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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Valley Prepares To
Act as Host to 500
Advertisers In Nav

bile tlip throughout the entire Valley.
This trip will begin at Sharyland, with
luncheon at Stuart Place, and a Valley
wide reception and six o'clock dinner
at the Brownsville Golf and Country
club Saturday. Sunday morning will be
devoted to an overland trip to the Palm
Grove. and to trip on the new stand
ard gauge railroad to Point Isabel Two
special trains on the Rio Grande Rail
way will be drafted into service in car
rying the advertisers to Point Isabel
This tentative program will be sub
mitted TO the state entertainment com,
mittee at called meeting. which viii
be held in Houston Thursday of this
week.
Those present at the meeting last
night were VIM. T. Burnett, presiden,
Of the Valley Chamber of Commerce.
of Mercedes; 0. S. V. Ross. secretary of
the Valley body, San Juan; Harry Sex
ton, Mission; c. S. Swallow. Alamo;
William H. Steffins, La Feria; ]. B.
Samuel, John F. Dervin and S. C. Tuck
er, Brownsville. AL Parker, John
Shary. Blake Seay and G. J. Ross had
proxies at the meeting.
1t was decided that the Valley will
cooperate with Corpus Christi in an ef
fort to have the dates of the trip here
changed from Sunday and Monday, to
Saturday and Sunday, which will be
May Is and IL.
The committee which met at La Fc,
ria last night and worked out details
of the trip of the advertisers to the
Valley was appointed by President VIM.
T. Burnett Of the Valley Chamber, and
is composed Of members Of that body.
A special committee has been appoint
ed in Brownsville by the Merchants AS
socaton to care for entertainment
here, and this committee is working at
the present time.
Minor details Of the entertainment in
the Valley will be worked out later by
the commmittee. According to the pro-
gram of the meeting last night, as is
sued by Secretary Ross, there will be
stops in each town during the trip
through the Valley. and representa-
tive is to be appointed in each city tc
head an entertainment committee as the
visitors come through.
Details of meals, speakers. automo-
bile., bands, badges, winds tickets.
etc, are left to the committee The
residents of the county will be called
on =, cooperate in the work of furnish
ing automobiles for the tour Automo-
biles fo- the tour will be furnished by
residents of Hidalgo and Cameron coun-
ties. about half from each.
1t was pointed out at the meeting
yesterday that this trip will mean much
to the Valley in the advertising this
section will get from the tour, with per-
sons from every corner of the globe
carrying away the message Of the gar
den spot of the world. The wonders Of
the Valley will be shown in the auto
mobile drive planned through the rich
| est sections.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
TEXAN TO HEAD REVENUE BUREAU
DALLAS GROCER SAVES
* X X
ROLL FROM BURGLAR BUT
X X X
LOSES HIS LIFE IN BATTLE

DALLAS, Texas, March 24.-Isaac
Mehlam, 45, a grocer in Oak Cliff
saved his roll of $4650 last midnight
when held up by negro but lost his
life. He died early today of bullet
wounds inflicted by the robber.
The negro escaped although Mehl-
man fred at him at least three times.
The money was found in the grocer's
pockets at the hospital
Mehlman was able to give very
little information to police, he was
near his store when the negro stepped
up, held a pistol 10 his body and de-
manded cash. Mehlman refused and
the shooting began. The negro ran
when lights in nearby house were
turned on. Mehlman nodded when
asked if he knew his assailant but
was too weak to tell the name.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
MORE SCHOOL
BUILDINGS IN
CITYPLANNED
Petition to Be Present.
ed to Board Thurs
day; Ask $4,000 Bond
Issue for Structure

Brownsville has again outgrown her
school facilities.
A number of residents of the city,
realizing this fact, are signing petit
ton which viii be submitted to the
school board of Brownsville at it's meet
irg Thursday night Of this week. ask
ing for an election to vote on the is
srnnce Of school bonds in the sum Of
$4,000
The petition specifies that these
bonds shall be used to construct a ward
school to be known as the First Ward
school. to make an addition to the
jrnior high school, and to make sim
liar addition to the West Brownsville
school. The petition will be acted on
Thursday.
The petition follows:
Brownsville Independent school dis
trict-We. the undersigned resident
property tax paying voters Of Browns
vile Independent School district, re-
spectfully pray your honorable body to
order an election in said district at
the earliest date practicable. but not
less than thirty days from the date Of
the election order, for the purpose O..
submitting the following proposition to
the resident qualified taxpaying voters
of said school district for their action
thereupon:
Shall the board of trustees of
Brownsville Independent school district
be authorized to issue the bonds of said
school district to the amount Of $4,000
to become due and payable serially,
$1,000 one year from date, and $1,000
each year thereafter up to and includ-
ing the year 1890, and $4,000 each year
thereafter during the years 1881 to
Continued on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Former Brownsville
Man and Woman Drown

A dispatch received here today from
Forrest City, Ark, states that Mr.. and
Mrs John Otto Schwarz of Chicago,
and who spent the past winter in
Brownsville. were drowned, when their
automob plunged off bridge into
IL feet of water.
Both parties jumped from the moving
automobile as it crashed through the
railing of the bridge into the water. Mr..
Schwarz attempted to rescue his wife,
and held her on the surface of the wat
er for a few moments. although both
sank before rescuers arrived.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity; Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not
much change in temperature.
East Texas: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Light variable winds
ON the coast.
Weather Conditions
Except for light widely scattered
showers the weather was generaiiy iair
throughout the country since last re-
port. 1t was warmer this morning from
Texas northeastward to the Great Lakes
and in the far Canadian Northwest. ana
colder IL Plateau and most of the ROCKY
Mountain regions.
The lowest temperature last night at
Texas stations ranged from 81 at ADJ
lene and Amarillo to 62 at Corpus
chxisti and Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24

Plans for entertaining members of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World, who will be here in May on Cir
Gle Tour No. out from the convention
to be held in Houston. were made late
yesterday at a meeting held at the COM
munity house in La Feria, with VIM. T..
Burnett, president of the Valley Cham
her Of Commerce, presiding at the
meeting. Between 450 and 500 persons
from all parts of the world are expect
ed here, according to dispatches read at
the meeting.
The itinerary of the Valley tour was
outlined. with VIM. II. .Steffins of La
Feria being appointed chairman Of the
transportation committee, and a tenta-
tive program arranged for the automo-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Sherman Man Killed
Under Auto in Crash
(By The Associated Press.)

SAN ANGELO, Texas, March 24.-The
body Of Nat Birge, 81, Of Sherman, will
be shipped from here this afternoon. ac-
companied by relatives due to arrive
here this morning. Birge was killed
about 20 miles west of Ozona yesterday
when an automobile in which he and his
son, Nat, Jr., were riding turned over
pinning Birge beneath it. The son was
only slightly Injured. The car was
travelling about 25 miles an hour when
young Birge applied the brakes at a
rough place in the road. The wheel
locked and skdded into rut, turning
the car over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
$4,000 Residence To Be
Built In Ell JuYdin Soon

between the garage and residence
proper.
The plans were prepared by A. G.
Holiday, Brownsville builder, who
also has the contract to erect the
residence. Part Of the material is al
ready on the ground.
The residence will set in an ebony
grove. The grounds were cleared
some time ago with view to saving
the ebony trees for scenic beauty.
Mr.. Dickinson also intends to further
landscape and otherwise beautify the
grounds surrounding the home.
Unusual attention, he said. has been
given in the matter of securing archi-
tectural beauty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24

Acacia Island, Ell Jardin, section of
beautiful and costly homes, is to have
another gem of a residence.
A. D. Dickinson of the James
Dickinson Farm Mortgage Company,
and enc of the promoters of the new
Brownsville hotel, announced today
that he was awarded the contract for
the erection of an all brick residence,
with tile roof, to cost about $4,000.
The residence will be modern in
every respect, two stories in height
and AZ by 90 feet in dimensions.
garage will be built to connect with
the residence. all being under the
same roof. There will be driveway
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
MERCHANT BEATEN
BY STORE ROBBERS
(By The Associated Press.>

BALLINGER, Texas, March 24.-W. j.
Weisner, merchant in Rowena, west of
here, was beaten unconscious, robbed
and left in the building when it was set
on fire by the robbers last night. He
was rescued by persons attracted by
the blaze.
Weisner was hit with an ak handle
bound and gagged. The cash drawer
was rifled and oil thrown about the rear
Of the builing. The place then was set
on fire, Weisner being left on the floor
He was taken from the building before
the fire reached him. The Ballinger
fire department extinguished the blaze
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24

quarters-a tendency fundamentally
wrong and fatally mischieous in it's
veffects on our children. our institu-
tions. and our country"
sAfter careful examination, he
added. II can find nothing Of conse-
quence in the books now being taught
in our schools with which this bill
will interfere in the slightest manner.
Therefore, it will not put our teach
ers in any jeopardy. Probably the
law will never be applied. It may not
be sufficiently definite to permit Of
any specific application or enforce
ment. Nobody believes that it is GO
ing to be an active statute"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Tennessee Governor Signs
Auti-EUOlMtiOn MeUSMY

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March pa
Governor Austin Peay linked an ap-
peal for return to the old fashioned
in the bible with a citation of ones
indefensible rights to worship accord
ing to the dictates Of his own con-
science, in a lengthy statement to the
Tennessee legislature yesterday ex-
planning why he signed the bill pro-
hibiting the teaching in this states
schools that man descended or ascend
ed from lower animal.
He characterized the bill "a dis
tinct protest against an irreligious
tendency to exalt so-called science and
deny the bible in-some schools and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
No MORE VEGETABLES

Sufferers in the storm stricken area
of north central United States can not
use any shipments Of vegetables from
the Valley, states telegram from Di-
rector In Charge Brewster. at st.
Louis, to o. S. V. Ross, secretary of the
Valley Chamber of Commerce. The
rail service is so poor to the stricken
area that the vegetables do not arrive
in good shape, the telegram said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
GREGG, COUSIN
OF BANKER HERE
GETS HIGH POST
Young Man, Is, Born at
Palestine, Bee o m e s
One of Nations Best
Known Tax Experts
(By The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., March PA.
w. Gregg Of Texas, treasury tax expert,
who assisted in the framing Of the pre-
sent tax law. has been selected by Sec
retary Mellon for solicitor of the inter
nal revenue bureau.
He will succeed Nelson 7. Harrison
who has resigned.
Mr.. Gregg now holds the title of as
sistant to the secretary Of the treas
ury and is regarded as one Of the coun-
try's leading tax experts.
In formal statement Mr.. Mellon to-
day expressed regret at the retirement
Of Mr.. Harrison, and denied at the same
time that the resignation had any con-
nection with the assessment of addi-
tional taxes against Senator Couzens in
the sale of the senator's minority hold
ings of Ford Motor company stock.
A. w. Gregg, whose appointment was
announced today as solicitor of the
United States Internal Revenue Bureau.
at Washington, is al cousin of John
Gregg of Brownsville.
Mr.. Gregg, although only 25 years old,
has come in few short years to be
known as one Of the nations greatest
tax experts. He has recently returned
from England where he spent several
months investigating income tax mar,
ters in the interest Of the United
States government.
Mr.. Gregg was born at Palestine, Tex,
and is the son of the late Congressman
A. w. Gregg of Palestine.
He first achieved fame as tax ex.
merit in connection with the Mellon tax
p,an. around which great congressional
fight centered last year. He is said t.
have drawn up the Mellon income tax
law
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
DONNA MEN HELD in
ALLEGED HOLD-UP
(Snecial to the Herald.l

DONNA, Tex, March 24,-Two men
arrested here are in Jail in Edinburg
in connection with the robbery here
two weeks ago Of an assistant ditch rid
er for this district. The men are said
to have conspired to take the money
belonging to the ditch rider, who was
a helper to one of them, and divide it.
One man staged the hold-up while the
other apparently was a victim along
with his assistant. it is charged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
AUTO WORKS BURN

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. March "a.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed
a three story brick building occupied by
the Oklahoma Carriage and Automobile
Works here today. The damage was
estimated at more than 100000. Twenty
five automobiles in the building were
burned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
English Woman Wins
Suit Against Husband

LONDON, March PA verdict for
5000 pounds or nearly $25,O00 in favor
Of Mrs. Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun was
rendered this afternoon by the jury IN
her suit against her former husband.
Lieut.. Col. Ian Onslow Dennistoun, for
money she claimed she had loaned him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
LEAVES AFTER FUNERAL

Judge Tom B. Lewis, of Houston, who
was in Brownsville to attend and take
mart in the funeral of the late Judge
w. r. Jones, has returned to his home
in Houston. Judge Lewis made short
talk at the funeral services, held in
the Methodist church, in which he
voiced his appreciation of the character
of Judge Jones'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Bogg-Scott to Direct
Stock Farms in Haiti
fRv The Associated press.)

HOUSTON. Tex, March 24.-Opera
ton of stock farms now being estab-
lished by the government of Haiti is to
be under the direction of j. E. Boog-
Scott, Texas state livestock sanitary com
mission head during the Administrations
of Governor Neff. He will soon sail
for the island to take up his new
duties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24
Sinclair Loses Fight
For Russian Oil Lands
(By The Associated Press J

MOSCOW, March 24.-The concession
on the island of Saghalen granted the
Sinclair oil interests by the Soviet au-
thorities was annulled today by the
Soviet court, which has been hearing
the governments annullment plea.
The court directed the government to
return to the American company the
100000 rubies guaranty it had deposit
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-24

NEW YORK, N. " March 24.-Cable
reports that the Soviet court at Mos
cow had annulled the Saghalien conces-
sion granted to the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil company caused little coicern at the
offices Of the company today. I'VE re
gard the reported decision of the lower
court as indecisive," said F. w. Sim
clair, president.
Palisadian., 1925-05-01
THE WONDERFUL

Omicron Ceti, the, mysterious wax
ing and waning star in the constella-
ton of the whale, has been measured.
The earth's diameter is 5000 miles;
the diameter of Omicron Ceti is 240,-
100000 miles. If the earth were to
drop into Omicron Ceti it would make
about as big a splash as COW pea
dropped into Pearl River.
The waxing and waning of Omicron
Ceti was first observed century and
quarter ago, and the star was then
named Mira, "the wonderful" The
variability of Mira has fixed term OF
331 days, and in this period it changes
between the third and ninth magni-
tude.
Mira is the third great star to be
measured by the Nicholson interfere
meter. The two others are Betel
geuse and Antares. Mira is about 25
per cent larger than Betelgeuse and
Antares, but both of the latter are
magnificent stars of the first magni-
tude. Betelgeuse in Orion and An
tares in the scorpion dominate re.
spectively the winter and summer
skies. They are red, and they are
with the exception of Aldebaran, the
only strikingly red stars of the first
magnitude.
But Mira is never very bright. She
would not be noticed at all except for
her variability. Yet she is larger
than the seemingly immense Betel.
geuse.
OF course the brilliance of the stars
depends quite as much on their dis
tance from our solar system as it does
upon their actual size. Sirius, which
seems the largest of all is very near
in comparison with many of the
others, and is probably a relatively
small sun. Mira is so far remote that
her light travels for 165 years before
it reaches us. In other words the
Mira that has just been measured by
DR.. Pease at Mount Wilson is not
Mira as she exists today but the Mira
that existed 165 years ago. For all
that we know Mira may have ceased
to exist a century and half ago and
still we shall continue to see her for
at least fifteen years.
1t is well to consider Mira. II
makes the income tax and everything
else seem very small and inconsider
able.
Palisadian., 1925-05-01
Gives Radio Party

Peter Zendler, former resident Of
Edgewater now of Palisade, was host
to number of his office associates
at a social given at his home recently.
"Pete" has new super-hetrodyne
radio set and claims he has no trouble
getting long distance stations. To
prove his contentious he invited his
friends to hear for themselves, and
while he did not get Japan and
Europe he did get stations in the
United States from Newark to Oak
land, California.
The guests arrived about $40 and
"Pete" explained he could not get any
distance until II due to local stations
interfering with reception. To fill in
the time the boys amused both them
selves and the others by entertaining
with songs and dances and a one-act
playlet as follows: Nett Bradley
jigged little; Johnny Lawlor sang
several old Irish tunes; Art Laudon
gave his little ventriloquist act; Jack
Lyon and Mort Healy sang old Scotch
and Irish songs; Larry Christie and
Sam Weyant gave an exhibition of
buck and wing dancing; Walter
Cram, Bob Stewart, Bob Glaser, Jack
Zoeller and Andy Smith acted a one
act playet called will He Liver"
Jerry Gerrity was a one-man band
with his harmonica; and quartette
composed of Bill Barrie, Jack Larson,
Nick Wieland and Bill Glimm rem
dered all the old-time melodies.
After the homemade entertainment
"Pete" went to work on the radio and
his friends were soon listening to
some good music and singing.
The guests were Larry Christie,
John Lyon, Mort Healy, Art Loudon,
Walter Cram, Nick Wieland, Bob
Stewart, Bill Christie, Mort Bradley,
Tobey Trowbridge, Dave Wilson, Al
Atwood, John Prendeville, Hen"
Fromm, Joe Schultz, Bill Wilson,
julie Weissenborn, Johnny Lawlor,
Joe Gerrity, Charley Rittinger, Andy
Smith, Walter Newman, Joe Byrnes,
Jack Zoeller, Bill Glimm, Jack Lar
son, Jerry Gerrity, Bill Barrie, Fred
Campbell, Sam Weyant, Bob Glaser,
Henry Ackerman, Ben Biehler, Frank
Meyer, Jack Ring and Hugo Feisel.
Palisadian., 1925-05-01
JUDGE DoREMUS GAINING

Palisadian readers are familiar with
the remarkable campaign now being
made by Judge Cornelius Doremus of
Ridgewood, who is seeking the Re
publican nomination for Governor of
New Jersey. So strong has this able
advocate stated his position on every
issue before the people and so admira-
lily as we'll that his friends feel that if
he should lose the nomination this
state would miss an opportunity of
welcoming the leadership of a man
far above the common run in the gu.
bernatorial chair. There has not been
thought uttered by Judge Doremus
in the campaign that does not ring
true. Some Of his utterances have
borne the character of real states
mana man of breadth, depth and
amazing power. He has CLOSED over
nothing, and where he has expressed
an opinion or stated a desire of gov
ernment it has been with force both
terse and undeniable. Where has
there been a man of this strength as
shown in Judge Doremus' speech this
on law enforcement, the great need of
the hour everywhere, he said:
''The most un-American thing about
the administration of American gov.
ernment today is its laxity of enforce
ment. And if we are going to keep
those great booming messages of
Roosevelt and Lincoln and Washing
ton alive in this state l tell you people
of Monmouth county that you must
put executives into office from the
blue veins of the Ramapo Mountains
on the northern border to the stretches
of sun-baked sand in Cape May, who
will PUT TEETH INTO THE PRAC-
TICE OF THE STATUTES"
There you have the spirit of noble
hearted, red blooded man finding its
expression in a matchless eloquence
that carries conviction through it's
sheer force alone.
Palisadian., 1925-05-01
Brady-Kontak

Miss Lottie Kontak, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Kontak, of Grant
avenue, became the bride of James
Brady, of Edgewater Road, Cliffside
recently, at st. Johns Catholic
Church.
The brides only attendant was
Marguerite Mcguire. The bride wore
a tan ensemble suit with brown hat
to contrast, and had corsage bouquet
of lilies of the valley. The brides
maid wore a green ensemble suit
with large tan picture hat, and car
ried shower bouquet of pink rose
buds. The best man was Edward
Brady, brother of the groom.
The bridal couple are now honey
at Delaware Water Gap. They
will reside at Grant avenue.