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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-23
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-Pl-The
cotton market opened steady AZ an
advance of Z 10 IL points in response
20 relatively steady Liverpool cables,
reports of frost AZ two or three
POINTS in the Southwest and rains
IN some eastern and central belt
sections. The demand appeared 10
10 quite readily supplied BY r~ealiz-
ing and southern selling at the adj
of 1881 for December. how
ever, and the market later eased on
the forecast for warmer weather in
the Southwest and talk Of an easy
spot basis in the South. Deem
Der sold off 70 1866. with the gen
eral market showing net declines Of
about 6 10 8 points at the end Of
the first half hour.
After the early buying had beca
supplied. prices worked gradually
lower under southern selling and
liquidation accompanied bv talk Of
an easy spot basis. December eased
off TO 1858. or about IL points net
lower. October. relatively easy IN
Ger liquidation. sold off TO 1869. A
private report placed the girninrs
az S.223,459 to October 18th. which,
i a said. would represent about
90 70 81 ner cent az the probable
total for the season.
Futures closed barely steady. 1S
and p points lower. Spot quiet;
middlinC 1000.
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CHUTE FAILS TO
4 +
OPEN; LANDS ON
= X e
TENT; is SAVED

SAVANNAH, Ca, Oct. 2s.-R
James J. McFadden, parachute
jumper, has had his greatest thrill,
and. incidentally, his closest es-
cape from death.
MeFadden, who was recovering in
a hospital today from conclusion
OF the brain, went sloft yesterday
in a balloon as a special stunt"
for the Georgia state fair.
A throng which idly watched him
leap from the balloon at a lofty al
titude and drop downward, was
heard to gasp a moment later when
his parachute failed to pen.
Helplessly spectators stood by,
watching the jumper sprawling
earthward at a terrific speed, un-
I'll he finally disappeared on top
OF a large canvas tent which COW
cred the main show of a circus.
McFadden. il was found, had
landed on the canvas, head down.
ward, but had escaped with only
a slight %concussion OF the BARN.
he was expected TO be released
from the hospital today.
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DRY AGENT SHOT
MYsTERfoUsL
IN FILLED Room

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-CP)-A fed
eral dry agent. Thomas Ryan. was
shot down in a federal our room
yesterday in the presence of 40 r.
sons. yet who shot him, or why.
remained a mystery.
Ryan himself thought for a sec
ond that il was a joke; that some
M had exploded n firecrackcr.
Then he felt the bullet. which
struck him in the shoulder. cried
I'm shot" and slumped 70 the
floor. He was seriously. though
not fatally wounded. At least six
men left the courtroom. Then the
doors were locked.
IL was a bullet from n % calibre
automatic that had wounded Ryan.
but no such weapon. nor even IN
empty cartridge Of any sort was
found among officials ard spec
tators.
Ryan had risen from his chair
to be sworn as "A witness in
liquor hearing when the shot was
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BRITISH URGE
i. S, ITALY TO
JOIN IN PACT
Anglo French Agree
ment on Navies Is
To Be Kept Before
Rejecting Nations

LONDON. Oct. -3.-(P)-Publica-
ton of the British white PAPER on
the Anglo-French naval agreement
indicates that Great Britain intends
to continue correspondence on the
matter with the two governments
which rejected the p~roposal-the
United States and Italy.
A summary of the negotiations
sent 10 all countries and the League
of Nations preparatory disarmament
commission by Lord Cushendun. act
Ing foreign secretary, on October .
states:
"WhiiS the Japanese government
express their concurrence in the
purport of these proposals (the nav
al compromise), the governments Of
the United States and Italy, for rea-
sons which are clearly and cocent-
ly explained in their notes. have
not seen their way to accept them.
These congratulations are .eceiying
the attentive consideration Of His
! Majesty's government and a reply
will be made to them in due course"
Reserves Stumbling Block
The documents also reveal that
the British government gave reluet-
ant recognition 10 the French posi-
ton with regard TO army reserves as
the price of obtaining a naval agree
ment.
Lord Cushendun in discussing the
conversation between Aristide
BRAND. French foreign minister, and
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British for
eign secretary. at Geneva in March,
1928. which led to the naval compro-
mise wrote:
'"In the matter Of land disarma-
ment the question Of the limitation
OF military trained reserves had
proved a stumbling block. The
French government and the major
ity Of the governments represented
on the preparatory commission had
held that reserves should be ex-
cluded from limitation. while His
Majesty's government. for reasons
into which il is here unnecessary TO
enter. had consistently supported the
opposite thesis.
Change Position
"For some time. however, they had
realized that further operation on
their part 10 the exclusion of these
trained reserves could. in the face Of
the attitude maintained by the ma
jority of the preparatory commits
sion. only have the effect Of pre-
venting progress indefinitely"
In a telegram sent By Lord Cush-
endun to Henry Chiffon, British
minister 10 Washington and in
charge OF the embassy there in the
absence of Ambassador Howard, on
August 10 he said that the British
government had reluctantly "pro-
posed to offer no further resistance
to the French contention about Mill
tary reserves at the present time.
lie added that IL was rot believed
that any American interest could be
prejudiced by this change Of posi-
ton.
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piscopals OK.
Four Missionary
Bishops at Meet

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Pl-The
house of deputies Of the Episcopal
church, in general convention here
today, confirmed the elections of
four missionary bishops Saturday BY
the house Of bishops. The new
bishosp are:
Wyoming. the Rev. George II.
Thomas. rector Of St. Pauis church,
Chicago; for Nevada. the Rev. Fred
erick B. Goodwin, Of Warsaw, Va;
for Southern Brazil. the Ri. Rev.
w. NJ. Thomas. now suffragan bishop
to Southern Brazil; for Tohoku,
Japan. The Rev. Norman s. Binsted,
now minister Of the English speaking
congregation at Tokyo.
The house Of bishops took up prob
lens Of it's membership and approved
a resolution eliminating the require
ments for election 70 the position OF
presiding bishop. which had stip-
ulated that candidates must be those
having jurisdiction within the United
States. BY this action, missionary.
coadiutor and suffragan bishops arc
eligible to the highest posts IN the
American church.
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FORCER GIVEN

Continued from page one.)
at Wichita. Kan. in September. he
was alleged 10 have been with a Har-
lingen woman. who informed police
he had kidnapped her from the house
OF her mother at Tulsa, Okla.
Evans assured the jury that il
he were granted a suspended SEN
tence he would return 10 wife No. l
in Kansas City and live an exemp-
larry life. lie admitted he had forged
the name Of Il. G. Wade. Browns
vile garage man. to a check for
S7G.27. and that the forgery was
done upon an impulse o%ccasioned NY
dire need for funds. In regard 10
several "hot checks" he had issued
under the same date as the forged
check. he stated he had received a
check sufficient to cover the over
draft but the payment on the check
had been stopped.
The manager Of the automobile
firm by whom Evans had been en-
ployed in Harlingen stated he had
found him trustworthy in every re-
Spect and that his confidence In the
man was mistaken. Neither the
hank that cashed the forged check
nor the holders of the "hot" checks
have been reimbursed.
Evans is alleged 10 have left Har-
lingcn shortly after issuing tho
checks, going by automobile TO Ly-
ford where he left the car and
boarded a train. Officers traced him
10 Tulsa, OKLA. and the sheriff's de-
partment finally located him in
Wichita. Kansas. where he was
placed under arrest. He waived ex-
tradition. returning 10 Cameron
county with Deputy Sheriff George
Miller. who was sent after the pris-
0ncr.
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Postage Rate On
Zeppelin Mail Is
Received In CITY

Letters and postcards to be carried
back to Germany and other countries
Of Europe by the German dirigible.
Graf Zeppelin, on its return flight
from America will bear postage Of
Sl.05 and SO cents respectively. ac-
cordinc 70 information reaching the
Brownsville postoffice Tuesday from
the postoffice department at Wash
ington.
Persons desiring to have mail dis
patched to Europe on the big ship
are requested TO see that the proper
amount OF stamps are purchased.
The mail will be forwarded to the
New York City ~postoffice where il
will be held until the Graf Zeppelin
is ready to start its return voyage.
Should the ship owners finally de-
eide not to make the return trip. the
mail intended for the ship will be
dispatched to its destination by boat,
il is sad.
All letters for the Graf Zeppelin
mail are not to exceed one ounce
each in weight.
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CONTINUED from page one.)
Augustine Celaya, Jr.. Herman
Schrieder, George A.. Hill Jr.. q
Houston, A. r. Parker Of La Feria,,
and Lamar Gill Of Raymondville.
Mrs. Cresger was born at Austin
in 1851. and in 1874 was united N
marriage 10 Frank A. w. Creager
To this union one son was horn.
n 1854 the family moved from
uuntsville 10 Brownsville, Mrs.
Creager having made her home e
This citv AZ years. Her husband died
several "a ago. and since tina:
time she has made her home with
necedent is survived by her son,
several grandchildren and a numorr
q and DR.. y. L. Rentfro- She was
: sister of the late Z. b. Rentfro.
Sr. one of the pioneers Of the city
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MAN WHO SHOT COP IN
HOUSTON STILL SOUGHT

HOUSTON. Oct. Police
reported today that no trace has been
found ~ a man who shot David Me
Reynolds. so, Harris county proba-
tion officer. Sunday night. Mercy
nolds was given a fighting chance
to live by attendants at n hospital
here.
Several arrests have been made but
all suspects were released after
questioning. officers said.
McReynolds was shot as he was
attempting 10 quell a disturbance.
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WALL STREET
CLOSE STRONG
Express Shares Slide
Downward 20 and
Is Points

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-F1-StocS
prices moved irregularly higher Et
the opening OF today's market. Ccr-
turv Ribbons oppneed 4 points high
er NJ % rs. n new peak. and more
than double the years low. n n
tcrnational Nickel jumped p points
on the first sale. United Fruit show
ed an initial gain Of : points and
American Smelling. ". s. Steel COM
mon and Union Carbide advanced a
point or -. Standard Oil Of Califo--
mia opened with n block OF $50
shares nj CO. IN I -. MortlEnrerN-
Ward dropped . ga points on ina
first sale.
The upward price tendency be-
came more pronounced as tradiig
progressed. Buying was influenced
by reports Of pending mergers. stiff
cnirT copper prices n rumors *
stock and higher cash dividends.
A few big blocks changed hands ~
the early trading. Alaska Juneau
which sold as low as 81 a share
this wear. opened with n block rf
1000 shares az 7 rs, followed nv
one of 1900 shares at 3 and then
moved up 10 q -, an extreme over
night gain of > points. Atlantic Re-
filming opened with a block Of 5000
shares at 2ls. up IL points. and then
reacted to 2i0 on realizing. lnter-
national Nickel quickly lost , points
Of its early gain Of s points. Moto-
products and Western Union sold Z
points higher and American Inter-
national. Mathieson Alkali, Dunhili,
r.. n. Macy. Kclsey-Hayes Vince.
Commercial Solverts and Radio sou
2 ~ . IL points higher.
Foreign exchanges opened STEADY.
with sterling cables unchanged AZ
S4.S4 1882.
The closing was strong. Express
shares hit the toboEgan again ln
the final hour, when many other Is
sues were booming. Adams Express
slid down Is points and American
Express 20 1-2. Eastman Kodak
scared rs points to 1874. approrimat-
ing its record figure. L. 5. Steel
extended its rise to 5 points and
A. NJ. Byers rallied 10 points. Texas
and Pacific. American Republic and
American Smelling made substantial
gains. Profit-taking was evident IA
the final dealings under cover Of N
new outburst Of strength in the OF
group. Sales Appropriated 100000.
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POLITICAL
BARRED r o SENATE

AUSTIN. Oct. o3.-tPl-The state
board Of control has informed Atti-
Gus Webb of Dallas. Anti-Saloon
league superintendent Of Texas. that
the senate chamber is not available
for political campaign speeches.
Webb wrote asking for official
notification of reports that the
board had refused to allow use M
the chamber By the Rev. DR.. John
Roach Straton, New York ministe-
touring the country attacking \
candidacy Of Governor Smith. demo
cratic presidential nominee.
The preacher was denied use Of
the chamber. Webb was informed. IN
a letter from r. b. Walthall. board
chairman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-23
POLICE
TAKE LIQUOR
Arrest ~Smugglers AS
Hooch Is Landed
In Reservation

Capt. NJ. 7. VOORHEES,. officer Of the
day at Fort Brown, Tuesday effect
ed the arrest Of two men and the
confiscation Of four skins Of mescal
as the liquor was being transported
across the military reservation al
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The men were arrested by military
police shortly after they had cross
ed the river opposite the lower end
Of the military reservation. il il
said.
Military authorities turned the
men and liquor over to Customs In
spector A.. a. Champion after that
department had been informed OF
the catch and the men are now being
held in the Cameron county jaiI
pending the filing Of charges hefo-t
United States Commissioner l.. X
Goodrich.
Both men are old offenders, cls-
tom officers say.
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INJUNCTION
HEARING Set
Applicants Ask Name
Of Judge Be Kept
Off Ballots

EDINBURG, Oct. 23.-Hearing on
the application for an injunction
filed in civil district court last week
to restrain the county clerk from
printing the name of j. f. Leslie on
the ballot Is the democratic candi.
date for district judge. will be held
before Judge Hood BooBne Wedncs-
day morning.
The hearing was originally set for
Monday morning. but owing to the
absence Of attorney for the appli-
cants from the county il was post
poned 20 Wednesday.
The applicants contend that Judge
Leslie is not the nominee Of the
democratic party or any other party,
and that his name should not be
placed on the ballot. Il is their con-
tention that at the election in 1926
he was elected To fill the u~nexpired
term Of Judge Polk, who resigned
in 1925.
Attorneys for the applicant state
the statutes provide that an appoint
ment can be made 70 fill the term up
to the next general election at which
time the voters elect 10 complete
the ~unexpired term. According to
this Interpretation Of the law, Judge
Leslie's term would expire Jan. 81,
1928, and he was not a candidate for
the democratic nomination.
Attorneys for the independent tick
Ct here have received notice from
Austin that their appeal from the de-
cisiOn of the district and annpalp
courts, which sustained the refusal
Of the county clerk to print the
names Of the citizens-repubIican can
didates on the ballot, has been filed
with the supreme court. IL il under
stood that oral arguments will be
heard by the supreme court Friday
or Saturday. The independent ticket
viii be represented By Glib Galloway
Of Brentwood and Judge Ezell or
San Antonio.
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Let Legislature
Decide Row, Says
Buyer For State

AUSTIN. Oct. 23.-Pl-Roy 7
Tenant. purchasing member of the
state board OF control. is perfect
IN willing" that the dist legislature
decide the question of whether the
board or highway department shall
determine what road machinery
shall be bought. he said today.
lie said he has not heard whether
tho highway department intends to
follow the boards preferences MS g
equipment in dispute 20 the pro-
posed S500.0 600 buy which has Lung
fire for several weeks. or to do
without machinery.
"We are standing on the attorney
generals ruling that this depart
ment has the right TO designate the
kind Of equipment in letting con-
tracts" Tenant added.
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TEMPERATURE

CONTINUED from page one.)
HOUSTON Oct. 23.-(F1-For the
second successive day the mercury
here reached new low for the season
when the temperature dropped TO IS
degrees early today. A light rain
ushered in the cold spell.
PORT ARTHUR. Oct. 23.-CPy-
The lowest temperature registered
here this morning was All with
slowly rising temperature.
SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 23.-tPl-
San Antonio today experienced the
coolest weather OF the season with
a temperature of 40 at Z o'clock.
Skies were clear and a slight rise
in temperature forecast.
AUSTIN. Oct. 23.-(PJ-A temper
ature ten degrees above freezing per-
sisted in spite Of bright sunshine
here today.
FORT WORTH, Oct. 23.-tPy-The
coolest weather of the season was
recorded in Fort Worth this morning
when the temperature dropped 10 43
degrees. Mondays maximum was 81
degrees.
TEXARkANA, Oct. 23.-lP-Aft-
err thermometers this morning reach
ed the lowest temperatures of the
season, 35 degrees, temperatures be-
gan to rise during the forenoon. The
sky was clear.
AMARILLO. Oct. 23.-R1-Sun-
shine today broke the cold snap OF
the last two days. Official thermo-
meters registered "a degrees az z
a. M. and within two hours had
risen 10 81.
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Continued from page one.)
Mrs. Dougan, beginning Monday
afternoon. November u, will give
lectures and demonstrations each
afternoon for five afternoons be-
tween two-thirty and four-thirty.
She will doubtless amaze the women
Of this vicinity with the contribu-
tions she is able 70 make IN one
short week, to that greatest OF all
institutions-the home. The prob
lens discussed will be those that
are daily encountered in the home.
Her solutions are practical and
based on economy and utility. The
saving that the housewife will be
able To accomplish by attendance at
the school with its scientific and
modern ideas. viii more than repay
her for the time spent there. How
70 use ~leftoyers and how to pIr-
chase in q semitic manner will be
shown by Mrs. Dougan.
New suggestions. new recipes, new
dishes and many new ideas o IN the
kitchen and home will he presented.
Here the young housewife will &c
taught many valuable things and the
experienced housewife will also find
n veritable storehouse Of knowledge
for her use. No longer need she
complain Of cooking "the same old
thing"
A model kitchen will be installed
for the use Of Mrs. Douran. where
the preparation OF meals will be de-
monstrated. She will preside over
the kitchen. presenting her subjects
10 the women most graphically and
in a manner that will be readily un-
derstood.
The housewives n Brownsville
and the Valley should remember the
dates. Nov. 1916, of the different
cooking school and make plans SO
as not to miss n single lesson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-23
Mystic Marvel
Answers Queries
On Air Tonight

Mile. Flo Leroy. billed as 'the
Mystic Marvel" at the Queen theater.
will appear at ~radiophone KWWG
Tuesday night answering all queries
sent in before Z p. m. Questions
should be telephoned or wired in
She will be before the m~ichrophone
from z to 8, devoting the entire time
10 answering questions, a large num-
Der of which he'd come in Tuesday
morning.
Mile. Leroy came here after a long
engagement on the Orpheum circuit
in mind reading act. She is said to
be particularly adept at locating lost
articles and in giving good advice on
a wide range of subjects.
She has appeared on the air many
times and finds that medium partic-
ularly we'll suited to her act. This
number was put on here a year ago,
creating a small sensation among
theater goers.
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Valley Gas Co.
Cooking School
Proving Popular

Preparations were completed Tues
day morning to seat at least CD
women at the second class TO be held
az the cooking school being conducted
under the auspices of the Rio Grande
Valley Gas company and which viii
continue through Saturday.
instruction is being given BY Miss
Lillian NJ. Yost Of Chicago, consid-
cred one Of the foremost home eco
nomic authorities in the country.
Twenty eight INT attended the
opening or the school Monday after
noon despite the heavy rain which
fell at that time.
Each days class Is scheduled TO
begin at 3 y. N. There are no morn
ing sessions being held.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-23

GUERILLA IN


WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-tP)-A
tale Of renewed guerilla warfare in
strife-town Nicaragua. describing
also how one mans life W saved
through the appearance Of an Ameri-
can airplane. has come through Of
fetal channels to the state depart
ment.
Reporting 70 Secretary Kellogg.
Brig. Gen. Frank Il. Meow. presi-
dent of the American electoral mis-
sion. declared that bandits led by
Pedro Altamirano. reputedly a lieu
tenant OF Sandino. swCoped down
upon a group of N~icaraguan citi-
zens at San Marcos. Jinotega. killed
several and then made for the bor-
der. ~plundering as they went.
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CHINESE COOK SLAIN;
TONG WARFARE SEEN

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Oct. a.
fPl-Hugh ". Kay. so. a Chinese
cook. was shot dead last night by a
man who escaped.
Kay, police learned, was a mem
Der Of the On Leong Tong. whose
difficulties with m mbers Of the
Hip Sing Tong a week & were
marked by Staying in Chicago and
eastern cities. The staying was be-
lieved TO have some connection with
the other tong conflicts.
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LIVERPOOL SPOT

LIVERPOOL. Oct. 23.-lP-Cot
ton spot higher; American strict
rood mtddlinE 1l.i0: good middlinr
Ills; strict middling li.O5: mid
ding 1925; strict low middline
1910: low middling IO.45: str'.t
good ordinary 1925: good ordinary
9.95. Sales 1000 bales, 5000 Ameri-
can. Receipts $4,000; American ~
200. Futures closed barely stead !.
Oct. 1899: Jan. 1927: March 1880.
May 1913; July 1913.
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Study Of Mexican
Resources Made

Ell PASO. Oct. 23.-H1-Mexico
City dispatches TO I'll Continental re-
port a study Of the Of Mex
ico has been completed by a delega-
ton Of the bankers association in the
Mexican capital.
The study was made with the OBJ
ject of determining the country's
ability Ia pay its foreign debt.
"Some kind Of agreement has been
reached between the bankers repre-
s~ontatives and the Mexican govern
ment that will effect the making Of
Of subsequent payments after 1881.
consisting Of 10000. 900 pesos annual
~ during a period Of forty years"
Fl Continental states.
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LIGHT OIL YIELD DEE

TULSA, Okla. Oct. 23.-tHF--
Light oil reduction in the United
States during the week ending Oct,
20. decreased Inpro nately 2.64.
barrels daily. This was barely off
sett by a 3,0s4 barrel increase N
heavy gravity oil, providing a totaI
increase Cor the week in daily pro
ductiono Of only 435 barrels. accord
'ug to the Oil and Gas Journal.
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PROBE FAIL OF RARIES

NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-tEJ-Poice
and the district attorney today con-
tinued their investigation In the
deaths Of two young g%randsons Of the
late Daniel GuEgenheim. Several
persons who saw the boys fall from
the roof Of the Hotel Surrey to a
low building adjoining were ques-
toned BY detectives and il was an
nounced that they would repeat their
stories to the district attorney.
Police have indicated that they will
question Mrs. Waldman further when
her physicians permit.