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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
GIRL
TO TRY AGAIN
Miss Elder Says She
VIII Fly From New
York to Paris

LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 21.-R-
Ruth Elder. undaunted BY forced
descent Of her plane upon the Allan
tic, plans to try to cross from New
York 10 Paris by air again next
August.
Miss Elder, who has arrived mt
Ponto Delgada, Sac Miguel, Azores,
on board the steamer Lima which Is
bringing her here. declared that she
will fly from Lisbon to Paris ana
then TO London. From London she
will 20 by boat to New York and
Immediately begin preparations for
her next venture.
Miss Elder said she intended 20
stay aboard the Lima until il reach
ed Lisbon, landing here.
A plane has arrived from Lon
dom which will fly to the mouth OF
the river here to escort the Lima 70
its anchorage as guard Of honor,
while another plane is expected from
Paris which will be placed at MISS
Elders disposal for the trip to Paris.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
PICKETERS of
| W. ". Held
Wholesale Arrests
Follow Disregard
Of Order

WALsENBURG, Colo, Oct. 21-
R-Wholesale arrests of pickets
sent out by the /. w. w. opened the
fourth day Of the strike in the Colo
RADIO coal fields. Between fifty and
sixty pickets. including 20 women
we're arrested early today and con-
fined in the district court room here
under guard.
Before they were arrested the
piekers succeeded in suspending OBJ
erations at the Cameron mine of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron At
the Ideal mine of the c. +. & /.
heavily armed mine guards stopped
the advance Of the pickets and held
them until Deputy Sheriffs arrived
and made the arrests.
The arrests followed the adoption
Of a resolution by the board Of
county commissioners of Huerfano
county pleading unlimited support to
Sheriff Harry Caps and authorizing
him to employ as many special dep
uties as he needed ito prevent pick
citing, protect property and lives"
Mines which suspended operations
yesterday remained idle today de-
spite the absence Of piekets.
i. W. w. leaders have not an.
nounced what action will be taken ms
the result Of the arrest Of pickets.
Among those arrested was a woman
with a small baby in her arms and
also a 14-yeaY- old girl.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. Alp
The cotton market opened easy on
disappointing Liverpool cables and
continued fair weather in the belt.
First trades showed losses Of IL
points on active months and prices
eased off a little further to 1868
for January or is points below yes
terday's close.
The market soon encountered good
support from liberal trade buying
and there was a good deal Of price
fixing by spinners. Prices rallied 10
1898 for December and 1898 for
January or % to 80 points up from
the early lows.
At the end Of the first half hour
the market was near the top.
The market continue dto advance
during the late morning trading on
good tarde buying and before the
demand had been supplied December
had traded TO 20.O3 and January
20.G5, "a to 26 points net up. At
these prices, the market quoted down
and December gradually eased off to
1890 and January 1898. Near noon,
however. prices stiffened again, adj
vancing nearly to the highs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
ELECTRIC POWER FROM CONNECTED PLANTS
BEST BUILDS COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIES

few ear ago which developed
electric power and light in local
units for each community, has
through discoveries made
the transmission Of electrict ener-
gy over long distances, economi-
cal and efficient. and brought the
high quality Of service from large
plants to the individual COM
munities that were first served
from local isolated plants.
In the development OF this SER
vice large plants situated at plac-
es where conditions are best
adapted to cheap operation are
connected with each other by
transmission lines. intermediate
communities are supplied with
power and light from diverse
sources Of high efficiency thus
reducing the cost Of the service
as compared with that from
isolated or self-contained plants.
In this development also stability
Of service has been assured
through the several source OF
power always maintained.
In its building for the service
of South and Southwest Texas
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the
coast region, the Winter Garden
section, and the intervening towns
and cities as we'll as farms and
factories, the Central Power and
Light Company has used the best
technical knowledge and employed
the best ability in the industry to
afford the communities every adj
vantage Of modern efficiency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
MARKETS


NEW YORK, N. ", Oct. 21.-EE
Stock prices opened ~irregularly lower
at the opening Of today's market.
Initial declines, as q rule, were linn
tied to fractions. Selling pressure
against the rails was directed prin-
cipally against the non-dividend pay
ing issues, Western Maryland OPEN
ing / 3-8 points lower and Erie COM
mon falling back a point.
The Unexpectedly large increase of
nearly $40. 0O0. 900 in brokers' loans.
bringing the total to a new high
record for all time, in the fact OF a
sharp reaction in prices earlier in
the market. Prices Of active issues
quickly sold down l TO 5 points. Rail-
road shares were freely liquidated
on the disappointing traffic returns
for the first week of October and the
relatively poor support came into the
market soon after the opening and
manyof the early losses we're reeov-
cred. Rock Island common sold
down . 1-2 points but made up its
loss within half an hour. More than
a dozen other rails, including Read
ing, New York Central, Southern rail-
way and Missouri Pacific preferred,
sold off a point or more. Mullins
body broke nearly five points, Com
mercial Solvents ? and General Mo-
tors, U. S. Rubber, Houston oil, In
ternational Telephone and several
others registered early declines OF a
point or two. American Tobacco B..
Underwood Typewriter and Warren
Brothers advanced TO new 1927 peaks.
Foreign exchanges opened easier
with the exception Of a 6 point jump
in Norwegian Kroner to around
26.33 cents. Demand sterling was
quoted around 4.86 1-S.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Soldiers to See
Fight Pictures

The entire personnel of the Fort
Brown military post, both officers
and men and the families Of all, are
to be guests Of John Tanning, man
ager Of the Texas thester Saturday
morning mt a special showing Of the
official Tunney-Dempsey fight pic
lures.
Preparations are being made to
entertain approximately $50 persons
at two showing Of the Of the film TO
be held starting at 9 o'clock in the
morning. IL is planned to have a
part Of the soldiers view the show
on the first morning u and the re-
mainder to come in for a second
showing Immediately the first is
over.
A full holiday has been declared
by Col. William II. Johnson, post
commander, with a suspension of
everything but the essential activ-
tiles Of the post.
The occasion. il Is believed. will
mark the largest theater party ver
held in Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21

The key to American pros
perity Is abundant mechanical
power. The output OF work per
capita in America is almost
!. twice that in Great Britain,
twelve times that of the Rus
SLAMS and thirty times that Of
the Chinese. Our standard Of
wages and living is proportion
ately higher. China has four
times our population, but we do
ten times as much work. II me-
chanical power in this country
were no further developed than
il is in China, We should have TO
have forty times our population
70 do what we now accomplish
and u lives would be spent
in miserable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
al in Chicago Tribune.
Development and use Of power
has been accomplished through
the initiative Of the electric power
and light companies.
The courage and vision Of men
who have developed the electric
power and light business in
America accounts for the fact
that s~ixty-eight and a half mil
lion people in this country live in
electrically wired homes. They
developed the thirty million cleo
trio horse power serving American
industry They brought some Of
the savings Of three million in
vestors into the ownership of the
companies supplying electric
power and light.
The engineering ability OF a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Order Pipe For
Texas Oil Line

NEW YORK, Y. Y, Oct. 21.-P-
Inquiries for six hundred miles Of
pipe by the Roxana Petroleum com
pany. subsidiary Of Shell Union Oil,
in turn BY the Royal Dutch group.
have reached steel mills, indicating
the company is about 20 90 ahead
with construction Of American trunk
lines in West Texas oil producing
areas.
The order would involve about ST.
600 tons and its completion would in
vOlve an estimated outlay Of $751;
100000. The line would have about
10000 barrels daily capacity, while
additional pipes would make 10 feas-
lille 70 run 10000 barrels daily.
Humble and Gulf oil each has trunk
lines operating from West Texas and
Magnolia is laying 4 through line out
Of that area.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Side Trippers to
Arrive Saturday

Preparations here are complete
for the reception Saturday morning
for the 1856 delegates to the National
convention Of Railroad and Utilities
Commissioners, coming here on a
side trip from Dallas.
The special train bearing the
party is expected to reach the city
shortly after Q o'clock in the morn
ing and will be met by a group Of
business men and city officials OF
the various Valley towns.
Following breakfast, TO be served
the entire party, at Hotel FL Jar
din, the delegation will be taken on
an all-day motor tour Of the upper
Valley towns, ending with a dinner
party at Reynosa in the evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Woman Slain; Aged
Husband is Wounded

BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 21.-tPl-
Mrs. Lillian X. Troupe, Sc, is dead,
a bullet through her brain, and her
husband, Calvin r. Troupe, 65-year-
old Baltimore insurance man was
reported in a critical condition today
from a bullet wound in the temple
after a shooting affair at their home
last night.
Before being taken TO a hospital
Troupe said that his wife attempted
to prevent him from committing sui
eide and was shot while graphing
with him. Later he told authorities
his wife was holding the weapon
and that ii was discharged acct
dentally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Dome LEASE

Continued from page one)
Dome reserve, but said there was
some danger of drainage in the
northern part, adjacent to the Salt
Greek field.
Martin W. Littleton, Of New York,
of counsel for Sinclair, took up the
cross-examination for the time in
the trial. He developed that Wag-
german was the g~eologist who laid
out Tea Pot Dome before its with
drawal in 1915 by President wilson,
"Were you asked TO do any par
ticular thing when you were sent
out to Tea Pot Dome" Littleton in
quired.
Il was asked to prove or disprove
Waggerman's map and report as 70
danger of drainage" Head replied
The witness disclosed that the Wag-
german report telling Of drainage
danger was in fact prepared by an
other geologist. He had no recollec-
ton that he saw that report in
Washington, but he did see IT IN
Denver.
Heald was excused and the gov
ernment turned to the celebrated
Christmas visit Of Sinclair and j. W
Zevely to Fall at Three Rivers, y
NJ, in 1921.
A telegraph from c. d. Stafford to
Fall was read. IL said Sinclair and
Zevely wanted to see him on an i'm
portant matter and Fall replied,
agreeing TO the visit and adding that
II. Foster Balm. director Of the bu-
reau OF mines, would be there on
December 81.
Government counsel then offered
part of Sinclair's testimony before
the senate oil committee and the
Jury was excused while counsel ar
rued as to its advisability.
After counsel had disclosed that
they would talk throughout the af-
ternoon session, the jury was e.
+ cused until Monday morning as there
will be no sessions Of the court on
Saturdays.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
LONDON TYPIST IN
y = =
VINDlC CATION SWIM
y = =
FAILS TO MAKE GO

CAPE Girls NEZ, France, Oct.
21.-lR1-Mereedes Gleitz. Lon
don typist, who set out today 70
swing the English Channel, a Sec
ond time as n vindication Of Brit
ish women swimmers as a result
Of the hoax swim Of DR.. Dorothy
Cochran Logan, abandoned her at
tempt after eleven hours in the
water.
Miss Gleitz, who announced that
she would make the swim after
Or. Dorothy Cochran Logan's
hoax SWIM" was revealed. was ac-
companied by twenty newspaper
correspondents. Other witnesses
were present To watch her attempt
Ito lift the cloud from English
swimmers"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Power Company
Employees Meet
(cpecial 70 The Heraldl

SAN BENITO. Oct. 2i.-More than
200 members Of the Daniel Webster
Safety club, employees organization
Of the Valley Division Of the Gen.
trail Power and Light company, met
at the Stonewall Jackson hotel here
Thursday night for their monthly
safety meeting. An elaborate ban
quet vas prepared for the meeting.
Frank G. Ludden, Valley manager
for the company, which has plants
in 10 cities OF the Valley. was toast
master, and called on the various
and members of the club
TO tell Of their progress in safety
work and organization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct. 21.-tR1
Hogs 5000; slow; top 11.30; pack
ing sows 9.25G9.75; stock pigs 1000
G10.50.
Cattle 1900; calves TOO; not
enough killing cattle to test values;
stockers and feeders unchanged; 20
lower; medium $500 pound short
fed grassers Ills; veal top 14.00.
Sheep 1000; steady; top western
lambs 1850; others 1885.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Valley Scottish
Rite Meet Called
ESPECIAL 10 The Herald.)

McALLEN, Oct. 2l.-Scottish Rite
Masons from all parts Of the Valley
are invited here Thursday night Of
next week to attend a meeting Of the
Valley Scottish Rite club, according
to a communication from ID. A. war
ner of Mercedes, president.
The meeting will be held at the
McColl club house near here, and
among the speakers will be .. H.
Black, formerly mayor Of San An
tonic, in addition to Valley men.
The complete program for the
meeting is being worked out now,
Warner said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
~Infantile Paralysis
RACES in California

SACRAMENTO, Calf. Oct. a.
R)-The infantile paralysis epidemic
which has been sweeping California,
has afflicted 900 persons and result
ed in 101 deaths, the state board of
health reported today. The fatalities
reported were those contained in re-
ports received up TO September i.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
z YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, N. ", Oct. 21.-tPp-
An opening decline Of IL to Is points
under continued southern selling and
liquidation attracted increased trade
demand in the cotton market to-
day. A large volume of offerings
was absorbed on the decline to 1916
for December and 1911 for March in
the morning.
BY the end Of the first hour. De-
cember had rallied to 1875 and March
TO 1897, or about 5 TO 30 points from
the lowest and s 10 12 points above
yesterdays closing quotations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
WILL SING HERE TONIGHT

Wayne Gobble. one Of the win
ners Of the Atwater-Kent radio
addition contest in the Valley, will
sing about $3.50 p. m. Friday mt the
Queen theater. He will sing the
three songs that he has prepared
to sing Tuesday evening over kPRC
in Houston in the state contest.
Cornelia Hoyt Anzaldua, the other
winner here, has already gone to
Houston to resome her studies and
will sing from that station Monday
evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
GRAIN

CHICAGO. Oct. 2l.-IR)-For the
third day in succession, wheat and
corn early today dropped under the
seasons previous low price record.
Excellent weather to speed threshing
of wheat and to condition the corn
crop was largely responsible.
Starting IL TO rs cent decline,
wheat underwent a slight further
setback and then rallied. Corn
opened Ia TO rs down, sagged a
little more and later turned up
grade. Oats we're easy. Provisions
had q downward slant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Rail MEN END

CONTINUED from page one.)
make their own deliveries to the
company because they cannot wait
for the routine pick up, it was point
ed out. This rate question should
be adjusted the report says.
Socialistic propaganda and misin-
formation is found in many school
books dealing with public utilities
says the report on public relations.
The report urges establishment Of
utility courses in schools and col
leges and a more wide spread dis
%semination Of public utility informa-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
North Texas to
Attend Meeting

FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 81
Other sections Of Texas will cooper
ate with South Texas and send dele
cations to the first annual conven-
ton Of the South Texas Chamber Of
Commerce in Brownsville, November
"a and Is, according to word received
by r. NJ. Harkey. Chamber of Com
merce secretary here.
Fort Worth, Dallas, and other
North and West Texas cities are
planning to send good will" dele
cations. This city will send a large
delegation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
ARMOUR LEADS

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Oct. 21.-tPD
Tommy Armour, American and Ca
madam open champion, led a field OF
sixty golfers today in the first round
Of the middle-Atlantic open golf
championship at the Indian Springs
golf club. He shot a ~, one over
mar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Man Bitten by Snake
Receivers; Snake Dies

FRESNOS. Calf, Oct. 21.-tPl-
William Gilbert Of Los Angeles,
agent for a medicinal snake oil, was
bitten BY a rattlesnake last Tuesday.
The snake died. Gilbert is
fuv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Summer Schedule To
Point Discontinued

General Manager Bourne Of the
Mo Grandc railway announced Fri
day that the summer schedule be-
tween Brownsville and Point Isabel
has been discontinued. Beginning
Sunday the train will leave Browns
Vile At $3.50 q. m, and returning will
leave Point Isabel mt 3 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
RITTER Ann Fees

CHICAGO, H. Oct. 2i.-(P1-But-
ter lower. creamery extras a.; stan
IL; firsts 30 f>2G42; seconds SO a
3S 10.
Eggs lower; firsts 35G43; ordin-
airy firsts 2sG22.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
POTATOES

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 2l.-tPl-Po-
tatoes dull; Wisconsin sacked round
whites 1.A5G1.65; Minnesota North
Dakota sacked round whites 1.4oG
$50; sacked Red River Ohios 1850
las: bulk 115G125: Idaho sacked
rurals 150Gl65; sacked russets 175G
900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
President on
c. Of c. Program

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. &c. S. Z.
Holland, president Of the Intra-
coastal canal association has been in
vited to deliver an address at the
first annual convention Of the South
Texas Chamber Of Commerce IN
Brownsville, November Ia, and is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Seaplane Squadron
On World Cruise

BERRE, France, Oct. 21.-(PGThe
British seaplane squadron Of four
planes which left Plymouth, England.
October IA on a rs 5000 mile empire
cruise, left here at 9 a.. m. for the
Italian coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
Children Eat Green
Peaches and Succumb

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Oct. 81.
-P-Rosa Martin aged 5, and her
3-year-old sister. Rita, died here last
night after they had eaten green
peaches.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
ROY Is RnRN

Especial 70 The Herald)
ELSA, Oct. 2l.-Mr. and Mrs. b. T..
Every are the parents Of q seven and
a half pound boy born one day last
week. The mother and child are
doing nicelys
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
WRONG sATCHEL-NO CASH

WRONG SATCHEL-NO lash
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. l2.-tR)-An
automobile load Of bandits waylaid
payroll messengers Of the Essex
boundary company, near the plant to-
day. and made away with a dummy
satchel, instead of the bag contain
ing the payroll Of $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
POULTRY

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-Pl-Poul-
try alive easy; fowls 1922 10;
springs rs 1922 IL; turkeys Is
G30; ROSTERS ~; ducks 1SG23;
geese 20G21.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
SILVER

NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct. 21.-tRi--
Bar silver 46 is; Mexican dollars
az 5-s.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
SCARED INTO INSANITY

PARIS.-Marcel Prevet and his
aged wife were made made insane
by a neighbor at Dampierre, who
masqueraded as a ghost to brighten
them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21
valley Banks ShoW
Increase In Total
Deposits, Resources

A slight increase in deposits in the banks Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley is shown in the statements Of October 10 as compared with the e.
port for June 30. according to figures supplied TO The Brownsville Herald.
The report Of October 10 finds the Valley banks with total resources of
s2624e2l652 and deposits Of s222oe72e72' : compared with s2554sr
b20s3 and S21,45 7s1sO6 on June 80
OF the Valleys total of s22 FOG, 1852 the four Brownsville banks ac-
count for sloI6sss6O7, o about as per cent, moving up from 40 per
cent, which the position in June. OF the Valleys total resources of
s26G4621652, the Brownsville banks report a total of s11s35T1024.
Deposits in the Brownsville banks in June were Ss162621s5, while the
report for October 10 gives these four banks a total Of s1Ol69,s56O7, an
increase Of about 100000. While there "a a increase in individual
deposits, a considerable amount Of the increase is due to proceeds from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-21

WIN. Penn-5 Cents-A Good Cigar
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-05-12
Apr6 Hirdetesek

ia elo), anlelynek gyalazatos es
mulatdagos eloljar6ja az Flo
rlnszh, aki agyonl0vette a sajat
edesapjat es aki megbGlyezett hom
lokkal mulattat ma is .szaznogyycn
milli0-embert. Az emelvenyt meg
oriztek, azonban megalkottak
"protokolt"
Florinszki arca r0szas, inert r6-
zsaszinu pudert hasznal. UtoIs6
moszkvai estemen, amelyet Te-
ton toltottem, 8 is oft vacsorazott
kiilfoldiek tarsasagaban. Oh,
mennyi kecsesseg! A zenekar
Varazskeringot jatszotta. Moso.
lyogtak es Florinszki kesevel ver-
te' taktust.
A k0zeliink ben, kecses apa-
gyilkos es k0z0ttem s0tetv0r0s ru
haba 0lt0zott gyermek tilt. Sirt,
ugN sirt, olyan k0zvetlenseggel,
mint a gyemekek szoktak, akik-
mex meg nincsen politikai meggyo
zodesiik. Mem gondolt sem vo-
rOs, sem a rozsaszinre. Zokogott,
mint Borisz Godunov artatlania,
aztan megtorolte szelnet es rhmo-
solygott az elet rejtelyes talanya al
ra. Eel fog noni es latni fogja a
j0v0t...
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