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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
Manipulation Grain
Prices is Charged

WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-tP,-
The Armour Grain Company Of Chi
cago was ordered BY Secretary Jar
din today to show cause why an or
der should not be issued directing
all contract markets to refuse trad
ing privileges 10 the company.
II is charged by the Secretary that
the company had attempted to manip-
ulate the market price Of grain on
the Chicago Board Of Trade. in vio-
lat on of the grain futures law. Hear
ings will be held in Chicago October
,lT before Fred Lees. designed as
referee in the case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
MEXICO RANGERS
AFTER A. W. BONDS

DEL RIO. Texas. Sept. 27.-tFt-
Andres Cara. chief Of Mexican rang
ers, was reported here today TO be
close on the trail OF Albert w. Bonds.
wanted in Bell county, for the kill
ing of Wiley Fisher. Temple chief Of
police, shot down in a Belton street
Bonds II said to have taken ref
re on a Mex can ranch 4 few miles
Glow the border, last week
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
OBRECON ISSUES
YAQUI ULTIMATUM

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 27.-tPl--
Former President Obregon has res
ceived authorization 70 act as special
representative for President Gales
W tn the Yaqui Indian chiefs.
General Obregon hrs issued an
ultimatum TO the chiefs giving them
five days within which~to deliver TO
the federal forces as a prisoner the
Yaqui chiefta Matus. who j. said
to have been responsible for recent
uprising among the Indians.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
CONSTABLES And
MOROS in BATTLE

MANILA. Sept. 27.-tPl-Seven
Moros were killed and a number
wounded. and three constabulary pri-
Yates were killed and five wounded
in a clash between a Moro band and
the Ph lippine constabulary today
near Ubian. Sulu province. The con-
stabulary was attempting to round
up the band which had been depre-
dating property.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
Steamer Ashore
Near Progresso

MOBILE, Ala. Sept. 27.-lPl-The
passenger steamship Mexico, operat-
ing between New York. Havana and
Vera Cruz. was reported ashore on
Magascar reef, off Progresso. Mexi-
co. in message received BY the.
Tropical Radio Company here today.
The oil tanker Republic has gone
to the assistance Of the disabled YES
sci, which carries crew Of 104 men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
MURDER SUSPECT
Is FOUND INSANE

Luis Contreras. indicted on a
charge Of murder in connection with
the staying Of Reyes Silva on a
ranch near Brownsville last March.
was found insane Ny the Cameron
County court TODAY and ordered sent
to the San Antonio State Hospital
contreras hid in Mexico for sew
eral months and then returned to
give himself up. Swing that he be-
! eyed he was justified in acting as
he did in the affair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
Circuit Attorney
Is Under Arrest

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Sept. 27.-tPl-
.ircu't Attorney Howard Sidner went
trial in circuit court today on a
barge Of compounding a felony In
letting William Allen Scott Ruther
ford. former army reserve lieuten-
ant OF. Pine Bluff. ARK. off with 4
$500 fine for Staying Jack Tucker. 2
hotel bell BOY hare last 0r.obcr II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
YEAR in PRISON
GIVEN VILLAREAL

The district criminal court of Cam
eron County today found Manuel
vilIareaI guilty of violating the Dean
Act and assessed the punishment nc
ne year in the state penitentiary-
This was the only criminal case
ricd this morning. A divorce case
was heard just before the noon re-
cess with several more liquor cases
on the docket in the afternoon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27

Distressed Women
and Children Spur
Effort TO SUUe Men

IRONWOOD. Mich. Sept. 27.--lPl
The sight OF distressed women and
children drove weary men TO super
effort today in their attempt 70.
reach forty-three men entombed BY
a cave-in three days ago in the shaft
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27

MADISON. Wis., Sept. 27.-tPp--
The state Supreme Court today de-
ried the application for an injunc-
tion preventing the proposed Wis
consin beef referendum from being
held at the November election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
KWWC PROGRAM
tWave length. 27s meters)
MONDAY NIGHT

MONDAh NAGnA
s p. Miss Carlotta Villarcal.
Spanish songs.
S:30 p. m.-George De Sha, BARI
tone solos.
S:l5 p. NV H. Pendergrnft and
John Tanning, dialogue
q p. MFRS Harry Faulk. &C.
prano solos.
9:15 p. m.-Rainbow Rambler or
chestra.
1901 a. m.--Dance program.
TUESDAY
no n. m.--Cotton markets.
12 Edith and Louise Bauer.
colin and piano Weather and
river reports.
r. m.--Cotton markets.
y p. m Weather and river re-
ports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande aVlley: Mostly cloudy and
continued cool tonight and Tuesday
with occasional showers.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with occasional rains,
Moderate to fresh easterly winds on
the coast
Daily RIVER Bulletin
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27
WINTRY Wind
MODERATINC
Warmer Weather Fol-
lows Unseasonal
Cold I'm North

CHICAGO. Sept. -lP,-Chilly
blasts. which brought to the middle
west one OF the most devastating
early fall trosts in 80 years, gave
way 70 somewhat warmer weather
today and q general rise In tempera-
ture was predicted. "A warm rain
was due in several states, according
70 the forecast.
Late corn and vegetables in Illi-
nois and states 10 the north and
west were severely damaged BY the
first frost OF the season early yes
terday. Tomatoes. egg plant, beans
and practically all vegetables were
npped, some so badly that they
were ruined.
Ice a quarter Of an inch thick,
formed on pools Of water in Aurora.
ILL.,, where the temperature early
yesterday dropped to r. degrees
above zero. Similar conditions were
reported in other states.
The fruit belt in Berren county.
Michigan, was saved from heavy
losses BY gentle wind from Lake
@t~aiSEr. w sconsin, Iowa. the la
kotsl. Northern Kansas, north
-issourI ana -slinesota were in the
frost area.
AMARILLO. Texas. Sept. 27.-tPl--
With an intermittent drizzle con-
tinuing early today. and with 21-2
inches Of rain having fallen s'nce
Friday. Amarillo il wondering If
another weather record i to be
broken.
The September temperature record
was broken Saturday and Sunday
when the mercury registered 80 de-
grees. the lowest In the forty year
history Of the local bureau. The
temperature early today was forty.
The rain is general over the Pan
handle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-27

There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a to
AZ hours.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Briquets From Waste.

TT IS stated that the French rail
ways alone lose 100000 tons OF
combustible product per annum, which
can, however. be readily made up into
briQuets or balls, and the fuel thu.
obtained Is quite as good as the usual
briquets.
This product is no other than the
waste material that collects In the
smoke boxes OF locomotives, and IT.
heating power is no less than 1000
calories. Conditions during the World
War, with their resulting economy,
led to the use of this substance. and
1T is said that French manufacturers
are engaged in the purchase OF the
combnstible from the railway com.
panies and are making briquets b. its
use. y French patent was taken out
for the use of this material, ono point
being that 1t is neither coal (which has
been now burnedl nor coke, for IL re.
suits in fact from tho diEtillstton OF
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dropped off Of freight trains in Her
rim. One came from the North, an
other from the West.
Birds of a feather. They have been
previously identified as Carl Shelton
and Charles "Limpy' Birger-the one
an accused fence" the other an al
legged diamond thief, k-alley gang
ster and small-time beer hustler.
1t was the influence of Carl Shelton
and "Limpy'' Birger. working to.
gether, that drove the Klan into it's
hole.
I'VE whipped the klan and the dry
forces" Shelton said the other day.
Now were scrapping among our
selves"
Shortly after he made that state
ment Carl and hiS brother were ar
rested by post office inspectors as sus.
poets in a post office robbery in Col
| linsville, III. Within three hours they
were out on bail and back in Herrin,
! with Carl bossing the job.
X x X x
A PAGE from the transcript of the
evidence in the trial of "Polack"
Joe Salts, Chicago beer king. charged
with the murder of John "Mitters"
Foley. rival gang leader, throws much
light on the present plague in Will
| hanson County. The witness being
questioned Is Louis r. Slomovitz,
known to Chicago police as Sammy
the Greener," an underworld "tiXer."
Slomovitz was a State witness who
fed Chicago, later came back and
! was brought into court to testify on q
capias.
q. Why did you leave Chicago?
A Well, ] have been tipped that
7 was going to H. put on the spot If
I didn't lam it.
The Court: Put on the spot? Is
that new underworld slang meaning
that, you We're to be taken for a
ride?
A. No, sir. That's different. When
a guy is taken for a ride, that means
that there's maybe one or two fellows
got 1t in for him and they croak him.
When a fellow Is put on the spot"
that means that all the gangs are
after him-everybody that gets a
chance has got to shoot at him. When
Evening star., 1926-11-28

flying thugs Swooped down over a
thickly populated area in Egypt" and
dropped three homemade bombs in an
attempt to kill Birger. He escaped.
For many weeks now citizens have
become used to the rat-tat-tat of ma
chine guns in the hands Of "alien"
gangSters. come to Herrin at the bid.
ding of one of the two bigtime "beer
hoodlumS."
Innocent men have dropped. The
lives of women and children have been
endangered. Nobody in all Egypt has
been safe since the clans started to
fight.
Scores of dark. faced Sicilian killers
stalk the streets and roads In the three
counties, ready to kill or MAIN for as
low sum as SIS, 1t Is reported. Many
of these Sicil1an murdererS are said to
have been brought to this country at
the beginning of the booze" war IN
Chicago, when the six Genna brothers,
Sicilians. were Lords Of vice in all Chi
cago." Three of the Gennas have been
slain. Three fed the country. Hun.
dreds of paid killers have been thrown
out Of work-and many of them have
f1ocked to Herrin to find Jobs They
have found plenty Of work.
Armored cars, loaded with heavily
armed gunner, move slowly up and
down the streets of Herrin, Harris
burg, Colp and West City, while a
daZed Officialdom looks on in helpless
amaZement.
In the meantime Herrin and Harris
burg quake with fear-and no man
dares ride upon the county roads after
the sun sets. Egypt Is absolutely in
the power Of st. Louis and Chicago
gunmen.
On November 10 Mayor Marshall
Mccormick Of Herrin. who six weeks
ago sadly relaed the story. addressed
the following communication to Gov.
Len Small:
1.-The gangs have reached such pro.
portions that no sheriff, regardless Of
his efforts. can relieve the conditions
The prosecution of these outlaws is
equally impossible. as no citizen will
produce evidence while these gangs are
at large for fear of their own lives
being taken, and no prosecuting at
torney could live who attempted 1t.
II have tried from every angle to
work out some solution and the best
minds of southern Illinois have put
their efforts into 1t, only to find 1t lost
in dismal failure. There is no man In
Williamson County who believes civil
authorities can ever meet the existing
conditions.
Il. knowing every civil agency has
failed, yet realizing the embarrassment
1t brings to you, to me and our State,
am frank to tell you that the only so.
luton so far as l can see is the setting
up Of military court. so arrests may
be made, that evidence may be sub
mitted without witnesses being intimi-
dated"
); X !; !.
ON the day the letter was written
Gov. Small issued q statement on
the situation in Egypt:
''The people of southern Illinois can
not expect protection unless they are
prepared to give protection.
I'VE have spent several hundreds of
thousands of dollars in that section
in the last few years trying to main
tain the law. The murders there
would have happened regardless of
whether or not the State militia were
present"
Thus the Governor Of Illinois ad-
mits his helplessness.
The causes of the present plague
hit Egypt about three years ago.
They came in the dead of night and
Evening star., 1926-11-28

Joseph Murray, W. J. Hall. y. A.
SchultZe, Z. e. Persing, b. Bass. Sol
Weinstein and o. W. Hammond.
THERE was activity in Society. In
the social column Of the old paper
1t IS told that Mr.. and Mrs. George
Heider celebrated their silver wedding
at their home, 1881 Sixth street north
east, and that "anong those present
We're" Mrs. f. !. Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cady, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert VII
son. Clarence, Charlie, Bessie and An
ME Heider, Mrs. Mary Schultze, Miss
Louise Heider, Rev. r. D. Power, Rev.
William A. Schell, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Stearns. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Day,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hays, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. NJ. Price. Mrs. S. c. Drown
and Messrs. A. Bird and G. Hem. 1t
is also noted that Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cammack and their son Edmund en-
tertained the X. l.. G.. r. Euchre Club
at their home, 623 c street northeast,
and that prizes were won by Miss
Halle Reeves and Mr.. Jess Arnold
1t is not forgot that "a repast was
served"
The D. K. Euchre Club met at the
home Of Mrs. Holt, on Massa ci1usetts
avenue northeast, and Mrs. Shoe
maker won first, Mrs. Jacobs second
and Miss Tyree the BOBBY prizes.
Them was great days for euchre. ]
asked my wife last evening il she
could iiven up the house q bit by Civ
ing a euchre party and she said:
There! there! take your cane, dear.
go over to your rocking chair, put this
shawl over your knees. light your
pipe, sip this hot tOddy, and I'll put
on the record. Sweet Adaline,' until
can tune In on an old.folks concert"
Friends OF Earl Amos met at his
home, 1912 North Capitol street, and
formed a social club ito be known as
the Smart Set" Those who Joined
We're Frank r. Chase, Miss Bliss
Amos. Misses Ruth Sipher. Mable
Galleher. Annie Chase and Ina Stalee
and Messrs. Diller Galleher, John
Haas. Kirk Sipher and Frank n.
Steele. There were also meetings of
the Iris Success Club and the Social
Wave Social Club.
In those old notes the Rambler
finds the marriage Of Miss Katherine
Hemmick Of Pittsburgh and Oliver
Perry Johnson Of Washington and
gets a CLINT on the doings of Miss
Louise Foraker, Mrs. George E. Nc
Clellan. Ambassador and Nine. Mayo,
des Planches, Admiral and Mrs
Dewey, Gen. and Mrs. Draper and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh.
Perhaps one Of these society jottings
Of 1908 has given you a thrill. That
Is the Ran1bler's aim. And as look
along the column q memory comes 70
me II ic ~ thn N-ofuqr who vv10+r
Evening star., 1926-11-28
MARKETS FOR SOAPSTONE.
GANGSTER TYPE.

&oApSTONE is a, term that has been
- loosely applied to several varieties
uf rock with differing chemical and
! lhysicaI properties. Some soapstones
g." hard, being only slightly different
trom serpentine, and others are soft
and contain more taic. Some varieties
nave a definite grain and others are
composed of interlocking prismatic
crystals.
The difference in properties affects
fho suitability Of various soapstoneS
Fur d fferent uses. In the construction
al fabricated forms, hardness. tough
ress and absence of grain are most
important. but in the manufacture of
3uot warmers. griddles and heating
stoves for fireless cookers, resistance
"a heat and retention of heat are more
Important. Thus, soapstone from GER
-a!n localities IN Virginia is more
siapted for heating purposes. An in
Evening star., 1926-11-28

which Wood was tho daredevil leader
of the famous Company c. Serving
out his time, he returned to Washing
ton City and married Harriet Smith
of Cumberland, Md, by whom he
reared large family. He had receded
from the Catholic Church. In which he
was born and baptized. and was a con-
spicuous leader in the Know Nothing
party, which was the 'no-popery'
party. He likewise was an active con-
ductor on the underground railroad
and aided hundreds of runaway slaves
to escape safely to Canada and New
England.
Wood drilled men to take part in
John Browns raid at Harpers Ferry
in 1859. Having in the Mexican War
and elsewhere become proficient in
military matters, he revised and in
part composed the book of tactics
gotten out for the instruction of the
abolitionists who were TO Join Brown
in all parts of the country to wipe out
slavery Wood would have had charge
of the enterprise, but objected to
crossing State lines under arms. I'm
able to convince Brown that the
methods he wanted to pursue would
lead him to the halter If he failed, as
he was sure to do. Wood and his men
remained out Of the Harpers Ferry
raid and quietly disbanded after
Browns defeat and his death on the
scaffold.
"WHEN Edwin NJ. Stanton became
w Secretary of War he appointed
Wood to be superintendent of the mill
tary prisons of the District of Colum-
bia and concentrated the so-called
state prisoners and all others in the
old Capitol prison, near the Capitol, to
which were soon added for females and
citizens the Carroll buildings. called
Carroll Prison Into these structures
Wood sent spies. blockade runners, car
rierS OF Contraband dispatches, for
eign officers armed with passports who
were caught serving the Confederacy,
leaders of the Knights of the Golden
Circle, opponents of the draft, etc,
and to him, too, came all the captured
mail OF the locality, to be deciphered,
and If important turned over TO the
proper officers of the War Department.
While maintaining strict, almost ty-
rannical, discipline, the prisoners liked
and respected Wood frequently adopt
ing resolutions to give expression TO
their feelings toward him.
Probably Col. Woods most daring
feat was making personal visits to
every military prison in the South.
Sometimes he effected an entrance as
an agent of the Federal Government;
frequently he entered in the disguise
of a Confederate soldier, and a few
times he got in by permitting himself
TO be taken prisoner. In several in.
stances he procured the statements of
inmates as 70 prison conditions. writ
ten or 10y stenpEr3rhers IL the pres
Evening star., 1926-11-28

vestigation of the properties OF va
rious soapstones and classification by
such properties would be most
valuable.
The market for soapstone in fab
ricated form, that is. in sinks, laundry
tubs, trays, table tops, etc, is de-
pendent largely upon new building
construction. During the war and the
attendant depression in the erection
of buildings for dwellings, or com.
mercial use the normal market for
soapstone largely disappeared, but
Government orders partly compen
stated for this loss. After the signing
of the armistice, building activity did
not begin and the demand for soap
stone was light. However. conditions
are vastly improved in this connection
and the building boom has developed a
normal market in soapStone.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

tistiCallT displayed in this beautiful
home. The hostess welcomed the Ia
dies with cordiality and Mr.. Hender-
son added much to the enjoyment Of
the occasion by his interesting de.
scrlptions and "reminiscences of the
paintings"
The Old Guard gave an entertain.
ment and these names are in the
story: Capt. j. NJ. Edgar, Miss
Gladys Wilkinson, Miss nellie Randy,
Miss Lillian NJ. Royce, Miss Louise
Mae Farrow, Miss l.. A. Feathers,
DR.. Thomas Carver. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
II. Frear, William n. Bannerman and
Nelson f. Wood. ''Cncle John Hutch.
inson" of New England and Col.
John A. Joyce each gave character.
istic numbers" A. II. F'rear. NJ. NJ.
Lewis and B. +. Graham were the
committee Of entertainment.
The Washington School Dramatic
Club put on THE Prince of Liars
az puEster Hall, Gin the northwest
suburbs" and these were the play
ers: A. c. Downing, jr., c. NJ.
Foulke, Jr.; H. p. Cooper, r. W.
Hooper, A. D. Waring. A. MacA.
Washburn, II. r. Van Law as the
Gutta Percha Girl, F. L. Cole and
j. A. Sterrett. Music was directed
by William George Valentine.
Union Veterans Legion, Encamp-
ment III, entertained Ladies' Auxil.
larry 80. Col. Il. J. Shannon spoke
the welcome and Mrs. NJ. e. $. Davis
replied. Others taking part were
Mrs. NJ. I. Weis. Mrs. Kathleen
Temple, Mrs. 8. E. Pittman. Mrs.
Johnson, Chaplain Henry n. Couden,
Misses Louise and Alma Weigman
and Misses Ruth and Grace Harvey.
Grocers' statesmen organized at the
Jolly Fat Mems Club. on y street, and
those mentioned We're w. S. Sum.
mons, James Harmon, William Trip
lett and B. NJ. Mundell. Ben Mum
dell drops in to see me now and then,
not often enough, and talks Of the
time when Anacostia was no more than
the Brooklyn of Washington, and when
the Samuel Shreve-Jimnie Reagan
Jim Watson-Connie Weiss apothecary
shop was the forum where Eastern
Branch statesmen adjusted the tariff,
currency and immigration passed laws
for the regulation of railroads, tele-
graphs, Wall Street and all that, and
did many other things that saved Con
gress a lot OF trouble.
The old Star records that Mr.. A.
Lasker entertained the Uniformed
Rank, Knights of the Maccabees, and
that those who took part were Capt.
John c. Gall, Lieuts. Guy E. Padgett
and A. A. Burdsell, and Charles Pick.
B. NJ. Ferman, d. Greenberg, ]. Cats,
S. V. Gusack, Paul Balterman, Barnet
Smith. Hepry Smith, A G'anzman.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
WORLDS DISEASE DISTRIBUTION.

THE world distribution Of the most
dreaded diseases has been de-
Scribed in 81 recent book issued by the
health organization of the League of
Nations. Statistics on diseases in 33
European, "a African. "a American
and % Asiatic countries and Australia
We're presented.
Plague has infected more or less
every continent except Australia.
Thirty-tWo years ago pandemic
(meaning that the disease affects the
majority of the people in the country
of plague started out OF southern
China. What will he the progress and
termination of this. Last wear seri.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Glass Blowing.
THH blowing Of glass by naci,

THE blowing OF glass by maoi,ines.
on q large scale is one OF the
most picturesque industries In the
world. Many remember the fascinat
ing Venetian glass blowers who BY
skillfully blowing into u tube or globe
OF molten glass evolved many HantAs.
tic shapes. In the machine.blown
glass great glass cylinder is oiown
IN much the same way by powerful
blasts OF compressed air. The molten
glass is held in q pot turned upside
down. while Il blow pipe is inserted g.
the bottom. AS the glass is drawn
upward the air pressure is carefully
regulated SO that huge cylinder o.
glass is gradually formed of uniform
thickness and diameter. The cylinder
is then cut into short lengths. which
are cut from end to end and then dat.
tened in special furnace. The big
sheets of glass obtained In this way
are cut to the size desired for windows.