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The Washington times., 1928-11-28

A shout went up az all 10 naples
went down. Phillips had struck on
q spare. The record was In plain
sight.
He needed yet another mark.
Phillips was unshaken as an
automatom when he came up for
the last, decisive effort. Here was
the opportunity for lasting fame
that comes to few bowlers. 1t was
the toughest box that Phillips, in a
lopg and successful bowling career.
had ever been called upon to roll.
And he met the situation with
perfect performance. From the In.
stant the bali left, his hand, head.
pin hit was obvious. 1t crashed
into the pocket beautifully and
swept the board.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28

GEORGETOWN will enter Satur.
days clash without the services
OF three first-stringers, while
five veterans will be on the
battlefront in q battered con-
ditiOn.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28

IL mattered only little what
Phillips did with the extra
frame. But he, rounded cut the
job neatly. He counted 10, with
seven ON the first ball that was
added to the eighth-bOx score.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28

Mainly through Phillips effort,
King David Lodge established a
seasons record for the league with
a set of 1,79S. Earl Stocking con-
tributed 346 naples; West, 345;
Solem., 336, and Nubson, 313.
Though Phillips established a rec
ord for championship play, his was
not the highest three.game total
ever made here. In 1925, Jack
Whalen, of Convention Hall.
hooked up three successive games
In an independent match that
totaled 469.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28

Phillips Is the second alI.time
District record made I'm the
Masonic League I'm two seasons.
A year ago Howard RyOn, Of
the Naval Lodge team, hung up
the high game-l9O.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28

marks, six of which came in the
form of double-header strikes. But
the last is the one that will al.
ways be remembered.
The record-smasher missed only
one spare break, this In the first
game. OF total Of $40 pins set
for him counting three extra boxesl,
he left II standing. He made ia
pins on counts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
ONE dies IN
FOOTBALL ROW
Student Fires on Ag-
gressive Rivals In
His Store

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nov. 22.-tP1
Another name has been added 70
the role Of football victims. but this
time. Montress Freeman a student az
Birmingham-Southern college. died
from a pistol wound inflicted by o.
II. W~estbrook. student Of a rival in
stitution. Howard college, which
came as n climax Of intense rivalry
between the two student bodies over
the annual football game scheduled
FOR Saturday.
Nestbrook. heart-broken. was ~
custody Of police today. while col
lege heads and city officials debat-
ed the ACCESSIBILITY of ~cancelling the
game which has been an annual fea-
ture Of the football season here for
mnay years.
Westbrook. who surrendered 70
police soon after firing the shot
which killed Freeman. declared he
shot when Freeman, accompanied by
other fellow students. went to a sub
urban drug store where J 9 worked.
last night and attempted to force
him outside to be hazed.
The youthful student said he did
not get the pistol from the drawer
until Freeman approached him ag-
g~ressively.
Freeman died Of a bullet wound
Of the right breast, enroute to a
hospital.
Both Freeman and Westbrook re-
sided in Gadsden. Ala. and were
working their way through school.
Rivalry between Birmingham
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
U.D.C.PARLEY
ELECTSTODAY
Place of Next Meet to
Be Named In Hous-
ton Session

HOUSTON, Tex. Nov. 22.-tP-
Delegates to the annual convention
OF the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy today entered their second
business session with selection Of
the site fer the next convention
and election OF officers holding chief
interest.
Evidence az a vanishing sectional
ism was given yesterday as heads Of
the Ohio. Illinois. New York. Massa-
chusetts. Connecticut and other
northern states divisions proudly
held their state banners above their
heads while they kept step to tie
tune uf Bonnie Blue Flag and
marched side by side with deiega-
tions from the South.
Mrs. John +. Woodbury. Of Louis
Vile. Ky. historian general. presided
al the Jefferson Davis highway dim
ner. The purpose Of the dinner was
70 stimulate interest in the coast
to-coast highway which would be q
megorial 10 Jefferson Davis.
In an address al the dinner. Col
onel Thomas II. Rail Of Houston.
paid tribute to those fellow Ken
tuckians whose paths diverged SO
widely, Abraham Lincoln and JEFF
ferson Davis.
A memorial tribute was paid to
those whom death recently has tax
en- from the ranks Of Confederate
veterans and of the Daughters Of
the C~onfederacy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22

another members of the crew cut il
loose with their knives.
They were about to lower one OF
the boats, he said. when the ship
turned over.
As the inquiry before United
States Commissioner O'Neill. Cap
tain Jessup and Captain McConkey,
the nautical adviser appointed By the
British government, proceeded thru
its sixth day investigators Of the
United States steamboat inspection
questioned passengers, inspectors
and members of the crew.
John J. Short, surveyor for Lloyds
Of London, maritime insurance agen-
ey that handled the Nestris account,
testified before the steamboat IN
spectors' inquiry that he believed
something must have given way.
The listing or the ship should not
have caused her to founder
Captain Bambra Of the Lamport
and Holt line. III command OF the
Nestris on the last voyage before
her fatal journey. told the inspec-
he eve sailed.
AAfioe Qulfbrt AHGNttAADf VI NHt
Argentine consulate. a passenger on
the ship. testified he had been warn
ed by friends she was unseaworthy
before he booked passage. He pro-
duced two letters which were read
to the court.
Two other passengers, M. Malcott,
Of British Guinea, and e.. b. DO Val
lie. a Brazilian. testified the danger
Gus condition Of the vessel was APP
parent to them long before the SOS
was sent out. They both criticized
officers and crew for the name in
which the lifeboats were lowered.
In contrast 70 the testimony Of
several Of the passengers that the
lifeDoats were leaky and in poor re-
pair the four officers Of the Ameri-
can Shipper, the boat which rescued
over 100 Of the passengers and crew,
testified the boats from which they
took survivors appeared to be in ex-
cellent condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
REVOLT LOOMS
IN BULGARIA.

VIENNA. Nov. 22.-tP -Advices
from Sofia today said that Ivan
Michailoff, Macedonian revolutionary
leader, was reported To be threaten
ing to march on the Bulgarian cap-
ital on short notice.
The population was stated to be
panic stricken. Public buildings
werc occupied BY troops. Streets
were deserted AZ 10 .. n.. last night.
Along the approaches to Petrich.
which is Michail0ff's stronghold,
bodies Of MS murdered opponents
were stated TO be hanging from trees
on both sides Of the road. The ini-
tials of the Macedonian organization
were branded on their chests.
The revolutionary leaders men
we're said to be reduisitioning ev-
erything they wanted from the ter
ror stricken populace whose number
was being decimated by the Comitits
or %lrregulars.
A melting Of the Bulgarian cab
met was summoned for today. II
was common knowledge. however.
that the majority Of troops and or
ficIals we're siding with Michailoff.
Ivan Michailcff has been the
prime mover Of the internal Maced-
onian revolutionary organization
an Illegal association striving 70 free
Macedonia by force Of arms-cver
since the assassination in Jenna of
Todor A~levandroff four years ago.
After the assassination in Sofia
On July 7 OF General Alexander Pro
togueroff. leader Of a rival Maced-
oman group "a bitter feud between
the two organizations developed.
On October 10 Michailoff nro-
nounced the "death sentence : upon
all supporters OF General Proto-
Gueroff. On November ~ eleven
members Of the rival organization
were shot to death near Petrich By
Michailoff supporters. George
Nandess. one Of Michailoff's chief
l~ieutenants. and Nandess' adiutant
we're killed recently ~ adherents AZ
General Protogueroff.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
TO FORMALLY

Continued from page one.)
west State Teachers College, who
will deliver the principal address or
the evening. While DR.. Cousins has
not announced his subject. ID j. ex-
pccted to adhere closely 10 school
growth and structures.
Benediction viii ~ delivered wv
Rev. F.. p. Day OF the Presbyterian
church.
Closing the evening. an informal
reception will be held in the cafe
terra. Refreshments are ~ be serv-
ed.
All interested in educational work
and Valley faculty members are in-
vited to attend the opening. The
building has been in service for some
time but no formal opening had been
held as yet. II was pressed into SER
vice first when the auditorium was
used 10 graduate the first group Of
students from the Brownsville Jun
ior college.
The structure is regarded as d
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N
tractors report. The Wilson tract
read was completed last week and
will be opened for traffic by De-
ccmber Il. Paving Of the Alice road
has been completed. and work is nov
underway on the Paroles Line.
which viii be completed net vask.
The paving machine moved 10
CCmbes-Santa Rosa road. wh\ will
be paved through 70 the Hidalgo
county line. On ..r military high
way project in the Brownsville pre-
cinct less than = .Iiie remains to BE
paved. and the machine will hs
moved to the Southwest road east Of
Brownsville by December 1.
According 70 the designations an
%ncunced, all but 9.3 miles or the mil
itary highway in Cameron county
will he paved when the program IN
completed. The designation from Ia
Paloma TO Los IEdios will leave ap-
~proimately 3 miles between Los ~
dios and Bluetown unpaved. and i.3
miles between h west line Of the
Brownsville precinct and La Pal0ma.
I he designations also include the ex-
tension Of Fourteenth street which
Is epected to serve the port proposed
by the Brownsville navigation dis
trict.
Plans have been made by the corr
missioRers' court to sell the Series
I'd" bonds some time in December.
but the date of the bond sale has
not been definitely decided.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
NO EFFORT TO
STOP VESTRIS
LEAK, CLAIM
FIREMAN Asserts YES
sci Leaking Few
Hours After Leaving
New York

FEDERAL BUILDING. n. ". Nov.
Kz.-tRl-Joseph Boxill, negro fire
man on the ~foundered steamer Yes
'ris' testified today that the ash
hopper In the steamers engine room
began to leak a day and a half be-
lore the ship sank and he saw no
Efforts made TO repair il.
Boxill was the first witness Of the
uay at the federal hearing into the
disaster.
He said the vestris began to list
y week z Saturday night a few
hours after leaving New York for
south America. He had noticed a
similar list, however, on previous
voyages.
About III o'clock Sunday morning.
ne said, water began to pour from
me ash hopper. The ship sank about
: o'clock Monday afternoon.
water also poured into the stoke
mold, he said, from a half door above.
which other witnesses have testified
Ieaked constantly.
when he went on duty AZ mid
night Sunday, Boxill continued. the
water had stopped one Of the ships
three main engines. The stokes had
70 De held up as they shovcled be-
caus Of the ships list.
Boxill said that despite very try
ing and p%erilous conditions an
through the night the firemen stuck
10 their posts in the stokehold and
obeyed orders Of their officers. They
mad nothing to eat from Saturday
night until the ship sank Monday
afternoon he said.
Boxill said he helped dump cargo
overheard until an officer came
along and ordered all firemen be-
low. This was about IL o'clock Mon
day morning, he said.
After seeing the way things were
down there, the men came back up"
Ro2i1 said. II stayed below deck.
Finally | was the only one below. so
can't up on deck. too. This wa
about a quarter past u. On deck ]
found everybody with life belts on"
The witness said he went 70 a life
boat on the port side being filled
with passengers, men and women.
The boat would not 20 all the way
10 the water, he said. because the
tails were not working. So he and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
Nazarenes Will
Not Enlist In
~JugosIav Army

BELGRADE. Nov. 22.-P-A com
munity OF "Nazarcnes' inhabiting
the Woywodina plateau in one OF
JuEoslavia's richest provinces has
decided that death or imprisonment
i preferable Ia serving IN the
army.
Inc Nazarcnes are members Of a
religious sect reared on strict puri-
Tan principles, The recruiting Off
cer of the district reports hat out
~ 500 persons called 70 service
from the district. only one was
wiling - nut On the kings uni
form.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
BIDSCALLE

Continued from page one.)
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model in the. Junior College-Senior
High type Of construction. IL was
carefully planned and built and m
bodies the latest ideas in this type
or building.
1t has been paid numerous compli-
ments by authorities along this line.
DR.. Francis O'Brien. professor OF
education at the University of Kan
sas and a specialist in educational
research. praised the building high
III while q guest Of Supt. G. ". Gotke
recently.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
Japan Sponsors
Large Migration
To North Brazil

RIO De JANEIRO. Nov. ed
The Japanese promise to be an i'm
p%ortant factor in the development Of
Equatorial Brazil owing 10 the pro-
posed Inauguration within the new
few months Of n direct steamship
service between Japan and Para. and
the importation Of a thousand FAM
lies yearly from Japan 70 this sec
tion of the country.
In the past the japanese have
turned more to the cooler parts ~
the country, and there are many in
the state Of Sac Paulo, which pro-
duces the greater part f the cof-
fee in the country. At present il H.
understood Sac Paulo believes it has
2 sufficient Japanese population.
and those back Of Japanese schemes
for the development OF agricultural
sections Of Brazil are turning 10
other sections, especially the ANA
zon valley.
At the present time there are two
steamship services from Japan "a
the east coast Of South America.
both via the Straits and Cape NJ
Good Hope. One company operates
2 service outward and %homeward
via the same Oriental ports, willie
the other, outward bound to South
America operates via the Cape and
homeward via Gulf and west coast
ports Of the United States. making
a round the world service.
Much interest has been aroused
here ~ recent weeks BY the an
uounccment from Belem. in the state
Of Para, that a Japanese COLOMBIA
ton company with a capital or ST..
100000 has secured large couces-
sions and plans 70 bring out A thou
sand families yearly, commencing
next April. These colonists will be
rigidly selected. il ~ stated ~
Nachiro ~Fukahara. who is the rep
reSentatiye Of the on the
ground, and will engags IN the grow
ing Of rubber. tobacco. cacao. rice
and cotton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
JOBS CONFLICT;
QUITS SCHOOL BOARD
Especial 70 The HERALD

DONNA, Nov. 22.-After nearly a
decade ct active service on the board
Of education. Of the Donna indepen-
dent school district, Marvin Armour,
rural mail carrier Of Donna. found
a legal conflict between his postal
duties. and his school board work.
and resigned from the latter. His
place was filled by $. A. Reed. local
manager Of the Farmers Cooperative
Marketing association.
"Mr. Armour's period of service has
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22

been highly appreciated By the peo-
pie OF Donna. and II was with much
regret that they saw him leave his
post" . prominent citizen said. He
has been identified with the progress
sive spirit OF the school system. and
has always stood for the interests Of
the school children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22

Southern. a Methodist college. ard
Howard College. Baptist, both Birm-
ingham institutions. has been keen
for many "a and just before the
annual football games in the past.
hazing and vandalism have been re-
ported staged by students Of the
two schools.
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