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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Water District
Will Elect Two

EDlNBURC. Dec. 2a.-Twc vacan-
cies will be filled on the Hidalgo
County Water Control District No. J
at an election to be held in the dis
trict January 3.
The terms Of Fred n. Taylor. pres
ent secretary of the board Of direc-
tors. McAllen. and A. 3. Bair expire
this year TAYLOR has filed for re
election and Grade Galloway. Edin-
burg attorney. has filed for election
70 the other vacancy.
Two voting precincts have been
provided, one at the Peoples Gin.
northwest 81 EdinburT. and the 9TH
or AZ the old second lift pump in
West NcAllcn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Webb County Men
Given Burroughs

AUSTIN. Dec. 29-P-Serapio
vela. r. NJ. Martinez and l.. A. La
fon. recently convicted in Webb
county for embezzlement Of bank
funds and given two years each, were
allowed 30 day furloaghs by Gov.
Moody roday, to make arrangements
for the rare and maintenance Of
their families.
The ~furloughs were recommended
bv Robert Lee Bobbitt. Of Laredo.
speaker OF the house in the 10th
legislature.
III. o. Thompson. convicted in
STEPHENS county for violation of the
prohibition law and serving one year.
was given 80 days furlough to care
for his family.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
STOCK PRICES
CLOSE STRONG
Movement Is Briskly
Upward During
Trade

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-iP-Con-
structive forces were again at work
in today's stock market, and prices
moved upward in brisk fashion I'M
der rather heavy buying for both
accounts. Such profit-taking and
tax selling as came into the market
was well absorbed and az least q
score of issues were pushed up to
new high levels. Gains in many Of
the active shares ran from . to Il
points.
Inasmuch as Fridays call money
rates carries over the weekend. the
credit situation was not an impor-
tant factor in today's market. Wall
street took encouragement from the
optimistic character Of the year-cnd
reviews and forecasts, now making
their appearance, and from the ex-
celient trade reports from most Of
the basic industries.
Wright Aeronautical returned 70
the leadership of the market By
soaring IL points. National Tea
moved up 10, Midland Steel Prod
ucts preferred , and Pere Marquette
s. Houston Oil, which was hammer
cd down to 70 in the early December
break, rallied nearly s points to 100.
Magma Copper, Radio, Union Car
bide. Warren Bros, Curtiss and Chi
cago Pneumatic Tool sold 4 to 5
points higher, and a long list OF 9TH
ers including Du Pont, General Elec-
trio, B~y-Products Coke, American Su-
gar Refining and Cerro De Paseo
sold 2 to 3 points higher.
The closing was strong. Total
sales 10000 M shares.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
First Straw of
Season Reported
Special 70 The Herald

HARLINGEN. Dec. 29.-what is
believed TO be the first straw hat of
the new season blossomed out here
Thursday, even before the first Of
January.
The hat was a new nc. indicat-
Ing the beginning Of the straw hat
season, with prospects of more OF
them appearing on the streets
soon.
An unofficial straw nat league
was formed recently in this section,
with the members all agreeing 10
rome out with the Straws on the
first day Of January. Whether the
agreement will materialize will be
known next Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
CITY BRIEFS

Phone Miss Biggs at 132s-w for
home baked fruit cakes. Angel food
or pies baked to order.--adv. II.
Big Savings on shoe purchases al
The Model Shoe Shop Friday, Satur-
day and Monday. II YOU really be-
lieve in saving money on footwear
come 20 this sale.-Adv. 81.
Poison Oak or Ivy r. relieved
quickly and permanently with I'm
pelial .ezema Remedy All drug
gists are authorized to refund your
more If il fails.--Adv. t5)
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
Red folding box. All druggists
Toll Gate Aoyec-The small build
ing used as a toll gate for those
crossing the river by the new inter
national bridge has been moved
about thirty feet closer to the bridge.
This was done so the toll house
would remain directly in front OF
the customs offices. thereby saving
time for those crossing the river, IL
was said.
Delayed-Printing Of the Palmetto,
Brownsville high school year book.
has been delayed and the edition will
not be distributed until after Christ
mas holidays. IL vas originally
planned 70 mail copies out Saturday
but unforeseen difficulties caused
delay.
Nisiting-Mrs. Al Heiser and two
children. Robert Evelyn. and Miss
Esther Erickson, all OF Hannibal. No.
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Lack
ner.
Iuproving-Joe Joachim. who cut
a severe cash in his ankle with an
axe Christmas eve while trimming a
tree. Is improving and will soon have
complete use Of the limb. II was
necessary 10 take three stitches to
close the wound.
o Born-An eight pound bow
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernesta
Urtusastegui at their home s04 Eliz-
abeth street Friday night. Mother
and baby we're reported doing nicely
Saturday.
--~mm
Large Neon Sign-What II believed
20 be one Of the largest neon signs
~ South Texas Is being installed by
the Gateway Bridge company at the
intersection Of Fourteenth and Eliza
beth streets. The sign will serve 10
advertise the international bridge
and direct traffic 10 the structure. Ii
will carry the words Gateway
Bridge"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
White Space

You buy white space" in 3 pub
LEGATION in which to place your sdver-
tisement-you pay for every inch
Are you wasting space Are you surc
that no better advertisement could be
prepared to fill that space This
Agency is composed of men with
years Of experience in preparing
advertisements with n purpose
RESULTS! Ask any of our clients.
Hidalgo Bank Bldg. 80 Mercedes.
Phone 309
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Sportiistory
ON THIS DATE
SATURDAY.. December -

1s29-Bill Richmond, once great
heavyweight, dies.
1S91-Andy Bowen is defeated by
Austin Gibbons in u 4S-round fight
for a $4,000 side bet.
1898 Hank. DeBerry. veteran
Brooklyn catcher, born in Savannah,
Ga.
1s96-Clyde B~srnhart, Pittsburgh
outfielder, born in Buck Valley, Pa.
190l-George Gardner defeats Kid
Carter in eight rounds nc San Fran
cisco, Cal.
f9l1-Al Lindgren and George
Bangert roll LAOS in three games
and 544 in a single bowling game.
19l3-Jess Willard knocks out
George Rodel mt New Haven, Conn.
19i9-F. Stengel, Of Erie, Pa, rolls
u 300 game in a regular sanctioned
boiling tournament.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Prices of Grain
Tend to Sag On
Chicago Market

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-tHJ-Liberal
deliveries on December contracts
here both in wheat and corn had an
carly bearish effect on grain valued
today.
Opening unchanged to 3-S down,
Chicago wheat quotations subse-
quently underwent n setback all
around. Corn started Is 20 SIS off.
rallied a little and afterward in
some eases dropped lower than be
fore. Oats were easy. Provisions
tended to sag.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Prevent Flu
Check Colds
Immediately
Families in Brownsville
Urged TO Be Careful

While grip and influenza are a.
prevalent, local people are urged to
use this modern way OF checking
little colds before they become biz
Have n jar Of Vicks NapoRub on
hand ready for instant use at the
first sign of every cold. When
rubbed on throat and chest, or
snuffed M the nose. Vicks releases
it, ingredients in the form Of medi-
Gated apors which are breathed
in direct TO the infected parts.
In addition, Vicks acts through
the skin like a poultice, "drswinf
OUT all t~ightness and pain, loosen
ing the phlegm, clearing the head
and easing the difficult breathing.
TO prevent colds from lowering
vitality and thus paving the wa.
for flu and pneumonia, they shout
~ treated direct and instantly
YOU would an infected finger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Condition King
George Improves

LONDON. Dec. %. - LPi - King
Georges physicians today issued this
bulletin:
"The king has had a quiet night
and there is a very slight change FOR
the better in his maiesty's condi-
ton"
II was generally felt today that
the margin Of safety for the king
continued very narrow. The report
Of the maintenance Of a slight i'm
provement during yesterday was
welcomed but IL has done little to
allav tho anxiety generally felt cvcr
the loss 81 strength on Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
CENEROUS SANTA
x y \
LEAVES OFFICER
Y Y +
CASE CHAMPAGNE

CLEVELAND, Dec. 2e.-tR)-f
Santa Claus left a case OF import
ed French champagne at the home
Of United States Commissioner
Martin ]. Monahen Christmas eve,
the bewhiskered ~benefactor is liza
BILE to arrest.
Monahen revealed today that
while he was absent from home an
unidentified man left the heavy
package with the maid. A Christ
mas greeting card was attached.
The commissioner turned the
champagne over to federal agents
who admit the best they can do is
file a warrant against Santa Claus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Fleet In Action
Thrills of Film

Much Of the action of Sub
marine, the Columbia De Luxe spe-
cial, now playing az Arcadia theater,
was filmed at San Pedro, Calf. Sew
eral vessels were chartered to use as
base ships for the outfit.
The sequences in the production
are highly spectacular. The ram
ming Of a submarine by a cruiser.
and an under-sea sequence showing
the work Of a salvage crew, are con-
sidered mastery achievements in
Photographic circles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29

CHRISTMAS OBSERVED
QUIETLY ON HIGHWAY

The quietest Christmas on the
highway | ever saw" IL the way
Traffic Officer r. r. Sadler char
acterizes what is generally regarded
as n busy session for officers.
There were few evidences Of drink
ing and no arrests were made. the Of
ficer said.
The year previous, however. many
arrests were made and there was
much evidence Of ~intoxication dur
ing this period.
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Continued on page nine)
ernor Moody, Attorney General Pol
lard and Assistant Attorney General
c. w. Truehart.
Robson Obdurate
Refusing TO accept informal adj
vice of Truehart hat he could post
pone the -controverted sale until a
later date in January, Robson was
still unchanged. in his stand last
night after Attorney General Pollard
had approved T~ruehart's opinion by
telephone from Carthage.
Governor Moody talked unavailing-
~ by telephone to Robson last
night. The youthful executives
"dsnder" was on the rise all day
yesterday about the situation as
long distance telephone calls flew
bac kand forth. He stayed in his
office until afetr s o'clock last night,
trying 20 bring the situation to a
head. When Robson would not
rome to terms, the governor got him
no agree to meet him this morning
nt Dilley. The governor questioned
The propriety and wisdom of Robi-
sons stand yesterday and again last
might after q long telephone conver-
aation in which University Regent
R. l.. Holiday of FL Paso related to
the governor two instances in which
the regents, he said, tried unsuccess-
fully to get Robson to hold up sale
Of the land mineral rights until after
the legislature had a chance to re-
peal the law.
May Convene Monday
Robson has contended that he fol-
lowed the law in advertising the
sale. The statute. which wa writ
ten by Robson, author Of most Of
the existing land laws, was deScrib-
as Anticipated" by Gov. Moody yes
terday, even though it dates back
only TO 1926.
a legislative session called today
could not be convened before Mon
day. 1t might be hard to get a quo
rum. Many members Of the 10th
legislature will be sworn into local
advertised for Wednesday, and il
would rush the session to get or
ganized and get a bill enacted before
then.
The 103, 900 acres. located Ia four
West Texas counties, is the first
portion of a total Of 1900, 900 acres
advertised for sale at various times
during January. This portion is re-
rsrded as the most likely TO produce
oil.
Governor Moody agrees with the
regents that IL sale is made now in
the face or a comparatively low oil
market and under the present law.
tho University would get only a
small part of the potential value of
the land. New production, If brought
in. would not help prices Of oil al
ready being produced in West Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
STATE CHIEF IN VALLEY

HARLINGEN. Dec. 2s.-Fred W.
Davis. chief OF the warehouse divi-
sion OF the state department OF agri-
culture, is in the Valley on q hunt
ing trip. He spent part OF Friday
here, accompanied by Mrs. Davis,
and then left for other parts OF the
VALLEY
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WOMAN A WINDOW sMAsHER

LEICESTER, Eng.-A dementcd
woman broke twelve large plate
glass windows in a single day be-
fore she was captured. She used a
large hammer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
BOLIVIA SAYS DID
NOT r PARAGUAY

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-tP1-The
Bolivian legation today officially de-
MED Paraguayan charges that Boil
Wan troops had occupied Fort Van
guardia within the last few days and
had advanced eleven miles into
Paraguayan territory.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-tP-For-
eign exchanges mixed: Great Britain
demand ASS; cables 4.s5 l-2: sixty
day bills on banks 4S1 is. France
demand 3.9l; cables 3.9i Ia; Italy
demand 5.23 Is; Belgium 1891; Ger
many 1919 1-2; Tokyo $3.50; Mon
treal 1910 and 5-I6.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
L.OOSE-LEAF d

We carry n most complete line Of
every kind Of post binders. transfer
and storage binders. ledger binders.
etc. None better than Wilson-Jones
De Luxe Loose-Leaf devices. Just
phone So collect for prompt
delivery. Delta Office Furniture
c. Harlingen. az
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CASH GRAIN

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2g.-tRl-
Wheat: No. 2 hard, I.07G1.10; No.
2 red, 100: December 1.05 So; May
LII 7-s; July 1.12 81.
Corn: No. 2 white. nominally, so
Msl; No. 2 yellow. nominally, s0d
81; December so 3-4-7-s; May IS "a;
July 81 rs.
Oats: No. 2 white, nominally. a.
Gas; No. s, 46 1-2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
KILLED IN CAR CRASH

OPELOusAS, La, Dec. 29.CP-
J. w. Kelley. As. n logger Of Port
Barre, was killed last night when his
car overturned in a ditch on the
Port Barre road pinning him beneath
il. He drowned before help reached
him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
DuRLIN Arsenal. FOIrND

DUBLIN-An extensive arsenal
was found in an old brick plant by
police hunting perpetrators of re-
cent bomb o~utrages.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
U FROM NORTH

HARLTNGEN. Dec. 29.-John 7.
Floore, nansger Of the Valley Mid
Winter Fair. has returned from
north Texas. where he went FOR :
short time during the holidays.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
n 9. RONDS

NEW YORK, Dee. 29.-Pl-United
States bonds: Liberty 8 LIS, 1924;
1st, 4 lbs, 1909; 9TH 4 LIS, 1909;
treasury 4 las, 111.24; Is, 106.224;
, 3-4s, 1924.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
POTATOES

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-(E-Potatoes
steady. Wisconsin sacked round
whites, S1,Mf.00; Minnesota and
North Dakota sacked round whites,
s0td90 Idaho sacked russets, 1900
LIS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 29.-Pt-
| Spot cotton closed quiet unchanged.
Sales 1920; low middlingf 1856; mid
ding 1886; good middling 1876;
receipts ASS; stock 3T1,3s2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
TEXAS SPOTS

DALLAS. Dec. 29.-P-Spot cot
ton. 1890: Houston. 1885, Galveston,
1855.
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POULTRY

CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-R-Poultry
alive steady; fowls 2sG29: ROSTERS
20; turkeys 25: ducks %; geese 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29

BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-tPJ-B Butter
and eggs unchanged.
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COTTONSEED OIL

COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 29.-tH=
Cottonseed oil closed very steady.
Prime summer yellow 9.05; prime
crude s.25-S.37 1-2. Jan. GIT, Feb.
9.26, March 9.34; April Gas; May
9.55; June 1888; July $40, Sep. $50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
K. c. Hogs Active;
Few Cattle And
Sheep In Trade

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2e.@R-
Hgos $500; active; top s.65 packing
sows 7.2s@7.75.
Cattle, 100; calves, 50. Fer week
top yearlings 14.25; heavy steers
14.10; bulk fed steers 0.5OG13.25;
fed heifers e.50@11.60; stocker and
feeders s.5o@11.5O.
Sheep: none. For week: 14.25G
14.65; shorn lambs l2.5O6I3.25; light
weight shorn yearlings 11.50; TOP
ewes 500.
FORT WORTH. Tex, Dec. 29.-tP)
Hogs 1000; market 5 to is cents
higher; top SIS; packing sows IT'S
to 500.
Cattle $50 including so calves;
weeks tops: Slaughter steers l1.50;
choice fat yearlings up to 1850; good
beef cows up 10 $50; slaughter
calves 10.25M10.50.
Sheep: 1900; for week: Choice
wooled fat lambs 400: shorn fat
lambs 1l.50Gi2.OO: wooded fat year
lings 11-25; sh,rn fat yearlings
1880: fall shorn fat wethers s.00G
s.25.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.@R-Hogs,
$4,000; 5tH1i0c higher; top, 5000:
packing scws, 7.65@s.15; pigs, IT'S
@8.S5.
Cattle: 200; for week: top medi-
UNI weight steers, $3.50; heavics,
1850; long yearlings, 1875; steers.
14.50 downward.
Sheep: 1000; for week: fat lambs
14.75lP15.25; yearlirgs, 11.50G12.25;
fat ewes. T.00G5.00; feeding lambs
12.75G14.0n.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
IN. 0. COTTON
OPENS QUIET
Prices Ease Off Slow.
ly In Early Morn
ing Trade

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29.@P)-
The cotton market opened quiet but
the undertone was steadier despite
relatively easier Liverpool cables.
Circulation and prompt stoppage Of
additional notices for 900 bales Of
January cotton caused an initial
gain of 3 points but the improvement
was short-lived due to a lack Of de-
mand.
Prices eased off slowly despite
favorable cotton goods reports and
January sold down 70 1885,, and
March and May - 1877, or 5 to 8
points down from the opening and 2
to 5 points below yesterdays close.
Cotton futures closed steady net
one point up TO 3 down.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-(PJ-The
cotton market opened setady al an
advance Of 2 to 4 points on trade
buying and weekend covering. Dis
appointing Liverpool cables appear
ed to be offset by favorable reports
from the cotton goods trade, but the
advance to 20.24 for March met some
realizing or a little southern selling
and the market eased back to about
yesterdays closing quotations by the
end o fthe first half hour.
Futures closed steady. Two points
higher to 2 lower. Spot quiet; mid
ding 20.65.
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robson FAILS

Continued on page nine)
ernor Moody. Attorney General Pol
lard and Assistant Attorney General
C.. W. Truehart.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
SHIP BRAGANZA
 DIDN'T FIND .AMUNDSEN

ROME, Aug. 2S. (P) ..-- The Nor w gian sailing ship Braganza. sear- ching off the coast of Spitzbergen for the Italia and Amundsen crews, today reported that it made two in extremely bad weather which now prevails along that coast.
 The commander of the Braganza believes that it is perilous to move farther northward into the ice pack
 The whaler Weslekai has explor- ed the vicinity of Victoria Island, and the steamer Boddy near Franz Josephs Land without results.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
MICkY WALKER WINS
 OVER ARMAND EMANUEL

SAN FRANCISCO. Apg. 2S, (P) .-.- Mickey Walker. middleweight champion last night made an i'm rressive entry into the light heavy weight ranks when he scored sensational knockout over Armand Emanuel. of San Francisco in the seventh round of the bout
 Walker scored a short right jab 10 he jaw as Emanuel came on for the round and dropped the San Francisco man for the full count. after he had just regained his feet from taking the count of nine
 The champion outw ighed his op- ponent eleven and one-fourth pounds. He chopped his opponent down by hard body attack in the first four rounds. Emanuel took the fifth and sixth rounds by very small margin.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
CURTIS LAUDS WORK OF
 REPUBLICAN REGIME

SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Aug. 2S, [P) . The Republican efforts on be- half of agriculture during the last seven years of Republican Party post war rule, were detailed by Senator Curtis, Republican Vice. Presidential nominee. and were com pared with those of the Democrats in Congress. particularly on the tariff situation. M.....
 Speaking at the invitation of the American Farm Bureau 10 the New York State Fair assenblage, the Kansas Senator confined his remarks principally to the agricul- turel situation.
 He also praised the Kellogg tre- aty for the outlawry of war and predicted general approval of the treaty in this country, and the ad- herance to it of every nation in the world.
 As the Republican leader in the Senate, Curtis will be called upon at the next convention of Congress in the formal ratification by the United States of the peace pact.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
WEDNESDAY
 ;TELEGRAPAIc,
JEALOUS MAN RUNS AMUCK
 IN CALIFORNIA TOWN

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 2s, (A) ---- Three persons are dead and two are wounded-one perhaps fatally as a result of what the police attribute to an insanely jeal- " 5 shooting orgy, staged by Percy Iarnes, thirty-five years of age, a railroad employee, last night.
 The dead are two brothers-in-law and one cousin by marriage.
 Barnes was later captured as he sped into Stockton.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
WRIGLEY CHAMPIONSHIP
 SWIM ON TO-DAY

TORONTO, Aug. 29. (E) More than fifty women swimmers plunged into Lake Ontario promptly at ten o'clock this morning for the third Wrigley championship marathon swim for the championship Of the world.
 Thousands of people watched al ong the waterfront as the signal started the girl natators on their ten miles grind for prizes totaling fifteen thousand dollars.
 At the end of the first two and a half miles Miss Ethel Hertle, of New York led the field swimming with the relentless crawl stroke.
 One hundred yards behind Miss Hertle was Olive Catterdam, of Se- attle, in second place with lead of at least a hundred yards over Ruth Tower, of Denver.
 Gertrude Ederle was in fourth place fifty yards behind Ruth Tow CT.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
AMERICAN FEMINIST ARRESTED
 FOR DISTURBANCE FRANCE

RAMBOULIET, France, Aug. 2S, (R) -.-- Doris Stevens, the famed American feminist leader, and three others of her group, tried to crash the gate at the Presidential man. sion at the summer chateau, in be- half of the equal rights movenent.
 They were held in the custody of the police for sevral hours for fail ure to have identification papers. They were relased at three thirty this afternoon, after all the states men had left the Presidential lunch, which was being given to the states men who signed the Kellogg peace pact.
 The plan of the feminists was to discuss with the President and the Statesmen their project for an in ternational treaty establish. ng equal rights for men and wom<n.
The Nome nugget., 1928-09-01
SECRETARY KELLOGG SAILS
 FOR UNITED STATES

HAVRE, France, Aug. 29, (P) ---- Secretary of State Kellogg of the United States said farewell to France this morning sailing on the United States Cruiser Detroit for Ireland.
 Havre, which first greeted Secre- tary Kellogg on his arrival in France also gave him fitting good- bye The quay was lined with peo- pie when he went aboard the ship.
 He arrived here from Paris by special train. The raiload workers, villagers and country people were all on the watch all along the way for the special train and they all waved and cheered as the train passed.