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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Theater to Show
First Talkie In
S. Benito Today

SAN BENITO, Dee. le.-Talking
moving pictures will be introduced
70 the Lower Rio Grande Valley to-
day. nj the Rivoli theater in San
Benito.
The talking pictures here will be
the first in the Valley. and will he
followed quickly BY taking pictures
Al the Arcadia theater in Harrington.
FRIDAY or this week.
Talking synchronizations were
added 10 the general sound effects
on the program for today al the
Rivoli nv Manager Ed Brady. His
sound accompaniment to The We'd
ding March il the first sound pic
ture to he heard in the Valley. and
the talkies we're added in n speciality
picture 10 be shown. n comedy fea-
turing Bobby Vernon in Sock Ex-
change"
Vincent Lonez. premier vaudeville
entertainer. also will appear in song
and talking numbers.
In the installation Of the Bristol
phone talking movie equipment at
the Riveli theater here has been
completed. and tests have been made
Of il. Mr.. Brady said. assuring the
Valleys patrons at the first talkies a
good showing.
a Paramount representative was
present at the test. made Monday
night after completion Of the silent
picture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Profitable Year
Seen In Smaller
List of Failures

AUSTIN. Tex. Dec. 12.-Thst the
past year has been a profitable one
for most commercial enterprises is
indicated BY the small number %
bankruptcies. ACCORDING 70 Bernard
Nichols. editor OF the Texas Business
Review. issued monthly by the hu-
reau Of business research st the
University Of Texas.
During November. only "a bank
rupt companies, with liabilitie o.
saSl 900. were reported in Texas. the
smallest number for any November
o nrecord." Mr.. Nichols said. This
compares with 80 failures having
liabilities of s407. 900 in October and
IS defaulting companies with liabili-
ties involving $4,000 in November,
1927. The large decrease in the
number Of failures from October 70
November this year II most cncour-
aging when il il noted that NJ In
crease IL the normal trend. Normal
W. August or September " the Tow
month ard January the high one.
"D~efaultirg companies we're a lit
tie larger. The average failure IN
November had liabilities amounting
10 Sf1.70n. compared to sln.50n IN
October and $4,000 IN November y
year ago. No bank failures we're re-
ported for the month
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
FIRE WRITER'S
TO meet HERE
At Least $50 Expected
To Attend One-D Day
Insurance Meet

Between $50 and roo members Of
the Texas Association Of Insurance
Agents Of the Southwestern Region
will attend the one-day regionsl con-
vention to be held in Brownsville, De-
cember 10.
The southwestern region includes
all territory between Brownsville.
Corpus Christi. San Antonio and Del
Rio and invitations have been mailed
to all fire agents in the region
whethther members of the asSoci-
alton or not. according to Dodd and
Dodd. Brownsville insurance agency.
Out of town visitors to the con
vention will include Charles L. Dun
can. president. and II. G.. Foreman,
secretary. both Of Fort Worth; r. Nj.
Coleman Of San Antonio, vice presi-
dent and Marcus Phillips of Kings
Vile. regional vice-president. state
Fire Commissioner DeNeese Of Aus
tin and probably other members and
officials Of the Texas insurance de-
partment. will attend.
The Brownsville insurance firms
Of W. n. Clint and nodd and Dodd in
vited the association to hold their
convention in this city and teh cham
Der Of commerce. which also extended
an invitation. which cooperate with
the local members in the entertain
ment Of the visitors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
HONEYMOONER
TRIES SUICIDE
Denied Forgiven e s s,
Ascending Maid
Takes Poison

CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-PJ-Dorothy
Baker. the housemaid whose "phan-
tom honeymoon" to New York and
Niagara Falls was ended by her ar
rest for stealing $1,000 from her en-
ployer, tried TO take her life last
night by swallowing poison.
The 1~9-year-old girls suicide at
tempt occurred in the kcnsington
police station after she had been
confronted BY Mrs. Nellie Bauer,
from whose home she confessed TAX
ing the money and a fur coat. When
Mrs. Bauer denied forgiveness. the
girl drank the poison before police
could stop her.
Tell Ken ! did IL all for him."
she cried.
Police said she referred to Ken.
meth Hagen, her former sweetheart
whose lack or attentions prompted
her TO set out ito live like an heir
ess."
n New York. where she was arr
rested ten days ago, she lived in the
height Of fashion. buying expensive
clothes and taking a 600 mile taxi
cab ride TO Niagara Falls.
Last night she came to Chicago in
custody of a policewoman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Lithuanian And
Polish Trouble
Before League

LUCIANO. Switzerland. Dec. 12.-
(PJ-The Polish-Lithuanian contro-
versy again came before the council
Of the League Of Nations today. the
representatives Of Poland and Lirh-
uana each charging the other ma
tlon with obstructing solution Of
their difficulties.
Waldemaras insisted that Lithua-
MIA either would bet back Wilma and
be independent or she would lose ev-
erything else by acts similar to the
military seizure Of that city bv the
Polish general Zeligowsky. He con-
cluded by declaring that the situa-
ton was precarious and must be
clarified IN the interests or the
peace Of Europe.
Foreign Minister Zaleski of Poland
IN reply insisted that the recent
koenigsherg conference had failed
as we'll as other efforts AZ reconcil-
iation because Lithuania was pursu-
ing a policy Of passive resistance.
This. he declared, was what is pre-
venting that good understanding
upon which peace depends.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
{. GRASSES
\ RESOLUTIONS
IAN Benito Body OPP
poses Change in
Water Dist.
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITo, Dec. i2.-Resolu-
lions opposing any change in the le-
gal form of the San Benito irriga-
ton district. opposing n constitu-
tionsl convention for Texas. and
favoring enlargement Of the South
Texas State Teachers college to pro-
vide for a chronological department
acre passed at the meeting of direc-
tors OF the San Benito chamber Of
commerce here Monday night.
The directors opposed any change
In the legal form of the San Benito
irrigation district in keeping with
the policy which this section has
adopted in regard to issuing road
bonds. The. San Benito section has
held that the bonds should be issued
as originally planned. and not faster.
and failure of this water district to
change its legal form probably will
prevent issuance Of the bonds at a
more rapid rate.
Opposition TO the proposed con
stitutional convention vas based on
the statement that the constitution
as 10 now stands is n better docu-
ment than could be framed by any
constitutional convention in Texas.
The directors endorsed the South
Texas State Teachers college en-
lsrgement plan, 70 furnish a techno-
logical college for south Texas.
Several other matters, including
port developments, were discussed az
he meeting.
The directors also endorsed the
work Of the Cameron County Health
Unit, and favored continued opera
kion Of the health unit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
CHIEFS
TOUR VALLEY
Order New Equipment
For Texas Lines,
President Says

EDlNBURG. Dec. Ia. w. Bald
WIN, president Of the Missouri Pa
cific Lines. accompanied by II. r..
Stafford. executive vice president. and
the latter's staff OF officers, were in
the city Tuesday in their inspection
tour CT the Valley. which they de-
e!ared had no special significance.
While here. Baldwin announced
that Stafford had called for bids for
additional block signals for the COM
pany's Texas lines and that a pre-
vious call had been made for general
headquarters at st. Louis for $i0.-
100000 worth of new equipment.
about $500. 900 worth Of which is
for Texas properties.
The new equipment being ordered
for 1929 delivery includes 40 new all
steel passenger cars, 1000 box cars
including automobile cars, 500 stock
cars, 500 new 70-ton hopper type coal
cars and % heavy switch locomotives.
Baldwin declared that the American
Refrigerator Transit company had
recently placed an order for loco new
refrigerator cars which will be used
TO augment the present equipment
used 70 handle perishable from the
Southwest.
I'VE are finding conditions excel
lent throughout the entire Texas sys-
tenn" he said. land we are preparing
to handle n record breaking volume
Of business from South Texas this
season"
Besides President Baldwin and
Executive Vice President Stafford
others IN the party are 4. N. Nc
Reynolds, assistant 10 president,
st. Louis; Mallory Mcdonald, spec
ial representative, Houston; ". e..
Choate. general manager in charge
Of Texas properties, Houston: l.. A.
David. assistant general manager,
Houston; q. s.. kirkpatrick. chief
engineer. Houston; q. G. Kennedy.
superintendent, Kingsville; J. ID.
Patrick. trainmaster. Harrington; II.
H. Levy, general superintendent car
service and transportation, Houston;
r. &. McCord, division engineer,
kingsville: r. s. Scott, roadmaster,
Kingsvillc; A. +. Householder. me-
chanical superintendent. Houston;
r. G. Christy. master car builder,
Houston; T. c. Carter, master me-
chanic. Kingsville; r. r. Stafford,
general road foreman of engines,
Kingsville: n. y. Kane. road fore
man Of engines, Kingsville; Horace
Booth. general traffic manager.
Houston. and A. r. Waldron. exc
cutive general agent Harrington.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
J. G. PENNEY COMPANY
SALES MAKE GAINS

Gross sales Of the r. G. Penney
Co.. for the month OF November this
year were slo-300.7sT.61 and com
pared with gross sales for the same
month in 1927 or 1 1868. 1s4.s7, nf-
ficials cf the company The
gain was s2.237. 500 "a, equivalent co
1911 per cent.
Cumulative sales for the eleven
months ending November III. 1928.
were given as $751;, 590.467.5s M
compared with cumulative sales for
the same period Of last year Of
$3.50. f5s.343.90. = gain IF s7i.t32.-
1858. equivalent TO i6.47 per cent
for the year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
8 WELLS TO START IN
NEW BASTROP OIL FIELD

BASTROP. Dec. 12.-iP,-At least
eight new oil wells will he started
within four miles Of Cedar Greek
before Christmas. Six wells are al
ready either in or being drilled Mt
present in this area, one Of Texas
newest oil fields.
Cranfill and Reynolds No. 3 Yost.
offsetting the No. II discovery we'll
to the west. struck the top of the
%serpentine formation Tuesday at
i,39S feet, 90 feet higher than either
the Nos. I or .. Indications we're
that the well would be brought IN
Wednesday. a better producer than
either II the other two. When paw
was struck oil covered the rigging
and overlooked the slush nit. The
well was pinched IN. pending set
ting II casing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Proposed Bridges
Would Increase
Expense $4,000

Four proposed international
bridges for Rio Grande Valley cities
in four separate bills introduced IN
congress would. If favorably receiv-
ed. increase the expense Of the
United States customs. immigration
and health department in this sec
ton by at least $4,000 annually. sc-
cording to an estimate Tuesday by
Ed Cotulls. assistant collector or
customs for the San Antonio dis
trict.
Cotulla's estimate was based sole
" on additions to the payrolls Of
these three departments which
would be necessitated by the addi-
ton Of four additional bridges be-
tween the United States and Mexico.
II was estimated that the payroll
or each bridge would approximate
500. 0nn.
Aside from the bridges sought for
San Benitc. Donna. Weslaco and Rio
Grands City. permission is sought
"a construct an international bridge
nj Zansta IN Webb county also. 4.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Fair Dates For
70 Set; Bolts on
Circuit Board

SAN ANTONIO. Dec. l2.-The
Valley Mid-Winter Fair Of 1929 will
he held in Harrington Nov. 20 70 Dec.
! as a result or a schedule adopted
here Tuesday by the South Texas
Fair Circuit.
The Valley exposition had just
before a member Of the circuit on
an application filed by John I.
Flores. manager. who attended the
meeting.
Sam Bolts. president Of the VAL
lev Fair association, was elected a
member Of the board of directors of
the South Texas circuit and J.. l..
Teas of Harlingen was elected n
member Of the racing board.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Man From Mexico
Gets First News
OF Election Here

John Mccormick of Detroit, Mich.
who has just arrived In Brownsville
from Mexico. received the first real
facts ar the presidential election
when ~ called nj The Herald short.
~ after noon 10 buy papers issued
just before and shortly after Nc-
vember y. election day.
n tried % ret some informatiod
about the Hooyer-Smith race in Mex
leo but could get nothing" he said,
The United States election seemed
10 be the least Of their worries"
Mccormick declared that he had
been in Mexico for the past few
months on a combined pleasure and
health tour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
Charity Ball By
Lions Thursday

SAN BENITO, Dec. 12.-Decoration
will be put up Thursday for the
Lions Charity Ball 10 be held at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel here. and
the advance ticket sale indicates
that a large number of persons from
all parts of the Valley will be pres
ent. II was announced by members
of the committee today.
The dance committee has secured
the orchestra which played for the
Queens Ball during the Valley Fair.
and has completed other arrange
ments.
Both the patio OF the Stonewall
Jackson hotel. and the dining room
Will be used for the dance. guaran-
teeing ample room. and furnishing
an inside dance floor in case the
weather isn't suitable for outside
dancing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
SIX PARIZEKSAN
X = +
HIPSKYS ARE TO
X = r
MARRY SATURDAY

WELLINGTON, Conn, Dec. i2.-tPl
Two Parizeks and one Of the Hip
skys will marry two Hipskys and n
Of the Parizeks here Saturday. IL
sounds confusing, but il Is just a
case Of two sisters and a brother in
one family marrying W brothers
and a sister in the other family.
Here is the way they will pair
off:
Ralph Parizek and Amelia Hipsky,
Charles Parizek and Irene Hipsky,
Paul Hipsky and Barbara Parizek.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
TAXES POISON IN CHURCH

CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-tP1-Kneeling
in prayer IN the Church ar Notre
Dame, a middle-aEed woman in q
dress Of frayed black silk took poison
late yesterday. IN her hand. clutched
tightly. was this pencilled note:
Motive, suicide: out n work: give
until il hurts. then give again. but
never expect to find happiness in the
receiving line" There " a chance
that she NAV not die. Asked who she
was the woman would only shake her
head and murmur. too late"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
STEALS ISL sHEFP

MONMOUTH. EnE.-Thomas A.
Jones was sent 10 prison for steal
ing l5l sheep from a n~eichhor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
BRITISH HONOR FOR MIKApo

TOKTO.-A British mission Is
coming here N 1929 n present the
Mikado with the Insignia n the Or
der of tho Garter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
ALEXANDER MARKETING
TO BUILD SIX SHEDS

SAN BENITO. Dec. 12.-six new
packing sheds are 70 W. operated in
the Valley soon BY the Alexander
Marketing company. n was an
~nounced here at the Valley lead
quarters II this concern.
The new plants are n he built AZ
Harrington. Donna. Weslaco. Nerce-
deS. Edcouch and Santa Rosa.
The sheds az Donna and Harlin-
Gen have been completed. and work
will be finishedd on the Weslaco
she'd soon. while the others may not
be started for some time yet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-12
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usual recipes In every package.
And a remarkable collection Of
recipes will be found In Mrs.
Knox's New Cook Book sent
free uponrecsiptof &c for postage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01

to Asia as a mining engineer, to Europe as relief director, and to Washington where after a decade of service as wartime food admin istrator and secretary of com merce he has become candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
 The Hoover home is on the Stanford campus and Hoover is q trustee of the university Mrs. Hoover is Stanford graduatez-as Miss Lou Heiii'y she was the first woman to complete course in metallurgy and geology at the in- stitution. Herbert Hoover, Jr., is a graduate of the university and Allan Hoover, the younger son, is a student there, living in the Hoover home.
 The $100,000 war library at Stanford was a gift from Secre- tary Hoover. It contains original documents relating to the World war.
 Hoover prepared himself at Stanford for a career as a mining engineer. Soon after graduation he went to Australia as the man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01
HENRY STIMSON NOW GOV. GEN.
 OF PHILIPPINES
Inauguration Takes Place with Impressive Cere-
 monies at Manila

MANILA. March 1. - Henry Stimson, New York lawyer and former Secretary of War under President Taft, today took the office of Governor General of the Philippines, succeeding the late Gen. Leonard Wood.
 The inauguration had been widely heralded as the beginning of new era of cooperation with the United States and was mark ed by impressive ceremonies.
 The new Governor General ig- nored questions of insular inde- pendence in his inaugural address beyond saying that future rela- tions of the Islands to the United States rests with the Govern ment of the United States.
 Gov. Gen. Stimson asked the Filipinos to forget politics for a while andu concentrate efforts upon economic developments as a means of attaining greater politi- cal freedom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01
SENATOR REED
 APPEARING ON
 PACIFIC COAST
lnvades California Urges National Defense and
 Preparedness

LOS ANGELES. Cal. March 1-- A policy for staunch National De- fense and preparedness was advo- cated here last night by United States Senator James A. Reed on the shores of the Pacific as he opened his invasion of California.
 The Missouri Democratic Presi- dential candidate coupled his plea for support for a sturdy and "ade- quate" navy with another attack on the Republican Administration in which he assailed the "inac- tivity" of President Coolidge in the investigation of the leasing of Naval Oil reserves and Mellon for participation in the corrupt Pennsylvania Senatorial election" of 1926.
 Senator Reed called on the Democrats to lay aside the Pro- hibitlon issue and drive the vil- lains from office"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01

STANFORD. Cal, Feb 2S- When Herbert Hoover was 17 he had no money, but he was deter mined to go to college.
 That was in 1891, and the new Stanford University had just open ed it's gates. Young Hoover en- rolled in the first freshman class. Then he asked the president, Dr. David Starr Jordan, for permis- sion to sleep in building on which carpenters still were work ing. Dr. Jordan. now chancellor emeritus. granted the request in violation of on order of the board of trustees, who wanted none of the buildings occupied before completion.
 "I have never regretted disobey- ing the trustees" Dr. Jordan says. Herbert Hoover certainly has paid Stanford in full for his lodg- ing in that unfinished dormitory don't know how many thousands of dollars he has given to the university"
 Hoover's life has remained closely linked with Stanford, al though the years have taken him
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01
CLAIMS HOOVER
 DODCES ISSUES
Stand on Prohibition Is At. tackled by Represen-
 tative Tillman

WASHINGTON, March 1-Sec- retary of Commerce Herbert C.. Hoover is accused in the House by Representative Tillman, Demo- crat of Arkansas. with declining to be frank in his reply to Borah's questionnaire on Prohibit ton.
 Representative Tillman said he represented himself and other drys who do not think the Sec retary's answer to the Idaho Sen ator is responsible for candor and courage. Borah stressed mainly whether Hoover favored incor- porating in the next Republican National platform specific plank and Hoover lodged the issue by words signifying nothing, said Tillman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01

ager of a group of mines. He used one of the first automobiles in Australia, driving it over des- erts at a time when the vehicle was regarded as dangerous on even a smooth road In Burma he rediscovered rich veins of ore from which Chinese mined silver in the days of Marco Polo. A few years later, Hoover was in Russia, employing 45,000 persons in the mining industry at Kish tim, which he made a modern City with schools and hospitals.
 In 1913, only 22 years after pov- erty had compelled him to sleep in an unfinished building on the campus, Hoover returned to Stan ford and told T. T. c. Gregory, lawyer and business associate, that he had made all the money any reasonable man can use"
 My wants are simple,' Hoover said, according to Gregory. "Out. side of an occasional fishing trip and cigars, l have no luxuries 10 indulge. have made up my mind to give half of my time to pub lie service"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01

My client. who has been earn ing S15 a week as a clerk in a New York Stock Exchange firm, refuses to play the role of being supported by wife who has an income from one-third of trust fund of $11.000. GOO established by her father" the attorney said. When Pryibil found his wife was more of doll who loved to dress in fine clothes than wife who cared to be with her husband. he proposed Paris divorce but could not receive the consent of Mrs Pryibil.v MT. Steuer said.
 MT. Steuer said Pryibil estab- lished his residence in Florida in April. 1925, when he went thero with his wife in an effort to es- tablish their home,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01
$l5 CLERK SEEKS DIVORCE FROM HIS WIFE WHO IS HEIRESS TO SHARE IN
 FORTUNE OF FOUR MILLION. DOLLARS

NEW YORK, March 1--Efforts of $15-a-week clerk for a Wall Street brokerage house to quit the role of husband to Mrs. Edmee Eloise Pryibil, heiress to $4,000,. 900 for the fortune of her father. the late Jacob Schaefer Brewer. have been disclosed.
 Start of divorce proceedings by Paul Pryibil in Florida on grounds of desertion was revealed when Mrs. Pryibil applied in the Su- preme Court for an injunction to restrain her husbands action on the grounds that he is not resi- dent of Florida. Justice Callahan reserved decision.
 Max D. Steuer. counsel for Pry- ibil. opposed the application for the injunction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-01
COLBY DENIED
 DIVORCE PLEA
 FRENCH COURT
Former American Official Loses Campaign
 Against Foreigners

PARIS, March 1--Complete de- feat has attended the efforts of Bainbridge Colby, American See retary of State under President Wilson, to obtain a divorce iE France where so many of his lesser known compatriots have had their marital bonds easily severed in recent years.
 The Tribunal at Versailles, be- fore which Colby applied for 2 decree last summer, decided it was without jurisdiction, as the former Secretary of State appar- entity had not relinquished his domicile in the United States, al though he has been living in France for the past II months.
 The courts decision is the first, so far as known, against q prominent American seeking a li- vorce here in recent years. It is so interpreted by lawyers as meaning campaign against for eigners coming across the Allan tic and using the French courts as an easy means of getting a divorce and it has borne the first fruit as the French Courts could not have selected better case in making the new position clear, us far as publicity goes, for not only is the applicant a former high official of America but lawyer for former President Millerand.