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eral district to 80 for each denomi-
nation.
IL il estimated that there are $50
Catholic priests at present in the
federal district and forty ministers
Of all other religious congregations
Eighteen clergymen Of each denom-
ination would be permitted to func-
tion for the territory Of Lower Call
ifornia and three for the territory
of Quintina. Rool (Yucatan.)
The number of Catholic priests in
the federal district has been de-
creased recently. Foreign priests
have departed because of enforce
ment Of the religious clauses or the
constitution. which provide that no
foreigners may function in Mexico.
Under the proposed regulations
the various denominations, other
than Catholic, could increase their
ministerial representation to 90.
while the Catholics would be forced
to reduce theirs to 90.
The new regulations. if passed BY
congress, would not affect the reli-
gious regulations promulgated by
President Gales in July which caus-
ed the Catholic Episcopate to sus-
pend services in all Catholic church
es in the republic.
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ELEVEN DROWN
IN DISASTER ON
CANADA COAST
Steamer Goes Down
After Pounding OF
Heavy Seas Shifts
Bulky Cargo

QUEBEC, Oct. 1G.-tPi-Eleven
persons. including one woman. lost
their lives when the freight and
passenger steam mer Guide sank in
heavy weather last night near God
bout on the northern shore of the
St. Lawrence. News Of the disaster
was received today by the North
Shore Trading company. owners OF
the vessel.
The Guide was a passenger and
freight steel screw. registering 1876
tons, and built in 1891 at Dunbar
ton. She piled between Quebec and
points on the northern coast or the
ST. Lawrence.
Five other men on board the
steamer were saved. Among the
missing are Captain J. " CaEron,
First Mate Henri Fortinsi and four
passengers, Miss Anna Marcoux, ad-
dress unknown; J. KlafIamme. for
mer mayor Of Lewis; Joseph Belan-
ger Of Natsshquan, Quebec, and JOS
eph Collar of Romaine. Quebec.
The Guide at six o'clock last night,
two hours before the tragedy. passed
Points des Monts. about Is miles
below the place where she sank. She
gave no signs Of being in distress at
that time. and it Is believed that sh z
capsized when her cargo was shifted
BIZ the heavy seas.
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BOND SVINDLE
CLOSES BANK
Officers Brotherhood
Savings Bank
Are Held

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Oct 16.-tPp-
The Brotherhood Savings and Trust
Company Of Pittsburgh, failed to
open for business today following
disclosure Of an alleged bond swindle
involving 100000 Of the banks
funds.
The bank was ordered closed ny
the state banking department. which
took over the affairs of the institu-
tion after the arrest Of five men, in
cluding three officers of the bank,
charged with an alleged swindle.
Those arrested and held are a. Me-
Grady. president Of the bank; Viii
liam J. Kelly. vice president; J. l..
Nelson, treasurer; and Frank II. Red
man and Bennie Diamond, all OF
Pittsburgh.
Charles r. Knapp, former pri-
vate Investigator. named ~ the bond
salesman in the case. is being sought
for questioning. The arrests were
made, detectives said. when they
were informed tn at securities
valued at approximately $:l0.000,
which Knapp was 10 deliver 10 the
bank yesterday, failed to arrive.
Rcdman. who is not n depositor Of
the bank. was said by police to have
endorsed note for SlO2. 900 to com
plete a fund of $32O.000 needed by
Diamond and himself to pay for the
bonds which were TO have been
bought at 4 big discount.
McCrady told police that the
money was delivered TO Knapp yes
terday and he was TO have purchased
the bonds and return with them ~
McCrady's office.
The eompany's board Of directors
was made up Of many labor repre-
sentatives. including the railroad
conductors, railroad trainmen, car
penters. iron and tin workers, coal
miners and others.
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WOUNDS Wife
and Turns GUN
UPON HIMSELF
Jesus Castillo is Dead
And Wife Seriously
Wounded as Result
Domestic Trouble

Jesus Castillo IN dead and Irena
Vasquez. his wife. i believed 70 be
mortally wounded as the result Of n
shooting nc the hcme N the woman's
sister. on Fifteenth street between
Taylor and Polk. at o'clock this
morning.
Justice Of the Peace George B.
Brown held the inquest, being taken
70 the scene of the shooting this
morning by Officer q. w. Walker.
He said this morning that he will
announce a verdict some time this
afternoon, after he has secured addi-
tional testimony in the shooting.
The incidents as related 10 Justice
brown BY the woman were that she
had just returned from dance. 90
ing 20 the home Of her sister i'm n
service car A. she left the car. ac-
cording 20 her statement. Castillo
opened fire.
Two bullets were fired into the
body Of the woman. entering from
the front. just above the heart. and
passing through part of the feft
lung. md on out her back. and the
other going through her right arm
and into her body.
According 70 Mrs. Castillo her
husband then turned the gun on him
self, firing twice. One bullet en-
tered his ref. side just above the
heart. and the other entered his
head, above the eyes. both passing
through him.
Castillo was dead when the Off
GERS arrived. and his wife was taken
70 the Mercy hospital. where prepara-
tions were being made today 10 op-
crate. with little chance held out for
her recovery.
The woman told the officers and
Justice Brown that she and Castillo
had been separated for about six
months The couple have been mar
ried about two years. and are about
80 years old.
Justice Brown said that he IL hold
ing up his verdict until he secures
additional information from the serv
ice car driver. and from the woman
today.
Castillo was a blacksmith. working
with his father in a shop located on
Fourteenth street between Taylor
and Polk. Both he and his wife had
spent most Of their lives in Browns
vile.
An examination of the gun used in
the shooting showed that there were
five discharged cartridges in il al
though only four could be accounted
for. The weapon was a .32 calibre
special revolver.
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LEGION CLOSES
ANNUAL MEET
II. p. Savage Elected
AS Commander on
10Th Ballot

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. l6.-+Pi-
Vending their way homeward today
after the eighth annual convention
Of the American Legion. veterans
and their wives and daughters. ap-
pesrSd as Of one mind that next
years convention in Paris must ne
u successful ~ the one just ended.
Enthusiasm was unlimited as the
former soldiers visioned a second
trip to France-and Paris. TO q
number. who will make the trip.
however. il will be their first visit
10 the French capital. for not every
member OF the AEF rs man can well
testify, was able to participate in
the Battle of Paris"
The 1926 convention will be re-
membered for the stiffest fight for
national commander in the history
Of the organization.
The Legionnaires balloted twenty
times. unable 10 give any one can
didate the necessary number Of votes
and il was not until in the midst
Cf the 2lst ballot that Howard II.
Savage. Of Chicago. who had been
leading throughout most of the bal
loting, was elected. A few minutes
later he was declared the new ma
tional commander by aeclamatiOn.
J. Monroe Johnson. Of Marion, >
g.. was Savage's principal opponent
and his withdrawal on the 21st bal
lot gave the latter the election.
Thomas A. Lee or Kansas and Jay
Williams Of South DFkota. were the
two other candidates Nnominatsd "a for
the highest office in the Legion.
The Rev. Joseph J. N. Wolfe, a
Catholic priest of Philadelphia. was
elected national chaplain.
The new national commander is AZ
years old and served during the war
as first lieutenant Of engineers
constructing and repairing railroads.
He is superintendent of maintenance
Of way Of the Chicago elevated. lie
was once a pitcher In professional
baseball.
Mrs. Adalin Wright McAuley Of
Menominee, Wis. was elected presi-
dent Of the women's auxiliary.
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1900 Perish When
Troop Ship Burned

SHANCHAi DAT l6.-sPp-Ap-
proxinately 100 Chinese soldiers
perished by fire, explosions and
drownings when troop ship took
fire M Kiukiang. Kiangsi province.
according to dispatches received
today by the Tono news agencq.
The steamer Kiang Nung. trans
porting 1880 troops or Marshal
Sun Chuang-Fang and n full cargo
of munitions, caught fire while
anchored In the Yangtze river.
Before the troops could be taken
off the munitions exploded. killing
many al once and spreading the
flames throughout the ship.
As successive explosions hurled
fire and shells upon them. the sol
diers were seized with panic.
Many plunged overheard and
were drowned. Only 300 are believ-
ed to have reached shore.
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Want GROWERS
Aid REDUCTION
Definite Plan is An
nounced By Com
mittee

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Oct. l6.-tPl-
Letters soliciting aid of cotton grow
ers 20 further plans Of the commit
tee in charge Of establishing the
market were mailed from Memphis
throughout the South today.
They call attention Of state execu-
tives to plans for acreage reduction
and give details Of the scheme for
bringing cotton out Of its despond-
ency.
The proposal IL 10 appoint state.
county and precinct committees Pub
licity through many channels will be
sought. The press will be urged TO
give as much space rs possible. while
ministers will be asked to announce
the campaign plan from the pulpit
on the next two Sundays.
The week Of October % has been
designated "eotton acreage reduction
week." and November | sign up
day" when growers will be asked TO
sign a pladge to reduce their next
years acreage.
DR.. B. w. Kilgore Of Raleigh. N.
C.. member of the executive commit
tee, il 70 confer Monday with Eu-
gene Meyer. Dr., chairman Of a spe-
eial committee appointed by Presi-
dent Coolidge TO consider the situa-
tion. The conference IS to be in
Washington. ard while there COM
mittee members win confer with
George X. James. member OF the fed
eral reserve board, on the financial
end of the plan.
More definite plans are 20 be form
ulated after the conferences.
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WHOLESALE PRICES
SHOW AN ADVANCE

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-tP)-
Wholesale prices in September aver
aged slightly higher than in August.
il was disclosed today by the Bureau
of Labor statistics of the Department
Of Commerce.
Farm products in general were
2 l-3 per cent higher than in August,
due mainly to advances in cattle,
hogs. eggs, hides and wool. Smaller
increases also were recorded for
foods. clothing materials, fuels.
metals and building materials.
House furnishings and miscellan-
eous commodities were lower than
in August, Of the 404 commodities,
increases were shown in 1872 instan-
ces over the August figures and
decreases in gS
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FIND BODY OF
SLAIN WOMAN
BADLY BURNED
Welfare Worker Be-
lieved Moonshiners'
Victim; Called to
Door and Shot

TRINIDAD. Colo, Oct. 16.-tPl-
The body Of Miss Rosa NJ. Perdue,
43, former Wisconsin welfare work
er, found yesterday in Sarcillo Can
yon, near here, was so badly decom-
posed that Coroner Adams was un-
able TO locate the bullet wounds
which are believed to have caused
her death.
The body, clad only in overalls
and coarse shirt, and wrapped in
eharred blankets, was found by Ray
Woleott, n rancher. II is thought
that an attempt was made TO burn
the body, as officers several days
ago found bits OF burned blanket
and n blackened buckle from over
alls in a dead fire about three miles
Three miles from this find, officers
Perdue operated near Jansen, Colo.
Three miles from this find Officers
found hidden a complete moonshine
layout. This added strength to the
theory that Miss Perdue had been
killed by bootleggers because Of her
activity in informing on them.
The disappearance of Miss Perdue
was first reported on October 4,
by neighbor children. They found
the Perdue clbin unoccupied, rooms
disordered. doors open. shattered
oil lamp on the porch and blood
stains leading away from the door.
In the yaT. Miss Perdue's collie
'-de--iz hot dead. Officers found
bullet holes, in the walls of the
cabin and came. to the belief that
the woman had been called to her
door at night and shot. the murder
ers afterward carrying the body
away.
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LEGAL STORM
NOW FORECAST
Fight Over Testimony
In Mcpherson Case
Before Court

LOS ANGELES. Oct. I6.-fPl-
Omineus clouds of an impending
legal storm gathered today as attor-
neys in the Aimee Semple McPher-
son criminal conspiracy case maneu-
vered their forces for resumption of
the exangelist's preliminary hearing
in municipal court.
Low barometric pressure became
evident, speaking legally again. when
counsel for the Angelus Temple pas
tor proposed to call out of turn a
defense witness, Mrs. Gayle Koontz
Of Tucson. Arizona.
Efforts yesterday TO place Mrs.
Koontz in the witness box before the
state had presented its case were met
with laundering objections by the
prosecution attorneys.
Mrs. Ko0ntz entered the McPher-
son case recently with the statement
that she was the woman who sent a
telegram from Gila Bend, Arizona, on
June 10, eight days before the evan
gelist reappeared at Douglas, after a
prolonged and mysterious absence.
and whom two Gila Bend witnesses
states resembled Mrs. Mcpherson.
Opposing counsel were in the midst
Of a heated clash yesterday when
Municipal Judge Samuel Blake, be-
fore whom the pastor. her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. and Mrs. Lor-
raine Wiseman Sielaff are defend
ants on the same charge. adjourned
court.
Judge Blake announced that the
question Of calling Mrs. Koontz at
this time would be submitted to ar
gument at today's session.
All, of the other witnesses were
excused until Monday.
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RIOT AVERTED in
MEXICAN CAPITAL

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 16.-tP,-A
riot threatened for time yesterday
when 200 prisoners were being
marched to the railroad station TO
start for Mexico's tropical island pen
al settlement Tres Marias," in the
Pacific
Several hundred wives, mothers
and sisters broke through the lines
Of police and soldiers and many were
knocked down by the police.
Great crowds soon gathered. the
excitement became contagious and
it was necessary to call out police
reserves To restore order.
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Sec. Andrews Wife
Accepts a Position

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-tP)-Mrs.
Lincoln G. Andrews. wife Of Assis-
tant Secretary Andrews, chief Of the
dry forces, has forsaken Washington
life to take sob" in New York.
She wrote her husband today that
she was going to work, entering the
Travel Service corporation conducted
by n friend, Clara Laughlin.
"This ocean business sounds wet to
me-" the general remarked upon re-
ceiving the news, "but ! know after
a few days Mrs. Andrews will SYM
pathize with my wishes to stay at
home ut night and take it easy
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FOUR ARE HURT
in TRAIN WRECK

DENN1SON. Ohio. Oct. 16.-LPl-
Four mail clerks were slightly in
jured and more than 100 passengers
slightly bruised when the west bound
Pennsylvania Railroad flyer "Ameri-
can,r New York-St. Louis train.
jumped the track at Fisher, near
here at $3.50 n. m. today.
The mail car and seven sleepers
were derailed when the tank ear on
the second locomotive of the double
header struck defective rail.
The mail car plunged down a 35-
foot embankment. turning over sew
eral times. None Of the sleepers
went over the embankment. The two
locomotives and the observation car.
last car on the train. remained on
the track.
Passengers on the sleeper were
severely shaken up and in some in
stances thrown from their berths.
but none were injured. They were
trainsferred to another train which
took them west.
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Tries 10 Break Record
For Sea Bottom Stroll

NORFOLK. Va. Oct. l6.-tP-
Klaas Everts, deep sea diver who
took n practice stroll recently
across the bottom Of the Eliza
beth river between Norfolk and
Portsmouth, donned his bulky suit
today again for his first attempt
to cross the bed OF Hampton Roads
on foot between Oil Point Comfort
and the naval operating base.
Evert's choice Of unusual spots
for his rambles was based seevral
months ago upon the contention
that swimming the English chan
mel was becoming common, "any-
body could do IT," and his chaI-
lenge to beat any pedestrian in a
race across the Roads along the
surface Of the earth.
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In his previous submarine hike.
the diver walked little more than
a mile in so minutes, clad in
regulation diving suit. Before he
entered the water ut the Old Point
wharf today he said he expected TO
traverse the five miles to the naval
base in less than four hours.
A launch will accompany him to
carry the air pumps. lie also car
ries a small telephone connected
with the launch and will converse
during his journey with those
aboard the launch.
Sunken wrecks and channel cuts
are expected TO hamper him. but
the chief obstacle will be the main
channel. which drops away for
some twenty feet.
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MARINES WILL GUARD is. MAIL;
Army Of 500 Closing in on
Machine Gun Armed Bandits

SOMERSvILLE, n. j.. Oct. is.
-(P)-A great manhunt in the
Watching mountain district was
intensified today. Some 500 city.
state and volunteer police equipped
with machine guns, gas bombs and
automatic rifles, sought eight ma
chine gun bandits, who on Thurs
day robbed a mail truck in Eliza
beth of $151.700, killed one man
and wounded two others.
The bandit hunt in the settled
wood region caused terror among
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Head of Big Cotton
Brokerage Firm Dies

PHILADELPHIA, oct 16--tP)-
George III. McFadden, 70, national
figure in the cotton business, died
suddenly at his home in Rosemont
today.
Mr.. McFadden who was well known
as q phiIanthropist as head Of the
cotton brokerage firm or George III.
McFadden & Brother, which he
founded In 1868.
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in this. which made the use of a
dog less effective, since most dogs
OF any self-respect will refuse to
deal with reaches.
The result is that two racks for
the hose have been placed In the
station, these racks being so con-
structed that a rat with bad inten-
tions IL visible before he starts
his work, and can Be dealt with
summariiy.
The racks will take care OF 80
sections Of nose. or 50-feet To the
section, or a total Of 1000 feet Of
fire hose.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-16
Baseball Club Sale
Price Is Reduced

WICHITA, Kans.. Oct. 16.-tPp-
The Wichita baseball club OF the
Western League is for sale at a price
of $4,000.
In a telegram to the Wichita Bca-
con today, Frank Isbel. its owner,
said the price he has set is O,0OO,
and not $4,000 rs he has been quot
ed as saying.
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Bank Robbers Hold
Small Kansas BanA

MARYSVILLE. Kans., Oct. lG.--lFD
Three men robbed the Exchahge
Bank Of Schmidt and Koester of $500
here today. The robbers covered
six employees and three customers In
the bank with pistols.
Before the men had opportunity
TO take more than the $500 III the
cash drawers Mrs. George Fenwick.
one of the persons i'm thebanh, ran
into the street and shouted for help.
The robbers ran out overlooking
$4,000 lying near the teller's window
and flew in "a motor cnr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-16
Old Days Rat Carnival
Passed IN Brownsville

In the olden days, when rats
grew wild and vicious. the Browns
vile police department retained a
hard-boiled dog which led the rats
a true dogs life all around the
station.
But with the rise of easy living,
the dog became softened in his
manners, and the rats became clev-
er, so some other system Of Grad
ication had to be sought.
The rats were doing their prin-
cipal damage in destroying the fire
hose at ths station Roaches aided
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BABY With COIN
in THROAT DIES

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. I6.-
tP,-Her throat 80 swollen she could
not breathe. Vivian Genevieve Daw-
son. year old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. X. Dawson, died late Friday
while surgeons in a final effort to
save her life, were making prepara-
tions to remove a bright nickel from
her throat. which she had swallowed
more than a week ago.
Surgeons had been unable TO OPP
crate on the baby with safety be-
cause Of the swollen condition OF
the throat.
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Vanderbilt And
Longhorns Meet

DALLAS. Texas. Oct. 13.-lP,-
Vanderbilt University of Nashville
and Texas University football teams
staged their annual battle here this
afternoon on n muddy field. Both
teams were announced in good con-
dition.
A crowd Of 10000 was forecast
for the contest at the State Fair sta
dium
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STOCKS PRICES
GO TO Low LEVEL

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-tP)-With
no respite from the selling move
ment, that has been under way in
the stock market with few interrupt
tions, for the past fortnight, prices
again melted away today to the low
est level at current decline.
Losses of three to six points were
common among the active issues.
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Will Call Meeting
Engineer COMMITTEES

Notice is expected 20 be sent 0uk
soon calling "a meeting of the enRF4
neering committee OF the Valley
which was appointed by the valleY
Chapter OF the American AHEocimtApsa
Of Engineers to prepare q report
the water conservation situation
the Valley. according t0 W. IN
rad or this city. member of tAN
mittse.
WI f. Anderson or SnmA
chairman. iS expected No
meeting soon after his "A
next day or two frpm M
trip up the Rlo Grh7
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Americans Sharing
'~Passage With Royalty

NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-tP)-The
New York World today says: "Ad-
vices received from the Olympic,
which sailed "a hours after the de-
parture Of Queen Marie and her en-
tourage aboard the Leviathan. state
that more than $50 democratic
Americans had changed saiings
from the Olympic to share passage
with royalty. The dispatch, sent by
n well-known publicist, concluded:
What price snobberyg''
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MAJOR scHLEY HERE

Major Julian Schley. United States
army district engineer. has been at
Point Isabel the past two days in
specting the progress Of work in con-
nection with the development Of Bra
EOS de Santiago harbor.
Major Schleys trip IS understood
to be q routine one.
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Gales Proposes
Limiting Number
Catholic Priests

MEXICO CITY, Oct. l6.-tPD-
President Gales has submitted to
congress proposed regulations limit
ing the number Of Catholic priests
and ministers of every denomination
permit "a TO function within the fed
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the inhabitants. Children were
ordered to shun motorists, for the
bandits escaped in two cars.
The policemen were ordered to
shoot without warning if sure Of
their suspects. Seine of the hunt
ers were sharpshooting riflemen.
Picket posts were established and
connected by telephone to a head
quarters. All motorists were
stopped BY armed troopers and mo-
body was permitted without estab-
fishing his identity.