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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08

DECISION OF
War TO ITALY

GENEVA. Sept s.--If Italy accepts
yesterday decision Of the Intef-Allicd
Council Of Ambassadors, Greece will
view her dispute with Italy as settled.
and will not push her request to the
League Of Nations to investigate the
crisis. which has arisen rs the result ~
the bombardmcnt Of Corfu by the Ital-
ians. Mr.. Politis, Greek spokesman.
told the correspondent today. He add
ed. however. that the acceptance ~
Greece Is contingent upon whether the
program OF settlement reached at Pars
included arrangements for the Italian
evacuation Of Corfu an dothcr Greek
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
zoo FOREIGNERS
ARE KILLED in
YOKOHAMA A
Admiral Confirms Reports,
and Tells Of Survivors at
Huron, One Hundred and
Fifty in Number.

WASHINGTON. u. I'll. Sept. S.-Two
hundred foreigners were killed in the
earthquake disaster al Yokohama, ac-
cording TO the navy departments first
direct word from that port which was
received today in two messages from
Admiral Anderson. commander IN chief
Of the Asiatic fleet. One hundred
thirty foreign refugees. most of them
Americans and Engl shmen. he report
ed. were al iIakonc, and Others are ar
riving NJ Kobe.
Confirms Rabbits Death
One tSsage dated Friday. reported
the arrival of the flagship Huron. the
preceding day, the other contained in
formation relative 10 casualties appar-
emily gathered prior to the admirals ar
rival in Yokohama, and was dated Sept
cmber 9Th. This message confirmed
reports of the death of H. :. Consul
Krkjassoff. and wife and Vice-Consul
jerks. and also reported G.. Babbi,t. as
sistant L. :. commercial attache at
Tok 0 rs dead. Bahbitt. in other advic-
cs, had been reported az alive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Weslaco Interest Brings in Oil Well.

Much interest has been manifested
here in the last few days. hy the bringing
IN of 4 good well in the Miranda City oil
fields This well was promoted by Mr..
H. r. Flowers o fthiS city and num-
her of Weslaco citizens are interested in
the proposition.
Their lease covers forty acres. viii h
with the bringing in of this we'll bids
fair 10 make fortune for those inter
ested
Dr T. W. Glass nf Dallas this week
formed partnership with Dr. y. u.
stephens who has been practicing here
for three years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Official Weather Reports

Brownsville and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy and unsettled tonight and SUNDAY,
probably with occasional showers.
East Texas: Fair tonight and sunday.
Light npriherly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions.
ThunderShowrr~ were commcn over
southeastern Texas during the last u
hours. and scattered showers occurred
also in the balance of the Gulf States,
along the Atlantic Scaboard. and locally
in the region of the Great Lakes. over
the balance Of the country the weather
has continued generally fair under the
influence of moderately high pressure
area extending from the north Pacific
coast 10 central Texas
Temperatures were lower this morn
ing over most of the cotton belt and
the great central Valleys. ami slightly
higher throughout the Northwest and
along the Atlantic scnbuard The highest
readings yesterday ~ Texas stations
ranged from ~ at Brownsville 10 - at
Palestine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
wEsLACO TEACHERS RETURN

WESIACO. Texas. Sept. . y" -
ulsy If the Wesiaco sch"o' ~ nj.
Thursday night from attenn'hg ,r,..
county Institute at BrownsV'he e
were obliged to return day anea" -. -
schedule to.complete their plans TOT wv
,pening Of the school next Monday.
All report very profitable w@'k' mr. 80
fe.I that IN. help derived VIII ~ -
much benefit to them during the coming
term. -. ..;s.
They were unanimous IN their Pra,se
90 ,h.;r r.ception and entertainment Ds
brownsville and her citizens
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
rJNJON PACIFIC MAKES
APPLICATION TO ISSUE BOND

WASHINGTON. Sept S-A for
NAL application by the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for authority to
issue twenty million dollars N i,rSt
lien refunding mortgage bonds mas
been filed with the Interstate Coh
merce Commission. The propose,
;ssue has been discussed in financial
circles recently, but this is the iifs'
move by the company to put IT act
ually into effect.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
STATE RANGERS
LOCATE MISSING
K. *. LECTURER
(By The Associated Press.)

AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. S.-The Rev.
John Renfro. Baptist minister ind
lecturer for the Ku Klux klan, has been
located by State Rangers. IL was an
nounced mt Ranger headquarters today.
The minister's whereabouts had not
been made known. and he had been
missing since August 22nd. The appeal
had been made To the State Depart
ment to assist i'm locating the missing
man. Renfro's home was nj Sinton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Interallied Ambassadors
Hand Greece Ultimatum
WithFew Slight Changes

PARIS, Sept. s.-The proposals con
tanned in the note which the int rallied
council Of ambassadors has sent to
Greece is identical 20 those Of the ori-
gInal utimatum a spatched 20 Athens
by the Italian premier. AT penalties
the council would impsoe are m con
formity with the Italian demands cx-
ccpt that tn Hellenic fleet shall sal
ute M flags of the allied nat ons in
stead of the flag Of Italy alone. and
the highest Greek military authority
hall present the governments regrets
for Janina murders 70 the three allied
representatives IN Athens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Miss Rabbit Killed

WASHINGTON. u. C.. Sept. S.-A
dispatch from Toxic TO the Japanese
embassy here today stated that the en-
tire personnel Of the American embas-
81 at Toxic is safe. excepting Miss Do
ris Babbitt. daughter Of Elwood Bab-
bitt. acting commercial attache. She is
supposed 20 have lost her life al Yoko-
hama where she was visiting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
TWO DEAD; SIX INJURED
ATTExARKANA| IN WRECK
ST.L.& SOUTHWESTERN
Try The Associated Press.)

TEXARkANA, Texas. Sept. g.
ID. w. Bowker. superintendent Of the
northern division Of the st. Louis
and Southwestern railroad, and w.
O. Sublett, roadmaster, are dead.
while w. +. McGraw, vice president
and general superintendent, and six
other officials and employees of the
same road are in hospitals here, suf-
fering from injuries. a. the result OK
the derailment of an inspection car
near Plain Dealing. La, yesterday.
In addition Ia McGraw, the injured
include w. s. Handley. chief en-
gineer. Of Tyler, G. b. Pettigrew,
division engineer, of Pine Bluff,
Ark, John Post, motorman. of Ty-
Ter, T. N. Peterson, pilot engineer
Of Tyler, and w. o. Montgomery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
MINERS TO REACH AGREEMENT
(By The Associated Press.)

HARRISBURG, Penn. Sept. s.-Thc
wage contract. whose completion and
will insure the resump-
ton of anthracite mining was more
than half written out today when the
operators and miners temporarily ad-
journed negotiations. A complete
agreement has been reached on pract:c-
ally all the issues.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
RIO GRANDE UP = FEET

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas. Sept n
Heavy rains fell here yesterday and
last night. but no damage was done TO
the cotton crop.
The Rio Grande rose eight feet here
since yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Covenant Between Mexico
and United States Signed;
All Claims Will be Settled
Hr Tho Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Sept. s.
Two covenants between the United
States and Mexico. providing ma
chinery for the settlement of pend
ing claims between the countries,
and their nationals. were signed to-
day at the state department. The
signatures affixed to the covenants
on behalf of the United States were
those of Secretary Hughes, Charles
Warren, John Barton Payne, and
Charge Tcllcz, of the Mexican en-
bassy, who signed for Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
CONvICTS BURN PRISON
tBy The Associated Press.

YORK. Penn. Sept. s.-Nine convicts
sent to the York county Jail recently
from the eastern penitentiary at Phila-
delphia. mutinied today and set fire to
the prison. The fire was extinguished
before serious damage was caused. A
number Of the prisoners were overcome
by the smoke and flames and are in n
serious condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Official River Information

The San Antonio Weather Bureau
Office advises that the river stage at
Rio Grande City was II. at 500 n.
m. this morning and rising. with 800
inches Of rain. No reports from other
stations
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
GRANTS TELEGRAPHER DIES

NISALIA. Calf. Sept s.-Joseph
Ward. telegrapher ut General Grants
headquarters during the civil war. cred
tied with having taught Thomas Edison
Morse the code. died here yesterday He
was telegrapher for SO years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08

ROME. Italy. Sept. s.-The Italian
consulate at Pctras. Greece. was burn
"a ~ \ mob during the anti-ltalian
demonstration. according 20 a news DIS
patch received here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Cotton Factors In Advance.
lRY The Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON. u. g.. Sept. SRe
I,"rts of an increasingly active demand
Tor cotton goods in Manchester and ap-
prehensicn Of further reduction in crop
estimates because Of unfavurable wea-
ther ia the South. were factors in the
South. were factors in the advance.
which was also encouraged by better
news from the coal situation. and hope
Of an early settlement Of the trouble
between Italy and Greece.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Increase in Egyptian Cotton Crop

Egyptian cotton production for 1929
is forecast at 1.20i0O0 bales (iTS
pounds nett a. compared with 1915
600 bales for last year. according 10 a
cable received by the United States
Department Of Agriculture ON August
-. from the international Institute Of
Agriculture IN Rome. This preliminary
forecast indicates m increase Of 1876
per cent over the final estimate for last
year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
other Americans Safe.

WASHINGTON. y. g.. Sept. The
safety of additional Americans mJls
were caught in the earthquake in Japan
was established in message To the
State Department from u. :. Davis
at Shanghai, transmitting verified r.
ports gathered by Consul Dickover N
Kobe
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
NEW FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT

HARLINGEN. Texas. Sept. s.-Har-
lingen II TO have a new and up-to-date
funeral establishment. The business
will be conducted by Mr.. John T.
Thompson. who has operated a funeral
establishment at Donna for the past
two years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
IRISH TO JOIN LEAGUE
Ry The Associated Prcss

GENEVA. Switzerland. Sept. s.The
Irish free state was recommended for
admission to the league Of nations to-
day by a unanimous vote of the com
mission on membership.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Texas Gins i.880.072 Bales

WASHINGTON. Sept s.-Cotton
ginned prior to Sept /. amounted to
1.lIl.333T running bales. including 81
79I round bales. counted as half bales.
In Texas l.SSO0T2 have been ginned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
5000 Chinese Killed

PEKING. sScpt. s.-Whcn the earth
quake destroyed Yokohama's Chinatown.
about half Of its ten thousand inhab-
itants were killed. according to esti-
mates received here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Galveston Cotton Advances S.

INV The Associated Press.
GALVESTON. Texas. Sept. Spot
cotton shot up hundred points br
$500 bale on the cotton excahngc
over night. Texas has the temporary
monopoly ON spot cotton in the opinion
Of local traders after viewing the Fed
eral ginning report showing Texas gin
ningS n l.0sS.Oo0 out Of 1.1i0.OO0 bales
that were ginned in the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
SELECT NEFF TO HEAD
EDUCATIONAL SURVEY
(By The Associated Press.) J

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. S-Govern-
or Ncff was elected permanent
chairman of the state educational
survey commission at an initial
meeting here today. Tom Finty Of
Dallas Was named as secretary. The
commission outlined its plans for a
survey and discussed experts who
are to conduct the work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
COTTON MAKES SENSATIONAL ADVANCE
Prices of Staple Advances
So Per Bale on Ne,U York
Cotton Exchange Today

advance of more than thirteen dollars
per bale over the low price reached on
reaction last Teusday. Prices for all
deliveries made new high records fol-
the season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08

NEW YORK, y. Y. Sept. s.-The will
of A. y. Duke. millionaire tobacco
merchant, who was drowned Labor Day
at Greenwich. Connecticut, had made
charitable and educational requests
that aggrcg gated $292. 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
METHoDIsTs REPORTED SAFE

WNSITINI'IUN. y. e. Sert. 8
Southern Methodist missionaries in
Japan. numbering 70. are safe, J. $.
oxford. treasurer ~ the Japanese mis-
sion church, having cabled the local
board Of missions from Kobe today as
follows: "All members Of our mission
and returning missionaries are safe.
Please inform the rrfwttv.s- ~ AL. 49,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08

TO Under Go Operation--NIrs. ". T..
Macdonald will be removed from her
residence Sunday TO the Mercy Hospital
where she will undergo an operation
Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Cotton jump
cd upward $500 a bale in the To-
cal market today. October selling up
20 twcnty-sev,n ninety. This was an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
CHARGE COUPLE
With ASSAULT
ON A. WEBB
fRv The Associated Press. }

DALLAS. Texas. Sept 8-Rev.
Atticus Webb. president Of the Anti
Saloon League in Texas and a prohi-
bition worker of national repute.
was beaten up by a white man Of
unidentified identity this afternoon.
The Rev. Webb was attacked as
he was leaving his office building.
Shortly after the attack a man
who gave his name as "A. ID. Carey
walked into police headquarters and
paid a fine of 50 for fighting.
While the league president wait
cd in the corridor Of the district at
torney's office with his head ban
daged up. charges of aggravated as
sault were filed against A. ID. Carey
and his wife. Mrs. A. ID. Carey of
Fort Worth, in Judge w. N.
Coombe's county court at law.
Il just hit man." he explained.
His efforts in behalf of prohibi-
tion law enforcement and against u
band Of bootleggers may have act
uated the attack, Webb said later.
The prohibition campaigncr's left
eye was discolored. his right cheek
-braised, his head cut and his ribs
bruised. After being felled by the
first blow. he was struck down on
each attempt to rise, he said. His
assailant then fled, he concluded.
No Arrests.
DALLAS. Texas, Sept. S-Mr.
and Mrs. "A. ID. Carey Of Fort Worth,
who are charged with aggravated
assault upon DIR. Atticus Webb.
president of the Texas Anti-Saloon
League, had not been arrested today,
deputy sheriffs said this afternoon.
DR.. Webb, according to his state
mcnt yesterday, was knocked down
BY man whom he said he did not
know a. man giving the name OF
A. ID. Carey surrendered to n patrol
man and paid five dollar fine. DR..
Webb later caused complaint to be
filed. charging aggravated assault.
He said that an article in the pa
per edited by him dealing with a
whisky case in the federal court,
might have caused the attack.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
SPOT COTTON

DALLAS. Texas. Sept. S.-Dallas
cotton steady. .6.90: Houston steady.
~ T.4J: Galveston firm, 2T.3O; New York
closed 11J points up selling at 2SIJ:
New Orleans, 21OO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
3r0wnsviIle Quotations.

Middling spot. 26.90: cottonseed, $50
per ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-08
Brownsville
RED CROSS IS
PUSHING FUND
kilograms Place $500 as
Minimum Quota; Fund
Needs Further Relief Sub
scriptions.

The local Red Cross has received a
telegram and letter reproduced below
relative TO the japanese relief situation
and asking that $500 be considered as
the minimum quota. The local fund is
not growing as rapidly as il should
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18

thing that comes along, and we all take
your medicine as a tonic when we don't
feel just 80. l am thankful for what
the Vegetable Compound has done for
my health and for my family. Mrs.
MARY SAIECHEcK, 944 18th Street, Mil
waukee, Wisconsin.
Letters like these testify to the value
of the Vegetable Compound. These
women speak from the fullness of their
hearts. They describe az correctly as
they can their conditions: First, those
symptoms that affected them most con-
s~picuously; and later the disappearance
of those symptoms. They are sincere ex-
pressions of gratitude. For nearly fftv
years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compounded beens women.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
Thirty-Two Years to Pay

For the benefit of those wishing to buy land, a
national non-proht sharing organization the
Canada Colonization Association-has been es-
tablished. with head Office at Winnipeg. and
United States office at St. Paul. This As&ocia.
ton offers selected land convenient TO railways
much of it atSl5 TO $50 per acre-on very small
cash payment; no further payment until third
year: balance extended over thirty years. but
purchaser may pay up and obtain title at any
time. If desired. Interest six per cent on de-
ferTed payments.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
Tribute to Civil Enqineer.

From the standpoint OF the artist,
the civil engineer type represents the
highest type of masculine perfection.
He has the imagination 10 conceive
and the practically and intellect to
execute his conceptions.-Emily Mich,
OILS Hatch.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
CATARRH

Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly in
fluenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in Kidding your System
OF Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
+. j. Cheney e. Co., Toledo, 0.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
Western Canada
Your Opportunity!

Western Canada is the farmers land of oppor-
tunity. Thousands of settlers who started not
many years ago with little or nothing, are today
the owners of fine farms. with comfortable
homes and barns, thoro'bred stock. dairy herds
all the marks of prosperity. Yet land is not
dear-only SIS to $40 an acre for rich. virgin. prai-
RE convenient TO railways. Land Is not dear in
Western Canada yet-beesuse there is SO much
of IT, But many settlers are expected in 1923,
and now is your opportunity. before the best
farms are taken. Get started. Taxes are re-
duced, not raised, on land brought under Guilt
walton. On farm buildings, improvements.
machinery. personal effects. automobile. etc.
there is no tax at all. Canada wants workers
it wants its land farmed - and the farmers,
through their municipal councils. have practical
control of all local taxation.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18

was dillllB ana could
barely do my house.
work and washing !
was so rundown.
from having one
| took a lot of
and had
doctors. Then | gave
them all up and took
E. Pinkham's
V G t able Com
pound and / feel.
wonderfully good
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
Arizona Would Be Coast State.

The important consideration is that
this long narrow triangle is all that
separates Arizona from the sea. Add
it to Arizona, and overnight the state
would desert the ~ inland
wealths and join the q that border on
salt water. With its hundreds of thou
sands Of tons Of minerals to snip. the
state is now bottled up by Il narrow
region undevelOped and little likely to
he developed by its present owner. II
is felt that even the d~eSOiate, prac-
tically trailleSs desert, and the lack of
natural harbOrS on the Gulf would not
deter Yankee enterprise and Yankee
engineering ability from laying dOwn
n trail Of steel and constructing quays
or piers at which ocean steamers
would soon be loading, furnishing the
cheap transportation that bulky prod
uctS demand.
The areas Of most states are well
known, even the parts sparSely popu-
lated. 1t is hard for dwellers in many
other portions Of the United states to
realize, therefore, that not only is this
triangle Of Mexico a terra incOgnita,
but hat the portion of Arizona which
adjoins. it is almost equally so. Most
Of the region south Of the Southern Pa
cific railroad may be thought Of as a
desert on which small broken rocky
ranges OF mountains have cen super
imposed. In the valleys between the
cragCy mountains are numerous
patches Of fertile soil, but little rain
falls and there are practically no run
ming streams-only dry stream-beds
which now and Their carry water for
a few hours until it is lost in the sand,
and a very few water holes.
Both north and south of the border,
this region is given owe almost wholly
to a handful of Papago Indians with
c~ommunistic customs who range as
freely as did their remote ancestors,
needing to give, in their deSolate home
land, little or no thought TO border
ines or to the governmental machinery
Of states and nations. The region
both American and Mexican-is known
roughly as "Papagueria,' and Is sell
dom traversed by white men,.
Through il the international boun-
dary extends, the ultimate in arbitrary
lines. Swerving neither to the right
nor 10 the left il extends. a straight,
geometrical line, running up sheer
cliffs and over craggy peaks, hurdling
great valleys and tiny arroyos, cross
Ing deserts, lava flows, and sand dunes,
until it strikes the Colorado river some
fifteen miles below Yuma. And 1t is
imaginary as well as arbitrary. Lit
lie monuments from three 10 five miles
apart mark its progress, but these are
! often obscured; and the Indians and
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18

An old bachelor says that firmness
I'm Il man is Synonymous with stub
bOrnneSS in Il woman
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-18
WOMAN'S HEALTH
RESTORED
She Claims Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did 1t After
Everything Else Failed

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -"I feel that
fought to let you know about nv case 7