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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
FORCER GETS
5-YEAR TERM
Officers Claim Con
zales Was Skillful
Criminal

Remundo X. Gomez. alias Rafael
Gonzales. alleged by officers to be
one Of the most accomplished forgers
on the lower border, was given a
five-year pcnitentiary term Tuesday
morning By the jury before whom his
ease was tried Monday.
Gonzales was tried earlier in the
term. the jury failing to agree.
-Four indictments were returned by
the grand jury against the defend
ant. Gonzales having in his possession
vhen arrested four checks to which
the name Of q. p. Wilson of Browns
vile had been forged. He was de-
tanned at the First National bank
when Ne attempted to cash a check
Tor SIS to which the signature Of
Wilson had been forged. lie was
placed under arrest by s. Nj. Jester,
and a search several hours later
brought TO light three additional
checks and tracing paper. These
articles were concealed in his hat.
During the trial the state brought
out that Gonzales or Gomez had re-
ceived a two-year suspended sentence
at Eagle Pass upon conviction on a
theft charge. the defendant admitting
he had received the suspended SEN
tence.
Gonzales, who is a skillful engrav-
or, asserted the checks had been
given him by his cousin, Jose Perez,
who had requested him to cash one
and hold the others. Officers ex-
pressed the opinion that the Jose
Perez was a mythical parsonage, and
though a number who bore that
name were found in Brownsville and
Matamoros, none were identified by
Gonzales as his cousin. His testi-
mony in regard to Jose Perez was
decidedly hazy.
Sixteen forged checks against the
account of Mr.. Wilson had been
cashed. the total a~ggregating over
5000, and these checks were later
turned over to the officers.
Gonzales stated he came 10 Mata-
moros several months & from some
point up the border, and that he had
worked at various times as a barber,
tailor. typist and engraver.
Enrique Mora Of Harlingen. was
convicted on a burglary charge and
given a 5-year suspended sentence.
Trial OF Daniel Gomez Of Harlin-
gen, charged with violation of the
liquor law, was completed Tuesday
morning, the Ease going to the jury
lust prior to the moo recess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
NAVY DAY TO
Be OBSERVED
Programs To Be Held
In Both Harlingen
And Brownsville

Judge j. L. Chapman and Polk
Hornaday, prominent Harlingen at
torneys. will be the principal speak
ers at the Navy Day program TO oe
broadcasted from radio station
KHMC in that city October 81, ac-
cording to n. l.. Jarvis. officer IN
charge Of NAY, Brownsville naval
radio station. and arranger Of the
Navy Day programs to be held both
in Harlingen and Brownsville.
The Harrington program will 20 on
the air at a:15 .. m. and will last
approximately one hour and Is min
utes, Jarvis said upon his return
here Tuesday after completing the
arrangements for the program.
Brownsville's Navy Day program.
which is to be broadcasted by radio
station KWWG. is to be held in the
Junior College auditorium beginning
at 7:15 p. m. and lasting for approx
mating one and a half hours.
The principal speakers on the
Brownsville program are to be II. b.
Galbraith, city attorney; Oscar Dan
cy, Cameron county Judge and VIM.
S. West and Milton III. West, promi-
nent Brownsville attorneys. Other
speakers will probably be placed on
the program, Jarvis said.
Music for the occasion is to be
furnished by the Twelfth Cavalry
band, stationed at Fort Brown.
Jarvis, Tuesday, expressed appre-
citation Of the action of the Browns
vile school board in renting the
uSual charva made N outside intnr-
ests for the use Of the school audi
forum.
A complete Navy Day program will
be announced within the next few
days, Jarvis said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09

Continued from page one.l
the national quartet competition was
called off Monday night. The San
Benito boys were to represent Texas
at the convention. Boiling, Chatelle,
Collins and Hirsch. the members Of
the quartet, were decked out in their
finery, prepared to render the San
Antonio and Valley songs in compe-
tition with quartettes from Florida.
Illinois and other states.
Decorations of the float of the San
Benito Cootie drum crops was com
pleted Monday, and the float was
scheduled to make its premiere on
the streets Of the city Tuesday.
The float took a hard days work
OF decorating on the part Of the quar-
tet members, ]. +. Bell, Roy Boyer
and several other members OF the San
Benito post who volunteered 10 aid
in the decorating. The forepart OF
it represents THE Valley in 1905
and shows Spanish daggers, minia-
ture trees covered with moss. a deer,
two j~avelin hogs and the rattlesnakes.
The two wildcats, roped by Sheriff
Luther Snow Of R%aymcndville and
furnished to the Legion. killed each
other in an all-night battle Sunday
night. Early Monday one Of them
was dead. and the other died soon
after. both being badly msngled.
The rear part of the float repre-
sents the valley in 1925" and
shows palms, citrus trees, and other
trees and products of the Valley at
the present time.
The entire float is covered with
palm leaves and other decorations.
The float is TO be kept on the
streets during the remainder of the
convention and is expected to furnish
one of the major attractions of the
celebration in San Antonio.
Valley delegates and visitors 10 the
convention Monday were meeting old
friends Of service days. and Valley
people who have moved away. One
Of the "buddies" who took an active
part in Valley Legion affairs for
years who was encountered on the
streets Monday Is Ralph Buell.. for
merly of Mercedes.
While the Valley people were max
ing themselves known. and ~celebrat-
ing at the convention. plans were
going forward for the side trip Of
Legion men 70 the Valley which i
to leave here Friday night. Most Of
the Legion men from the Valley here
will return Friday night, on one of
the specials which is to 70 into that
section.
Laredo and Eagle Pass, due to bull
fights, and to diligent effort for
months, are attracting much of the
show in the way Of side trips.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Seeking More Space

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-CP)-The
New York World today says that the
New York stock exchange is nego-
tiating for the purchase Of all the
other buildings in the block where
the exchange is now located with the
intention of centering all the details
incident to trading under one roof.
Elimination Of messenger service,
now necessary to transfer securi-
ties from m brokerage house 10 an
other, would mean an annual saving
Of $4,000. 900, the paper estimates.
The exchange and the buildings IL
purposes to buy are located in the
block bounded by wall, broad and
new streets and exchange place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
BUSINESS MEN


Continued from page one.)
convenient for Mexican tonnage
which is certain 70 prove an import.
ant factor in development OF the
port"
Wants Prompt Action
There should be no delay in or,
ganizing the district and making
all provisions TO meet the require.
ments of the government" was the
comment Of n. A. Rosenthal. presi.
dent of the Brownsville Chamber Of
Commerce. IL believe Brownsville
viii be practically unanimous in
supporting the port and channel pro-
Ject. and would advise immediate
action. There are many details ia
be taken care of after the distric;
Is organized, and we should have
ample time to work out all prob
lens in connection with the project
The first thing 10 do is organize
Judge II. l.. Yates and Judge r. 3
Rentfro of the chamber Of com
merce port committee. who submit
ted the recommendations to the
board Of directors Monday. called
attention to the fact that while a
$4,000 900 bond issue ia proposed
this should not be construed as sig
nifying that the entire issue. or any
part Of il. would be sold imme-
diately.
81 would recommend that the
bonds be sold Only as needed" Judge
Yates said. 1T is probable that
none of them will he sold until the
government appropriation is avail
able and the money needed for
actual construction work. However,
the bonds should be available in or
der that there be no DELAY in meet
ing the requirements of the govern
rent and proceeding with co7struc.
ton al the earliest possible date.
Report Well Received
Interviews with many business
and professional men Of the city
indicated that the recommendations
~ the port committee had met a
very favorable r~eception.
"1f the Brownsville section ryan
ICES a district and votes the bonds
for the channel and rort II will be
the most progressive stem ever
taken in the Valley" was the COM
nent Of W. r. Clint. "If Browns
vile must finance the project the
rort should be brought 70 Browns
Vile"
THE best move Brownsville ever
made" was the comment of Or. c.
z. Spivey. eve must have d.
water; ard while IL will require
some sacrifice on the part Of
Brownsville. the port will prove Of
tremendous value to the citv end
the entire Valley as well as north.
err Mexico"
Dr. S. x. Hsllam. Brownsville
pioneer and member Of IL, chan
mel association organized in 1910.
characterized the present
as the most logical move ever un-
dertaken bv the citv. " is the
thing for Brownsville 70 d.: there
IS no question in my mind that II
will prove If i~ncalculable value to
the city and the entire Valley"
Miss Julia o'Rrien. former secre-
tary Of the Rio Grsnde railway, and
for many wears Identified with her
father, y. A. O'Brien. in the various
movements for = deem water port
was equally enthusiastic over the
recommendations of the port COM
mittee. "The plan will materialize
our ambition for q deem water mort
that will serve the richest territory
in the South. end 7 I'm 100 per cent
for the project" she said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
WOMAN LEAPS
CONTINUED from page one

Continued from page one.)
A note from Mrs. Stilwell directed
to Robb was found. asking forgive
ness and saying that she had no
further reason to continue life now
that her husband was dead.
Stilwell, who was the same age as
Mrs. Stilwell, died after an apo
plectic stroke which came after six
years of illness.
Stilwell was best known as the
president of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg and Gulf railroad of which he
was the organizer and builder. The
road later became known as the
Kansas City Southern.
The idea Of building a railroad
from Kansas City to the Gulf came
to him, he said. from spirits and he
believed also that this psychic guard
ianship warned him not to establish
the Gulf terminal Of the road NJ Gal
weston. A few days after completion
Of the line, with its southern ter
minal at Port Arthur, a tidal wave
swept over Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
MAILING LISTS

Complete, up-to-the-minute mailing
lists for every purpose. Valley, State
or National. All lists guaranteed
IS per cent accurate. Valley lists Of
men women 80 auto owners - land
owners-tax payers-water users
heads of families, etc. Furnished
promptly at very moderate cost.
Shirley Letter Shop. SIS Hidslgo
Bank Bldg, Mercedes. Phone 800.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
No Band Concert
Given This Wee

No concerts will be given thi'
week by the Twelfth Cavalry band
according "a announcement luesda
by the band master. Formal guar
mount nj the post will also be dii
pensed with during the week. It wa
stated.
The band will he on the pistol FIR.
ing range throughout the wees. and
will resume the regular concerts
next wee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
DROP HICKMAN APPEAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-P-Ef-
forts to obtain from a justice Of the
supreme court an appeal for William
Edward Hickman, at Los Angeles, un-
der sentence Of death for the muir
der Of Marian Parker were abandoned
here today after counsel for Hick-
mar had vainly urged Justices Butler
and Holmes to permit the case to be
brought up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
horton A r

SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 9.-P)-Gen-
eral Hal c. Horton of Greenville,
Texas. was reelected president Of
the 36th division and Fort Worth was
selected as the next meeting place
Of the division at the annual reunion
OF the organization held here late
yesterday in connection with the
American Legion national convention.
General W. 4. Jackson of HilIsboro
was elected v~ice-president.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
NEW POSITION

Jmes Tabor Of this city recently
accepted a position of appliance
salesman with the Rio Crande VAL
ley Gas Co., in its local offices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
MakesLde
Sueeter

Ckildren's stomschs sour. and need
m nnti-acid. Keep their systems
sweet with Phillips Milk Of Magnesial
When tongue or breath tells Of acid
condition.-correct II with a spoon
full of Phillips. Most men and women
have been comforted by this univer-
sal sweetener-more mothers should
invoke it's aid for their children. IL
IS a pleasant thing 20 take. yet neu-
,ralizes more acid than the harsher
things too ofren employed for the
rpo No household should be
without il.
Phillips is the genuine, preserlp-
tional product physicians endorse Tor
1s.arsi uxe: the name is important.
.lNt;jk Of Magnesia" has been the
II s, registered trade mark Of the
CHARLES n. Phillips Chemical Go. and
- predecessor Charles II. Phillips
.;nce 1875.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-29
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Blue Sky Laws

The blue sky" laws Of seventeen states are saving
the investors OF the country approximately many mil
lions Of dollars annually, is the estimate Of J. ".
Craig. president Of the National Association or Sc
curity Commissioners.
Constantly increasing cooperation between all the
various fraud-finding agencies Of the United States is
saving approximately a billion dollars annually, Mr..
Craig stated in a recent address in Chicago. in which
he asserted that those states which have no blue sky"
laws are being driven to enact them.
The speaker pointed out that those states without
protective laws are being infested BY the takers and
get-rich-quick artists driven out Of other states whiih
have made their operations Improbable or hazardous.
We stated that without these laws enforced in many
ltates, losses through frauds in the United States
Eoult amount to an almost inconceivable sum.
blue sky" laws cannot eliminate the ordinary haz-
ards Of business enterprise. or specuiations fairly con-
ceived and honestly directed; but they have eliminated
very largely or discouraged dishonest promotions.
Governors Of practically all states where security laws
are enforced report conditions have been vastly i'm
proved.
BY faet-finding service. prosecution and public ed
ucation. the way Of the "faker' and swindler is made
extremely difficult. He is finding the sales resistance
decidedly formidable On the other hand, honest ven
lures have been benefited through the capital saved
and diverted into channels Of development and indus
try. The millions which formerly supported the
swindler in luxury are today increasing the wealth pro-
ducing capacities OF practically all states.
Efforts are now underway to secure the enactment
Of standardized blue sky laws in all states. When
this IS accomplished the swindler will be practically
eliminated. and legitimate promotions and develop
ment projects will find financing less difficult, due 20
the greater confidence of the investing public.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-29
The Electric Nation

Il is undoubtedly a fact that the people Of this
nation do not realize the tremendous advantages they
are enjoying over the people Of other nations, as a
result Of the development which has taken place in our
electric industry during the past ten years.
Electricity j. a necessity in even our smallest
homes because IL is a labor saver and the cheapest and
most efficient form Of Illumination.
The development and interconnection Of large cen
tral station power plants has given 24-hour electric
service to the majority OF the smallest communities in
our country Residents in these small centers Of pop
uiaiion receive service which people living in many Of
the largest nations in the world. do not enjoy. Further.
they receive such service at rates which, as a general
rule are unknown in countries other than ours.
The people Of the United States use nearly as much
electricity as all the rest Of the world combined. Be-
hind this remarkable service which Is today being ex-
tended from the cities to the farms, lies the driving
FORCE q initiative and enterprise which Is responsible
TOR the electrical development we enjoy. Millions ar
investors have poured their savings into the securities
Of electrical companies and it is said that this indus
Try IS today absorbing more new capital to furnish
even greater service, than is being absorbed by any
ether line Of industrial activity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-29
The Straw Vote

The Literary Digest poll, designed TO ascertain the
political preferences Of 100000 voters. is expected to
be q very accurate index Of the outcome Of the ma
tional election. The poll j. being made on a more ex-
tensive scale than any heretofore undertaken, and the
cost j. estimated at approximately 100000.
The September 20 issue OF the Literary Digest car
rics the results Of the second week Of the poll, with
less than 100000 votes tabulated, showing 4 Hoover
lead Of approximately 100000. However, it is signifi-
cant that none Of the states reporting are classified as
democratic states. None Of the southern states are
represented in the poll reports to date, and the Digest
announces that such votes from New York as have been
tabulated come from upstate" where the republican
vote is always heavy. The only state reporting that
has ever evidenced democratic inclinations is MARYLAND.
The 1924 poll made by the Digest was very accurate.
and was in close accord with the election returns. II
is mot expected that the 1928 poll will foreshadow the
election results 50 accurately as in 1924. due to the
fact the political situation throughout the nation il
in q state Of flux, and il j. generally admitted that new
alignments and many changes can Be expected during
the last three weeks Of the campaign.
Never before in the history Of the United States
has the political situation been more chaotic. The de-
lection from both parties has been heavy. and has not
been confined TO the rank and file. Countless thou
sands Of southern democrats will this year vote their
first republican ballot, and in the north and east thou
sands Of republicans have cast aside party fealty to
work and vote for the democratic nominee.
Leaders Of both parties. while publicly announcing
their confidence in ultimate victory, are privately con-
cedfng that the election will be won in the last three
weeks Of the campaign. They point to the political
revolution among the farmers Of the northwestern and
central states, the unrest among the southern demo-
Gratis, asserting that the leaven Of party revolt is be-
ginning to work and its influence will increase pro-
rressively IS the campaign advances. No leader Of
either party pretends to predict the issues that viii be
injected into the campaign before election day, or the
popular reaction to issues heretofore partly sub
merged but which are rapidly ascending to the surface.
One Of the most noticeable features of the Literary
INCEST polI is the strength Of Governor Smith in re-
publican states as compared with the strength shown
~ Judge Davis in the 1924 poll. While HoOver's lead
n the old republican states is large, the Smith gains
indicate q trend which doubtless is alarming to the
republican leaders. In the second week Of the 1924
poll, ia the same states reported BY the Digest Cool
;dre was leading Davis BY 4 TO I, whereas in 1928
ucover IL leading Smith BY 2 to /. In the final re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-29
woMEN's INTEREST IN PoLITIcs

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Of $4,000 persons who enrolled rs voters IN Phil
adelphia in one day, about IS per cent we're women.
This j. said to be the largest number Of women ever
registered in Philadelphia in a single dry.
If the attitude OF Philadelphia's women toward the
ballot Is an indication Of conditions throughout the
country, the prediction that women will vote in larger
numbers in the Forthcoming presidential election than
in any previous election will be verified.
Philadelphia is undergoing the throes Of a police
shakcup and the city has been stirred by revelations
of wholesale corruption. but whether the interest
women are taking in the ballot is due to local condi-
lions or to some other cause is not clear.
Mr.. Hoover's managers claim that he will receive
the greater part Of the woman vote in the United
States. A statement Of this kind is to Be taken with
ample reservations, but there seems to be a drift Or
women voters toward Mr.. Hoover. partly because n
his humanitarian work and partly because OF the liquor
question.
It is a mistake to assume. however. that the women
Of the country are overwhelmingly opposed to prohibi-
tion. In a number Of elections held in various states
since womea were enfranehised, and in which prohibi-
tion was an issue, women voted in considerable num-
bers against prohibition.
This year women are certainly taking more interest
in politics than ever before. They are listening to DO
litical addresses over the radio. literally By the mil
lion, and at some Of the political meetings recently held
IN the south . large percentage or the audiences were
composed Of women. In some instances there were
more women than men present.
Ncmen are also writing letters to newspapers IN
political subjects, another manifestation OF their in
terest in the presidential campaign and the issue n
that campaign. Formerly. political letters from women
we're seldom received in newspaper offices. The only
writers Of that kind belonged to the militant feminists
and the militant suffragettes.