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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
Guards Return TO Honor
Farm as Prisoners Le0ve

various prison camps over the state
and were allowed to roam at leusure
during their hours free from routine
of farm labor.
Every Sunday for the last three
weeks, according to the commissioners
men have taken the customary long
walks allowed them without guards
and have failed to return. Some of
the men who escaped have been re-
captured. but their punishment was
not severe, Others have returned
voluntarily, but nevertheless, some of
the men broke their word not to es-
cape and all must suffer because of
this.
Guards will be returned to the
scamp Immediately and the men will
be deprived of liberties heretofore
allowed them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
RIVER DROPS;SA
JUAN, SALADO FULL

The Rio Grande has dropped about
nine inches here since Yesterday, the
stream being at IA feet at the interna-
tional bridge guage at noon today.
Another drop since yesterday was re
ported at San Benito today, and the
river is well within it's banks along most
of the course.
Members of the train crew of the Ma
tional Lines of Mexico train arriving in
Matamoros last night said that both the
San Juan and Rio Salado are up, which
may bring still more flood water down
into the Valley.
The river is four feet above normal
at Rio Grande City and rising slowly,
according to report received over the
naval radio at Ft. Brown this afternoon
from the post commander at Ft. Ring
gold. Rain was falling there when the
the report was sent out. Radio reports
from Laredo are to the effect that the
stream is steady ataa few inches above
normal. Rain also is falling at that
place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
UNARM POLICE
AT VERA CRUZ
One Killed, Is Injured
In Riots Accompanying
City Election
(By the Associated Press)

VERA CRUZ, Sept. 20-Federal
troops are patroling the streets of Vera
Cruz. The police have been disarmed
and confined to quarters by order of
General Almazan, federal chief of mill
tary operations, because of their con-
duct during yesterdays municipal cleo
tion riots, in which one man was killed
and 13 injured.
General Almazan charges the mount
ed police with connivance with the fol-
lowers of Vicente Lopez in robbing the
ballot boxes and accuses the Lopez ad-
herents with starting the shooting and
attacking the followers of Sonar Gal
vez, the opposing candidates. General
Almazan also duplicates the members of
the city administration governing Vera
Cruz.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
MITCHELL RAPS
ARMY HEADS IN
US. AIR PROBE
Nations Winged Forces
Inadequate Due to In
competency of Those
In Charge, He Says
(By the Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, d. G., Sept 29.-
Colonel William Mitchell who precipi-
tated the aircraft row today poured an
other avalanche Of criticism on the
heads of those charged with admins
tering the nations air services.
Testifying before the presidents air
board he assailed the army general
staff, declared it incompetent to draft
air policies and placed upon its Of
ficers the blame for what he described
as an impoverished and inadequate all
deefnse.
The colonel also dropped verbal
bombs on the navy, charging its rank
ing officials with looking upon aviation
as subordinate adjunct of defense. He
advocated pushing the fleet to sea to
fight where it belongs"
Colonel Mitchell reiterated his de-
mand for department of national de-
fense which he declared should be es-
tablished by the next congress.
The board declined to place him under
oath and assured him his testimony
would be given credence.
Colonel Mitchell had nine papers he
desired to read, all instructive ex-
cept one, which was destructive and
which he said he would not read if the
board objected.
In America the development Of air
craft has been "slow and inefficient, =
he said.
mo surface vessel can exist so long
as aircraft are in existence. They can
put out of commission any naval sur
face vessel more effectively and eco
nomically than any other unit
I Has Destructive Paper
The destructive" paper, he declared
dealt with the administration of the
army and navy air services. Chairman
Morrow informed him he was free to
proceed as he chose.
Other eight papers discussed the
coast defense; sea craft; the air force
personnel; civil and commercial avia-
tion, the effect of air power on world
armaments; air administration of other
world powers and plan to remedy de-
fects in the American air organization
/. For exterior enemies, Colonel Mitchell
said I'VE must look across the Atlantic
and Pacific" adding that although
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
CUNMAN FIRES
ON WITNESS IN
PMANCASE
Police Seeking Assailant
of Inn Owner who Aid
ed State in Case; Pal
is Wounded
(By the Associated Press)


MERIDEN, Conn, Sept. 29-Search
was being made today for an unidenti-
fled gunman who last night attempted
it is believed, to take the life of Louis
A. Kubeck. proprietor of the Old Colony
Inn here and one Of the. principal wit
nesses for the state in the recent trial
of Gerald Chapman, notorious bandit
The shot which barely missed Kubeck
was fired in the dark from ambush in
the rear of the inn. Kubeck's com
panion, Jack Quinn, proprietor of a
bowling alley, received a slight flesh
wound above the right hip. Quinn and
another man were conversing in the
doorway of the barn in the rear of the
inn and Kubeck had just reached them
when revolver was fired from a clump
of outhouses fifty feet away. Quinr
is the same size as Kubeck and it is
believed he was taken for Kubeck.
The assailant slipped away in the
darkness.
The inn proprietor told at the trial
that Chapman, accompanied by Walter
Shean of Springfield, Mass, had stop
ped at the Old Colony Inn on October
IL. 1924. the night before Policeman
James Skelly of New Britain, Conn,
was murdered in that city during a
burglary.
Chapman and Shean had dinenr, Ku-
beck testified and then took rooms for
the night. In the morning the two men
and their automobile were gone
Chapman, convicted of the murder
after sensational trial in Hartford,
was senteced' to be hanged and is now
awaiting action on his appeal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

in ordering the suit dismissed.
Allison seeks to have the federal
court enjoin the state and county Of
ficers from causing his arrest and
prosecution on charges Of violation
of the state act. 1t was conteded
by Allison that he does not practice
medicine and therefore does not come
under the provisions of The act.
Judge Wilson did not pass upon
the merits Of the case. He said that
inasmuch as it was test case of
wide interest it was his opinion that
the contentious Of Allison should be
brought up in court Of law and not
a court of equity and taken from
that point to the United States
Supreme Court for final decision.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

land is long, being about a half
mile from the lip to where the
river went through, but is mar
row.
This strip is the property of Andres
Pacheco of Brownsville, who owns con-
siderable acreage along the river front
in that section.
To Survey Land
The river in cutting through the mar
row strip of land at the neck of this
horseshoe bend transfers this land to
the United States. All that is necessary
is for this government to send an en-
gineer to survey the land which is cut
off, a meeting of the international
boundary commission be called to APP
prove the survey, and the transfer of
sovereignty automatically takes place
with the approval of the survey.
The boundary of the United States
and Mexico provides that the center of
the river channel shall be the boundary
and that when it changes it's course
the land cut off becomes the property
of the country to which it is annexed,
except where it is more than 500 acres,
or where the population is more than
200 persons. There are no persons liv-
ing on the strip cut off near San Benito
by the river yesterday. 1t is not in
cultivation.
The San Benito pumping plant is
about 1000 feet from the new channel
of the river. The Harlingen plant is
little farther, probably 1900 feet.
Plans for continuing operation of the
San Benito and Harlingen pumping
plants were being discussed to day by
engineers.
We will continue to operate the San
Benito pump in its present location,
pumping water from the estera," said
Water district.
To Spend About $4,000
1T will probably be necessary for
each of the pumping plants, San Benito
and Harlingen, to spend about $15,0 900
or $4,000 within the next year or so
in dredging the channel of the resaca
and in other work not definitely de-
cided, but which will undoubtedly be
necessary in carrying out the work
The San Benito water district has
spent from $4,000 to 100000 in the
past few years on levee work and other
similar work to keep the river from
cutting through its banks on tba Am
erisan side and probably leaving the
pumping plant out in the stream, or
washing out it's foundations. Harlingen
has spent enough on the same kind of
work to make the total amount of $780,
000
This work was necessary as the river
continually threatened to change it's
course and cut the pumping plants off
from the mainland. During the high
water before the present flood stage
the river cut through levee near the
pumping plant, and it was necessary to
use two dredges in throwing up a
secondary levee to stop the flood
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
CATTLE DISEASE
SPREADS AGAIN
Infection Found in Big
Herd at Algoa; to Ex-
tend Quarantine
(By the Associated Press)

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 29.-Three or
| four thousand more head of cattle were
| threatened with destruction today as the
result of the discovery of the foot and
mouth disease in large herd at Algoa,
/ Galveston county.
| This herd is across the Santa Fe rail
road tracks, which heretofore has been
the boundary line of the quarantine
area.
| Discovery of the disease in this area
undoubtedly means the extension of the
quarantine district, which may take in
large new territory.
Meantime state sanitary livestock
commission officials sounded a new
warning when they said they faced a
grave situation as a lack of money to
pay for the infected cattle.
l. WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 90
Great Britain has extended its embargo
on imports of livestock, hay and straw
to include New Mexico, Colorado, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and
California for fear of infection of foot
and mouth disease now prevalanet in a
section of Texas, the comerce department
reported today. An embargo was placed
against Texas by Great Britain several
weeks ago.
No cattle or horses, or products OF
cattle can be shipped across the Rio
Grande into Mexico, states telegram
received this afternoon by Mexican
Consul A. G. Vasquez of this city from
the federal government Of Mexico, at
Mexico City.
Mexico had recently issued an order
checking shipments from the Houston
area except of certain products, ac-
companied by a certificate of inspec-
tion and fumigation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

Pumping Plants to
Continue Operation
IN Present Location

San Benito Haringen pumping plants will be able to
continue operation their positions in spite Of the change
in the yesterday leaving the plants
This the opinion expressed today BY Frank Robertson
manager the San Bento Water district W. E.
one time chief engineer of the San Beno district and
consulting engineer
expenditure from sl5OOOo $4,000 each plant
from $4,000 $4,000 for both plants will necessary the
opinion of these two engineers.
The plants will be able continue operation present
location by pumping water from the which will
be usd settling basin, with dam opening
gate at the other be in the
the channel but this not likely in the opinion the
The strip of land which cut off by the Grande yes
teday between rs and 100 acres estimated today The
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
Federal Test Sought for
Texas ChiyOprdctoy Ban

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 29.-
The scene of the legal conflict over
the status of practitioners of the
"science of chiropractic" as related
to the state medical practice act of
1907 today shifted from Fort Worth
to Abilene.
Judge Wilson, before whom, in
Federal district court AN injunction
suit against State Attorney General
Mooday and District Attorney Hanger
has been brought by HI. c. Allison,
Fort Worth Chiropraetor. has gone
to Abilene to hear cases there this
week and Edwin Bolte, attorney for
Allison, left for Abilene last night to
file brief in the case and argue
against the decision of Judge. Wilson
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
MRS. LANSDOWNE TO
APPEAR In PROBE
(By the Associated Press)

LAKEHURST, N. J., Sept. 29.-Mrs.
Margaret Ross Lansdowne, widow of
commander Zachary Lansdowne, cap
tain of the Shenandoah, accepted today
the invitation of the naval court of
inquiry to appear and make state
ment.
Mrs. Lansdowne's telegram to the
court suggested no date for her appear
ance othher than it be-made at the lat
est possible time. 1t may be that she
will not be heard here but in Washing
ton if it finally is decided to transfer
the inquiry to that city.
Mrs. Lansdowne now is in Washing
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
u. s. BOAT FIRED ON

SHANGHAI, Sept. 29.-An American
vessel, the steamer Chichuen~ was hit
by 200 shots fired by Chinese troops
today from point on the Yantse river
between Ichang and Chungking. The
American gunboat Palos was ordered to
the Scene as convoy to the attacked
vessel. Crungking is a treaty port l40O
miles from Shanghai.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
German Security Stand
Up in French Cabinet
(By the Associated Press)

PARIS, Sept. 29.-Germany's insist
enee upon discussion of the matter Of
war guilt as necessary preliminary to
the security pact conference at Locarno
came seriously before the French cabi-
net today.
In some political circles the feeling
prevails that unless German foreign
minister Stresemann is willing to modi-
fly his position the work of the secur-
ity conference may be considerably
hampered or even delayed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
HOUSTON. Tex, Sept. 29.-Prison-
ers who took advantage 2of liberties
allowed on the Pat Neff prison honor
farm at Sugarland. some fifty in
number. and took French leave" at
the earliest opportunity. have caused
the. abolishment of the honor farm,
At a meeting here yesterday of
prison commissioners Walker Sayle,
j. A. Herring and w. R. Dulaney, it
was voted to abolish the honor sys-
TEN at the camp.
Only few days after former Gov.
Pat NJ. Neff invoked the honor sys-
tenn at Sugarland, guards were with
drawn, prisoners began escaping.
When established the. farm had sixty
men whose records were good assign
ed to it. They were taken from the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
HYLAN TO RETIRE

NEW YORK, N. ", Sept. 29.-Mayor
John F. Hylan today made matter of
formal record his intention to retire to
private life at the end Of his present
term and thus virtually eliminated the
possibility of an independent ticket in
the November mayoralty election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

y
U. 5. Submarine Base, New London.
Conn.,, Sept 29.-The body of John L.
Gibson. engineman, first class, of Port
land, Oregon, was removed from the
wrecked submarine S-5I by divers to-
day.
Glbson's body was the first to be TAX
en- from the wrecked ship and it's re-
covery followed the complete suspension
Of efforts to lift the craft with wreck
ing ships, and concentration of efforts
on the part of divers who went into the
sea to explore the $751;
The recovery indicated to those at the
submarine base that the divers had been
successful in their attempts to get in
side the submarine.
Gibsons body was found in the bat
terry room, that part Of the submarine
that was rammed by the steamer City
of Rome last Friday night. The mes
sage from Rear Admiral H. r, Christy
in command of the rescue forces said the
divers were still working in this com
partment and as they ploughed their
lead weighted feet through the passage
ways Of the vessel it was expected more
bodies would be found
Lieut. Commander F. W. Scanlan. in
charge of the submarine training school.
with Mrs. Scanlan and DR.. Jones of New
London bore the sad tidings of her hus-
bands fate to Mrs. Gibson in Groton,
Conn.,, Lieut.. Commander Scanlan and his
wife have made the rounds every after
noon and evening to the wives and rela-
tlves OF the men who went down on the
S-51 and who have come here from MANY
points so they could get first word of
the fate of their dear ones.
Little hope that any of the crew
could be alive was held out by officers
at the naval station, although none
would publicly admit that they believed
that 20 coffins had been ordered from
the Chelsea naval hospital to the New
port station, Leiut. Commander Flanagan
stressed the point that a part of the
work of the divers was to make sure
that all possible air was being pumped
into any compartments that might hold
survivors.
The divers, according to a message re-
ceived at the base, were working separ-
ately. One of them was inside the S-5l,
working forward. The other was on the
outside of the~same part of the ship.
A second body, that of William Charles
Tesahemacher, of Bangor, Pa, was tax
zen from the submarine this forenoon, a
RADIO dispatch to the naval ship here
stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
|DIVERSREMOVE
BODIES OF TWO
FROM VESSEL
Bugler Blows Taps 40
Remains are Taken on
Board; Effort to Raise
Craft is Delayed
(By the Associated Press)

ON BOARD u. S. S. CAM
DEN, off Block Island, Sept. 20.
-(By Wireless to the Associai-
ed Press)-A bugler called at
tention and blew taps today as
the blanket wrapped bodies of
two victims of the S-51, which
went down last week, were lift
ed tenderly over the sides of the
U. S. S. Camden, flight ship of
the rescue fleet.
The first body brought aboard
was that of John L. Gibson of
Portland, Oregon, and the sec
ond was that of William G.
Teschemacher, of Bangor, Pa, a
twin, whose brother is also
among the missing. Both the
bodies were in god condition, the
lack Of air in the sunken submar-
inc and the intense cold at the
depth of 128 feet preventing de-
composition. =.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

BOSTON, Mass, Sept 29.--In d
search over forty square miles of water
in the vicinity of the sunken submarine
Sol, navy aviators have discovered no
bodies floating, radio dispatch to the
Boston navy yards said today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29

c. f. Sneed Of Gadden, Ala, is the
new owner of the p. P. Doss place
south of Weslaco, the property con-
sisting OF so acres, and the price paid
being $4,000.
Real estate activity throughout the
Valley, and improved properties are be-
ing sold at sizeable profits. Sellers
usually take on sother t:acts, unless
they sell for the one purpose of max
ing change of location.
The Washington times., 1925-04-13

This man very likely of the gentlemen that not so
long ago advising the with the odfashloned auto
mobile to "get horse Since then single individual has
turned out than 100000 automobiles for every
ten in the population the United States and there
automobiles enough carry entire population all at once
Don t laugh NEW ideas NEW inventions Sometimes
they ridiculous sometimes they fail pathehcaly But
you these pictures never be quite
about it.
Flying machines go the rate of five miles in minute
and automobiles travelled fast 100 miles an hour
What refers to ideas in mechanics and inventions re-
fers even more strongly ideas in the world OF science
When Harvey that the blood crcuates In
veins doctors in Europe that more than forty
years of age laughed him and said ridiculous And
even you cut artery the blood was
pumped out in a stream didn't influence them.
When men said that the earth round and not flat that
It wrled the and the did NOT whrl around
it. they were laughed of them burned alive which
was worse than laughing at them.
fool today knows that the earth Is round and
that go ground the if he only knows it by
hearsay.
Jenne when he began vaccinatng against smallpox was
thought crazy when the Empress of Russia had her
self vaccnated taking the vaccine from the of little
boy and actually creating him Duke of Smallpox sign
of her gratitude she considered foolish.
vaccination DID control smallpox, which has become
minor unmpoant disease whereas used to be of the
great scourges of the world
Respect the idea and the man with courage to think
along lines What may silly today to the unhinkng
mind may be the great triumph of tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-04-13


to boast about you the neghbors and make the other wives
what Hero she d picked. And, instead bet she s
picked the Village Joke
Yes I'm saying rude, cruel heartess things You need
'em. Perhaps they'll make you wipe your eaky eyes,
prop quverng chin and wise to yourself STOP
ACTING LIKE LAST WEEKS WHIPPED CREAM AND
TAKE BRACE If you want your lady to treat you like
a male, ACT LIKE ONE.
The next time she meets you with crouch when you
in at night hur right past her into the middle of the
living room seize the bridge lamp firmly in both hands,
bring it down firmly the top of the rubber plant Then
fall the rug rend out large sections with your naked
teeth chewing them with angry, masculine snarls If she
hasn't capulaed by this tme dive into the goldfish bowl
and make faces the fish show that you in earnest
admit it's novel scheme but there's lot Of class in it.
II she hasnt cooked dinner go out and buy for
yourself taking the prettiest office stenog with you.
1t she Pnches you the street. tear mady after the OBJ
ject in question and declare your undying devotion
And if all this won't work. get large gnarled club and
Let Nature Take It's Course.
Am IN earnest9 L AM. Let tell you something, b.
That line about hell having mo fury like scorned
is all wrong. HE'LL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN
THAT'S ONLY GOT A HUNKA HABERDASHERY
WHERE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GETTING A HUS
BAND
The Washington times., 1925-04-13

love my wife dearly But here lies all the trouble
NV work requires to be late sometimes and when get
home tired and hungry my wife meets me with crouch
She starts of being out with other women
Nothing tell her convince her that haven't. Some
times while walking with her feel my being pnched
When look at her in surprise, she says "Dd you like
her? She by her. that has passed and
who haven t
Elsie she gets all my earnings. She is the only
l have ever loved married when only twenty.
don't deny her the pleasures she enjoys stay home with
the children but sometimes she forbds go down
town for cigar must be home all the time without any
argument l cannot go to my parents
few nights ago had to work till eight in the evening
When got home found supper and all the insults
could listen to- told could leave home stay out for
good if | gave her half my wages.
Now Elsie, don't want to leave wife and children
In spite of everything for her. But I can't stand
this any longer. My wreck. Do you think
too love, peng and forgiveness have made her
with me2 What can do9 Can make her change
or must break up my home? A. T.
So she forbids you go downtown for cigar Angely?
And suppose you have cry real hard before she lets
you shave But mgosh what DO you do if you bite
your nails hankyget right down the floor
and and kick9 Some life, boy And you
write forceful language that will make Wife stop