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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
OFFER BIG REWARD
FOR GERMAN ASSASSIN

PERT IN Ang %. President Ebert
has authorized the government to offer
! reward Of one hundred thousand marks
for tho apprehension or Information lead
ing to. the arrest of the ASSASSIN If
Nn;hins Erzbercer.
Tho local police are Investigating the
present whereabouts ~ Ollwig Won
IIirSrhficld. the student uh" wns recently
released from Is months imurisonment
'"r his nttcmnt on tho life "f Herr Erz-
berger in tho court room during the sen.
-"''r 'rral t~ial ~ the ErzhcrGor-IIclffcr
ich libel snit
The uartv organs continue ~ pour out
'ond af bitter r""riminaiinn. The
national party of which Dr TIclfferich is
ere Of the leaders has instituted pro-
--""'in~s for criminal liirl nraitHt The
independent organ Frcihrit because W
tie lnttcr's rhnrre that ID" pant German
"artv instisatcd Erzbcrger's MURDER
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
DELEGATION TO
CONFERENCE BIG
Number of Participants is
Surprise to Washing
ton Officials
si,v The NSsoriatcl rrcsS)

WASHINGTON. n. g.. Aug. 20. 49,
Washington officials to-day began Ia get
an idea of the magnitude of the armament
and far eastern conferences I'm point of
the number If participants.
The British government. responding to
informal inquiries. advised the state dc-
parrment that its delegation and ac-
camranying staff would number about
100 persons. The Chinese government
several days ago informed officials here
that its representatives and their at
tendants probably would total almost o
hundred
The Japanese party. originally fixed at
Sh-persons. IL was learned today. now has
grown tc at least 100 persons While
Iarans delegates probably will not ex-
seed six. as in the case of the other
participating powers. there will be a
number Of attaches. specialists in fi
aance. railroads. navigation and admin
istration affairs. in addition to the num-
erous army and navy representatives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28

when the first Of the new crot was
streaming TO seaboard in endlcs.
trains, there has been 70 idle time
Tor the facilities here. All cicva. )rs
N Galveston have had ships under
their spouts continuallv .nd have
been pouring grain into the holds az
rapidly rs they could.
Ih'rty-two vessels w.re lndcr the
spouts of the elevators during tho
first fifteen days Of this month and
an average Of 500.00 bushels Ter
day was poured into them.
Italy continued the heaviest iah.r,
getting 1.5s9,664 bushels; Holland
"as second with 1.5616 bushels.
United Kingdom. third with col.
833 while Belgium was fourth with
l,1S2,900 and Germany fifth with
I.I36.000. Other shipments included
2S7. .46G bushels to Portugal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
CHICAGO THEATRE
WRECKED BY BOMB
Early Morning Exposion In
Chicago Play House
Shakes District
Try The Associated Press,

CHICAGO, Ills, Aug. 2S-A bomb
explosion in the Columbia Theatre
here sortly after midnight shoock
the entire business district. The
theatre was empty at the time. not
yet having been re-opencd for the
season. Several persons were re-
ported however. TO have been in
jured by flying glass. According to
the police the explosion was due to
labor trouble.
The explosion took place at 1910
a. m. The bomb had been placed at
the entrance to the stage door in
shattered the heavy steel door and
broke hundreds Of surrounding win
dows. The interior of the theatre
was not damaged.
The Columbia theatre is a burles-
que house on what is known as the
Columbia Wheel" recently it has
been covered with unfair notices
as a result, it was said. of trouble
with the musicians union. The
headquarters of the Columbia
Wheel" is in New York and it oper-
ates a chain of theatres in a score
of cities, most in the east.
The theatre is located in the
heart of the business district ard the
sound of the blast attracted thou
sands TO the scene. A special de-
tail of police was called to clear tn.
streets and aiG 81 firemer IN keeping
back the crowds. After i hurried
investigation il was arr ouncrh that
The bomb, apparently a steel cylinder
had containc! black powder. Paris
of the casing we're fou..i imbc lSed
in the walls Gf sLrround:~a buiid.rgs
The damag" . ;.,e '.u:l:re was de-
dared slii,ft
a simiiSr ,srlps. ~ tnoF rlacc at
"bout tht samr ,.me NJ th. Star and
Garter theatre, mile west of the
loop district. Damage was slight
here also.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
ALL OF GERMANY
IS AROUSED BY
ASSASSINATION
Murder Of Erzberg Laid at
Door OF Political Oppon-
ents by Press

BERLIN, Aug. % No single
event in post-revolutionary Germany
has unleashed partisan fury with
such vehemence as the 2ssassinat on
Of Matthias Erzberger which is dis
cussed in Berlin in degrees Of pas
sion that apparently know no res
traint.
The Freiheit insists that primarily
responsibility for the murder rests
upon Herr Erzbcrger's leading politi-
cal opponents.
''The evolvers discharged in Cries
bachbaden," the newspaper declares.
were loaded in the editorial rooms
of the kreuse Zcitung. the Deutsche
Tages Zcitung and other pan-Gcrman
organs"
Vorwaerts IS outspoken in con
demnation of the national and Ger
man peoples parties, their leaders
and their newspaper organs, who. il
charges with moral responsibility
for the murder of their "unrelent-
ing persecution" Of the former mi
mister who, il declares, when the
collapse came, had the courage to
stand by the fatherland and nego-
tiate the armistice for which Hinden-
burg and Ludendorff begged on
their knees after William fled TO
Holland.
The clerical organ Germania which
was close 70 Herr Erzberger through
out his political career, says the deed
was the melancholy consequence of
the campaign Of villification and
heckling carried on by the parties Of
the right, which II declares, did not
hesitate to use the most contempti-
bic falsehoods in their pursuit of
the dead man.
The socialist and communist news
papers call upon the masses to ioin
a rally for the fight against reaction
aries along the whole front. The ma
tionalist organs, visibly distressed
over the murder make editorial ef-
forts TO denounce the deed. at the
anne time cautionirg against undue
haste in arriving at any conclusions
while the murder has not yet been
cleared up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
GERMANS FURNISH
MATERIAL TO Use
IN !NRECONSTRUCTION
,ss.,i ' ralnr.s.Ss,' aVI S:n

" tf.Sbhffis.N. 'fFfN'dUN. AuS. IL
an argument by which Germany is to
furnish InatrrialS for reconstruction of
the devastated regions of France was
-rHched toiav IN negotiations between
Louis Touchcur. French minister for lih-
-atcd re-ians and Dr Walter HathcHau
German minister of reconstruction.
III" plan will he submitted 20 tho re-
snectivc governments for approval. An
.,ssirial n"tr saws the agreement i ~
vfded into two parts. The first indicates
~. senr~nl condition ~ tho agreement
rni provi,lcs for the Formation "f tw"
-,riva,e socictics. one f'rcnch and on"
German to serve inferno liarics he
tween ihr German iniuSirials and the
Trench sufferers
The second mart Snccifies The com
S'-t'ens of delivery ~ material 10 tho
French
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
ITALIAN CLAIMS
new FUEL MUCH
BETTER THAN GAS

ROME, Aug. 27-4a trough the in
sention of a gas generating mixture
composed Of alcohol and a sulphur
carbon combination, the cost Of oper-
ating automobiles and ell internal
combustion motors can be reduced
one-Ealf, according to the claims Of
Engineer Sesti, who after exhaustive
experiments under the possibilities
of the government has just completed
a report OIL the possibilities Of the
new combustion.
The use Of the new gas generating
mixture pre-suppyses the employment
of a special kind of carburetor,
which Signor Sesti has evolved.
The experiments have been i'm pro-
gress over q period Of almost three
years, and were begun with a special
view of lessening the cost Of automo-
bile fuel.
The new fuel has density great
or than that Of gasoline in the ratio
Of 925 10 730. II j. urged that the
adoption Of the fuel viii consider
ab,v essen the Expectations of for
oign gasoline. PraciIcally all the
raw materials necessary fer TIE new
fuel can be found in Italy.
The inventor claims tina, the ox-
h.ust gas Is less obnoxious 70 the
lungs than the fumes of gasoline.
The Hse Of Crude alcohol to the
proportion. Of 20 rcr cent is employ
ed in the fuel while the remaining
30 percent j. taken up BY the sui
phur carbon combination.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
4WILLKEEP OUR
FLAG FLYING
SAYS LASKER
Says Alien Shipping Interests
Cannot Drive Flag
From Seas
CRy The Associated ;'ressi

NEW YORK, N. Y. Aug 27-
Charges that the United States Mail
steamship Company had diverted
through prior uses 81 100000 obtain
ed for immigrants were made today
by Chairman Lasker of the shipping
board, after the government had
gained possession Of nine ships orr
ginaily chartered to the company.
Mr.. Lasker announced that with the
vessels restored to the board by court
order they would be operated by a
special committee until the board de-
cided whether to sell them or to
charter them to another company.
He declared that the $1,200,000
represented advance money collect ed
from immigrants for passage, hotel
Expenses, railroad fares and immi
grafton head taxes. and that decision
temporarily to operate the vessels a.
a patriotic service was reached be
cause ''the government feels that it
could not permit fraud and hard:
ships to be worked on thousands Of
immigrants" Diversion of the frauds.
he asserted, was an 'unconscionable"
act. The committee which will oper-
ate the vessels comprises W. Averiall
Hs imam, Kermit Roosevelt and A.
v. Moore, who will serve withon:
compression. Mr.. Lasker, in his state
ment, declared that the board hal
started its action ito maintain the
American flag flying on the seas and
to protect innocent immigrants who
we discovered were being fleeced."
mo so-called 'alien shipping in
terssts will be permitted to drive the
American flag from the seas-not so
long rs American citizens are willing
and able to operate American ships
for Americans" Mrs. Lasker added.
The nine vessels which JUDGE
Manton ordered returned to the gov
ernment are former German liners.
The Agamenon, Susquehanna,
President Grant and America now
are in New York; the George Wash
ingtin and Princess Matoika bound
for this port; the Mount Vernon in
Boston; the Potomac in Bremen and
the Pocahontas in Naples.
Mr. Lasker's statement said that
the receivers on examination of tn
affairs of the company found condi.
tions even worse than had been re-
presented bv the shipping board.
at was impossible for the receiv
crs," the statement said. ITO further
operate the ships with the company's
income already diverted through
prior uses. The government. consist
ent with its policy to do everything
possible to keep its nremier fleet on
the seas, consented to the return OF
the ships and agreed that it would
honor these immigrants tickets. max
ing good the cash deposit and taking
an assignment from the immigrants
of their claims against the United
States mail steamship company inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
SAYS CONGRESS
JOINS THE RANKS
OF UNEMPLOYED
tRy The Associated PressD

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-Con-
gress by taking its recess, says
Chairman, White of the democratic
national committee, in a formal
statement. has ''voluntsrarily joined
the ranks of the 5,735, 900 unem-
ployed."
Assailing the congress for ''inca-
pacity" and inefficinecy, the demo-
cratic national chairman says an
extra session called to save the
country" has quit its job for a
month without having passed sin
gle remedial measure unless the
agricultural bill should justify its
supporters in projecting govern
ment into private business"
Mr.. White described the situation
rs lin sad contrast" with the demo-
cratic congress, which, he says, re-
NAMED in cintinuous session until its
legislative program was completed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ANXIOUS TO HELP
VALLEY SECURE DEEP WATER AT PIT. ISABEL
The Valley the only community under the Stars and Stripes today
that is bui,ing rairoad."-U s. Chamber Of Conn

Every department in Washington is extremely anxious
Va ley in gaining deep Point Isabel
having
days comforting department heads
Of channel nj
Brazos de Santiago. =
Il greatly pleased arrival
had been accomplished the
In regard to his Washington
"
in Washington found official disposed everything
power TO favor US In getting started dredging
Major General Lansing H. of
Taylor assistant informed they anxouy awaiting
OF h valley that the
d. Railway ana to dedge the provided and that
Just as the Valleys be
10 issue order dredge
ue TWO years Mr. informed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
MANY RATES FROM
WEST ARE REDUCED

JACKSONVILLE t'tr.. ..rg -. -
Railroads If the south have io'neI trans
confinentai 'ires n rei'icin- freight rates
.r sanred Goods a~ied T~u;t4 ard vr~e
rabies and food products from the Pacific
..,ast arcordng - IN announcement to
d.v hy II ~ Guthrie. traffic marager
of 'ha son'h h"rp wholesale '--neers AS
snciation. The new rates. which viii be
s~me effective SerFember . will he q
substantial reduction on shipments in
carload lots of = minimum of sixty
thousand pounds Mr. Guthrie stated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
MARCH AT e ND.
CRv The Assoc,ated I.ressl

CHAIR ESTON. West VA. Aug. 81
State and federal authorities were .
unit tonight in declaring thar the march
of miners from Marmet t. Ningo county
~ protest against Gov. Morgan's mfr
tial law had come to an end and hundreds
Il the men were already back in their
home towns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
DESTROY MOROCCAN VILLAGES

MNUItII'. NUE. =. "-NHtINt M"rU'NIH
villages along the coast southeast "f
Mcliila have been destroyed hy bonn
har,lmcnt IN the Spanish wnrship Bon
itnz according ~ n message frnm Chat
mas Island. uff the Moroccan coast TO-
day. The fire from the warship be-
sides starting flames which 'nrned the
villages "auSed numerous casualties aud
forced the Muors to flee "a the interior.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
CEy The Associated p-essl

DENTON. Texas. Au. 27-Two
children Of n party Of campers were
blown from wagon and severely in
iured by striking against barbed
wire fence during terrific wind
storm which struck this section Fri
day afternoon. Damage amounting
to approximately $4,000 was sus-
tanned in tie Navo community north
east Of Denton, accCr-iing to reports
received today. The damage 10
crops will be heavy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
OLDEST MASON In
u. S. HAS BEEN A
MEMBER rs YEARS
tRv The Associated Pressl

MARBLETlEAD. Mass. Aug. 81 =
Greeted by his friends as the oldest
Samuel Cox took his usual birthday
walk today ~ tie age ~ l02 yea's
lie was a member of phiianthropic
lodges here. 10 years ago. Today
the organization presented him with
10a roses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
BANK CLOSES DOORS.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Aug. "a. - The
Bank of Nashville did not oprn to-day
after meeting of the board If directors.
The overloanrd condition 90 ihe insti-
tuition II the reason given hy official
fir~losnrr Voluntary liquidation N con-
sidercd as a possible means to protect
Ieposi,Ors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
BLOWN
FROM WAGON In
STORM AT DENTON

The Methodist church, three
houses and three barns were wrecked
by the high gale. Later high wind,
accompanied by a near cloudburst,
blew two churches from their foun-
dations. So far as can be learned
this Il the only section of the state
that suffered damage from the wind
and rain storms which were general
yesterday afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28

the department had on two or three
different occasions taken the prelimi-
nary steps to prepare dredges for the
work at Brazos Santiago. They were
very much interested in the
eport that the work on the
Rio Grande Railway was well under
way.
There was every evidence in
Washington" continued Mr.. Jessup.
that they will get ready to proceed
with the dredging just as soon az il
can be done after the Valley has
met her requirements. II is evident
that the speedy elimination of the
work depends absolutely on the
prompt action Of the Valley-on the
individuals and communities that are
now in arrears in their obligations. I"
General Beach informed Mr.. Jes.
sup, that in view of the situation
here and the belief of the depart
ment that the Valley would soon be
ready to fulfill her obligations. Ma
jor Adams, the district engineer at
Galveston, had already been author
lied 10 advertise for bids for the
dredging Of the inner channel. In the
event satisfactory contractor is
secured for the work, he would DO
ready TO start the dredging of the
inner channel at a very early date
after the Valley has completed the
channel fund.
Mr.. Jessup was also informed by
Major Adams that he is so certain
that the Valley is going to meet h 7
Obligations promptly that he has in
cludrd in his budget for the distrc;
for next year the $4,000 maintcn-
ance item that is provided in the act
Of congress to keep the outer chan
mel open.
Mr.. Jessup had an interview with
ID. A. O'Brien, president Of the Rio
Grande Railway, today, and stated
that he was greatly pleased to learn
that grading on the road would be
completed next week if the weather
renamed favorable, and that two and
half miles Of steel had already
been laid. "It looks TO me-" said Mr..
Jessup. "as if the time is not far
distant when the Valley will have o
real railroad to n real port"
Mr.. Jessup said that ne had dis
cussed with many men the work the
Valley is doing, and without excep-
tion they were surprised that com
munity like the Valley could accom-
plish such projects through their own
efforts. At the office OF the United
States Chamber of Commerce. in
Washington where he was discussing
the Valleys problems with some Of
the officials Of that organization.
one ~ the gentlemen remarked.
that the Valley i "the only comm
nifty under the Stars and Strines"
that is building railroad TODAY" At
Portland. Mo. he was asked by the
Chamber Of Commerce 10 deliver an
address before the Rotary Club set
ting forth the work the Valley is ac-
complishing. but as il would require
his staying in that city two days
over his schedule he was unable to
40 80.
Mr.. ,Iessup is enthusiastic over the
outlook for the prompt materializa-
tion of the harbor project. and e.
presses the greatest satisfaction over
the action taken at the Mercedes
meeting Friday afternoon. when the
communities of the Valley which arc
short in their quotas gave the assur-
ance that the channel fund would
soon be completed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
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so KILLED IN WRECK

INNE Au" -. - Fifty persons are
reported killed and many seriously ~
jur"d when passenger train collide
with a freight train 10 miles from Rcr,"
today. The passenger train was re-
turning from seaside resort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
WEATHER FORECAST

E1sf Te~as. Sunday and Monday. part
IN c'opdy 10 rIopdv.
west Texas: Sunday and Monday, gen.
orally fair.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-31
What Effect Would Be

A canvass of some of the companies
which dc not sell directly to railroads
was made last week and officers were
asked what the effect would be on
their business if the railroads should
begin to pay their bills and to buy
materials and supplies, equipment, etc.
So-!o few men dismissed the question
with brief statement that they did
not sell to railroads and were not
directly interested, but by far the
great majority took the question seri-
ously and were able to trace back
their own business through two or
three steps to a point where railroad
buying would have a direct effect. Msn-
u1&cturing companies such as tAe Gen
eral Electric and WESTINGHOUSE Flee
trio Manufacturing Co., while inter
csted at first hand only in the sale Of
electrical equipment to railroads ara
actually and quickly affected in their
earnings by railroad purchases. More
than three-quarters Of the larger man
uufacturers are so affected.
Ii anyone thinks that too much i'm
portance is being attached to re-
sumption of railroad buying they are
recommended to turn to the files of the
business papers and the financial pages
OF the daily newspapers in period
following the panic of 1906-o7. Indus
trial conditions at that time were
much like log jam. There was
plenty OF power (demand) piling up
back OF the jam, but each log held the
other back. IL was the RESUMPTION of
railroad buying which removed the
king log and started the whole mass
into movement.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-31
Ready for Neac CoEnae

Okuma thinks Japan is too weak to
lead in new ways, that It must olay
the game as it is played by the other
nations. II the game is pluck-the
goose and d-beggar- -nly-neig ighbor Okuma
means to make good score at it. But
he is intelligent. He does not like that
game. He is eager to play a better
one.
The Hara ministry was being formed
on day when conference was 60
ing on in Toxic, about the possibili-
ties of this better game. New min
isters called to confer with the old
Genro. Okuma seemed impatient at
the Interruptions. He hobbled out and
in again on his cork leg-as if the
new Hara ministry did not so very
much matter. His mind was, for the
moment at least, engrossed in. the new
game. At the end of the conference
he said: "Go and tell your President.
tell also your great tinanciers, that
ii the United States will take the ini-
tiative in this new policy we have here
discussed I pledge my word. to use
what influence | have in the further
ance of that policy. The climate of
international relation is everywhere