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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
MORE Than So
CRAFT NOW IN
BIG CAMPAIGN
Activities to Spread to
Great Lakes Soon; |
Prize Reported After
Speedboat Chase
tBv The Associated Prea..3

NEW YORK, N. Y, May g.
Through the censorship accom-
panymg Uncle Sans blockade
of the rum fleet there filtered
today news Of increases to the
greatest dry armada ever in ac-
ton. Came, too, hints that the
Great Lakes as we'll as the At
lantic would be the scene of a
blockade.
Twenty-one boats have gone
from New York to watch the Ii
quor fleet, boat for boat. on a
50-mile front an hours steam
ing distance from the shore.
Twenty-Five craft from New England
ports joined those from New York.
Twelve more rum chasers are ready to
depart for the zone of action from their
Staten Island base.
Reports from Detroit say that a dry
fleet Of ten craft is expected to be ready
Dy summer Tor action on the UredC
Lakes. Later it will be supplemented
by another fleet, construction of which
also has started.
Rum rows finish is forsecn by r. 0.
Merrick, federal prohibition director for
New York and Northern New Jersey.
Already the increased activities of the
coast guard have cut down liquor i'm
portations by 80 per cent, he says. The
plan of matching the liquor fleet boat
for boat is expected to drive the rum
selling craft back to their home ports
in the West Indies, the maritime prov
inces of Canada and France and Eng
land. They will be unable to get food
or water from shore or sell amy liquor.
if the blockade is effective, for boats
from shore communicating with them
will be seized. The dry navy has guns
ready, if necessary to enforce seizures.
One prize is already reported. After
a five mile chase that involved shoot
irg and bloodshed speeding liquor
boat was beached at Seabright, ". ].
Machine gun bullets from a unit of the
dry navy disabled the helmsman of a
45-foot craft with two liberty engines
of $50 horsepower each. After the
craft was grounded the men escaped.
There were $50 cases of liquor aboard
and pool of blood was noted in the
cockpit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
ROCK ISLAND SEEKS.
TO BUY s. |. 5. VI
lBu The Associated Prcssl

WASHINGTON, d. C., May Ga for
NAL application for permission to ac-
quire control OF the ST. Louis South
western railroad was filed today with
the Interstate commerce commission by
the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific rail-
road.
The Rock Island now owns $14926,00
out Of total Of $36 900 OF ST.
Louis Southwestern capital stock out
standing, the application said, and Rock
Island officials considered it advisable
to lay the facts as to it's recent pur-
chase before the commission before
proceeding further.
For the present, the Rock Island said,
it is not proposed to merge the st
Louis Southwestern with the Rock Is
land for operation. 1t was added, how
ever. that the two roads. operating CO.
operatively. would be able to compete
efficiently in transportation south oil
St Louis and might institute some eco
Monies in operation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
New York Beauty Finds
Romance on King Ranch
(Bv The Associated Press.1

NEW YORK, n. Y. May Ga ro-
nance of the 1,6OG. 900 acre King ranch
in Texas was disclosed today in word
of the sudden marriage in Austin, Tex
as, Monday. of Miss Alice Won Roeder,
of New York known as a beauty, to
DR.. Gillette Burns, of CJfro, Texas,
The fathers of the pair are physicians.
The brides mother, Mrs Ludwig
Robert Won Roeder. said the two fam
lies had known each other for 25 years.
but that Dr.. Burns and his bride hao
met only recently
Miss Won Roeder had gone to Texas
to visit Ms. Rudolph Kleberg, her faith
er's aunt and wife Of the manager of
the King ranch.
August Won Roeder, uncle OF the
bride, also is Texas ranch owner. DR.
Burns is 80 years old and his bride z,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
CAMPBELL Gets
TUOYEAR Term
Employer Of Wheeler Is
Guilty Of Fraud in Sale
Through Mails
fBy The Associated Pressl

GREAT FALLS, Mont, May G-Gor-
don Campbell. discoverer of the kcvin-
Sunburst oil field and the man who EN-
ployed Senator Burton X. Wheeler at
$4,000 q yea: as his attorney following
Wheeler's election to the senate in
1922 today was found guilty in the fed
cral count here by jury under charges
Of fraudulent oil promotion and using
the mails to defraud.
The jury was out 20 hours and re
turned a sealed verdict at $3.50 O'clock
last night The verdict was read be-
fore Judge George NJ. Boulquin this
morning.
Campbell is under another indict'
mcnt in the District of Columbia with
Senator Wheeler and f. S. Booth. for
mer solicitor of the interior Depart
ment, charged with conspiracy to pro,
cure federal land by fraud
The oil operator was sentenced at
once by Judge Bourquin to two years in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth and was fined $1,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
TRUCK MARKETS
rORAU Via Naval Radio
ODA Fort Brown

AUSTIN, Tex, May 6.-Carlot ship
ments Of fruits and vegetables-Texas.
2; Florida, 0; South Carolina. IL; New
York, 0; Wisconsin, o.; others, LOG: mix
ed vegetables, Texas. %; others, III,
total, 140; other commodities, cucum-
bers, Texas. 2; total, 48; onions, total,
sc; carrots, g.; canteloupes, Texas. 1;
potatoes. Texas, II; Florida, 189; Ala
bama, %; total, 639.
Shipments by districts of origin, Tex
as-Carrots, Laredo, 1; cabbage, Lower
Valley, 2; carrots, Lower Valley, 8:
beets and carrots. Lower Valley. 6.
Shipping point Notwithstanding
ed.
Onions Kansas City, nine Texas,
eight track, steady. unchanged; Chicago,
19 Texas. 81 track, stronger, $2.85 to
$500; Cincinnati, three Texas. four
track yellows. $2.75; Denver, one 9th
ers, steady, unchanged; New York. two
Texas, stronger. $500 to $3.15; Phila-
delphia, seven Texas. 26 track. stronger.
S2.75 to $3.50; Pittsburgh. nine Texas.
one others, stronger. $500 to 1925:
Baltimore, two Texas, five track, firm,
s2.75 to $500; Washington, stronger.
$500.
Potatoes-Kansas City, two Texas, Ia
track. stronger, $3.50; Chicago. two
Texas, 81 others, 1853 track, firm, Louis.
iana's, $4.75 to $3.50 barrel; st. Louis.
three Texas, % others, 20 track. steady.
$3.50 to $3.75; Cincinnati, ~ others. 40
track, weak, Alabama's $3.50; Denver.
one Texas. ~ track, steady, unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
MEXICO CHURCH
BISHOP ECITED
Letter Denying Govern
ment Authority Ruled
Seditious
fBy The Associated Press.l

MEXICO CITY, May CLOSE dc
Jesus Manrique Zarate, bishop Of Hue
Julia, has been cited to the attorney
general by the department of the in
terror for a recent pastoral letter which
the authorities consider openly sedi-
tious.
Referring to the occurrences in con-
nection with the creation of the Mex
lean apostolic church and the taking
over of church buildings by the govern
ment, Bishop Zarate said that the
church owned the buildings and that
the government was guilty of thief;
when it tok them over.
Concerning the article in the Mexict
constitution empowering the govern
ment to intervene in religious matters.
the pastoral letter il quoted az saying:
'We solemnly declare that we will
never submit to the governments au-
thority in church matters, in which the
Pope is the only authority.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday. possibly
scattered showers.
East Texas: Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday. probably scattered
showers. Light to moderate easterly
winds on the ocast
Weather Conditions
The weather was mostly cloudy and
unsettled over the western and fair to
clear over the eastern half of the cot
ton belt this morning. Light rain oc
Cured since last report in New Mexico,
western Texas. in the Missouri Valley.
and in the middle Atlantic states. and
heavy rain in southern Florida. Temp
erature changes were unimportant prac-
tically throuhgout the country, but with
rising tendency.
The lowest temperature last night at
Texas stations ranged from 46 at ANA
rilIo to " at Galveston,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Algeria Has Riots
Following Election
(Bv The Associated Press.l

ORAN. Algeria, May 6.-Disorders
have broken out again and today the
streets are patrolled by cavalry, oc-
casional revolver shots are heard a few
persons having been wounded and many
arrests have been made. The disorders
began Sunday night as a result of the
elections.
Yesterday and last night women led
a street parade, followed by male DEM
onstrators who occasionally fired shots,
Thereupon government troops charged
the demonstrators and these troops are
now awaiting reinforcements to estab-
lish order.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
MEXICO SOON TO PAY
OUTSIDE CREDITORS
(By The Associated Press.D

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 6.-Mexico
will pay its commercial debts to outside
proximately s5,000,000 in obligations Of
the government to Mexican merchants,
in claims against past administrations
will be paid within three months. Ar
turo NJ. Elias, former Mexican consul
general at New Orleans and now fiscal
agent and consul general at New York
announced here last night
Mr. Elias said in addition drafts
drawn against an unnamed financial
agent in New York by General De Id
Huerta amounting to 100000 will be
paid by August 13.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
DAUGHTER OF GOULD
WEEDS SWISS BARON
(By The Associated Press.l

PARIS, May 6.-The wedding of Miss
Dorothy Gould. daughter Of Frank Jay
Gould and Helen Kelley (now the Prin-
cess Vlora) to the Swiss Baron Roland
De Graffenried De Villars was cele-
brated quietly in the church of Notre
Dame De Passy yesterday, in the pres
ence of only the families and few
friends The civil ceremony was per-
formed Monday at the city hail.
The baron is 25, former lieutenant
in the Swiss army, and now real estate
dealer in Paris.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Championship Will
Be Decided Today

The Brownsville high school baseball
players left here early this afternoon
for San Benito, where the champion
ship game of the county will be played
with the Harlingen team.
Brownsville and Harlingen both lost
one game, each losing to the other dur
ing the schedule season. The winner
of this game may play the winner of the
Hdalgo county championship for the
Valley title. although no arrangements
for such game have been made yet,
Coach S. w. Scale said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Six Killed in Blast
Near Pittsburgh
(Rv The Associated Press.l

PITTSBURGH, Pc, May 6,-Six
bodies had been recovered early today
from the ruins of three buildings in
Swissvale, a suburb, which were wreck
ed by an explosion shortly after mid
night Two other persons are missing
and believed by police and fire officials
to have burned to death in the fire fol
lowing the explosion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Ell JUydin Considers
Half Million Bond
Issue to Line Canals

The most efficient irrigation and
drainage system in the Valley-prob-
ably in she entire United States.
This is what Ell Jardin residents pre-
dict will be the result Of a proposed
100000 bond issue. in the event the
move is approved by majority Of FL
JarGin people.
The mater has been discussed in
formally in FL Ja1din, and will come up
for group discussion at a mass meeting
called in Community House No. Fri
day night Of this week. If it is the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
p e N N Hess IMMIGRANT,
NOW RICH, BUYS NOTED
ASTOR NEW YORK HOME
(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 6.-The
palatial mansion of Vincent Astor,
long known as one of the social land
marks of the country. was the pro-
perty today Of Benjamin Winter, who
25 years ago was penniless immi-
grant boy from Poland. The price
was approximately $3,000.00O The
residence win he demolished and
new $10,00O.000 apartment house
erected, Mr.. Winter said
The new owner Of the mansion be-
gan his career as house painter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Los Angeles On Flight
Over Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6.-The
dirigible Los Angeles notified the navy
department that it left Mayaguez, Porto
Rico. at 10:17 o'clock this morning for
a flight over the Virgin Islands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
Cisco Man Named to
Head West Texas G. G.
(By The Associated Press.)

MINERAL WELLS, Tex. May 6.--R-
@. Lee of Cisco was elected president of
the 1926 West Texas chamber Of COM
merce at the seventh annual convention
here today. Twenty vice president and
forty members Of the board of directors
were elected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06
FREEZING IN DETROIT

DETROIT, Mich, May with tenn
peratures around freezing. snow was re
ported this morning from widely separ-
ated parts Of Michigan. Light snow
flurries were reported at Muskegon. on
the west coast. Heavy snow fell at
Flint.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Fashion in Street Address.

Persons seem to be getting the habit
Of writing phonetically the letter
designations of Washington streets.
The practice Of addressing mail to, or
giving ones address as Eye street, and
not / street, is extending, and one now
finds residents Of Kay street. The need
OF the change in style is not evident.
IL there were ] and street it would
be safe to write Jay or Eye street, but
the planners Of the city saw that with
street 1t would often be mistaken
for l street and l for J, because some
1t may be said that street would
often be confused with First street.
Slight attention to penmanship, or
particularly in using the typewriter,
outht to carry a letter to I street or
TO First street. Kay street is not
common, but it has come into print
and handwritten correspondence, and
there are indications that the habit Of
making it Kay street is growing.
Many persons are writing You street
because there Is Wee street and U and
V are often indifferently written. One
would think that 1t takes less time to
write U plainly than to write You, but
many persons hold the contrary opin.
ion. Perhaps the new style will come
to include Eco street, Eff street, Gee,
Aitch, EN-, En-, Ell, Pea, Kew, Ess,
Tea and Doubleyou streets.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
The White House Roof.

Congress has before it a bill to ap.
propriate $4,000 for repair of the
White House roof and for fixing a few
other things about the house. The
Bureau Of the Budget has indorsed the
proposed expenditure. 1t is Officially
said that the money will be used to
make the roof safe, that there Is dan
ger that the roof will cave in under
snow or that the lid may be lifted by
wind. One statement il that the
White House attic is L firetrap be-
cause Of exposed electric wires. Uncle
Sam should make the repairs prompt
ly. 1t ought not to appear in the rec
ord that Uncle Sam IS a rd.hear arted
and tight-isted landlord, and that he
refuses to fl1 the roof Of one Of his
houses which is occupied by prom.
inent tenants. .-'
TT ought not to be necessary. that
this case against Uncle Sam should be
carried to Congress and printed in the
newspapers. He should flx the roof.
The people Of Washington esteem the
White House as one of tho old, sub.
stantiai, respectable and respected
dwellings Of the city, and they would
ike to feel that Its roof is safe.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
: The Appeal Of the Unusual.

Had Floyd Collins been crushed to
death or Immediately suffocated by q
rock fau in his exploration of a cave
In kentucky the tragedy would have
been briefly noted in the news dis.
matches, and after perhaps a day or
two the case would have been forgot.
ten by all except those Of the imme.
diate neighborhood and, OF course, his
rssatives and friends. But Floyd Col.
Inns was trapped and lived. and his
plight and the efforts to release him
became = news. factor of first impor.
tance, certain to remain such and to
command the attention Of the country
until release Is effected or until his
body IL found.
This case illustrates the relativity
Of news. Floyd Collins is q type Of the
sentimental factor in news values. A
few. years ago a man was lost in
Death Valley, Calf, and efforts were
made to find him. From day to day
the dispatches from the West told the
story Of the search, and when the
wanderer was finally brought back
there was great rejoicing. Had he been
found dead in the valley without any
previous knowtsdgs Of his disappear
Evening star., 1925-02-15
The New Secretary Of Agriculture

In selecting DR.. William NJ. Jardine
to be Secretary Of Agriculture after
March President Coolidge has
picked a well qualified, all-around man
to head q department which promises
to be second to none In impor tance
during the next few years. To begin
with, DR.. Jardine qualities primarily
as a "dirt farmer" He was born on
a farm, has farmed all his life. and ID
still engaged extensively in tilling the
soil. He has had q practical and
varied experience in the production
end Of agriculture. his activities hav'
ing ranged from grain growing and
general cropping to live stock breed.
ing and feeding.
superimposed upon his practical
knowledge, DR.. Jardine qualities as
an expert on several lines OF farm
production, is an able executive and
has q national reputation as an agri.
cultural educator and economist
Moreover. appearing before Senate
and House committees as a member
OF the Presidents agricultural com.
mission. he showed a thorough grasp
OF the problem Of cooperative market.
ing. which Mr.. Coolidge regards rs of
paramount Importance in solving the
problems Of the farmer.
SO much for the professional equip.
ment Of the new Secretary. But what
stands out even more conspicuously
as a desirable attribute IL his mental
and moral courage. At a time when
an overwhelming majority Of sup.
posed spokesmen for the American
farmer were clamoring for artificial
stimulation Of farm produce prices by
means Of what amounted to q Govern.
ment subsidy DR.. Jardine came out
strongly in opposition to the ,McNary.
Hausen bill creating a Federal export
comrpission. This required coura &c
Of no mean order, as was shown by
immediate demands that he should be
discharged from the presidency Of the
Kansas State College Of Agriculture.
But DIR. Jardine believed the theory
back Of the McNary.Hauken bill was
unsound economics, and believing it.
he felt 1t his duty to say so, regardless
Of personal consequences.
Appointment of DR.. Jardine also
promises we'll in that it is expected to
end the conflicts which have arisen
between the Department of Asricul.
ture and other branches Of the. Gov.
ernment. DR.. Jardine believes in co,
operation
Evening star., 1925-02-15

Afice the case would have made mere.
ly q minor item OF news. What made
1t interesting to the public was the
fact that there was a chance~to save a
life.
An epidemic of diphtheriA develops
at Nome, Alaska. 1t il necessary to
send remedies from . distance. The
Midwinter conditions make this ex.
tremeIy dificult, and extraordinary
measures are adopted for the relief of
the stricken community. Immediately
millions Of people become interested,
and when at last dog team bearing
antitoxin ID driven through the whole
country cheers the performance. Yet
every day country doctors are riding
their circuits in wild and difficult parts
Of the land attending their patients,
sometimes caring for numbers Of vic.
Tins Of conta sious disease. and moth.
ing IL heard Of them because nothing
Is noted Of their quiet heroism in de-
votion to duty. ...s
1t i the unusual that makes the
news value, and. as in the case Of
Floyd Collins, the element OF struggle
for life. A man snuffed out Of exist
ence by a fall Of rock IL rated as just
another casualty. A man trapped and
rescued by dfnt Of protracted and cost
ly endeavors becomes an object Of
nationwide attention and concern.
A famous editor, when asked his
definition Of news, gave the following
illustration: II dog bites a man. that
is not news, because 1t Is a common
place, but IL the man bites the dog 1t
is news, because it Is unusual. 1t is
the unusual in any happening that ap-
peals to public interest.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
The Magic Carpet.

Announcement IL made by the
League Of American Inventors that a
member Of that organization has per.
fected magic cloth" set which rem.
ders perfect receiving service. 1t con.
sists merely Of a piece Of cloth OF q
certain type, a crystal detector, a
ground wire and a pair Of ear phones.
In the Tales of the Arabian Nights,
is story Of a magic carpet which
transported at lightning speed those
sitting upon 1t wherever they wished
to go. Here Is now q veritable magic
carpet. For the radio transports those
who use 1t over great distances, or
rather brings to them through vast
spaces words and songs OF far-distant
speakers and singers.
this new device Of such simplicity
piece Of cloth, a crystal and a few
wires. and presto! space Is annihilated,
time becomes a figment
Perhaps the radio devotees who go
in for distance" and the collection Of
far,away stations have been inspired
by their memory of the childhood tale
OF the magic carpet. They have in.
voked Eenii who at their bidding has
brought them wonders. They have
sailed through the air for thousa nds
of miles. Twisting their dials. they
have been successfully in Atlanta and
Boston, and Chicago and Denver. and
Pittsburgh and Los Angeles. Some
have even been in London, but these
are exceptionally fortunate. for the
going is not SO good toward the East.
The magic carpet Of radio sails over
this continent with little difficulty, but
as yet 1T cannot readily make the
ocean crossing save under very high
power.
The true magic of these latter day
wonders Is not fully grasped by those
who use them, the telegraph, the tele.
phone, the X-ray, the talking
machine. the electric car, the auto
mobile, the airplane and the dirisible.
They are all wonderful. And they
have all come within q brief span of
years. Save for the telegraph, all of
these have been developed within half
q century. Mankind has been riding
on q magic carpet, indeed, during
these marvellous decades.