and atter other
people had had the use of part of it
lor It) years.
. Show Girl Profits
The woman friend to whom the in-
come of one sixth the residuary
estate was given for 10 years was
Miss Inez Norton a former show girl
who lives n Hothstein s Hotel Fair-
field and was divorced last summer.
The three men named as executors
and to whom the bulk bf the estate
goes outright after 10 yars are As-
semblyman Maurice Cantor Itoth-
stein's attorney; William Wellman
and Samuel Brown. Brown and Well-
man in the meantime are to have
the income of five per cent of the
estate each.
Rothstcin left his brothers Fdgar
and Jack $50000 each and the in-
come for 10 years of 20 per cent of
the estate. The gambler’s parents
were not mentioned in the will but
associates said he had provided foi
them before death. A negro servant
he used as confidential agent was
given $15000.
CONGRESS TO
(Continued from page one.)
nut the load of unfinished business
offers a possible obstacle.
Herbert Hoover has declared will-
ingness to cal) a special session of
the new congress after next March
4 to take up farm relief if necessary
and with this assurance there are
signs that som of the farm leaders
are willing to bide their time and
take the question up in the special
session with more leisure. Con-
gressional leaders feel that the Me-
Nar.v-Haugen bill with its famous
equalization fee provision which was
twice vetoed by President Coolidge
now- is dead.
Sonic are hopeful that a new meas-
ure. along the lines of a farm board
as outlined by Hoover and Senator
Curtis his running mate in the cam-
paign might be adopted without dif-
ficulty.
No Program Mapped
Rut leaders have mapped out no
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program. Senator Curtis republican
pt.ot conferred today with President
« oolidge but this conversation like
most of the discussions at this time
revolved largely around the recent
election and its reactions.
The republicans have begun to dis-
entangle the snarl expected in the
selection of a successor to Curtis
vice president-elect. Several Senators
now are in the race including Wat-
son of Indiana Jones of Washington
and Fess of Ohio from the West and
Reed of Pennsylvania and Moses of
New Hampshire from the East.
It is possible that sectionalism may-
play a pait in the determination
with both Hoover and Curtis coming
from the West.
Shoals Bill To Courts
Muscle Shoals which occupied
much time last session to result la
the refusal of President Cooiidge to
approve the bill sent to him by the
two houses also may receive consid-
eration at the short session hut Sen-
ator Norris republican Nebraska
prime mover of the proposed legisla-
tion now indicates that he will look
to the courts rather than to congress
to put it on the statute hooks. He
takes the view th the recent elec-
tions will stnn; ! the opposition
and* that it wnu.-i he impossible to
get enough vo-.» to pass such a
measure over the president’s veto.
For that reason he is hopeful that
the courts will hold that the bill
which the president refused to sign
on the last day of last session be-
came law without his signature and
did not die from a pocket veto.
ARM1STICET0
(Continued from page one.)
lie testimonial to the dead of all
wars.
Proclamation Issued
Capt. Herbert V. Scanlan of Fort
Brown has been named officer of the
Armistice Day parac> which will
form on Palm Boulevard near the
high school and move down Eliza-
beth street to the Missouri Pacific
Park promptly at 10 a. m.
In accordance with a custom es-
tablished in 1918. Mayor A. B. Cole
Saturday issued a proclamation call-
ing unon the people of Brownsville
“to observe the day appropriately
with exercises and ceremonies in
grateful recognition of the services
of the living and in sorrswful appre-
ciation of those who made the great
sacrifice."
The speakers’ program following
Monday’s parade will he short. Only-
two speakers. Capt. Ivan Bennett
Fort Brown chaplain and Major H.
B. Galbraith city attorney will np
pear on the program and they will
each be limited to 10 minutes.
Order of Parade
(’apt. Scanlan Saturday issued a
>all to all units which are to take
part in the parade to be at the for-
mation point not later than 9:15
o’clock Monday morning.
As marshal of the day Capt. Scan-
lan will lead the parade and will be
immediately followed by the national
and American Legion colors. The
Twelfth Cavalry band dismounted
will be the next in line. This organ-
ization will be followed by the Boy
Scouts and representatives of va-
rious city schools. Next in line will
he the American Legion bugle and
drum corps followed by a provisional
troop of cavalry commanded by Cap:.
Wilkie C. Burt.
Civil war veterans the next in
line will be carried over the line
of march in automobile* and imme-
diately behind them will march the
Spaniih-American War veterans.
Legionnaires and ex-service men
will form the final unit in the pa-
rade.
All business men in the'city have
been especially requested to that
the colors are flown in front and
from the flag poles of their busi-
ness houses an.l the city in generil
will be bedecked in holiday attire as
the tenth anniversary of the signing
of ths Armistice it celebrated.
ENGLAND MAKES IT
DAY OF REVERENCE
LONDON. Nov. 10.—(AV-Tonight a
hush already seema to have fallen
on this land of England.
As the hour of the tenth anniver-
sary of Armistice Day draws near.
London the heart of the empire pre-
pares to mark the day as a great re-
ligious commemoration with more
than usual solemnity and intensity
of emotion.
Nearly every man and woman wears
a Flanders poppy artificial blooms
made by ageing men. blinded or
maimed men twelve even fourteen
years ago. All day long legions of
girls—small children when the great
war raged—sold the emblems for the
late Karl Haig’s great fund to aid
still suffering human wreckage of the
conflict.
Tonight the shadowed Cenotaph
in Whitehall around which will ren-
ter the ceremonies of Armistice Sun-
day already is the focus of small
reverent crowds standing bare-head-
ed before the great empty tomb.
The ceremonial and religious ser-
vices within a hollow square around
tho Cenotaph tomorrow morning to-
gether with the two minutes silence
at the hour of eleven will hold the
center of interest in the program of
the day.
W’ireless broadcasting will enable
the W'hole country to hear the sol-
emn service in which the king par-
ticipates. Queen Mary and the ladies
of the court will watch from balco-
nies in government buildings along
Whitehall while 3500 picked mem-
bers of the British fighting service*
— sailors soldiers airmen and ex-
service men and women—will be
formed about the Cenotaph.
Meanwhile in Westminster Abbey
and in fact’ in every place of wor-
ship in the empire special services
will be held and in the afternoon
for the first time a great religious
mass meeting will fill Trafalgar
Square.
All through the empire on land
and sea. two minutes’ silence will be
observed.
HIGH OFFICIALS TO
OBSERVE DAY IN U. S.
WASHINGTON. Nov. lo.-iA*)—
High government officials headed
by President Coolidge tomorrow
will lead America into the world-
wide observation of the tenth anni-
versary of the signing of the Armis-
tico.
Mr. Coolidge. accompanied by
Mrs. Coolidge plans to go to Arl-
ington national cemetery early in
the morning to lay a wreath on the
tomb of the unknown soldier. He
will speak at an observance of the
day under the auspices of the Amer-
ican Legion tomorrow night at tlhe
Washington auditorium.
At II o’clock in the morning two
minute silence observed all over
the world on previous Armistice
days will be observed in America.
A bugler will sound taps over the
grave of the Unknown -Soldier to
end the silence in Washington.
While the president is speaking.
Secretary Kellogg who during the
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Belgium contrib u t e s
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Warning ' j
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Spain makes ivory lin-
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China now weaves by
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past year has been fostering the
Kellogg-Briand treaty for the out-
lawry of war will be addressing a
peace meeting in New York.
Much of the day’s observance will
center about the tomb of the Un-
known Soldier. Scores of organisa-
tions plan to have representatives
place wreaths on the white marble
slab which during the year has
received tokens of respect and
honor from thousands including the
Bremen fliers and the Graf Zeppe-
j iin crew from Germany.
. Throughout the country churches
of every ’ denomination and faith
planned to observe the day with
irayer and thanksgiving. Special
j sermons were on achedule in most
of the leading churches of the cap-
ital with the accent on the contin-
ued peace of the world and high
praise for the efforts of government
heads to foster the movement f«»r
the outlawry of war.
There will be a scant show of the
military due largely to the feet that
the day falls on Sunday.
In the afternoon at Washington
Cathedral a memorial service for
Woodrow Wilson war-time presi-
dent. will take place. Mrs. Wilson
and probably other members of the
family will attend. Mr. W'il«on was
buried in Bethlehem chapel of the
cathedral.
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