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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
RIO HONDO GETS A
J.P. DESPITE The
CITIZEN PROTEST

Taking the view that the presence
of Justice of the peace does not ne
ccssarily imply that community III
disorderly, the board of county ccm-
missioners yesterday appointed +. NJ
Paul. Sr., prominent resident of Rio
Hondo. as justice Of the peace Of Pre-
cinct No. a, succeeding Jeff KILL
brew. resigned. Some twenty citizens
of Rio Hondo last week pctihoned
the court nit to appoint justice OF
the peace for that town, pointing out
that Rio Hondo was 4 law-aridlne
community and that the presence OF
a justice Of the peace might be the
means Of changing this condition.
The Justice for that precinct hereto
fore has resided at San Benitc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
RUSH WORK ON BURIED
CITY OF TEOTIHUACAN;
300 WORKMEN ON JOB
(Ry Tha ASSnriafed l'rr~Sl

SAN JUAN DE- TEOTIHUACAN,
Mexico. Aug, ia force Of 800
workmen is engaged in rushing 70
completion the excavation of the
buried city here in an attempt to
make it ono Of the show places dur
ing the Centennial Exposition open
ing next month. The most modern
scientific devices are being used TO
dig out the city which thousands Of
years ago before it disappeared,
boasted Of population Of at least
100, 900, according TO Manuel Ga
mio, in charge of the reconstruction.
When the excavations are COM
plete the city with its streets, tenn
pies, residences, stores and baths
surrounding huge plaza will be
exposed. The government Is giving
liberal financial assistance to the
work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
TOO MUCH LOVING AT
COURTHOUSE, CHARGES

"Lovers are spending entirely too
much time in spooning on the court
house grounds and steps, and it's
particularly bad these moonlit
nights" compained County Clerk
Joseph Webb today. "Why some
times at night when we have work 70
do here We have to climb over them
TO reach tie entrance TO the build
Ing"
The clerk said he had asked sew
cral if they were waiting for the
marriage license clerk TO appear. hut
failed 10 elicit ti.factory replies.
A suggestion that he place signs an
nouncing the office hours Of the
marriage license clerk was taken IN
70 consideration by the genial
county CLERK.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
NEFF REFUSES TO
PERMIT LESLIE TO
QUIT LEGISLATURE

AUSTIN, Teas, Aug. 19-Rep-
icsentatise j. +. Leslie of Hidalgo
County rendered his resignation to
the governor and Governor Neff re-
fused e.. acceat il, advising that this
was not the time TO waiver or TO
quit.
Governor Neff's letter TO Mr.. Les.
lie follows:
Il am just in receipt Of your note
rendering TO me your resignation as
representative Of the seventy-eighth
representative district of Texas.
IL can not give my consent to ac-
cept your resignation. This is no time
to break the ranks or to lower The
flag
Each representative. it seems to
me, should stand at the post of duty,
and serve in the most effective way
possible the people who have commits
stoned him to be their representative.
| therefore decline TO accept your re-
signation."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
new ENGLAND
JAIL GUARDS
HOLD OFF MOB
Crowd Approaches Jail With
Intention of Lynching
Three Negroes
rHy The Associated Press)

BARNSTABLE, Mass, Au., 10
A mob OF nearly two hundred men
and women carrying ropes. early to-
day stormed the local Jail threaten
ing to lynch three Cape Verde Is
land negro prisoners charged with
highway robbery and criminal as
sault of young white woman az
Buzzard's BAY.
At 2:3C twenty-five automobiles
loaded with men and women drove
up TO the Jail. They demanded the
three negroes from the sheriff.
There were shouts Of ''lct's get
then But when the Jail defenders.
five men. Tired into the air the
crowd halted. The chief warden
warned the mob back, shouting that
at the first attempt TO attack the
Jail they would 'be shot down like
rats"
The crowd remained outside the
Jail nearly an hour and a half still
threatening while the sheriff, the
chief warden and three others stood
guard with shotguns.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
FRUIT CONCERN HAS
MADE ASSIGNMENT

The Mcdonald Fruit Company,
doing wholesale produce and gro
cery business on Tenth and Adams
streets, made an assignment today
in favor Of its creditors who agreed
on J. S. Duncan, manager of Caf-
farelli Bros, as the assignee, The
assets Of the corncern are given as
approximately $4,000, with labi-
lities of about $4,000.
Mr.. Duncan took charge Of the
business today. TT
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
Puts Men to Work on Repairs on
Brownsville End Will Start
Main Work Monday

Work of making repairs on the
Brownsville end of State Highway
No. 12 was started today by Con-
tractor w. T. Montgomery.
Construction will be resumed not
later than Monday morning on the
work held up on the San Benito-
Harlingen end Of the road.
Reorganization of the forces for
this purpose il underway today.
This was the result of the confer
ence yesterday between the board Of
county commissioners and attorneys
for the contractor, Judge James IL.
Daugherty Of Beevilie and Judge IL.
L. Yates of Brownsville.
Following the presentation Of list
of grievances" which the contractor
claimed caused his decision some days
ago to cease work on the highway,
Judge Daugherty announced to the
court that work on the job would be
resumed with the least possible delay
The session was marked by the
placing forward of contentious Of
various sorts by representatives OF
both the county and the contractors,
and interested officials declared that
while little was done to avoid similar
controversies arising in the future,
they hold the hope that nothing viii
come up again to cause further de-
lay in the work.
The county notified the attorneys
for the contractor that it would hold
him responsible for damages incurred
by reason Of the stopping OF the
work. These damages consisted, ne
said. of unnecessary unloading and
overhead.
The grievances as detailed IN
written statement read to the court
and which were submitted for adjust
ment, were as follows:
1. "A detailed estimate or state
ment on all units on section 3l-A,
Highway No. IL, in Cameron County.
2. 1.-The county shall compensate
the contractor for all damages result
rrg from the failure to furnish mater
IaIs: that Is, pa he contractor his
actual outlay on all working days his
outfit is idle because Of the lack OF
-e+essarv materials.
z. "The contractor shall have def
mite written instructions when in
s'-uctions are given, signed by the
engineer in charge.
4. Materials shall be delivered by
th- county to the unloading point on
the railroad most conveniently locat-
Cd with reference to the point where
the work is progressing.
<. "An adjustment on the extra
haul occasioned by the change in
right of way at San Benito.
6. "An adjustment on the extra
haul occasioned by unloading Of ma
tcria's now in storage piles at San
Benito further from the right of way
than necessary. and in The event of
having to use said materials where
the work is now progressing, then an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP is
FINED FOR APPEARING
ON STREET In CLERICALS
if,y The Assnciatcd l.ressl

GUADAI AJARA, Mexico, AlC.
19-Archbishop Francisco Orozco
Jimenez, one pf the hign Catholic
prelates in Mexico. has been f'lc
500 by municipal authorities her
for appearing on the streets in cleri-
cal garb
chief III rclice Rivera recently cr-
dcred the arrest Of all priests n
,..aring on the thcroughfares in caS-
socks and several d.sagreeable incl
dents are said to have resulted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
CURZON SAYS
: IRELAND Was
GIVEN Limit
Tells House Of Lords England
!: Could Go No Further
y in Country's Safety
Try The Associated Press,

LONDON, Aug. 19.-Lord Curzon,
speaking in the house of lords today,
said that the government offered all
that could be given without compro-
missing the safety of the realm, the
sovereignty Of the crown and the
dignity of the empire.
Lloyd George declared that the
British government, in making the
settlement proposals with ireland, de-
cided on putting the whole terms into
the letter to Eamonn de Valera with
out keeping anything back and the
sequel proved it was right in adopting
that course.
lloyd George continued:
81 want to make it clear that TIE
government did not put forth hag
g'ing terms, but put forward every
thing they could possibly concede to
purchase the good will of the Irish
people,"
Lloyd George added: 'Tn Ireland
ttsef, so far I see doubt. not so
much in regard to the terms but
whether the government really
means them. That is the question in
working out the terms-of elucida
tion and elaboration and not chang
ing the terms. The outline cannot
be altered nor the basis changed" :"
''Instead of the fact that the
house is about to. separate and the
fact that very disquieting state
ments are made, we are bound as
government to take thought OF all
possible contingencies. however IN
pleasant. The first is the possibility
of an agreement, in which case the
details have to be thresed out, which
takes time. The other contingency is
tie terms rejected. Were that mis-
fortune to befall the relations he-
tween these two islands whose his
tory has been so full Of unfortaHe
sncidents we will he faced with a
grAver situation with regard to Ire
land than ever before"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
TAXES ON PROPRIETARY
MEDICINES COME OFF

WASHINGTON. ID. G. Aug. 10
Elimination of taxes on proprietary
medicines was agreed upon by the
house ways and means committee,
which approved more than sixty
changes in the republican tax re-
vision bill.
Subsequently the majority mem-
bors voted to reduce the tax on GER
cal beverages from six cents a gal
Ion 10 four cents. and bring fire and
marine insurance companies under
the twelve and half cent corpora
tion income tax, on the same basis as
the life insurance companies
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
TO COMPLETE c. & G.
HIGHWAY In HILL co.
uHy The Associated Press)

HILLSBOLO, T-:as, Aug 10
Funds hav- been IT asi hy the
commissioners court to complete the
Colorado to Gulf and King Of
Trails highways through Hill county
The court set aside $l5.779.95 for
this work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
PREMONITION OF
COLORADO MAN IS
TRUE KILLS WIFE
Hy The Assoclatcd ircssl

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Aug. I9-David Reese, a restaurant
man, had n prcmonition a month
age that he would kill his wife. He
told the police, asking them to lock
him up 10 protect he-. -Four days
latter he was released at his wife's
request. Yesterday he shot her and
thres the body from the second
story window. He then turned the
weapon On himself. dying instantly.
Hi. wife died in a hospital. They
had five children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
CONTRACTOR RESUMES WORK
ON ROAD TODAY, after PARLEY
MAXIM CLAIMS HE
FIRST ADVANCED
EINSTELN THEORY
lRv The Assnciated pressl

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 10
Professor Albert Einstein, widely
heralded as the father of the the
ory of relativity, was but a small
boy when the fundamentals of the
theory were first advanced, ac-
cording to Hudson Maxim, invent
OF, author and publicist. Speaking
al Carnegie Hall last night, Maxim
said he set forth the basic princi.
pies of relatively in 1889. He cit
cd a magazine article written by
him in that year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
STATESMEN FAILED,
WORLD WAR RESULT
Try The Associated i'ressi

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug.
l9.-Not only would suffering and
bloodshed for many years have been
avoided, but the world war Nigh.
have been prevented if statesmen
Ind handled the Near East problem
intelligently and honestly, Stephen
Fararetoff, reappointed Bulgarian
minister to the United States, said in
a lecture at the Institute Of Politics
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
K. X. X. SENDS MONEY
TO Fl. WORTH WIDOW
fRy The Associated Pressl

FOR TWORTH, Texas, Aug 10
= messenger boy toGay delivered
s62.50 to a local newspaper with in
structions that it be dcliycred in
The name of the Ku Klux Kan to
Mrs. Sally Roberts, widow, whose
home was burned recently. A sim
liar sum was delivered to the Fort
Worth Welfare Association ia the
name of the Klan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
ADVENTURE DREAMS
OF THESE BOYS TO
SOON COME TRUE
tBy The Associated Press)

LONDON Aug. 10. - Two
Scotch Boy Scouts will shortly EN-
bark on cruise Of adventure such
IS their comrades throughout the
world dream about, for Sir Ernest
Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer,
selected them from among ten
competitors to accompany him on
his coming Antarctic expedition as
cabin boys aboard his ship, "Tho
Quest" The ship will sail about
September /, and will be gone two
years
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
BOLSHEVIK GOLD AT
CONSTANTINOPLE NOW
CRr The Assnc,atrd rressl

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10
Russian bolshevik gold valued at a
million dollars has arrived here in
the last fortnight as the result OF
trade exchanges. OF this amount
5000. 900 was brought by the United
States destroyer Overton from Bat
um for the American Foreign Trade
Corporation which organization sec
ured the money as revolving cred
il from the three Caucasus republics
to be used in the purchase Of manu-
factured goods for which raw inn
ports were TO be exchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
OBENCHAIN IS
DUE FOR Time
lNCRAE'DJURY.

LOS ANGELES Cali, Aug. 10
CBy The Associated Press)
Ralph r. Obenchain, former hus-
band of Mrs. Madalynne Oben-
chain. may be called before the Los
Angeles county grand jury to tell
what if anything he knows about
the Kennedy murder, Asa Keyes, de-
putty district attorney announced
today following the publication OF
interviews quoting Obenchain as
saying the "real criminal will be
produced within five vs." Ir Oben-
chain knows who II Kennedy
the district attorr office would
like to know also, ~ J. said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
AMERICANS SET FULL
CONTROL OF RELIEF
(Rr The Associated Pressl

RIGA, Aug. 19-Americans were
granted extreme freedom Of move
ncnt and absolute control in food
distribution in Russia under Walter
Lyman Brown, Maxim Litvinoff
agreed to sign tomorrow the detail
od contractors
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
STATE ADVALOREM TAX
RATE AWAITS BILLS
,iiy The Assocra.,d Press,

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 70. - The
state advaloren tax raa cannot be
fixed for the comi,ir fiscal year until
al appropriation bills have passed
and were actci or BY the governor.
Comptroller Smith announced today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
WOMAN Is KILLED
tBy The Associated press)

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Aug. TO
Mrs. c. j. Davis. Is years old was
instantly killed at Douglass, Is
miles west Of here Thursday when
an automobile in which she was rid
ing with five other persons. was over,
turned. The other occupants Of the
car escaped with minor injuries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19

adjustment on such haul"
In response to the first grievance
outlined, County Engineer w. O.
Washington said he would decline to
give a final estimate until the work
is finished and ready for acceptance
by the county. He said the records
in his office were open for investiga-
ton by the contractor should he wish
TO examine them.
The second grievance was readily
acquiesced in, County Judge Dancy
calling the attention of the contract
or's representatives to the fact that
ne had previously stated that he was
willing TO allow the contractor rea-
sonable compensation for loss of time
.;ccasioncd by the failure Of the
county to deliver materials. He, how
ever, asserted that bills so far pre-
sented were not itemized and claim
cd that the charges were excessive
and would have to be revised before
consideration. He said the engineer
had returned these bills for revision,
but that they had not been revised up
10 this time. He also said that he
would not commit himself as to the
time they should b. paid, or the man.
ner.
'It's poor rule that won't work
both ways, said Judge Dancy. 1--WE
have claims against the contractor.
among them a claim for wasteage
of materials
Commissioner Logan said that
there was not a member Of the court
but who was willing to allow the
contractor q reasonable amount for
delays caused by shortage of ma
terials.
This question was left over until
August 80 meeting of the court co
be further considered, with con-
tractors representatives present, II
desired.
In reference to the third Of the
listed grievances Engineer Wasing-
ton claimed that he was giving
written Instructions, and would
continue to give instructions in
writing" He asserted that copies Of
such written instructions could be
found on file in his office.
Much discussion and no definite
result revolved around the last three
in the list Of grievances. Judge
said it would be the purpose of the
court, insofar as possible, TO see that
the materials were delivered as near
the scene Of the work az possible.
County officials took the position
that unloading was being carried out
in accordance with the contract
A letter from State Highway En-
gineer Rolln J. Windrow, in can
nection with the repairs on the
Brownsville end, which were outlln-
cd in a memorandum of recon-
mendations made by state officials.
was read by County Engineer
Washington. The letter, after call
ing attention to the inspection on
Ausgust 3, says:
"As you will notice, Mr.. john
sons memorandum simply restates
the suggestions that were made at
the time inspection was made by Mr..
Kendall and Mr.. Johnson. wish to
say that when these Instructions
are satisfactorily carried out that
the final estimate will be approved
for payment. These instructions, OF
course, do not include such minor
details as the shaping up OF the
shoulders and other work that Il
clearly provided for in the specifi-
cations that must be done before the
work II completed"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug. 10
BY a vote Of 2S to p the senate to-
day adopted an amendment TO the
federal aid road bill reducing from
Sl00, 100000 TO 100000 the
amount available for construction
next year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
FEDERAL AID ROAD
BILL PASSED TODAY

, WASHINGTON. ID. c., Aug. 10
The federal aid road bill appropria-
,tion Of $4,000, 900 for construction.
a third of which will be made immed-
iate'y available, was passed today by
the senate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
UNIVERSITY RECEIVES
MONEY FROM ITS LAND
(Ry The Associated Prcssl

AUSTIN, Texas. Aug, leland
Commissioner Robinson announced
today that he has just received
s150,265 from the auditor which
the university collected from graz
ing leases on university lands. This
makes 2 total of approximately
S180,000 received from the same
source for the fiscal year ending
August 81, 1921.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
GEN. WOOO BILL TABLED


WASHINGTON ID. C., Aug. 19.-.-
A bill designed 70 authorize Major
General Leonari Wood ID become
governor general Of the Philippines
without retiring ~ NJ active officer
Of the army was tabled today by the
house military committee without a
record vote. Committeeman are said
to have held that it would be a dan
gerous precedent to establish.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
Iee VIOLENT DEATHS
INV The Associa' ed Press1

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 19.-VIo'
lent deaths in Chicago the first sew
en- months Of this year totaled 1873.
or SIS more than in the same period
last year, police records revealed to-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
NV Tho Associated .1resSi

AUSTIN. Texas, Aug. 19.-By
an error in enrolling the department
al appropriation bill, the salary of
State Highway Engineer r. G. Win
drow was passed by the legislature
at $4,000 instead Of $4,000. an in
vestigation Of the enrolled bill show
ed. The house stood for reducing
this salary and the free conference
committee made it $4,000, but the
error by the enrolling clerk placed
his salary at $4,000.
However. Chairman r. NJ. Hub
bard, Of the highway commission.
notified Governor Neff today that
the highway engineers salary would
be paid on the basis Of $4,000 per
year.
The investigation showed that the
error was unintentional and with no
designing intentions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and Saturday; generally
fair; light, moderate southerly winds.

The following local weather OBJ
serva.ions are supplied by Mrs. a.
W. Reed. United States voluntary
weather observer, and cove, the "a
Lour nariod ended at z o'clock this
morning.
Maximum temperature ..... 92.3
Min mum temperature -. "a.
paromtrie pressure .....,.. 3n.O7
Temperature at Nook Today 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-19
LEGISLATORS AT
REST, AWAIT BILL
FROM THE PRINTER
fRv The Associated Press'

AUSTIN. Texas, Aug. 19.-Wfh
both branches OF the legislature
without work pending the return Of
the house educational substitute
from the printer, the Legislators wert
resting this morning The bills were
10 be returned at 2 O'clock this af
ternoon when both branches recon
vene.
The governor approved all local
bills at the first session today cX-
cept one voted by request Of the leg
islators of that district.