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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
Rough Rider Plot Will
Receive Woods Remains

WASHINGTON, u. C.. Aug. SIP
The little plot in Arlington ceme-
terry, reserved for the Rough RIO
ers" regiment Of the Spanish -Ameri-
can war. tomorrow will receive the
remains of the regiments command
er. Major General Leonard Wood
who died early yesterday AZ Boston
At the request Of his widow, the
distinguished soldier and late gov
ernor- general of the Philippines will
be laid at rest beside his comrades
OF the stirring days Of '9S.
The body, accompanied from Bos-
ton BY Mrs. Wood and n military es.
cort. will arrive in Washington early
IN the day and following the pres.
ent plans. be taken at once 70 At
lington for the interment ceremo-
nies.
High officials. Of the war depart.
ment and of the government gen
orally will accompany the funeral
cortege along Pennsylvania avenue
and down the winding road 70 the
cemetery. while the military guard ot
honor will M augmented here IN
the third cavalry. the sixteenth ar
.tillery. n battalion Of infantry and q
detachment Of engineers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
nurse HELDIN
ACID SLAYINC
Young American Girl
Arrested on Reach
ing England

LONDON. Aug. s.-tF - Mary
Josephine Waite, 2I-year-old nurse
on the United States Shipping
Boards steamer. American Trader,
who was arrested when the vessel
docked here yesterday. was charged
in the Thames police court today with
numbering Lewis Fisher the Amer
lean Traders refrigerating engineer
by pouring acid into his mouth
while nc slept
Further action was postponed un-
til III was decided whether extradi-
tion proceedings for her removal to
the United States would be institut-
ed. The crime is alleged TO have
been committed last Friday while
the vessel was off Bishops Light,
near the Scilly Island.
Miss Waite. q thickset woman
wearing a black hat pulled over her
eyes and a blue coat, watched the
magistrate closely while the charge
was read.
A police Inspector testified that
when he saw the prisoner at the
Rotherwhite police station and told
her she would be charged with mur-
der on the high seas she replied:
"There ia nothing like that in
nv heart ! loved the man and
love him now that he is dead. !
wouldn't Intentionally hurt fly"
IL was stated In court that Miss
Waite was an American citizen,
though British born Of Irish par
ents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
PATROL Gets
l5OLABORERS
Officers Deal II ar d
Blow to Labor
Ring Smugglers

With the capture Sunday OF $50 la
borers from Mexico while they were
being headed north between Edin-
hurk and Falfurrias. and thus swell
inE the number taken in a little
over week 10 approximately 322,
officers NJ the border patrol cx-
pressed the belief Monday that they
have dealt a hard blow to a smuggl-
ing ring which has been doing a big
business along the Rio Grande, be-
tween Brownsville and Falfurrias.
The successful raid was made by
Border Patrolman Dol Filming. head
ing q party Of officers. They were
scouting between EdinburE and Fall
furrias when they encountered the
large body Of laborers in 2I cars.
headed for the district north Of Aus
tin.
The officers turned the party back
to HidalgO from which point they
were deported Il was Said that
some Of the laborcrs may De allowed
10 return when the proper for
maiities have been complied with.
The border officers said that the
smuggling AZ Mexican workment
across the Rio Grande through the
brush and then north by motor We
hicles has been going on for some
time. a large number OF the men hav-
ing been caught. The surmise also
was made that smugglers of laborcrs
have been selling them ~ $3.50 n
head, but this assumption could not
bc officially verified.
Tt was stated at border patrol
headquarters here Monday that cN-
treme precautions viii taken 20
guard against the smuggling of IL
borers. and that the patrolmen VIII
work with extra vigilance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
FRUIT INSPECTORS
AT FERRY, BRIDGE

In connection with the recent pre-
cautions taken against the intr0duc-
tion Of the fruit fly in this section,
fruit inspectors have been put az the
international bridge and at the fer
~ here. The men went on duty Sun
day and will remain there until the
danger is completely over, according
~ o. ID. Deputy, u. :. entomologist
mere.
Il. 3. baltimore will be inspector
zt the ferry and ". =. Jones will be
on duty az the bridge. These men
will see that any fruit that may be
brought across the river il free from
any evidence az the fruit fly. The
new offices have been stationed here
with the I. s. Department WI ARri-
culture and will cooperate to the full
est extent with the movements - THE
Valley to keep the peat er4dirhed.--
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
PLANES READY
FORHOP HERE
Mexican Delega ii o n
May Meet Party in
Matamoros

HOUSTON. Tex. Aug. s.-tPl-
With the arrival here today of Cap
tain Frank Hawks IN his airplane
Spirit Of San Diego" final prepara-
tions for the Chamber ~ Commerce
goodwill flight Tuesday % Mexico
City were 20 get under way.
"A letter from II. II. Richardson,
manager of the Brownsville Cham
ber Of Commerce. said there was a
probability that Mexican airplanes
would meet the Houstonians at Ma
tamoros ard escort them 10 Mexico
City.
The landing at Brownsville viii be
made at the old Fort Brown army
field. From there the ship will 20
to Tampico and then 10 Mexico City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
Atchsion, Topeka &
Santa Fe Value Set

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Aug. SIP
Re jecting n claim Of the railroad
for q figure OF $750,00O. 900. the In.
terstate Commerce Commission today
fixed a final valuation FOR rate max.
ing purposes Of $579. .057 .5e5 upon the
Atchison, Topeka 4. Santa Fe rail.
road as Of June, 1916.
The decision represents the com.
missions last word as 10 the pro
perty accounts NJ one mr. the c0un.
trE'5 largest railroads. made AZ thu
end cf ten years Of inyestigatiol anc
sentE2Isrsys
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

With President Coolidge an
nouncing himself out OF the race
for the Republican presidential nom
ination in 1928. the stars Of Her
bert Hoover, Secretary Of Com
merce. and Frank d. Lowden, for
mer governor of Illinois, are in the
ascendant. Both are rated among
the strongest possible candidates.
Photo above shows the high school
at Rapid City, s. d., where Presi-
dent Coolidge made the announce
ment to newspapermen that he
would not be- a candidate in the
1923 race. Insets to the left are
Hoover and Lowden. TO the right,
above. IL q recent portrait Of the
president.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
BARNETT, WESLACO
MAN, DIES TODAY

WESEACO. Tex. Aug. 81. r.
Barnett. so. owner Of the White Cafe
In this city. and wrll known in this
part of the Valley, died at his homa
here at 5 a. m. Monday from heart
disease.
Barnett came 70 the Valley two
years ago with his family, moving
here from Alabama. He has been in
business here and at other points IA
the Valley since then. owning con-
siderable property n McAllen.
The deceased Is survived by his
widow and four children. two dargh-
tiers living here. and orc son here
and another ir Alabama.
Funeral services viii 10 held Mon
LGsz. s.ssEnQ2ns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
PROMINENT TEXAN DIES

SULPHUR SPRINGS. Tex, Aug. 8
Thomas, 81. native
Texan. and prominent locally. died
here Sunday. Tie is survived hy five
Anns. ". Bascnm Thomas and Mar
~ Thomas w Dallas. NJ. p. Thom
and j. r. Thomas ~ Sulphur
springs. and Mack Thomas az WI
f4ita Falls.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
"PADDING~ QUIZ CONTINUES

AUSTIN. Texas. Aug. s.-lP-The
Travis county grand jury, which has
returned % indictments in connec-
tion with alleged forgeriss payroll
paddinrs." and kindred speculations
IN the state highway department last
year, resumed session today, pre-
sumably 20 complete Investigation
along the same line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
FOUROTHERS
WOUNDED AS
BOAT TAKEN
Patrol Boat Engages
Alleged Booze Craft
After Surprise Coup
Yesterday

FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla, Aug.
S.-,Pl-A thrilling battle between
coast guardsmen and alleged rum
runners on the high seas, near the
western fringe az the Bahamas
claimed the lives of two government
men yesterday and sent four other
participants TO a hospital here. where
the condition of three was reported
serious.
The dead:
Robert X. Webster. 4s, Atlanta,
government secret service operative.
Sidney Sanderlin, Virginia Beach,
VA, coast guard boatswains' mate.
The wounded:
Victor "a. Lamby. coast guard mo-
tor machinist's mate.
Joe Hollingsworth, coast guard sea-
man, second class.
Robert Z. Weech, Miami, alleged
rum runner.
Horace Alderman, Miami, alleged
rum runner.
On Secret Mission
The fight occurred late yesterday
about iD miles east az Fort Lauder
dale when coas. guard patrol boat
NO. 2iJ bound for the Bahama where
Webster had been sent 10 undertake
. secret assignment sighted 30-foot
motor boat Z-l39g7 heading toward
Miami. \ command from coast
guardsmcn 20 stop went unheeded
and shot across the crafts bow
failed to halt the motor boat. whose
engine stalled u few moments later.
Mlncuyering into position, with the
forward gun trained on the captured
boat, coast guarcsmen in their launch
transferred Aldermen. Wcech and
three other men found on the craft
20 the patrol boat where they were
corraiicd IS prisoners and searched.
In the meanwhile four Euardsmen in
cllding Sanderlin. returned to the
motor boat To transfer l6O cases of
liquor reported found.
Shooting Starts
When Lamb entered the patrol
boats pilot house Alderman seized
weapon and shot the machinist's
mate. according TO other coast
guarcsmen. Alderman was said 20
nave assumed command Of the sit
uation for the moment and ordered
Mecch ~ tear out the engine room
piping. this instruction being car
ried out.
Webster, standing apart from the
group AZ the pilot house, rushed
toward Lamby and was dropped in
his tracks under the blazing gunfire
from Alderman. according 10 the
guardsmon aboard the captured
boat. who hurriedly prepared "a
shove off in their launch u effect a
final surrender az the alleged rum
runners.
Alderman was said To have shot
and instantly killed Sandcrlin as the
launch turned about and headed
back across the narrow stretch OF
water separating the two boats.
Boarding their own craft with diff
Guilty. the EGardsmen In lively
Ittcc-for-all melee, intcrsperscd with
shots ovcrro NtrEd their opponents
[ The wounded were brought here
aboard fast Notor boat. one amo-r
several which went to the govern
mcnt boats aid
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
CARS CRASH; NONE HURT

Two ears were badly smashed up
although no one vas injured IN q
collision On the highway near the
Tourist park. Saturday night. The
two cars met head-on ard although
the occupants were considerably jar
red and suffered minor cuts and
bruises they were able 60 return W.
lheir homes shortly akteEEards-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
BY CHARLES j. STEWART
Central Press Dispatch

WASHINGTON. August s.-The
first of the week ending August s,
yCu could have counted the Republi-
can presidential candidates in this
country. on one hand. and had a digit
or two left over for future posi-
bilitics.
As Of even date you'll notice tina,
both mitts are inadequate.
Now you'll find the list overflow
ing All your fingers and toes and
yOu'll only have made a beginning
All these candidates. have been
DAMNED up hitherto.
Now the dam IS burst and after
that the deluge.
il happended l was sitting in the
senate office building in debate with
me secretary Of one Of our leading
solons-for the senate office build
ing rs only about one-half az one
per cent senatorial ~ present. and
the rest consists Of secretaries. 40
you have 10 make the most Of EN-
when those fateful words arrived 81
do DO not choos TO run in 1928"
They arrived by an afternoon
newspaper.
The secretary read and gave &
startled squawk. From other offices
throughout the building al the same
instant similar sdGawks emanated.
And then uprose-what do you
think?
A chorus Of questioning. or re
gret. o- JOY, or anything relating tc
the why or wherefore of the thing?
no, sir; there uprose instantly a
swelling chorus Of "Who inherits :"
And mind you. the answer wasn't
hy any means invariably Lowdcn
Or Dawes or Hoover or Longworth
as Il would have been a few hours
previously when no candidacy was
regarded very seriously except in
what was then considered the re-
mote contingency that Cal dropped
out
Those candidacies were most fire.
quently mentioned. but plenty OF
others were right on hand 70 pop III
the minute the idea got abroad that
maybe. 4 candidacy was worth some
thing.
That original quartet az candf-
daeies were more or less default
candidates.. That's evident.
Nick Butler. Charlie Curtis. De.
neen. John Hammif. Hughes. Judge
Mellon. McNary. Norbeck. Watson
those were just some of the names
heard. A good marv nf them sound.
ed foolish ard highly unlikely. but
it's 70 be remembered that this vas
mighty Quick after the surprise had
/ fallen. There hadn't bnpn time fol
any order 20 come out OF chaos.
4
After a bit, came Soberer second
thought and soAne wondering.
r. Coolidge really irrevocably oct
rf IN. cr IN this = means of snuflrh'
ire the anti-third trrmers. of rnHt
In bis psrtv draft him. az ruDninE
lCenttnped. q paSe tEo.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
BABY KILLED BY PET

HUNTSVILLE.k Arkansas. Aug. s.
-4El-Price McCfoud. three-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Nc
Cloud. II dead, 4 victim of his pet.
The child was trimpled % death by
= horse too nid n work but kept
because of the 1--we the little boy
La tnE- it -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
MEATHFR SUMMARY

Moderate 20 heavy general rains
occurred within the last % hours
practically throughout the north
central and central states. Tennessee
and Alabama. while scattered show
ers were reported also from Florida.
Louisiana. the Texas Panhandle. and
from the southern Plateau region.
Moderately high harcmctric pres
sure over the Canadian Northwest
and the adjacent states Is attended
by fair 20 clear weather ard IN
seasonahly low tempcratures-Swi
Current reporting freezing az the
morning observation. Elsewhere in
Che country rcadiaEs were generally
near the seasonal average
An nrru.n.rn rrr.I r.-r-nN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. S.-oRl-All
grain prices went soaring today
largely on account Of reports Of seri-
Gus crop damage BY frost in Can
ada. Approaching the close Of bus
mess for the day wheat quotations
were UP six cents a bushel snd
corn more than sc with all dellv-
cries of corn touching the highest
level Jet this season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
TO LET CONTRACT

Contract will be let for the new OF
rnito school building Monday night
A. a meeting 90 tne school board n
the Olmito school house. The school
building will cost about $4,000. II.
n. Fanning. president Of fhe school
hard. will be u charge Of the meet
-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
WEATHER

From Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grandc Valley: Fair to partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
Fo- East Texas. Partly cloudy to-
night ana Tuesday. Light to fresh
auuthcrly winds ON the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
LINE MAN browns

ELECTRA. Tex. Aug. S.-lP)-D.
n. Martin. 53, lineman. was drowned
sunday while flhsing near here. He
Slipped into 4 water hole.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
ESTIMATE OF
l3,4s2,OOO Is:
MADE BY US.
Wild Buying Follows
Government Report
At Both New York
And New Orleans

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. s.-tRl-
The government crop report on cot
ton showing a yield Of about 1,00o,-
600 under general expectations
caused a wild buying movement
when trading was resumed nc the
cotton exchange. sending the price
up the full limit Of 200 points from
the low Of the morning.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Ahg. s.-tE1
Prices on the New Orleans cot
ton exchange jumped upward zoo
points, or $40 n bale, on the publ-
cation Of the government cotton
forecast today.
The rise, the NEST sensational the
market has known in several years.
swept all months TO the full trad
ing limit for the day.
The forecast Of l3,492,000 bales
was 100000 bales fewer than
the trade had expected and when
trading was resumed after the three
minute recess following publication
OF the figures, an immediate rc-
versal OF sentiment was shown and
all months forged upward.
Expected $4,000. coo
Traders had estimated that the
forecast would reach 100000 bales.
basing their beliefs largely upon the
/ fact that ginnings 20 August 4 had
been large, totalink l62,67S bales
The rise carried October from
| 1854 10 1884 and December from
| l7.10 TO 1910.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

There viil ha no material change
n the .iveE duElaE the leXt few
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
GINNINGs HEAVY

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Aug. 6.-tH1
Gotten w this years growth
ginned prior 10 August first totalled
l62,678 running bales compared with
47,770 bales 70 that date last year
and i6l .s32 on August first, 1926, the
census bureau announced today IN
its first ginning report Of the sea-
son.
As in previous years Einnings bT
states were not given.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. e.-tH1
The first forecast Of this years
cotton crop was placed at 1892, 900
equivalent SOC pound bales TO-DAY By
the department Of agriculture which
declared the outstanding factor In
the situation this year was the boil
weevil menace.
"The infestation il reported by
correspondents 20 be approximately
three times as heavy as II was =
year ago" the crop reporting board
said, "and is the greatest since 1923
for the same time of the season.
The forecast was four and a half
million bales under that Of last years
Crop Condition Bad
The August first condition of the
crop, which compares with COS per
cent a year ago, Csc in 1870 and
GA III 1924, indicated an approxi-
mate yield Of 1868 pounds per acre,
compared with 1919 pounds IN 1879,
and 1851 pounds the average Of the
last five years the total indicated
production is based on the assump-
tion that the area abandoned TINS
season will be equal To the average
~ the last ten years, levlng from
the 42.6s3.0O0 a=res In cultivation
July first, an area Of 4l,l5e,OOO
acres for harvest this year. Tne
final out-turn Of the crop, the de-
partment stated will depend upon
whether the various influences af-
fected the crop during the remainder
of the season are more or less raw
orable than usual.
Last years crop was 1877 .3T4
bales, that OF 1924 was l6,l026T9
bales and in 1928 It was 1881 ,e36
bales.
Texas Shows 50 Per Cent
The condition Of the crop on Aug
ust by states was:
Virginia rs: North Caroline 7s;
South Carolina s.; Georgia 65i
Florida I'll; Missouri 81; Tennessee
so; Alabama 10; Mississippi 6s;
Louisiana 64: Texas 90; Oklahomu
75; Arkansas 6s: New Mexico s5;
Arizona s.; California 90; all other
states 81.
Indicated production of LoweI
California ia SO 900 bales,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

After a bit, came soberer second
thought and soAne wondering.
r. Coolidge really irrevocably ort
rf II. cr ~ this = means OK snuflrh-
i-g the znti-third trrmers. of FrHf-
IN bis party draft him. az ruDnlnE
lCe1ttnped. q paga tEo.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN

stass stage chaS. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

TINE SEEMS TO settle most diff
ficulties IN the Valley. Wi'rcssir irg
the clearing out m mesquite thickcts.
residents wondered fnr years what
they would usc f0r fuel when mes
quito for firewooi was no more.
So natural Gas Is coming along.
In Brownsville alone some twenty
four miles Of gas lines have heer
laid. being about % per cent ocm-
rlete as the city now stands. Not q
section az the city has hecn missed.
The most humble may have Eas if
they wish III.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
Cotton Growers

We sell Sacks, Knee Pads,
Wagon Covers, Scales, Etc.
W. Fl. Putegnat Hardware CO.
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08

THE HERALD ALSO wishes To
think Mcssrs. Cabbage and Franks
Of the Southwestern Telephone COM
pany, for their prompt and efficient
service in getting telephone and
telegraph wires stretched TO and
through the new building. A news
paper these dsys is helpless with
cut these means Of communication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-31
LITTLE BENNY


Pop was smoking with his feet up
and 1 sed, Hay pop.
Step rite in. pop sed. Meening wat
did I wunt, and I sed. Is it always
considered rong to insult lady?
Well, that's the view held by most
critics, but there are exceptions to
every rule and perhaps even to that
one, pop sed.
That's wat l think. l sed, and pop
insulting ladies'?
No sir. ony one, 1 sed.
o. that's different. still, it has a rather
serious sound to a old fashion persin
like myself, pop Sed, and / sed, Well
tell you how it happened.
Yes, a few details by all mems, pop
sed, and l sed. Well you see was
ating up and down on one skate on
account of one wheel being off the
other one, and Maud Johnson started
to yell at me, 0 look at sissy Benny
has to skate on one skate because he s
afraid he mite fall down on 2.
Pritty ruff stuff for a lady to pull,
pep sed, and 1 sed. Yes sir, but
dident pay eny attention to her on
account of being too mulch of a gen
tleman and anyways sticks and stones
may brake my bones but names can
never hert me, and the next time
went pass she stuck out a long stick
In frunt of me and the ony reason
dident trip over it was because I
jumped over it, so then insulted her
by calling her skinny mock knee
mutt and pushing her in the frunt of
the face.
AS one gentleman to another I con-
slider that you were quite justified,
pop sed, and sed, Yes sir, that wat
think.
WITCH l do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-31
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE


! Astrologers read tomorrow as a
fairly fortunate day, since benef1c as
poets strongly dominate. There is one
adverse influence to be feared. Much
wrong thinking is to be prevalent at
| this time, the sears warn, and 1t Is
| imperative to lend deaf ears to de-
| structive criticism of every sort.
National heroes will be slandered.
but faith in leaders should be cult
! waited, for there will continue to be
much dangerous propaganda.
On that day deception will not be
easy. and they who play pranks prob
ably will have many disappointments
This is an suspicious rule for many
lines of business. Merchants and
manufacturers will benefit greatly
1t Is read as rather a threatening
day for the big ambitions of women.
Many obstacles may be encountered
where important matters are under
consideration.
Persons whose birth date 1t is may
have a year of much novelty. Strange
and unusual quests may be of special
interest.
Children born on that day probably
will be studious and serious. Those
who are subject to this sign become
famous antiquarians.