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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-04
Telegraph Office
Al Rio Grande City

RIO GRANDE CITY. Dec. s.
An office OF the Western Union Tel
egraph Company has been opened tn
this city. the office being located ad-
iacent TO the Post 0ffies building.
Chester Elliott has been sent here
as q full tire operator. the office
for " years having been main
tanned In the railroad station. with
Fart time operator. and with short
en- hours. The city office viii re-
main open on week days until six
D. n.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-04

SAN JUAN. Dec. 3.-The packing
shed for the San Joan Rio Grande
Valley Vegetable association was
started today. The foundation Is
we'll under way and by Monday the
erection of the frame work will be-
gin.
Manager T.. J. Boehnke Is on the
ground directing the work. The ma
terial for the shed Is being pnr-
chased through the local yard, The
Taylor Lumber company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-04
r;e.-ict Petition
R-e-re c. mission

McALLEN. Dec. 3.-Whether the
McAllen district viii vote Of . mil
lion dollar raving ~ viii be
decided on December ~. when the
-etition 10 cell an election will be
decided upon by the county commits
showers.
II the hearing il favorable the
election nroper will be held some
time in january il Is thought.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
DR. COOK REFUSED PAROLE

New Orleans. La, June IS, R- Dr. Frederick A. Cook. the one time Arctic explorer. who was sen- tenced to the Federal Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, for twenty years. following his convic- tion for dealing in spurious oil stocks, was refused a five year pa role today. when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the decision of the United States Iistrict Court of Northern Texas.
 .Dr. Cooks fight for freedom goes back over a period of three years to time shortly after his convic- tion in November 1924, of dealing in spurious oil stocks. The higher court refused his appeal in Feb ruary 1925, but a few months later Cook requested Henry Wilson. the trial judge in the district of North ern Texas to grant him a i've year parole. This was granted. Hen ry Zaeifel. the United States Attor- ney at Fort Worth, declared that Judge Wilson had no such author ity.
 The case then went to the United States Court of Appeals here. The
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
PREDICTS SIX
 HUNDRED MILLION SURPLUS

Washington. June 13, (R-In an address today before govern ment officials at the semi-annual budget meeting. President Calvin Coolidge forecast the largest sur plus would be piled up this year. by the Treasury Department since the war. but he warned the meet ing that the margin of about six hundred millions could not all be turned over to tax reduction. He said the decrease in tax rates also must hinge upon the strict limita- tion of Government expenditures to approximately the present level. Not only will the surplus this fiscal year ending June 30th ex- ceed the high point of the war record set in 1924 by more than a hundred millions. but President Coolidge declared that a margin of three hundred and thirty eight millions is in sight for next year. He said much of the margin was accumulated through the return to the Treasury of capital assets. and in other items which are not available for receipts in the fu- ture.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector for second Division in conformity with Chapter 2S. Alaska Session Laws, 1913.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, except soldiers. sailors in the U. s. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service. volunteer fremen. paupers and in sane persons. are subject to tax in the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1927, said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st, 1927. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above men, tioned. tax will be delinquent thir- ty (30) days after your arrival. or within ten (10) days after the mo- tice is given you.
 All persons, firms. and corpora tions employing labor shall furnish list of employees to Collector and are authorized by law. to deduct amount of tax from wages of em- ployees. ,,
 Fines and imprisonment are pro- vfded by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees.
 Dated at, Nome, Alaska, April 23, 1927.
 A. L. CARPENTER,
 School Tax Collector, for Second Division.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WINNIPEG MURDERER sLAYs
 TWO WOMEN, ESCAPES

Winnipeg. June 13. (R)-The police are seeking a man believed to be the murderer of two women in widely separated parts of the city. The first staying was that of Mrs. Emily Patterson. whose body was discovered in her room Friday. The man who murdered her took suit of her husband g clothing and left his own at her home. The proprietor of a room ing house in which the slayer lived identified the clothing loft at Pat 'erson's house as those belonging to man to whom he rented a room six days ago. When the police broke into the supposed murderer's room they found the unclother body of . seventeen year-old girl The body which is unidentified. has been lifeless for several days. physicians state.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
LINDBERGH TAKES STROLL
 INCOGNTTO IN NEW YORK

New York, June 14. (P,-Lind- bergh today slipped quietly out of the limelight for a trip through the city incognito. The reporters were told that Lindbergh was sleeping late. but became suspicious. When ten o'clock had passed they sent d written inquiry to his apartment asking him his plans for the day. They were told by his mother that Lindbergh had slipped out quietly at eight thirty and his mother said she did not know where he was. but that he would be back at noon.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
DEMPSEY MATCHED WITH
 JACK SHARKEY FOR JULY 2f

New York. June 15. P,-TsK Rickard announced today that pos itively Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey will meet in the Yankee Stadium on July Fist. to decide which of the two will get chance- to fight Gene Tunney the heavy weight champion of the world.
 Dempsey's comeback trial will bring him East at once. and upon his arrival he will go into training in his old quarters at Saratoga From his weeks of sparring and roughing it in the Ojai Hills of California. Dempsey is in good shape. Rickard said.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
ROBBERS ARMED WITH
 MACHINE GUNS PULL JOB

Chicago. June 13. R-Eight robbers. armed with machine guns and pistols, maintained an early morning seize of the Abbot Chem ical Laboratories in North Chicago overpowering the two night watch- men. The gang blew the strong box and ransaeked all the com pany's offices. The police are un- able to find that money or secur- tiles are missing. and are working on the theory that valuable sec- ret chemical formulas were sought.
 The gang arrived In two auto mobiles. and virtually stormed the three million dollar concern. They proceeded to loot the building spending all night at the task af- ter setting up . guard of three machine guns
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
LEVINES PLANE MAY BE
 SEIZED IN ATTACHMENT

Berlin, Germany, June IA. (P)- Levine is confronted with the seiz- ure of his monoplane the Colum- bia, as the result of a claim made by Doctor Poppe. a German finan- cial promoter. who alleges that sum of money is due him from Le- Vine as commission for promoting a loan with various steel mills in Germany two years ago. Dr. Poppe threatens to attach the Columbia if the claim is not settled at once.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
LINDBRRGH FLIES NEW YORK

Washington. June IS. R-Lind- bergh hopped on from Boiling neld for New York in . Curtis Army pursuit plane. after his own plane, Spirit of St. Louis' had develop ed engine trouble. He left at 5:04 this morning. accompanied by an escort of thirty-one Army and Navy planes. Commander Byrd riding with them.
 At a breakfast given In his hon. or in New York. by the National Aeronautic Association. Lindebergh said that the San Francisco to Ha- vail flight was practicable, but warned that the use of accurate navigation methods are highly im- portant.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
OF THE oWhERSHip MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION Evc, REQUIRED Bv ACT OF AUGUST eS, 1912

sf THE NOME NUGGET pub ished Weekly at Nome. Alaska for April lst. 1927.
 Publisher. Geo. $. Maynard Nome, Alaska
 Editor. Geo. s. Maynard, Nome. Alaska,
 Managing Editor none.
 Business Manager. Geo. s. Maynard. Nome Alaska. Owners: Uf q corporation. give its and the names and addresses of stock holders holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of stock If not a cor poration, give names and addresses of individual owners.) Geo. s. Maynard. owner. Nome Alaska.
 Known bondholders. mortgages, and other security holders. holding psr cent CT mora Of total amount of bonds. or other securities. (1f thers are nonA % statA) None
 AveraSe numbsr of copies of each issue of this publication sold or dh- tributed. through the malls or othsr- wtss. to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is.
 (Ths information is required from daily publications only.)
 GEO. g. MAYNARD.
 AAnaEoG. Sworn to and subscribed boEore mo this sth day of April, 1927.
 H. GRIMM. Notary Puhlic in and for the Territory of Alaska. Ny Commission expires August 14tA. 1887.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
NOTED AUTHOR COMING
 NORTH FOR MATERIAL

Seattle. June 13. R-Edison Marshall. of Beauport Dough-. N. C.. we'll known author of nature and outdoor stories. arrived here Saturday on his seventh trip to the Far North to gather fiction ma terial. and In addition is to get the facts on the reported prepara- tions of privateers to jump into the expected "free-for-all' hunting seal. The treaty protecting seal expires this year.
 Masrahll said. Right now hunt CTS are fitting out boats at Victor ia to jump into the hunting free for-all which will follow the fail- ure of Russia, Japan and the Y. s. and Great Britain to renew the fifteen year treaty for the protec- tion of the seals. Japan seems to be anxious to allow the treaty to lapse. The United States has not automatically recognized the Rus sian Governmnet which complicates the renewal so far as that nation is concerned"
 Marshall expects to make trip up the Yukon and Pelly rivers in search of primitive people report ed to be living three hundred miles from the nearest white settlement. He will go overland into the little known areas from the mouth of the Ross river.
 Marshall won the O. Henry Memorial Prize for the best short story in 1921 in Good House. keeping Magazine. He has just published his serial story. Child ren of the Wild"
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TO
 SUMMER IN SOUTH OAK.

Washington. June IS. (P)-Pres- ident and Mrs. Coolidge will leave Washington tonight for Western South Dakota to spend their sum- mer vacation in the State Game Lodge in the Black Hills. It is the first time the President has planned such an extended trip. SO comparatively remote from the Cap ital. The Presidential train is scheduled to make its first stop at Hammond. Indiana where the Pres ident will dedicate the Wicker Memorial Park to the World War Veterans. Tuesday. at Pierre. the Governor of South Dakota will welcome the president to the State.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
MOTHER WATCHES DAUGHTER
 SHAY HER HUSBAND

Seattle, June 13, (R-While her aged mother looked on. Mrs. Lulu Ethel Gruber. forty two years of age. shot and killed her hus- band. Charles E. Gruber. forty four years of age. to whom she had been married for twenty-five years. Mrs. Gruber and her mo- ther told the police that Gruber had threatened to kill his wife before she wrested the gun from hin: and pumped six shots into his head and r.. dy. The Grubers had been living apart for six months before the slaying.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
DEDICATES
 MEMORIAL PARK INDIANA

Hammond. Ind, June 14, PD- Greater attention to human well fare in America to equal the na- tton's industrial prosperity was urged by President Coolidge in his speech ded;cat.Hg the Wicker Mem orial Park to World War veterans
 President Coolidge said that the Calumet region of the park repre- sents practical idealism He said America amid all its prosperity has not forgotten it's ideals.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WILKINS WILL RETURN IN
 SIX WEEKS. TRY AGAIN

Seward. June 14. LP,-Captain Wilkins before sailing for Seattle today. said he would return within six weeks to renew his explorations. He said he has sufficient supplies at Point Barrow for an extended cruise into the Arctic He has one airplane left at Fairbanks Cap tain Wilkins believes that the late Fall offers better conditions for ex- ploring than the early Spring be cause of the fog banks.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WEDNESDAY
 TeleoRAPAtcl
SILVER WAVE ARRIVES
 WITH FRESH EATS"

The Silver Wave. belonging to the Enterprise Steamship Company arrived and dropped her anchor at 5:3o this morning She brought to Nome the first fresh stun which has been seen for a long time. Balmy. indeed. is the individual who has not yet purchased fill of the luscious fruit and green stu6.
 The vessel brought 660 pounds of 6rst class mail to Nome. which was put through the Nome Post ofice under the efficient direction of Postmaster Anderson in Jig time.
 The boat carried a total of 12 persons. eight members of the crew, and four passengers. The passengers were. B. J. McCon- aughy. P. H. Sarw, Mr. Gum and Gus Owdar.
 The crew is as follows Chas. Strand. Captain. Ed Swanberg. Chief Mate: Gus Soderholm, Sec ond Mate: Frank Brunell. Quar- termaster: Phillip. a Native. Sail or: Mr. Cameron, Chief Engineer; Pete Poison. Second Engineer. and kono. Japanese, Chief Steward
 The boat left Seattle May 1th.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WORD RECEIVED OUTSIDE
 THAT CARPENTER WRECKED

The Publisher of the Nugget to- day received message from the Associated Press asking for de- tails of the wreck of the NJ. S. Carpenter The Publisher wired back that the Carpenter is not wrecked. giving other information at hand. The telegram follows.
 Seattle. June 13-14. 1927 Geo. s. Maynard. Nugget. Nome, Alaska.
 Please rush us all information you have on Carpenter wreck.
 Associated Press.
 The following telegram may shed some light upon how this re- port got started:
 Seattle. June 1s-1+. (P-Ship- ping agencies. md the National Grocery Company. the latter the charterer of the Motorship Carpen- ter. received word that the seven sailors and all the passengers of the vessel were rescued by the L. s. Coast Guard cutter when the Carpenter became lodged in the ice near Nunivak Island. The re- port said that the crew and passen- gers attempted to walk ashore on the ice but were cut on by open water and were rescued from the ice under difficulties.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
TUESDAY tTEleoRAPhicl
COMMANDER BYRD TO MAKE
 ROUND TRIP FLIGHT EUROPE

Mitchell Field. June 14. R-A man. who Is very close to Con- mander Byrd. who has asked that his identity be shielded. said today that. weather permitting, Byrd will hop oK either Wednesday of Thurs- day morning for round trip to Europe flight. stopping at Paris only . few hours to look over his motor and get a little rest.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
INDIAN CHIEF BROKE RECORD FOR NONSTOP MARATHON

Chicago. June II. (Po Tafl Feather today broke the record for the nonstop marathon from Mill waukee to Chicago. a distance of eighty-eighl miles. He arrived at eight forty seven and left Milwau- kee at noon Monday. finishing in nineteen hours and forty-seven min utes. He won d purse of one thou sand dollars The former record Hatch ten years ago
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
CARPENTER FINISHES
 HER PERIIOUS VOYAGE

Just before going to press today the Motorship Carpenter, which has been hard and fast in tn. ice adjacent to Nome, came ploughing into the roadstead and dropped her ''hook" This ends her per ilous voyage. upon which she en- countered many adventures and narrow escapes All Nome is glad to see the staunch little ship in the harbor.
 The Carpenter arrived and an chored at , :5o this afternoon This vessel was reported wrecked in the Seattle papers yesterday
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
SCHEDULE OF HOURS LOCAL
 RADIO STATION WORKS NOW

The local United States Army Radio Station last week went on new schedule of working hours Also. instead Of working direct with Fairbanks. as formerly. 1t now works with the new Seward Army station. This is a more di- rect method of communication with the outside. but not so good for Alaska points. The new schedule of hours on which the station ts working. is as follows:
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
TWO FISHERMEN BURNED
 WHEN HALIBCTER BURNS

ketchikan. June IS. R-Regin- aid Webber and Charles Nickerson. but boat Wabash. we're injured when fire destroyed the schooner as it was refuelling at the Standard Oil Company's dock. The two men were removed to the hospital where their burns were pronounced not serious. Static electricity is believ- ed to have caused the fire. The boat was owned and explained by Ernest Pierce.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
PARIS PUBLISHER SURRENDERS
 AFTER LONG FIGHT

Paris. June 13. R-After three days entrenched defiance of the authorities. Leon Doudet. the Roy alist leader. under sentence for li- beling taxicab driver In connec- tion with the death of his son Philippe several years ago. He surrendered to the Army police men and dremen surrounding the building. He had been holding out against the authorities from behind a barbed wire screen set about his newspaper oface.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WILKINS AND PARTY
 GO TO SEWARD

Fairbanks. June 1s. B-Cap- tain Wilkins and the entire per- sonnel of his expedition. entrained Saturday for Seward enroute for the United States. The Stinson pane the Detroit News No. Two, was left in the Fairbanks hangar, after last minute effort to sell 1t had failed. The Alaskan and other equipment. comprising three carloads will be shipped to De- trott. *r-e .,- ,e4 ..r
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
CHAMBERLAIN AND LEVINE
 TO TOUR BLACK FOREST

Baden Baden. Gesnany, June 10, R-Chambeflain and Levine were given an enthusiastic reception by . crowd of two thousand persons upon their arrival by train from Berlin. They plan to tour the Black Forest, and will leave for Berlin the latter part of the week to meet their wives. who are due Friday from New York.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
BREUER WIRES FROM
 ANCHORAGE FALL WE'LL"

W. H. Koch today received . telegram from Professor Breuer dated from Anchorage Sunday in which MT. Breuer says they arrived there Sunday at four ?. m., and all the party are we'll. and that the trip was grand. They missed Sun days boat by few hosss, but .ex pect to leave Seward Wednesday. Tho partyA sends sreetines to all their frisals. in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
TWO NEGROES BURNED AT
 STAKE BY MISSISSIPPI MOB

Louisville. Miss. June 13, R)- Two negroes accused of killing Clarence Nichols. q saw mill sup erintendent. were seized and pa raded through the streets. and then taken a short distance from the town and tied to telephone pole, where several cases of gaso- line were poured over thsm. A match was then struck and ap- piled to the gasoline and the two negroes were burned to death.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
APPEAL DENIED

San Francisco. June 1a. tP,- The United States Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the appeal Of August Starklot and Tessie starkloh. Alaskans. convicted of violation of the Prohibition Act.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
WICkESRHAM WITHDRAWS
 SUIT AGAINST TERRITORY

Juneau. June 21, (P)-On motion of James Wickersham, his suit to enjoin Territorial Treasurer Wal stein G. Smith from making pay ments on the eighteen Legislative appropriations The suit was dis missed without prejudice in the Federal Court today. No reason was given for the motion.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
FRENCH AVIATOR STARTS
 LONG FLIGHT, CRASHES

Paris. June 14. R-Pelientier DOmisy. the French long distance flyer. hopped on today with 8 com- panion for Karachi. India. Their plane crashed few minutes later and fell to the ground in a burning mass. but the aviators are safe.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
MONDAY
FARLEY FOR PRPE1UAL ;
 PEACE, FglANCE AND U.

Washington, Juae 13. @- France has been notined by the State Department of the Unitea States that this Government would be pleased to engage In diplomatic conversations on the subject of possible agreement for treaty of perpetual peace between the two nations. 1t has been announced.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18

New York, June IS. (P-Liad- bergh came back to the city he left on his world famous New York to Paris nonstop flight. He stepped ashore from the Tug Ma com at one twenty this afternoon being brought from Quarantine. where he landed from Mitchell Field. As the Macon hove into sight the crowds burst into such roar of welcome. such as the famous welcoming ground propab- ly never heard before. Sirens on countless craft added to the din.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
CHAMBERLAIN, LEVINE GO
 BERLIN THURSDAY

Baden Baden. June II, (P)- Chamberlain and Levine who came here for a rest after their strenu- ous welcome in Berlin, intend to leave for the capitol Thursday in a passenger plane. Then they will go to Bremen to meet their wives who are due to arrive Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18

New York. June IS. R-Mrs. Lindbergh arrived here at SOS this morning from Washington and was given a cheering welcome by the crowds. She was driven imme- diately to an apartment in the mid- town section reserved for the use of herself and her distinguished son.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18

Mitchell Field, N. Y, June 13, Rj-Lindbergh flew from Wash ington to New York in two hours and four minutes. travelling alone in goid-nosed pursuit plane. He then transferred as a passenger to an amphibian plane scheduled to land him i'll the waters of New York Bay.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
MORE L. S. TROOPS TO CHINA

Shanghai. June l3. tP-The United States Army Transport Chaumont arrived today from Ma nila with fifteen hundred Marines and an aviation unit for service in China.
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18
HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS

Patrons are requested to file their Night Letters as early in the day as possible to relieve the traffic
The Nome nugget., 1927-06-18

Supreme Court of the United States is the last recourse left for Cook.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-15
EIGHTEEN GO SOUTH
 ON PRINCESS MARY

The Princess Mary, Capt. A Slater. arrived in port from SlSag. way at 12.30 o'clock this morn. ing and sailed south at a. IT, with the following passengers from Juneau: for Seattle-G. P Mccormick, MT. and Mrs. c. J Stromberg. T. Ginacos, MT. and Mrs. F. c. Poole. K. l.. Fraser, E A. Fuller, E. M Basse, Leroy Slade, H. P. Reinshagen, H. D Stabler. S. J. Zilberman, F. Ere vik and two steerage; for Van couver--J. J. Connors, Casper Portman and Jacob Marty Jr.
 Most of the officers on tho steamer, making it's first trip tc Alaska on its winter schedule have not been on the Alaska TUT for several yearsa Capt. A. Slater is master, c. c. Fenton, first Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-15
Raise Wedding Age, Ask British Women

LONDON, Now 15-British wo. mems organizations are conduct- ing vigorous campaign to get the marriage ages of England in- creased.
 It is now legal for weddings be- tween girls 12 years old and boys fl years old to be solemnized. The women's organizations want these ages raised to 16 years for both sexes.
 There has been an increase in marriages of girls only 15 years old At this age there were 19 marriages in 1924, 24 in 1925 and 34 in 1926.
 No marriages of girls under 14 years old have taken place in England in the last three years, while there have been only four marriages of girls under 15 years of age.