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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
OF
CANAL TALKED
Mercedes Navigation
District Plans Are
Reported Formed
Especial 10 The Herald)

MERCEDES. May 24.-Organiza-
tion of a navigation district in the
Mercedes section. for the purpose of
financing = proposed extension Of the
Arroyo Colorado TO this city for
navigation purposes such as are aim
ed al in the Arroyo Colorado naviga-
tion district. is being considered
here.
Definite steps toward the forma-
tion Of such a district are being
held M, II Is understood. pending
outcome Of the injunction suit
against the Harlingcn district. which
is scheduled to come up before the
court Of civil appeals in San An
tonic Saturday Of this week.
The legality OF the Arroyo Colo
RADIO district is being questioned in
the injunction suit. Attorneys FOR
the Arroyo Colorado project. includ-
ing Duval West, Jr., Charles Wun-
derman Of Harlingen. and Col. Thom-
as w. Ball Of Houston, will 60 20
San Antonio TO appear on behalf of
the district. IL is said here.
The proposed Mercedes navigation
district is still in the formative
stage. with various projects in con
nection with il being worked out
now. II is the contention of resi-
dents Of this section that the Arroyo
Colorado can be extended as a water
way all the way to Mercedes with a
comparatively small expense, and
that il will serve this city as we'll
as La Feria and Harlingen.
The large amount Of truck and
fruit moving out Of the Mercedes
section. including Weslaco. Edcouch.
La Villa and Elsa. amounting to
around 5000. or 5000 cars annually,
could be moved out over the Arroyo
Colorado. il is said. and on TO the
port AZ Point Isabel, or up the Intra-
coastal Canal 70 Corpus Christi, to
the port there. Such a plan would
bring both the Intracoastal Canal
and the Point Isabel port to the door
Of Mercedes residents.
No announcements bave been made
as 70 engineering surveys of the pro-
posed waterway, but il is understood
that preliminary surveys OF the pro-
posed channel to determine the feast
bility Of the plan, have been made,
with the opinion expressed that
such propect is feasible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Home BURNED
IN HARLINCEN
Autoists Blamed For
Breaking Hose Of
Fire Fighters
Especial 10 The Herald)

HARLlNGEN. May pa frame
residence on Polk street valued at
$4,000 and owned by J. u. Kelsey,
was totally destroyed by fire which
started at $3.50 Wednesday night.
The house was occupied by +. z.
Iosh- an official in the Valley Dec
Grating company. Furniture 70 the
value Of $1,000 was destroyed.
The fire department reached the
house while the fire was yet con
lined 20 one room. and had strung
500 feet Of fire hose, officials said.
Severa automobiles ran over the
hose. breaking il, and by the time
the hose had been repaired the fire
was beyond control and the house
destroyed entirely.
Two other runs were made by the
ire department, one at a. m.
Thursday when an automobile in
front Of the Damants hotel caught
fire. II was extinguished with
chemicals and with little loss re-
sulting- The second run was at III
a. m. when oil in an open drain
ditch near the Missouri Pacific
round house caught fire. The blaze
was put out with chemicals.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
SIayeys of Two Colorado Bankers Being SOngh
WIFE GOES OUT
4 y =
ON NIGHT JUDGE
= + e
SET FOR A VISIT

CHICAGO. May 24.-(ED-James
Johnson, who set a shining example
for husbands by his persistence in
sending flowers to his wife, Ruth,
hit another rebuff last night in his
efforts to rewin her affections.
Wednesday night had been sug-
gested by Judge SABBATH as a proper
time for Johnson TO call upon his
wife and present the flowers and
candies to which she has expressed
objection. Ii was Judge Sabath's
idea that the two of them, talking
over their domestic difficulties,
might come TO a new understand
ing.
Shortly before he was 10 call
Johnson received a phone message.
II advised him that Mrs. Johnson
regretted that she would not be
home to receive the flowers or lis
ten 20 the conversation. She had
decided she would rather see
show.
Johnson, il he acts upon the
courts suggestion. must wait a
week before calling upon the wife
who seeks 20 divorce him. Flowers,
however. wither. He was consider
ing today the advisability Of re-
questing Judge SABBATH to change
the visiting day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Highway Board
Gets Huge Jobs

AUSTIN, Texas, May 24.-(Pl-Ths
highway commission prepared
Thursday 10 put in motion n vast
road construction and improvements
gang over a sixth OF Texas.
In the first day Of its reEular
session, the commission began open.
ing bids for projects 10 cost about
S4.330,S90 and to benefit around 40
counties.
Eighty-two miles OF concrete pave
ment, 81 miles OF bituminous mace
adam surfacing, 100 miles OF grad
inE and drainage structures, nine
bridges and III miles of hard SUR
facing maintenance will be author
ized.
Delegations from Il or Is other
counties. seeking various forms OF
state aid, also will be heard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
LONDON NIGHT
Clubs RAIDED
BYDETECTIVES
Scotland Yard Closes
Places Operated BY
Kate Merrick, Queen
No Arrests Made

LONDON. May Scotland
Yard detectives early today raided
two of the best known London night
clubs. both owned by Mrs. Kate Mer-
rick, queen Of the night clubs" and
mother-in-law of one peer and the
prospective mother-in-law of another.
The clubs raided were the Forty
Three club and the Manhattan. large
ly patronized by fashionable people
and known to many American tour
lists.
The procedure at both clubs was
similar. A police inspector wearing
evening dress was granted admission
on the presumption that he was a
guest. When the door was opened a
squad Of detectives followed him in
and took possession. The names and
addresses Of those present were taken
but nobody was arrested. Mrs. Mer-
rick was questioned at the Manhattan
club after which both clubs were
closed. The grounds for the police
action were not divulged.
The Silver Slipper club, which was
raidsd and closed several weeks ago,
and the two raided today ware the
last clubs operated by Mrs. Merrick in
London.
IL was in the Silver Slipper last
November, that saxophones sounded
with bit more pep when the engage
ment of May Merrick TO the young
Earl Of Kinnoull became known ard
IL was there that Mother Merrick re-
eeived congratulations on having two
enter the peerage.
The Earl of kinnoull. known to
night club habitueS as "Kinny" an
nounced the engagement twenty-four
hours after his divorce from the for
mer Enid Fellows, n member of the
famous Wills family of tobacco mer-
chants, whom he had married in
1923.
Another daughter OF Mrs. Merrick.
Dorothy Evelyn, married young Lord
De Clifford in 1926.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Fund Probe Not
ToMake Trips

WASHINGTON. Nav 24.-tPl-The
senate presidential campaign investl-
eating committee decided today TO
remain in Washington until after
the adjournment Of congress provid-
ed that comes on or before June 4
The investigators voted against
making another trip 70 New YORK
to inquire further into the sctivlties
or the organization advancing the
candidacy of Alfred r. Smith and 20
look into the work Of the organlza-
tion for Herbert Hoover. Instead IL
will call witnesses 70 Washington
for questioning on these matters.
Trips will be made into Ohio and
Indiana after the adjournment Of
congress and probably before the
opening of the republican national
convention at Kansas City on June
10
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Does iyMailBegin
June 1?LetteYS Are
Here for First Ship

United States and Canada apd
marked to 20 out on the first air
mail.
No one here. however. has re-
ceived any definite notice that air
mail service is to begin on June 1,
or has any advance information
reached here through unofficial
sources. Local people are prone
to believe that the writer Of the
letter Is close to someone high in
in the postoffice department and
has obtained information regard
ing the date Of dedication.
At any rate the philatelist in this
high speed age Is one jump ahead
of the times and must have his
measure Of safety and prepared
ness
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24

Airmail service between Browns
vile and northern points will be-
gin June /. is the intimation car
ried BY 2 special airmail letter re-
ceived at the local postoffice and
held for the dedication Of the new
line.
dedication OF airmail. Browns
vile. Texas, June ]. 1925" is typed
across the face Of the letter. A
large airmail stamp is on the en-
velope. The letter. addressed to
man in Toronto. Canada, was mail
ed with instructions to hold until
the first airmail went out and ad-
dressed 10 the postmaster.
The postoffice now has more
than 200 such letters on hand ad-
dressed TO many places in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Two SLAIN IN
PHILADELPHIA
Man Shoots Estranged
Wife; Kills Daugh-
ter and Self

PHILADELPHIA. May 2l.-tPl-
An estranged husband shot and kill
ed his daughter as she lay in bed
early today. seriously wounded his
wife and then killed himself. An
other daughter, lying beside her sis
ter. was spared.
The man was John Olsock. His
slain daughter, Jennie, was 81. Mrs.
Florence 0lsock, 10, has wounds in
the stomach and left shoulder. Sac
is not expected to recover.
Olsock, a laborer, had been es-
tranged from his wife for five
months, having been ordered from
home. police said, when he refused
to work He entered the house to-
day BY forcing a kitchen window.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Rangers to Enforce
Texas Health Laws

AUSTIN, Tex, May 24.-tPl-Aid Of
Texas rangers in enforcing health
laws in Winkler county was promised
a delegation from this county which
called on Lieut.. Col. Taylor Nichols,
assistant adjutant general, Wednes-
day night.
The spokesman told Nichols that IN
some instances. local authority had
been defied. or was inadequate.
Ranger Captain Wright's company,
stationed az McCamey. will be avail
able, Nichols said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
'OUR ESCAPE
AFTER BATTLE
COLORADO
y ruggist Is Forced to
y Bandage Wounds of
= Member of Gang;
Loot Over 100000

LAMAR. Colo, May 2i.-tPl-One
the INST intensive man hunts this
ate has ever known was under
~ today for the four bandits who
vaded the First National bank here
e~sterday, shot and killed the presi-
=. mt and cashier, kidnapped two tell
IS and escaped with $1,000 in cash
I'D a reported $l95,00O in negotiable
ecurities.
A. NJ. Parish. president OF the
snk. a past member of the state
sgislature and prominent in state
,epublican circles, was shot and kill
ID by the gunman when he fired sew
Nral shots at them in response TO
heir command to "stick EN- up"
John Parrish, his son and cashier
Of the bank, seeing his father fall
before the bandits fire, drew his own
gun and shot and seriously wounded
one of the quartet before he, IN turn,
was shot dead.
Apparently undaunted by the
shooting, the three unwounded rob-
bers scooped up the money and Sc
eurities, forced two patrons Of the
bank 10 stand on tables. and al the
point Of a gun drove r. a. kessing
Pr and +. A. Lundgren, tellers. into
an automobile and escaped with their
wounded companion.
n Shortly after the robbery, the four
Ksngaged in a running gun battle with
Sheriff l.. r. Alderman and q. "A
Anderson of Lamar. near Sandy
greek, 16 miles northeast OF here.
bring which the sheriff's car was
isabled by the roboers' fire and
Fley escaped.
Lundgren. in the meantime, had
cen released not FAR from here.
.essinger's fate was unknown.
Last night the bandits drove into
rinidad. Colorado, where they stop
ed at a drug store and forced the
rEner, Mrs. J. B. Hughes Brown,
dress the wounds Of the injured
N.
The bandaging completed. the men
Fod for some medical supplies and
thdrew.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Father of Mrs. Stein
Dies At Shreveport

Word was received in Brownsville
Wednesday Of the death late Tuesday
night Of !. We'll Of Shreveport, La.
father Of Mrs. J. NJ. Stein Of this
city.
Mrs. Stein was called 10 the home
of her parents last week by the seri-
Gus illness Of her father. Mr.. Stein,
publisher Of The Brownsville Herald,
was in San Antonio on a business
trip when news of Mr. Wells death
was received and Immediately left for
Shreveport.
Nr. We'll had visited his daugh-
ter here several times. and had a
number of friends in this city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Game Youths Lose
In French Tourney

AUTEUIL, May 24.-iPD-Tvo game
youngsters. Sidney Wood Of the
United States and Edmond Blanc. ILL.,,
Of France. were defeated in the mems
doubles of the international hard
court tennis championships today oy
J. G. Gregory and q. n. Kingsley OF
England, 6-1. Ga. as, 60.
Ronald Boy and W. f. Robson. Ar
gentina, defeated the American-Aus
tralian team Of Francis T. Hunter
and Norman Z. Brookes, Cd, 6-3. 6-S,
e-1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Hit-and-Run Drivers
Victim Dies In Butte

BUTTE, Mont, May a4.-tPi-Levi
S. Wild, So, of Butte. one of the old
est telegraph operators in the United
States, died here last night from in
juries sustained when he was struck
BY a hit-and-run driver March Is. He
was credited with sending out first
wire news on the Custer massacre
when he was an operator in Corinth,
Utah, in 1875, and also with having
been on the receiving end of the first
dispatch about the assassination Of
President Lincoln. April II. 1856.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Bank Yegg
,:entenced to W7
f{ears In Prison

Texas, May 24.-tP'-
a, complete sentences assessed
i INST him for bank robberies, FL
90 --old Aubrey Ray would serve
.oc years in prison.
lryhe latest addition to the total
RS in prison against him was
"a Wednesday at Dalhart. Inc
-viction was for robbery oi the
dorado bank. and the sentence
oo years. A death penalty had
! asked by the state. !,
estimony at the Dalhart trial
wsd that Ray and a companion
fall robbed the Wildorado bank.
,sned ". r. O'Neal. the presi-
~ and. using him as a shield,
.aped from a group Of armed citi-
ns who had gathered around 'le
~ O'Neal was left on the high
az several miles from town.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Mayors Of Texarkana
Greet Texas Editor

TEXARKANA. Ark, May 24.-(P-
The joint convention of the Texas
and Arkansas Press associations
opened here today with more than
$50 editors and newspaper represerm
tatives in attendance.
The visitors were welcomed b%
Mayor $. G. Nancarrow Of Texarkana.
Ark. Mayor Il. s. Kennedy w Texs
arkana, Tex. and Henry Humphrey.
managing editor Of the Texarkans
Gazette.
appointment Of committees took up
the morning session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Jphold Creditor
In Usury Charge

.1,srIN Tex. May 2i.-tP-Abil-
christian college. claiming ITS
na;,or' the United States Home
..;idsrs of America. practiced usury
connection with a loan 70 the nm
,,nt;on. was denied relief Wednes-
Tho college was refused writ of
- from lower court decisions
, ra;ng g. G. Wright. receiver of
= - sssociation, judgment for about
Ell d n1O As part Of the debt
counsel for the institution alleg.
Ooun nnocs;ved only about 900 Of
20 eco 100 IL borrowed and that
~ Ihs 90 O5O was subtracted as bonus
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
TAX COLLECTORS MEET

AUSTIN, Tex, May 24.-tPp-State
and local officials occupy main po.
sltions on the convention program OF
the Tax Collectors association Of Tex
as which began a three day annual
session here today. Legislation 70
expedite collection of taxes and
smooth the work Of the collectors Of
flee Is one OF the problems to be dis
cusAed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Noted Prelate Is
Dead In Colorado

DENVER, Colo, May 24.-(Pl-
Catholicism lost one Of its pioneer
figures in Colorado and the South
west with the death last night of
Archbishop John Baptiste Pitaval,
chaplain at st. Anthony's hospital
here.
The Most Rev. Pitaval, who passed
ms SEVENTEEN birthday last Febru-
cry. died from complication Of dis
eases. aggravated by old age.
Born IN France. the prelate came
70 this country as a missionary in
1881. and was one of the first two
Catholic priests to be ordained in
this state
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Italian Flag Torn
Down BY Austrians

groNpoN. May 24.-lP-An EN-
49, telegraph dispatch from Wen
nsvs ns that students at the univer-
Innsbruck tore the Italian
Dawn from the Italian consul
- ,hst place today being exas-
j "a - that il was flown on the
aassu s;or of the anniversary cf the
TGs, T,;sn declaration of war against
.-;s I.sh The dispatch says that the
) ISL aSeL," Of the Tyolean city were
Ffeop.s " :. The display Of the flag.
.nseIxu Tsvas dispatch received in Paris
\ a ho =" s.me incident said that the
en w again hoisted with military
.tl1s "a that the governor Of the
ion0t wh;eh Is in the Austrian Tryol,
!. sde apologies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
fair TO rarity cloudy tonight and
Friday; not much change in tenn
perature- Light 70 moderate winds
On the west coast, mostly south
easterly.
FOR East Texas: Fair tonight.
Friday partly cloudy: little change
IN temperature. Light to moder-
ate northerly to easterly winds on
the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24

BEAUMONT. Tex. May 24.-tP)-
Texas forty votes at the democratic
national convention at Houston will
be east for a dry candidate for the
presidential nomination until there
is no hope of nominating such a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
AMERICAN GOLFER LOSES

ppEsTWICK. Scotland. May "a
n Nnonclas Grant. sole surviving
R-;~ar in the British amateur golf
Asnnrrpionship. Anr was eliminated today
cnan MscCallum, young Scottish
~ vsieian ~ of wolverhsmpton, up
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
OIL WORkER KILLED

.NOCONA, Tex, May 24.-lPl-E.
H. Barger. 3S, oil field worker here,
was killed in an automobile accident
last night between Fort Worth and
Decatur. He Is survived by his widow
and one child.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
RIVER FORECAST

Except for a slight rise at Browns.
Vile, the river will fall all along
during the next few days.
Flood Present "a Hr. - Hr.
stare Sage Chnw Rmfr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24

OSLO. Norway, May 24.-CP,-
Having viewed the North Pole from
the air for the second time IN his
life. General Umberto Mobile was
heading back to Kings Bay, Spirz-
bergen, today in the dirigible Italia.
For almost an hour early today
the Italian exploring expedition
which he headed cruised back and
forth over the pole making the
fourth time man has reached the
top of the world. From advices re-
ceived here il was presumed tha.
General Mobile had abandoned his
plan to land an exploring party at
the pole.
Starting from Kings Bay al 4:4O
a. m. yesterday with a crew and "A
number of scientists aboard, the
Italia headed to the north bearing
a cross which Pope Plus had pre-
sented TO Mobile TO be placed at the
pole. IL took the airship more than
20 hours to reach the pole, which is
$50 miles from Kings Bay.
Arriving there about III a. m. to-
day, the dirigible circled around
until nearly 2 a. m, when its blunt
nose was turned southwark and u.
headed for Kings Bay. There the
base forces of the expedition eagerly
awaited General Mobiles return
hoping that in that hour OF cruising
he had wrested new secrets from the
frozen north.
This latest conquest OF the pole
was the fourth. including'Pear's trek
with sleds across the frozen seas Cf
the arctic. Two years ago EobiIc,
then a colonel, flew over the pole
from Spitzbergen to Alaska with
Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amund-
sen in the dirigible Norge. This
flight was preceded by a few days
by the airplane flight to the pole
Continued on page fivel
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MOBILE GAINS
NORTHPOLEIN
2l-HOUR HOP
Giant Dirigible Italia
Circles Pole For
Hour; Drops Cross
Sent BY Pope

KINGS BAY, Spitzbercen, May "a.
-tPl-A cross containing a message
written by Pope Plus was dropped
on the North Pole today from the
dirigible Italia. marking the third
trip by air to the top Of the world.
General Umberto Mobile kept in
constant communication with the
mother ship, Citta Di Milano here
as the dirigible made its way under
his command to the pole some 750
miles north of here. At 1:2U a. m.
almost 81 hours after the start OF
the venture, he wirelessed that the
airship was over the North Pole.
The flags of Italy and Milan. the
cross presented by the pope 70 Cen
eral Mobile and various souvenirs
were dropped on the pole. The cross
is about six feet high with a metal
base and has a repository in which
a message written in Latin by Pope
Plus was placed.
Immediately afterwards, the air
ship sent wireless greetings TO King
Victor Emmanuel, Premier MussC-
lini and Mobiles wife by wireless
through the Citta Di Milano.
The base crew expected the Italia
to return to Kings Bay this after
noon.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal msteorologi-
cal conditions:
Elgh .s..e.a- .a-ss.sssr~-sarss 1U.0o ~ M
Low ssssssss... ..-.sssssss Gsol - M
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
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Enamel

and Accessories
Delivered on Phone Call
w. H. Putegnat Company
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
JAPAN HEADS
BUY CHRYSLER
Five Imp erial. 'SO's'
Purchased BY Roy
al Household

When Japan's new emperor pro-
ceeds from his Toxic palace next fall
to ascend his High August Seat" in
Nippon's ancient flower capital, his
procession will faithfully reproduce
in all respects but one the iime-es-
tablished ceremonial observed BY the
long list Of his forebears who have
preceded him along tk9 triumphal
way to Kyoto. This one respect will
be that the members OF the imperial
household and diplomatic corps will
ride In automobiles.
Already, although the sacred rice
which the emperor will offer To the
spirit of his ancestors il barely
planted. preparations for the bril-
liant coronation ceremonies are well
under way and representatives of the
Japanese government have bought
five Chrysler limousines for use on
the memorable occasion, and there
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
RADIO HOOKED
TO COPS CARS
City Bucks Of Berke.
ley All Equipped
With Earphones

FLINT, Mich. Marrn I7.--PoIice
Chief August Nollmer 0f Berkeley,
CAL, his just completed installation
0f radio sets III All the Bucks com
prisinE the city's police department
fleet. according TO word from the
Howard Automobile company, Pacific
Coast distributors Of Buick cars. The
combination Of radio communication
and fast pursuit machines. IN MFR.
Vollmer's opinion, ~ one which will
vastly increase the odds against
crime.
Chief Nollmer III widely known for
his work in criminology. He ~ fire.
qucstly called into consultation on
police subjects In other cities. and
asked to prescribe for conditions
confronting authorities there. His
policy Or providing his own men with
the most up-to-date equipment at the
disposal 0f science has attracted