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Palisadian., 1925-07-24
ITALIAN MIS- SION AND COM
MUNITY CHURCH

Sunday, July 26 will be the last
Sunday for the Sunday School session
in the Cliffside Congregational Mission
and Community Church until after
Labor Day. 1t will also be the last
regular service for the pastor, Rev.
erend S. c. Gozzo who will take his
vacation after that, and the Holy
Italian afternoon service.
Services in English during Sunday
evenings are discontinued for the
summer.
The Cliffside church will be open
for one Sunday in August, the first
Sunday, and the Reverend Merlo
Pundico, of Rhode Island will preach
at the afternoon service on that oc-
casion. The Daily Vacation Bible
School, under the auspices of the mis-.
sion, has been open during July and
closes on July 81.
Reverend Mr.. Gozzo has had the full
charge of it and has taught the chill.
dren Bible lessons and nature study
and this, with habit talks" singing,
and the flag salute daily, have occu.
pied the children each morning. Sixty.
six were enrolled, with an average at
tendance of 80.
Henry l. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall
of Is Knox avenue, Grantwood, will
start next week on an extensive trip
throughout the United States, stop
ping at all the principal summer re-
sorts, where Mr.. Marshall, who is a
song writer of note and the writer OF
the song hit why Did l Leave Wis
consin?" will entertain thousands OF
people with his songs. He is ex.
peeted back to town by September.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Butler OF
401 Nelson avenue, Grantwood, will
spend the month of August on a
pleasant trip by boat up the Hudson
river, stopping for short time at
all the principal towns and summer
resorts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. O'Toole re
turned on Saturday from an extended
motor trip through the Berkshires
following their attendance at the
annual New Jersey Schoolmen's con
yention, held in Ocean City, While in
| New England they were the guests Of
ex-senator David l. Walsh and Thomas
Walsh, at their home in Clinton, Mass
Palisadian., 1925-07-24
PAGE THREE
noles IN Goctg1s

The forest service says that authori-
ties do not agree as to why holes are
found In cactus wood; however, sci
enlist gives the following explanation
cannot afford to have solid wood be-
cause there is not enough fertility and
rain water In the soil to provide for 1t.
Therefore, 1t is an economy of nature.
Palisadian., 1925-07-24
The Lure

A brass bed warmer with a couple
OF dents In 1t and warped handle
looks innocent, hut such an object has
led many a family on and on to 4
state where no soul would have any
interest for them unless 1t was early
Chippendale.-Will Payne in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Palisadian., 1925-07-24
Historic SIOedtsh Jdti

Ostermalm prison in Sweden Is the
oldest Jail in that country and one of
the most historically interesting In Eu-
rope. One of It's exhibits is that of
1,SO0 skeletons of the Swedes who fell
In defending Vlsby 600 years ago.
Many of the skeletons are still inclosed
niture from all parts of Europe is also
on display in the prison yard today.
Palisadian., 1925-07-24
Believe in Co-Operotion

Cooperative societies are much
more developed in foreign countries
than here. There are outside the
United States more than 10000 socie-
ties with membership Of more than
25,0O0,O0O persons. There are 1,472
societies in the United Kingdom.
Palisadian., 1925-07-24
TRINITY CHAPEL,
EDGEWATER ROAD

Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing service IL a. m. Student pastor,
Earle V. o. Conover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
THE WEATHER


Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Friday. All
East Texas: Partly cloudy to cloudy
tonight and Friday with scattered show
ers. Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
Weather Conditions
The weather was mostly cloudy and
unsettled throughout the great central
valleys and Texas at the morning OBJ
servation. A few scattered showers oc-
Cured in the cotton belt within the
last "a hours; and general rains in the
middle Mississippi Valley, the Canadian
northwest, and in North Dakota. Tenn
peratures were somwhat higher in the
northeastern states, Texas and New
Mexico this morning, and lower over
the balance of the country. Readings
were still generally above the seasonal
average, however, throughout the east
ern two thirds of the United States.
The highest temperature yesterday al
Texas stations ranged from % at Pales
tine to So at Corpus Christi and Gal
weston,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
LAND PARTIES TOUR
VALLEY AND LEAVE

The 345 homeseekers who were in the
Valley the early part of this week left
last night for northern points after
looking over the points Of interest in
this section.
1t is rather light number Of home
seekers for this time of the year, it
was explained, and the bad weather
made it Impossible for some of the
land men to take their parties over
their land.
Parties in the Valley we're: Nick
Doffing Co., four cars, 100 persons,
Alamo; AL Parker Securities Co., two
cars, , persons, La Feria; Manly-La-
morere Co., two cars, 65 persons, Nc
Coll Spur; j. H. Shary, one car, 80 per-
sons, Sharyland; G. NJ. Roscoe. 10 per-
sons, San Juan; G. F. G. Ladd Co., two
cars, so persons, Val Verde; Lone Star
immigration Co., Is persons, Browns
viue3 Barron-Koontz Co, one car, 25
persons, McAllen.
The land parties were accompanied to
the Valley by E. A. Farr, special passen-
ger agent of the Gulf Coast Lines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
FARMER shot
WRONG CROWD
Blame Mistaken Identity
for Wounding Five;
3 to Lose Sight

AMARILLO ftk., Sept. 10-Mistaken
identity was blamed for the shooting
of five young people near Shamrock
early yesterday morning in statements
reported to have been made by three
of the victims, who are in hospital
here, and by Perry Coonse, farmer, who
is held at Wheeler in connection with
the case. Coones is said to have told
authorities he believed the car, into
which he fired five times with shot
gun as it passed his farm, carried young
men who had waylaid him several days
ago and whipped him. He declared he
did not know that the young people in
the car were his friends and neighbors
until he heard the voices Of the girls.
Cecil Rook and Mabel and Matte En-
Ter, the three most seriously wounded,
probably will lose their eye-sight as a
result of the shooting. Rook, an oil
driller on the Coonse farm, is the most
seriously wounded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
INDICTED MEN
ARE ARRESTED
First Returns Made By
Sheriff's Office;
s Are Held

Eight returns have been made by the
sheriff'st department here on indict-
ments turned in by the grand jury, ac-
cording to reports given out this morn
ing, that number of persons having been
arrested on indictments.
Luther Shackleford negro, was ar
rested on a charge of murder and
Justine Lopez was arrested on
the same charge in an indictment
returned against him. Shakleford wa;
arrested by Pete Gan, deputy sheriff;
and Lopez was arrested by Chief OF
Police w. B. Linton and Lieutenant Of
Police John 7. Armstrong of the city of
Brownsville.
Other arrests made on indictments
are: Sabas Radriguez, forgery, five
counts, arrested by Deputy Sheriff Earl
Hanna; Harry Lyons, forgery, arrest
ed by Deputy Hanna; Remigio Cara,
violation Dean liquor law, arrested by
Constable Billings of La Feria; Dr.. de
la Fuente, San Benito, driving while
intoxicated, arrested by o. S. Norling,
traffic officer; Videl Cantu, Deal liquor
lax, arrested by d. H. Ferguson, A. S,
Lanier and Sheriff Sam Robertson;
Juan Torres, Dean law, arrested by Pete
Gam.
Tial Of jury cases is expected to be
started Monday of next week in the
district criminal court here. Judge A.
W. Cunningham has been conducting
hearings on Divorce cases this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10

ed it on the step of the railroads.
Mr.. Bremner, testifying in the hear
ing on the Western carriers petition for
a five per cent freight advance, assert
ed that without heavy freight rate re-
ductions ordered, by the commission
since 1920, his road would not now be in
receivership. He added that security
voting their investment to public service
without compensation.
Chairman Aitchison asked Bremner
why his company had not offered a
concrete proposal for relief and asked
why the mountain Pacific territory was
included in the western. The chairman
also asked him why he had not taken
advantage of rate increases permitted
in Minnesota. Bremner answered that
he had increased passenger rates and
also had somewhat advanced freight
rates within Minnesota, but added:
"In our entire territory we cannot
addance our freight rate if our com
petitors do not advance theirs"
r. H. sAishton,. president of the AM
erican railway association, told the
commission that thus far this year the
railroads had far exceeded all records
for handling carload freight and had
done it with the greatest economy and
efficiency. At the same time there had
been at all times a surplus of freight
cars, he added.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
2 COUNTY SCHOOLS
HOLDING CLASSES

Point Isabel and Olmito are the only
two common school districts in which
schools are holding classes, according
to Ike Kibbe, assistant county superin-
tendent.
Other county schools will open Mon
day of next week, Mr.. Kibbe said, and
expect a full attendance from that time
on.
The Point Isabel school opened Tues
day, following the storm there Sunday
right. Some damage was done to the
building previously by a bolt of light
ming, but it was repaired in time for
opening of school.
Only about half the regular attend
ance is present at the tw2 schools, Mr..
Kibbe said.
City schools in Brownsville will open
Monday of next week, having been
cosed Tuesday after an effor ito regis
ter pupils Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
NEW HIGH MARK
IS SET; LEvEES
VALLEY HOLD
Matamoros People Stop
Break; San Juan and
Salado Reported Over
Banks

The Rio Grande is at the top
of it's banks and levees in the
lower part of the Valley, and
threatening to break through in
many places today as the stream
continues to rise with more
flood waters coming down the
San Juan and Salado.
Levees in the Valley are hold
ing in most cases, although the
continued rise is expected to
cause a dangerous condition if
not relieved through breaks in
to the Arroyo del Tigre and the
other outlets.
San Benito, Brownsville and
other parts of the lower. Valley
are experiencing worse flood
than the upper Valley, as the
river has not yet reached flood
stage at Mission, or at Merceses.
Today at noon the river stood three
inches higher than it mas ever been
before, the higher stage being made pos
sible by the leFees on both sides being
raised. The river is at 21.6 feet at
Misson, still below flood stage but
higher than yesterday by 1T feet.
Last night the river broke through
near the city limits of Matamoros. east
Of the town. Several hundred persons,
including merchants, officials and others
left their homes to help check the
flood water and in a short time had
checked the water by throwing up an
emergency levee. The other huge levees
around the city are holding, although
the river water is standing near the
top of the embankments.
On the American side there was
slight break at Eighteenth street, but
men were rushed to the place. and pre-
vented any further breaking Of levees
after checking the flood water.
The river is past flood stage at San
Benito, with crews of men working on
the levees, and dredges being used to
build up the dykes higher, while water
has come through as usual in the flat
country between here and San Benito,
and has gone through on the Mexico
side to be taken out to the Bay in the
Arroyo del Tigre, which should relieve
the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
TO
ASSUME TITLE:
Wyoming Man Can Re-
tain Citizenship and
Be British Peer
(By the Associated Press)

LONDON, Sept. 10.-Oliver Henry
Wallo?, Sr., of Wyoming, who has an
nounced that he will assume the title
of Earl of Portsmouth in succession to
his elder brother, recently deceased,
may do so without foregoing his Amer
lean citizenship which he acquired by
naturalization in 1904.
British officials pointed out today,
however, that if the new peer desires
to take his seat in the house of lords
this would necessitate taking the oath of
allegiance to the king, in which event
he would automatically lose his Am
erican citizenship.
"A number of Americans hold British
titles, among them Lord Fairfax, Lord
Camperdown and Lord Jermony.
1t is believed that the new earl of
Portsmouth may come to England soon
and assume his title. but members of
the family and friends here say there
are no indications that he has any in
tention of taking his seat in the house
of lords.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
R1t1,l RO1U Blockade Drives
English Ont of Business As
Bnckevs Lose Big Fortune

Serrett, the captain of which says he
has on board $4,000 cases of whiskey
destined for the United States The
vessel has been tied up at Deal for a
week because the owner is unable to
raise money to pay the wages Of the
crew and outfit the ship for the
hazardous journey into forbidden wat
ers. The General Serrett is owned
by London woman. The captain
says that if eventually he gets away
from Deal he will transfer his cargo
to some other ship far off the Amer
lean coast where he will be in no dan
ger Of being captured.
To Englshmen the news of the
stifling of the liquor traffic in AM
erica is welcome for the huge deals Of
the last few years had almost ex-
hausted all stocks of old whiskey so
that most of that available for pur
chase is now barely mature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10

more law abiding methods to exc out
q living.
Since January exports of liquors de-
stined ultimately for the United States
have dropped almost fifty per cent and
available figures indicate that liquor
exports from Great Britain this year
will fall far below the annual 2,000,-
600 gallons sent out of the country
during the last few years.
The loss Of a large part of the rum
fleet and hundreds of thousands Of
cases Of whiskey apparently has dis
mayed those persons in England who
had hoped to get rich quickly in sup
plying thirsty Americans with their
needs and there now is no money
available for smuggling projects. Many
ships once engaged in the Illicit traf-
fic now are to be seen lying idle in
ports.
Among these is the steamer Gen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
Home SoughtHeye for TiU0
Little Tots From Houston

Brownsville people are asked to
come to the aid of woman and her
from Houston, destitute and with no
relatives and friends.
The appeal came yesterday from the
office of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Hughes
of the Volunteers of America, 1109
Washington street
The woman came to Brownsville
some time ago from Houston with
her two children, a girl of six, and a
boy of four She worked for time
as housekeeper for a single man here.
He married, and the happiness
which came with this wedding left
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10

only destitution for the mother and
her two children. The three we're
taken in by the Volunteers of America.
Now place is being sought for the
mother where she can do housework
and help care for her children, while
a home is being hunted for them.
Any one who is willing to take either
one or both of the little tots into his
home is asked to get in touch with
the Volunteers of America.
We hope that the people of Browns
vile will come to the aid of these
needy people and give the little chill
dren a home and the mother place
to make living, Mrs. Hughes said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
TO REGISTER HIGH
STUDENTS FRIDAY

Students who will be in either the
senior or junior high schools during
the present term are asked to report
at their respective buildings at 9
a. m. tomorrow for registration by
Superintendent Thomas J. Yoe. We
hope to register all pupils in these
schools by the end Of the week and be
PREPARED to begin class work" Mr.. Yoe
said
The registration work will not be
undertaken if the weather is unfavor-
able.
Examinations for pupils Of both high
schools who hope to make up credits
on subjects in which they failed to COM
plete the work last term will also be
held Friday. These will begin at $3.50
a. m. and will be held at both buildings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
Clue to Hawaii Fliers
Found on Hilo Beach
(By the Associated Pressl

Wy 'hO AoooSideSu 1881
HONOLULU. Sept. 10.-Two aviators'
coats found on the Keaukahakeaa beach
seven miles from Hilo today gave hope
of a clue to the fate Of the crew Of five
of the missing seaplane PN-9, No. 1,
which vanished September l in mid
Pacific.
Authorities were also investigating
report sent to the Advertiser from
its Hilo correspondent which said:
'Two Kapok life preserving jackets,
marked U. S. Navy were found last
night on the beach at Leleiwi point
ten miles south of Hilo."
The jackets were ordered delivered
to battleship today for inspection.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
Rate Burden Branded
As Baby ON Doorstep

CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 10.-The rail
road rate burden was termed "baby
on the doorstep" by both Chairman
Clyde B. Aitchison, of the interstate
commerce commission, and w. H. Brem-
ner, receiver for the Minneapolis and
St. Louis railway today.
Chairman Aitchison charged the roads
had left the "baby on the commissions
doorstep" and Mr.. Kremner replied that
previously the commission had deposit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
SIDNEY FRANKLIN
TO APPEAR AGAIN

-Handbills circulated in Brownsville
today announce that Sidney Franklin,
the only American matador, who appear
ed in Matamoros this summer, will fight
in the corrida in Matamoros Septem-
ber 10.
The American matador will appear
along with Jose Ortiz, well known mata-
dor of Mexico, the two of them fighting
four Malpaso bulls to death.
The management expects a record
crowd at this fight, as excursion rates
have been announced for the celebration
from cities along both sides of the
river
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
(By the Associated Press)


LONDON, Sept. 10.-Fifteen mil
lion dollars is the estimated loss sus-
tanned during the last year by Eng
lish financiers who sent men down to
the seas in ships filled with liquor in
tended to assuage the thirst Of Am
orleans willing and ready to purchase
the contraband. The swift blockaders
of the coast guard off the shores of
the United States not only have oblit-
Grated famous rum row but have also
cut so deeply into the bank rolls of the
financiers that they no longer are
wiling to furnish the money to in
trepid shippers who would chance the
: running of the blockade to put their
wet cargoes ashore.
Masters and crews Of rum runners
are seeking other employment. They
aver that their days of opulence have
passed and that they are looking for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 1O.-Cri-
ticism and retort continue in the wake
Of the Shenandoah disaster as the re-
vived air service controversy stirs up
more interest in congressional circles.
Secretary Wilbur declared in a formal
statement issued to correct "certain
misleading assertions" that there was
nothing whatever political in con-
nection with. the Shenandoah flight. In
that flight as well as that of the lost
seaplane PN-9 No. 1, the commanding
officers, he asserts. were given entire
freedom in selecting the time of the
flights and were confident of their sue
cess.
Also, he regards as entirely disproven
the theory that reduction in the number
of escape valves might have contributed
to the Shenandoah's collapse.
The opinion, however, of Capt. Anton
Heinen, dirigible construction engineer,
that reduction of the number of es-
cape valves made the Shenandoah un-
safe is one Of the questions that will
be inquired into at Forthcoming con-
gressional investigation of the disaster.
announced by chairman Butler of the
house of naval affairs committee.
Congress to Probe Charges.
The committee. chairman Butler said
also will investigate the attack Of Col.
William Mitchell on the administration
of the air services, in which he included
the assertion that politics had dictated
the Shenandoah flight as an effort to
offset failure of the navy's arctic and
Hawaiian flights. Statements attributed
to Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow of
the Shenandoah's commander, that her
husband had opposed the flight but
which she has since denied making, also
will be looked into by the committee.
In his reply to criticism concerning
the Shenandoa's flight, Secretary Wilbur
declared that the fact that the gas bags
did not explode and were intact after
the ship broke up, showed that the
change in the escape valves was in no
way responsible for the accident.
The contrary opinion of Capt Heinen
also is challenged by Lieut.. Commander
Charles E. Rosendahl navigator and
senior surviving officer of the Shenan-
doah who declared in statement at
Lakehurst, n. j., that Heinen's supposi-
tion was absolutely unreasonable. The
naval officer treated Col. MitchelPs sta
tements concerning the Shenandoah as
"big joke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
Sh0W Girls Quit Beauty
ShO1U to Favor Amateurs

Knapp, regardless of the occupation
of the contestant, but | have come
to the conclusion that it is more
desirable that the pageant honors
shall be awarded to an anna
teur, and hope that this will form the
precedent for the future also be-
lieve that all other professionals in
the contest should withdraw.
Withdrawal of the two New York
contestants will lead to the re-entry
of Miss Mildred Walker miss Pitts
burgh) and Miss Mary Ann Guth Miss
Erie) who withdrew yesterday, accord
ing to NJ D. CrandaIl, their manager.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
(By the Associated Press)

ATLANTIC CITY, N. u. Sept. TO-
Miss Dorothy Knapp and Miss Kath-
ryn Ray, New York show girls, whose
appearance as Miss Manhattan and
Miss Coney Island in the national
beauty tournament now in progress
here threatened its disruption, today
voluntarily Withdrew from the contest.
In letters to the pageant committee
they said they had taken the step
rather than embarass the pageant
management.
1T was my belief that the public
desired sheer beauty wrote Miss
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

William Chaffee,N aged farmer who
has been living alone near Southwest for
some time, was brought to Brownsville
in an ambulance this morning at the
instance of Fred Latham Of Southmost,
and has been taken to the Mercy hos
pital. Mr.. Chaffee is S6 years of age.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
MAIL ROBBERS GET
REGISTERED BAGS

WINONA. Mimi. Sept. 1O.-Five
bandits held up a Winona mail wagon
about 4:30 a. M. today, tied the mes
senger's hands and feet with wire
and gagged him and then after select
ing the four registered mail pouches
out of between fifty and sixty bas.
headed towards the twin cities in an
automobile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
Wilbur DENIES
POLITICS IN TRIP
OF SHENANDOAH.
Secretary Says He Con-
siders Theory of Too
Few Valves Untrue;
Congress Probe Seen
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. TO-
Full inv, CATION by a disinterested
agency of charges mady by Col. VIM.
Mitchell against army administration
Of air service matters is favored by
Acting Secretary Davis of the war
department.