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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
Lorene Jones AT
Home Again Gets
Another Spanking

KANSAS CITY, March 15.-(P)-
Lorene Jones got another spanking.
IL was with the palm Of her mothers
hand this time, and there were no
hard feelings. In fact, Lorene said,
she deserved it.
Lorene, 16-year-old high school
girl, returned home last night after
a week OF absence, during which the
mother, Mrs. Christine Wcodside,
81, former carnival snake charmer
and lion tanner, was prosecuted for
whipping Lorene with q wooden coat
hanger and spent a night in Jail for
refusal to pay 500 fine.
The girl and her mother were in
agreement over the latest spanking.
II asked mother to-" Lorene said.
II felt / deserved it. Think of the
trouble, the tears, the notoriety-to
BY own darling mother"
They hugred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
Probe Of Vote At Point Isabel Is Ordered
Cos tigan Quits
Tariff Board AS
He Hits Members

shot mt the "high tariff" or Marvin
group" in the six-member body.
In letter 70 Senator Robinson or
Arkansas. democratic floor leader,
who two years ago headed q commit
tee investigation Of the tariff body,
the retiring commissioner, long at
loggerheads with the administration
tariff policies, assailed President
Coolidge for failure to lower rates
when the evidence clearly demanded
il and charged the executive had
helped 10 wreck the commissions
usefulness"
Chairman Thomas o.. Marvin OF
Massachusetts, and Commissioners
Sherman j. Lowell Of New York and
Edgar B. Brossard Of Utah were
those against whom Costigan leveIed
his attack within the commission.
Declaring they had been reckless
on occasions in their treatment or
facts and the law" he said this group
had consistently worked for higher
rates and against important reduc-
tions and that the manipulation Of
the commission since 1922 is but a
part Of the total picture of present.
day Washington in an era which his
tory may yet summarize as the age
Of Dangherty. Fall and Sinclair"
Marvin was pictured ms "tireless
and fanatical protectionist, known
in Washington as a tariff lobbyist
for New England protected inter
ests."
Flags Brossard
Brcssard, Costigan asserted. had
long been known in Washington as
q political protege OF Senator Smoot,
who mas created the impression Of a
biased, IS distinguished from a scien-
tific or judicial mind"
Members OF the senate investiga-
tion committee he wrote, i'm fur
ther reference to Brossard, care
aware that while testifying under
oath. he appeared mt times TO be
cautiously hiding material informa-
tion within his knowledge which was
sought by such members"
Continued on page thirteen)
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Water District
Change Petition
Being Circulated

SAN BENITO. March 15.-A peti-
tion asking that the board Of direc-
tors Of the San Benito water dist
rict take some action in regards 70
the matter Of changing the legal
form Of the district is being eircu-
lated in the rural districts here
Expressions Of opinion were over
whelmingly against the change when
the matter first came up few
weeks ago. Members of the board
said Thursday they would probably
call hearing on the subject III the
taxpayers of the district wish IL.
County Judge o. c. Dancy. who
has been instrumental in agitatirg
the change question in order that
more bonds for road building purpos-
es might be voted. spoke at the ki-
wants club meeting here a day or
two ago in favor Of such n change.
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accidental drowning due TO the
breaking of the St. Francis Dam.
SANTA PAULA, Calf, March Is.
against the city Of
Los Angeles began "a show itself in
San Francisquito canyon and the
Santa Clara river valley today as in
terest centered upon numerous coro-
ners' inquests and other investiga-
tions to determine responsibility for
the loss Of hundreds Of lives and
millions Of dollars in property in the
St. Francis dam break.
While the bodies of nearly 200
valley residents lay in improvised
morgues and 800 or more still re-
mained unaccounted for, the issue of
responsibility for the disaster was
thrust into the foreground when re-
Mobilization committees charged
that the southern California metrop-
oils had usurped the water rights Of
the valley in building st. Francis
dam.
DR.. u. w. Mott, former state SEN
ator from Santa Paula, informed
Governor G. c. Young that "the re-
sponsibility is that of a selfish city
that took the water belonging to us"
Mott said his opinion had been ex-
pressed in answer 10 n question put
by the chief executive. who had asked
for an opinion on responsibility for
the disaster.
G. c. league. chairman of the
Santa Clara valley committee in an
address said: I'VE want Los Angeles
to know that it has taken millions
from u.s."
'The city Of Los Angeles will try
to minimize the damage and prove
that we are not entitled 10 any
thing" league continued. "We prob
ably will have 70 appeal 70 the
courts"
Inquests were ordered started at
Fillmore. Moorpark, Santa Paula and
0xnard today. Governor Young sig
nified his intention of launching a
state investigation and the state
railroad commission announced plans
for a quiz. A committee of eleven
Ventura county citizens was chosen
by the board of supervisors TO deter
mine the extent OF damage In the
county.
Meanwhile, the opinion was ex-
pressed by several persons in the
Continued on page thirteen)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
DRY DEMS TO
WAR ON VETS
Farley In Dallas Is
Seeking Means to
Defeat Smith

DALLAS. March 15.-lPl-Plans
way and means Of working toward
the defeat Of any democratic presi-
Dental candidate at the Houston ma
tinnal convention who is classed as a
wet" we're discussed at q mass meet
ing Of dry" Texas democrats here
today. Up to noon speeches only had
been heard and formal action held in
abeyance- The names of Governor
Al Smith. Senator James Z. Reed, and
Governor Ritchie were mentioned by
speakers as candidates they would
oppose. Cone Johnson of Tyler, per-
manent chairman cf the meeting
was among those who mentioned the
names of the three candidates.
A number Of resolutions were
ready for submission but their texts
were not revealed this morning.
They were said in a general way to
call for a plank in the democratic
platform standing for strict enforce
ment Of the prohibition laws, and the
nomination Of a candidate whose ut
terances and record are in accord
with such a plank: also for the form
ing of a state wide organization
which will try to send to the nation
al convention a Texas delegation in
structed to vote only for a candidate
who would be in accord with the
prohibition plank.
Leaders Of the meeting indicated
their resolutions would refrain from
for the defeat Of any spe-
cific candidate.
The meeting was attended BY q
rocd sized crowd and was declared
BY leaders TO represent all parts OF
the state. The trend Of the ad-
dresses was that "the fight is on in
Texas to the last ditch,S and speak
ers declared the contest would Be
started in earnest in the precinct
May 5.
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Especial to The Herald.l
POINT ISABEL. March 1.-two
days late on the trip, but an hour
ahead of the days schedule, the two
amphibian planes, bearing r. Trubee
Dawson, assistant secretary of war,
and Major General James Z. Fechet.
head of the army air corps, on the
third leg Of their flight TO Panama,
dropped into the waters Of Laguna
Madre, here Thursday at $3.50 q. m.
The pilots of the two ships, Capt.
Ira c. Eaker and Lieut.. Muir s. Fair
child. remained with their craft and
superintended the refueling, while
the two officials went ashore for a
rest and lunch az the Red Arrow Inn.
The sea, kicked up by strong
south wind. was running 50 high
that IL was impossibl to approach the
planes with the launches that had
been sent out to welcome the guests
and the air chiefs had TO be taken
from the seaplanes with skiffs.
After they had been rowed away
from the amphibians the visitors
we're taken aboard launches and
transported to the mainland, where
an official welcoming party consist
ing Of Col. Charles McH. Eby, acting
commanding officer at Fort Brown:
Capt. Wharton G. Ingram. adjutant;
and Lieuts. b. s. Thompson, Dale ".
Gaffney and A. b.. Keel, of Kelly
Field; G. c. Richardson. manager Of
Continued on page two)
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Still Believe In
Missing Pastor

WAYCROSS. Ca. March 15.-tFl-
Members Of the congregation OF the
Central Baptist church and Mrs. Her
bert ID. Young, his wife. today were
firm in their faith In the Rev. Mr..
Young. missing pastor and husband
and steadfastly refused 70 believe
that the minister was the man mar
ried to q Mrs. r.. r. Walker, at Mer-
idian, Miss, March 3.
a unanimous vote Of confidence in
the minister was voted by the con-
gregation here last night and a re-
ward Of $3.50 was offered for infor-
nation as to his whereabouts. An
intensive search for Mr.. Young who
disappeared from Atlanta March I
Gu 2 is being conducted.
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LOS ANGELES, March 15.-tFD-
Testimony produced At the first in
quest Of the St. Francis Dam flood
victims. held at Moorpark today in
dicated that a total OF 2s5 bodies had
been recovered in Los Angeles and
Ventura counties, where all the
deaths occurred. This figure, clash
ing with previous estimates. caused
a sharp upward jump in the death
toll.
The coroner's jury made no at
tempt TO fix blame for the disaster,
but brought in q straight verdict OF
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Attack on Bus Law
Transferred to NJ. o.

DALLAS, Tex, March 15.-tF,-
Upon agreement OF counsel, the suit
OF the Hi-Ball Transit company chal-
lenging jurisdiction or the Texas
Railroad commission over motor bus
operation. today was transferred TO
New Orleans, where IL will be heard
on March %.
The hearing was 20 have been held
here today, but since = Judge from
the Y. 5. supreme court Of the circuit
court Of appeals at New Orleans
could not be- sure, the ease was
transferred
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15

OBJECTS Seen
OFF OF maine
Stratton Island Near
Coast May Be Land
ing Place Of Girl and
Hinchliffe

PORTLAND, Ne. March 15.-tP-s
coast guards nc the Biddeford POSI-
station this afternoon were investi-
eating an unccnfirmed report that n
yellow object and two human beings,
possibly the missing Endeavour mnA
its occupants, Captain Walter r.
Hinchliffe and the hmonoroahle o.
Hinchliffe and the Honorable Elsim
Mackay, are safe on Strattcn Iriandp
about two miles off Old Orchard
Beach.
NEW YORK, March 15.--tF1-De-
spite widespread but unconfirmed
reports of planes heard winrina
through the night. fear increased
today that n viscount's daughter had
followed n princess 20 death in tha
latest attempt 20 fly the periloua
western air lane or the North At
lantic.
There was still hope that the Hons
orable Elsie MacKay and Captain
Walter Hinchliffe, British war aceu
had somehow escaped the fate men
last summer by the Princess Lowen-
stein Wertheim and her two pilots
and by Nungesser and Coli, but NJ
was the hope of desperation.
Miss MacKay and HinchIiffe took
off I'm England nc 3:40 o'clock east
ern standard time Tuesday morning
and by the most optimistic computa4
tion their gasoline could only have
kept them afloat until dawn TO-DAY.
But hours after that no definitm
word had been received nf them and
aviators generally feared that tho
North Atlantic. never yet crossed in
airplane in westerly direction. had
increased the number Of its victims
BY two.
American representatives ~ Hinch-
life admitted that the situation WA
OF the utmost gravity, but they 70
fused 70 abandon hope. They cabIad
Mrs. Hinchliffe they felt there wan
reasonable chance that the gold and
black plane Endeavour had landed
on the ice or the frozen north. ih
some inaccessible portion of Nem
Foundland or Nova Scotia, or had
been picked up at sea by some small
vessel unequipped with wireless.
CONTINUED on page thirteen)
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Wife Of Dead Man
Freed From Arrest

ALEXANDRIA. L., March 15.--tPl
Parish authorities today announced
the release Of Mrs. oJseph Rowell
and her two children. who were ar
rested in connection with the death
of her husband. 40-year-old logger.
whose body was found i'm Bayou
Clear with n bullet wound i'm his
head several weeks ago.
Insufficient evidence against them
was given ms the reason they were
freed. Only Lazine Ashwcrth Of
Woodwcrth Is now being held i'll con-
nection with Rcwell's death
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WASHINGTON. March 15.-(Ft-:
The long-smouldering fires Of dis
agreement in the tariff commission
were rekindled momentarily today
with the sudden resignation Of its
oldest member, Commissioner Ed
ward p. Costigan of Denver. who
simultaneously delivered an out
spoken attack against three Of his
colleagues and President Coolidge.
The last of the original Woodrow
Wilson appointees. Costigan termi-
mated exactly eleven years on the
commission yesterday by rendering
his resignation and taking q parting
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Officer Charged In
Murder at Santone

SAN ANTONIO. Mar. ls.-i7r
Bartlett, Cassin Station vas rh.vveJ
with murder today after an~wss;na
sorio, as. had been sAut ,~s r;IIsJ
" Bartlett's residence.
Bartlett holds a conniss;o. =. !.
snecial constable in HsrlssS.I. Hs
ala that Scrio had sttartsS ~,
with an ice pick whsr n a.as-sd YEA
h;r 10 discontinue ieayirr LII LII - -
ne Bartlett home
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FLYERSLEAVE
POINT ISABEL
ONLONC JUMP
Air Chiefs Delayed z
Days on Flight to
Canal Zone; Enter
tanned BY Group

Especial 70 The HeraIdl
POINT ISABEL, March 15.--The
two amphibian planes bearing AS
sistant Secretary of War r. Trubee
Dawson and Major General James
r. Fechet on hop 70 Panama took
off here at 1:40 D. m. Thursday for
Tampico. The ships had been here
since $3.50 a. m.
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HOUSTON. Tex, Mar. 15.-RD-
Rudolph y. Stoltie, who was drown
ed In q reservoir In Los Angeles
yesterday, Il survived by Dr. Frank
a. Stoltie, his brother. here.
The physicians wife said today
that Rudolph Stoltie left Houston
about 20 years aGo and has been I'm
California in the oil business eveF
since. He is one Of the developers
of the Humble oil field near Hous-
ton, she said
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busy ten year.
JESSE H. JONES, Of Houston, and
his committees have not only raised
the money with which to make Hous-
tons big pledr to secure the 1a-
tional democrsiir convention, but
Jones. who az trector Of finance OF
the national executive committee,
had inherited debt Of about $780,
600 from the ast presidential cam
psirn. has raissi the money to pay
off that debt With something left
with which tc start on the next
campaign. As . money raiser Jesse
Jones is certsiHly entitled to the
entire basket q plume.
Jesse Jones rr only makes good
rs q money rsissr, but he shows
confidence in Ergston and in Texas
the erection n expensive build
nEs. He has s = contract for
4 story struenr 20 be built IN
douston. nj CIT OF approximately
k2 SOC. 900, for me Southern Loan
md Investment company of which he
president.
bn's biz rIedF, q secure the Ma
SOME TIME AGO there was much
complaint that sssrists on the route
between San Asisnio and Fl Paso
fwere being muirsd IN fines, being
farrested and fined without court
trials. The corrlains resulted in
cessation Of ths practice and the
roads were 'nisis safe" for travel
lers.
In Austin n tourist complains that
he was arrested and fined because
he was driving Missouri car on
which there was no license plate
for 1928. althonTh Missouri license
plates for the year were not avail
able for distribEhon at the time.
The fine. he alkRs. was assessed
without any conr proceedings and
NJ his hotel.
A few instances VI this and other
kinds where toursu have reason 10
feel that they are imposed upon off
set in large measure the efforts to
bring tourist trasd 70 Texas, for
auto travellers Ecn broadcast all
such cases to the world.
NEW BRAUNFELS is soon to have
N factory for The manufacture of
medical gauze. the cost to be s425.-
600. That enterrrsirz little city is
fast becoming . ranufacturing CEN
ter. II has been definitely announc-
ed that new prcjee,s totaling $780,
600 will be completed there . this
year. and New Brssntsls has @ay
or withholding anrnuneements cf its
progressive movements until they
are fully assured.
-
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS has
an enrolment Of ssgs students,
which is ass more than at any pre-
vious time. The medical school mt
Galveston and the School Of Mines
at Fl Paso are beth having record
breaking attendance.
EfACAAAaAAS 1AA NAt AnfNt rxIffnE and
colleges of Texas report tarrer at
tendance than her Hofsre which in
dirates both an in, ressss -t.rs.t -
higher education ia, 81 prox-
periSy Of the peoT e.
TEXAS TECHN lLOcE t- cor
LEGE at Lubbock M 81
efforts possible 70 are ~ :. -
creased enrolment there. ,Sr,st.
that its work il s-pers 49,
Of buildings. A 81 eoo0 ,.r;n~
building is now a dsr 81 -,~.;as
and bids will soon 10 70 s,~sS :.
a s225.00o science saildip,
A MARKET REPORT ~ -.
date says Rain forces We sc--
The wheat in Texas hsvin, ssr ~.rd
long ago. the growers in t,ir $50
are now more intersssss - 49,
timely rains that are fore, whs..
up and are rejoicing that - -
are coming.
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Note: River stages from Hbovm
San Benito down affected NY heavy
pumping for irrigation purposes just
now.
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For Brownsville and the Lower Rim
Grande Valley: Partly cloudy tonighM
and Friday; cooler Friday. Fresh
southerly winds probably becoming
northerly late tonight or Friday and
increasing.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy and
colder tcnight; rain i'm northeast
portion; Friday partly cloudy and
colder Fresh southerly winds ON
the coast, becoming northerly and
increasing.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
or a very slow drop in the rivsR
probably for some time.
Flood Present "a Hr. ~ HT.
Stage stage Ching. Rain
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide ~ Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal neteorolcgi-
cal conditions.
High ~-~-.r~.Y--rr~rp@@-ru@sM go y" -
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Flood Victims
NO1U Total
Cause Not Set

drowning due TO the
breaking of the st. Francis DAM
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A MARKET REPORT n ro..r,
aste says Rain forces Vie sowr :
The wheat in Texas kavin, ssr ~.I4
long ago. the growers in 4,;r $50
are now more interssssi - 49,
timely rains that are fore, whs..
up and are rejoicing thst - r.;-s
are coming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
"THE COUNTRY BEYOND"
 SHOWING AT LIBERTY

A splendid example of what may be accomplished when seri. pus and conscientious effort is made to translate a great novel to the screen will be shown at the Liberty tonight.
 ! In this widely read novel by bne of America's foremos. writ ers, James Oliver Curwood, there IS a wealth of. character material hnd story value, which Fox Films, under the direction of Irving Cummings, has utilized to the best possible advantage. The pro- ducers sent a cast of players up Into the Jasper National Park re- zion in the Canadian Rockies and produced many sequences in coun- try never filmed before.
 With Olive Borden. the win some Virginia beauty. in the role Of Valencia, and a cast of sup sorting players, each of whom in Frprets his or her peculiar role $ith understanding sympathy, it s no wonder that such a pleas Ing and entertaining picture is the final result.
 ] There is everything to com hend 'aThe Country Beyond" to pcal audiences-wholesome com edy, heart-grippine pathos, action
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

beef stock has resulted. in the es. tablishment of the cheese indus. try. The first factory is located in Portales, producing 1000 pounds of cheese daily. The out put eventually will be increased to 5000 pounds day. The Joss brothers, who operate the plant, declare the New Mexi leo climate is ideal for the indus try. They learned cheese making in Switzerland. but they are man ufacturing American instead O Swiss cheese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
FOR QUICK SERVICE CALL 137 HENRY c. G0RHAM

or by the hour. Such S carpenter, masonry, shingling, plumbing, kalsomin- ing or painting, in fact anything in new or repair work.
 adv. PHONE 137
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

BRULE, Wis, June 15-A blind lay preacher of Duluth, John Fay. Tor, nearing 70, may succeed Rolf Lium, young Carleton College stu dent, as President Coolidge's Summer pastor"
 Taylor breaches every other week at the Crossroads Church here, formerly Congragationai church, but now is interdenomina- tional
 For 35 years he has been in the pulpit, most of the tine preaching to small communities in northern Wisconsin.
 Six years ago while working in a wholesale house in Duluth he lost his eyesight. But that did not keep him from his Sunday services, and now, with the aid of Braille system Bible. with characters raised so his fingers may find what his eyes do not
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
First Woman Diplomat
 In Women Voters Work

CHICAGO, June 153Mrs. Geo. Morris Curtis, who as Luclle At cherson became the first wo. man appointed to a United States diplomatic post, has become ac- tive in the work of the National League of Women Voters. She is director of the fourth region.
 Mrs. Curtis. whose husband is associate professor of surgery al the University of Chicago, has set. tied in Chicago. She served long in administrative posts in France during and after the war and was decorated three times by the French government. In the Unit ed States diplomatic service she was in the state department and subsequently, attached to the lega tions at Berne, Switzerland and at Panama.
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NOTICE

In the Un1ted states CommlS- sioner's (ex officio probate Court for the District of AL aska, Juneau Commissioner $ Precinct.
 In the Matter of the Administra- tion of the Estate of DWIGHT L. PORTER, deceased.
 TO ALL CONCERNED:
 Notice is hereby given that on May 31, 1928. Charles w. Car ter, as administrator of the estate of Dwight L. Porter, deceased, duly filed his final account and report, and that a hearing on said final account and report and of any objections thereto or to the settlement thereof, will be held before the above-entitled court in the United States Court House in Juneau, Alaska, on Aug ust, 1, 1928, at 10:O0 o'clock A. M., and that all persons are re- quired to then and there appear and present any objections they may have to said final account or to the settlement thereof.
 Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 31st day of May, 1928.
 CHARLES w. CARTER,
 Administrator of the Estate of Dwight l.. Porter, deceased.
 R. E. ROBERTSON.
 Attorney. First publication, June 1, 1928. Last publication, June 29, 1928.
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NOTE-Observations at Paul, Harbor, Kodiak, Francisco made at 4 a. and 4 ? Juneau time
 pressure slightly below of Alaska in Aeutian fis high Oregon Southwestern Alaska Valley Fair weather prevails in the In in the Gulf of Alaska. Tem perature unimportant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
ONE WAY TRAFFIC
 PROPOSED

To facilitate automobile traffic over Aux Lake Loop of the Glacier Highway dur ing the tourist season, the Glacier Taxi Association in- vites the public to cooperate with it in directing traffic on the loop in one direction only. Cars moving north over new Mendenhall br idge around the loop.
 JAMES CARLSON, Secretary, Glacier Taxi Association