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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05

-hlm IN front or the drug
store shortly before noon.
A few minutes before the ape
pointed hour he is said 10 have enter-
Cd the pharmacy and purchased the
poison. Employees Of the drug store
noticed no sign OF agitation in his
appearance, they say.
Going outside Mr.. Ritter waited
calmly until the car containing hia
family swung into the curb. As the
machine pulled up he was seen to
snatch the cork from the bottle, raise
ii to his lips and hurriedly swallows
the contents.
The empty bottle was hurled TO the
pavement beneath the wheels of tho
car containing the wife and childrers
and with a smothered goodbye
I'm --" Mr.. Ritter collapsed.
An ambulance took the victim td
the hospital, where he died within
u short while. He was badly burned
about the face, and his mouth was
scared.
Arrangements have been made hy
the Thompson mortuary to send the
body to San Angelo, former home ot
Mr.. Ritter, for burial It will ha
shipped Monday night, IN was said.
Mr.. Ritter came here about three
years ago, and for some time pass
has been employed nS N shipping
clerk by the +. G.. Jackson Whoiesala
Grocery Company.
mmmENmm ~ I~w.w Ahm MnmN wvmmw fm
survived by two children, both boys
three and five years Of are.
"A minute before he fell 10 the
street Mr.. Ritter was invited by 4
friend to accompany him 20 church
~ can't" the man replied, "lnA
going TO another place"
The victim was conscious until thu
last. and talked his condition Oven
freely with his family and the at
tending physician.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05

COURT OPENS
Liquor and Smuggling
Cases Lead i'm Num-
Der on Docket

Liquor and smuggling cases pre-
dominated in the criminal docket in
federal court which opened In
Brownsville Monday morning with
Judge J. c. Hutcheson presiding.
Court was called to order at 10
o'clock after which the grand jury
was charged and the civil and Grim
inal dockets read.
Members Of the grand jury, as
called, are: y. Z. Russell, Browns
vile, foreman; II. r. Cunningham,
Mission, Leopold Muncx. Jr., Rio
Grande City; j. q. Ramirez, Edin-
Martun, Edinburg: Eduardo Nina
joas. Rio Grande City; A. s. Welch,
Mission; c. L. Barnes, Mission; Alex
Woodbridge, McAllen; o. j. Anderson,
Donna; Floy Smith, Harlingen; Roy
]. Redford. San Benito. w. b. T.
Starting. Harlingen; A. II. Mickle. In
Feria; Aruro Reyna, Sam Fordyce:
+. A. Bojee. Donna: w. F. Busing,
San Benito;; +. A. Dugat, Browns
Vile; @. X. Pomeroy, La Feria;
John Devine, Pharr; Z. c. Couch.
Weslaco; A. j. Dorsett, Brownsville;
J. w. Hopkins, Harrington: Marvin
Evans, Pharr; Charles Turner, Nc
Allen; W. w. Worley, Brownsville;
VI. II. Goring, HarIingen: Miguel
Fernandez. Brownsville; c. r. Tug
gle. Brownsville.
Officers Of the court present at
the opening Monday morning in
cluded r. A. Harbor, W. s. marshal; /;
c. A. Myers Of Houston. chief dep
uty u. S. marshal; Harold Jefferds,
Brownsville. deputy IL S. marshal (:
l. G. Masterson. Houston, clerk;
Miss Mildred Anderson. Houston,
deputy IT, S. clerk; r. A. Hinajosa.
Brownsville, clerk; I'D. Haywood
Hardy, r. r. Wiseheart and ID. w.
MeGregor of Houston. deputy U. s,
district attorneys; Mrs. Kntheryn
Owens and Miss Caroline LeCand,
clerks from the district attorneys
office.
Witnesses In two intimidation cas-
es from Willacy county have been
summoned for Wednesday. Dec. Y. In
one Of these cases Jesse Rose, John
W. Swanner and A. b. Crane are de-
PENDANTS, and in the other there are
four defendants. those charged in
the first case, and Archie ]. Clark.
These cases are alleged TO have
grown out OF the Willacy county
peonage cases, tried before Judge
Hutcheson mt Corpus Christi last
springs.
The records Of the federal district
attorney show 46 criminal informa-
tions have been filed for this term
(Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
MRS. AGNES
BROWNE dies
Local Resident w a 8
Visiting Daughter
In Austin

The death Of Mrs. Agnes Browne,
member OF a pioneer family of
Brownsville, occurred Sunday night
at the home Of her daughter. Mrs.
G. NJ. Smith of Austin. where she
had gone to visit from here. She
was IS years old and had been in
frail health for about two years.
She is survived by four children,
three Of them residents Of Browns
Vile, Mrs. o. X. Mason, stephen +.
Browne, and James A. Browne, all
OF this city, and Mrs. G. NJ. Smith,
the youngest daughter, at whose
home the mother died. Her husband
died in 1910.
Funeral arrangements are not
complete but il is expected that
burial will be in Brownsville. Fur
ther word is being awaited from
relatives who could not be notified
Of the death Immediately.
The deceased was the daughter OF
Judge Stephen Powers. well known
in border history. who came ia
Brownsville in lS45 as colonel OF q
regiment in Gen. Taylor's army and
who was left in charge Of Mata-
moros while the general and has
army moved on. Later he moved
here 70 make his home in Browns.
Vile and lived here until his death.
Making Brownsville her perma'
nent home, Mrs. Browne was a mem
Der Of the Sacred Heart church and
took active part in religious and
philanthropic work in the communi.
ty. About two weeks ago she had
gone by automobile 20 Austin for .
short visit and was expected 10 re-
turn home in q few days. She has
been making her home most of the
time with her daughter here, Mrs
Mason.
She leaves many other relatives
in Brownsville. among them mem.
hers OF the Wells. Hicks, Combes
and Nivier families.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
San Benito Man
Fatally Stabbed
Especial 10 The Herald)

SAN BENITO. Dee. 5.-city police
and county officials Monday were
searching for a man in connection
with the stabbing to death here early
Sunday morning OF Vidro Vasquez,
a laborer. Following the cutting the
assailant escaped. and II believed TO
have fled across the river.
Details Of the trouble are lacking.
according 10 J. A. Goolsby, chief Of
police here, but two witnesses have
been found who saw the actual
stabbing. he said.
The fight took place nc a dance
Both men had been drinking, the
officer stated. and left the house
when the argument started. The vic
tim. who was unarmed, was stabbed
several times.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon, il was said here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
THREESLAIN
BY TULSA MAN
Daughter, Wife Shot
Before Gun Is Turn
ed on Self

TULSA. Okla. Dec. 5.-P)-Three
persons were dead today ut Sand
Springs, a suburb, as a result of a
family quarrel that ended in a double
Staying and suicide. f. j. Hivick
committed suicide after killing his
9-year-old daughter, Pauline, and
fatally wounding his wife.
Mrs. Frank Surrett, sister of Mrs.
Hivick. witnessed the tragedy and
ran from the house screaming for
aid. DR.. ]. c. Hunerqager and Harry
Bailey. who live near the Hivick
home ran 20 the house and found
Hiyick and the little girl dead and
Mrs. Hivick dying.
Mrs. Hivick died two hours later
at a hospital.
Both Mrs. Hivick and her daughter
were shot as they lay in bed,
Pauline. apparently while sleeping.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
CALL WILLACY
WATER MEET
Huge Irrigation Dis
t-;~t To Be Plan
ned Mon''-y
Especial 70 The Herald.l

RAYMONDVILLE, Dec. 5.-Defin-
ite steps toward organization Of an
irrigation district to comprise ap-
proximately 25O,000 acres. including
practically all lands in Willacy coun-
~ and part Of the unirrigated area
in northern Cameron county, are ex-
pected to be taken at mass meeting
at the high school in Raymondville
Saturday night, Dec. 10. Among the
areas proposed to be included are
the Turner Tract, the Barr SUBJ
division and the Missouri-Texss Sub
division in Hidalgo county.
Tentative plans Of those promoting
the movement are to divert water
from the Rio Grande and deliver it
to the lands of the district either
through the canals OF the Mercedes
system or TO build a canal along the
survey made by J. l.. Corbin several
years ago. which would bring the
water 10 Willacy county by gravity
At a meeting in Raymondville on
Nov. 70, a committee was appointed
to prepare a report for submission
10 the mass meeting, and submis-
sion Of the report will be followed BY
n general discussion Of the project.
"The outstanding feature of this
project Is the size" J. l.. Corbin. Will
lacy county engineer and chairman OF
the committee, stated "The proposed
district will embrace practically SO
per cent as much land rs the present
irrigated area of the Valley. While
the cost Of the project has not been
fully estimated, ii is believed that
the actual cost of delivering water
70 the lands will not exceed 90 cents
per acre. this figure not including
the bond tax"
Interest throughout Wiliacy coun-
ty Is keen and large attendance Is
expected at the mass meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
Tex-Mex r t to
Be Buried I'm Georgia

LAREDO. Tex, Dec. 5.-tP,-Silas
Dewolfe. president and general man
ager OF the Texas-Mexican Railway
company. who died here Sunday. Is
to be buried Wednesday at Colum-
bus. Ga, his home town. where his
father edited a newspaper for many
years. A special train will carry
the body to Georgia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
Prices Gain Slightly
On Stock Market

NEW YORK. N. ". Dec. 5.--tF1--
Prices moved irreguIarly higher At
the opening of today's stock market
Although some OF the leaders, such
as General Motors. fell off a point
or 80 at the opening, various others
were strong nc the start, notably
eoppers. Greene Cananea qusely
sold ? points higher and Miami cop
per opened at new peak. Point
gains were made at the outset by
General Railway Signal, Northern
Pacific, Timken Roller Bearing.
Frisco and "Soe Line"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
Dog Population
Cut, Records Show

The canine population Of
Brownsville was reduced from
80 in 1926. to 90 in 1927.
This statement may be SUBJ
ject TO dispute, but the exact
figures can be obtained at the
office Of the city tax collector,
where the records show that
twenty dog licenses have been
issued since March !, of this
year
y However, the figures IN the
tax collectors office relate only
to the "legal" dogs Of the city.
The several thousand CANNES
running at large, upon which
no license has been paid. are
outlaws" according to the city
ordinances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
Vaye, Smith Denied Seats as Congress Open
Citizen OfStMnYt
Place Passes In
BdphstHOspital
Especial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, Dec. 5.-With final prayer for for
giveness his lips Van Ritter 27 Stuart Place. died an
the Valley Baptist hospital here Sunday from the effects
of poison taken few minutes previously in the presence
of his family downtown street corner.
The poison taken, according to witnesses, in
front Of downtown drug store in the OF the
WIFE, children and motherin-law of the victim
Mr.. Ritter, friends of the family say, had brought
his relatives into Harngen Sunday morning church
services and engagement with them to meet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Cloudy and un-
settled tonight and Tuesday with
local rains: not much change in
temperature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy TO-
night and Tuesday; local rains IN
southwest portion and ca the west
ccsst; warmer tonight in west por-
ticn. Moderate TO fresh easterly
winds on the coast.
River Forecast
There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a to Is
hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
UPPER HOUSE
FIGHT LOOMS
ON OFFICERS
Representatives Dur
II t Session Re.
Elect Longworth to
Speakership

WASHINGTON, d. C. Dec. 5.-(Pl
"A new session of congress, born
with every promise Of a career OF
discord and political insurgency
opened today with q curtain raiser
in which William s. Ware of Pennsyl-
vania and Frank l.. Smith Of Illinois
were denied. at least temporarily, the
senate seats to which they aspire.
When they presented themselves
TO take the oath Of office the two
would-be-senstors were stopped by a
resolution presented by Senator Nor
ris Of Nebraska declaring them unfit
to sit in the senate because of the
scandal surrounding their primary
campaign. II was agreed to postpone
further action until tomorrow.
The senate also put off until later
the election of its secretary and 9TH
er officers. around which another
storm is threatening. A western re-
publican insurgent group Of five, who
want guarantees as TO farm relief
and other legislative subjects. still
were celebrating this afternoon.
The senate remained in session
only 30 minutes after Vice President
Dawes had raped his eavel at noon,
and the leaders will attempt over
night conferences 10 smooth out
some Of their difficulties IN private.
The house which had no similar
troubles. fingered much longer, al
lotinR time out.of its first days ses-
sion 70 re-elect Nicholas LoRgwortb
Of Ohio TO the speakership end ner-
feet other details Of its organization.
To CONTEST SEATING OF BECK
WASHINGTON. d. G.. Dec. 5.--tPl
The righ. of Representatives. elect
James NJ. Beck. Of philadelphia. TO
seat in the house will be contested
by democrats on the ground that he
is not a legal resident of Pennsyl-
vania.
Representative Garrett of Ten.
nessee. the democratic leader. will
lead the fight against Beck. former
solicitor general OF the United
States and a republican.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present ~ Hr. "a Hr
Stage Stage CHING. Rain
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. ander normal meteorolcg-
zeal conditions:
HIGH ..... 1925 a. H.; 2;49 p. m.
Low ....... T:2S n. m; S:25 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05

Gas - Steam - Electric Drives
Built for long hard service
Fine--Low Priced Equipment
ALAMO IRON WORKS
SAN ANTONIO BROWNSVILLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29
Beauty Contests Condemned.

A resolution adopted by the Ma
tional Council Of Catholic Women in
annual session in this city denounces
all beauty contests. bathing beach
pageants and similar displays tend
ing to exploit the femme pulchritude
of young women for commercial pr-
poseS.' This is a worthy action,
which should be applauded and an
example which should be followed by
other organizations. The purpose be-
hind these displays and so-called com.
petitions is one of exploitation. Thinly
camouflaged as artistic" they are
merely lures for crowds inspired by
unworthy motives and desires. They
are an unwholesome influence. They
do incalculable harm to participants
and to beholders. And high credit is
to be given to the organization of
women now recording this protest.
Standards of public propriety have
been lowered decidedly by these ex'
ploitations. for which in every case
commercial purpose exists. AS re-
suit of wide-flung organization. these
contests affect hundreds of communi-
ties in the preliminary stages. Spec.
tacles that a few years ago would
have been denounced as intolerably
shocking are now made an annual
feature of urban life. 1t is evident
from the action of the National Coun-
Gil of Catholic Women yesterday that
the point of tolerance has been passed,
and the reaction is evident from this
unanimous expression of feeling on
the part Of the delegates to the con-
vention that, it is to be hoped, will
spread generally and cause SO pro.
nounced a condemnation that these
unseemly enterprises will be discon-
tinued in obedience to unmistakable
public disapproval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

One hundred lives lost on steamer
sunk by U.boat off the Irish coast,
not single member Of the crew sur
viving. = Fifty more arrests
in I. w. w. roundup. Mex
leans complain bitterly of American
embargo. Sixty thousand
steel workers given another 10 per
cent increase in wages, the sixth in
crease since August, 1916. =
Nays high-power wireless station at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, sets
new wireless record by sending mes
sages 5000 miles. Draft
roundup brings in many Of the delin.
quentS. Allied conference
decides on still further tightening of
the blockade against Germany. = =
United States refuses to recognize
Hollands pledge to share her food
supplies with Germany, and insists
that the Dutch nation must break
German compact before she can get
any Of our goods. A consid-
cradle number Of American doctors,
nurses and orderlies are now work.
ing at the front under fire, serving
both British and French forces. All
are equipped with gas masks for work
In advanced casualty stations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

Until recently the speed limit for
motorists on country roads in Mich
igan was 35 miles an hour.
The last session Of the Michigan
LEGISLATURE authorized a highly sug-
gestive experiment in motor traffic
regulation, to which want to call at
tention because it suggests an inter
esting theory of regulation that may
we'll have wider application.
The 35 miles an hour speed limit
was removed and a no-limit speed
statute put into effect.
The Michigan legislators faced the
fact that motorists simply do not ad-
here to the 35 miles an hour speed
limit, once they are outside the cor
porate limits of cities. The conven-
tionaI thing that legislators do when
faced with such widespread fioutlng or
anv law is to deliver diatribes against
the spirit of lawbreaking. Legislators
thus satisfy their own sense OF pubic
Righteousness, but accomplish very lit
tie practical effect. The Michigan
legislators decided to take a holiday
from moral preachments on law OBJ
servance and to try to find really
workable method Of insuring safety OF
life and limb on Michigan highways.
This is what they decided to do:
They specified no speed limit what
ever, providing simply that driver
must have his car under complete
control at all times in order to drive
safely in the traffic conditions that
prevail at the moment The paragraph
making this provision reads as fol-
lows:
mo person shall drive any vehicle
upon a highway at a speed greater
than will permit him to bring 1t to
stop within the assured clear distance
ahead"
The new law admonishes not only
the dangerously fast driver, but the
irritatingly slow driver as well-the
driver who pokes along narrow roads
holding up the traffic behind him.
The new law provides a mandatory
Jail sentence and fine for the reckless
driver, but it does not define reckless
driving as a certain number of miles
an hour, so that the driver who, al
though a hair line under the specified
speed limit, may be endangering 9th
ers. can escape. Reckless driving Is
defined as follows:
ANY person who drives any vehicle
carelessly and heedlessly in wilful OF
wanton disregard of the rights or
safety Of others or without due caution
or circumspection and at a speed or in
a manner so as to endanger or be like
ly to endanger any person or prop
erty."
For a good many years we have been
drifting into a theory of regulation
alike of our morals and our motoring
so mechanical and detailed that little
Is left to ~ horse sense and human
judgment cit err of citizens or of Off
| GERS. The pre- 'ailing American theory
of regulation subtly removes from citi
zens and from officers that challenge tC
intelligence and self-control by which
alone strength of character, individual
and national, is developed.
I offer this Michigan experiment as
symbol worth pondering.
@ Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29

a base ball game the butt OF q ciga'
rette will be tossed carelessly aside to
smolder unseen until fire breaks out.
And this type of person, to whom
considerateness is as much OF mys'
terry as the peak of Mount Everest,
will throw lighted matches in the
waste basket when he Is calling upon
n friend, or will place his cigarette
on the highly polished surface of the
new living room table to ruin it irrep
arably. These things, of course, he
will never do in his own home.
Thoughtfulness is an attribute that
should be assiduously cultivated. and
those who possess it reap rich re-
wards. Every man and every woman
should have a full sense Of RESPONSE
bility not only to those about him, but
to the community as well. No one
can go his own way through life willy.
nilly, looking neither right nor left
Sooner or later this kind of a person
will get his just deserts. 1t all starts
and finishes with do unto others as
you would they should do unto you. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29
A Successful REGATTA.

The Corinthian Yacht Club, sponsor
Of the annual Presidents Cup regatta
on the Potomac. has announced that
1t was able to break even in staging
the recent meet and that next year
will see bigger and better event for
the National Capital. For a time It
appeared that for the second success.
sive year the yacht club would be
forced to shoulder the expense Of an
affair which thrills and delights more
than one hundred thousand Washing
tonians. but at the last minute appeals
for aid were generously met and the
club members were relieved Of the
nightmare Of deficit The first races.
held in 1925, showed a huge loss to
their sponsors, and it was freely pre-.
dicted that a repetition of this would
mean the elimination Of Washington
from future international regattas. It
Is, therefore, gratifying in the extreme
that expenses were successfully raised
for the second annual meet and that
the affair will be fixture for speed.
boat competition on the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29
From the New York Sun.


Nothing is more familiar than ones
favorite newspaper, and at the same
time nothing Is more mysterious. To
the outsider it comes into existence as
If by magic, the result of directing
and mechanical forces that cooperate
with uncanny precision. But how the
physical, finished product is put to.
gether Is as much Of puzzle for
Constant Reader" as is the other
mystery, how 1t is all thought out. 1t
is not surprising that there should be
universal curiosity on the subject of
the manufacture of one of the great
est Of all the necessaries Of civiliza.
ton, and that the display of news
paper making at the fourth Graphic
Arts Exposition at the Grand Central
Palace should prove to be 1.-The show
Of the show" for the crowd. On the
road from the forest to the great mod.
ern presses no step Of the journey is
left out, while for the sake Of contrast
is displayed some of the work Of
William Bradford, who brought out
the towns first newspaper, the New
York Gazette, and at whose shop, the
Sign of the Bible. Benjamin Franklin,
printer. applied for work after he had
left New England and was on his way
to Philadelphia.