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The Washington times., 1928-04-25
SHIFTS
considered.

The District Commissioners today
gave consideration at public hear
ing to seven proposed. changes in
the highway plan of the District.
Opposition to the plan to widen
Seventeenth Street, between C
Street and Benning Road North
west, was voiced by Mrs. Berthe
Dove, OF 531 Seventeenth st. N. E.,
and William f. Voigtsberger. of 52S
Seventeenth st. N. f.
Other proposed changes would
eliminate from the highway plan
that section of Forty-third Street
between Fessenden and Ingomar
Streets; the extension OF Sherrler
Place between Chain Bridge and
Weaver Terrace: the elimination or
Spring Road between Sixteenth
Street and Park Road; revision
in the lines of streets in the section
bounded by w. Street, Observatory
Circle. Rock Creek Drive, Lovers
Lane. r Street and Wisconsin Ave.
nue.. so that the highways would
follow the topography of the land;
the elimination of Wyoming Ave-
nue. from Thirty-seventh and 7
Streets to Little Falls Road, and
the elimination of several projected
streets in property owned by rail-
roads In the vicinity OF Twelfth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue
Northeast.
The Commissioners are preparing
report on the proposed changes
to be submitted to the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
SECOND NASkE
COMPANION
ARRESTED

An inquest was being held today
at La Plata, Nd. into the death Of
George Maske, 2s.year-old nursery
man, who was found unconscious
early Tuesday on the roadway near
Waldorf. Maske died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital from a skull
fracture. internal injuries ana 4
broken leg. Police believe ne was
beaten.
Another arrest WIS made yeateF-
day By Charles county police. Erie
Himtz, proprietor az q rOadlOuse. who
told police that MasISe left his place
after nm argument, was taken into
custody.
Hintz and Norbert Jameson. IS, an
employee OF Providence Hospital
farm, win be arraigned at a prelim-
mary hearing tomorrow. They are
charged with investigation and are
held in the La Plata jail.
Party Drinking
The story told by both jameson
and Hintz il that Maske, with two
men and woman. left HINTS road.
house and engaged in fight. Both
the men claim however. that the in.
iuries Maske received in the fight
were not serious. jameson il said
to have admitted participation In the
fight. The party had been drinking,
police say
Although physicians OF Emergency
Hospital said that Maske's injuries
were such as might have been
| inflicted by being struck by an
auto, Sheriff Vernon C0oksey, of
Charles county. today secuted this
theory.
| lie said his investigation leads
him to believe that MaslSe was
beaten to. death in q fight.
jameson and two other men who
were said TO have been with him
were questioned by police and claim
ed that Maske left the party and
walked up the road after the
party broke up in a row.
Maske had been employed by a
florist concern for IL years. His
mother, who lives in the 500 block
of Elliott st. N. E., survives him.
Funeral arrangements are not com
pleted.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
ARTIST RI Ans
To SUE FORD
BY IhternationaI New. services


BUDAPEST. Hungary, April
Thor Polya. hungarian astist.
is threatening to bring suit in Lon
don against Henry Ford for damages
as the result Of an incident i'm
volving sketch Of Ford made on
shipboard, it was learned here to
day.
The suit, II brought, would be
based upon violation of authors
rights" it was said. Polya claims
to have made a. sketch Of Ford
on the Majestic while the American
manufacturer was on his way to
England. He said that Mrs. Ford
did not like the sketch and asked
that it be suppressed. Later. he
claims, Mrs. Ford's secretary went
to his cabin and tore up the sketch.
-~-
LONDON, April 20. - Stanley
Parker. London lawyer. retained by
THOR JOlya, to bring suit against
Henry Ford, told \ International
News Service. today that no action
has been started.
Although the suit has not been
filed I believe it viii be shortly, :
said. Parker. My client has given
me full authority to handle the
caso
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

InG .u1OnSLeT WEIGHS ~ LOuS anu
consumes 400 pounds of herring
daily. Nothing approaching Goliath
in appearance has ever before been
seen in America and the crowds
at Madison square Garden in New
York. where the big show has been
for the past several weeks, ex-
pressed amusement at this strange
animal. who in appearance closely
resembles a huge seal with the
head of an elephant.
There are many other new fea-
lures with the Ringing Barnum
Show this season including Yasso,
the Ceylonese elephant who carries
his trainer, Gunsa, about the hip
podrome track in his mouth; the
Wallendas troupe of German wire
walkers who. on, q slender strand
OF wire 40 feet above the arena,
perform a feat never before at
tempted, that of walking three
high" perched on one another's
shoulders with no net underneath.
Then there is Lulcita I.eers, most
clever exponent of physical Gull
ture ever brought to this country
One hundred ,cloWns appear with
the circus this season and many, In.
deed, are. the new stunts performed
by these laughmakers.
Many or the old fayorites are
again to be seen, including Lillian
LeitGel, queen of the air; Con Col
leano. the most artistic Of tight
wire performers; Theo Nelson in
her series of Flip flops" down the
hippodrolne track; Maxine. corn.
edy wire artist: Berta Beeson and
many, others.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

Little Charles henderson Dexter
S-year-old son of Charley" Dexter,
genial traffic manager OF the
Western Unions office here, lay
at deaths door suffering from an
advanced attack of infantile paraiy-
sis when DR.. Harry Ong, OF the
1900 block OF ThiI'ty-seventh ST
II. w, decided upon blood tra.as;
fusion.
A young woman, herself a Iics
time of the disease in her child
hood. offered her blood to the
stricken boy. The Two, ware placed
side by side and the operation that
was; the lads only hope was per-
formed. :i. 10 !. -
The change in Charles was. so
great that even DIR. Ong was aston
ished. Day by day tbe little fet.
low gained strength and threw off
the malady. Each day the saving
blood OF his benefactof <brought.
results that seemed little short of
miraculous. 4.
The TRANSMISSION operation was
part OF the method of cure de-
veloped by DR.. Lorenz, famed Ans
TRAN specialist.
DR.. Ong was associated with DIR.
8. s. Adams, widely known pedia-
trician and dean OF Georgetown
Medical School, before the death of
DIR. Adams.
Despite the change in the lad
since the operation, DIR. Ong would
not state positively that the trans.
fusion was responsible for the cure.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
HOover's Ohio Victory

COLUMBUS, OHIO. April 3D.
Herbert Hoover and AL. Smith have
been designated as the preferred
Presidential candidates by the Re-
publican and Democratic parties of
Ohio, according to unofficial tabu-
lattons on file here today.
Both Hoover and Smith were
three to. one favoriteE. Former
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

Senator Atlee Pomerene, one of the
prosecutors in the Teapot Dome
oil scandals, was Smiths closest
rival. 49,, -
The Republican Presidential pref
erence returns from 1920 of the
States $500 precincts gave Hoover
l75,OOO and the late Senator Willis,
5000, while Al Smith received l4''
900 votes in the tabulated 5000
precincts against 5000 for Pom
creme.
BOSTON, April 25.--Returns to-
day. from Massachusetts, first pref.
erential primary showed that Her.
bert, Hoover and Alfred E.. SmWh
had carried the Bay State in a
landslide.
With only few cities and towns
missing the Republican preferential
vote was:
Hoover. 6s.4sO: Coolidge. 4.4sS
Al Smith. LILO: Dawes, I,225; Full.
Ter. 800: L4Owden, 578.
The presence Of Smiths name
in the Republican vote was ex-
planned by the fact that stickers
for him were distributed.
The Democratic vote In the pref
erential primary for that party
was:.
smith. 24,1o2; T. J. Walsh, 1876
Reed. Sd.
HARRISBURG, Pa. April 25.-Al
Smith partisans claimed six of the
eight delegates.at.large to the
Democratic national convention and
a substantial majority of the rs
delegates from Pennsylvania on The
face of incomplete unofficial pri.
mary returns available here to-
day.
The entire Administration Repnb-
lican slate headed by United States
Senator David A. Reed, and for the
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
Sea Elephant Coming
To Washington

Goliath the only elephant captured alive coming
to Washington with the Ringing Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey circus next Monday and Tuesday and viii be exhb
ton twice daily at the Camp Meigs show grounds.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

THE convenience " r0oniing and board
tRE at the same residence can he yours
~ eenttnR ore Of the attractive places
listed in tOday's Times and Herald
classified rental columns.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
TRANSMISSION SaUing
ParaLyzed Boy
--Internattonal Nsw.reel photo

Through the miracles of modern Washing
tonan has been saved from almost death and certain
paralysis the the ravages of childhood
dread scourge, nfantile paralysis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
Law Here to
Stay Sheppard

WICHITA FALLS. Oct SD
United States Senator Morris Shop
pard. author Of the Eighteenth
Amendment. believes that prohibition
is permanently written into the con-
stitution" and that N refusal TO vote
for Governor Alfred +. Smith becausc
OF his prohibition views is "subver-
sive 10 the country's welfare. He also
is convinced that Governor smith
will be the next president OF n
United States. The veteran <
senator made these declarations m
his opening campaign address here
last night. In the course Of the al
dress Ne reviewed the complete dem
%ocratic brief against the republican
party. discussing the oil scandals.
trusts. patronage. rehabilitation OF
wounded war veterans and farm re-
lief.
He declared that Governor Smiths
career had fitted him for the posi-
ton and that his record in New YORK.
state proved his ability to handle th
job. The enator speaks ut Hearu
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02

This survey showed staggering fig
ures on the amount of business the
port would develop Mr.. Crawford
said.
Flags Selfishness
He said there is no question rs 20
the benefits that will come from IL,
and said II don't see why there i
any need TO continue the discussion;
| am ready Il act"
Mr.. Crawford said he had no SYM
psthy with any section, either San
Benito, Brownsville or Harrington.
which was selfish enough to want
to get all the benefits to ITSELF
Judge Louthan then called on
Harry Hinkly for a talk. Mr.. Hink-
" said that he had come to listen.
not to talk. and said that he was in
favor Of Point Isabel port. and all
the people he had talked TO were in
favor of il, but II haven't had any
body convince me that the money
asked by the government will be suf-
fieient to complete the port. am in
favor Of putting up the $500. 1000. but
] believe we have just started. IL
there is any more none require
ment after that I am in favor Of pay
Ing u also. but | favor going into a
separate district to protect our
Selves
Crawford Replies
Mr.. Crawford arose at this point
and said that there has never been
a port in the United States COM
pleted. But after the port is in OPP
Grafton and doing business the gov
eminent will maintain it,"
Then Hinkly asked why the ov-
eminent didn't complete the port be-
fore. when il had said that certain
amounts were necessary.
Lets get into the game and help
Point Isabel Mr.. Hinkly continued.
in favor of the port at Point Isa-
be, but ] believe we should fix il
so we will have something to say.
and ! believe that calls for a sepa-
rate district"
Judge Louthan then asked: is
there another man who feels we
should have the benefit of his wis
dom n w~hereupon City Commission
er William Greenslade arose and
talked on a separate district.
Ask Separate District
He advocated such a district prin-
cipally in order that San Benito
might be free at any time in the flu
ture to Join the Arroyo Colorado
project. in ease that project proved
desirable to jooin. He said he had
talked to hundreds Of persons. and
only one was opposed TO deep water
at Point Isabel, but that many were
opposed to a countrywide district,
favoring a district Of their own.
"If the other (Arroyo Colorado)
is a success, we're three miles from
III: III not, we are not in ii. We want
water, but we want to protect our
selves in the future.
Judge Louthan then explained that
this meeting was not called upon to
decide on the question Of districts,
but merely to let the Valley port
committee know whether San Benito
favored aiding in the Point Isabel
project.
He called on q. s. Pugsley. a San
Benito farmer. who talked briefly,
saying he favored the port any way
that il came up.
The motion endorsing the Point
Isabel port then was made BY Mr..
Crawford. and the amendment re-
serving the right to decide how was
offered by Mr.. Hinkly. The amend
ment passed by n wide margin. and
the motion as amended passed with
out n vote against 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
U.OFT.FRATS
Being PRODED
Death of Student In
Initiation Causes
Faculty to Act

AUSTIN. Tex. Oct. 2.-fP-Fra-
ternities as an institution AZ the
University of Texas were on trial
for their lives today. SO hours after
the death of n student in the course
Of a fraternity initiation.
The university board OF regents
last night instructed President II. Y.
Benedict 10 appoint a faculty COM
mittee TO investigate all fraternities
and sororities at the university with
a view Of determining whether they
should be abolished. or more strict
iy regulated. The committee also IL
to be asked TO investigate the death
Of Nolte McElroy Sunday night. This
action had been requested By Delta
Kappa Epsilon. the fraternity which
was initiating McElroy AZ the time
of his death.
County authorities seemed IN feel
today that the case IS closed as far
as they are concerned. The matter
was turned over TO the grand Jury
for investigation today but District
Attorney Moore indicated no indict-
ments were being considered.
McElroy died in a hospital n
short time after he had collapsed
while w~riggling through electrically
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
CROWD VOTES

Continued from page one.)
doesn't do her part 70 help develop
the Point Isabel port.
He said he believed the pott would
reflect greatly on the development of
the Valley, and that this develop
ment would be as pronounced in San
Benito as in any other Valley city.
Mr.. Anderson said many persons
are perhaps too optimistic in be-
lieving Eve will have n great port
in a few years. but we have u start.
and the ooner we start. the sooner
we Will have a port"
Tells Point History
He then compared briefly the
Point Isabel and the Harlingen port
projects. declaring II think an ex-
c%ellent port can be developed in the
Arroyo Colorado. 7 see nothing
physically wrong with a port in the
Arroyo. But we can't have two
ports at this time.
"A port also can be made at Bra
EOS Santiago pass and Point Isabel.
and much progress has already been
made on this port. Years AGO boats
came IN through the pass and dock
ed at Point Isabel. Ever since 4
have been IN the Valley the people
have been working on the port
there
Mr.. Anderson then traced the his
tory Of the Point Isabel project
briefly, telling OF the government
aid there in the past. and the fact
that the army engineers and rivers
and harbors committee Of mgr
are in favor Of appropriating : 1.O00.-
600 TO finish the harbor and Sl50,000
annually for maintenance.
This indicates the government Is
Interested in the port Mr.. Ander-
son said.
Wins Audience
He mentioned the H~arlingen lro-
jet once more. saying that there
has been much discussion Of the two
projects, and declared n don't think
the Harlingen project is subject to
some Of the criticism that has been
made against il. But IL is impossi-
bic to have two ports. we must have
one. and therefore let Us support
Point Isabel TO the end needed.
Mr.. Anderson's talk brought con-
tinued applause from all those pres
ent. and seemed to remove any pos
slbility az a question or supporting
the Point Isabel project. for all Of
the speakers who followed made III
plain at the beginning Of their talks
that they favored paying San BE-
nito's part OF the port at Point Tsa-
bel.
j. y. Crawford. who spoke next.
said that he considered n port the
best investment the Valley sould
make. even if IL cost $4,000. 900. and
said that his statement was based on
2 survey made two years ago Nv Y
private company IN New York which
figured on building the port ut Point
Isabel rs a private proposition, and
would have carried it out but for the
death or the head Of the company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
Bi-Party State
Urged By Archer
10 The Herald:

10 The Herald:
In reading the Fridays Brownsville
Herald two things impress me very
forcibly. The first is the daily
magazine" page which you have wise
~ added 10 your already good news
paper. This page is read with inter
est and profit by every member of
the family where The Herald finds
IT'S way. and is daily quoted from by
the people on the street. II is full OF
good, timely advice and suggestions
N all phases Of human life. Time
and eternity can only reveal the good
such 8 page will do for its readers.
The second was the paragraph
which appeared in Our Valley" col
m and which is here reproduced:
NOW Is THE TINE for the cham
Der OF commerce 20 investigate the
federal building situation with n
view 70 r%emodelinE ana charging
the building, or else 70 secure a new
building.
Senator Morris Sheppard some
wears ago endeayored TO secure a
100000 structure for Brownsville.
Perhaps that effort could be re-
nevcd.
AN assistant postmaster general
viii he in San Antonio IN a few GayS.
Perhaps he could he induced "a
cone 20 Brownsville - inspect the
building and quarters here.
The fact that such ar able man ~
Senator Sheppard failed Is siCnif-
icant. No other man could have done
better.
But what party il going 70 hand
nut plums 10 a state that Is over
whelminglv one-sided. II the demo-
Gratis are IN power they say whats
the use?" We can rely on Texas
50 the rlunis 20 70 doubtful states.
When the republicans are IN the
saddle We get the same answer. Let
Texas get into the doubtful column
or become n two-party state and then
appropriations will find their way
here without much asking. The
business men Of this great common
wealth arc beginning % realize this
fact more and more as time goes By.
am not sure when that time will be.
but I am confident that IL Is not far
in the distant future-if not this
very year. Necessity is the mother
Of invention" This applies 70 politics
as well as other things. II Texas
should become 4 two party state then
this great Lower Rio Grande Valley
could get from Washington. n. G..
snv reasonable appropriation asked
for. The Lord knows that the Lower
Rio Grande Valley with its rapid
strides will need many favors from
the federal government. Then
s25o.o00 for = federal building M
BROWNSVILLE would be secured bv the
mere asking Think about n.
r. a. ARCHER
Lyford. Texas,
September %
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
OVER $4,000
BALES CINNED
Government Report on
Valley Counties
Shows Increase

Total g%innings in the four Lower
Rio Grande Valley counties. up to
September i6. were 1881 bales, as
compared with 54.917 bales at the
same date last year. according to the
report Of the U. s. Department Of
Commerce.
Ginnings in Cameron county were
almost double the record on the
same date last year.
On September rs this year Cam
eron county had ginned 33,7l6 bales,
while on the same day last year IL
06e bales had been ginned.
Hidalgo county had ginned 40,279
on September is. as compared with
81 1877 on the same day a year ago.
Starr county had ginned 4.259 bales
as compared with 1858 last year. and
Willaey county 1907 bales as COM
pared with i,l5S last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
5 u. S. CITIES
over MILLION,
BUREAU AYERS
Population Increase in
Almost All Of 262
Towns Passing 3d.
600 Reported

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-tE1C-ity
populations Of the United States, es-
timated as of July l.. 1928. we're re-
ported today by the census bureau.
Five American metropolitan centers,
headed ~ New York with a total Of
6,0l7.500 persons. were credited with
more than a million residents; Chi
cage with 1851, 400; Philadelphia
with 2,O6i, 200; Detroit with 1885,
800, and Cleveland with l%,0i0,300.
A growth in population was indi-
Gated for nearly every one Of the
cities in the 10000 population class
reported though one Of the most
famous city centers, Manhattan Bor-
ough in New York City, was actually
estimated 10 have lost 100000 people
between 1928 and 1925. when the
state enumeration was made. The
census bureau explained that it, 1928
estimates were based in part on cal
culations of population growth rates
indicated by the 1920 federal census.
by the results Of intervening state
census returns, and by studies Of To-
cal conditions. Notwithstanding. IN
the case of a few cities the bureau
refused 10 make any 1928 estimate
because of annexation. or because OF
exceptional conditions Of growth
or because Of indicated population
loss.
After the leading five cities. the
estimates showed a large group OF
American cities possessing more than
a half million people. the list includ-
ing st. Louis. SIS, 100; Baltimore $780,
400; Boston 10000; Pittsburgh. 673.-
500; San Francisco, $4,000; Buffalo.
555,s00; Washington. ID. G., 552, 600;
and Milwaukee, $4,000. No estimate
was given for Los Angeles which in
1920 had a population Of 576.673.
In all, the 1928 report listed 262
American cities having more than
10000 population in 1920, and for
most of them gave the comparative
estimate Of their total in 1928. IN
the case OF states such as New York.
Iowa. Florida. Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, which conducted a
state census in 1925, the 1925 figures
were used instead Of the 1920. Fol
lowing is a list of cities and the 1928
estimate Of their population:
Texas: Amarillo, $4,000; Austin,
1918; Beaumont. $4,000; Dallas, 2I7,-
500; FL Paso, 1880; Fort Worth.
l70,600; Galveston. $4,000; Houston,
no estimate; San Antonio, 2I3,IOO:
Waco. $4,000; Wichita Falls, no es-
innate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
Flashes of Life
NV The Associated Press)

NEW WORKINGS Margaret L.
st. John. friend Of Miss Mary Jose
phine Lauder. i back from Europe
having been unable 70 accept an IN
vitation to a wedding in Italy. IL
was pretty clear when Polly FIRST
met Gene thai she liked him . great
DEAL saws Miss St. John. They re
sure to he happy and made excellent
chaices."
NEW YORK.-Evidently 4 Is not
that males are wary IN lean year.
Marriage licenses issued at the mu-
nicipal building total $500 less
than in the same period last year.
A recent law limits the marriage
Of minors.
LOS ANGELES.-Filmdom seems
10 fascinate British notables. Prince
George was a recent visitor. The
latest Il Austen Chamberlain. enter
tanned by Doug Fairbanks, et al.
BOSTON.-R. X. Howell. refinery
superintendent. was listening to
Dixie ball series returns over the
radio. Came the roar Of the crowd
over 4 thrilling play. Mr.. Howell
slumped from a piano stool TO the
floor dead.