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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Was shot At
TROTSKY Says
London Hears Effort
To Say Russian
Chief In Exile

LONDON, Sept. 20.-tP)-The Daily
Mail asserted today that dramatic
attempts had been made TO kill Leon
Trotsky, once powerful as head Of
the red armies, In his place Of exile
in faraway Turkestan. The paper
said the plot was Matched in Moscow
but gave no source for its informa-
ton.
Moscow was stated to have adj
mitted that Trotsky had been shot al
but explained IL was the action Of
individuals.
For three ~successive nights Trot-
sky's cottage at Alma-ksa, Turkestan,
was asserted to have been beseiged
by sharpshooters. They hid behind
trees and fired while Trotsky's son
defended the home with two sport
rig rifles. All Of Trttsky's appeals
for help to the local soviet author
tiles were disregarded.
After the sharpshooters failed to
kill the former commissar for war;
persons described as local enemies
were stated to have blockaded Trotsky-
For many days he and his family
we're not allowed 20 obtain food. Only
the kindness of friends saved them
frcm starvation. Medical assistance,
lights. and newspapers were also de-
MED him. !.
The paper claimed that evidence Of
the plot was furnished by Trotsky
himself. He eluded the vigilance Of
the secret police and smuggled out
letters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
farm MOTORS
ON INCREASE
Power Peak in Agri-
culture Predicted
For 1850

MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 2o.-Power-
farming is agriculture's newest ba-
BY" but BY 1850 it will have attained
the full strength Of manhood, pre-
dicted +. A. Stewart. division Of ag-
ricultural engineering, University Q.
Minnesota, in a paper prepared for
the American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers meeting here today.
Use Of mechanical power in ag-
rieuIture," he said, 'is so modern
that still more than two-thirds Of the
worlds total food supply is obtained
by man-power only. and less than five
per cent by mechanical power. Only
a baby, power-farming is regarded By
many with the indifference that
greeted the advent of machine-farm-
ing. But. what machine farming has
done for this country in the last cen.
tury will be more than duplicated b.
power-farming in the twentieth cen
fury"
Stewart predicted that power-farm-
ing will result in fewer farms and
fewer workers but more food.
while our population in 1850 may
be six times as great as it was IL
$780," he continued, cit is ~conceiv-
able and probable that the decrease
in the number Of farm workers.
which began in 1910. will continue
and that By 1850 no more farm work
ers will be required to supply food
for a population Of $50, 000, 900 than
were required in 1850 for a popula-
ton Of % 1000, 000."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Overproduction
Hits Onion Crop

FIT. WORTH, Sept. 0.=lP-Texas
farmers are shedding tears over the
1928 onion crop. The lachrymosity,
however, Is purely f~igurative. There
has been overproduction, and prices
have skidded TO discouraging levels.
Faced with such a loss. many truck
farmers have allowed their crop &
remain in the ground, or have gath
cred onions to be used as a fertilizer
rather than sell them under the cost
price.
1t is explained that profits from
the 1927 yield of 4,02s carloads en-
couraged farmers to plant an increas-
ed acreage this year in anticipation
Of continued high prices. Federal
statistics show that the commercial
crop for 1928 totals more than 21. 900
acres, and that the yield is estimated
az $3.50 carload lots. The expected
output is the largest in four years.
The Hardigan alfalfa, which has
a wider distribution over the state
than the new barley. Is declared the
best winter-hardy seed ever offered
IN four-year tests at the New Jersey
experiment station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Draw Jury For
District Court

The following jurors have been
drawn for the first week Of Septem-
Der term Of the civil district court.
beginning Monday. September "a:
r. L. Wilson. r. II. Ward. J.. E. Nos
Ter. +. N. Scholes. Edward Hays,
George Laasko. W. H. Patterson, r.
G.. Schmidt. San Benito; ". L.
Glendenning. H. E. Tucker, II. ".
Lindsay. Sherwood Bishop, J. A..
Champion. Norris Clint. VI. T. Kap-
ian, Wallae Harwood. L. A. Bauer.
G. c. Wagner. ]. s. Spikes. Edward
Hays, A. Z. Harper. P. A. Newman.
J. +. Blanton. Antonio Barreda. J.. +.
Graham, L. W.. Hinkley, G. w. Hause-
man. Brownsville: j. w. Mayfield.
III. Engelbrecht. A. c. Male, A. G..
Williams. L. Dallas IngIe, q. a..
Daley, Joe Bob Lawrence, r. MI.
Halliburton, Fulton Jones, Wayne
Sudderth. w. A. Franklin. j. r.
Traylor. T.. w. Hoffman. B. r. Har-
din, Harrington; Clyde Mitchell. W..
NJ. Wiseman, r. r. Sibson, J.. f. No
Ian. La Feria; A. o. Slayton.
Combes; p. r. Parr. Rio Hondo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Trial For
Sheriff's Death
To- Begin Friday

NAcoGDoCHES, Tex. Sept. 90
Thorn, MORO, who vas
rushed 10 a neighboring county jail
to prevent possible mob violence
several weeks ago, after the Staying
Of Deputy Sheriff John Hargis, will
20 to trial here tomorrow. Thorn
failed to gain his freedom on bond
at a habeas corpus hearing here and
a special venire OF 100 was summon
ed for the trial.
Hargis was shot down when he at
tempted 70 search Thorn's house for
liquor. The deputy's companies
fired the house, and it was thought
that Thorn had been burned to death
in the blaze, but he was found hid
den in some weeds 100 yards from
the house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Hold Laredo Man
For Old Killino

LAREDO, Tex, Sept. 20.-tP1-
Joaquin Herrera was in the Webb
county Jail here today, held without
bond for a fo~ur-year-old murder
with which he is charged.
Robert Ramsey, customs inspect
or, was killed near here in 1922
when he stepped from his car 10
halt an approaching automobile
Since that time officers haw been
searching for Herrera. Two weeks
ago he was apprchended. Herrera
offered no witnesses at his hearing
yesterday while four state witnesses
appeared against him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2O--P-A
change in farming machinery. from
the original objective Of merely In
Dor saving to one considering profit.
making. was forecast before the Am
erican Society OF Mechanical Engi-
neers here today by l. J. Fletcher OF
Peoria, III. He said the question
asked about farm machinery now II
whether it does the work cheaper fos
the same quality or produces better
Quality for the same cost.
Farmers are today trying new
methods as never before in the his
tory Of agriculture" he said. This
Is largely due TO the educational work
BY state and federal agricultural ex-
tension workers and well-directed
farm press. The continuous airing Of
the farm problem by politicians il
tending also TO make the farming in
dustry realize that something should
Be DONE"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Producers of Apples
Seeking Moth Poison

YAKIMA, Wash, Sept. 2o.-fP-
Field laboratories have been opened
here and at Wenatchee by the de-
partment Of agriculture in an effort
to develop a poison that will be Sc
perior to lead arsenate spray which
at present is the only effective meth
Cd Of combating the coddling moth
an insect that causes huge losses 10
apple and pear growers.
Local orchardists are cooperating
They desire n poison that while dead
ly to the moth will be harmless 20
humans and which will not require 3
wash or other treatment that will
shorten the life Of the apple when in
storage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

Dickeyss Old Reliable Eye Water
cools. heals and strengthens sore.
weak, tired eyes. All druggists 25e
Adv. Ao
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Pennants To Be
Given Students

The first 200 students or the
Brownsville high school or Junior
College buying season football tick
cts will be awarded a free cane and
pennant BY the Eagle Pharmacy. ac-
coruing to an announcement made bv
II. g. IT. Weinert.
Weinert also announced that his
firm would present the so members
Of the pep squad with these ZEN
nants.
The pennants have been placed In
n of the store display windows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

Soc Williams Aqua Velva ....... 39c
Soc Mennen's Shaving Cream and
Mennen's Talcum Powder, both 39c
SOC Combination Aqua Velva and
Williams Shaving Cream $500. Csc
35c Palmolive Shaving Cream ... &c
SOC Colgate's Shaving Cream and
Talcum Powder for men $500. SEC
SOC Pebeco Tooth Paste ....... 39c
SOC Squibbs Dental Cream ...... SEC
SOC Gillette Safety Razor Blades,
package 33c
S2.49 Twinplex Shoppers, spec. $l.9S
S1.O0 Mavis Talcum Powder ..- Csc
$1.0O Mavis Body Powder ..-... CSC
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Music Pupils Hold
Recital Thursday

SAN BENITO. Sept. 20.-voice
and piano numbers will be presented
at the Palace theater here Thursday
evening BY pupils Of Prof. l.. r.
Bolado Of Brownsville. Among
those to appear will be Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. Gutierres, and Richard and Beat
rice Bolado.
Prof. Bolado is director Of the
"Schumann Academy" Of piano and
voice culture CT Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

To Begin Observation-Disclosures
Brownsville church choirs are prepar-
ing 10 begin rehearsals on esntatas
which are to be presented during
Christmas Week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
CITY BRIEFS

Called Communication Rio Grande
Lodge No. 81. A. +. & A. NJ,
a. Masonic Temple, Browns
~ Vile, Texas, Friday evening
ETY. September 2isr, 1928, $500
NAN p. NJ, Illustrated Lecture
entitled Military Patriots
Of the American Revolution" with
appropriate talks on Masonic sub
jects. All Masons in the Valley are
fraternally invited 10 attend. This
lecture will be conducted BY Brother
Wilbur Keith, Executive Secretary,
Masonic Service and Education.
Sam d. Hughston, W. ".
William w. Ball, Sec'y.
Hang Electric Sign-Workmen were
engaged in hanging an electric sign
on The Brownsville Herald building.
The sign is approximately 9 1-2 feet
in length and is Of the Flasher" type.
II was constructed By the Guarantee
Electric company and is said TO be
one Of the finest in the city.
The School Board Of Olmito indie
pendent School District will receive
bids for construction cf home eco
Monies building az Olmito. Plans and
specifications may be had at the OIL
mito store. Bids to be opened 3 p.
oLMITo SCHOOL BOARD.
J. p. Wagner, Secretary.
9-ls-2o
If You Have anything to haul or
store, phone 27S.-Valley Bonded
Warehouse & Storage Co.-Adv. If.
Goes to Mercedes-G. c. Richard
son, manager of the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce. was in Mcr-
cedes Thursday. The purpose Of his
trip was not disclosed.
You Call 27s. We haul.-vaIIey
Bonded Warehouse & Storage Co..
Adv. If.
Observe Ruling-Autoists. crossing
the international bridge. Thursday
were observing the requirements
made BY customs officials relative 10
the securing Of emergency cards" or
other papers showing automobile
ownership.
All Kinds of feed at hardtime pric-
es.-Valley Bonded Warehouse &
Storage Co.--Adv. If.
CITY Commission Meets--A regu-
lar meeting Of the city commission
will be held az city hall at 10 o'clock
Friday morning, according 70 A. Z.
Munday, city secretary.
Kfndergarten.-Mrs. d. W. Inger-
soil will begin her kindergarten
Sept. l9. For further information
telephone 946W. If
Spanish. Mexican or Ba.ber's Itch
One bottle Of Imperial Eczema
l.emedy is guaranteed to Re enough
for n case. Of any kind. All drag
gists ara authorized to refuad your
morey IL Il fails-Adv. go
To Begin Observation-Disclosures
Brownsville church choirs are prepar-
ing to begin rehearsals on csntatas
which are to be presented during
Christmas Week.
Diekey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools, heals and strengthens sore
weak, tired eyes. All druggists 25e
Adv. w
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
To Operate on Mrs.
Day at Temple Soon

A letter from Rev. Z. p. Day who
is in Temple with his i'll wife, states
that Mrs. Day is gaining strength and
will undergo an operation in the
Scott e. White hospital soon.
Mrs. A. N. Tandy OF this city who
also underwent an operation there
last week was reported as GONZALES
cling. Mr. A. ". Tandy's tonsiIs we're
to be removed Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

MOSCOW, Sept. 2o.-tP-The
story published in London of an at
tempt against the life Of Leon Trot-
sky az his place Of exile in Turkestan
il regarded in Moscow as improbable.
Trotsky lives in the city Of Alma
Alta which has e population Of $4,000
and il not a wilderness where pro-
tracted sieges Of private residences
are at all likely.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-09
so THIS IS PARIS!!!!

We sat in retrospection one night recently while a friend dlscoursed the of Alaska its needs and its future. He mighty pessemistc about it too He viewed the salmon situation it is really understood by Aaskans who face the problem fairly and with the hot of the future and he said The salmon is gone He talk ed habu and said q did not think that the International Commission would be frank in it's admissions that it IS but matter of few years when will have no hal 1but n Alaska Then he went mining and said: "The old miner and prospector used to get enough of grub stake from the fisheries that with little help from sorekeep CTS he could into the hills and prospect for the filthy cre That day IS gone and mining development we have in this end of Alaska will be mostly happenstance He no future. Nor do we
 The Alaskan. Petersburg Alaska
 *****************
 Holy pink-toed nackerel!! It must have been a tongh night in Petersbnro The seas must have rolled with doorous rumble Outside in the gathering gloom the mst have crooked in saddest symphony Yes 1t nnst have heen oood nioht for murder and l1- ~''oeti""a ablv n1rder was done
 Is 1t possible for 8 newspaperman to so forget his copy to admit thot he is licked? Is it all cloud in that silver lnno down Petersburg Is it possible that two 2n oan on tooether and aoree there is "no fuure7' in fishing or lninnp in this wonderful country?
 Well now, the least said about it the better. Maybe the bovs had had hod noht the noht before and were not httinG 2l six In matters like this it's well to be chartabla and foroivrc. for who knows.-some day some one will consider dead enouoh to be buried and will walk slow behind with lily and doleful chant
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-09
Big Hunt Party S5}f5f E''oy Losuer
 Ke,.ai Peninsula

There was much running around Iof guides and packers on the city dock last night as the s. s. Starr prepared to sail on her last trip to the Westward. prior to her depart
 ure for Seattle. Another party un-
 der the care of the Alaska Guides.
 Inc, was about to put forth.
 This party included Capt. Billy
 Wlizbang'' Fawcet5 of Robbins dale, Minn.; Manuel Manterola
 wealthy Mexican and Frank A. ISandorn, wholesale druggist of
 Mexico City. They were booked for Seldovia which means that they will hunt in the lower kenai Penin- s"la where they expect to bag moose. sheep and bear.
 The party is in charge Of Alex Bolem who has six aides for this forav into the Wllds which may last a month if the weather is satisfac- tory. They were Sid Olds, G. An derson, Luke ElWell, Frank Revelle, and George Ballinger,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-09
w. A. c. TONIGHT

The women members of the Sew ard Athletic Club and others in- terested will meet this evening in the first regular meeting of the season. It is the hope of Professor Bath and Instructor Kunz that a good turnout will be on hand to encourage things along a bit and also to join in the exercises.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-09
TO LATE T0 CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Cheap; ticket from Seattle to Aberdeen, S. D., over Chicago, Milwaukee By. Date of expiration October 3i. Enquire of Mrs. Nellie Lien. kaWahe Apartments.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06
2 PROVINCES IN
REVOLT AGAINST
CHINA WAR LORD
100000 Peasants
Oppose Feng

PEKING, Nov. SIN spite of Of
fetal secrecy it is known here that
latest dispatches from Kansu and
Sinkiang provinces report that 3d.
100000 peasants in these Moham-
medan western provinces are now
in rebellion against the Marking
war lord, Feng Cu-hsiang.
The situation has become so crit
ical for the marshal that during the
last month he has been moving
thousands of his troops from the
Peking area to the menaced prov
inces. He has placed these troops
under the command of his right
hand man, Sun Liang-chen, who has
been promised the governorship of
Shantung province.
1t is reported that many of the
war lords troops have already been
defeated and that a general state
of rebellion exists. If Feng should
be defeated in the western prov
inces the strongest army allied with
the Marking regime would be re-
moved.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06
(WIR RESEARCH BUREAU
Seek Aid From Workers of All Countries

"Send us information, your publ
cation, leaflets, pamphlets, news
papers, documents, ETC., etc..
"We will send you our regular in
formation bulletins, for which we
want material from all parts of the
world, and we will supply you with
our regular news service.
"a series of organizations are now
allied with us. Through the develop
ment of our connections our Re-
search Department will reach broad
fields in the service of the interna-
tional working class movement.
"Send material. Enter into regu-
lar correspondence with us. With
proletarian yTtetings,
international Social Welfare Re-
search Department Of the w. l. r.
Address: Berlin w s, Wilhelm
strasse 48, III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06

Toral Tries to Cloak
Clergy Responsibility
in Killing of ObregOn

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5.--Jose De
Leon Toral, as his trial for assas-
sination moved on, continued to as
sert that he was alone to blame fol-
killing President-elect Oregon, ex-
onerating Mother Superior Concep-
cion-who is on trial accused with
being the intellectual author of the
crime-and all others held as accom-
plices. He said he considered him
self "as well as dead"
At Sundays hearing in the little
court room of San Angel, Toral
made an impassioned plea in de-
Tense of the nun. Under questioning
by the nuns attorney, Fernando
Ortega, Toral told the same story as
hsee all the others arrested in con-
nection with the crime, namely, that
the nuns home merely was a cen
trail gathering place for the malcon-
tents and that she had no idea of
what they planned.
At the end of the session, Toral
received permission to read the
to make certain he had
not been misquoted, and also was
given permission to make additional
statements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06
Renewed SPIRIT
IN SILK STRIKE
Workers AgainSupport
Militants
Continued from Pace One

Continued from Page One
member of the strike committee. In
her report Gertrude Meuller sharply
criticized the compromising tactics
of the officialdom which is danger
ously jeopardizing the chances of a
strike victory by making fake set
Elements, and refusing to put up a
real fight against the bosses. She
proposed assistance to the National
Textile Workers Union in organic
ing the dye workers, affiliation with
that organization, mass picketing
and guaranteed settlements on union
conditions and recognition of the
union.
Proof of Right Policy.
Lena ChernenEo, in her talk point
ed to the mornings mass picketing
and the overcrowded meeting as
signs of the beneficial effects of the
decision made at Saturdays meeting
She called on the workers to put
into motion immediate plans for the
carrying out their meetings deci
sions. She then described the scene
at Madison Square Garden in New
York, where the Workers (Commu.
nist) Party was holding an election
rally and Russian Revolution cele-
bration, when the $50 Paterson silk
strikers walked into the big arena
and were greeted with thunderous
cheers by the twenty thousand work
ers there. When she told of how the
huge meeting in New York had
unanimously passed a resolution to
support the Paterson strike, the as
sembled strikers cheered. The reso-
luton carried by the meeting of 90
900 also called on the Paterson strik-
ers to fight the bosses militantly
and to affiliate with the new Ma
tional Textile Workers Union.
Over one hundred children of strik-
ing workers responded to the call
for a mass meeting last Saturday
After election of an executive COM
mittee to formulate plans as to how
the children can help their parents
win the strike, decision was passed
that the elected committee bring in
a report to another children's meet
ing Tuesday in Turner Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06
Mine ORGANIZER
FLAYS FINN CLUB
Exposes Reactionary
Wyoming Group
Especial to the Daily Worker


ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (By
MaiD In a statement issued here,
the Wyoming Organization Commit
tee of the National Miners Union at
tacks the local Finnish Club for it's
anti-labor activities. The statement,
signed by Freeman Thompson, of
the miners organization committee,
follows:
"At Rock Springs, Wyoming,
there exists a Finnish Club which is
considered radical, always celebrates
radical events and otherwise seeks to
give the impression it is for the
working class.
"When the coal miners of Wyom-
ing rose in revolt against the Lewis
machine the organizers of the Ma
tional Miners Union considered the
time opportune to begin the organi-
cation of the National Miners Union
in Wyoming.
"Thereupon they requested the
hall committee of the organization,
headed by Hiibacka and Paavola, to
rent the hall. These two supposed
friends or radicals refused the use
Of the hall, saying that the National
Miners Union is wrong in its work
and is running the coal miners. No
amount of persuasion could change
them. They even argued that it was
wrong to have had two relief COM
mittees in the Pennsylvania strike,
that the Lewis committee was suffi-
cient.
"Since the Finnish Club here is
considered radical by many workers
we request that this statement be
printed in all the labor press in or
der to expose the reactionary work
Of this organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-06
DENY RUMORS OF
USSR Grain BUY
Years Crop Exceeds
That of 1927

Reports that the Soviet Union
was ready tro purchase wheat in
Canada, because of the alleged fail
ure of the wheat crop, were entirely
contradicted today in a statement
issued by S. G. Bren, chairman of
the board of directors of the Amtorg
Trading Corporation, doing business
in this country for the Soviet gov
eminent. The statement follows:
with reference to the statements
appearing in the press to the effect
that Soviet Russia is making in
euiries preparatory to consummat-
was ready to purchase wheat in
1 wish to state that no such in
ouiries have been made and that no
purchases for the Soviet Union of
Canadian or other wheat or any
other grains are contemplated.
"The grain crop this year in the
U. S. S. r. is satisfactory and ex-
ing purchases Of Canadian wheat,
duction of wheat, in particular, is
ceeds that of last year. The pro-
duction in 1927. Grain purchases
from peasants by state and CO.
operative agencies are increasing
rapidly. In September and the
first half of October grain procure
ments were considerably above last
years"