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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
WHISPERING
IN TEXAS HIT
Letter TO Teacher At
tacking Smith Is
Made Public

DALLAS. SEPT. a1.-tFl-Siats
democratic leaders struck their first
blow tonight Al what they termed a
manifestation m Texas of enc
whispering campaign" which cant
pairn speakers have charged i'm heinE
used against the presidential csndi-
dary rf Governor Smith.
James Young vi kaufman, chair
man of the state central campaign
committee. turned over ~ newsra-
pers a copy cf 2 letter which II said
" Dallas school teacher received and
= statement from Young to accom-
pany The letter.
The letter, signed IA Friend
reprimsnded the teacher for wearing
"A Smith campaign button. Arr answer
70 the letter Young asserted that
Governor Smith. wv his first term,
signed the largest appropriation for
education wv the history of New
York increased teachers salaries.
improved conditions Tor women
teachers. that he Nd obtained many
appropriations for rural schools and
thta appropriations fnr education WV
New York have increased S74.f72 ,9qa
I'm the nine wears that Smith has
been governor.
s'I would hs recreant r. : public
duty ia 4 did mt call a. pubic at-
tention this typical display oi
vicious ignorance" Young laid
This letter, and its kind that are
psstilent in Texas and America NV
day calls for the highest degree MT
militancy on the part cf the demo
Gratis i'm Texas"
The letter IN question contained
many misEpslled words and incum-
rlete sentences. It termed the but
ton worn NV the teacher "A rwhiskry
Smith button" and said I'VE hate to
have the intelligence of cur children
imozed on The letter charged that
Smith only desire vas Ito tars
down cur free public school aya-
ten
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
VALLEY GETS
4,INCH Rain
Entire Section Is Cow
cred By Heavy
Downpour

SAN BENITo. Sept. 22.-Arprcx-
imately $1,000 bsles have been rin-
ned in the Lower Rio Grsnde Val
lev this season. was the estimate
announced today hv HI. n. Boyd, gen
eral manager of the Valley Gin com.
pany.
Hsrlinren gins lead il the total
and = survey made Saturday din.
closes that the gins in the San b.
nito trade territory have turned out
12.42S bales, or approximately one
seventh Of the Valleys total. In
the Brownsville section over 5000
bales have been Rinned.
All prospects for tor crop have
been ruined by the rains. IL il re.
ported. Local ginners report their
plants running only part time and
many country gins are shut down.
Very little IF ths old crop RE-
msined in the fields when the rains
came. Mr.. BOYD said. He asserts
that the best thing the farmer car
do iE 70 destroy the stalks. De.
struction If the stalks is advised I'M
order ~ DESTROY pests harbored ~
them during the winter.
Total ginninrs AZ San Benito city
plants to date are 1924. This wsf
divided up IS follows: Craig. 1854
Valley. 2,0ol: Landrum. 1927. Reed
674; San Benito. 1928.
Some or The country EirninEs also
we're available. Landrum's plant or
the river reports = total cf 800
CraiS's GIN ~ LaureleH reported
S6S and Reeds gin ~ Lavreles 40
The Barrsda gin has shut down
after ginning 1se.
CraiE's Ein ~ Ric Hondo hat
turned out 1850 bales to date and
the Farmers gin there. ~ which NJ
definite figures could ~ secured
gInned about 300.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
FLOOD ENDANGERS ARROYO FARMS


cation fer permit would have to w.
flied with the local engineer cfTirer
IT. Galveston, where the preliminary
examination Of the proposal would
he first made, and then transmitted
Nth recommendations to the division
engineer. IN would ultimately find
its way TO Washington where NJ Will
receive "A Thorough study before n
final decision il made. III wa5 eK-
planned that this might require sew
eral months.
Feasibility 10 Concern
When 7 asked liz tho project was
feasible either from an engineering
rr economic standpoint. it was cN-
planned that IL appears that ~ this
ease the government is not herg
asked to bear any portion of the
expense W. the proposed project.
That being the case. the war depart
ment " not concerned with Itz feast
hilitv That iH "A matter to bE uc-
termined ~ their satisfaction BY the
people who arc bearing the cost.
VI was pointed out that General
Lansing ~. Beach. who made the in-
vestiRation for the navigation 4 s-
trict and recommended the cutting uf
Padre Island. lis not now connected
with the government but i5 under
purely private employment If the
people living ir the navigation dis
trict feel justified in putting ther
money into the project, there w We
reason why tho government should
object On the grounds of its unfeasi-
hilitv. they said, cr concern itself
with that question in any way.
Consider Physical Effects
"But what will he the effect IN the
Point Isabel port project hv the con-
sfruction Of this new channel. which
presumably will divert AZ least some
traffic from that port-' 7 asked. H.
the government concerned with that
phaSr Of the question
Here again. the policy of the VAR
department. I was given to under
stand. ~ to confine itself ~ the
Continued on page flvel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Northcott Worried
About His Mother

VANCOUVER, r.. C.. Sept, -2.-tEl
Sitting in the visitors room a.
Okalls prison today with armed
guards around him. Gordon Stuart
Northcott. alleged killer ar four boys
on q chicken ranch at Riverside Cal.
told newspaper reporter that the
charges against me are 'melcdra-
matte to the extreme"
my real worry no~ IA for little
mother | am afraid that the WORRY
and strain may break her down
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Religion Is Greatest
Issue, Says Robinson

LITTLE FoCK. Ark. sept IT.
lFl-Brck home after soon miles n
travel through the inner fortress
NJ demccracy--the solid South
Senator Jos Robinson. tonight rlsr
ed the religious question Rt the tor
Of the list Of issues 20 he met N
the campaign.
Without doubt hs said "ths r.
liricus cueFticn u foremost"
The democratic vice presidential
NOMINEES explained that farm rellsI
and prohibition wers VERY rs-
qusntly mentioned" but that these
tTn questions ~ers showed cut ~
first Mace hv the question nf relir-
len which hs. been injected into
politics through Governor Smithi
msmbsrship IL the Catholic church
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Wilson Said Hoover
Treacherous Il Claim

FORT WORTH. Sept. z2-fFl-
congressman Sam Ravhurn. Bcnham
declared i'm a Democrstic rally here
tonight he knew that Woodrow Viii
son regarded the conduct of Herbert
Hoover toward him ss "treacherous. ="
Fayburn asserted that the late
president once entreated a friend not
10 refer tc Hoover as pole cst." ("
because "a pole cat Al least has a
white streak down its back"
Rayburn Faid this friend also IL
friend cf his.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Schooner Out 81 Days
In Tow; Crew Hungry

GALVESTON. Sept. 22.-lPl-Aft-
er thirty-one DAYS at sea and with
food supplies exhausted. the Pensa-
cola fishing schooner Francis v.
Sylvia, was taken in tow off Gal
weston today BY a coast guard pa
troll boat. which arrived with the
schooner.
The schooner had experienced
part Of the hurricane which struck
Mexico several weeks ago and her
sails were torn badly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Jap In Honolulu
Admits Staying
Boy,Police Aver

HONOLULU. Sept. o. 6F1 A
nineteen year Oh Japanese boy. Yu-
taxa Fukunara. sought ar the slayer
of Gill Jameson. bsnker's son. az
ter the latter was kidnapped from hi
school. was arrested tonight and
confessed. police said.
The 10-year-old boy was strsnrled
Tuesday night. the same night Oh
which Frederick W. Jameson. vice
president ~ the Hawaiian Trust 60.
and father Of Gill. paid $4,000 with
the understanding his son would Be
returned to him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Public Ownership
Of POtUey Sites Is
Demand OF Smith

Herbert Hcover
discussed campaign speech here tonight Governor
should
and that should permit them 70 fs into
which private at the
Of ALT The user o the
wild cheering when the from
Everybody whistng the
deafening.
speeches. Smith glanced intervals
hs He modified
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Another Held i'm Plot
To Rlaclxnail Raskob

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2z.-lF,-
Detectives who several days a-n ar-
rested Frank &. Mooney. charged
with attempting ~ extcrt 800 n.0nr
from Mrs. John n Raskoh. wife of
the chairman ~ the Democratic Ma
tional COMMITTEES. today arrested VII
ham Goldberg W connecticm with the
case.
HIS arrest, they said resulted from
statements made nv Mooney inpli.
eating Goldberg in ths alleged plot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Indian Gets Wish For
Burial Sans Whites

RED ROCK. Okla. Sept. Eft
As he wished IL, no white mans
presence profaned the Indian burial
cf Robert McGlaskin, centennarian
sub-chief Of the 0tces.
A public feast ard ether tribal
funeral ceremonies were held at the
Otos agency here today end white
men were permitted TO look on, but
McGlaskin's body was not there.
With savage vile. the 0tces secretly
consigned the patriarch's remains 60
the grave Tuesday night, without the
knowledge Of even the undertaken
who prepared the body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
:. n. U. CHIEF Mrs SMITH

DALLAS. Sept. 22.-fFl-Governor
Smiths political backing has been
largely BY q constituency "irimicaI
to the ideals Of q true Americanisnr,
DR.. H. X. Taylor. head OF the exten-
sion department Of Southern Method
let University, charged in an address
az = Hoover meeting here tonight,
giving his reasons for opposing the
New York executive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
PALESTINE FORTRESS FOUND

JERUSALEM. Sept. 2Z.--(Jewish
TeleEraphic Agenc--The walls Of
the ancient Pslestins fortress. Hazor.
q strategic fertilization identical 20
that mentioned n the story Of Josh
ua's campaign fer the conquest cf
Palestine, were unearthed during the
excavations carried on there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
FAIL TO SELL. RANcH

Ell PASO. Tex. Sept. 22.-tFs-Ne-
gctiations are underway for the sale
Of the Three Rivers, NJ. NJ. ranch az
Albert 3. Fall. former secretary cf
the interior. and the deal may Be
closed next month. it uas learned
today from Mr. Fall The reported
consideration. including the stock.
vas said e he approximately sSo0.-
0nn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23

nAN ANELLU. SEPT 2l--IFT--
George Roberts. 26. vas held here
tonight. pending examining trial On
charge Of assault in connection
with the knife woundinF az Dur
wood Hill. 20, st the All-West Texas
Exposition grounds here last night
Hills condition - reported a. crit
icaL
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
PLEAD ron FEDERAL Arn
WEATHER

East Teas sunday cecasi1ral
rains: MrndRy rartlr rloudv. Med.
crate tn fresh nnrtheriv winds on
The rraEt
West Texas Sunday PARTLY cloudy.
probably showers in south rnrtton,
warmer In southwest portion Mun-
day partly cloudy - unsettled
Oklahoma Sunday and Mcndlr
generally fair
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
Ew C. n. PFAsF

WASHIAGToN. II. ~. sept. 20
Officials of The war department eN-
pressed lively interest III the pro-
roEal of the newly created nayifa-
tion district II Harlingen 10 dredge
"A nine foot channel down the Ar
royo Colorado and across Laguna
Madre and Padre Island ~ deep
water. when ! called upon them
today.
No notice of the proposed project
has been received III Washington up
To this time, but Va was explained that
this is not significant. As any apFli-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23
TOUCHES HIGH LINE. DIES

WINFIELD, Kas., Sept. 22.-tFD-
Roy Capshaw. rs, Abilene, Texas.
was killed today when he touched q
high tension wire while moving q
power line between here ard Dexter,
kas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-23


MERCEDES, Sept -l-Waltrr A.
Mcneil. who tooh his orn lfe ir El
Faso today. viii bg buried Mondav W
ST.. Mary's cemetery at San AntoHin
beside his wife who has been dead
several years. 1.-THE body NM scheduled
u arrive ~ San Antonio az els 2.
nl. and Tho funeral wili hr conducted
directly from the train to the csme-
terry.
Mcneil suffered severe attack cf
influenza about seven month"; ago
and following that had IA nervous
breakdown. lie went To El Paso on
doctors orders hut did NOE sever hi5
connection with the HidalEn County
Bank and Trust Cp.. uf which insti-
tuition he was president.
Mcneil was member W thc first
board nf directors of thr bank nf
which ne was head al the time Of his
death. The bank wa5 formed n 1907
and was the second bank INN the Wall
ley and the first in HidalF0 county.
N. I'M. Johnson. Sr.. was president rf
the hank W. the time it wa organ
ixed and NJ. MI. johnson ir., raH
cashier. Both of these men have left
ANN fWWN.
Judge s. r. Silver. who still is
resident of Mercedes. va vice -rrrs-
ident and A member nf the board of
directors with Mcneil.
Mcneil WAS elected president ln
1914 ard has held that office for the
past li years. Hn came tn ths VAL
ley IN 1901 and settled A. Santa Ms
rial Hc said when hr arrived there
were only four Americans Inn his
community
About 1909 him formed VA realty
company WV partnership with John
Bruce now a resident nf Mercedes
and married in 1910. W children
were horn to Child union butt his wife
bad three daughters hv former
marriage. These Hre Mrs nnurla-
Goodwin NH London. England. Mrs.
Maurice Kerr WIZ Panama Canal Zone
and Miss Elaine Barton nf Sam AM
tonic
Mcneil wH- horn in Bonneville.
Miss. and fret moved ~ Jackson.
Tenn. later going tn Ear Antonio
lie came to thu Valley from tho lat-
trr place ard after farming at san
IN Maria for A fem years removed
here. where wv hss lived since.
Fin wa Fniarian amid an artiEa
worker in public affair."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Injunction Movement
Against Cleaners

The officials of the Allied Council
OF Cleaners and Dyers stated yester-
day that they had accepted service
OF legal papers issued against them
by Judge Strong of the Brooklyn Su-
preme Court. The leaders of the
strike" which has been called for
the purpose of eliminating the highly
effective competition Of the dollar
chain cleaning stores, will appear in
the above mentioned court this morn
ing to oppose the effort of the Man
haitian Steam Dyeing Works to OBJ
tain an injunction against them.
The stoppage called by the Allied
Council, which became effective Mon
day, involves its entire membership,
which is about $4,000, only 1,500 of
'wrom are legitimate workers. The
balance are owners of small cleaning
stores who have succeeded in obtain
ing a charter from the American
Federation of Labor. Hhe union Of
ficials refuse to put forward demands
for the improvement Of the bona fide
workers union standards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
GROCERY CLERKS
IN union DRIVE
Large Mass Meeting
Tonight

Preparations for a large mass
meeting of all fruit and vegetable
clerks are being made for tonight by
the Retail Grocery and Dairy Clerks
Union. The meeting is called for 8
o'clock at Mckinley Square Gardens,
1858 Boston Road, near 169th St.,
Bronx.
The grocery clerks union has been
conducting strong organization
campaign for over a year. Consid-
cradle success has been met. AS a
result the union has extended its or
ganization efforts to include the
vegetable and fruit clerks. These
workers are employed in many cases
seven days week and as much as
twelve and fourteen hours a day. The
pay is very low.
The grocery clerks union has been
able to reduce the hours from ten to
fifteen in each week. At the same
time it has raised the pay of those
who have Joined the union in many
instances as much as SIS per week.
Prominent speakers in the labor
movement will address tonight's
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Continue Baumes Body:
Fence" Bill Is Hit

Albany, N. Y, Feb 23.-Repub-
lican leaders of the Legislature de-
cided today to extend the life of the
Baurnes Crime Commission for an
other year.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. Enact
ment Of the so-called "fence" bills
sponsored by the Baumes Crime
Commission might "easily make
every person in the stae thief" the
Assembly today was warned.
The bills would permit thief to
testify against the receiver of stolen
property, and would require every
person buying goods to make "rea-
sonable" inquiry to determine if the
goods had been stolen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
CALL CONFERENCE
ON UNEMPLOYED
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employed in order to protect the in
terests of the workers.
The New York Council of the I'm
employed is also arranging an open
air mass meeting to be held in Union
Square Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.
M, to protest against the city's ne
glect of the unemployed and demand
immediate relief, work or wages, food
and shelter. Prominent speakers will
address the meeting.
Jobless Meet Tomorrow.
Further organization of the unem-
ployed workers of this city will take
place at a meeting to be held tomor-
row evening at p. m. at 314 E.
104th ST., under the auspices of the
New York Council of the Unemployed.
Di Santo and others will speak.
A meeting will also be held under
the auspices of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party Sunday at p. m. at
Ambassador Hall, 1875 Third Ave.
Another meeting will be held Mon
day at 8 p. m. at IT'S E. 138th St. by
the Lower Bronx Section of the Par
ty. The speakers will be Louis A..
Baum, secretary, Photographic Work.
ers' Union; Di Santo and an unem-
ployed ex-service man.
The Workers international Relief,
l Union Square, which is assisting the
New York Council in its relief work,
is arranging benefit performance
of Michael Colds "Hoboken Blues"
at the New Playwrights' Theatre for
Thursday evening, March Is. All the
proceeds will go toward the relief of
the unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
DWELLINGS BILL
APPEARS BEATEN
Tammany Influence to
Aid Real Estate Men

ALBANY, Feb. 23.-It was vir-
tually admitted by legislative leaders
today that the Dwellings Bill will be
killed in committee. Altho another
hearing will be held next Tuesday it
has little chance of reaching the as
sembly or senate floor.
At Tuesdays hearing held jointly
by the cities committee of the upper
house and the judiciary committee of
the lower chamber, real estate inter
ests supported by representatives Of
@the Tammany Hall admin q yation of
New York City delivered broadside
against the proposed law, which was
intended to supplant the present
Tenement House law enacted in 1901.
1t permits an increase in the height
Of buildings, provides for large set
backs and engagements of courts and
areas and would force drastic remod-
cling of certain old law tenements and
converted one-family dwellings.
Tammany Influence Deadly.
The opposition of the Tammany
heads of New York is the most i'm
portant influence operating to defeat
the bill.
Tenement House Commissioner
Martin and Corporation Counsel Wal
ter Caughlan lead the Tammany Hall
delegation that spoke against the bill.
Martin stated that the proposed law
would stop the building of homes. To
this was added the complaint of the
real estate owners who claimed that
the bill was similar to confiscation.
Quote Bible.
"Thou shalt not STEAL" shouted DR..
H. w. Berg of the Greater New York
Taxpayers Association.
To which Richard Moore, represent
ing the Negro Harlem Tenants an
swered: "There is a greater COM
mandment-thou shalt not kill"
Moore referred here to high death
and sickness rates among Negroes in
the congested working class districts
attributable in large part to the hous-
ing conditions the Negroes are forced
to accept, through low wages and
segregation. He was applauded by
other working class representatives
and sympathizers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Hearing on Rent Laws
Will Be Held Tuesday

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 23.-Bills
TO extend the emergency rent laws in
New York City and Buffalo from
June / next to June 1, 1929, will be
given hearing by the Assembly
Judiciary Committee Feb. rs, it was
announced today at the capital. Real
estate interests will oppose the ex-
tension of these Jaws for another
year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
FEAR BRONX RIVER OVERFLOW

BRONXVILLE, N. Y, Feb. 23.--
Fear that the Bronx River may over
flow it's banks if the present warm
weather continues was expressed to-
day by Jay Downer, chief engineer
of the Bronx River Parkway.
The waters have reached height
in some places within an inch Of the
top of the banks, due to the heavy
rainfall yesterday and the rapid
melting Of snow and ice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
20 Pioneers Graduate

To celebrate the graduation of 20
members Of the Yong Pioneers into
the Young Workers Communist
League, dance will be held tomor-
row at 60 st. Marks Place by the
downtown section of the league.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Dance for "DailY"

A concert and dance will be held
tomorrow night at the Hungarian
Workers Home, $50 E. 81st St., by
Subsection BIB, Workers (Commu-
nist) Party, to raise funds Cor the
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Workers Party Women to
Hold General Meeting;
VIII Take Up Miners Aid

A general membership meeting
of all women members of the
Workers (Communist) Party will
be held tomorrow at 1870 p. m. at
Irving Plaza, Irving Place and
18th st. Miners relief work and
the program for the International
Women's Day celebration of March
will be on the order of business.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
TUEL THEATRE PARTY.

The Trade Union Educational
League Of the Joint Board, Cloak
and Dressmakers' Union will hold a
theatre party Thursday, March 1, at
the Yiddish Art Theatre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-24
Yonkers Employment Office.

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 23.-Estab-
lishment of public employment Of
flee in Yonkers by the state labor
department is provided in bill in
troduced yesterday in the legislature
by Assemblyman Condor of Yonkers.
The measure would appropriate $12,-
500 to maintain the bureau the first
year.