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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Boy Scouts Given
Medals by Moody
fsneelal tn Tha HsralaA

special 20 The Heraldl
HARLINGEN, Tex, Nov. %.
To the honor of receiving mer-
II awards as Eagle Scouts, was
added that Of having the badges
pinned on BY a governor when
two Harlingen BOYS received
these awards Saturday.
The awards were made to Ben
Ezell, II. Of Harlingen. who
lives on the highway toward San
BeEit0; and Francis Gresham.
i6. III Harrington.
The Earle Scout badges, indi-
cative Of the fact that the boys
have already received rs ether
awards each, were presented 20
the two by Governor Dan Mocdy
at the close cf his sreech AZ the
Fair grandsiard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

FOLSOM PRISON. Calf, Nov. 26.
--tRl-Death Of another convict to-
day put the fatalities Of the attempt
to break out or prison here Thurs
day at twelve. This includes two
guards and ten prisoners
Frark "A. Carlson. convict who
received mAnv gunshot wounds when
the cell house was attacked by the
besicging force was the man who died
today. Twentg-six other conviets
are suffering from wounds and four
or these are seriously hurt
District Attorney Neil n. Meal
the six leaders in the outbreak. He
announced Anthony Brown and five
other eonvirts will be charged with
murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
AZTEC PARADE
is VIEWED BY
CREATCROWDS
Beautiful Costumes,
Barbaric Splen dor
Mark Big Feature OF
Fair Weel.

HARLINGEN. Nov. 2G.-uurtrnf
reigned anew here Saturday.
The Aztec queen, her Majesty
Isabel, Of the House OF Pnttnn.
rode in state in the gorgeous Aztec
parade OF the Valley Mfd-Wintsr
Fair, which made its wav IN
maze Of splendor through the dec
Grated streets uf Hmrlinmrn. mnd
through the Valley Fair grounds.
while thousands and thousands
looked on.
Automobiles lined the streets az
the city, lined Che roads tn thm
fntr-the cars being parked rows
and rows deep-lined the fair
grounds, and every other available
space where visitors could watch thn
royal ruler of Che day and her court
The splendor that was flashed IN
the court Of the Maya rulers could
not nave surpassed that which was
flashed into view Saturday. mm fhm
parade made its way through fhn
city, and through the Fair grounds.
The parade was the feature event
of the feature dny on the 1927 VAL
lev Mid-Winter Fair, pronounced bv
the officials OF that organization nn
the greatest in the history Of the
Valley.
Forming shortly before noon nt thm
high school grounds In HnrlinKun.
the parade slowly unfolded It's lcnr
coils Of beauty and charm, and glid-
ed through the atrentH nf Che city.
like m dragon Of thn Aztec legend.
Order of March
Riding IN front of the processfsn
were Dune Wright, chief deputy
sheriff uf Cameron county. ANA
Chief 0f Police Horace Johnston uf
Hnrlingen. The HarlinRcn Fire.
mans band followed.
Then came the color bearers. fol-
lowed by the Fire Department. nF
Slx-shooter Junction" showing nn
old-fashi0ned fire wagon and hose.
After this came the modern fire
equipment OF the HnrlinRen fire de-
pMrtment.
Then four trumpeterB announced
the coming Of the Queen, who was
preceded by X. II. Stuart, president
of the Valley Fair Association. mnd
his pack included friends riding
on hunting horses, ana CARRIED in
bright red coats. white riding hreech-
cs, and top hats.
Bringing up Che rear were twd
f.- ~ rsn.a~.1 WI -+ @AAA-@h A'~~
aHk ~ Snees1nu ponies
men tne @ueeni
seated IN state cn her AHtea
lmlsnes ln AloaI thaE w@Mln 1u
~ ~..1. Y, .ny pArnass Her MAJESTY
sSe.sl S aes'o~ DeAo1o ene Eyes on
'Aoaa"r9. 49, u.
- oai hiol pA IuhOf
4 Aztec figures. At the tor flpnted
80 P'4ms ~ 1sos green ana
Ii nl1L Ansm Msrw Ihe huat-
-4l DaInn--lInlls unlnlliy carved And
P@'n.cu er1aInrasr e4tenalnw im Hrvhr
"a rhs M n..s d.oa.. ana Denino =;
~~~r. $3.50 go ~ nv
.rnrmnr,.sr @r-.., s~''. @anM n'A nu w1ns
m~a vmIs s.'f4h wmhI~
,~ith cni.,~eI .a,..-~ 80 49,. ~ Av'us
fnrner n,,j headdrs~s hs;n- s..~ shn.-e-..r 49,
with flnrhsr~- fnr~nls A ''A
nr +L~ Fg~ma ~.~s4% 4A o.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Report 800 Drown
In Torrential Rain

ORAN. AIriers, French North A.
rica, Nov. 26.-tPl-Heavy loss Of
lives at Mostaganem. near here, is
reported I'm consequence Of tor
rental transforms.
The Oran region Is flooded. A tor
rent rushing out Of q railway tun-
mel swept away 30 houses. First re-
ports place the casualties NV high ns
three hundred. Many bodies we're
said to be floating in the harbor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

enmmodntinw official in charge OF
ahe United States Weather Bureau
nffiea in Brownsville, viii tell you
that November. 1927. weather is con-
siderably warmer than the normal
Ry which he means 20 convey there
has been a surplus Of warm weather
this past month. more Of IL, in fact,
than we are ordinarily entitled 70.
He will also tell you that there
hmnn't been q general rain in the
Lever Rio Grande Valley since De-
rember, 1926. which 10 almost =
gear ago.
Two years ago some folks doubted
ahnt this was the "semi-aridr region
chat * was credited with being. Now
they know that II is. Now they know
and understand the reason for irri-
cation. Those fellows who started ir-
rirntion In this territory so or 70
wears ago knew what they we're
shout. Evidently talked with Mexican
ard Indian natives about II. Those
we're the old-timers cf those days.
Fellow up IN Virginia, says the
Alamo News, wrote to a tenant on
hls orchard near Alamo 70 he sure
A. ace that the trees were banked.
EXPRESSED fear that they were frozen
down BY this time. No need for him
~ worry. lee Is still popular. n pop
lar commodity, even thought X is
~ thirty days TO Christmas.
THE MATAM0RoS Rotary Club Is
rfnnninx q big Christmas tree event
for the youngsters Of that city who
NAV otherwise have little or nothing
cf Christmas.
A fund IL being raised. Every Tues
dav night the .Matamoros Rotary
Club will have q dance at the Ant
fern. There will be charge az one
aollar q couple, and sandwiches will
he served.
Most Of the receipts will 40
tnwarH the Christmas tree.
And Rosarians from the American
.,ae. and their Rotary AIMS. are in
viied. They will be received at the
aeor hy the reception committee Of
ths Mntamoros club.
] LOS FRESNoS, the new town on
n che Southern Pacific between
L lprownsville and Harlingcn. has
,tsrtcd building.
Business structures are going up.
A bank building il 70 be erected.
Ara u cotton Sin. Railroad station,
ss.tlon house and other improve
Ants. Los Fresnos is also to be
sAirnafed = postoffice, II that has
ruA already happened.
Ahe city water system Is about
xe&v 70 distribute water.
10 Fresnos will start out with
go IcnK concrete roads, one lead
49, vest to Barreda and the state
hirkwuy. the other south 70 Browns
~silA The Barreda road will bs
-~eMd this week. The road tc
nrevausvifIe will likely be completed
ir sbothsr month, weather permit.
ting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
I'm OUR
VALLEY

THERE Us ONE exhibit In the
citrus section at the fair that should
hs studied closely by every citrus
orchard owner In the Valley.
IL IA an exhibit cf the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
snd fentures the Mexican fruit fly.
X you haven't seen q specimen Of
the Mexican fruit sly, take good
ieok at atm in this exhibit, and his
larvae.
He's q little fellow. about the
length uf the common house fly, but
net 20 well nourished.
His sixe, however, is no indica-
lien Of the amount OF trouble and
expense and Snconvcnicnee that he
snn cause.
He may he seen hung on needle.
He may be aeen imbeddcd inside the
fruit. ns larvae, ard also outside the
fruit.
The campaign against him has
hean quite successful, 80 far, Depart
ment Of Agriculture men say. But
the work should be continuous pro-
eens.
AFTER ALL, THERE II reason
Npr that "siow down" sign on the
fih end Of the Arroyo Colorado
Midgr near Harlingen. That's a sign
ared there for the old bridge, and
&Iowcd 10 remain.
n. h. Poteet. section foreman Of
tAf state highway department writ
in3 about the matter says:
8There Is no real excuse for the
ssin being there, but il has not been
otkrlo0ked. II was left with the
Wv that II II would help slow up
trt|ffic &C that point, we would let
Il stand.
1But knowing that the unsafe part
eff the sign Ia q false alarm, and
wlfh due respect to the new bridge l
w4Zll see that il 10 removed immedi-
n4fsly. And later, II there is a ne
6hhity fer a slow warning sign we
0til put In one appropriate to the
nknssnt bridge.
#"I thank you for any comment
Nhak ycu might have, good or bad,
Concerning highway maintenance in
Eameron county. The present organi-
kation for maintenance, Of which i
i'm foreman. 10 striving to make
tsameron county highways better and
haek q better appearance than any
uu6lheF section Tn Division l6. So your
nmments win help Us along for II
4 hey are bad we will endeavor to
bake them good.
III There's no criticism, and that's .
ne prlrits Nr. Poteet. The high
sys are being splendidly main
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Germany AboIishes
Ads On Mail Wagons

BERLIN. (P)-All advertising signs
on mail wagons and letter boxes must
disappear, whereas internal adver-
tising'' on postal formulas, in the
telephone book and in time tables
will be allowed to continue, the Ger
man postmaster general DEGREES.
BY this act the postal department
has voluntarily sacrificed very es-
timable revenue. During the first
nine months after lads" on mail
wagons and letter boxes were intro
duced, the postal department de-
rived net profit of $450,000. In
1925 this increased to $658,000. In
1926 it reached $680,000.
The reason given for abolishing this
method of advertising is tWo-fold:
First, as compliance with repeated
demands of many advertising firms
to abolish this method of govern
mental department to help certain
firms in a position or willing to pay
for such ads; second, because many
parliamentarians in the reichstag OBJ
iected to having the governments
bright yellow mail wagons disfigured
"by hideous signs promulgatlng the
best margarine on the market" or
"the most desirable dentifrice for the
teeth"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
SENIORITY AGREEMENT
is SIGNED In TUCSON

TUCSON, June rs tP)--Four spokes-
men for their respective groups to-
day stated that the seniority agree
.nent, as originally promulgated by
brotherhood executives at Cleveland
is now the law OF the land, so tar
rs Tucson and Phoenix employees
are concerned.
The agreement was signed oy j..
A. Ford, Of San Francisco. general
chairman OF the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen,
and by P. 0. Peterson, OF Ogden,
Utah, vice chairman OF the general
committee OF the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers.
The signing was performed in the
office OF FL S. Fairbank, superln-
tendent of the Tucson division OF
the Southern Pacific company.
"The Phoenix men Offered the
Tucson men proposition under
which il would be agreed to permit
the Tucson men to stay on their
present schedules until their runs
were vacated by resignation, retire
mers or transfer" Ford said. "Thc
Tucson employees, however, declined
this proposition, Sc that the Cleve-
land order went into effect without
modification.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

Coolidge. How was your luck?"
The president beamed down on a
youth of about eight years old, Robert
Carpenter, son of Charles Carpenter,
of Clark, S. D.
st caught three" Mr. Coolidge re-
piled, and the boy went happily on his
way.
The president caused considerable
laughter in his talk, when he remarked,
in comparing Vermont with the Black
hills, that "some of the fish here don't
look quite natural-some of the trout
are larger than caught as boy"
"But that is just an example" he
went on, "that things here are On a
larger scale. The hills are higher, the
plains wider, there is more cattle here.
see more brood mares followed by
their colts and more sheep.
"But everything is the same type and
of the same variety and it makes me
feel at home. Here, as there, we are
undr the same flag. Wherever we are
situated, we are better conditioned than
any one else on earth.
''I want to thank you for inviting me
here and more SO for coming here"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
arisian Lawyers
To Hang Out Signs

PARIS. tP)-Paris lawyers are go
ing to advertise in a modest way.
The governing committee of the bar
association recently authorized attor-
neys to put at the street entrances to
their quarters plates bearing their
names and professions. For genera
tions this has been forbidden by pro-
fessional ethics, but times are hard
and business is business.
This puts the lawyers on a par
with doctors and dentists SO far as
publicity is concerned. Many profes-
sional men, however, never have even
their names on their doors, some be-
cause they felt any form of advertis.
ing to be undignified and others be-
cause many building proprietors forbid
signs. Most of them have offices in
apartment buildings and more often
than not in their own living quarters
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
TRAINMEN ON S
WESTER NROADS
DENIEDINCREASE

CHICAGO, June IS GA United
States board OF meditation today
decided conductors and tralnmen on
So western railroads are not now
entitled to an increase in wages, and
held that yardmen on the same roads
should receive an increase OF Z l-2
per cent.
Today's award affects approximate
ly 7590G employees. Twenty-Five
thousand yardnen will benefit from
the increase which is retroactive t.
March /, this year The rail work.
ers refused a raise include conduc-
tors, brakenien and baggagencn.
Two members of the board, E. P.
Curtis. secretary treasurer OF Jthe
Order Of Railway Conductors and J,
A. Farquharson. vice president OF
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Severe Test
Continued from Page One)


course the radio phones OF the llavt-
gator receive the letter "T'' or enc
continuous dash, the result Of the
combined dot-daSn signals sent from
one station and thA dash-dot signals
transmitted from the other station
Any deviation from the true course
would be checked when the navi-
gator, instead of hearing The letter
ct" gets orc OF the individual
signals, knowing which beam this
SIGNAL represents he can change the
course of the plane back into the
middle OF the "T" course.
The giant three-notored Fokker
IS equipped to carry 1920 gallons OF
gasoline.
It's maximum cruising radius is
estimated to be 5000 miles.
The weight uf the machine, fully
loaded will be 1890 pounds, Lieut.
Maitland said. The test flight to
be given the plane here will be I'M
der capacity load.
Contradicting an earlier report the
lieutenant said he did rot expect
his wife, Mrs. Ruth Maitland and
their daughter, Patricia, 3, to coma
here from their washington, d. c..
bone to witness the taile-ofT.
The aViatorS said they we're high
ly pleased with the performance oi
the nlare OH ITS light from Sar
Diego to San Francisco today. Sew
eral tests were made for drift, fue
ccCnony y, motor functioning anc
response Of the craft. Everything
was declared satisfactory.
Meanwhile, working speedily anc
Quietly III their assembling plant
mechanics aiding Ernest l.. Smith
San Francisco aviator, and Charles
H. Carter, Los Angeles man, to be
the navigator in the civilian plane
expected tC hop-off from Oakland
municipal airport within the mex
few days, were covering the tuSelagt
of their machine late today
! This work was expected to con
sumo about four hours ard ther
the plane was TO be trucked across
TO the Oakland take-off point where
the wings will be attached.
! Following the test flights weather
conditions will be the only factcl
further delaying the hop-otr.
Smith was anxious tC beat thu
arn.% plane to the take-otf and sale
he would be willing 10 start with0u
preliminary test flights.
This idea was not favored by Ed
mund j. Moffett, one of Smith
hackers. He declared the test
would have to be made first ever
if the army plane does beat then
to the air
eve viii, be the first civilians t.
attempt the flight" Moffett saic
I'VE are going to work all night to
night, if necessary TO get the plan
ready and over OIL the Oakland air
port. 1t will not be many hour
nov before everything is in trim
shape"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

sion.
"Our position" said Mr.. Gibson,
sis that naval needs are relative. We
have offered to move downward, al
ways maintaining relativity, and I
should like to emphasize that the
American proposals not only imply
readiness for limitation, but readiness
for actual reduction Of naval strength.
And do not forget that the United
States scrapped $300,O00,0OO worth of
ships by reason of the Washington
treaty"
The British delegation are consid-
erably disturbed over printed articles
that they have characterized the
American proposals as insincere and
merely due to political by-play' by
washington, and they have issued
a denial of this Another story going
around in Geneva is that the British
are convinced the United States will
not build up her navy in any way.
whatever may be the outcome OF the
Geneva conference, and that 1T is
useless, therefore, for the American
delegation to demand parity with
Great Britain in the construction OF
cruisers and the type of war craft
particularly interesting Great Britain,
Singularly enough, it is on submarines
that the conference shows the best
chances of success, though Britain
is almost certain to make a submarine
pact conditional upon France and
Italy not exceeding the fixed sub
marine program French and Italian
naval experts attended the first gen
eral meeting of experts, but were not
present at today's sessions and were
not represented at yesterdays meeting
of the executive committee. According
to information from French sources
they sounded the tripartite delega-
tions as to whether their presence
was desired, and were informed tnaG
the meetings were unofficial and that
hence it was not necessary for them
/ to attend.
Frenchmen declare that the French
and italian experts were somewhat
surprised at this announcement as
thev understood they would be wei
come at all the committee meetings
OF the conference.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Wom1n Sues Police
For Her Fingerprints

BERLIN. P)-The exclusive right
to her fingerprints is claimed by q
Frau Baumann, who was recently ar
rested on charge of having been an
accessory to q swindle committed by
her fiance. Before arraignment she
was taken to police headquarters and
her finger prints were taken.
The case was quaShed on technical
grounds. Now Frau Baumann has
brought suit against police headquar-
ters for the restitution of her pho
tograph which is adorning the rogues'
gallery, and her fingerprints, to which
she claims she has the sole right and
possession. This unique case will be
threshed out in the next session Of
the high court of Berlin.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
London Bank Issues
New Kind Of Money

LONDON lP. = An entirely new
form of money has been introduced
to banking customers by the Midland
bank, which has devised system for
the payment of any amount under
two pounds without a cheque.
Payments by Midland bank clients
can now be made by a printed re-
ceipt slip similar in appearance to 3
cheque. The slip shows the date, the
amount in words and in figures and
the customers signature. When it has
been filled in it may be presented
for payment for cash, to be charged
against the customers account.
The new method is popular, since
it evades the twopence tax on all
cheques.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Five-Story Streets
AS Traffic Solution

PARIS. P)-F'ive new streets, one
above the other, are suggested as a
solution of the traffic problem here
by DR.. John Harris of the New York
CITY traffic commission. His plan
has been presented to Paris authori-
ties and many see in it a possible
remedy.
DR.. Harris scheme would give one
way arteries for different kinds OF
automobiles, omnibuses, trucks, taXis
and pleasure cars, separating the fast
from the slow. Three great advan-
tages would be freedom from acci-
dents, shelter in bad weather and
economy. DR.. Harris believes accl-
dents would be reduced to less than
a third of present casualties.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

Continued from Page One)
When Mr.. Coolidge had concluded
his informal talk, a husky voiced mem
Der called out: Lets hear from the
first lady, too"
Mrs. Coolidge waved a greeting and
turned to leave with the president, who
smiled broadly. A real western Hip,
Hip Hooray!H was then given Tor
Coolidge and the party set out for
Lookout mountain, ten miles away,
whose name was changed yesterday by
the legislature to Mount Coolidge.
The party OF legislators and their
families were swelled considerably by
natives and tourists, who seized the
opportunity to slip into the informal
reception line and shake hands with
MI. and Mrs. Coolidge. AS the file was
passing, a shrill voice was heard to
address the president:
81 saw you fishing today, Mr.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

men dissented from the opinion
reached by the other four members
They filed minority opinion hold
ing that conductors and trainnen
should receive an increase as well as
yarGnen.
The majority report was signed
by DR.. w. NJ. w. SpIawn, president
Of tne University Of Texas, chairman,
Everett c. Brown OF Chicago, rep
rcsenting The public; W. j. Jackson
ana J. w. Higgins, the railroads
repres sentatives on the board.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Tourist Hotel

sGscribers to The STOCK had risen to
287 IT was announced that all en-
ployes of the Bassett Lumber conf
pany, j. c. Penney company and
Meredith and Kimberley had sub
scribed.
Three statesmen entered the select
circle of Boosters yesterday. They
were c. F. McCord. R. G. Van Wrinkle
and L'r John Cook. Others in CIlc
Booster club" are H. G. Stillmar,
Conrad Kaiser, G. z. Young, George
B. Doubleday and Percy Bowden.
George B. Doubleday's group in
Division B took "the goat away
from James A. Howells group in
Division A by turning in a total
Of $2,700 for the day. Tom Glenn
is manager of Division B and j. W.
Tardy of Division A.
Tardy and his statesmen marched
around the room with "the goat
behind Glenn and his men to deposit
the animal on the table of it's new
owners
The statesmen sang q new hotel
song yesterday to the tune of Whats
IIl6 N1dII6I WILL Edb14CA 41CAO A.
is-learn the words and get on the
band wagon:
"All in favor say Hill,
All in favor say HILL,
Well build a new hotel, the best
that's found,
Well make old Douglas go round
and round,
All in favor say Hill"
Reports in the drive up to noon
yesterday are as follows:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
SHERIFF ACCOMMODATES

FLAGSTAFF, June 25 'P-Charles
Williams, wanted by the Prescott
police in connection with q num-
Der Of crimes committed in the Mile
High CITY, was arrested today, II
niles east CT here by Deputy Sheriff
Art Vandevier Williams halted the
deputy and asked fox a RIDE and
the officer who recognized him,
headed for the county Jail here
Williams was taken to Prescott to-
night.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
INCREASE IN PAY

TUCSON, June 25 P)--An increase
of seven and one-aalt per cent in
pay for 125 Southern Pacific yard
men here was announced today. The
increase will be retroactive to March
l, 1927, and brings tire pay Of the
Tucson. division yardnen from IT to
90 cents per hour.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Cen, Obregon
Continued from Page One)

NOOIICIIUUU 1IU4II I eV5O O1IO7
development Of natural resources Tor
safeguarding economic conditions;
greater attention to irrigation projects
and extension of farm areas; greater
educational facilities; freedom OF the
press and encouragement OF foreign
colonizations where nationals are
assinaible are included in the party
platform Of Obregon, which on the
whole is most liberal and which would
virtually mean a right about face
from policies existant at this time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
RnDy WASHED ASHORE

SANTA ANA, Calit.. June Is (E1--'
The body OF Lieut.. Commander Will
lam 8. Hactor, naval officer at
tached to forces stationed at San
Diego, and missing since the crasi:
of a seaplale late last Tuesday night
several miles out at sea, W2S wash
ed ashore today at Sunset Beach,
Oear here.