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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
SIX DIE when
STEAMER HITS
FREIGHT BOAT
New York Harbor Is
Scene of Spectacular
Crash in Which 28
Narrowly Escape

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 15.-(P)-
Six Norwegian seamen probably lost
their lives when the French liner,
Paris. rammed the freighter Besseg-
gen amidship off the statue Of
Liberty, early today, sending her TO
the bottom. Twenty-four OF the
crew Of 81 were saved by ferryboats
and tugs.
The collision occurred about / n.
m. as the Paris, headed for the
open sea, swerved out of the channel
to avoid crashing into a string Of
barges and piled into the Besseggen
ripping q great hole in the freight
er's side. The liner stood by until
harbor craft dashed to the rescue,
then steamed TO Quarantine and q
few hours later pushed on toward
Europe.
Eight men had been picked up by
the liner. They were put off in boats
at Quarantine and Joined there res
cue mates at the Batteries. The
municipal forces and other forces
with tug boats cruised the water
about the wreck for several hours,
picking up the survivors.
Captain Saved
Captain Ludwig Hassell Of the
Bessegen, his wife and their four
year old child, were saved by n life
boat crew from the Brooklyn. The
skipper said he was afraid the crash
came too suddenly to allow time for
the engine room crew of the freight
er to escape. He and his family mar
rowly escaped being drawn under by
the gnrfTnn ~ - ~
and were saved only when their
flimsy improvised life raft was toss
ed into the air by the whirlpool
throwing them clear of the danger
zone.
The Besseggen was loaded with
raw cane sugar from Cuba. Since
October 2 she had swung at anchor
few hundred yards off the Statue
OF Liberty without having interfered
with the worlds busiest shipping
lane. Shipping men said today that
strong ebb tide. a stiff breeze and
the accident of the barge tow which
made the Paris swing out of her
course probably combined to cause
the collision.
The hulk Of the Norwegian
freighter Besseggen, sunk athwars
the ship channel off the Statue Of
Liberty, will offer another hazard
to vessels entering or leaving the
harbor, shipping men said today.
Second Wreck
The wreck 4 the second which
must be passed by big steamers
within a few hundred yards. The
other is that Of the El Sol, sunk by
collision last year with the freighter
Sac City. Her spars still are visible
above the water but the Besseggen
is entirely under.
The Besseggen had aboard $1,000
bags of raw sugar, valued ut ap-
proximately s325,0OO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
new Bid FOR
CITY PLANTS
Harlingen Discus 8 ses
Proposed Sale At
Mass Meeting


HARLINGEN, Oct. 15.-News Of a
substitute offer for the municipal
light and water company here was
contained In a speech by Polk Horn
aday to a mass meeting of citizens
OF Harlingen Friday night. The
meeting, held in the high school
auditorium, was called by the mayor
and the city commission for the
purpose of explaining the recent Of
fer Of $l.250.0000 for the plant by
the Central Light & Power company.
The substitute offer is to be made
by the Consumers Gas and Electric
company. OF San Antonio, Mr.. Horn
aday told the gathering. In addi-
tion TO a like amount of money, the
new proposition viii lentail a proposal
for piping gas into the city.
Friday nights meeting was attend
ed by approximately 700 persons,
drawn out in an effort to learn par
tIculars Of the power plant project.
Mayor Finley Ewing and members Of
the city commission were among
those present. The mayor acted a
chairman and explained the purpose
Of the gathering, later inviting every
interested individual to express his
or her opinion on the subject.
Data Explained
Data concerning the light and water
plant, its earning power and the
worth Of equipment was displayed
prominently on a large blackboard.
Mr.. Hornaday's address from the
floor followed speeches by J. +. Rod
gers and Rev. j. s. Pearce, advocat-
ing harmony among the residents OF
the city regardless Of any differen-
ces OF opinion that might arise over
the sale of the plant or on any other
subject.
Both these speakers took the atti-
tnde that all the money offered for
the project and the plant itself was
not worth spelling the harmonious
spirit that has prevailed in this city.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Horn
aday's talk N. s. Liddell, president
OF the newly organized Citizens Civ
&c club, made a talk in which he
explained the attitude Of. his organi-
zatlon IN opposing the proposed sale
and its reasons for so doing. Lack
Of harmony among the citizens was
the last thing the club desired, he
declared.
b. M. Holland and J. |. Coursey
also spoke from the floor, the former
for and the latter against the pro-
posed sale.
Third Meeting
The meeting was the third mass
gathering held in Harilngen within
the past week. Thursday night about
It's persons gathered at the business
college auditorium and outlined
plans to fight the proposed sale, af-
ter forming the civic club. The
same group had met a few days be-
fore that.
Another meeting of the Citizens
Civic club is scheduled TO be held
next Thursday night at the Poligus
hall. Mr.. Liddell, said.
IL Is planned to make the club q
permanent organization he declared.
The proposal TO sell the light and
water plant is 20 put to a vote in
an election scheduled 10 be held on
November 9. Interest in the proposal
is very high and growing every day,
and predictions are for the heaviest
vote ever cast in an election here,
Mr.. Eiddell said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
Public Fooled Easy, Says Fake Summer

LONDON. Oct. l5.-tFp-The News
OF the World will say tomorrow that
Dorothy Cochran Logan. London ply
stefan. in q confession to the paper
declared that she did not swim the
English Channel. The woman physi-
clan whose record breaking perform
ance was announced last Tuesday, in
the confession" TO the paper de-
elared that she had perpetuated the
hoax TO show IL was easy TO deceive
the public and in order 70 show the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
TWO HEIRS OF COCA
= = v
COLA KING MARRIED;
" " ~
OTHER TO WE'D SOON

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 15.-tF)--
Two members os the Gambler fam
lily are now on their honeymoon
and another will soon hear the
wedding chimes.
Asa Gambler, Jr., son Of the
founder Of the Coca Cola COM
pany, married his secretary, Miss
Florence Stephenson, yesterday
and the couple are now on a bridal
trip that is expected to lead to
Hawaii.
His son, John, married Miss
Elizabeth Brandon I'm Richmond,
Va, Wednesday.
Miss Catherine Gambler. a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Cand-
Ter, is to marry DR.. w. C. Warren,
Jr., young physician at an early
date. She is a granddaughter Of
the elder Asa Candler.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16

er Horace s. Carey and her good faith
protected by . letter she wrote ex-
planning her purpose before leaving
Hythe England. for Cape Girls Nez,
France, from which place she was
said to have started her swim.
DR.. Logan is making the disclosure
returned to the News of the World
q check for 1000 pounds which the
paper had offered to the English wo-
man who should improve upon Miss
Ederie's time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
Facing Retirement,
Officer Kills Self

I'll PASO. Tex. Oct. i5.-LP,-Fac-
Ing retirement fro mthe army as a
result of an injury received in a polo
game about a year ago, Major Allen
G. Thurman, 80. shot and killed him
self today at Fort Bliss.
His widow Is the former Dorothy
Fitch, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Fitch, prominent In Boston So
eiety. Mrs. Thurman and their three
daughters are now visiting in the
Boston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
COAST ROAD
BONDSVOTED
San Patricio Highway
To Connect Hous-
ton with Valley

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Oct.
15.-tPl-District 5, San Patricio
county, today voted 100000 in
bonds for construction Of a high
way traversing from Refugia county
to Nueces county. The vote was Gil
for and Sc against, a majority of
about seven TO one. Application will
be made at the next meeting of the
highway commission for state and
federal aid.
The road has been designated a
state highway and will be a part of
the Hug-the-coast route from Hous-
ton to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
Man Killed i'm Fall
From Tall Building

CHICAGO, Ill. Oct. l5.-tP1-Wal-
ter Z. Miller, an official of an in
surance brokerage. was killed today
when he fell from the twelfth floor
of the insurance exchange building
in Jackson boulevard. The body
landed in the street, barely missing
pedestrians and automobiles.
According TO employees, Miller's
death was accidental.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
OGADHAND
FORU.S. MISS
Emotional Frenchmen
Elate In Their
Own Fliers

PARIS, Oct. l5.-(P)-The mag
nificent flight of Dieudonne Costes
and Joseph Lebrix across the south
ern Atlantic ocean from Saint Louis,
Senegal to Natal, Brazil, has re-
gsled to second rank in the French
nations enthusiasm in the spectacu-
lar but unsuccessful attempt Of Ruth
Elder and George Haldeman to cross
the northern Atlantic.
A glance at Paris and Provincial
newspapers Of today reveals this
relegation, for while the achieve
ment Of Costes and Lebrix Is spread
over the front pages the story Of the
daring attempt of the American avi-
atrix and her co-pilot was TO be
found on the inside or back pages.
1t was the first time the French
have had an opportunity to cheer
their own aviators in q year marked
by wonderful American achievements,
and they took advantage of the op-
portunity with full nationalistic
pride.
Reports have been circulated and
published in the French press to the
effect that Miss Elder intends to en-
ter the motion picture fields. Dis
patches from the United States tell
ing Of the attemp by her hackers
to capitalize Miss Elders exploit by
selling n copyright story OF her
flight and subsequent literary pro-
ductions appears TO have rather chill
ed the highly emotional French
public, is quick TO enthuse and just
as quick to CONCEAL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
HISTORY IN NOTES

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. IB.-tP1
The notes scribbled by n reporter
who died covering the story rnvo
newspapers their first authentic ac-
count Of the airpiane crash whiah
killed five persons here tonight.
For some time after q five passen-
ger monoplane had crashed into the
ground at Stinscn Field, killing All
its occupants. reporters were unable
to learn the names Of the victims.
In the pockets Of one Of the men m
sheaf Of coarse newspaper copy paper
was found which contained the fni-
tials and names Of all or the party
and many other essential details of
the story.
w. w. Winburn. had made the
notes for n feature story he intend
ed 70 write on the flight OF lid Ca
vanaugh, his wife and four months
old baby. Winburn, the CavanauRhn
and Buel Clark, the pilot. were all
killed.
Winburn had sought 10 bc gener-
Gus and allow Milo McIlhernn. staff
photographer for his paper 20 make
the flight McIlheran handed ehe
plates he had just made TO Winbnrn
70 be taken 70 the dark room ard
entered the plane, but Cavanauxh In
sisted that Winburn accompany them.
Winburn then took McIlhsran's place
in the plane, negiecting TO return
the plates. When Winburn'B body
was taken from the wreckaRe thn
plates were shattered but the notes
were intact. They contained every
thing necessary 70 complets the
story.
McIlheran helped extricate Win
burns body. The reporter was stilI
breathing and McIlhernn tried franz
ticaily 70 restore him and hear any
thing that MS friend might say, but
Winburn died in his arms.
from me notes reporters were able
20 obtain the make OF the plane, the
make Of the engine, its horseuower
and history and fragments of fhn hln-
tory ef the other victims.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
WEATHER
WEATHER

WEATHER
OKLAH0MA:-Sunday and Mon
day fair, warmer Monday.
EAST TEXAS:-Sunday and Mon
day fair: warmer in the interior Mon
day. light easterly winds on the
coast.
WEST TEXAS;-Sunday and Mon
day fair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
THE DAWN" WAITS

THE DAWN" WAITS
OLD ORCHARD, Ne, Oct. 15.-CP)
Mrs. Francis w. Grsyson and her
two companions, whose amphibian
plane "the Dawn" has been standing
on the sands of this beach since
(Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
TRAGEDY ENDS
SAN ANTONIO
TRIAL FLIGHT
Reporter Dies With
Notes on Story For
Sunday Paper Still
I'm His Pocket

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct.
15.-(P)-Five persons were
killed here early tonight
when an experimental air.
plane owned by a San An
tonic man crashed near Stin-
son Field, the municipal air
port.
THE DEAD:
Buel Clark, SO, Of Hous-
ton, who was plotting the
plane, was killed in the
crash as were Mrs. Ed Caya-
naugh Of San Antonio. her
four months old daughter,
Nancy Katherine and Will
liam Winburn, a reporter for
the San Antonio Light.
I'd Cavanaugh, husband
OF Mrs. Cavanaugh died
shortly after the accident IN
a local hospital.
observers said that the
plane was flying at an alti-
tlde Of about 200 feet when
the motor apparently went
dead and the plane Crashed
into a field.
Planned Unique Flight
Cavansugh had planned
to make the flight a unioua
one by having three genera.
tions Of his own family ir
the air at once. He had
planned to have his mother
MRS. "A. T. CavanauRh ac,
compa"J him on the flight.
put circumstances made this
impossible and his wife took
the vacant seat.
Winburn was to have writtsr
feature story for the Sunday editor
OF the Light and a Light staff nhoto-
grapher, Milo hcIlheran acconipanied
the party 20 the field and made sew
eral pictures as they boarded the
plane. There was not room for N
sixth passenger and McIlheran was
disappointed that he could not make
the hop" a few moments later he
cleaned up the story" BY taking pic
lures or the wreck. Winburn was
MS close personal friend.
Plane 900 Feet I'm Air
l.. l. Baker, owner of the plane, ia
q storekeeper at Duncan Field. thm
army's air intermediate depot there.
He was unable 70 assign cause for
the crash. He judged that the plane
\ was 800 feet In the air when IL SEEM
cd 70 stall and then plunge down.
ne had not owned the plane long
and was very proud Of IL as IL was
one or the first monoplanes turned
out by u standard manufacturer who
has been making biplanes for SONS
time The plane was equipped with n
radial water cooled motor.
Cavanaugh was formerly ON army
flier.
Notes For Story
Among the things found In Win
burns pockets after the crash were
his notes for the story he intended
to write.
Baker said that Clark had taken the
plane up earlier i'm the day and that
II had performed satisfactorily. The
owner rushed to the spot when the
plane hit the ground and found Clark
and the baby dead. Mrs. CavanAugh
and Winburn were taken from the
plane alive, but died almost imme-
diately. Cavanaugh died N few mo-
ments after reaching the hospital.
All the victims had crushed skulls.
II
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-05-14

The musical and artistic opportun-
';':rs which radio has brought to the
american public never were so strik-
Ugly emphasized as in the person
:,el ard program provided for the
r.hcial opening Of the 1927 Music
Week.
Instead Of an event in which a few
recognized artists participated for the
pleasure and edification of a few
Thousand people. the Atwater Kent
Gala Night program, inaugurating
Music Week this year. will go down
in musical history as an occasion
when whole constellation of stars
frightened for an hour the lives Of
literally tens Of millions Of people.
Before the day Of radio. not even
he most daring impresario would
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-05-14

I water Kent artists In one gala pro-
gram running the whole gamut Of
artistic excellence. Frances Aida,
Louise Homer, Jeanne Gordon,
Charles Hackett. Reinald Werrenrath,
Louise Homer Stires, Allen McQuhae,
Paul Kochanski and John Corigliano.
not to mention accompanies and
orchestra, were welded into one joint
concert for broadcast through nine
teen stations.
Through the impetus Of this initial
program, setting new high record in
musical achievement, new progress is
expected to be achieved during the
next year by the Society for the Ad-
vancement Of Music, of which Otto
H. Kahn, banker, philanthropist and
patron Of music, is the head. More
than 1900 municipalities are now
participating in Music Week activi-
ties, and through the aid # radio.
organization work is being extended
even into small towns and rural COM
mlInitfes
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-05-14

have considered the possibility OF
bringing together, for one concert
nine of the outstanding artists of the
grand opera and concert stage. No
auditorium, no concert hall, could
have held an audience sufficiently
large to have justified so elaborate a
presentation. Radio. however, not
only made this possible, but made 1T
a fact. And concert such as even
box holders of the New York Metro
politan Operas Golden Horseshoe.
with all their cash. could not buy
few years ago. is now enjoyed by
millions. in country. village and town
as well as in the cities, without
price - free to any and all who tune
in.
Even the Society for the Advance
ment of Music. when 1t invited Mr..
Aent 70 provide The opening program
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-05-14

for this years Music Week-as he had
done in 1926 - did not forsee the
unrivaled scale on which the work
would be approached. They recog-
nized, Of course. that the Atwater
Kent Hour led in quality and prestige
among radio musical programs. and
their invitation was the result Of
that knowledge.
MIR. Kent, however. felt that Ma
tioral Music Week demanded some
thing out Of the ordinary. What
could 1t be? He couldn't put on any
better artists than those regularly
appearing in his Sunday evening At
water Kent hour. because he was al
ready using the best talent Of the
operate and concert stage. The Diff
ference, then. must be in variety and
contrast.
The result was ROUNDUP, of At.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-05-14

The c Penny Community Home Jacksonville Fla has
Just been dedicated and thrown retired
k where rsn hght and heat free Twenty-Five
which house 30 families chapel and civic
nany is memorial to Mr. Pennys father mother bis
father having been Baptist minister Above the Chapel
OF Mr. Penny and below typical ixas thaaA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14

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and the coast towns, where. figura.
lively, it covered under the projec.
ton of guns of allied warships.
Frederick Townsend Ward turned
up at Shanghai with the proposal that
he organize a band of soldiers of for.
tune and take the principal cities from
the revolutionists. He had. he said,
served under six flags, though he was
scarcely more than 20. He had been
with Garibaldi in Brazil, with Walker
I'm Nicaragua, had fought in Uruguay
against Argentine domino ton, with
the French in the Crimea. and with
Juarez in Mexico. He confessed
frankly that China was the only place
just then where war was to be had,
and he had come for that reason. For
$4,000 a city he would contract to
drive the enemies of the Emperor into
the Cobb Desert. What was the gov.
eminent to do?
Desperate, 1t accepted this boys
contract.
WARD got together number Of
w American soldiers OF fortune
who had fought with him under other
flags. These he made officers. Then
he recruited his 500 men from the
scum of the Eastern ports-Maiay
pirates. Burmese dacoits, Tartar bri.
gands and deserterS and fugitives from
all the armies of the world. One hun.
dred dollars a month was their salary
and it was agreed that i'm every city
they should be allowed one day for
lOoting. He armed the officers with re-
volvers and swords and the men with
repeating. short.barreled rifles. and
the terribly cruel and effective Malay
kris.
His first move was on the city OF
Sunkiang, one OF the seven sacred
sites OF old China, on the Wasung
River. Here was one of the temples
OF Confucius, one OF the most revered
and ancient in the land. The city
had walls 20 feet high, 5 miles long
1t was garrisoned with 5000 of the
rebel schoolmaster's bloodthirsty, vic.
tory-mad henchmen. With the dawn
OF July day in 1860, Ward and his
500 men stole across the rice fields
AS they rushed into the opening they
were met by such a whitening fire
that many were killed and all the
others ran for their lives. Some one
had betrayed Wards plan to the
enemy.
Back In Shanghai the government
and the soldiers of the foreign coun-
tries laughed at Ward. but with New
England shrewdness and argument he
stood upon his contract. Again he
organized his legion, recruiting others
to replace the casualties. Again. lust
at dawn. he led this company out of
the rice fields. He and William For.
ester. his second in command, sprinted
under fierce fire for the gates of the