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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
EBY TO give
LAST ADDRESS
Junior College Com
mencement To Be
Held Wednesday

The first annual commencement of
the Brownsville Junior college will
be held Wednesday evening at $50
in the new school auditorium. This
is the second year the college has
been operating ard there are rs can
didstes expected 10 complete the two
wear course Of junior college work.
The students were tsking tInal e1-
a%minztions Tuesday and Wednesday
and the graduating list will not be
until Wednesday noon, IL
was announced from the deans Of
fees.
Candidates for graduating honors
follow
Matte G. Head Ellen Conklin,
Helen Bridges, Dorothy Bsnta, Judith
Laughiin. Mrs. Helen LhenOwith
Milan. Miss Tacy Boory. Miss n. r.
Czstenado, VI. =. Castenado. Osbaldo
Garcia. W. H. Garcia. James Muckle-
roy, Abe Lewis Cohen, W. +. Conk-
lin and W. G.. Burns.
The principal address on the com
ueneemcnt program will he delivered
by DR.. Frederick Eby. professor ~
education in toe University Of Texas
and . nationally known authority on
the junior college movement which
mas gained impetus recently.
All exercises are to be broadcast
q ~radiophune kWWG by remote con
troll. IL was announced rs Curtis
Strong. manager Of the station.
An academic procession will precede
the exercises in the auditorium. Inc
faculty will lead the professional IN
academic array, hoods denoting their
master Of arts rank. and their colors
the institutions THAT conferred the
degrees. The graduates viii follow
the teachers and viii wear complete
cap and gown reEalia.
Tbs students viii receive diplomas
and the associate 81 arts degree
which has been adopted for Eradu-
ates of junior colleges q the United
States.
The evening program includes the
scademic professional from the old
building To the new At S:l5. the IN
vocation bv Rev. n. VI. Marshall of
tie First Baptist church; r violin
solo bv Mr.. Osbaido Garcia, q history
Of the Brownsville Junior c0llge by
Judge James a. Graham, introduction
Of nr. Eby hy Superintendent II. y.
Voc. the commencement address BY
Dr. Eby: n vocal solo by Miss Tacy
Boorv: presentation Of the gradual
inr class TO the board or education
~ Dean s. A. Caldwell Of the col
lege: awarding of degrees and d.
rlomas Wy Dr. q. ". Lawrence. presi-
cent of the board; occasional march,
rlaved in piano duet by Miss Martha
TaggHrt ard Miss Krin Crawford. who
will also NAV the professional march.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

ed and presumably honorable men
betrsyals OF o government, Of certain
business interests and the people sho
trusted and honorcd them: il lis q
trail showing TO u fragrant degree the
exercise of political power and in
~fluence. and the power and influence
Of great wealth npon individuals and
political parties Il IL q trail of
despoilers and schemeFs far more
dangerous to the well being Of our
nation an doGr democracy than all
those who have been deported from
our shores in all time a. undesirable
citizens. And in the end. the story
In one or the crushing or brilliant
careers when FINELY the light was
played upon those who schemed those
unhealthy schemes born in darkness.
Justice Not Equal
"The acquittal verdicts in the FALL
Dcheny and the Fall-Sinclair trials
have been considered most deplorable
failures OF Justice on every side. X
cepting only the side of privilege.
These failures have been Of such ma
ture as 10 prove the need for such
changes in the court procedure that
will make advantage no more easily
available TO the criminal Of great
means than 70 the offender who
comes out Of the most loEly classes.
Justice has been proven not a
thing TO be applied TO and enjoyed by
ali alike. but. instead. a commodity to
be bought and otherwise influenced
nv wealth. and able lawyers In the
congress and out would contribute
nightly 10 the cause Of our democ-
racy if they would devote themselves
20 such legislation as would make
justice reach out 10 n and all
alike"
Reviewing the accomplishments Of
the long years OF Investigation. Sen
ator Nye said there was q prospect
for "a general house cleaning in the
oil industry" He held also that the
investigation was bound ito bring
some measure Of political reforms"
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TAX CUT Bill

CONTINUED from page one)
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or maximum exemption for earned
income credit. Loss SA.500,0 900.
Reduction tax on wines TO pre-war
level. Loss 81 900, 0On.
Repeal OF tax on cereal beverages.
Loss SIS5, 900.
Reduction in fees on druggists
dealing in narcotics, IS 10 SO. Loss
$i50,000.
Increase in tax on prize fights for
tickets or 81 and over from 10 per
cent to % per cent. Increase in rev.
enue S75o.00O.
Withholding tax az source in cases
Of non-residence increase $4,000, 900.
Revision ef tax on foreign built
yachts tcustoms.) Increase $4,000.
Total reductions amount to $685.
295 900. A part Of this is offset by
increases t0tsling S2,S00.00n. This
gives . net reduction OF S222.4g5 600.
While the act makes numerous
changes in the administrative pro-
visions with a view of simplifica-
tion. no change is provided in the
present law prohibiting publicity for
income tax returns.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Lentz and son
n Harrington are registered al the
TrAYelerH Intel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
ON
lCentirurd ION raFe onel

1AtAAIaNA EaEt WV
tendance Of absentees. When sn
hours effort brought out only three
more. he successfully moved al l:25
q m. that the serHeant-at-arms he
directed a compel" the attendance
q sbsentees. Every now and Their,
Blesge, democrat. of South Carolina,
moved an adjournment, but John
son forces Overwhelmingly defeated
these moves.
IN his first report on the absen-
tees, David s. Barry. the sergeant
alarms. listed ak senators as sizes
and about eight Is cut or town. With
the vast majority he did not get in
communication. Senator Bruce, dem
oerat. Maryland. he said, had his
phore disconnected.
" hat time tonight did he have IL
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PORT DISTRICT

Continued from page one)
underway I'm the early summe Of
nPxf year"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
Mountain Slide
In Montana Takes
Track Into River

LIVINGSTON, Mont, May ss.-
R5Sphinx mountain. al miles
south Of here, was sliding slowly
into the Yellowstone river taday-
Track walkers en- the Livingston
Gardiner branch line Of the North
ern Pacific railroad discovered the
slide last night.
They reported that hundreds n
tons % earth was moving toward the
river, taking with II the tracks ~
the branch line. which they said
were apparently doomed TO push
over the edge If the river hank ami
drop aG0 feet into the stream heloa
Last night the track had moved
nearly 100 feet closer n the river
than it's original LOCATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
RING ORGANIZED
TO SMUGGLE ALIENS
Alleged South American Operations
Barred at Hearing of Stowaways
in Baltimore.
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Md, September T.
Testimony tending to show that an in
ternational smuggling ring to ship ma
tives of South America into this coun-
try existed in the Southern Continent
Yesterday was introduced into the hear
ing of four seamen charged with be-
ing implicated in the plot to bring 16
StoWaWays in on the steamship Steel
Inventor and the death of seven of
them in fumigation of the ship. The
hearings are being held before United
States Commissioner j. Frank Supplee.
The witnesses were Charles Frank,
immigration inspector, and four sur
vivors of the fatal fumigation Of the
ships hold on arrival here.
Frank told of admissions made to
him by three of the accused men, who
admitted attempting TO Smuggle the
men into the country. The fourth man,
Edmundo Cunho, he said, denied all
knowledge of the scheme although the
stowaways identified him as one of the
men aiding them.
A restaurant owner in Rio de Janeiro,
according to testimony of the stow
Always, was the "go-betWeen" in the
negotiations between members of the
ships crew and the natives. They all
! paid into general fund for food to be
eaten on the trip, they testified. and
were to deliver $500 each to the sea-
men on arrival in this country.
Manuel Calafata, one of the wit
! neSSeS, said that many natives had been
brought into the United States in the
same manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
YOUTH IS CAUGHT
/. AFTER LONG CHASE
Detective StumbIes, Gun
Goes Off, but He Gets
His Man.

A foot race through streets and alleys
between Headquarters Detective Frank
Alligood and a colored youth suspected
Of "joyriding." during which the detec-
tive stumbled and accidentally dis
charged his revolver, ended today in the
capture Of William Glover. colored, of
"a G street northeast ana the recovery
of missing automobile.
Alligood was driving near Third and
K streets this morning when he sighted
a parked car which had been reported
stolen from George H. Robinson, 1410
Ridge place southeast. on August 81. He
pulled to the curb and waited. Before
long Glover appeared, got into the car
and started to drive away, he said.
Alligood gave chase. and Glover
leaped from the car and ran. Alligood
forSook his own machine and pursued
Glover on foot. The chase led through
several blocks and up various alleys, in
one of which Alligood nearly lost the
race by stumbling on the pavement. His
gun exploded as he hit the concrete.
The detective regained his feet quickly
and continued the dash, eventually get
ting his man. A civilian came to his
assistance toward the finish.
Glover told Alligood he had given an
unidentified colored man So for the use
of the car and denied having had any
connection with its disappearance a
week ago from near North Capitol street
and Massachusetts avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
REJECTED DRAFTEE
DENIED GRATUITY
McCarl Rules Out Men Found In.
capacitated When Drawn
for Service.

Decisions Of interest to former serv-
ice men of the World War were handed
down today by Controller General
McCarl
The $50 war service gratuity Is not
payable TO draftee rejected and dis
charged by reason of physical disability
which incapacitated him for military
service, the controller general decided
in the case Of John Gary Davis OF
Allendale, N. c., who, it appears, was
rejected under the draft because of
underWeight.
IF, as you state, other draftees with
service records similar to yours have
received the gratuity. such payments
were not authorized by law and would
be held no justification for making a
like unauthorized payment to you," the
decision declared.
In another case. involving insurance
In the Veterans Bureau, the controller
general said:
Retroactive rating for permanent
total disability by the Veterans Bureau
may be recognized as maturing term in
surance prior to discharge or resigna-
ton from the military and naval service
of the insured only where the military
or naval record diScloSes a disability
QuTlIlR JIlt ptIlOQ CObCtCO Wy QUILL lCttO"
active rating Where the effective date
of such a rating as determined by the
Veterans Bureau. is prior to application
for term insurance lawfully filed during
military or naval service, total perma-
nent benefits may be awarded from and
after the date of application for insur-
ance or from such subsequent date as
the disability is disclosed by the mill
tary or naval record to have arisen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
BLAMES WIFE'S PARENTS
IN DIVORCE SUIT ANSWER

Blame for the marital troubles of
James Howe, railway express employe,
was placed on his wife's parents in an
answer filed by the husband in District
Supreme Court today to the suit of
Mrs Alice c. Howe, 100 Seventh street
northeast Howe denies charges of
cruelty and intoxication and says his
wife has been too suspicious of his
conduct.
Howe claims he was forced to leave
the home of his wife'S parents on last
July IL, because of the unfriendly rela-
tions existing between them He denies
assaultlng his wife at dance at Airing
ton Beach in July. and says his wife
followed him to the resort, and aired
their domestic differences to the as
Sembled throng Howe also alleged that
his salary due the first of the month
had been attached by creditors of the
wife.
Attorney Raymond Neudecker appeared
on behalf of the husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
MAI. PEAK HEADS
ARMy-NAVY UNION
National Commander Is Re-
Elected by AccIama-
ton.

Mai. w. L. Peak was reelected ma
tional commander of the Army and
Navy Union by reclamation shortly
after the organization had gone into
the final session of It's fortieth annual
national convention for the election of
officers, in Pythian Temple this after
noon. All other candidates for the
Office withdrew. Other national officers
are TO be elected later this afternoon
Resolutions were adopted earlier in the
day.
Principal among the resolutions
adopted was one proposing a pension
of $40 month for all men, 70 years
old or more who have been discharged
from the military service and who are
not otherwise provided for through
pensions or compensation. The resolu-
ton proposes that each individual dis
charged from the service be paid the
pension upon reaching the age of 70
in future years.
resolution also was adopted asking
that all Civil War Veterans now living
be paid a pension Of $72 month.
disqualification for all persons dis
charged from the military service prior
to the year 1898 is also sought in a
resolution adopted at today's session.
Another resolution was passed asking
Congress to adopt officially THE Star
Spangled Banner" as the national
anthem.
The ladies' auxiliary concluded its
final session in the Washington Hotel
shortly after noon, after holding me-
mortal services for deceased members
and installing its newly elected officers
for the coming year.
The officers elected are: Mrs. Jennie
Walls of Philadelphia, national COM
mander; Mrs. May Armstrong of Bos-
ton, national vice commander; Mrs. Eva
Hapley of Oakford, Pa, deputy COM
mander; Mrs Mae Miller, Cleveland
Ohio, national adjutant; Mrs. Eliza
beth Bingham of Philadelphia, ma
tional paymaster; Miss Ethel Virgins
of this city, master quartermaster; Mrs.
Sadie Waldie of Everett, Mass, national
inspector; Mrs. Annie Van Wart Of
Boston, patriotic instructor; Mrs. Clara
Britton, Germantown, Pa, chaplain;
Mrs. Pauline Reader, Cleveland, Ohio
officer OF the day; Mrs Lillian Miller,
Mrs. Emma Rettig, Cincinnati, Ohio
field marshal; Mrs. Lillian Peters
| Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bessie McCOn-
| aghey, Philadelphia, color bearers; Miss
Viola Diehl, Buffalo. N. Y, sentry; Mrs
Martini Conway OF this city, picket;
Mrs. Florence Mccain of Philadelphia
pianist; Mrs. Sophia Kabbis, Union
City, N. j., national historian. Ad-
ditional members elected to the counsel
are: Mrs. Virginia Bremen, Marion
Ind; Mrs. Eva Hatley Flushing l.. I.
and Mrs. Cora White of Pittsburgh. Pa
Several hundred delegates and men,
bers of the ladies' auxiliary attended a
banquet in honor of Maj. w. l.. Peak
national commander of the union, In
the Raleigh Hotel last night,
James G.. Yaden, department COM
mander OF the United Spanish Wal
Veterans and president of the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations, urged an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
FULLER ASSAILS
RELIGIOUS ISSUE
Governor Addresses Massachu-
sets Legion Men on Clean
Politics.
BY the Associated Press.

NEWBURYPORT, Mass, September
Injection Of religious prejudice into
politics was attacked by Gov. Alvan T.
Fuller of Massachusetts today in
speech before the members Of the Amer
lean Legion at their State convention
here.
Appealing to the Legionnaires to
sound the tocsin that will start re-
volt to raise the tone of American poll
tics" the governor said:
"You men know and remember that
there was no inquiry as to mans re-
ligion or nationality when he offered to
die for his country 10 short years ago.
We must insist ever and always that
there shall be no shaft of criticism
leveled at him on this account when he
offers to serve his country in the days of
peace. say to you gentlemen that you
faced no worse enemies of America on
the fields of France than Senator Heflin
and DR.. Straton. We must not allow
our politics to be torpedoed by prejudice
The right of every citizen to worship as
he pleases and to aspire to hold any
Office within the gift of the people must
be preserved and maintained inviolate."
The individual citizen the governor
said, owed it to himself Ito inform him.
self candidly and as thoroughly as may
be upon those questions which require
immediate answer and to hold himself
free from bigotry, intolerance and lust
for persecution which unhappily still
linger and from time to time manifest
themselves with barbaric and much
more than medieval ferocity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
FIND $4,000 CACHE
mus. AGENTS HAT
Authorities Arrest Revenue
/ Officers in Alleged Ex-
7 tortion Plot.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September TEN thou
sand dollars in bills, which authorities
described as the first installment of a
$4,000 extortion fee, was found in the
straw hat of an internal revenue agent,
and today he and a fellow agent were
under arrest.
The agents were Edward F. Brown
and Elmer F. Andrews, who were &C
cused by Reginald w. Ragland, counsel
for an unnamed Wall street concern,
to have agreed to approve the firms
claim for a $250,O00 tax reduction if
they were paid $4,000.
Ragland notified revenue authorities
of the proposal, and investigators
listened in on conferences between the
agents and the attorney. Brown and
Andrews were caught yesterday as they
left Ragland's Office, where authorities
said the two men were paid $4,000 on
account.
Andrews said he had no idea how
the $4,000 in bills ranging from $50.to
$500 got in his hat. Somebody must
have slipped it there" he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
AMUNDSEN SEARCH
ON ICE PACK ENDED
Hunt Will Be Continued Along
Norwegian Coast for More
Parts of Plane.

BY the Associated Press.
OSLO, Norway, September search
of the polar ice fields for traces of
Roald Amundsen and his five compan-
ions of the Mobile rescue expedition has
been abandoned. This was decided yes
terday at meeting of government Of
ficialS and polar experts at the minis
try of defense.
Search will be continued. however.
along the Norwegian coast in the hope
of discovering more relics of the sea-
plane in which the six men were trav-
cling when disaster overlook them. A
pontoon from the French naval ma
chine, discovered few days ago off
Tromsoe, convinced the officials that
the men we're dead.
Today's decision was based largely
upon letter from Admiral Kerr of the
French Navy. who has been aiding in
the search with the cruiser Strasbourg.
He suggested abandonment of further
effort along the ice pack. which is
steadily pushing southwark around the
Spitzbergen archipelago.
Sir F. o. Lindley. British Minister to
Norway, called at the foreign office to-
day to express regrets of his govern
ment over the loss of Amundsen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
POLICE CAPTAINS
HOME IS BOMBED
Dynamite ExpIodes Shortly
After Chicago Officer
Conducts Raid.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, September THE home
of Police Capt. Luke Garrick was
bombed early today. His wife, who is Ill,
was thrown from her bed. Their Z
months-old granddaughter was buried
under 8 inches of plaster as she lay in
her crib. The damage was put at S10,-
600. The bomb exploded in the vesti-
bule of the apartment house in which
the police captain lives.
Neither Mrs. Garrick nor the baby
was seriously injured, but the woman
suffered severely from shock and was
taken to hospital.
Capt. Garrick few hours earlier had
led raid on the Minerva Athletic Club,
where 81 men were arrested for gam
bling. He said he believed the bombing
was i'll retaliation for the raid.
The Minerva club raid was executed
despite an injunction which forbade
police from molesting the place. Capt
Garrick obtained new evidence that
gambling was going on and then led the
raid.
Police had not determined early to-
day whether the dynamite bomb was
timed, or had been tossed into the YES
tibule shortly before it exploded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
60 Year-Old Grandmother Pledges
80 Descendants to Vote for Hoover

mally Democrat, would support the
Republican ticket.
Mrs. Goode was one of a number of
Republican woman workers who sup
mitted optimistic reports to the Hoover
managers. Democratic as we'll as Re-
publican farm and rural women in Ten
nessee and South Dakota were described
as actively working for Hoover by Mrs.
Beulah 0. Hughes and Mrs. Paul E.
Rewman, Republican national commit
teewomen for the two States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
THEATER STRIKE ROW
ENDED IN CHICAGO
Both Sides Make Concessions at
24-Hour Farley and Reach
Agreement.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. September Peace reigns
and the music in Chicago movie
theaterS still lives.
A 24-hour conference between officials
of the theater owners and the Musicians
Federation ended today in victory for
both Sides" and assured the public a
threatened strike of all union theater
employees would not take place.
The theater owners met the demands
of the musicians by agreeing to employ
an orchestra of four men in theaters
which had installed the talking
movies" and the musicians met the de-
mands of the owners by agreeing to
working schedule for season rang
ing from 10 to Al weeks instead of a
full-tk1e 44-week schedule.
The dispute reached a climax on
Labor day. when musicians employed
in about $50 neighborhood theaters re-
fused to go to work after their cofltract-
expired on Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
MARSHALL BIRTHDAY
TO BE CELEBRATED
Former Home of Chief Justice,
Near Front Royal, to Be Scene Of
Exercises September IL.
67ecial Dispatch to The Star.

67ecial Dispatch to The Star
FRONT ROYAL. Va, September T.
At Oak Hill. former home of Chief JUS
tice John Marshall, the l73d birthday
of the great Chief Justice will be cele-
brated September u, under auspices of
the Shenandoah National Park Highway
Association.
Judge John Barton Payne will preside
Representative r. Walton Moore, Will
liam E. Carson, chairman of the Vir-
ginia State Conservation and Develop
ment Commission; Judge Frank S. Tav-
ener of Shenandoah and others will
speak. Citizens from Arlington, Prince
William, Fauquier, Warren, Shenandoah
and adjoining counties will attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
WIFE FILES DIVORCE SUIT;
SEEKS CHILD'S CUSTODY
Letters Found in Husbands Pock-
cts and Later Translated
Are Submitted.

Suit has been filed in Equity Court
by Mrs. Gertrude Fischer. 1920 Penn
sylvania avenue, against Arthur Fisch-
err said to be an interior decorator, for
absolute divorce and custody OF their
7-year-old daughter. According to the
wife's bill. they were married in Leip-
zig, Germany, February 4. 1919 and
moved TO the United States in 1922.
Attached to the bill of complaint
filed by Mrs Fischer are copies of
translated letters said to have been
found by the wife in the husbands
pockets. These letters are signed
Lilly" and the wife alleged her huS-
band admitted acquaintance with the
writer. but denied he preferred her So
ciety to that of his wife.
It Is alleged that Fischer deserted his
wife and child July 20, 1927. and after
ward the child was taken back to Ger
many on a visit with the fathers con-
sent. Misconduct is charged with an
unidentified woman. Attorneys Ray
mond Neudecker and William c. Ash
ford appeared on behalf of the wife.