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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-13
FUNDS FOR SHIP BOARD
NV The .Assoriatcd Press

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Aug. 10
The house today passed and sent TO
the senate bill carrying $4S. 100000
fer expenses of the shipping board
until January |.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-13
dominion STATUS IS
OFFERED TO IRELAND
tBy The Associated PressI

LONDON. Aug. 13.-Official con-
firmation of reports that the British
government offered Ireland a homin-
ion status, was given today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-13
WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and Sunday: Fairly cloudy
light scuthcrly winds.

The following local weather OBJ
servations are supplied by Mrs. A.
w. Reed, United States voluntary
weather observer, and cover the "a
hour period ended at z o'clock this
morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
PRESSING THE TAX BILL

encouraging that from Washington to the effect that last night between the President Congress drastic cuts In taxes expenditures anybody of for this year determined
 More important however than the proposed cuts ana taxes insisting that and referred to the there definite step taken to- but It would be bet Congress step farther and con- pete the bill law before the This and industry chance to picking while the members of Congress were enjoying themselves all that be expected that they will legislation shape to furnish lively hope of it's being accomplished time which Is slight foundation upon which to build a boom.
 may be a mistake to to the vacation of the Con- opportunity enjoy themselves. There has exactly profitable business lowing the election which and fden expected by voter not alone of small interests but large we'll It is not beyond the of possb ity of the members Congress may have dsagreeabe questions to dodge Nevertheless this part political profession cheeruly endured by them along with the pleasant and pride ducng experiences.
 Remembering the great liability of changes being made through Congress and the extreme with which they sometimes accomplished it is not wise to proposed already accomplished will welcome if the nine millions of dollars which Harding approves cutting total of taxes be raised actually be Topped off, It is fact worth noting though that with the most hopeful of economics
 lion dollars bean by issuing short term Treasury certificates. These evident that portion the present relief the nature of pospon- ing the evil day.
 Upwards of billion dollars saved to the is good deal accomplished is by certain that it will there to be met great enough to remind orcby wars cost much money and have to be paid for.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
A NEW INTEREST IN BOATING

It looks though a indirect result of prohibition might improvement the boat building industry cay that portion of it engaged in building small boats Hardly has the public ceased commenting the seizure of the running soop and the Henry l. shall under British registry taken outside the three mile limit farther down the than the story schooner peddling liquor
 This is anchored well outside the territorial limit Marthas Vineyard It is also flying the British flag best known to herself the covered wib s of This does not deter visitors around New Bedford harbor from visiting large bers and all kinds of crafts according O
 Of the major attraction is the genuine whskey which be bought for quart questions asked If the reports of the going visit the thrifty Briisher be believed brisk business the sale gasoline renting Should this practice side the three mile limit continue to increase there less be sudden interest in the small craft It i'll wind however blows no one good and probably the boat dealers need the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
Withdrawals Of Whiskey Are
 Failing Off

Washington. Aug. 1O.-Withdraw- als of whiskey from bonded ware house during the first six months of this year fell off by more than 3,50O,- 900 gallons compared with the same period last year, according to records made public today by the internal revenue bureau From January l, 1902, to June 30, 1920. the records show that 5,1T0,59S gallons of whis- key weer withdrawn as against l. 4s7, ,306 gallons during the core spending period of this year.
 Decreases in withdrawals during the first three months of this year were explained by the ban closing warehouses and distilleries, which was modified in April to permit with drawals by retail druggists and in May to allow wholesale druggists to
 A A decrease @ of s14,s12,519 in the sales of stamps for non-beverage spirits was also shown during the first six. months of this year. Stamp sale for the first half of the year az gregated $72,9t6,4s0 as compareo with 42,22S, ,999 during the first hall of 1920,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
ATTORNEY TELLS
 CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE OF VENUE

Springfield, III, Aug. 10-State's At torney Mortimer today proposed con- d1tions under which he will agree to grant Governor Len Small a change of venue outside of Sanganon county for trial on charges of embezzle- ment of state funds for which the governor was arrested by Sheriff Mes ter, yesterday.
 The states attorneys propositions were:
 That the governors counsel file 8 petition for a change of venue and confer with Mortimer in an effort to reach an agreement on some county accepta ble to both the prosecution and the defense
 That both sides agree to a speedy trial.
 Governor Small submitted to ar rest yesterday under protest at the executive mansion, after having been besieged at the states capitol during the entire day by Sheriff Henry Mes ter and a force of deputies. From the executive mansion he was taken by the sheriff to the court house where bonds were approved. | The final day of the maneuver1ng between Governor Small and Sheriff Mester proved to be the most exclt- ing as we'll as the most dramatic o1 | jury returned indictments against governor was not above the law Gov Governor Small went to the capitol and to his offices, Tuesday morning and about noon Sheriff Mester ana a force of deputies appeared Governor Small did not leave his | office for lunch and Sheriff Meste1 paced the lobby on the lower Hoor until 3:30 o'clock. while his deputies | guarded the various exits. At that 1 hour Governor Small invited the sheriff to come in and arrest him Sheriff Mester refused 10 serve the 1 warrants in the governors executive offices while the chief executive wa: | cial duties.
 The governor agreed to meet the sheriff at the executive mansion al | 5 o'clock and it was there that the l warrants were read.
 | George Gillespie, attorney for Gov. | ernor Small, offered Sheriff Mester 2 bond of $5O,000,. which the sheriff curtly refused until it had been ex amined by his attorney and firmly in sisted on Governor Small accompany ing him to the court house.
 A note was attached by Governor Small to the bottom of the bonds il which he asserted they were giveI under protest.
 Three indictments were returned against Governor Small by the Sanga
 mon county grand jury on July 20, il
 which he was charged with em
 bezzling. half a million dollars of stat
 funds while state treasurer and con
 spring to defraud the state of $2,
 100000. Retention of interest ol state funds was charged. Iieut
 Gov. Fred Sterling and Vernon Cur
 tis, president of the Grant Park Bank were also indicted. sterling an Curtis furnished bonds and were re
 leased the next day, but Goyerno SmalPs attorneys asserted that as tn states chief executive, he was i'm
 mune from arrest.
 The court ruled, however, that tn governor was not abov ethe law. Gov : ernor Small then left Springfield an
 remained away for several day spending the time in a tour of tn state inspecting roads. The sheri f refused to serve the warrants outsid } Sangamon county and the governc
 went back to Springfield Monday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
RUN JITNEYS
 UNDER CLUB PLAN.
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 ings of the plan The post picked for the additional man was the cor
 ner of Main street and Stratford
 tant corners on the trolley and jitney
 routes to Bridgeport from the su-
 burb on the east More people were acquainted with the plan this morn
 ing, but excepting at points where
 the jitneurs have been able to place
 representatives the riding public has
 been practically forced to the trol- leys.
 There are some who would like to ride in the buses, and feel that the trolley fare is too high, but are afraid of the "club plan' and believe it would be safer if the association fos- tering the movement was incorporat- ed, which might act as a protection on the riding public in case of acci- dents or arrests.
 Those who believe in signs were treated to two new ones today in the
 jitney-trolley tangle, On legitimate peared signs telling the public that tickets of the "club plan'' associa- tion, would not be accepted. Another sign black lettering on yellow card board, appeared on the front of many l houses throughout the city. It was not a contagious disease warning but the lettering read "I want the jitneys; do you?"
 The free bus idea did not last more 1 than day, and the outcome of the | idea seems to have been a day o1 l free riding for which many of the | busmen will never be renumerated | The "club p1an'' is perhaps better .organiZed than it was in New Haven where the first effort was a failure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
RARE zoo SPECIMENS
 ARRIVE FROM SOUTH SEA

Los Angeles. Aug. 5-In collec- ton of wild animals and jungle creatures of the South Sea Islands, declared by experts to be the larg- est lot of rare specimens of the kind ever brought to America, D. s. Raab, of this city, has transported to Los Angeles new worlds. heavyweight champion, a 3O0-pound orang-outang, said to be the largest in captivity.
 The collection gathered by MT. Raalb, accompanied by his wife and one assistant, in Hhe wilds of Java, India, Borneo, Sumatra and Celebes Island is valued by experts at more than $4O,00O. While some of the larger specimens have been sold to the Lincoln Park Zoo, of Chicago, and the New York Zoo, many of the rarer animals will be kept in Los Angeles.
 In the Raab collection are a pair of rare Hawaiian geese a cage of Chinese blue magpfes, two oudiphas mobiles, beautiful pigeons the size of pheasants, palm civets, five huge py- thons, a Bennett'S caSsowary, rare cockatoos. six pairs of black-headed ibis sacred pigeons. several black partners and Lahore and Siamese fireback DheaSantS.
 MT. Raab expects to return to the South Seas in September for other rare animals and birds
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
RAIL ROAD IS
 SILENT ON
 STRIKE STATUS

Philadelphia, Aug 10-The Penn syIvania Railroad management today maintained silence as to the action or
 it's board of directors yesterday, in discussing the threatened strike Of shopmen as a consequence Of the
 railroad arrangements disregard or the ruling of the railroad wage. Officials refused to discuss the s1tu- ation but smiled confidently when asked if the road was prepared The ed for "any emergency,' said one, whether it be strike, flood, fire or accident
 Unomcially the roads "unprepar- cussion among the men, Not only were there plenty of rumors or special dormitory and com1nissary provisions being made at points along I the line for the accommodation of new men in event of a strike, but the old rumor of stores of arms, amInu- | hilton and even machine guns cropped up again.
 | One of the most persistent rumors was that the Pennsylvania has offer | ed permanent positions to machinists | formerly employed at the big indus ! trial plants who are now out of work, in case of a strike. It is understood that former employees of the Baldwin Locomotive Works have been placed l on waiting dists.'' Railroad officials refused to deny or confirm the ru- nor.
 s. s. Jeffery, representative of the
 shopmen at Philadelphia, stated that the entire system will be tied up if
 the road fails to recognize the ruling | of the Rai1roao Labor Board by | midnight tonight He charged that several hundred employees have al- ready been discharged as they insist ed working under the old arrange ments made while the road was under government control. This was em- phatically denied by the railroad
 mana cement
 Officials of the Pennsylvania Rail- road adopt the attitude that the decf- sion of the Labor Board is unjust in that it states that the men on the system were disenfranchksed in the | recetn election of representative
 They point to the fact that there was
 nothing but the word of the unions to prevent the men from using the
 railroad ballots. and state that ex- elusive of the Altoona shops. approx imately 10 per cent of the men on the system voted
 | Some indication of the result of the meeting of the board of directors of the road. probably will be made public today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
WAGE CUTS SAVE SYSTEM
 FIVE MILLION

New York, August 10-Recent ac- tion of approximately 10000 employees of the Interborough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companies in volun tarily accepting wage reduction of 10 per ceQt will save these systems near 1y s5,0O0,000 in annual operating ex- penses.
 The workers of these great trans portations systems which cover Greater New York are organized un- der "employes' representation plan.
 The Peterborough workers are united in the Brotherhood of the In which has been in existence nearly five years. They accepted the wage cut by vote of S,341 to 5,130-
 The employees of the Brooklyn sys- committee elected under represen- tation plan adopted last Fall
 The Inetrborough Brotherhood or sanitation was approved by the em- $500 to 1900. It has a membership today of more than 15,0O0. While all questions as to wages and working conditions that arise are handled by the Brotherhood, the com pany takes care of the questions ot efficiency or discipline of members | The employees nominate and elect by secret ballot one committeeman tc
 is exercising disciplinary power over
 a fellow employe" can be a. commit | teeman. These represent the worker in conferring with the company. The orga anization is carried on at nt | expense to the members, the compan! supplying the stationery, meeun; i rooms and other incidentals-- The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Elm | playes' representation plan, which i | now being developed, provides for tn | election, by groups of employees, of re | presentatives empowered to confe,
 with the various department heads regarding working conditions anC wages. Between 12,060 and 13,00( | employees working under this arrange | ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
BREAKING A RECORD

Another record has been broken This time the State Illinois has the distinction breaking the having governor under arrest Sheriff Hank Sangamon the official who placed compelled him to the amount of fifty thousand dollars.
 any should the mistaken impression that of Illinois arrested it's Governor pker worth noting that he accused of having embedded dollars of state State million and of having jointly embedded hundred interest public funds
 West has always had the of doing things in a large way It evidently keeping up to its reputation Some of the Eastern thought specializing along these lines will probably refrain from mentioning their records they entirely oucass s that in leadership is moving inc middle
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
TO UNVEIL
 oBELIsK

Louisville, Ky, Aug. The Jeff ferson Davis obelisk, crown1ng mon ern- Confectionery, will be unveiled June 5, 1922, at Davis birthplace in Fairview, Ky. on his 114th anniver- sary.
 The Davis homestead is about 14o miles from Hodgenwlle. Ky, where Abraham Lincoln was born.
 The obelisk, which will be 175 feet high, is today within five feet of completion It was planned origt- nally to erect a shaft $50 feet, to be monument, but the Jefferson Davis Home Association decided to hasten the unveiling in accordance with the wish of Confederate veterans. AnX- ious to part ticipate in the ceremonies, the thinning ranks urged completion as soon as possible. The work was started in 1917 and interrupted py the world war.
 Profiles in bronze of MT. Davis and
 his daughter. Mrs. Margaret Dav1s Hayes, one of the most beautIIul women of the South, ornament the base of the monument, which IS 4S feet square. It contains a room for relics.
 The shaft is situated in Jefferson Davis Park, which takes in part o1 the farm on which the President o1 o the Confederacy was born on June g. 1908, less than a year before Lincoln The park comprises about 22 acres. The town of F'airview gains It's name from. one of the most beaut11ul land scapes in the South.
 Cost of the monument to dale IS about S100,0O0, which was ralsed py popular subscription. Mrs Roy Me Kinney, of Paducah, Ky. president | general of the United DaugnIers oi the Confederacy. at the head or 3
 committee of Daughters ana Con1ed- crate veterans, organ1zeo every
 county in the state to complete the shaft.
 Gen. William B. Haldeman. Tor | merly owner with Col. Henry Wat | terson of Louisville Cour1er-J oqrnal
 is president of The Jefferson DaVls | Home Association succeeding the l late Gen. Bennett H. oung ou LOUIS | vile, four times comm nanoer-ln-cnlel | of the United Confederate veterans Gen. George w. Littlef1eld or Austln
 Texas, and Gen. Julian S- Carr o1 Durham, S. C., were promoters with Gen. Young of the or1s1na1 concep- ton.
 Care of the monument and park
 will be supervised by the state o1 Kentucky after the unve1hnS, oy ac' l of the 1920 legislature
 | Two other monuments commence rate the Confederate president, one | in Richmond, Va, the capltai or the Confederacy. and the other Tn New Orleans. Both were built through ef- faxtz of tha sxounan of ina Snzath
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
BELIEVE KENNEDY
 HAD WARNING.
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(Continued from Page 1-) way" but that he felt that his death was near.
 Mrs. Kennedy, grief-stricken over the trag> death of her son, told a close friend of the incident, which was related today to officers working on the case. Investigators believe that the young broker had received some word that his life was in. dan ger
 This theory was substantiated by fine fact that a note of warning. scribbled on d piece of wrapping pa per- was found near the murder house fhe day after Kennedy was shot This note, stating your life is in dan- ger" was signed '.a friend"
 At the end of conference of four
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
WANT FORD TO RUN RAILROADS

Hart, Mich, Aug S-Henry Ford will run the railroads running through Hart if the citizens of this place and vicinity have their way about it.
 A petition signed by 400 fruit yrowers has been forwarded to President Harding asking that the railroads of Hart county be turned over to the Detroit automobile manu- facturer The petition was circulat- ed by fruit growers dissatisfied with present freight rates
 After pointing out the 20 per cent. reduction in rates on MT. Ford's De- troit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad re- centIv the petition states the belief of the petitioners that MT. Ford would operate the roads for the benefit of all and not for personal gain
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
HOSTILITIES SPREAD

Madrid, Aug. 1O-HostiIftie be- tween the Spanish and the Moroccan trlbesmen, which have been going on in eastern Morocco for the past three weeks and which have resulted in a virtual collapse of the Spanish cam pa1gn there appear to have spread into western Morocco. The Spanish commandant at Tetuan reports that Riff tribesmen on Sunday attack ed the blockh ouse at Meijas in the Te- tuan district, and that the garrison after losing several men. was obliged to fall back on Gouk-E1-Arba. The commandant has declared that the Incident was not important.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10

and a half hours between District At torney Thomas Lee Woolwine and Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, held as a material witness in the murder, the former announced that he would place all the facts before the grand jury tomorrow. A coroner's jury late yesterday, found that Kennedy "came to his death from a gunshot wound, inflicted by persons unknown with the intent to commit murder
 While the district attorney was in session with Mrs. O'Conneu, Arthur lC- Buch, held in the county jail as a suspect, was closeted with Deputy District Attorneys, who sought in vain to obtain a statement from him Burch was evasive throughout. and answered all attempts to question him with ''I have nothing to say"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
FOUR KILLED; MANY WOUNDED

Vienna, Aug. 10.-Four men were killed and many more were wounded in disorders at the great Austrian penitentiary at Stein, Monday night. The inmates of the penitentiary mu- the government demanding that their sentences be reduced. Mattresses stored in the prison yard were set on fire by lighted matches thrown through windows, while cell fittings were smashed by the prisoners
 Tn priosn staff urabI to control the situation summoned soldiers, but there was serious fighting before or der was restored.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10
SAW BLUE SMOKE
 IN DRY STATE,

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Aug Sits snake time in southeast Missouri, ac- cording to James Hendrickson, news paper correspondent.
 Hendrickson was browsing around the new-mown hay after a story A peculiar noise attracted his atten- tion. He turned around and looked squarely into the face of a ''blue racer snake. Hendrickson t'breezed'' swiftly away. He stopped two hun dred yards away, wiped the perspira- tion from his brow and turned around. As if smiling, Hendrickson relates. the snake was again looking up at him. When the correspondent climb ed a tree the snake ambled away,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10

Republicans of the Senate Privi- Ieges and CEleetions Committee voted Senator Truman H. Newberry. Re 1aIs was contested by Henry Ford, Dem osratic nominee. clear title to his aGat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10

Bishop Michael J. Curley, of St. Augustine, has been appointed Arch bishop of Baltimore. it was an nounced at the Vatican in Rome The appointment of the Rev. Father S-rictch to be Bishop of Toledo was announced also.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10

Secretary of Commerce Hoover will observe his 47th birthday anni- versary today. With the exception of Postmaster General Hays. who is five years his junior, MT. Hoover is