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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
CARDS TO Get
Sll7,626.25
To Slice Melon Into
Servings Of S4,-
1925 Each
BY CHARLES w. DUNKLEY
Associated Press Sports Writer

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.-(R1-The ST.
Louis Cardinals found solace today
in the fact that they will split sl17,-
526.25, a record total for losing play
ers in the world series. They divide
their share into % parcels. Twenty
six of the players will receive full
shares with four dividing the re-
naming two.
Ernest Orsatti and Earl Smith re-
ceived a half-share apiece while
Clarence Lloyd, the secretary Of the
club and Harrison Weaver. the train
er, get a half share each. Their slice
Of the melon amounted to $2,09S.6S.
The following members Of the club
received $4,l97.26 as their full
share: William McKechnie, the
manager; Jack 0nslow, the coach and
these players: Alexander, Haines,
Sherdel. Mitchell, Rhem, Reinhart,
Johnson. Farmhouse. Haid. Little
john. Wilson, Bottomley. Frisch, Ma
ranville, High, Thevenow, Hafey,
Douthit, Holm, Harper. Blades, Mar
tin. Roettger and Williamson.
The Cards also voted to give $50
each to the two clubhouse boys, Ken
meth and Roy Sullivan and to the bat
boy. Butch Yatkeman.
Sam Breadon. owner Of the Crd-
inals. took time out today, to deny
rumors Of the sale or Of the transfer
OF the franchise Of the club. Previ-
Gus TO the series. reports were that
he had agreed to sell the club for
5 1000. 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
RESCUE
FROM DEBRIS
OF BUILDING
Piteous Appeals of
Victims Spur Work
On Collapsed Struc-
ture at Prague

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Oct. 10.
-tPl-Piteous appeals for help COM
ing today from the debris Of an
which collapsed yesterday spurred
rescue workers on to dig out Is per
sons estimated to be buried in the
ruins. Eighteen bodies had been re-
covered and il was feared many of
those entombed were dead. Two
score were missing.
Pedestrians in the narrow street
and passengers in a street car pass
ing the building at the time Of the
collapse were injured. The chief
inspector Of police was run over and
killed by a fire department auto
mobile when he was h~urrying to the
scene with a group Of s~alvagers. The
architect Of the building was report
ed TO have committed suicide on the
spot VIXEN he saw the disaster. Three
building inspectors were among
those buried in the ruins.
Cries Of relatives of the missing
added to the horror of the scene as
rescue workers labored through the
night under the beams of search
lights.
A woman found in the ruins the
severed head Of her husband and po-
lice had to take it away from her by
force.
The populace Of the vicinity was
terrified by the collapse, which oc-
currei at a time when the business
street was thronged.
Government authorities attributed
the collapse to defective cement and
hasty and faulty construction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Texas Ranges In
Good Condition,
U.S. Report Says

AUSTIN. Texas. Oct. 10.+(P-
The condition of Texas livestock
ranges on October / was SO per cent
compared with Sc a month ago and
also Sc per cent, the average for the
last five years, says the United
States department Of agriculture. di-
vision Of livestock estimates, in a
statement today.
Although ranges deteriorated
somewhat in the northeast. north
west and west-eenter. they have
shown improvement in other dis
%tricts, the statement continues.
In the west ranges are in better
condition than for many years. be-
ing recorded at los per cent. Grass
and weeds have greened up again in
many areas, and if favored by a late
frost date, will assure excellent win
ter range.
Abundant rains in the south re-
vived ranges in that district an
with the exception Of a few scat
tered sections. there will be ade.
quate feed for local needs.
Hay and other feed crops have
made about average yields in those
areas where rain has been adequate
and only a comparatively few SEE
tons will find il necessary TO i'm.
port feed"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
CURTIS URGES
PARTY VOTES
Support Being Given
State Candidates
By Senator

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 10.-(P-
Senator Charles Curtis, republican
vice presidential nominee, is hewing
to his long-standing slogan of "the
straight republican ticket" as he cam
paigns through the interstate polit-
ical zones of the northwest where
factional strife in state politics looms
as a threatening influence on the
national contest.
Yesterday at Superior. Wis, he en-
dorsed Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette,
republican senatorial nominee, and
last night in Duluth gave his word
for Arthur +. Nelson, regular repub-
lican candidate for the senate in this
state.
LaFollette so far has said nothing
about the Hoover Curtis ticket. His
faction in Wisconsin has opposed
Walter Kohler, Of the conservative
wing, republican gubernstorial uom-
inee. who is supporting Herbert
Hoober. Curtis also spoke a good
word for Mr.. Kohler.
Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor,. is
the opponen of Mr.. Nelson, regular
republican in Minnesota.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Gloria Swanson Has
A New, Step-F father

CHICAGO, Oct. lo.-(Pl-Gloria
Swanson has a new stepfather-C. c.
Woodruff, a member of the Chicago
Civic Opera company orchestra.
Woodruff and Mrs. Adeline Lou
Burns, mother of the screen star,
were married recently at T~iajuana,
but their marriage became known
here only when they established
themselves in a home on Delaware
Place.
II was Mrs. Burns third marriage.
Her first husband, Joseph t. Swan
son, father Of Gloria, was a sea cap
tain. Her second was Mathew p.
Burns, a wealthy California shoe
merchant, who died. leaving her his
estate.
Neither the screen actress nor her
husband the Marquis de la Falaise
ct de la Coudrey, ras present at the
ceremony.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
smith MAKES
FIRST STAGE
OF new TRIP
Nominee Urged to De-
liver Addr S Be-
fore Saturday, But
He Refuses, Report

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-fPl-Gover-
nor Smith starts tonight on a trip
to the southland and its border
states ending with a speech Satur-
day night at Louisville.
Reports were prevalent that Chair
man Raskob wanted the democratic
presidential nominee to make at
least one speech before reaching
Kentucky Saturday morning, but it
was doubtful whether he could per-
suade him TO do so.
AS the schedule now stands, the
governor will make only rear plat
form appearances tomorrow end to-
morrow night at Richmond. Va. and
Raleigh, Greensboro. Salisbury and
Charlotte. n. G., and devote Friday
to receptions and conferences with
prominent democrats at Chattanooga
and Nashville, Tenn.
Only One Address
The governor left Albany intend
ing to make only one address this
week and it is believed by those
close TO him that he will stick 20
that plan, although he may address
a Few informal words Of greeting 10
well-wishers along the route to Ten
nessee.
The governor arrived in New York
yesterday from Albany at 1880 .. n.
Soon afterward he greeted Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt. democratic nominee
Tor governor Of New York, whose
headquarters are in the same hotel
and talked over plans for the cam
paign IN this state. Mr.. Roosevelt.
who placed Governor Smith in nom
i%nation at Houston, probably will be
depended upon 70 campaign upstate
Tor the national as we'll as the state
ticket, since the presidential candi-
dates present plans call for only two
speeches in New York-in Brooklyn
and New York City-the Friday and
Saturday nights before election.
Raps Hoover
On his way down the Hudson, the
presidential nominee took a few
shots at Herbert Hoover and Senator
Curtis in connection with their
Muscle Shoals and tariff statements
and indicated he might discuss the
tariff at Louisville.
Asked whether he had read Mr..
Mowers statement that he favored
continued government ownership OF
Muscle Shoals. the governor said he
had not, but sought further enliTht-
eminent as to what was said about
who would operate the plant. He
was informed that this angle was
not touched upon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Arrest Man AMI.
Take Liquor and
Horse il, Catch

One man was arrested and a horse
and q pint bottles Of mescal were
confiscated by United States Gus
toms officials and deputy sheriffs
early Wednesday morning.
The man was arrested on suspicion
when officers saw him walking
through vacant property directly
north of the old city cemetery.
After arresting the man, they start
ed search for the liquor cache which
they believed 70 be near and finally
found the liquor in a sack at the side
Of a mesquite tree TO which a horse
had been tied.
The man was faced in Jail and
the liquor and h.Fe are being held.
Customs inspectors r. L. Camp
bell and Deputy Sheriffs E. and G.
Cavazos made the haul.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Man Makes Bond
In Liquor Case

Charles c. Peck Of Houston. held
following a hearing on a liquor vio-
lation charge before United States
Com z. X. Goodrich, was released
from the Cameron county Jail We'd
nesday after making $500 bond.
The mans bond was made in Hous-
ton and forwarded to Goodrich after
II had been approved by United
States Com. Winston Mahon Of that
city.
Peck was arrested along with ].
W. Wright and was charged. Jointly
with having attempted to transport
OF gallons of intoxicants which had
been stored in a rear compartment
OF a high-powered roadster.
The men were arrested on the
main street Of San Benito by Lieut..
OF Police Bill Estes after they had
succeeded in escaping search by
customs Officials at the Gateway
bridge, il is said.
Wright is still being held in iail
In default Of $1,000 bond. II Il ex-
pected that he will make this bond
IN the next few days, according to
Harold Jefferds, deputy United
States marshal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Doctor at 83 Found People
Preferred His Prescription

The basis Of treating sickness has
not changed since DR.. Caldwell left
Medical College in 1875, nor since he
placed on the market the laxative
prescription he had used in his prac-
tice, known to druggists and the
public since 1892, as DR.. Caldwelfs
Syrup Pepsin.
Then, the treatment Of ccnstipa-
tion, biliousness, headaches, mental
depression, Indigestion, sour stom-
ach and other indispcsitions that
result from constipation was n
tirely by means Of simple vegetable
laxatives. herbs and roots. These are
still the basis Of DR.. Caldwelrs
Syrup Pepsin, which Il q combina-
ton Of SIENNA and other mild Taxa
tive herbs, with pepsin.
DR.. Caldwell did not approve of
drastic physics and purges. He did
not believe they were good for hui
man beings TO put into their system.
III grown people want to use them
no one a deny them the privilege,
u they should never Dc given "
children.
The simpler the remedy fo- consti-
patton, the safer for the child and
Tor you, and the better for the
general health OF all. And rs you
can get results in a mild and safe
way by using DIR. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, why take chances with
strong drugsf All drug stores have
the generous bottles.
Many is the family today that
makes it a rule always to have a
bottle of this perfect preparation in
the house. Keep it handy and OBJ.
serve these three simple rules OF
health: keep the head cool, the feet
warm, and the bowels open. We
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
WEATHER

The northeastern low pressure
area has moved off the north Allan.
tic coast and is now replaced By
high pressure, 30.es inches a,
pittsburgh. Pa, and fair and cooler
weather obtains from the middle
Mississippi Valley eastward. The
British Columbia "low" has advanc.
ed east-southeast and is now cen.
trial in eastern South Dakota, 29.4e
inches at Huron. S. D.. and has re.
suited in a marked rise in TEN.
perature IN the upper Mississippi
and Missouri Valley. the Central
Plains States. and in the central
Rocky Mountain region. This be-
ing followed BY a high" in the
Northwest accompanied By a fall To
normal temperatures. Durin, the
last "a hours showers have occurred
in east-central Texas. northern
Louisiana. the New England coast
and in the Northwest. A moderate.
~ heavy shower. LA inches. was
reported from Tampa. Fla.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10

tempt to subjugate the Mohamme-
dams. These forces. however, we're
defeated and more soldiers were
then poured into Kansu. This re-
suited in civil warfare which was
believed to be continuing although
there have been no reports later
than August.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Engineer Killed AS
Wabash Trains Crash

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. Oct. TO-
tR)|ohn McGregor, engineer. was
killed and several passengers injured
today in a collision between a Wa
bash railroad passenger train and a
freight near Stevensville.
The freight train was on a siding
but it is understood that the rear
end did not clear the main line and
the passenger train ploughed
through.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10

MEDIA, PA jury OF seven mer
and five women here was immune "a
pulchritude. Judge McDade charged
in the case Of Mrs. Vivian Mellow
ell Page. the Miss Mobile Of en- At
lantic City pageant: Because God
has endowed this girl with beauty.
be exceptionally careful not to le;
this fact sway your verdict" She
was convicted OF larceny.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
RIuIFrN

First figure lowest temperature
last night; second. highest ~tenpera.
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
ut 8 a. M; fourth. rainfall past "a
hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10

would be glad to have you prove at
our expense how much DR.. Cald-
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
A Book for You

Ask us to show you the new book, King
Color Rules the Home" by DR.. Q. d. Holley
and Associates Of the Acme Quality Color
thority on interior decoration. Ii is a real book
"a valuable treatise on this important subject
Il features IL American homes, and shows in
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less than printing cost.
Consult "THE HOUSE OF COLOR" for the
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glad to help.
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prOClalrns the correct COlOrs
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
CONGRESS MAY
 ADJOURN, MAY

WASHINGTON, Mar. 24-.Presi- dent Coolidge Is of the opinion that Congress can complete it's legislative tasks and adjourn. if it desires. by the middle of May
 The progress that has been made with appropriation bills and with other legislation that has been approved or now is being whipped into shape, MT Coolidge considers. bears out his belief that the present session can be brought to a close we'll before the budget meeting and the June con. ventions.
 Upon the adjournment of Con gress and tho health of Mrs. Cool idge's mother, Mrs. Elmira Good hue. depend the location of the 1928 summer White House and the time when the Presidents va cation will be begun. Already in- vtatlons have reached the White House from Asheyille, N. C., which has an altitude of 5000 feet. and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
LASKER GAVE
 S25,000 FOR
 70 CAMP AICN
Senate Teapot Dome Com mittee Finds Entry
 Properly Listed

WASHINGTON, March 2f.-A contribution of $25,000 to the Republican Party to the 1920 Presidential campaign, which is listed as found by the Senate Teapot Dome Committee. was giv- en by Albert D. Lasl1er, who be- came Chairman of the Shipping Board in 1921, after Harding be- came President
 Lasker produced cheek dated October 1920, in the campaign of which Will H. Hays was man ager for Harding. He said the contributions were held to the maximum of $1.000. Lasker made the S1,000 contribution and said the additional $25,000 was paid in cash to the late Fred w Up- ham, Treasurer of the Republican National Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
SMITH IS NOT PLEASED WITH
 LEGISLATURE
Defeat of Two Measures
 Regretable, Governor Says in Review

ALBANY, N. Y., March 2i Gov. A. E. Smith found occasicn in his annual review of the New York State Legislative session to refer indirectly to the Senate Oil investigation, although remaining silent for the time being in the controversy with Chairman Nye over whether Harry F. Sinclair contributed to the New York State Democratic campaign fund.
 Gov. Smith said the defeat by the Republican controlled Legis- lature, which adjourned Thursday, of the proposed election law amendment, designed to require filing of campaign expenses be- fore elections. was regretable especially in face of startling revelations at Washington"
 The action of the Legislature in meting out defeat again to the Governors proposal for develop ment of hydro-electric resources under State ownership and State control .in the face of the ma tional scandal growing out of the leasing of the country's natural resources" also displeases the Chief Executive
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Fo1t b Tefl Story of Teapot Come Oil Lease

WASHINGTON. March 2i. Former Secretary of Inter- for Albert B Fall will tell his story about tho Teapot Dome oil lease on March 29. at his home in Fl Paso. Tex as. Justice Jennings Bailey has granted a motion of Harry F. Sinclair, for the taking of the deposition from Fall who is too i'll to attend the Sinclair trial on April 4.
 Daniel Thew Wright. who has been retained as asso- ciated counsel for Sinclair, will conduct the examina- ton of Fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Girls Must Be Good;
 Prison Reported Full

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March "A Indiana women must stop com hitting crime because the state has no place to confine them after they are convicted and sentenced Miss Margaret Elliot Superinten- dent of Indiana Woman's Prison here. said today no more prison CTS can be admitted to the insti- tuition. She has written to every Judge having criminal jurisdiction in the state. asking them not to send any more women to tho pris- 'on for the time being.
 We just simply cant take any more" Miss Elliot saidi The in stitution was built to house IA women and we now have more than POO, and had 217 one day this week" Ninety-one of the prison CTS are in the penal department. including six women serving life terms for murder
 Statements of John A. Brown, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, indicated all other penal institutions of the state are sim ilarly Qvercrowded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
MIAMI POLICEMEN INDICTED, MURDER
|SCHWAB,|MELL0N,
 ROCKEFELLER, JR. GIVE TESTIMONY
Prominent Factors in Coal Industry Appear Be-
 fore Senate Com.

WASHINGTON. March 24- Three distinctly contrasting rer- sonalities each prominent factor in the economic life of America. were questioned yesterday by the Senate Interstate Commerce Com mittee regarding their connection with the laundering bituminous mining industry.
 First came Charles Schwab Chairman of the Board of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, whose good natured bantering and disarming smile quickly dis sipated the tenseness of the crowded room. He denied active connection with the Bethlehem Mines Corporation but admitted a serious situation faced the bi- luminous operators and miners alike. He advocated other oceu- patton for the surplus miners as a solution.
 John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. quiet ly asserted his confidence in the officers of the Consolidated Coal Company, in which he owns 1892 GOO shares of preferred stock. He emphasized the fact that he ap- peared strictly as a layman He disavowcd any ability to suggest or work for the relief of the trouble
 Finally. K. B. Mellon, brother. of the Secretary Of the Treasury haltingly explained that he and the Treasury Secretary held 25 per cent of the stock of the Pitts burgh Coal Company which has been the principal target of the United Mine Workers
 Throughout the inquiry Mellon repeatedly answered, q don't kiiow" to queries by tho commit tee members.
 Asked if the employees should be kept al work. Mellon replicd
 q don't know
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Policemen's Brother
 Given Life Sentence

NEW YORK, March 24 John Beckman. twenty-six. 15 Bowcry. has beon sentenced to state pyls- on for life. He is t brother of two city policemen and city fire man.
 Beckman. previously convicted of felony several times, pleaded guilty in general sessions to the burglary of drug store at 106l First Avenue on January l9.
 Judge Mancuso said this case was one in which the Baumes law provided too severe a penalty. He said that if all application for axecutive clemency is made at the end Of ten years he would recom- mend Beckmsn's release.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Suits Filed Against
 Ten Motion Picture
 Companies, Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill.,. March 24.- Eleven motion picture companies and cinema companies. including the leaders in the industry, are charged in a complaint filed in the Federal Court by the United States District Attorney with violating the Sherman antitrust law during the strike of motion picture operators last fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24

OXFORD. England, March 24- England's titled society folk are looking forward to the wedding this spring of Miss Valerie French, granddaughter of the famous field marshal, Earl of Ypres, and Henry Bradley Martin, an American stu dent and polo player at Oxford university. whose home is at Westbury, Long Island.
 Miss French is among the pret- tiest of the 1927 debutantes. Her father is the Hon. Edward Gerald French. brother of the present Earl of Ypres.
 Henry Bradley Martin is a nephew of the Countess Carnelia of Craven. He is in his third year at Oxford.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Spokane to Enter
 N. Y. to L. A. Derby

SPOKANE, March 24 Five air. planes. four of them national guard ships, will be entered by Spokane pilots in the New York to-Los Angeles air derby next September
 Major Fancher, commander of the Washington national guard air unit here. stated that he was vir- tually certain permission would be granted to enter the guard ships Nick Manner, who last September won second place in the New York-to-Spokane derby, will enter civilian plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-24
Black Bears, Owls
 Now Lose Protection

VICTORIA. B. C., March 24-ln Der of appeals from members of the legislature. the provincial gov ernment has decided to cancel game board protection from black bears and big horned owls. The owls are blamed for killing large numbers of game birds. as chicks, which the government spends large sums annually to propagate. The black bears are condemned as lamb and salmon killers.