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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-03

STICK UP BANK; SLUG
ONE; OBTAIN 5000

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3.-tPt-Two
robbers today raided the Bank or
Manchester at Manchester. held up
three employees and three custo-
mers and escaped with about $4,000
in cash after smuggling the village
barber who stood in their path rs
they ran To an automobile in which
a third man waited.
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10 Killed When
Rio De Janeiro
Airplane Falls

RIO DE JANERO, Dec, 3-tH-Ten
persons were killed today when the
hydro-airplane Santos : Dumont
crashed in the bay. The plane was
carrying a reception committee to
welcome the Brazilian aviator AL
berto Santos-Dumont. Everybody
on board was killed.
Those killed were Prof. Tobias
Moscoson, Prof. Antonio Amorso
Couta, Deputy Ferdinando Labour-
iau, Deputy Amaury de Mediros. DR..
Paulo Castro Maia a representative
Of the Journal de Brazil
mechanic.
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LEGION CHIEF DIES

BALLINGER. Tex. Dee. 5.-tFr-L.
Copen. 40. merchant. chief Of the
Rallinger fire department. command
or az the local post Of the Ameri-
can Legion and vice president Of the
state volunteer fircmen's depart
mcnt. dropped dead here yester-
day.
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CONTINUANCE ASKED

CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex. Dec. g.
pa defense motion for continu-
Xnce was being prepared here today
for Robert Lothringer and r.. G..
Whittenton. indicted jointly for
murder in the Staying ~ r. e.
Young. who was shot to death in a
hospital bed here Sent. :. When the
trial was called this morning. $50
venlremen had been summoned.
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SAFETY MEASURE FATAL

HOUSTON. Texas. Dec. 3.-tP-A
safety measure. taken by four hunt
crs near here yesterday. cost the life
of Leonard Corydon Abercrombie. ~.
Rice Institute student. Abercrom'
bic was shot as the four were n
loading their guns preparatory TO re-
turning 70 Houston. A charge from
one Of his companions guns struck
Abercrombie and he died in a Sweet
water hospital.
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Wheat Close Is
Irregular; Dat
And Corn Are I

CHICAGO. Dee. 3.-P-Searl
az wheat offerings. December
livery IN particular. Ted A. "a
higher prices today despite the y
that the Liverpool wheat market
proved relatively unresponAiye
Saturdays upturns on this sIdeI
the Atlantic.
Opening AZ Use or fto 3-sc un. ii
cago wheat later showed Eer
gains. Corn and oats were Cd
with corn starting unchanged III
down. and subsequently holdrnIM
TO the initial figures. Prov
went lower.
Wheat closed irregular at 5-s
net decline To t-SMl-ic
corn SIS 10 Sac up. oats sho
T5-Sc TO 3-4c advance. and y
unchanged ~ "A setback of
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Dee. 3.-,Pl-Ctton
spot quiet: lower; American srict
good middling 1i.53; good midling
lib; strict middling 1898; lnid-
ding 1913; strict low midling
10.43; low middling lO.fs; itrict
good ordinary 9.9S; good Ordinary
9.6s; sales 5000 bales. 400 Aeri-
can; receipts $4,000. Americat H.
500; futures closed quiet: Dec. pal:
Jan. 1912; March 10.i5; May lO.i7;
July 1885: Oct. 1917.
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Use Blue Star Soap. then spplly
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema. itch.
letter. ringworm. poison oak. dsndruf'
rhildrsn's sores cracked hands. sors
feet and most forms n itching skis
diseases. II kills germs. stons itching
usually restoring The skin IN health
Soap. osc: Blus Stsr Remedy. 800.
ask vonr druc-iSt.-Adv.
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Bleeding Gums Healed

The sight Of sore gums In sicken-
ug. Reliable dentists often Export
the successful use of Leto's Pyor-
rhea Remedy on their very worst
Eases IL you will get a bottle and
Use Ms directed druggists will retur,
money II II fails. Eagle Pharmacy.
Inc.-Adv. CD
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MAN SHOT WITH OWN GUN

DEL RIO. Texas. Dee. 3.-tPi-
Mrs. Refugio Luna De ozuna shot
Manuel Gomez twice with her pistol.
then took mis- and shot him twice
more. testimony at a preliminary
hearing for the woman who is
charged with murder in the shooting
Saturday. said here today.
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SINCLAIR
CHARGE is

WASHINGTON. Dee. 3.-iP-
Prompt action by the supreme court
N the contempt proceedings against
Harry Y. Sinclair for refusal 10 an.
swer questions put 20 him by the
senate oil Investigating committee
was forecast today when his ase
was advanced for hearing on Janu-
airy : next.
sinclair was given a Jail sentence
~ the District Of Columbia supreme
court and took his case TO the court
q appeals. which after having 4 for
several months asked instructions Of
the supreme court on five points
raised in challenging his convictinn
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JURORs-TO-BE QUOTE
BIBLE; ARE

DALLAS. Tex. Dee. 3.=tP-The
sixth Commandment was quoted By
several prospective jurors here to-
DAY a the state attempted 10 quail
~ them Or the ath penalty for
the trial Of Y Ray Adams. charged
with having shot Orville Mathews.
banker. 70 death At a crowded down
town street intersection here Sept
!.
Al noon only NJ juror had be
accepted; four had been challenged
~ the state and two By the defense.
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Harrington Folks
Hurt In Crash

ALICE. Tex. Dec. s.-P,-Tbe
Rev. ri. n. Mcneil. pastor ~ the
Church Of Christ at Harlingen. was
severely injured and the Rev. and
Mrs. Derius Harmon and Mrs. j.. r.
Newly. also Of Harrington. suffered
minor injuries when their automo-
bile overturned AT a road ;ntersec-
tion near here today.
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Continued from page one.l
vigil until Cara was arrested fear
ing that the attacker might appear
at any time.
Lieut.. II Police John Armstrong
declared Monday that Cara has
been arrested on assault charges
numbers Of time.
X is believed Portilla will re-
cover.
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YOUTH HELD AFTER
SAN BENITO ROBBERY

SAN BENITO. Dec 3.-A young
man was held here today IN connec
tion with the theft Of $4,000 cigar
cites and $50 in cash in a robbery
Of the Waffle Shop here.
Officers said he had confessed
ard that charges would be filed. The
stolen property was recovered.
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OFFICERS DUEL: ONE DEAD

ATLANTA, Ca. Dec. a.-Hl-Odcll
Woods. police chief Of Hapeville. At
lanta suburb. was head today. victiI
of an injury received In "A pistol duet
with Robert II. Meadows. night 20
lieeman. late last night. which re-
suited from an argument owe Gus
tody Of a prisoner.
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VOTE ON STATE SENATOR

FORT WORTH. Nov. 3.-gP-
Fort Worth voted today in a special
senatorial election to name a suc
cessor to z. A. Stuart. district attor-
~ney-elect. Six candidates are Clar-
T.. Farmer. Hugh L. Small. Theodore
koenig, Charles T. Rowland. Julian
q. liver. Walter Beck.
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FOREIGN

NEW YORK, Dee. 3.-Pr-fort
exchanges easy; Great Britain,
mand iSI 1I-16: cables ASS l-Is;
day bills on banks $50 1915. Fra
demand 500 g-16. cables 500 NJ
Italy. demand 5.23 3-S; Beig
1889 IL; Germany 23.s0 IL; To
1870: Montreal $3.50 l-i6.
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Bus LINE HEARINGS SET

DALLS. Texas, Dec. 3.-tP-Hear-
ings concerning motor bus routes
between Houston and Dallas. East.
land and Deleon. Eastland and Waco
and Kansas City and Laredo are
docketed for the meeting Of the
Texas railroad commission here this
week.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-tF-uni|
states bonds: Liberty 3 lbs 99-
lst 4 las i1O.l6; 4th { las 100
Treasury 4 las 1l2.2; 3 3-4s i04l
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QUAKE DEATH

Continued from page one.)
other places was: Chillan, 30 dead
30 injured; Teniente mine, ~ dead
numerous other deaths and in
juries"; Pelequen. ) dead. 4 injured
Santa Cruz. 80 dead; Conception.
injured; Rancagua. l dead: Curio,
dead. 4 injured. and San Vicente. 4
injured.
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Box Is Elected
Dems House Whip

WASHINGTON. Dec. -tPl- teu-
resentative John u. Box or Jackson
Vile. Texas. today was selected a.
democratic whip TO succeed Repre-
sentative William "A. OldfIcld w
Arkansas. who died recently.
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PORT ARTHUR. Dec. 3.-tF-Su.
perintendent George VI. Sims an
nounced today that the Main Avenue
San Antoni0)-Port Arthur High
school football game for the bids.
trict championship will be played
here next SATURDAY..
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MAN STABBED: ONE HELD

COESICANA. Texas. Dew. 3.-tPI
Thurman Penny Of Kerens is in a
Corsicana hospital suffering from
knife wounds and %. VI. Music M
Browns Valley N being held IN con-
n%ection with an alteration in which
Penny was stabbed.
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JUNIOR COLLEGE MEET

FORT WORTH. Dec. 3.-R,-Ap-
proximately 200 educators from yer
the country assembled here today for
the ninth annual convention. Or. W.
b. Bizztll, president OF Oklahoma
university. win he the principal
speaker at the annual junior college
banquet tonight
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COTTONsEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. a.-fPl-
%Cottonsecd oil closed steady: prime
summer yellow 9.O5: prime crude
s.25-S.37 IL. Jan. GIG; Feb. a.22:
March 93S; April 9.i2: June csc:
July $50: Dee. 9.0S.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. Sd
Spct cotton closed quiet. ~ IVA
down. Sales 1888; low midc|
1855: middling 1885; good midd'
1915; receipts 13,145; stock SAL
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NO ACTION

AUSTIN.s Dec. 3.-fCPD-The State
Textbook Commission. meeting to
ratify contracts awarded for school
books two weeks ago, recessed with
out taking action until December
II
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-03
By JAMES l.. WILLIAMS
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Mriter.)

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-(P-Con-
Eress assembled today with an eye on
the White House but with an at
tentive car turned toward South Pa
cific waters where Herbert Hoover
IL basking in South American sun
shine, apparently outside Of the
circle Of politics and patronage which
usually closes in on an incoming
president.
BY all Of the rules il was q Cool
fdge congress, elected 10 serve with
him, but nevertheless. the figure Of
Hoover bulked as a major factor IN
the determination Of what should be
done during the three months scs-
sion. ana the way 10 do IL.
At the very outset. there was a dis
rute over the question Of farm re-
lief and the tariff. Some wantd farm
lief and IN tariff. Some wanted farm
farm
and some wanted the two issues sep
arated with farm relief now and
tariff legislation later.
Writing Farm Aid Bill
Chairman Hawley OF the house
ways and means committee under
took 10 settle the issue by calling his
republican colleagues into session TO
determine what should be done. The
democrats had little 10 say. but few
expressions have been heard from
them since the Hoover landslide.
As the senate and house gathered.
= farm relief bill was in the making.
without the McNary-Haugen equal
ization fec which has proved so dis
tasteful 10 President Coolidge. Ef-
forts will be made to push IL through.
N..Le-. H. - - e
group on Capitol Hill which insists
that President-elect Hoover has
promised an extra session for a farm
program Of his own and this group
had determined the matter should he
left over for consideration during
Mr.. Hooyer's administration.
On the face Of IL. the major task
of the house was to pass the nine ap-
preparation bills. u had during the
last session shuntcd to the senate
such problems As tho Boulder Dam
Colorado river development bill, the
naval construction measure and 9TH
crs. Muscle Shoals. however. an an
nual problem. still remained 10 be
solved.
Boilers On job
II the senate the Boulder Dam
IN the naNdN OF senator Johnson oil
California. has preferred status. II
faced a stormy passage unless rad
ically changed but had n fighting
group behind il.
Oddly enough the Kellogg treaty
Ia OUTLAW war and the bill to con-
Struct fifteen new cruisers were
twins awaiting a place on the seuate
program.
Extent Of the bitterness encen-
dercd by the election aud the cam
paign Is still 20 be shown.
on both sides Of the senate there
arc members who fought their
party's presidential candidate whole
heartedly. notably Senators Simmons
of North Carolina. Helm Of Ala
hama. Blaine ~ Wisconsin. and Nor
ris Of Nebraska. So far as least on
the surface. there has been no or
gained effort TO discipline them.
Today'S opening session. the lame
duck session. as il is called because
many Of its members already have
been defeated az the polls. was
merely TO get things under way.
Tomorrow the congress will receive
President Coolidge's annual message.
HONOR FOR BLIND MAN
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SHORT Term

CONTINUED from page onc.)
dent Coolidge that congress was ii
session.
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BUTTER AND EGG

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-tP
higher: creamery extras 81:
ards AZ; extra firsts N H.
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TEXAS SPOTS

DALLAS. Dec. 3.-0P-Spot cotton
1900; Houston 1885; Galveston
1880.
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0. FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY
Net Declines of 10 to
Il Points Shown
In Quotations

NEW ORLEANS. Dee. 3.-tPi-
Trading vas quiet in the cotton
market today with business confined
mainly TO evening up in advance OF
the governments final crop report
Saturday.
First trades showed loss OF 10
TO IL points in sympathy with rela-
lively lower Liverpool cables. but
early offerings were absorbed al
the initial decline and prices inn
mediately rallied practically 10 sat
urday's close. December traded uT
to 1858. January 1879. and March
1878. or 3 TO L. points above the
opening lows.
Business tapered off at the ad-
vance and the market encountered q
period Of quiet. Later, however.
there was a renewal of liquidation
in advance Of the bureau and Janu-
airy sold off q 1885. with active
positions generally trading to levels
IL to is points under Saturdays
close.
At noon the market was quiet
and near the highs.
Cotton futures closed steady az
net decline Of 10 to q points.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Dee. 3.-tPl-Th
cotton market opened steady at
decline Of Z to III points with activI
months showing net losses Of : Y
- points. under liquidation witt
some southern selling. Initial a
ferings were absorbed at the ~
cline to 20.iS for January. and 70
market recovered to about Satu4
days closing. after which tradiu
was quiet and irregular. At II
end Of the first half hour, prir
were about 2 to 10 points net lowr
with December relatively easy u
ger liquidation.
Fluctuations were irregular lag
Bulges met increased realizing pr
liquidation probably prompted III
uncertainty rs to the showing Of D.
approaching government crop %
ginning reports, but the declTs
brought in some trade buying rd
covering. Prices sold back aboutto
or a shade below the earlier DIV
levels during the middle Of Hhe
morning.
January which had sold off 20
20.l7 was selling around 20.25 9TH
the active months generally shovng
net losses Of & to 10 p%oint5.
Futures closed barely steady, III
n22 points lower. Spot stedy,
middling 20.40.
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Fort Worth Hogs
And Cattle Even;
Sheep Are Higher

FORT WORTH. Dec. 3.-Hl-
Hogs: 2.l00; steady. " SIS; 100
pro lbs. S.50MS.75; packing sowy T.50
l@S.0O; pigs 7.25 a. 7.J5.
Cattle and calves: $500; cake on
1850; good light weight fat year
lings 1900; good fat cows $50;
heavy calves 1O.O0GI0.50.
Sheep: $500; fat wethers quarter
TO half dollar hihcr; fat lambs
quarter higher; good 10 choice shorn
fat lambs 1875; good TO choice
shorn fat wethers 500.
KANSAS CITY, Dee. 3.-Pi-Hors:
$4,000; steady to l0c lower; top $3.50
on 10000 lbs: packing sows 1000
500; stock pigs. medium to choice
10-l30 lbs 6.75M7.50.
Cattle: $4,000; calves: 1000:
slaughter steers. good and choice
1300-1500 lbs l2.00Ni6.50; ll0O-lS0O
lbs i2.00G 1850; 950-Il00 lbs l2.25n
1875; fed yearlings. good choice 750-
$50 lbs l2.25Ml6.50; heifers. good
and choice $50 lbs down 1l.5OG15.OO;
cows. good and choice 7.75MlO.5O:
v~ealers tmiik-fed) medium 70 choice
S.00Ml5.O0.
sheep: 5000. lambs &c lower:
sheep steady; ton fed lambs 1910;
lambs. good and choice (92 lbs down
l2.50Ml3.50; ewes. medium to choice
$50 lbs DOWN. 4.75MT.Ol.
CHICAGO. Dee. 3.-lPi-Aiocs
$4,000: steady on weights over l7t
lbs; lighter weights Toe higher. tor
$500. Butchers. medium 20 choic'
250-300 lbs S.75M9.00; 20O-251 IN:
S.75n9.O0; 10000 lbs S.5nng.00;
l30-l6O lbs s.OOGS.90.
Cattle: $4,000; calves: 4.000; 25N
soc lower; top 1850; slaughter
steers. good and choice l300-l500 lbi
13.50Il1.50; ilO0-1300 lbs 1880
1850: 950-liO lbs 13.00G17.50t feS
yearlings. good and choice I50-95'
lbs 1900 1850; heifers. good an,
choice $50 lbs down 12.00n 1900.
cows, good and choice S.10M1l.00
bulls. good and choice (beef) $500
1f.50; v~ealers ~(milk-fcdD good ant
choice 13.OOn15.50.
Sheep: 10000; fat lambs steady q
25c lower; sheep steady; lambs. goo'
and choice 90 lbs down l~3.50Hl4.25
ewes. medium 10 choice $50 lbs dow
f.T5mT.00: fcder lambs. good ant
choice l2.T5Mi3.75.
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firsts as 1904 IL; seconds asa
a ~.
Eggs higher. extra firsts 4An49;
firsts 40d47: ordinary firSts 3OH3S;
refrigerator extras 81 1-2: refrig-
orator firsts 30 10.
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HONOR FOR BLIND M

L0NDON-P. s. Summer. who lost
his sight in the war, has won a uni
versity degree with high honors.
Evening star., 1928-03-14
Wall of 'Frame-Up' Told on Auto Sign
Brings Complaining Victim to Court

Charles II. Washington. Colorcd,
found way TO get even with the
seven colorcd men whose testimony
caused him to be arrested recently on
a charge of assault. but he was forced
to surrender the implement of his re-
reuge to Judge Robert +. Mattingly,
in Police Court yesterday when the
Judge told him that he was violating a
law in his attempts at retaliation.
Washington was arrested Yesterday
by Officers G. l.. Carder and G. B.
Common of the second precinct when
they saw him at Seventh street and
New York avenue driving a car. on
which was a sign running from end to
end. declaring that the charges OF seven
men who prosecuted him was "crimi-
nal framc-up." Then followed the ini-
tialS of the men who accused him,
and whom he alleges actually COM
mitted the assault. The case against
Washington has been dismissed by JUS
Hitz in the District Supreme Court
Sign and all were brought into Po-
licc Court and washington faS charged
Evening star., 1928-03-14
an eight-room structure with all as
Sembly hall and gymnasium.

an elght-rOom structure with an as
Sembly hail and gymnasium.
The association still Is continuing Its
efforts to have located somewhere with
in the section the fire house which was
to go to Sixteenth and Webster streets.
While awaiting action of the Board of
Education in the erection of school
building here il will be suggested that
several portable buildings be erected.
II was said that ground for the pro-
posed school is already owned by the
District and an effort will be made To
have the site made available the COM
ing Summer as Playground
An effort will be made to have the
District direct that ashes collected in
the territory be used to fiji holes in
the streets and alley. the alley bHtwccn
Fifteenth and Sixteenth and Gcrani,m
and Holly streets being especially cited
rs in bad condition. A plan of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. to op-
crate through buSses from Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest to
points III nearby Maryland was In
dorSed. A membership drive also was
included in the actions Of the aSSocia-
ton.
New members elected were DR.. FL
win c SNYDER, Mrs. Elwin c. Sny-
der. Ralph f. Jones Theodore Walter
+ A Palmer end J. NJ Wecder. John
F. TAYLOR. nrcSidert of the aSsocia-
;ion presided
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CITIZENS PLAN CIVIC
Improvement DRIVE
Sixteenth Street Heights Associa.
tion Seeks Lights. Schools and
Fire Protection.

The Sixteenth Street Hcigh,S Citi-
zens' Association. meeting al the
NortfmmSter Presbyterian Church last
night, planned a campaiGn Of civic im-
proyement. 1t was pointed out that
the alleyf md number of streets
in the section are in almost impaSSa-
BILE condition. that some sections are
inadeoGately lighted ana that schools
and fire protection are necessary.
Q w 5. Reed was appointed to head
a committee to arrange entertainment
at the next meeting when member
Of Congress will speak and several 9TH
or matters Of interest to the commu-
nifty Will bn discussed. Need for addi-
tinnal school facilities for the children
Of the lower grades was stressed last
nieht. ana an effort will b" made to
have included in tho ucx; District aN-
proNr;ati0n bill an item pcoviGinG for
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BLIZZARD ISOLATES
ENGLISH VILLAGES
Arctic Weather Sweeps England.
Drifts Are IS Feet High.
Steamer Grounds.

rs tbr Associated Press.
LONDON. March 14.-Great Britain
Is experiencing a spell OF Arctic wealth.
CT. and for the second time this VIM
ter number of villages in the SOUTH
ern section of England have been cut
off from the outside world by snow
drifts.
Parts of Essex are under drifts IS feet
high. Some Of the roads are covered
so deeply that they are virtually on a
level with the tops OF the hedges.
Farm workers are helping road men
to dig way through the drifts.
The streets of London arc covered
with snow and ice. Railroad traffic has
Evening star., 1928-03-14

with disorderly conduct and with dis
playing unlawful signs.
Judge Mattingly told the colored mar
he would let him off If he would do
nate the sign to the court records.
Washington agreed and was given a
suspended sentence OF $25 or 60 days.
The sign Is now in the judges cham
i,orc
Evening star., 1928-03-14

been little impcded. for when the snow
fall began special trains were sent out
to keep the tracks clear.
The North Sea is being swept by
frequent snow squalls. The Belgian
steamship Kabolo, out OF Antwerp,
Evening star., 1928-03-14
Medical Missionary Dean Dies.

NEW YORK, March IA R).-The
Rev Robert Case Beebc. dean of Amer
lean medical missionaries to China
died yesterday at Clifton Springs, New
York. according to word received here
He had served 40 years In China wher
he retired in 1923.
Evening star., 1928-03-14

OF 90 passenger automobiles shown at
the recent annual motor Olympia at
Wellington. New Zealand. 81 were Of
American manufacture, % were British
opj Italian