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ACTRESS KILLED:
JUMPS FROM CAR

GLENDALE, California. Aug 30.--
Rl-J. A. Wyckoff. said to 10 short
story writer. faces a manslaughter
charge rs the result Of the death
here yesterday OF his wife. Margaret
Morgan Wyckoff, motion picture ac-
tress. who died following leap from
a speeding automobile.
Police are searching for the hus-
band, who, they declared. abandoned
the wheel Of the machine and Jumped
from the car.
Mrs. Wyckoff becoming frightened,
leapcd from the machine before Dave
w. Taggert. third occupant. could
reach the wheel and bring the car
under control.
According to Taggert, the Wyck-
offs recently separated after a brief
but turbulent married life. They
met last night and we're riding to
the wife's home in Hollywood to set
tie their differences when q quarrel
arose.
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PAY TRIBUTE
TOVALENTINO
Broadway t end e r $
Farewell to T Famous
Movie Star

NEW YORK. Aug. 3o.-Pl-Broad
way. where Rudolph Valentino once
worked as 4 dish washer, today paid
farewell tribute 70 the man who died
Al the height Of his career a shiek
Of the movies.
The famous thoroughfare was lined
with many thousands n the funeral
cortege moved from the funeral
church at Broadway anc --x.y-sixth
street to ST. Malachy's church. in
West Forty-ninth street two miles.
Members Of the police bomb squad
and 263 regular policemen. including
4 nMunted squad. patroled the fu-
neral route and stood guard outside
the funeral parlors and the church.
Pola Negri. the Polish actress who
announced before Valentines death
that she was engaged to marry hir.
and Jean Ackcr, the dead actors first
wife. who had said that she was re-
conciled To him just before his death,
followed the body into the church.
Miss Negri, dressed in sevcrest
mourning aud sobhing audibly. was
Immediately behind tEr silver-bronze
casket. Behind her came Miss Acker
and bringing up the rear ~ the little
cortege Of women were the rcpresen-
tatives of Miss Winifred Huinut, his
second wife. and Mary Pickford.
AS the casket, bedecked with flow
err from the automobile load that
followed the procession. was carried
up the Avenue on the shoulders Of
eight pallbearers, u solemn hush fell
upon the audience.
Rev. Edward Leonard officiating at
the mas, marched slowly forward sur
rounded By his assistants and altar
boys. lace covering their black sur
plices. The voices Of an unseen sex
tet rose from the apse a. Father
Leonard sprinkled the casket with
holy water.
The sobs Of Miss Negri could be
heard above the voices OF the sextet.
After the service the casket was car
ried "a Campbell's funeral church
awaiting the arrival Of Valentines
brother. Alberto. who Is on the sea
10 decide the final burial place.
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NATION WAITS
.TOHONOR HERO
Body OF John Rodgers
VIII Be Buried At
Arlington

HAVRE DE GRACE. Nd. Aug. 10.
-lPl-Gray haired mother and faith
ar We're bidding farewell today TO
Commander John Rodgers. killed Fri
day in an airplane fall at the Phila-
deIrhia navy yard. While the ma
tion waited 10 honor the hero of the
San Francisco-hawaiian flight to-
morrow AZ Arlington national ceme-
tery. services were to be held this
afternoon at the Rodgers home at
Zion Hill.
The funeral services today were to
-he private. for the family and a few
very intimate friends.
Commander Rodgers body has lain
in the Rodgers parlor in flag draped
caskct since last Saturday, when X
was brought by motor from Phila-
delphia. Yesterday only close friends
OF the commander were admitted TO
the home. Rear Admiral John A.
Rodgers. retired. the dead hero's
father. preserved his naval bearing.
despite his grief. and received neigh
boris messages Of sympathy at the
door.
The commanders 73 year old moth
err. who rushed 70 his bedside at
Philadelphia when he called for her,
but could not arrive in time, was
nearly overcome with grief when she
reached home with the body Of her
eldest son
Another son, Fred, was lost in
Alaska, 10 years ago.
Tomorrow Commander Rodgers will
be buried with military honors AZ
Arlington.
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More Parishes
Appeal For Help

NEW ORLEANS Aug. 30.-iPl -
Appeals for help for sufferers in the
storm devastated parishes Of Terre-
bonne and Lafourhce was made BY
officials Of the American Red Gross
here today.
Paul Seidler, field representative
of the Red Cross, and w. r. Simp-
son, president Of the New Orleans
chapter. said that help was badly
needed and asked contributions of
food and clothing for the storm vic
Tins.
Residents Of Montegut. little and
grand Caillou and Bayou Duladge
lost everything before the pounding
fury Of the storm. Houses and food
were carried away by the high winds
q spoiled by salt water. Boats
carrying temporary supplies have
been sent out from Houma.
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BANDIT GANG
FIGHT POLICE
One Killed And Five
Wounded in Chica-
go Gun Battle

CHICAGO. Aug 30.-iPi-One rob
Der was killed, "A second PROBABLY IA
tally injured. and three detectives
and an official of the Chicago sur
face lines were wounded last night
in spectacular gun fight between
police and group of robbers who
attempted to seize $4,000 at a west
sNe car barn.
a young woman Of twenty, expen-
sively costumed and pretty. who had
acted rs chauffeur and look out I"
for the robbers. was captured under
gun fire. Another girl companion
and one Of the robbers escaped The
police surrounded the car barn al the
result az a "tip off, from an en-
ployee of the street car company,
who had been urged to join the rob
Der band.
The dead hold-up man was iden-
tilted rs Joseph De La Verne, and
his wounded companion was believed
TO be James Maloney. Among the
wounded were 1t. Jhon W. Norton.
who received scalp wound. and
Robert J. Mckinney, division sup
erintendent Of the company.
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TWO KILLED WHEN
TRAINS COLLIDE

CHICAGO, Aug. 30.--tF1-An en-
gineer and his firemen were killed
and several passengers and train EN-
ployees injured. two possibly fstaI-
ly. early today, when the locomotive
Of a Pennsylvania railroad freight
crashed into the engine OF a Rock
Island passenger train, knocking it
over near the Beverly Hills station
OK the Rock Island.
Joseph RisberE. fireman or th5
Rock Island train. was crushed 10
death III the cab or his engine, ard
the engineer Stewart Kaufman, of
Blue Island, died OF "A fracture or the
skull and internal injuries.
A. II. Matthews, 40. LoRansport,
Ind, engineer Of the freight train,
also was probably fatally injured.
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CAMERON COUNTY
MAN GETS PARDON

AUSTIN, Texas. Aug. 3O.-tF-Six
full pardons, two conditional par
dons, four restcrations of citizen
ship and eight extensions or fur
lcuehs we're granted by Governor Mi
riam "A. Ferguson, August 27. records
filed today IN the office or the Sec
retnry of state shows.
Full pardons were granted to
Slash Beizenski. young county; Her
man Davis. EastInnd and McLennnns
Joe Halik. Fhyctte; B. s. Moss. Hall;
Leonard Wilson. Delta. and ". H.
Howe. alias. j. ". Noone, Cameron.
Conditional pardons were granted
Paul Carpenter, Dallas county. and
James TeSar, Potter county.
RestorationH pf citizenship were
Rranted B- E. Hudson. MeLennan
county; Frank K0lar. Fort Bend. IN.
W. Mickey. Naynrros and ~. E. tiwQnh.
Caldwell county.
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SEEK BOND FOR
HARRY ]. LEAHY

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Aug. 30.-tPl
Steps 10 gain the immediate release
on bond Of III. j. Leahy. held here in
connection with the killing Of Dr. y.
a. Ramsey, Mathis physician. were
taken Monday when efforts were be-
gun 70 hold habeas corpus hearing
mt once.
Application for a hearing To set
bond was granted Saturday by q. o.
Brown, special judge Of the thirty
seventh distrit court, and the hear
ing set for Friday.
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--Hsr- $50 - lxymEWM
Early Action On
Rio Grande Asked

A motion asking that action look
ing towards an early agreement with
Mexico with reference to the equita-
ble distribution Of the waters Of the
X Grande for irrigation be favored
was passed at the meeting Of the
Valley commercial secretaries in Har-
lingcn Friday night, according to
George Toolan, president Of the or
ganization.
Mr.. Toolan said III telephone con-
versation with The Herald today that
II had enormously been reported that
the secretaries Fere not in favor or
q lobby in Washington a. advocated
BY G. III. Pcnse, editor Of the Delta
Irrigation News and secretary Of the
Valley Water use4z' Association.
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ALLEGED BANDITS
ARE UNDER ARREST

MUSKOGEE. Okla, Aug. 3O.--tA7--
Tom Terry and r. w. Thompson.
hcarged with being the two men who
robbed the Muskogee Rent-A-Car
company early today. after fatally
shooting Floyd Davis. bystander, were
arrested shortly after the robbery.
Both refused 40 discuss the rob-
bnrr ard both were identified by
Shelley Taylor. night manager or the
Rent-a-Car Company, H. the bandits.
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FOUR DROWNED IN
ARKANSAS STREAM

NEWPORT. Ark, Aug. 30.-tPl--
Four persons were drowned and five
members of the family saved when a
small touring car driven BY Virgil
Porter. n, Of Prague. Oklahoma.
plunged into the White River at the
ferry crossing two miles from here
today.
Porter thought the ferry boat was
a planked detour and did not know he
was on the bank of the river.
The dead: Mrs. Nora Porter. is.
wife Of Virgil Porter: Joe Porter, 10.
his brother; Ella, May Porter. 13,
and Nora Porter, six. his sisters.
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ROBBER SUSPECTS
HELD BY OFFICERS

BRIST0W, Okla. Aug. 30.-(P1--
Two Bristow men were arrested here
today as suspects in the robbery Of
two banks at Covington. last week.
They were Roy Brandon, alleged
master mindr in a gang Of robbers.
and Owen Edwards. who is suspected
of being one of the men who stood
guard while the others did the rob-
berry.
Brandon, already under two bank
robbery charges. has been watched,
officers say. from the start.
The capture Of the Kimes brothers
In Arkansas Saturday gave additional
cireumstantial evidence that caused
the arrest of Brandon.
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Moody Leads BY
22l,l80 Votes

DALLAS, Texas. Aug. sop
Returns 70 the Texas Elec-
tion Bureau at ~ IN. from 2iS
out or 252 counties in the state,
including 10 complete, show
the following totals for candi-
dates in Saturdays democratic
primary election.
Governor-Ferguson 250, 1876;
Moody AL .G76.
Attorney General Alfred
332.s24; Pollard 343.1ll.
Treasurer Ball 256. .96G;
Hatcher 3SS.llS.
Returns from III out of rs
counties in eleventh district,
including q complete court of
civil appeals Davenport 25,Tl4;
Hickman 22,0s5. Totals 722.l72.
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TAKE BANDITS TO
OKLAHOMA PRISON

McALLESTFR. Okla, Aug 30.-tP)
George and Mathew Kimes. wanted
for bank robbery and murder, were
Brought to the state prison here
early tOday for safe keeping.
They weye in company with Sher-
iff j. r. Johnston Of Sequoyah coun-
ty. who brought them from Van
Buren, Arkansas, where they were
caught after a series or gun battles
with officers last week.
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High tides. caused by the Gulf Of
Mexico storm last week. almost cost
the lives of PARTY Of Mexican army
men, Maurice Brulay Of Brownsville
and Captain W. J. Mum Of the Gulf
Fisheries Company Of Galveston. at q
point about sixty miles south Of
Matamoros. il was learned here to-
day.
The party. which included General
Serrato OF Matamoros and number
Of Mexican soldiers, was cncamped
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Nicaragua Rebels
Lose i'm Battle

MANAGUA, Mic. Aug. 30.-tFl-
Reports here say that the revolu-
tionists were defeated at Puerto
Cabezas, headquarters Of the Brag-
man bluff lumber company. Many
were killed and wounded according
to this report which says the rebels
fired at the hospital and at the ho-
tel.
The report, however. II not Con-
firmed as the WIRELESS station has
been DESTROYED.
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GERMAN SWIMS
ENGLISH CHANNEL

DOVER. Eng. Aug. -tF1-Otto
Nierkoten Of Germany today swan
the English channel.
ternoon at Langdon Straights, half
lie landed at 2:15 O'Clock this af-
way between Dover and st. Mar
Raret's Bay from Cape Girls Nez.
France. where he entered the water
nc 1885 q. M.
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Pass Plebiscite
Over Woods Veto

MANILA. Aug. 30.-tF'l-The Phil
ippine house Of representative to-
day passed over the veto Of Governor
Woods the bill providing for plebis-
cite in the islands on the question of
independence. The action was expec-
ted. The senate month ago took
like action and the bill now goes to
President Coolidge.
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Hundred Drowned
In Boat Collision

LENTNGRAD, Russia, Aug. sG.-tF
-=0ne hundred persons perished when
the Russian steamer Bnevestnik col
lided with the German steamer
Graine In the Morskoi canal. near
here. last night. A majority Of the
victims were Russians.
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APPOINTED BISHOP

ROME. Aug. 30.--tP- Very Rev.
Rudolph A. Gerken. or St. Rita's
church Ut Ranger. Texas, has been
pointed 10 the cathedral seat Or. the
lew bishopric Of Amarillo, Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-31

There will be further moderate
rise At Brownsville Nv tomorrow
morning Above San Benito the river
will remain practically stationary Or
fall slightly.
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OF
CONSUL TO Be
INVESTIGATED
Claims Discrimination
Against Mexicans i'm
Valley; To Be Asked
To Prove Statement

Judge "A. W. Cunningham Of the
Ninety-third district criminal court
today issued a special charge 20 the
Cameron County grand jury. ordering
il to investigate charges OF alleged
discrimination against Mexican citi-
zens in lower border counties ms
made here some time ago BY A g.
Vasquez, Mexican consul, who at the
time announced he was sponsoring q
+back to Mexico" colonization move
on this account.
Several months ago the consul made
the charge that citizens Or Mexico
living In his Jurisdiction, including
Cameron and other lower border
counties, wdre being Disseminated
again IN law enforcement and IN in
dustries. principally farming. he an
nounced at the same time that he
had secured several thousands of
acres of land near Victoria, Mexico,
on which ne proposed 10 settle Mex
lean citizens living in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. He said ne would
wait until the cotton picking season
was over before beginning his pro-
gram.
Mr.. Vasquez sal among other
things that there was discrimination
in the matter of law enforcement.
specifically the enforcement Of the
prohibition laws. He charged that
Mexican citizens with q small amount
Of liquor we're more liable 70 be ar
rested and prosecuted than American
citizens with larger quantities.
Charges Of industrial discrimination
referred I'd alleged mistreatment of
Mexican citizens living on Valley
farms and working for Valley grow
ers. Tn issuing his charges Mr.. Vas
quez said he had proof of All his
assertions in the legal records OF
border counties.
Chamber Probes
The Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce Investigated the charges when
they were made by Mr. Vasquez and
the Valley commercial secretaries
also heard Mr.. Nasquez personally nc
meeting held in Brownsville.
IL is expected that Mr.. vnsqueE
will be called before the grand Jury
within day or two and asked 60 sub
NIT proof of his contentious
The grand jury was impaneled this
afternoon and Judge Cunningham
charged them H. 20 their duties.
The district court has over ninety
divorce cases to dispose or before IL
gets around 70 approximately 10
criminal cases on the docket for thu
August term.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Partly cloudy to un-
settled tonight and Tuesday, possibly
with local showers; moderate tenn
perature.
For East Texas; Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday; somewhat un-
settled in south portion. Light To
fresh easterly to southerly winds on
the coats.
Daily River Bulletin
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IONA. Mich. Aug. 30.-GPl-With
- convicts of the "a whoSescaped
Saturday from the Michigan state re-
formatory here still at large today
possemen intensified their search OF
the countryside in the belief that
most Of them are hiding in wooded
sections within "a radius OF 100 miles
Of the reformatory.
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KENTUCKY JAIL
Saw Through Bars of
Cell to Gain
Liberty

WINCHESTER, Ky. Aug. 3O.-tP'
Sixteen prisoners escaped from the
Clark county jail here this morning
after saving their way through iron
bars 81 the cell house.
Among the men who gained free
dom wsre George Bowman, under
sentence to hang for criminal assault
and held here pending a new trial,
and John Howell and Roy Martin. ac-
cused of completely In the robbery Of
the station (Ky.) bank.
All Of the escaping men are be-
lieved to have caught freight train
out or town.
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
FIT "SPECTACLES"
TO BLIND HOLES
Many Clubs Have One or
More of Them.

Methods of "fitting spectacles" to
blind holes On golf links were dis
cussed by Thomas j. Moreau, a golf
architect. While such holes, whose
green's are invisible from the tee,
are not so popular as they used to
be, many clubs have one or more and
do not care to rebuild them. Blind
green's have been condemned by many
because the player cannot see what
he is shooting at, but more particu-
larry because the ball cannot be kept
in sight and the shooter is never sure
when the green is clear of players
Schemes for giving sight to blind
holes will not overcome the first OBJ
lection, but will cure the others.
Larger clubs are remaking such holes,
but other alterations are possible.
The most picturesque plan has been
made use of by the Victoria Country
club in the capital of British Column
bia. The thirteenth hole of this links,
which lies partly among rugged rocks
on the seashore has its tee on some
crags The green is cut off from view
by ridge of granite and one day
golfer let fly tee shot on this 200
yard hole without ascertaining wheth-
er the players ahead had holed out.
The ball hit man. Then players be-
came wary and waited longer than
necessary to tee off.
Finally member presented large
cob hoIl no A., ~.
bossed, and had 1t installed at the
edge of the green. When players have
finished putting they sound this toe
sin as they start for the fourteenth
tee and those following know that the
way is clear.
Another scheme is employed by the
Moosejaw Country club in the broken
prairie country of Saskatchewan. The
club built lookout platform at the
tee of blind hole and the players
may send a caddy up the winding
stairs Of this tower to see that the
way is open and to watch the flight
and roll of the balls.
More romantic and just as effective,
and requiring less effort, is the appa-
ratus used by the Calgary Country
club in Alberta. This is really pair
Of spectacles. for the members have
erected a large periscope at the left
of the tee. The player may look into
the bottom mirror and see that the
green Is vacant Then he may place
his caddy or opponent at the glass to
watch the flight and final resting place
of his ball.
The shaft of the periscope is some
fifteen feet high, but as it is built of
plain boards lined with tar paper, the
cost is low. The arrangement of mir
rors places the green in plain view al
though 1t nestIes in deep valley be-
yond high ridge.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Clubs Top-Heavy
With Pitchers in 1925

A tabulation of the rosters of the
American league last season shows
that of 264 players who appeared in
the box scores, 102 of them were pitch
ers Most of the clubs had top-heavy
hurting stats. The Chicago White
Sox used TO pitchers during the sea
son. Washington also had Is pitchers.
Connie Mack, Of the Athletics, used
only II men in the box, the smallest
number of any club in the organiza-
tion. Some men listed as pitchers had
very little to do. The St Louis
Browns carried Chester Falk all sea
son, and he pitched in only 20 innings.
Manager Sisler also hung on to Stauf-
fer and used him in but 80 innings.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
MIDDLE AGE BRINGS
new INTERESTS
For Women in Good Health

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mending it to their friends and
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
After Flu and Colds
TanIac Brings Back Health

After a bout with the flu, when
your knees are wobbly and your
feet like lead, when your back is
weak and your head swimming,
tone up your system with Tanlac.
Note how you pick right up from
the first few doses.
Thousands of men and women
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cause Tanlac carried them over
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Wimbledon "Sold OUT

The prospect that Helen Wills and
Suzanne Lenglen will meet at the
Wimbledon tournament in June has
led to an unprecedented application
for season tickets. Already more than
1000 persons have applied for tickets
in excess of the accommodations The
money totals more than 100000. The
rejected applications in 1925 were
slightly more than half those which
have been rejected this year.