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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
DISTRICTS TO
CHANCEFORM,
Head THINKS
Robertson Says Order
Limiting Issue to
Million Removes Big
Tax Objection
Especial TO The Eerald)

SAN BENIT0, Feb. 1.-THE action
Of the commissioners court Of Cam
eron county in passing an order
limiting the amount Of road bonds
that will be issued this year prom
Uses to pave the way for o settlement
of disagreements WHICH have exist
ed over change in water districts, as
far as the San Benito district is con-
cerned, it was indicated here Satur-
day by Frank Robertson, manager
Of the district.
However, it is likely that the COM
missioners court will be asked to 20
on record as favoring the issuance
# not more than 81, 0 900 in bondS
during 1929, leaving the last million
to be issued in 1880, in the event an
other million is issued this year.
The action Of the commissioners
court just about settles the objec-
tions which i have heard nan of
the landowners Of this section ex-
press to the proposed change" Mr..
Robertson said. att seems that this
section will satisfy them for the
present year, but many of them will
want some assurance Of the action
in 1929.
81 spoke to one of the commits
sioners and he told me that the court
could not legally bind that body for
1929, because of the election. I be-
lieve that a definite statement from
the members, however, whether il is
legal, or merely a word of honor,
that they will issue no more than
50. zoo, 900 of bonds in 1879 would be
taken as sufficient assurance TO our
people, and would induce them. in
xiew Of the order already passed, to
the change, and permit the
road ~gram to continue"
MI. Robertson stressed the point
that the directors of the district,
and the property owners are all in
favor of continuance of the road paw
ing program. 1--WE do not want TO
interfere With the program. eat are
alI see it continued.'S he
but we want assurance that
the taxes will not be raised too
rapidly."
The hearing in the San Benito
water district, Cameron County Wa
ter Improvement District No. 2, on
the proposed change to a control
and conservation district will be
started Thursday of next week. and
will continue until n ma ority Of the
property owners in the district have
been heard from, the manager said.
Although a change now appears
likely. the board Of directors have
indicated that they will be guided
in the matter entirely by the wishes
Of the property owners, Mr.. Robert
SON said.
The H~arlinEen district, which
opens its hearing Tuesday. 70 con-
tinue a week. is understood 70 have
had the same objections TO the nro-
nosed change. with indications that
il will make the change. and permit
additional road bonds TO be issued, in
view Of the recent commissioners
order. and the contemplated state
ment by that body OF its 1929 policy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
RAuEy ADDRESSES LIONS

WESLACO, Feb. Ill. E. Bailey,
secretary of the chamber Of COM
merce. addressed the meeting Of the
Lions club Friday noon, his subject
being, "How Civic Clubs Cooper
ate" John Roberts was admitted 10
the club during the meeting which
was in the form Of a luncheon at
the Presbyterian manse. Hodge
White acted as POSTMASTER for the
neetir-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
Blaze Threatens
Local Reporter

Oscar J. del Castillo, 90, 1917
Adams street, local correspondent for
La Prensa, San Antonio Spanish Ian
guage newspaper had a narrow es-
caps from possibly serious injury at
7:45 p. m. Saturday when an oil
stove he was lighting flared up in his
face.
The accident occurred in Mr.. Cas-
tillo's office. Little damage was oc-
casioned in the resulting fire, the
newspaper man dragging the flaming
stove from the room and hurting it
into the yard. Amadeo Cavszos, men,
Der of the central fire station force.
went 10 the house and extinguished
the bisxe.
Mr.. Castillo was unhurt, although
his hair and eye brows were slightly
singed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
Beach Drive
In Fine Condition

A trip from the east side az the
Corpus Christi eauseway 10 ths
south end Of Padre Island was nc.
complished in 2 hours and I3 minutes
early in the week by CO.. Sam Rob
ertson, who brought q small party
down over the Ocean Beach drive.
The distance il 112 miles.
The drive was in fina shape, Col.
onel Robertson said. The January
northef drove all drift far up the
beach and the entiri course was
smoother than the average pave
ment. A speed OF 45 miles an hour
was maintained the entire distance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
Benefit Elk Revue
Rehearsals Began

MERCEDES. Feb. 1i.-Under the
direction Of Miss Fern Heischer Of
Corpus Christi and New York, re
hearsals for the Eik's ministries and
revue began this week. The min
strel, which will b . Jimmie Hcims
production, win be given Monday and
Tuesday nights, Feb. 20 and II. the
proceeds to 90 70 the Elks hospital.
The production will have q east Of
ee people. comprised In part Of twelve
blsekface end men and q chorus Of
thirty beautiful girls. The best talent
available has been secured for the
production.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
MOVED 70 SAN ANTONIO

MERCEDES. fsb. ia.-R. /. Pope.
who Ia connected with the Z. B.
Price company and who has made
headquarters In Mercedes fo- the
past several months. has mc--ad =,
San Antonio where he will reside.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Rumor Wrong-Contrsry to a u
NOR which is general in Brcwnsvine
that the charity revue at the Capitol
theater Thursday evening will cost
Sl.50, IL has been definitely an
nounced by the management that the
tickets are selling for 81, including
reservations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Monthly Payment Loans TO buy.
build, Improve or refinance resi-
denee or business property. Prompt
service. Todd & Underwood, Insur-
ance and Loans. Spivey Building.
407 Eleventh st. Adv. If.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools. heals and strengthens sore,
weak, tired eyes. All druggists Csc.
ADV. fol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Open Beauty Shop Here-Misses
Eleanor Schafer and Florence Chiri-
bes Of Brownsville are the proprie-
tors OF a new beauty parlor in the
Cromack building on Eleventh street
which will be open to the public
soon. They have all modern shop
equipment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Water Blisters on hands or feet
will disappear after a few applica-
tons of Imperial Eczema Remedy.
All druggists are authorized to re-
fund your money il it fails.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

For Rent-Furnished apartment.
gas stove and heater. Close in. s35
per month. Phone s74-J.-Adv. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

Live Here-Mrs. o. H. Peck
49, granddaughter, Norma.
will I've Sunday morning from
Salt Lake City. Utah, TO make their
home in FL Jardin. Mr.. Peckstine
has been here for some time and is
building a beautiful home on Gen.
trail m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

For Rent-One L. c. Smith type
writer. Phone S74-J.-Ady. IL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
Accuses Negro

ATLANTA, Ga, May 8.-A Negro,
julius Moore, was arrested here
charged with stealing % yards Of
regalia cloth from the Ku Klux Khan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
WARE.

local union in Wilsonville, with {
membership of 1000 who also SER
delegates to the Pittsburgh confer
ence.
The Illinois district -the-Union
Committee realizes. that the Fish
wick machine will neither call a spe-
ciaI district convention to consider
the emergency in which the union
finds itself in order to take steps to
remedy it, nor take any steps TIC
change the destructive separate
agreement policy, or help win the
Pennsylvania Ohio strike. The dis.
trict Save-the- Union Committee, at
its last meeting held at BelleVille, Hi
nos, Monday, April both, decided tc
issue call for a special district con-
vention to meet at Belleville, Illinois
Saturday, May 10Th, 10 a.. m.
The call is signed by 100 leading
progressive Illinois rank and file
members. WARE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
By ANTHRACITE MINER.

The forces led by McGarry, Bren-
nan and Harris are exposing them
selves every day in District L, how
they are betraying and selling out
the membership while they claim
that they are fighting against Cap
pellini and his administration The
Save-the- Union Committee has got
hold of a document in which, under
the pretense of attacking Cappellini,
the McGarry, Brennan and Harris
forces tries to discredit the Save-the-
Union Committee and are trying to
get Sam Bonita to repudiate the Save
the Union Committee.
While in the first part of the docu-
ment they come out openly against
Cappellini, they do not say anything
against Lewis In the last part of
the document they try to get Sam
Bonita to repudiste the Save-the-
Union Committee. This document was
written up by one of the Brennan
forces for Sam Bonita to sign
Everything has been done by Nc
Garry, Brennan and Harris to keep
Sam Bonita in jail. 1t is a well-known
fact that Sam Bonita could be out
on bail and could be fighting the ma
chine and would be the logical fellow
whom the miners of Pittston would
look Up to, yet the Brennan forces
have used every means to keep San
Bonita in jail, to bring all kinds of
pressure, all kinds of maneuvers in
forcing Sam Bonita not to appeal for
new trial or to appeal his case. to
higher court. Not only that, they
are trying to stop any action on the
part of the rank and file in District
/ to free Sam Bonita, as the letter
indicates by doing it cleverly under
the pretense of fighting Cappellini.
Brennan's Record.
The membership off District must
realize what Brennan was when he
was in power before. The same con
tract system which Brennan now
comes out against, Brennan was for
in 1920, 1921 and 1922. In spite of
the fact that Brennan says that he
is not seeking office, and has no po-
litical aspirations, yet it is a we'll
known fact that the only one that he
will put into office will be somebody
that will do his bidding 1t is also a
well-known fact that every newspa-
per which is controlled by the coal
operators is at the present time
openly supporting Brennan, McGarry
and Harris. Another thing which is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
McGarry, Brennan Show
Selves as Lewis Tools

peculiar is the fact that McGarry
Harris and Brennan should be so
anxious to see Sam Bonita stay in
the penitentiary, tho this can be
easily explained If Sam Bonita
comes out of jail, Frank McGarry
will have to move out of the picture.
Every miner knows that Brennan
has never come out openly for the
support Of Sam Bonita. Every miner
knows that Brennan, McGarry and
Harris would have forced the miners
of 1703 to go back to work under the
decision of the Cancellation board if
they could. All miners must also
understand the pushing to the
forefront of Nick Buffonti, James
Kearny, who after Alex Campbells
death hid themselves away and would
not come out in the open but skunk
away when the miners of 1903 wanted
them to do something in the carrying
on of the fight after Campbell's death.
Call for Reputation of Traitors.
The Save the Union Committee
calls upon the miners of District
and of Pittston particularly to re-
pudiate and fight against the betray-
ers who only want jobs like Frank
McGarry, Brennan, Harris, James
Kearny and Nick Buffonti. Nick Buff
fonti has exposed himself even as
recently as April 9th, when the
grievance committee stopped the mine
and called the men out on strike when
the company refused to recognize
James Lamarca, the docking boss and
Frank McGarry, the checkweighman,
when he went before Superintendent
Milton and when Superintendent Mil
ton wanted to know who of the griev-
ance committee stopped the miners,
Nick Belfonti in his sinking manner
said it was not he and that he had
nothing to do with it. How can the
miners of Pittston follow such lead
ers? How can the miners of District
l support Frank McGarry who sup
ports such men for leaders as James
Kearney, Nick Beifonti, VIM. j. Bren-
nan and others of this treacherous
crew who do not have the CUTS to
come out and say what they think
but try in the underhand way to sell
out the rank and file?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
lBu q Worker CORRESPONDENT

PITTSTON Pa (By mail)-That Mayor Gillespie of Pitts
of the coal
reactonary leaders revealed by the
city police McIIae police
10 protect the miners from the gunner.
The miners always in the majority their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09

ORA MA


WITH the announcement sent out
yesterday by the Beethoven Sym
phony Orchestra that the group will
give no less than thirty-six concerts
here next season, it seems that New
York will have an opportunity to
hear another major orchestra outside
of the Philharmonic-the only major
orchestra left after the disbanding of
the New York Symphony. The Beeth-
oven Orchestra gave but seven con-
certs here the past season.
The Beethoven Symphony Orches-
ira, according to the announcement,
will open on Oct. % series of twelve
concerts to be given at fortnightly in
tervals on Thursday evenings at Car
'negie Hall. It will also pray there six
Friday afternoons and five Saturday
afternoons as we'll as at the Brooklyn
Academy five Sundays and at the
Metropolitan Opera House eight Sun
day afternoons.
To the thirty-six concerts thus
scheduled in the metropolitan district
lit is proposed to add some fifty near
by, for which bookings are now being
made in nearby cities and suburban
towns. Instead of long rail journeys
it is planned that the out-of-town
concerts shall be mainly offered to
communities within the committing
area of New York.
Arthur. Honegger, the distinguished
Swiss composer, whose music has
been heard in several of the most not
able performances of orchestras of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
in the past year, has accepted an in
vitation to come over as guest conduc-
tor of the Beethoven Orchestra at the
height of the season next January
He will direct two concerts on Jan.
10 and IL, the programs to include
his new concerto.
Aside from other guest artists who
have yet to accept the proposals of
the Beethoven group, the orchestra
|1tself is to be enlarged from its pres
lent personnel of eight-fiv to a total
LOT 1O2 players. Some Of these, it is
said, are to come from the former
New York Symphony ranks, while q
few also will be Philharmonic mer
whose places have been taken hy
symphony veterans.
Georges Zaslawsky viii continue as
conductor of the Beethoven Orcbes-
ira, as he has been since his original
introduction here in 1926 at a special
concert in which the Philharmonic
played for his local debut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
TERROR REICNS
BUT CAN'T HALT
MASS PICKETINC
Save-the-Union Action
Spreads Like Wildfire
On a Worker Correspondent

NbU u w OFh6T COTT6S pOftN6fCtJ
LANSING, Ohio, (By MaiD.-The
constitution of the United States III
general and that section, of it in par
ticular, which gives its citizens free
dom of speech and assemblage re-
ceived another Interpretation when
local and state police broke up a
peaceful meeting at Maynard, Ohio,
and arrested three of the speakers
The arrests took place at the Polish
hall where 800 men and women
gathered to be addressed by Save-the-
Union speakers.
The authorities Who have the wei
fare of the people in mind" herded
some 81 women and children in the
St. Clairsville jail, originally meart
to quarter about IS.
Lansing, Ohio, is a living REPUTATION
to the lies of prosperity" in Amerl-
ca, of freedom, of justice. Due to the
wholesale arrests some families have
been left with no mother. The chill
dren run around town crying for their
parents and asking when they will
come back. Kind neighbors try to
look after them, but still many go
days without food.
This situation is not wild flight
of the imagination, but solid, concrete
facts that can be proved by a visit
to Lansing.
Authorities ruled by the iron hand
of the coal operators have been given
the right to arrest all members and
sympathizers of the Save-the-Union
forces. This breaks up families and
leads to starvation. Terrorism reigns.
Threats of violence by company
thugs and beatings by the police
happen daily.
But regardless of this injustice, the
spirit of the miners is not broken.
They comfort each other and say
that we will win the strike, We will
cleanse the union of it's filth. The
Save-the- Union movement is spread
ing like wildfire. Non-union fields
are responding. West Virginia re-
ports 100 per cent shut down at Elm
Grove. At Triadelphia and vicinity
600 are out. Mass picketing is being
conducted at all mines.
WARE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
Mine
WORKERS CALL
FOR CONFERENCE
FishWick Terrorism
Fails to Halt Them
by a Worker Correspoadentl


BELLEVILLE. Ill, (By MaiI =
The Illinois coal operators are now
working completely hand-in-hand with
the district union officials, to destroy
the union in manner departing from
their once announced policy. Prior
to April first, the operators associa-
ton announced that it would close
down all the mines, brazenly adding
that a month or two of complete
starvation would soon make the coal
miners see the need of taking a wage
cut
The Peabody Coal Company is
starting to operate two mines in Kin
caide. The Old Ben Coal Company
the Bell and Zoller Company, as well
as other smaller companies, are OPP
Grating mines thru the state, under
terms Of separate temporary agree
mcnts. Conditions established by the
union in the past, have been entirely
wiped out by these kind of agree
ments. The men are compelled to
clean out their own dead-work, lay
their own tracks, and put their own
props without pay. The operators
now find this the most convenient
way Of wiping out the union. While
once upon a time, the union officials
themselves would have fought against
any separate agreements, they now
find this policy Of the operators in
complete harmony with their own
methods of treason to the union.
Wherever the rank and file miners
undertook to fight actively against
separate agreements, by picketing the
mines thus signed up, they soon found
themselves opposed by the combined
forces of the coal operators, the
county sheriffs, the bankrupt Off
cials, and members of the K. X. K.
At several instances the picket lines
were thus broken up, both in Spring
field, in Stanton, and in West Frank
fort. At the latter city several arrests
were made. Four members of the
union We're arrested, and the picket
line including James McCullum. One
young miner, Morris Tomash, was
arrested distributing handbills for
the Save-the- Union meeting. When
VIM. Matheson and Gerry Allard came
to find out about this arrest, they
were pinched also, but subsequently
released as no charge could be framed
I'D against them.
With the general terrorism of the
union reactionary officials, combined
with the state and county authori-
ties, goes the policy of expulsion of
progressive miners. Several attempts
have already been made to expel all
those who went as delegates to the
Pittsburgh April first conference. The
president and secretary of the local
union of Orient were expelled to-
gether with the delegates officially
sent by the union. Not content with
this, the sub-district machine went
to work, stole the local charter and
seal, and appointed new officers, who
however, do not dare to call a meet
ing of the membership, knowing the
overwhelming majority is with the
Save-the-Union movement. Attempts
are being made to expel one whole
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
"Dracula" Celebrates
250th Performance

Horace Liveright's production of
"Dracula," the international famous
vampire play, played its 250th per-
Torrance last night at the Fulton
Theatre, where it has been the past
nine months With this performance
"Dracula," combining its four solid
years in England and its nine months
in America, passes it's two thousandth
performance.
"Dracula" in its four years in Eng
land Melted LOO performances and
the $50 performances played by the
Liveright company in America, brings
the grand total to 1000 performances
for this play based by Hamilton Deane
and John l.. Balderston on the Bran
Stoker novel, which novel, by the way,
has sold $4,000 copies yearly for 80
years. "Dracula" will open in Los
Angeles July l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09

The principals who will play in the
Australian production of "Good News"
left yesterday for San Francisco and
will sail for the Antipodes next week.
The show is scheduled to open in
Sydney sometime in June.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
zOR GILLESPIE REPLACES TOWN POLICE WITH P

the simple that the city policeman most likely
miner examiner of his relatives neighbOrs
may day to have back to
the himself and dares cOldbOOdedy allow the
murder his friends and relatives and steal
their bread
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09

themselves. They from hell knows where and
they ready the command of Governor Fisher the coal
shoot union place and time Hence
Mayor Gillespie wants the Onsabuay to be to pOtee
ton to the contractors gunner.
Citizens of Pittston mark that for will need it in time
of marking ballots. ARD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09

but the contractors always there with their and
other concealed weapons and beat the miners
When the ctys police force is duty the @
themselves But the contractors coal operators and
Cappelini finally influenced the Withdraw
and replace with the state cOnab
uary. Why?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
HEROIC MINERS
WIVES TRAPPED
FOR FOUR DAYS
Babies, Mothers, Sleep
on Iron Cell Floor

BIZ a Women Worker Correspondent
LANSING, Ohio, (By MaiD-WiH
you please give me a small space in
you paper. I am one Of the 81
miners wives arrested on Saturday,
April 81 when we were tricked into
the jail here.
We women took no part whatever
in "rioting" tho the capitalist press
classified US like we We're murderers
or wild cats. We only went to the
Jail to protest when some of our men
We're taken from the hall where we
were told by the sheriff, Clyde c.
Hardesty, that we could organize a
woman's auxiliary.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
MINERS WIN OUT
IN WAGE DISPUTE
Operators Agree to New
Scale in Indiana-Reter-
endum Starts Soon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, October 19.-
Indiana miners and operators last night
signed a new wage scale agreement to
Supplant the old Jacksonville scale The
action closed flve-week session of the
scale committees of the two organiza-
tions.
officials of the miners said refer
endum will probably be started within
three or four days. Ratification is eX-
pected to be given by the operators at
a meeting Wednesday.
The agreement was regarded as a
victory for the miners. who gained their
demands, while the operators had been
holding out for scale of SIS per day, as
adopted In Ohio
The new scale was made effective un-
til April l. 1890.
A large number of Indiana mines
have been idle since March 81, 1927.
when the Jacksonville agreement ex-
pred.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
cATTTMC T0nAv

LancaStria-Plymouth. Havre and London.
lie de France-Plymouth and Havre.
Augustus-NapleS and Genoa.
Berlin-Plymouth. Boulogne and Bremen
haven.
Ara abic-Plvmouth. Cherbourg and Antwerp
observation-disclosures and Southampton.
Btidgetown-Cape Haiti, Port de PaiX. Con-
aives, Cartagena and Puerto Colombia.
Astrea-Inagua, Port au Prince and Mara
caibn
Evening star., 1928-10-19

The London County Council has is
sued a notice that all theaters and NOV
ing picture houses must be adequately
heated next wear