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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
LYFORD SAFES
CRACKED; SIX
FIRMS ROBBED
Mercedes Clothing Es-
tablishment Enter.
ed; Sebastian Gar
age Reported Hit


Burglars, touring III n heavy car.
staged a series of rohberies In VIII
lacy and Hidalgo counties last night
and accumulated several hundred
dollars worth OF loot ranging from
cash to clothing and shoes.
At Lyford four places Of business
were entered, two safes broken open,
a cash register demolished and gen.
eral havoc was left in the wake Of
At Mercedes, q mems clothing store
in Sebastian, unconfirmed reports
here said, and loot 20 the value OF
more than 500 taken.
At Mercedes a mems clothing store
was entered and about $500 worth
Of clothes, shoes and other wearing
apparel was taken.
Officers or both counties are
working on a number OF clues but
no arrests had been made late to-
day. The Missouri Pacific railroad
has ordered special investigators 20
Lyford, where the depot safe was
opened. and a fingerprint expert 10
to make examinations.
At the Lyford depot the knob was
knocked off the safe, about $40 in
cash taken and express money or
ders and checks were strewn about
the platform outside. Entry was
gained by working the lock 20 the
front door.
The Thos. w. Blake Lumber CO.
safe was broken open and about SIS
in cash taken. The robbers here
also secur- 4 seven high power rifles.
valued at .lT5, and about SIS worth
Of ammunition. Entry was gained
By breaking glass out OF the front
door.
The Keene Motor CO. lost about
/ SIS. which was taken from the cash
register. The register was carried
outside the office and demolished.
The robbers entered through the Of
| flee door.
Breaking a lock off of the side
door. the band entered the A. X.
I Nelson grocery store, removed three
or four dollars from the cash regis
\ ter in small change and took o
\ quantity Of groceries
a hasty check-up of losses at tho
Baum and Westerman mems clothing
store in Mercedes indicated about
$500 worth OF wearing apparel had
been taken By thieves who had en-
tered the skylight.
There were indications that the
robberies in all three towns might
\ have been the work Of the sane
band. and officers in both counties
are following a number OF clues. The
expert being sent By the Missouri
Pacific 20 Lyford will find a NUM-
Der Of fingerprints on which TO
work residents there said, and will
be able thus 70 determine IL mem
bers Of the gang have criminal rec
ords.
Tracks OF a car were found at all
Of the places entered in Lyford and
pump was broken and d quantity
Of gasoline taken at the Keere No
tor co. garage.
A night watchman was on duty I'm
Lyford, but he heard nothing of the
gang. he said. The robberies are
believed 70 have been committed
there between 2 and 3 o'clock in the
morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
Officers Trail
Wounded Bandit

GAINESVILLE. Tex, Jan. 2s.-tPl
-Oklahoma officers who late yes
terday followed q "tip" which they
expected would uncover the where.
abouts north of here along Red
river Of the man who took more than
$4,000 from the Love county Ma
tional Bank Of Marietta. Oklahoma,
Wednesday. today believed that the
wounded bandit had moved. but was
still in the vicinity.
Information had been given to Of
ficers that a man was taking medi-
cine and food TO the wounded rob-
Der Il hiding place. which was un-
occupied when visited by the po-
lice.
An additional arrest IN connection
with the robberv and flight, which
cost the life az one bank bandit
identified rs Oscar Harrison. who
IS believed from Grosheck, Texas,
was made late yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28

present LOAE.
Lindbergh had promised that he
would be here at 8 p. n. Well be-
fore that time, however, the Spirit OF
st. Louis came into sight, cleaving its
way through a bank of fleecy white
clouds. The plane swept low over
Madrid field, while thousands cheer
ed. The plane then swept upward
and headed for Bogota.
A few minutes later Lindbergh was
circling the capital. 1t was thought
that he was awaiting the appointed
hour to land. He passed over Mount
Monserrat, nearby, and several vii
lagos.
Just as the hands OF the clock
pointed to three, the flier landed on
the flying field. He had completed
his journey in six hours, one minute.
The crowd surged forward. A de-
tachment from the aviation school
quickly surrounded the plane, he was
picked up By some OF the crowd who
carried him to the place I honor.
The band struck up the American ma
tional anthem and then that of CO.
lombia. General Reyes Luna, secre-
tary Of the minister of war, extended
the greetings Of the nation.
AS the flyer rode through the mar
row streets Of the city, shower OF
flowers fell upon him from the bal
comics where dark eyed senoritas
stood.
Once he had entered the American
legation that spot became the Mecca
to which all classes turned. In the
flood OF light from the searchlights
which illuminated the neighborhood
Indian men and women from the
country districts, some barefootec
and others wearing travel-batterec
sandals, mingled with those promi-
nent in the life of the capital, anxi-
Gus for another glimpse of the flyer
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
MOVE ETOOUST
king OF SPAIN
CAUSEDEXILE
Novelist Who Sought
Homeland Republic
Succunb to Attack
OF Pneumonia

MENTONE, France, Jan. 2s.-tP-
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, 81, famous
Spanish novelist, died at his villa
here at $3.50 o'clock this morning, a
political exile. His son, Igfrido. who
hurried here from Valencia, Spain,
and arrived at ! a. m, was the only
member Of the Ibanez FAMILY at the
bedside.
Ibanez, who was a diabetic. caught
cold q few days ago. The cold set
tied in his lungs and bronchial
pneumonia developed. Yesterday his
condition gradually grew worse.
Specialists who were summoned
gave little hope for the authors re-
covery. They remained all day at
his bedside and at midnight, Ibanez'
breathing was less labored. 1t was
feared. however, that because Of his
critical condition this improvement
was only temporary.
Death Wins
Three and half hours later death
won the battle with the writer who
had gone into exile for defying a
king.
Ibanez returned to Fontana Rosa,
his home here, a few weeks ago
from Paris. He Immediately began
to work on plans to make the prop
erty surrounding his vlna q retreat
for the writers Of the world, wishing
to leave it as q Garden Of Novel
lists"
He had not been in good health.
49, 1oh Twd +vsn uf~ - Fvn
his dream. He talked Of little else
was forced to take to bed by i'll
ness.
Opposed Alfonso
Ibanez, who first gained prom
inence in America through his novel
of the war, The Four Horsemen OF
the Apocalypse" also planned fur
ther literary work. One of the
books he had in mind was TO deal
with the crusades and another the
mysteries of the inquisluon.
Ibanez, after attaining worldwide
renoun as q novelist, attracted at
tention as an opponent OF King Al
fonso and the administration Of gov
ernment in Spain. His caustic attacks
against the king led to his convic-
tion for lese m2Jest but IoaneZ
kept out or reach of the Spanish
government by exiling himself In
France.
The purpose Of his campaign
against the ruler and other govern
ment officials, including Primo de
Rivera, the military dictator OF
Spain, the novelist admitted IN sew
eral of his pamphlets, was TO over
throw the monarchy and set up in
Spain q republican form OF govern
ment.
1T is not the military directory,
but the degenerate Alfonso who is
mainly responsible for the troubles
in Spain and the catastrophe is No
rocco" IbaneZ wrote in one OF the
early manifestos of his campaign.
"Never has history shown a mon
arch more deceitful and less power
full than the cruel and faithless
puppet of the Spanish throne.
Would DethrOne King
"The time has come TO put an end
to the new era of inquisition and
for the accomplishment Alfonso
must 20. ! will know no rest until
the country is free
Starting his attack on the king
and government late in 1924, Ibanez
(Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
Mexico Rebels
Stage Battles

NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 2s.-tP)-
Wholesale cleanup OF rebels in the
bandit infested region of Nayarit
Mexico, into which the Mexican gov
ernment has thrown thousands OF
troops, has resulted in several fierce
engagements between the insur-
rectors and federal forces in which
many died in the fighting.
Word brought here yesterday by
William p. Blocker. American consul
at Mazatlan, disclosed that three
heavy battles were fought last week
one at Ixtlan, Nayarit, and another
at San Diego, small border town or
the Durango-Nayarit boundary. Ir
the Ixtlan engagement, Blocker said
81 rebels and IA federal soldiers were
killed, while many died in the San
Diego fighting.
General Zertuche, who commands
the federal troops at Acaponeta, LED
his forces in one other battle against
the rebels besides the San Diego en-
gaEement.
Troops Of General Jovintino Espin.
osa, in command Of federal troops op,
Grating between Acaponeta and Tepic
systematically are combirg that re.
gion for bandits, Blocker said, anc
when any are captured no quarter !.
given.
Hundreds Of the bandits, formed
in smaller bands, roam the state o;
Nayarit, Blocker reported.
The federal troops were thrown
into the field after the bandits haC
raided many small towns, inflictinl
heavy property damage, and preyed or
trains running between Nogales anC
Guadalajara. They dynamited severa
bridges on the road but these have
been repaired and the trains make
the through trip.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
FATAL BLAZE
At REFINERY
EXTINGUISHED
IL Gasoline Tanks at
McCamey Destroyed
After Blast; One Is
Dead, Five Hurt

McCAMEY, Tex, Jan. 28.-tPl-
Subsiding within a few hours after it
flared up, one Of the most spectac-
ular fires in the history Of Texas oil
fields had passed today, leaving a
record of one dead, five slightly in
jured, and loss estimated at approxi-
mately 100000.
Starting with a terrific explosion
heard for miles when a spark pre-
sumably ignited gas in a 3,000-barrel
tank which Fred Hendricks, chemist,
was inspecting, fire yesterday de-
stroyed the contents of twelve tanks,
filled for the most part with gaso-
line, on the property Of the Humble
Oil company here and threatened for
a time TO sweep the entire refinery.
The broad extent Of the fire over
which a towering column Of smoke
visible for great distances hung for
hours. coupled with the force Of the
explosion and the fact that the day
shift had not left the scene when the
conflagration started, lent color TO
early reports tha from thirteen to
sixty lives had been lost and that
huge damage had been suffered.
screaming women ana CHl4dEen,
fearful that members of their fam
lilies had been caught in the fire area,
gathered within a few minutes, and
were restrained from approaching
the burning refinery by fire fight
ing forces. Happy reunions soon fol-
lowed q check Of employees by
Humble officials, however, which re-
vealed that only Hendricks had been
killed.
His body was seen hurtling
through the air as the explosion
sounded. and hours afterward had
not been recovered. Five McCamey
residents. including r. Y. Cook. su-
perintendent of the refinery, sustain
ed slight injuries in fighting the
flames. but were reported as re-
covering
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28


The order for De La Mora's ar
rest came after police intercepted
letters showing, they claimed, that
the bishop kept in touch with per-
sons engaged in seditious activities.
The principal and teachers of the
Catholic seminary who were arrested
Thursday as we'll as a few students
who were detained because they were
wearing cassocks inside the seminary,
have been released. The principal,
Father Benigno Esquivel. and four
teachers were fined heavily.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
Valley Products Sent
To Odd Fellows Home

CORSICANA. Tex, Jan. 2s.-(F-
A carload Of fresh fruit and vege-
tables billed to the I. o. o. r. widows
and orphans home here left Weslaco
Fridav night. a message from c. A.
Wheeler, grand master Of the order
for Texas advised G. W. Hawkins.
surerintendent.
The produce was a gift OF Valley
Odd Fellows. Ice was donated BY
the Weslaco Ice company and trans
portation by the Missouri Pacific
railroad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28

The controversy relative TO the early
construction of the Boca Chica road
and a cutoff TO Point Isabel will be
taken into the civil district court.
A temporary injunction restraining
the Cameron county commissioners
court from awarding highway i'm
provement contracts in the Browns
vile commissioner precinct, except
as to those highways and in the or
der named in the resolution adopted
BY the commissioners court on Janu-
airy q. 1927, was granted by Judge
A. VI. Kent Of the civil district court
Friday afternoon. The injunction
was filed with the clerk of the dis
trict court Immediately, and the date
for hearing set for February 20, the
first day of the next term.
Application for the injunction was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
four DIE IN
CHICAGO COLD
Zero temperatures In
East ca 1se Much
Suffering

CHICAGO. Jan. 2s.-lPl-A sub
zero cold snap which descended on
Chicago today was blamed for the
deaths of three men and one woman
while three other persons were taken
to hospitals suffering from the
cold.
The frozen body Of a negro. his
head caught in the window Of a
grocery store, was found BY police
who believed he was trying 70 break
into the store and had raised the
window which dropped and held him
fast.
Rudolph Kroft, 20, St. Louis. fell
under the wheels OF a Pacific train
on which he was stealing a ride and
was killed after becoming numb
from the cold, and another man was
found dead in the street and a wo-
man died of heart disease believed
caused by the cold.
The official weather reading here
was two below zero but unofficial
readings showed ten below in sub.
urbs. Warmer weather was fore
cast for tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-lPJ-ThG
Knickerbocker theater disaster
which occurred here six years age
today and caused the death OF 9t
persons, was vividly recalled to the
national capital today by the mos
severe snowstorm Of the year.
Snow. which began falling during
the night, was banked seven or eight
inches on the streets, and whirline
gales kept the air filled with fine
particles which made visibility diff.
ficult.
Unlike the temperature when the
Knickerbocker roof collapsed under
tons of snow, the thermometer today
showed more moderate tempera
lures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
DELAY UTILITY PROBE ACTION

Final action on the Walsh resolution
recommending congressional investi-
cation Of the public utilities industry
was postponed today until Monday
by the senate interstate commerce
committee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
DROP errnNn PRIMARY

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 2s.--fFl-
The democratic state central com
mittee mee+irr here TODAY adnntrd "
motion declaring Rrrirrt second
vt--e primary FOR r'm+e off eE Thi2
-~tion had Ehn effect ~ ferl-ring
I'll hiFh c-rfffate- F0r state offices
IN TIRE rrir7rv ~ Jnrn1r- IT fh-
dem ocratic Nominees for general
election IN Trhruarv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
GIVE RADIO BOARD LIFE

tension OF the life Of the radio COM
mission for another year was pro-
posed in g bill introduced today by
Senator Dill, democrat, Washington.
sponsor of the radio legislation last
session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
GALVESTON TO ADVERTISE

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 25.-tP1-
The city commission has ratified q
contract made by the Galveston mu-
nicipal advertising committee for a
national publicity campaign. The
national campaign, to be financed
by taxation will cost about $4,000
yearly, il was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
Bishop IN Mexico
EIudeS PM1rSMeYS

2sMexican police continuing to round up
religious failed attempt
Miguel de Ia Mora. bishop Of San Luis Potosi
hiding
when he slipped the
Narrn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
Limdy IS Id0Iized
For Daring Hop

BoGoTA Colombia 2scOlOmbia today paid tribute the
Col Charles A. Lndbergh the first aan to the 70
Cagna 400 miles Over rugged mountains enshroud
junges
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower RiC
Grande Valley: Fair and continued
cold tonight with lowest tempera-
ture near 20 degrees; Sunday fair
with slowly rising temperature.
For East Texas: Fair tonight; not
quite so cold in northwest portion;
Sunday fair; slowly rising tempera-
ture in west and north portions.
Light TO moderate northerly winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
n the river during the next few
days.
Stage STAGE ChnE. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide At Point Isabel
.or,orrow. under normal meteorologi-
,al conditions:
E;-h 1859 a. m.-S:0s ,. m.
80 2:17 q. m.-2:03 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-28
2s% OFF

On all andirons, fire screens
and fireplace sets.
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New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
The heart Stery M .
 Stsadfast Wsass
Awakening
By Adele Gzrrisou

Marion asked. "l'll mount guard over you and see that nobody speaks"
 "Who will mount guard over you," Dicky teased. but lost Marion'x re- tort for Harry Underwood was speaking to me.
 "Is luncheon at today" he asked
 If certain culinary plan of katie's doesn't so awry." l answered. remembering the pink pudding which my little maid was concoct- ing.
 "Then I'll have time to run down to the village for an errand I've for gotten. I'm not going to ask any one to join rae this time. for I'm go- ing to swing Q mean foot on the gas"
 Except me-" Dicky said. rising. Well die together old top"
 They went down the steps to- gether, and as they crossed to the car. Dicky's voice. which has an unusual carrying capacity. came back to us distinctly.
 Well. Smoke, when you mourns, you sho mourns right, even to black underclothes."
 The reference to an old joke over which we all had laughed startled me for an instant, then l under stood that Dicky was rallying Harry about his sudden change in his man. ner to his wife. l wondered if my husband guessed who was respon- sible for his friends sudden aban- donment of familiar slangy endear- ments to Lillian. A pd. suddenly panic stricken lest Lillian also should guess the truth by some flash of her keen perceptions. kept my eyes carefully trained on the de- parting car.
 But my air of inconsistencies availed me nothing. I heard a chuckie from Lillian. then her voice mirthfully admonishing me:
 You can stop the ostrich stunt now, Madge."
 (Cont.nucd Moaday) Copyright, 1928. Newspaper Feature
 Service. Inc.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
Menus of the FamiI,
By LOUISE BENNETT WEAVER
 Dinner Nepn

By LOUISE BENNETT WEAVER
 Dinner Menu Rice and cheese, buttered beets,
 bread, peach conserve, stuffed to-
 nlato salad, apple pudding, coffee. For The Pickle Shelf l Bordeaux Sauce - # gallon chop
 ped cabbage; 1-4 gallon chopped green tomatoes; i cup chopped
 white onions: F cup chopped green peppers; IA cup chopped red pep pers; ounce white mustard seed i: ounce plain mustard seed: 2 table
 spoons salt; quarts vinegar: 1h cup sugar.
 Mix all the ingredients and cook in an enameled pan for o5 minutes. Stir frequently during the cooking
 to prevent scorching. Pour into hot
 sterilized jars and seal at once. Store
 in a dark, dry place.
 When using green tomatoes in pickles, they need not be peeled, but merely washed well and the blossom
 ends cut out.
 Spiced Pears - [ pounds pears; cups sugar; cups vinegar; cup | water; F cup whole cloves; h cup
 bark cinnamon.
 Peel and core the pears. Cover | with water and boil for minutes.
 Drain. This cooking softens the pears little, which is desired.
 Loosely tie the spices in a white
 muslin bag, add to the sugar, vine-
 gar and water. Boil for , minutes. | Add part of the pears and cook un- til tender and we'll glazed. Remove | the cooked pears to sterilized jars. 1 When the Jars are full and all the pears have been cooked. pour the l boiling syrup over the pears in the
 jars. Seal. For convenicnc. all the pears may be placed in stone 1ar
 after they have been cooked and the syrup poured over them, making
 sure that the pears Ire covered with
 the syrup. Cover with plate or earthenware lid and store in a cool, dry place. The pears are so heavily spiced
 and sweetened that they will keep
 without sealing.
 Medley Pickles (These blend with meats)-12 S-inch cucumbers; l cup
 sliced white onions; ? tablespoons
 salt: 1 cup sugar: 1 teaspoon celery | seed: tablespoon white mustard seed 1 tablespoon tumeric powder; l cups vinegar.
 i The cucunbers should be 1 P mch i in diameter and the onions one inch. 1 Wipe off the cucumbers with . ' damp cloth. Slice very thin. Add the
 onions and sprinkle with the salt
 and let stand for hours. Drain well and add the rest of the ingredients and bring to the boiling point Pour 1 into we'll sterilized jars and seal at
 once.
 { To remove tho stains of apples i and peaches from the hands. rub i with lemon skins or tomato peelingS.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
Belmont Chateau
 Used By Women
Europe's Feminists Make
 Headquarters There.

Paris Sept. es. @-Statesmen who went home after the signing of the Kellogg pact to outlaw war are to hear further from the group of determined women who talked an equal rights treaty and were arrested at Rambouillet when they sought to present their argument.
 The Committee on International Action has permanent headquarters in France in the fifteenth century chateau at Augerville-la la- Rivierc. where lives Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. president of the National Woman'a Party of the United States. Mrs Belmont ts leader of the group of American feminists who want equal rights with men by means of q treaty. Mrs. Belmont is now . resident of France, having disposed of her American homes. both showplaces. at Newport, Long Island. and in Rhode Island. Her reason ts that she wants to be in Europe. tho present feminist front
 She says: ''The international as- poets of the equal rights question are becoming more and more im- portant."
 Mrs. Belmont goes back and forth between . Paris house and her chateau at Augerville. All kinds of feminist irons are heated in the fires at AuEerville. Preach militants visit there to get enceur- agement in their plans for gaining the vote in France. England's 6ix Point group, headed by Lady Rhondda, | warm personal frithd of Mrs. Belmont. is acquainted with Augerville.
 While the Committss on Intsr- national Action was keepine equal rights and feminists wrenss be- fore prime ministers and ambaasa- dors in Paris during the Kellegg pact signing. Mrs. Belmont vas in telephonic communication with them from Augervills.
 Margaret Haig. visceuntsss Rhondda, England's businsGs.wo. man-peeress, also has . hsRs h France. It is near St. Raphael. Both Lady Rhondda and Mrs. Bel- mont have made substantial mcney gifts to feminist eauseA Mrs. 0el- mont gave the National Woman's Party its eadquarters building in Washington. valued at mors than 3lO0.0O0.
 Mrs. Belmont's chateau, which she purchased in 1926. has been restored to its original fifteenth century slory. It is furnished with & valuable collection of paintinGs and Gobelin tapeIries. Many treasures from Marble House, New. port, and Beacon Towers. Long >Island, are here. The chateau was built and occupied first by the finance minister of Charles VII, who raised the funds for Joan of Arcs campaigns.
 Mrs. Belmont has caused copy of . statue contemporaneous with Joan's lifetime to he placed op- posite the village church just out side the chateau gateA