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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
DALLAS TALK
STARTSDRIVE
OF Dem Chief
Party For Collective
Bargaining, Against
Convict Worker, v.
p. Nominee Says

DALLAS. Tex. Sept. 3.-tPD-Labor
is not a commodity and is not subject
to many restrictions under law ap-
plicable to articles in commerce and
industry, Joe 7. Robinson, democratic
candidate for vice president, said
in a Labor Day address here today.
The democratic platform, the can
didate said. approved the principle
Of collective bargaining. recognized
the evils Of convict labor competing
with free workers. and advocated
adoption az a scientific plan under
which public works might be carried
on III periods Of unemployment.
Notwithstanding the boast fire.
quently repeated by republican cam
paign orators that the country is en-
joying exceptional prosperity, Mr..
Robinson continued, 1--WE all know
that unemployment is widespread
This condition our platform declares
to be destructive"
For Collective Bargaining
The speaker said reference to labor
had been omitted from his Hot
Springs acceptance speech because Of
the assurance that today's gathering
in Dallas would afford opportunity
10 present the subject in greater de-
tail
ITO the millions OF voters" he said,
"who arc directly or indirectly con-
cerned in reaching just conclusion
a. 10 whether the democratic or re-
publican party is best calculated to
promote the comfort and prosperity
Continued on page three.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
ALBANIA KING
OPENS JAILS
New Monarch Orders
Extra Months Pay
To Employees

TIRANA, Albania. Sept. 3.-lPl-
The doors Of Jail cells swung wide to-
day and 1000 prisoners we're free BY
the first decree handed down BY AL
bania's new king. Ahmed Bey Zogu.
Having dcpopulated the jails, the
monarch Or day then ordered bon
uses of months salary TO all state
employees.
Albania ceased to be a republic Sat
urday.
Italy has recognized the new re-
give. being the first power to do 50.
The Italian government sent its min
ister to Tirana 20 congratulate Zogu
in the name OF Victor Emmanuel,
king of Italy. Premier Mussolini and
the Italian people. Other foreign
diplomats have asked their govern
ments for new credentials.
AS the new monarch Is single there
arc rumors Of who will share his
throne with him as queen. Among
those mentioned are Princess Co.
vanni. daughter or the king Of italy,
ana the l9-year-old Princess ileana
of Rumania. zogu II n Mohammedan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Kiwanis Must Justify
Existence, Meet Told

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3.-"Evers
Kiwanis club must have a definite
and worthwhile objective. and HI
wants List justify itself by its con-
tributions to the welfare Of the CON-
munity."
Thus, Or. w. Marshall Craig. pas
tor ar the Castor Avenue Baptist
church Of this city, charged Kiwan-
ians az Texas and Oklahoma, "a full
fiji their purpose Of rendering serv-
ice to their fell0wmen, in mn address
delivered nc the opening session ni
the annual convention Of the Texas
Oklaohma district. Kiwanis Interna-
tional, here this morning.
"An organization that does not
contribute to the welfare of the in
dividual can never justify itself, re-
gardless of how often il meets or
how splendid its attendance record. =
DR.. Craig asserted. A Kiwanis club
or else it will soon be no club at all.
Its vision Of service must be extend
ed. o. else " viii die.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Post Horse Show
Get Big Crowd;
One Is Injured

cars which were parked two and
three deep around the entire tield-
Automobiles began arriving loL
the event MONDAY morning TONS
before time for the opening class
and "A constant stream was passing
through the main gate of the Post
10 until noon.
Ringgold Scoring
Although the opening class was
called on schedule at $3.50 o'clock
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
AIR Chief OF
FRANCEDIESIN
PLANE CRASH
4 Others Killed With
Cabinet Member AS
Ship Dives to Earth
From 1900 Feet

PARIS. Sept. 3.-iPJ-A sudden
nose dive Of an airplane and its crash
in flames have robbed France Of her
youngest cabinet member. Maurice
Bokanowski. minister OF commerce
and aviation.
-Four others, Gabriel Hanin. pilot;
Jean Vidal. mechanic: Henri Willins,
radio operator. and Edouard LeFranc,
general secretary Of an airplane COM
pany. also perished in the crash near
Toul.
Just previous 10 boarding the plane,
Bokanowski, while chatting with Gem
eral Du Perray and Captain Houbert.
said. "Newspapermen insinuatc that
never fly. that ! take all possible
precautions even when ! approach u
plane standing still. You see" Ne
continued as he jumped into the cab
in OF the plane. "an airplane trip has
no terrors for me-" Five minutes
later he was dead.
Bokanowski spent Saturday at the
country house of Premier Poincare
at Campigny where he attended an
informal meeting Of the cabinet, cele-
brating the premier's 6Sth birthday
and also the second anniversary OF
the formation Of the national union
cabinet. Sunday morning he went 70
an aviation field 25 miles away and
took his place In a plane ordered from
lie Bourget.
The machine. Spad biplane. took
off lahoriously with its motor cough
ing. IL rapidly gained altitude and
headed for Ciermont-Ferrand where
Bokanowski was to attend an avia-
tion festival. Captain Houbert, who
was escorting the minister's plane in
q military machine noted the Spad
suddenly veer to the right when about
1900 feet aloft and so into nose
dive.
1t took two hours to extricate the
bodies from the wreckaEe and Bokan-
owski's was identified oniy BY n
platinum watch chain which he was
known % carry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
M. P. VALLEY
TRAIN WRECKS
Report Several Hurt
Between Ricardo
And Rivera

Several persons were reported in
jured and 500 track was torn UP
when a Missouri Pacific passenger
train partially left the track be-
tween Rivera and Ricardo at Sis
a. m. Monday. An engine tender,
two baggage cars. a sleeper and a
chair car left the rails. The tender
and baggage cars we're turned over.
Number and extent of the in
iured was not available here Monday
morning. II was known. however,
that n. y. Ezell. express messenger,
was cut and bruised.
Heavy rains had s0ftened the
track bed. and the train jumped the
rails near bridge.
All Missouri Pacific passenger
trains to this section were being
routed via Robstown over the Texas
Mexico line TO Alice and thence on
TO the Valley over the Southern
Pacific lines.
The first train over the re-routed
line is due TO arrive here at D. m,
it was stated here.
Workmen were rushed to the
scene and traffic in expected 10 be
routed over the regular system to-
night according 10 word al the local
offices.
Five Pullman cars On the train
did not leave the track
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03

their way over a 80 mile stretch OF
icy Greenland waste.
Word Of the rescue Of the flyers
came to the New York Times via its
radio station In "A dispatch from Pro-
fessor w. H. Hobbs, leader OF the
University Of Michigan Greenland ex-
pedition. Members of the expedition,
which has a base at Mount Evans.
brought the airmcn TO safety yester-
day after picking them up in the icy
wastes, short distance from the
base.
Fliers and Plane Safe
The flyers were uninjured. Al
though hungry. having lived on a ra-
tion Of eight ounces Of pemmican a
day. they were stated to be in ex-
cellent condition.
Shortage Of gasoline forced the air
men down on the ice arm Of Point
Sukkertoppen on August 10. Point
Sukkertoppen il a headland on the
southwest coast Of Greenland about
80 miles southwest OF Mt. Evans AZ
the base or which the Hobbs expedi-
tion had prepared landing field for
the airmen.
The plane was not damaged. For
two weeks the airmen travelled over
the icy surface and through wild and
unexpiored country hoping to reach
safety. A smoke signal they sent up
brought members Of the expedition in
q motor boat 10 their rescue rs they
wandered over the wastes. They
were taken across a fiord 70 Camp
Lloyd three miles from the radio sta
tion at Mount Evans.
Forced off Course
Apparently HasselI and Cramer had
been forced off their course BY ad-
verse weather when they attempted
20 fly from Cochrane, Ontario. to
Mount Evans. a distance Of 1900
miles. on the second leg Of their
flight.
Hopping off from Cochrane in their
monoplane Greater Rockford at l2:l2
p. m. Eastern Standard time. on
August Is the airmen were sighted
over Fiskenaesset about 200 miles
south Of Point Skuppertoppcn al
l0:30 a. mn, the next morning.
News OF their sighting over Fisk
cnaesset was not received. however,
until August p when the Danish
government made public a report
AANAN tHt 0ittWtdNH administration
announcing receipt or message from
the sheriff Of South Greenland say
ing the plane had been sighted.
News Flashed Rapidly
The expedition led by Professor
Hobbs is engaged in experimental
work by which il is hoped 10 estab-
lish system Of forecasting Atlantic
weather by measuring the force and
direction Of gales which blow from
the Arctic. Hasscll carried instru-
ments for meteorological obscrva-
tions and was to have worked with
the Hobbs expedition.
The New York Times said IL was
doubtful IL news OF the rescue OF lost
explorers ever before got to riviliza-
ti0n ais swiftly as the news OF the
rescue of Hassell and Cramer.
Two minutes after they had set
foot on solid ground word that they
were safe and we'll had been flashed
by wireless into the office OF the
Times. Flashlight signals from the
rescue party gave word Of the rescue
10 watchers at the radio station at
Mount Evans.
In New York. Dick HiIferty. one Of
the Times operators. suddenly heard
the radio crackle: Urgent. urgent.
2UO.~ ~2UO" are ther call letters OF
Continued on page two
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
ORDER GRAND
JURY PROBE
STATEMENTS
Charges Cast Reflec-
ton on Every Elec-
ton Judge, Cunning
ham Asserts

Asserting that charges broadcast
BY Sid Hardin Of Mission. defeated
candidate for congress, that 10000
Mexican citizens had voted in the
first primary, are q reflection upon
the integrity Of every election judge
in Cameron county as we'll as in the
entire congressional district, Judge
A. w. Cunningham today ordered the
Cameron county grand jury 10 inves-
tigate the charges as n basis for a
bill for criminal libel.
In the event an indictment is re-
turned the case would br tried in the
Cameron county criminal district
court. the Texas libel law specifying
that the case may ~ tried in any
county in which the alleged libel is
circulated
II read with amazement the charge
that 10000 Mexican citizens had par
ticipated in the election" Judge Gun
ningham said. These charges are
either true or false. If there has
been violation Of the election laws.
such violations should be punished.
Doubts Charge
The high character of men select
ed for judges WI election in Cameron
county AN an earnest XXX honest cleo
tiOns.
Texas has IA criminal libel law.
believe III in a violation of the law to
make such charges as this unless
those charges can be Substantiated "
Referring W the effect of the
charges made by Hardin. Judge Cum
ningham said: "That statement is an
advertisement to the world that TO-
600 illegal Mexican votes were cast
in the fifteenth congressional dis
trict. / believe I can safely say there
were not 10000 Mexican votes cast in
the district. I believe III III the duty
of this grand jury 10 investigate this
charge and ascertain if it does not
constitute criminal libel"
Urges Probe vi Killings
Relative to the numerous killings
which have occurred in Cameron
county since the last term of the
criminal district court. JudE~ Cum
ninEham urged the grand jury to in-
vestigate the cause, stating he be-
lieved drunkenness and liquor was
responsible for fully rs per cent Of
them.
He called attention 20 the fact that
costs of the court during the trial Of
jury cases amounted to 80 cents per
minute, stating he was appealing 20
the grand jury A. good citizens and
business men to do their utmost to
eliminate lawIessness.
Judge Cunningham called attention
to the fact that thc district has "A
population nf 100000 and that due
Continued on page twol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
LAUD TREATY
AGAINST WAR
9Th Assembly of Lea
que Of Nations Is
Opened

GENEVA. Sept. 3.-lPl-Frank and
unstinted praise for thC Kellogg
BRAND pact renouncing war was one
of the foremost notes in the saluta-
tory address delivered at the open
ing Of the ninth assembly Of the
League Of Nations BY Foreign Min
lister Procope Of Finland, president
or the leagus council.
He hailed the treaty ~ q lotty
manifestation Of the will 20 bring
about international understanding.
Ire also haied it as mn act In keep
inR with the league covenant, arising
out of the same desire for univer-
salty and for united action 10 main
tain peace.
Herluf Zahle, Danish minister 10
Berlin. was elected president OF the
assembly.
Attitude Of Latin American coun-
tries toward the legaue received spe-
cial attention in the address Of M.
Procope. After acclaiming the re-
turn of Spain to the organization. he
referred 10 the Argentine republics
..Ioyal help in the work Of the league
in connection with security and the
reduction Of ornaments"
vi. Procope referred to the reply
which the council of the league sent
To Costa Ricas in RESPONSE 20 that
country's request for an interpreta-
tion Of 'hs Monroe Doctrine.
"We nave had to note with regret
that Brazil refrains from resuming
her place. We hope her absence will
not be prolonged he said
The fact that Mexico for the first
time had decided to accept league
invitation By sending a delegation to
the international conference on eco
nomic statistics was emphasized as
important.
References 40 Spain and Brazil
we're enthusiastically applauded. MI.
Procopc stressed the importance Of
American cooperation In league af-
fairs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Dallas Friends
Glad Cramer Safe

DALLAS, Sept. 3.-tP)-Attache OF
Love flying field here greeted with
juy, not unmixed with II told you
SOS" news that Parker III. Cramer
and Bert Hassell. trans-oceanir flyers.
had been reported safe.
Ever since the two flyers dropped
from sight August lE attaches at the
field steadfastly had refused 10 paint
out the words Parker ID. Cramer" on
the fusclage OF a Stinson Dctrofter.
Jr.. plane that sat In hangar No. 8.
Cramer's associates declared they
had a premonition he would be found.
Even when the two birdmen practical
ly we're given up for lost they put off
painting out the letters on Cramer's
ship. Their hopes seemed futile as
the days heightened into weeks, but
today their premonition was borne
out.
Cramer. air inspector for the
United States department of COM
merce- has visited Brownsville twice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Iab0yN0 Commodity Robinson
ACTRESS is FAT;
" % #
HAS POUNDS CUT
r. n ~
FROM HIPS, LEGS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3.-tPl--
Molly ODay, screen actress, was
resting in a hospital today after
an operation to remove several
pounds Of flesh from her hips and
legs.
The actress said her excessive
weight had been the cnmse of her
idIeness while under contract last
year She resorted 10 the opera
tion after other methods of re-
ducing failed, she said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Mrs. III. E. Woodhouse
Buried Here Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Fl. Z.
Woodhouse, pioneer resident Of
Brownsville, who died in San Antonio
Saturday, were held here Monday
morning, and interment made in the
old cemetery. where her husband was
buried over thirty years ago.
Deceased is survived BY one son,
al. Noodhouse. and a daughter. Mrs.
John n. Kleiber, both az whom reside
in Brownsville.
Mrs. Woodhouse came to Browns
willie during the civil war period, NOV
inR TO San Antonio several years
after the death OF her husband and
residing In that city to the time or
her death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Missing Aiynnen
Go so Miles To
Greenland Camp

NEW YORK. Sept. Missing
two weeks in the arctic, Bert HasseIl
and Parker Cramer. American flyers,
were safe today az Mount Evans,
Greenland, the second stop on their
projected flight from Rockford, Ill,
to Stockholm. Sweden.
While the world was becoming con-
WINGED that they had suffered the
fate Of other aviators who perished
daring the Atlantic, they were making
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
STORM WARNING

WASHINGTON. Sept 3.-tPl-Thc
weather bureau today issued the fol-
lowing storm warming:
Advisory 10 a. m. The tropical
disturbance is apparently central
near Grand Cayman Island and NOV
ing slightly north of west toward the
fucatan channel at the rate of about
400 miles per day. IL appears to be
Of moderate but slowly increasing
intensity Caution advised vessels
bound for Yucatan channel and
southeastern Gulf of Mexico next 50
hours"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03

A coiorful crowd Of approximate
TN 5000 persons was in attendance
Monday at the first annual Labor
day horse show being held In the
Olympic jumping field At Fort
Brown.
Practically every city in the VAL
lev was represented among the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
Lightning Fatal to
Houston Fisherman

HOUSTON, Tex. Sept. 3.--(Pl-
While on a holiday fishing party,
Charles Zimmerman of Houston was
killed BY lightning in a severe elec-
trical wind and rain storm I'm tho
northern part 0f Harris county yes
terday.
Zimmerman was found hy other
members 0f the party under IN tree on
the bank of THE Sam Jacint0 river.
The tree had been split MINI lightning.
When transformer in the Houston
Lighting and Power company's sub
station at Humble was damaged, the
town remained IN darkness through
last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
FARM PRICES LOWER

WASHINGTON. Sept. 81 up -
General level Of farm prices received
BY producers August Is was 139. or
six points lower than on July ID the
department of agriculture announced
today The base period cf Ib0 IN
taken for the five years lBnD-lB14.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight
and Tuesday, probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
unsettled in south, fair in north
portion tonight and Tuesday, cooler
tonight in central and northeast por-
tiOns.
Light 10 moderate nOrtherly winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
High ..... 6:05 a. M. S:o2 p. m.
Low ....... 1920 q. m., 12.5s ". m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03
HOPE REVIVED
FOR AMUNDSEN
Report Seeing Bonfire
And Finding Float
From Aeroplane

COPENHAGEN. Sept. 3.--tPl-Re-
ported sighting by Norwegian seal
the question here whether Roald
ers OF a bonfire in Edge Island, one
Amundsen and his five companions
might not be alive. A float from the
plane in which they flew TO join in
the Italian rescue work was brought
to Tromsoe. Norway, on Saturday
leading to belief the men had per-
ished.
Sealers who saw the bonfire a
fortnight ago were quoted In dis
patch from Tromscoe as expressing
belief that the fire might re con
nected with the missing six men who
drifted away in the balloon part of
the Italia after the fatal crash on
May %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-03

TROMSoE, Norway. Sept. 3.--tFl
-Rumor was current here today
that a second float of the French
Latham seaplane. in which Roald
Amundsen and five companions dis
appeared. had been found.
The rumor seemed to be based on
q report that the captain Of a seago-
ing ship had stated he noticed some
thing like am airpIane float in the
sea where the first float was found
by the Brood. n fishing vessel. III
did not take IL aboard as ne did not
consider ID important.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-20
Famous Flyers
Get Decorations
For Achievements
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O-Award-
of distinguished flying crosses to
five army airmen for extraordinary
aerial achievements We're announc-
ed by the war department today.
One of the awards, that to Cap
tain Hawthorne C. Gray, was post
humous. Gray was the hero of the
remarkable balloon ascensions in
one of which on May 4, 1927, he
established an altitude record of
42,470 feet. In an effort to bet
ter that record he was killed No
vember 4, 1927.
Captain John A. Macready and
Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly were
awarded distinguished flying cross,
cs for completing the first trans
continental nonstop flight in his
tory, on May 2 and 3. 1923.
Arthur c. Goebcl, lieutenant in
the air corps reserve, was decorated
for his nonstop California to lla-
waii flight on August 16 and l.,
1927.
Lieutenant Russell Maughan was
decorated for his dawn to dusk
flight from Mitchell Field, New
York, to Crissy Field, San Francis
co, Calf, on June %, 1924.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-20
No 1874
No 1874
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial

In the Superior Court OF the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of Anna
Schmidt, Deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given by the
undersigned, S. p. Williams, Admin
istrator of the estate of Anna
Schmidt, deceased, to the creditors
and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to file them
with the necessary vouchers within
four (4) months after the first pub
lication of this Notice in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Imperial County, California, or
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers within four (4) months
after the first publication of this
Notice to said Administrator at the
law office of j. f. Simpson at
Room Is, Bank of Italy building in
the City of FL Centre, Imperial
County, California, which said Of
flee the undersigned selects as his
place of business in all matters
connected with said estate in said
county of Imperial.
Dated and first published this
18th day of February, 1923.
S. P. WILLIAMS,
administrator of the Estate Of
Anna Schmidt.
Feb 10 % % NJ I II
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-20
NOTICE
NOTICE
To Creditors of Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank Of Imperial

Notice Is 1Iereby Given by the
Superintendent of Banks of the
State of California to the creditors
Of and all persons having claims
against Farmers and Merchants
Bank of Imperial, located at Imper-
ial, County of Imperial, State Of
California. that by virtue of the au-
thority conferred upon him by See
ton 1876 of the "Bank Act' Of the
State of California, said Superinten-
dent of Banks has taken possession
of the property and business Of said
Farmers and Merchants Bank Of
Imperial, and shalf proceed forth
with to liquidate the affairs thereof
in accordance with said Bank
Act.'
All persons having claims against
the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Imperial are hereby notified to
present the same with the neces-
sary vouchers, and to make legal
proof thereof on or before the Goth
day of February, A. D., 1928. All
claims must be presented to said
Superintendent of Banks of the
State of California at the office Of
said Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Imperial at said City of Imper-
lila, County of Imperial, State of
California.
Dated, at Imperial, California,
this lst day of November. 1927.
WILL G. WOOD,
Superintendent of Banks Of the
State of California.
By Frank V. BordweIl, Special De-
putty.
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