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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
SUITOR LEARNS THAT
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TO GIVE ENGAGEMENT
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RING ON 18TH UNLUCKY

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 6.-When
Richard II. Robinson gave Miss
Louise Coughrey an engagement
ring on the 18th Of the month she
told him she feared il would be
unlucky.
IL was-for RobinsOn-for when
his love cooled and he asked for
the rings return Miss Coughrcy
gave him the merry ha-ha.
Then she filed suit for breach of
sremise, presenting in evidence
lS3 letters written BY Robinson
over period of ten years. She
was awarded S2.500-aad still has
the ring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
MATAMOROS PLANT
WRECKED, HURT

Matamoros is without a cotton oil
mill as the result Of the caving in
of the only plant Of that sort there.
The roof and walls Of the plant gave
way and two workmen were serioLs-
ly injured in the crash.
This plant was doing most Of the
cotton seed milling from the north
ern part of the state of Tamaulipas.
1t is not known what will be done
with the remainder Of the years
crop. IL cannot be imported into
the United States and converted into
cotton seed oil on account of the
pink boil worm regulations.
The plant probably will not be re-
built in long tirie. No cause for
the collapse of the Matamoros plant
has been determined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
May Decide Valley Has No Riparian Lands
ORDERS THROAT CUT
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BEFORE FUNERAL TO
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MAKE DEATH CERTAIN

BELFAST. Aug. G. Following
the funeral Of Alice Florence Lady
Garvagh, widow Of the Bird Baron
Garvagh. il was announced that
the directions Of her will had been
carried out. She directed IN her
will that before burial every pre-
caution should be taken 10 ascer-
tain that she was reilly dead. "and
for this purpose | direct that my
throat shall be cut from ear 10
ear. and that = rticular care
should be taken th4 the jugular
vein u we'll severedf She further
desired that her fun raj should be
conducted with the utmost sim
plieity and that mo one need fol-
low me 20 my grave except a clerk
10 see that J am decently buried"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
TOYyid Wave Hits
Central West; 100
at Salina, Kansas

many sections drove farmers from
fields and caused damage to crops.
The highest temperature reported
was at Salina. Kansas. where the
mercury touched I09 degrees. Six
teen Kansas points reported IOO
degrees or above with streams
drying up. threatening water
shortage.
Hot winds swept parts of Texas
and Oklahoma. Oklahoma's high
est point Was 100 at Tulsa while
Fort Worth led in Texas with 1902.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
COLLEGE HAS
45PROSPECTS
SIGNED HERE
Junior Institution To
Function Here Next
September If Money
Is Raised Soon

More than the required number ~
prospective students have signed up
to assure the junior college, il is
announced. Only 40 prospective
students were needed and Mr.. Rich
ardson said that IS had been signed.
lie expressed the belief mat the
number enrolled eventually would
reach over seventy.
Everything has been worked out
except the financing OF the institu-
tion which il being arranged.
Mr. Richardson declared that an
income of $4,000 j. assured for the
junior college but that a total or
Sl2.500 will be required TO run 1t
through its first year. Brownsville
business and professional men are
going on a guarantee 10 assure this
sum. Ii Il felt. Mr.. Richardson de-
clared, that the number Of students
enrolled would be so much greater
next year that the deficiency would
be absorbed.
To Choose Faculty
President ". VI. ". Splawn of the
University Of Texas is TO choose a
faculty of three professors and a
dean who will give the first two
years Of college work. Work done
in the college here will be accepted
wherever work Of the University Of
Texas u accepted.
The college will be conducted from
> o'clock every afternoon until s
o'clock at night. These are the ten
tative hours. The college il to open
about the same time that the uni
versity at Austin opens. II is te be
conducted in the buildings and with
the equipment of the Brownsville
public schools.
The Brownsville Kiwanis and Ro-
tary clubs. and the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce were active
in support Of the move, the chamber
Of commerce working continuously
with Superintendent Thomas ]. Yoe
Of the Brownsville public schools in
securing the required number Of
students.
To BE Permanent
The college will be a permanent
Brownsville institution. and will be
the first junior college in the Valley,
although another junior college.
Villa Maria, for girls only, is to be
opened here soon, and a junior col
lege is being considered at McAllen.
Similar colleges under the aus
pices of the University Of Texas
have been opened in other parts of
Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, August o.
(Pl-Scattered thundershowers and
possibly cooling breezes were fore
cast today as the only relief from
tfe heat wave which yesterday
settled over the west and south
west sending temperatures well
above the century mark in several
states.
Nearly a score of deaths were
attributed directly or indirectly to
heat while humidity which ap-
preached the saturation point in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
RETURNS INDICATE
JOHNSTON WINNER

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. August
6--tFl-Henry 5. Johnston or Perry.
had widsned his lead over w. NJ.
Darnell, farmer-lawyer, to more than
$4,000 votes in the democratic race
for the bubernatorial nomination On
the face of returns today from 2.s55
precincts out of $3.50 in Oklahoma.
The vote: Johnston s0,s45: Dar-
nell 66.50S.
Ed"in Dabney, assistant attorney
general, had regained some OF his
losses in the democratic attorney
general contest when additional pre-
cincts were tabulated. On a basis
OF 2.4s5 precincts. Judge q. RI.
Searcy of Muskogee has 81 $50 votes.
5s2 more than Dabney's 1904. Judge
James Tolbert or Hobart was s2.gd5.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
To BE Permanent
NO CONTEST FROM
PIT. ISABEL FILED

The contest on the primary cleo
tion in Point Isabel Precinct failed
to materialize. no filing having been
made in the five days. which the law
specifies may elapse between the
canvassing Of the vote and filing Of
a contest.
Two nominations-tha for coun-
ty commissioner and county tax as
would have been affected
had contest been filed and the vote
OF the precinct thrown out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
Tropical Storm Is
Moving Northward

WASHINGTON. d. c.. August c.
GA tropical storm of marked in
tensity Is moving northward from
Bermudas and the weather bureau
has warned shipping off the North
Atlantic coast TO expect gales to-
morrow and Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

SHERMAN, Texas, August 6.-(Pl
Worth Ramsey, III year old son of
Mrs. Stella Ramsey, drowned at
Cook Springs, five miles north of
Sherman Thursday night at .
o'clock. IL Is believed he dived in
the water. misjudged his bearings
and SWAN under wading pen. which
is sung . few feet in the water.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
Alleged Slayer Dances at
Ball for Chiefs of Police

NEW ORLEANS, Ia. August 8.
-tPl-Wh.le police all over the
country were seeking him to
answer to a charge Of numbering
woman, he was dancing at a
ball given at convention Of po.
lice chiefs of the United States
nj Atlantic City. John Pleasant
Harris said here today.
Harris was brought here today
from Atlantic City, after search
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

extending over almost three years.
He Il charged with numbering
Katherine Wilson, of Beaumont,
Texas. near police headquarters
here in 1898.
After learning he was. being
sought for the murder. he said
he went to Buffalo, N. Y, thence
to Atlantic City where he attend
ed the police chiefs ball. Later
he went to New York. Omaha, Chr
eago and Toronto
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

NEW YORK. N. X, August 5.-tH1|
Thomas Cochran. partner 0f J. El
Morgan and company. bound Fpr|
Europe on the Olympic, today rndi-|
eed to the Morgan firm q rspndin-
tion Of the alleged interview in
which nv was quetad na pradIc1imN
On advance on 100 puinta in E4narhl
Motors stock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

Surrey NOaU IN
Progress VIII
X I'm TO RiUeY

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 6.-(H1-The Missouri Kan
railroad be extended far the Rio Grande
instead of only TO point the Texas Mexican railway
indicated today, when c. ~ Whitehead president an
nOuneed that the going would last six months
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
GOLD HOARD IN ROOF

DUBLlN.-Gold coins worth sl.5S5
were found in the roof OF cottage
being demolished at Eglish, County
Tyrone.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
wOMAN's SMOKE FATAL

STONE, Eng. Mrs. Bertrude Com
yns. aged SO, set fire to a newspaper
while lighting a cigarette and burned
to death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present "a Hr. ~ IA
Stage Stage CHING. Raj

River Forecast
There will be no material change
in the river above San Benito but
further slight rise at Brownsville
during the next - hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06

I dllu NOulu lICluuH alI TERRI
tory south Of here to the bor-
der river.
We want to find out all
about that territory" he said.
In July Of last year c. n. White
head, then vice-president Of the
N. \ Al. visited the Valley in COM
pany with the chief engineer, coming
to Brownsville over the Mexican Ma
tional Lines after completing a tour
of northern Mexico. Leaving their
private car at Brownsville, Mr.
Whitehead and the engineer devoted
two days 20 q survey of that section
Of Cameron county lying east Of the
railroad and south OF the Arroyo
Colorado. They visited Point Isabel.
and were greatly interested in the
port development. After spending
two days IN this section they met
their private car at Harlingen and
left for the north.
While here Mr.. Whitehead made
numerous inquiries relative ", VAL
ley production and DEVELOPMENT.
evincing considerable interest in the
fact that large areas were p.lctic-
ally undeveloped.
u An Associated Press dispatch sent
out from San Antonio last night car
ried the information that the Katy "
was considering a connection with
the TexMex railroad, and a confer
ence with leading business men of
San Antonio, Falfurrias, Alice and
Corpus Christi is scheduled 10 be
held IN San Aitopio today.
The belief that the Katy will
build southern extension was
strengthened by the disclosure that
q corps Of engineers, under the al
rection Of B- Eckenrode. of St. Louis
chief engineer. took the field early
this week and is making a survey Of
the proposed new construction.
Walter Walthall. executive general
agent Of the Katy. admitted thar II
was hoped the engineers could ret
into the field and go about their
work without the news of their pres-
ence leaking out
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Fair TO partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday; continued
warm.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; probably show
ers in north portion: cooler in north
portion Saturday. Light to moderate
southerly winds on the coast.
Daily River Bulletin
The Alaskan., 1926-12-31
LOCAL NOTES

L. sIJGI. l happy NeW Year to all. May you have many more of them and may they be full of joys and 1 the blessings of Iife
 The Lutheran Church is plan ning a program for New Years Eve, the church watch night. here will be song by a quartet, solo by Mrs. Martin Enge; piano so- To by Mrs. Allen and talk by Dr. l Standard. His topic will be "Is the Milestone Worth While" ! An invitation is extended to all to attend the service.
 New Year Day Service at 8 in the evening" Sunday school at 1O:3O.
 The Native Presbyterian Church is planning to hold New Years | Watch services in the Bureau school building.
 5he Pioneers have offered their
 hall to the Bureau of Education
 at a reasonable price for school purposes. The need for such i building has been mentioned. It might not be amiss for local organ
 izations to back up the Pioneers in this matter The only way to get
 anything is to make known your
 wants right loud and to keep it right where it can be seen and | heald What say? Do we want to relieve congested school build, ings or is it just political reaction? Fete Jorgenson this week receiv-
 ed a shipment of electrical baking equipment and has commenced in
 staliation of machinery in the new Wheeler building. The plant will be modern in every respect and Pete should be able to make a
 raise of the dough" in his new
 venture.
 E. G, w. Morris, we'll known building contractor in this vicinity and an old time Alaskan, sailed on the Northwestern for some point fIrcher south Whether it will 5 be Seattle, Halifax or Australia did nt make much difference to him We expect to see him return tC Alaska after he has wearied of the white lights and sham conventions of the States.
 Among the southbound passen- gers on the Northwestern was Miss Ruby Peterson who has been teaching the sixth and seventh } grades in thet local school since September She resigned a short time ago in order to accept posi- tior as Deputy County School Su- perintendent of Grand Frks, in North Dakota. Miss Peterson's hone is in North Dakota, but she has become quite attached to Alas ka and declares she will return some day.
 A deal was consumated this week whereby John Miorud purchased
 the home of Hans Wick. The loca-
 tion of this home is considered one
 of the best in the city,
 Hans and Mrs.Wick left on the Northwestern for Seattle Mrs.
 Wick who has been illfor some time
 expects to undergo an operation af-
 ter she is settled in her new home.
 Hans plans on returning to Peters burg in a couple of weeks.
 I John Mjorud has been appointed
 to act as city marshall during the
 absence of Hans Wick, regular ap
 pointee.
 The Sons of Norway was the
 scene of a gala social function Tues
 day evening, given in honor of Mr.
The Alaskan., 1926-12-31

W ednesday night. The farewell party was we'll attended and every one enjoyed dancing until a late hour. sA
 i Miss Frances Miller was taken i'll quite suddenly at her home last Sunday and was rushed to Ju- neau on the Alameda, Tuesday n orning. Word was received that an operation for appendicitis was necessary. Her sister, Mrs Fred Nelson, and her brother, Dick Mill Ter, accompanied her to Juneau.
 The WrangelI Hi team used their subs in the second half and made the game interesting for the spec tators
 The newest organization in the city, the Petersburg Band, is plan ming big benefit dance to take place on New Years Eve. The proceeds will be used to purchase new instruments for a bigger and finer band. This organization will be a great asset to Petersburg and everyone should do his bit to help the band along.
 The local Hi team should not be | discouraged over their defeats and they must take into consideration that the Wrangell boys began to- try to shoot the basket before they. could lift the ball half way to the hoop. The difference is that they had Q place where they could spend hou1s On end learning the finer points of the game at a cost of lights only. This was made pos sible by men who were wheel heart cd supporters of the school and team.
 The Hi School youngsters staged an impromptu dance in the Pio- neers' hall for their visitors. An enjoyable time was had by all. K
 The Sons and Daughters of Nor : way held a Christmas social in the S. Of N. Hall Thursday evening", Word has been received that easily in the hospital in Juneua I where she was taken On account of acute appendicitis. It was not stated whether or not the opera tion will be undertaken.
 The town lights went glimmer- ing when the transmission line between town and the plant gave way. The high winds of the night before caused the falling of limb on the line so that it could not hold up more than another day. It makes us wonder how we ever got along with the Deisel power plant. The auxiliary plant is no longer able to furnish sufficient light for residences alone without carrying the street load During the bas- ketball game teh boys weer hardly able to see the ball to make good basketball playing.
 MT. Andreanoff, pioneer of Alas ka and for many years resident oe Petersburg died at one o'clock this morning in his home of heart trouble and other complications. He had been ill for many months, lingering between life and death and in constant pain so that his passing over the Last Trail is a re- lief to him.
 Dan Aston and Roy Hirsh Ter turned from a trip to Barrier Is- lands, near Point Baker on Prince of Wales Island, where they were trapping fox for c. o. Parks whohas some interest in the Barrier Island Fox Farms. The boys report suc- ccssful trip and regard the Barriers as a very promising ranch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
CANADA LABOR
TAKES SWIPE AT
UPPER CHAMBER
Leaders Follow A. F. of
L. Non-Partisan Policy

OTTAWA, August 16.-The labor
movement of Canada is after the
scalp of the upper house of parlia-
ment according to an official state
ment issued by trade union leaders
in which the senate is charged with
inplacable hostility towards labor.
The abolition of the upper house is
advocated.
Follow A. r. of /. Policy.
Labor leaders declare that the SEN
ate is nothing but a home for aged
political favorites OF the ruling class
es. Former premier Mckenzie King,
a liberal, made reform one of his ma
jor issues in the last campaign, but
failed to fulfill his promises. Labor
seems TO be taking a leaf out of the
political text book Of the American
Federation OF Labor in promising to
support whatever candidates who
promise to make the labor leaders
the rosiest promises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
Spanish Dictator In
Clash With Military
Juntas Over Control

MADRID, Aug. 1e.-The clash be
tween dictator Primo de Rivera and
the army officers '.juntas" or coun'
ellis is becoming crucial. The oficers
insist on promotion by seniority, while
De Rivera is trying to introduce a
supposed merit system" Of promo
ton by appointment.
The argument concenls a deeper
conflict between De Rivera and sec
tions OF the Spanish bourgeoisie
which back the movement of resist
ance 20 De Rivera's rule led by the
army officers. The head of the ar
tillery corps, General Canton, denies
that his section or the engineers, have
agreed as De Rivera says, to the sys-
tenn of promotion by appointment.
Those appointed to higher posts in
various departments are resigning ir
protest, and the few who accept pro.
motions by De Rivera are ostracized
by their fellows and may be expelled
by this pressure from the army.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
LEADER DENIES
BRITISH UNION
IDENTIFICATION
Convention May Hit At
Treacherous Leaders

LONDON, Aug. 16.-E. G. Tracey OF
the general council of the Trade Union
Congress, answering the aspersion of
Havelock Wilson, known as the most
reactionary labor official of the Brit
ish unions, that union men are de-
sorting the unions and the trade union
movement is bankrupt" says that
such an assertion is a gross distortion.
Some Trouble.
"The unemployment naturally draws
heavily on our funds; however, this is
not new condition. No doubt some
were displeased with the calling of
the general strike and have broken
away, forming new independent
unions"
1t is to be noted that Havelock VIII
son fought bitterly against the gen
eral strike, getting out an injunction
preventing the general council to cali
out the seamen. Undoubtedly Wilson
would rather break away than have
the union over which he claims dicta-
torial power called out by the general
OOuhOA. AAAo COllaDOA dliOh Win bhO
employers has been open and shame
less.
Anger at Calling off-Not on.
The trade union conference at
Nournemouth in September is apt to
be stormy, Tracey admits, but the at
tack on the general council will more
probably be made on its treachery in
calling the strike off than in calling 1t
on. The progressive wing or minority
movement stands for full power to the
general council, and replacement Of
those who called the strike off by
leaders who will fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
BRITISH BOSSES
TRYING PLAN OF
COMP ANY UNIONS
Copy Yankee Stunt To
Break Trade Unions

Company unions are being given
tryout by British employers, according
to Walter M. Citrine, acting secretary
OF the British Trade Union Congress,
writing in the Cotton Factory Times,
the leading journal Of the Lancashire
cotton workers.
The company union mentioned by
C1trine are not to be confused with the
so-called Whitley councils, which
cover whole industries and recognize
the existing trade unions as the bod
les empowered to negotiate and bar
gain for the organized workers.
Copy Yankee Stunt"
Citrtne says that since the general
strike many employers have disclosed
plans for smashing the British trade
union movement by encouraging the
formation Of 'sbreakaway unions" and
the formation of company unions and
workers Clubs" The Cotton Factory
Times, commenting on the company
unions, calls the British employers at
tempt to put them over yankee
stunt" copied from the virgin land of
company unionism.
Organized Scabblng.
I'm some respects" says Citrine,
''this is more dangerous than the
frontal attack made by employers, or
than the threat to legislate against
the legal powers of the union" He
calls the company union deceptive
Inventions" working in subtle and
indirect manner for the destruction OF
the established unions. 1t is form of
organized blacklisting.
Those who join a company union
enter into conspiracy with the en-
ployers for taking advantage of the
organized effort and sacrifices made
by their fellow workers to improve
the standards of wages and working
conditions, for the company unionists
accept all the advantages won by
the trade unions, without accepting
any Of the responsibilities of trade
unions.
II am confident that the company
union will get short shift from the
workers in this country" writes
Citrine, in closing his statement.
Bosses Aided by Reaetlonary Officials.
He does not say whether the junket
Of British labor officials who came to
this country few months ago, their
expenses paid by the reactionary Daily
Mail of London, have had any in
fluence in the establishment of these
company unions. 1t will be remem-
bered that these delegates were par
ticularly impressed with the great
open-shop establishments such as the
General Electric Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18

cases, in full view Of all the other ter
rified and helpless villagers"
Many Suicides.
The barbarities of Changes troops
and the white guards have caused in
Vulnerable suicides, concerning which
Daley reports:
Because of the increased numbers
of suicides, often man and wife and
sometimes whole families, all bound
and weighted together. the police have
found it necessary to reinforce the
guards along the meats and canals of
Picking as a preventive measure, be-
cause all the bodies could not be
fshed out in time, and in the summer
months a menace to health was being
created.
Destroy Own Babies.
Never day passes that a suicide
is not cut down from door beam or
a telephone pole. Many infants, u.s.
ually girls, are daily flshed from the
moat along the Tartar wall by the
market gardeners, who use that pol:
luted water to wash their vegetables,
to make them more attractive when
delivered at the markets. The strug-
gle for existence is so severe that
mothers calmly walk to the edge of
the canal and toss in their babies"