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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
z Sandwich Shop
Operators Cited

a court order requesting Bert Ell
lett and w. G. Lehman. operators az
a sandwich shop south Of the Ar
royo Colorado on the highway near
Harlingen, 70 appear I'm court here
and show why their place should not
be closed as a public nuisance was
issued BY District Civil Judge "A. Nj.
Kent Friday.
The men are cited to appear in
court Saturday morning.
The writ alleges that the Shop in
question has been selling liquor
to minors and students Of education
al institutions.
Charges were preferred by County
Attorney Harry L. FauIk and Assist.
ant N. r. Hall. and came aS the re.
suit of an investigation made recent
ly by :. M. Jester, special district
investigator.
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on hoping for a change, Joseph
said.
Joseph who is IS. aud five years
his brothers senior said the last
ne saw Of Henry was when he an
peared mt his room late Wednes-
day with his three children and
asked that they be allowed 10 stay.
he had been drinking heavily.
Joseph said.
Frank kimmeIl. who rame was
found penned on a wall In Mrs.
Theresa Moity's room, was arrest
ed and is being held for question
ing. He admitted being intimate
with the woman. police said.
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wide. used in hacking sugar cane
stalks. The hodies were found by
two insurance agents called to the
scene by the negro scrub woman
who found traces of blood.
Joseph Moity surrendered 10 po-
lice late yesterday and expressed
the belief that his bother had
killed the women through jeslousy.
Joseph declared both he and his
brother had been having diff
culties with their wives because
or attentions they accepted from
ether men. Joseph said he took
his children and left his wife Tues
day after q quarrel. Hsnry stayed
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Drink-crazed Butcher Kills Wife And Another
Woman; Hacks Bodies To Pieces With Huge Knife

no trace Of the fugitive was found.
Similar reports were received from
officers of adjacent towns and
states who are asked to be on the
lookout.
Moity is wanted for killing his
wife, Mrs Theresa Alfano Moity,
25, q mother Of his three children,
and Mrs. Leona Lee Moity, %. his
brother Joseph's wife and mother
Of three. The bodies were found
in trunks. face down with the
severed heads, arms and lower
limbs placed around and on top
Of the torsos.
With the body OF his wife. the
slayer left mis- weapon, a knife,
two feet long, and two inches
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Rebel Chief Is
Executed, Report

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2s.-CP)-
Special dispatches from Guadalajara
report that the rebel chieftain. Julio
Oros. was captured and executed BY
federal troops near FL Refugio. state
Of Aguas Celientes after his men had
been defeated BY the federal forces.
The troops and farmers OF the dis
trict are pursuing the remnants of
the band which have returned to the
mountains.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2s.-tRl-
A search of land and sea was
underway today for Henry Moity,
former New Iberia, La. butcher
shop proprietor and erstwhile COM
mercial artist, who drink-crazed
and in a jealous rage is alleged to
have killed his wife and his
brothers wife by clubbing them
over the head and then hacking
their bodies to pieces with a huge
knife.
Radio reports received today
from three Of seven ships request
ed TO search their holds and ques-
tion their personnel in the hope
that Moity would be located said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Milikin Insane
Physicians Say

LOCKHART, Tex. Oct. 2s.-lPl-
a. " Milligin, on trial for his san
sty here, today was described as in
sane by Doctors J. b. York OF Hous-
ton and John Haness Of Gonzales.
They were defense with rd
said Millikin had knowled rht
or wrong, but was unable e. a.. rIeht
when wrong presented itself.
Court adjourned until p. W. pend
ing arrival Of other defense wit
nesses. Millikin is under death SEN
tence for the alleged staying of MrH.
Virginia Petty OF San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Rail Consolidation
Taken Up at Meet

NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. 2s.-CP,-
Representatives Of trunk line rail-
roads are in New York today for
an important conference relating to
tie consolidation problems in their
territories.
Lenore r. Loree. who has spon-
sored a fifth trunk line proposal,
will be present for the first time at
gathering Of this kind since the
meetings began in 1924.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Ten Specials To
Arrive III ere For
{. OfC. Convention

At least ten special trains, each
with from three to eight passenger
coaches, the greatest number which
has ever come to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley on one occasion, will
roll into Brownsville the morning OF
November II, according to announce
ment Friday by Ray Leeman, general
manager of the South Texas Chamber
of commerce.
This was made known here when
Leeman, who has established con-
ventlon headquarters tabulRted the
trains which are being chartered for
the two-day convention of the South
Texas chamber, and the celebration
cf the Southern Pacific's Inaugural
uon of service to the border.
Two special trains from San An
tonic, from the senior ard junior
chambers of commerce; special
from Houston one from Corpus
Christi; one from Dallas, and four
others which will be run by the
Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa
cific lines. The Southern Pacific
will bring in one solid trainload Of
railroad officials, and probably an
ether of capitalists, and business
men from the North and East. while
the Missouri Pacific will send large
delegations Of representatives and
several bands.
The Dallas train will bring the
leading manufacturers and whole
sale dealers, bankers and officials,
headed probably by Mayor r. +.
Burt.
Among the men from Dallas, who
will attend the meetings are: f. r.
Brown, president of the Dallas
Chamber Of Commerce; Gus w.
Thomasson president Of the Whole
sSle Merchants associations; W. I.
LAWS, manager Of the John Deere
Plow company; A. p. Johnston, man
ager of the Southern Implement and
Supply company; c. L. Noteworthy,
president Of the Noteworthy Jewelry
company; Herbert Carpenter, man
ager of the Wholesale Merchants as
sociatior; B. A. Evans. president of
the Dallas Manufacturers associa-
ton; Fred McJunkin, manager Of the
Southland hotel; o. s. Boggess, of
the Higginbotham-B m-Bailey-Logan Dry
Goods company; Nathan Adams. pres
ident of the American Exchange Ma
tional bank, and the mayor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Escaped Prisoners
Are Being Sought

SNEETWATER, Texas. Oct. 2s.-
tPt-Following their escape from jail
here Thursday by saving through
bars and an iron plate. six prisoners.
including two who were awaiting
transportation to the penitentiary,
today were being sought by officers
in several West Texas counties.
The prisoners were Martin Bush
and Ebert Bailey. Childress, given
is year sentences for robbing a fill
ing station near here; Ben Britton,
held as a man who escaped from Of
ficers a year ago: Fred Coulter,
Blackwell, charged with burglary;
Elmo Brock, charged with theft and
Pedro Armendoza. under a two year
sentence for burglary.
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l25FROM ALL
PARTSOFU.S.
AREINPARTY
Special Train Will
Reach Brownsville
This Afternoon; To
Tour Valley

Bankers from almost every state in
the Union and also from Canada will
be included in the party that will
arrive in Brownsville at o'clock
Friday afternoon. At noon Thurs
day 125 reservations had been Sc
cured 'on the special train which will
bring the party from Houston TO the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, and it is
probable that the party will num-
Der between $50 end It's.
The bankers, who have been at
tending the national convention of
the American Bankers Association at
Houston, will spend the night in
Brownsville, leaving this city Satur-
day morning for a tour of the VAL
ley. They will have lunch at the
Mercedes pumping plant and dinner
will be served at the Shary club
house. They will be met by the
special train at Edinburg and will
leave from that city for the North.
Every bank in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley will be represented in
the delegation which will meet the
party in Brownsville. They will be
taken for q drive over the city, and
visit points Of historic interest. At
$3.50 they will cross the Rio Grande
to Matamoros where a game dinner
will be served.
Valley Ready for Party
All Valley cities have made ar
rangements for the reception of the
party, and they will be given every
possible opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the Valley and it
possibilities.
The bankers attending the national
convention manifested great interest
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ac-
cording to W. B. Sellers Of the First
National Bank Of of Brownsville, who
arrived Friday morning from Hous-
ton where he attended the conven-
tion.
They are eager to see this part of
Texas" he said. "and by Thursday
noon l25 had made reservation for
the Valley trip. They will be rep
resentative group. Included in the
party are two bankers from Toronto.
Canada, who had heard Of the fertil-
ity and beauty Of the Valley and took
advantage of the opportunity TO visit
this section"
Many of the Texas bankers will
come 10 the valley next month to at
tend the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce convention and others will
be here for the Valley fair. An east
ern delegation will arrive in Feb
ruary. Very few of those who con-
template making these later trips
viii accompany the party which will
arrive this afternoon.
Trip Here Popular
A number of side trips from the
Houston convention were offered by
the various railway lines, but the
Lower Rio Grande Valley excursion
was the most popular. The special
train which will bring the party TO
the Valley left Houston early Fri
day morning. and there will be no un-
necessary stops. On their return
trip the party will arrive in Houston
early Sunday morning.
The delegation OF Valley people
who will entertain the visitors is
headed by John 7. Lomax, San Benito
banker, rs chairman.
Other members of the entertain
ment committee are John II. Shary
Of Mission, A. Y. Baker of Edinburg,
4. G. Couch OF Weslaco. w. b. Sell
ers OF Brownsville, and A. Nix Of Me-
Allen.
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McDavitts First to
Ship Over S. p.

McDavitt Brothers continue to
be first in the first line.
To that firm goes the honor
Of being the first shippers out
Of Brownsville on the new
Southern Pacific lines. A car
load of grapefruit. consigned TO
northern points. left Brownsville
late Thursday night over the
new road. and the firm was Civ
en- the first Southern Pacific ex-
pense bill ever signed in Browns
vile.
The company made the first
shipment out Of Brownsville
over the Missouri Pacific lines
in 1904 and also shipped the first
consignment out of Edinhurg
over the Southern Pacific when
the road reached the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Mexican Rebel
Force Defeated

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 2s.-(P,-Dis-
patches from Vera Cruz say that the
band Of rebels led by the rebel chief
tain, Lozada, has been defeated by
federal troops and forced to abandon
their positions at Pena del Espanol
in the slopes of Oriziba mountain.
No details as TO casualties are given.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Vice-President of
Stock Exchange Dies

NEW YORK. n. ". Oct. 2s.-tPD-
Charles VI. Neweomb. 60, vice presi-
dent of the New York Stock Ex-
change. died today at the Bellevue
Hospital Of a cerebral hemorrhage.
several hours after he had collapsed
on the street.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
FATHER DIES

ALAMO, Oct. 2S.-Robert Mathews
received a telegram recently inform
ing him Of the death of his father
which occurred Tuesday morning at
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Oct. Is
-tAP)-Senator Morris Sheppard
OF Texas In confined % his resi-
dence here under doctors orders to
take a complete rest. His condition
IN not serious and he expects 20 re-
turn 10 his office early I'm Novem-
Der.
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LOSES FINGERS

Especial to The HeraId.)
SANTA MARIA, Oct. CSC. G. Per-
sonius lost two fingers Wednesday
evening when his hand was caught
in the knives of a hay cutting ma
chine. His hand was badly lacerated
up 10 the wrist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
WEATHER

Fer Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande sNalley: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday; not much
change in temperature. Light TO mod
crate southeasterly winds on the
west coast.
For East Texas: Increasing cloud
mess tonight and Saturday; warmer
tonight " southwest portion. Light 70
Moderate easterly TO southerly wnds
on the coast.
River Forecast
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present 20 Hr. "a ar
STAGE Gfnra rhr~ p.g-
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Oct. 2s.--
tAP)-Assuranee of his support 90
government agencies in IA scientific
investigation of oceanic aviation.
was given To President Coolidge to-
day by Art GOehcl. winner az the
San Francisco-Hawaii flight. The
president congratulated GoebeI on
his achievement and thanked him
for his offer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
Late Bulletins

DALLAS. Oct. 2S. - (AP) a
special session OF the legislature
may be called In January, Governor
Dan Moody announced here today.
However, l have no particular
plans In that connection at pres"
ent." he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28

SAN SIMAS, Calf, Oct. 2S.-
(AP)-Six men were Killed, an
other perhaps fatally injured and
others hurt when an Atchison. To-
peka 4 Santa Fe railway passenger
train ran into a truck load Of
workmen here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28

AND, OF COURSE. in all this de-
velopment the bankers of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley have done their
share of the work.
Whatever bankers elsewhere may
do about bond issues, those in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley take the
lead in helping to put over every is
sue that is justified by conditions or
necessities.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Answers-No. l

Balboa
2-St Augustine, Fla, 1865.
3-The area of the earth's surface
is 1877 100000 square miles.
4-The average persons range Of
visibility is 296 miles at five feet
above sea level.
5-Once, in 1926.
6-Revival Of the classic arts in Eu-
rope after the depressing influence of
the Middle Ages.
7-Australia.
s-Phi Beta Kappa, organized In
177e.
9-Nathan Hale
10-The steel and iron industry.
11-Myopia is defect of vision COM
monty called short-sight.
12-Geologists reckon the earth's age
at about 1,497, 100000 years.
13-1619.
14-17O1.
15-Barney Oldfield.
16-John Barrymore.
17-Australia.
1S-Francois Villon.
19-Admiral Farragut.
2O-Water.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Cling to Custom of
Carrying OFF Mates

A curious marriage custom persists
In Abchasia, a district of the Cau-
casus. On the wedding day the bride
withdraws to the darkest room of the
house. At dusk the bridegroom, sup
ported by bodyguard of friends, all
fully armed, rides up to the house, dis
mounts, and hammers on the door
with a dagger hilt.
The door opens TO reveal the brides
male relatives, just as ferociously
equipped, and the two parties prompt
ly join in a mock combat.
Eventually the defenders retire, the
bridegroom rushes In, seizes his bride,
filings her across his shoulder, and.
carrying her out, leaps on his horse
and gallops off with his capture to the
accompaniment Of the victorious yells
of his supporters.
Shortly after, the defeated relatives
of the bride mount their horses and
give chase. When the bridegroom's
house is reached both sides join in a
contest to see who can drink most
winei
Abchasian girls decline to give up
the rite, and few would accept any
suitor who did not intend to carry
them off by force.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
CHAPTER XVI
Face to Face.

with a good part Of the town
burned. most of the people in hiding,
and with few provisions saved from
the burned stores, Sleepy Cat lay
stunned by its misfortunes.
From the cross-bar of the first tele-
graph pole planted in Sleepy Cat with
grandiloquent words. hung two sin
lister reminders Of the work Of the
reinforced vigilantes But sensational
was the unheaval when Ii became
known that Starbuck, organizer and
brains of the crooks, had, together
with Big Haynes, made his escape.
No explanations were forthcoming
from the stage barn. 1t had happened
that was all. The man captured by
Selwood was his own prisoner, ii was
said, and he was the person to feel
most aggrieyed
Bill Pardaloe, when told that Star
buck was missing, stamped and snort
ed: but under the skillful ministra-
fions of Bull Page was diverted from
his noisy intention of heading death
chase after the fugitives, and was
persuaded instead to go to bed
The breakfast served that morning
IN Doctor Carpy's Sleepy Cat hotel
was unusual. At sunrise a barrel of
salt pork was luckily found in, and
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Compost All Leaves of
Trees for Fertilizer

There are two lines of advice hand
et out by practical gardeners and by
horticultural authorities in general.
Some say burn all the litter and
trash In the garden, and in this way
destroy diseased wood and insect eggs
and prevent damage next year. Others
say to put this litter into heap and
make it add to the garden fertility
and the garden humus next year.
AS matter of fact, common sense
can be called upon to decide between
the two methods. Probably the best
way Of handling the matter for most
gardeners is to compost all the leaves
of trees, etc., but burn the leaves and
roots of garden plants and vines. Tree
leaves seldom carry vegetable dis
eases. but a person can get into lot
of trouble from fungi, bacteria and
mold from the decayed garaen plants.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Lespedeza
Good as Pasture


the Atlantic coast to Iowa. 1t has also
given promise In Kansas, on the east
ern border of the Great Plains, but
how far west it may prove valuable Is
not yet known.
Seed Supply Inadequate.
The great need at present to further
the establishment of this new legume
is sufficient seed supply. There Is
a demand for all the seed that can be
grown for several years yet to come,
says the department, and the few
farmers who already have a small
acreage are urged to harvest supply
of seed for sale. Although lespedeza
will grow readily at points farther
north than the zone described, 1t does
not mature seed there. In the adapt
ed region mentioned the plant pro-
duces plentiful supply Of seed.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
What's the
Answer ...........

1-What Is the record for an auto
mobile at one mile on a circular dire
track?
2-What team won the big Ten
football championship In 1927 = =
3-What Is an earthquake?
What is the difference between
q dynamo and a motor7
5-When was Harvard college
founded?
6tWho was the leader Of the In
dian war Of 1763?
7-What composer showed the most
amazing precocity In childhood. be-
came court musician to king, wrote
twelve successful operas, forty sym
phonies and over five hundred other
compositions. and died penniless and
was buried In an unmarked grave at
the age of thirty-six?
S-Which Is the most elevated pla-
teau on earth?
9LWho wrote, "God tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb?
10-Who said, Lafayette, we are
herew? =
11-What famous dramatists, con-
temporaneous with Shakespeare. wrote
In collaboration?
12-What team defeated Chicago
White Sox for the worlds champion
ship In 1919?
13-Who was the leading pitcher in
the National league In 1926?
14-In mechanical engineering, what
is an eccentric?
15-Who invented the kodak?
16-Who discovered the main stream
of the Mississippi river?
17-What battles In what war were
fought before a formal declaration OF
war by the United States?
1S-During what centuries did the
Renaissance reach its height?
19-Which continent embraces the
largest division of land?
20-Who said. ST would rather be
right than be President?
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Clover Dipped in Paris
Green Water Gets Them.

The gardener who has to fight wire
worms may make use of various kinds
of poisoned bats. The best time to
fight them, further, is before the gar
den Is planted, declares the New Jer-
sey state agricultural college. Small
punches of clover or similar plants
may be dipped into paris green water
and scattered over the ground after
1t has been fitted, but before planting.
1t is well to cover these with pieces
Of board or earth. Sweetened corn
meal dough poisoned With arsenate of
lead or paris green is almost always
effective. II is unnecessary TO add
that all poisoned bats should be used
most carefully TO avoid danger to
children, to chickens. and to animals.
Practically all vegetable crops which
nave fleshy roots such as corn, wheat,
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
By FRANK H. SPEARMANs
Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons.
WNU Service.

dissuaded But he wrote out for Sell
wood such details as he could remem-
ber of the eventful night of the mar
riage of his father and mother. and
gave it to him.
Next morning Carpy dragged Sell
wood into his Office. planted him In
chair. and sat down facing him,
eager to hear all of the PADRES story.
When the younger man had recount
cd 1t in full, Doctor Carpy told a
story himself.
"John," he chuckled with much en-
joyment, 1--we been kind of mean"
''What have you been doing?"
''Fve been riding the old general
told him the PADRES here and
proved all you claimed up to the hilt.
Then says: What have you got to
say to thatf"
"What did he say?"
"What In blazes could he say?
.But the old mans changed, John.
He's broke-old age a-comin' Then
somebody planted bullet close to his
ribs last night, and that annoyed
him consid'able. / told him about you
going down to Bartoe's alone, and
leaving directions for Lefever to bring
the teamsters into action, soon as you
got Christie out. And how you cleaned
up Starbuck and cleaned out the place
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10
Pictures to Match Room,

Pictures may or may not be hung
on the walls, but ones which harmo-
nize in color and theme really belong
In the bedroom as well as in any
other. The latest tendency in hang
ing these pictures is to hang them low
enough to be seen without the discom-
fort of looking up. If the room is
large enough a desk like the remain
der of the suite. usually spinet desk
which is not too heavy, may be added,
with excellent effect-Buffalo Courier
and Express.
The Ely miner., 1927-06-10

A poster emphasizing the more i'm
portant qualities of good egg has
just been issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. 1t shows
an egg broken into a dish, yolk and
white in natural colors. There is also
shown in the poster group of egg
dishes, and the text is devoted to CIV
ing information to the consumer con-
cerning the more important qualities
of good egg as brought out when 1T
is broken out of the shell.
Quality of Eggs.
1t is explained, for instance, that the
consumer can tell the quality Of eggs
used In the home by the condition of
the yolk and the white. If the egg
has strong shell, one of the qualities
mentioned, breakage losses are re-
duced. The egg should also have
good flavor, which is best maintained
by keeping eggs In sanitary places.
When the egg is broken out for cook