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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-05
BOTH HPARTIES
SEE WIN AT
COUNTY POLLS
Democrats and G. 0. P.
Close Campaigns In
County With Final
Stand Monday

a. the democratic and republican
leaders or Cameron county prepared
for the final stand before ringing
down the curtain on campaign. the
intensity Of which has never before
been equalled in this southern tip
of Texas, each prophcsied local vic
tory and some went 50 far as ~ pro-
phesv state and national.
X. h. Creager, Brownsville, repub-
Iican national committeeman for
Texas. will conclude the republican
campaign in this territory with a
speech over radio station kWWG.
Brownsville, from 1880 % s o'clock
tonight.
Jesse bennett, county republican
Mr.. Crcager would be the only re-
publican activity in the county for
the close of the campaign.
I'VE expect 70 carry Cameron
county for Hoover BY 500 majority" !"
bennett declared.
Claims that Texas also would be
carried for Hoover were made hy the
republican national committeeman.
he said that reports TO him indicated
that the Panhandle country would 20
for Hoover. and also extreme West
Texas. including I'll Paso. He also
said that Dallas county, Tarrant
(Fort WORTH. Harris (Houston). and
McLennan Waco, would 20 for
Hoover.
Cameron county democratic lead
ers expressed confidence Monday
that they would be able 10 throw
Cameron county into the democratic
column.
I'VE arc not expecting landslide
by any means" Judge Dancv said.
"but we are confident that we will
be able TO carry the majority vote
Continued on page two.l
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WOMAN FILES
TOBEY CHARGE
P. D. Inspector Hints
AT Society Swindle
Over Nation

PROVIDENCE. Il. II, Nov. 5.-LPl
Postal Inspector Charles III. PEN
dleton of Providence. charged l.. T..
TObey. Santa Cruise kennel club
promoter. released at Brownsville,
Texas. under S25.0O0 bail on a
charge Of using the mails to de-
fraud. with swindling New York
society woman or S33,7T7.
Pendleton said Tobey was not the
real name OF the man. who he said
has a long record as confidence
man. The inspector. wever. re-
fused TO divulge Tobey's real name
or the name of the society woman.
Further investigation of the case.
it was said. ~ likely TO uncover a
gang Of society swindlers with
ramifications in scattered sections
of the country.
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MIKE is ORDERED
FROM TORAL'S TRIAL

COURT ROOM. SAN ANGEL.
Mexico. Nov. 5.-fFi Radio broad
casting Of the trial &c Jose de Leon
1oral. assassin Of Presidcnt-elect
Ohregon, and Mother Conception. his
alleged accomnltcc. was abandoned
with resumption Of the trial today.
The microphone which had been on
the judges desk and had been placed
by Toral in front of himself on sew
eral occasions. was ordered removed
bv court authorities who also re-
quested the newspapers tn cease
publishing photographs of W com
ment on the trial. No explanation Of
these orders was given.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-05
CURTIS TO FINISH
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT

TOPEKA, Nov. 5.-tPl-At the end
of A long campaign trail, Senator
Curtis. republican vice presidential
nominee. today awaited the decision
of the electorate.
Tonight the 6s-year-old campaign
er. tried but confident, will deliver
his campaign closing speech in To-
peka, carrying out one Of bis political
traditions which in each campaign in
more than a thir dof century has
brought him here for a final word to
his home folk on the eve Of the elec-
tion.
Senator Curtis rested at bis home
todsy.
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the small opening. All were dress
ed in white. the regulation prison
uniform. Twenty-one prisoners re-
maind faithful TO their comrades
trust and banged away on their
guitars until the last man escaped.
They stayed quietly within the
walls.
Fifteen minutes later the stupen-
dous man hunt began. Citizens Of
Brazoria county were placed on the
lookout and kept close watch on
automobiles to prevent the con-
victs from leaving the vicinity.
THREE IN TENNESSEE ESCAPE
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Nov. SD
Officers and bloodhounds were fol-
lowing trail through the swamps
bordering the Cumberland river tn
day in search for three convlcis,
Continued on page eighty
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SHIPS DAMAGED IN CRASH

LIVERPOOL, En- Nov. 5.-UPl-
The new British cruiser Londcn and
the White Star Liner Runic were in
collision last night off Greenock. The
Runic arrived in the Mcrsey today,
showing damage above the waterline.
The cruiser, launched only last year,
was damaged about the stern above
tho waterlinc.
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name PICKETS
FOR HIDALCO
Ex-Service Men Wire
Appeal For Square
Deal at Polls

NcALLEN. Nov. 5.-EX-servlce
men were preparing today 70 send
havy forces or pickets TO all polls
in Hidalgo county Tuesday follow
ing final organization Of a club for
that purpose. At meeting here
Sunday afternoon an appeal was
wired TO state and national Off
cials for "a square deal at the cleo
tion Tuesday"
RI. q. Mitchell. president of the
eX-seryice mems organization said
the nickcts sent out nv his organi-
zation would bc IN addition to those
which members &c the citizens-re-
Continued on page eight
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YOUTH CONFESSES TO
SLAYING SCHOOL GIRL

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-P,-Vincent
r. Rice. l7-year-old former high
school athlete. was indicted hy the
Richmond county grand jury today
on n charge of first degree murder
in the death Of Alice Joost. l5-yesr-
old Staten Island school girl.
Young Rice has confessed accord
ing 20 police that he strsngled the
girl after h. had struck her with Hill
fist as the outcome VI "A quarrel.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley;
Cloudy and somewhat warmer TO-
night and Tuesday. probably with
occasional showers.
For East Texas. Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday. probably with local
showers: warmer tonight: warmer
In northeast portion Tuesday.
Light TO moderate Southerlv
winds on the coast.
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HUNT SPURRED
FOR KILLER OF
YOUNG WOMEN
Murder of Pair Whose
Bodies Were Found
In Field Still Is
Mystery to Police

DALLAS. Tex, Nov. 5.-tPt-
believing the man they suspect
Of having clubbed two women to
death in lonely spot on the out
skirts of Dallas had left Texas.
detectives today were on their
way to Oklahoma in pursuit Of
their quarry.
4 second man. who had been
under arrest since early Sunday.
was released after officers had
verified his alibi.
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteroioEi-
cal conditions:
High $500. 12:37 q. m; 1886 =. N.
Low ... 1895 n. M; $40 ~ mi.
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EX cor HELD IN SLAYING

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Nov. 5.--tPI-
Arrest Ut Clyde AL Vaughan. former
Birmingham policeman. in connection
with the Staying Oct. l3 Of Mrs.
Nancy RochelI, pretty 2d-year-old
Birmingham matrOn. was ordered In
2 capias issued here today.
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HOT RACE DRAWS
TO END I'M HIDALGO

M'ALLEN. Tex. Nov. g. Hidalgo
county voters will go 10 the polls
Continued on page eirhtA
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset todav ............. s.5S
1 Sunrise tomorrow ............ 6;ts
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RIVER FORECAST

There will he no material change
in the river during the next q .
4s hours.
Flood Present 2s-Hr. 1l-Hr.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the great
pense incurred IN collecting and
seminating these returns. you
have hem at your home merely
tuning in your radio.
md your newspaper VII give
N to YOU quite quickly for the
,itry sum Of five cents.
or less III you arc regular SUBJ
,riber.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

candidate for the presidency with large majority
against him in such states Illinois will go far
toward usherng in the days of political armstice
on this question. If after eight years of continuous
effort with all the weapons that cunning and crim-
nal politics can DEVISE the vets have not been able
to make substantial gains in Congress in the
State Legislature and after mighty nation wide
attempt to elect president hostile to the prohibi-
ton cause they are overwhelmingly defeated it is
my belief that the political leaders will throw up the
sponge. They can only interpret it TO mean that
the great American public has accepted the prohi-
billion policy as henceforth a permanent feature of
our civic life. 1t would prove that prohibition was
here to stay. The people have decided that on the
whole it is beneficial. 1t will show that the Pro-
hb1t1on House is firmly founded upon the rock of
theofetlcal righteousness and practical benefit to
the nation. Wise politicians, whatever their prefer
ences are generally shrewd enough to recognize the
inevitable and make their plans accordingly. A
crushing defeat of the wet candidate for president
at this time would demonstrate beyond all dispute
that American prohibition is here to stay and leave
us facing the one remaining task of planning and
securing adequate enforcement of the laW.-(Fronl
Supt. StddOrd'S Annual RepOrtl
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where. The drunkenness amongst women
in London. All of which I have recently
observed. Whilst the brewery stocks of
England have risen in the last few years
from three shillings in the pound to sixty
shillings in the pound. Compare all this
with the fact that big business in this
country is the memorable foe of the liquor
traffic; that the older teachers in our
schools declare that the improvement in
the food, the clothing and the health of
the children is immense. Take one item,
children'S shoes, the sale has increased 400
per cent since prohibition came.
Some complain that we are not progress
ing fast enough. Take the comparison of
a parallel movement, the overthrow of the
African slave trade Slavery has been in
the world for 5000 years, SO has drunken
ness. Slavery, like strong drink, has been
universal. Nations were in favor of slavery
as some now are strongly opposed to pro-
hibition.
In 1903 Great Britain and the U. S.
passed laws prohibiting their citizens en-
gaging in the African slave trade, and
treaties for it's suppression were entered
into with Spain Portugal and Brazil; and
England had compensated them for their
losses. Yet as late as 1874 10000 Africans
were landed in Brazil, 10000 in Cuba and
10000 in other places This meant that
about 400, 900 Africans in the interior had
been captured; the rest had persisted on
their journey to the coast or in crossing
the Atlantic. Thirty-six years after
wards, it appeared as if no progress had
been made.
In comparison our progress against the
liquor traffic in nine years has been enor-
nous, and we should be resolute and con-
fident. death blow has been delivered
from which it will never recover, and we
have passed a turning point in the history
of the world
Sincerely,
T. r. QUAYLE,
Lake Bluff Ill.,, June, 1928.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
Who Is Trying "To Put Something Over"

In an effort to prejudice the public against pro-
hbitOn and its enforcement, it is constantly being
repeated that prohibition was put over ON the
American people; that a few dry political manipu-
latorS slipped the amendment through Congress,
and by some hocus- pocus finally obtained its ratfi
cation by as of the 48 states The fact is of course
the amendment was submitted by Congress by con-
Siderably more than two votes for ratification for
every one against it. and ratification in the State
Legislatures put over with four votes for rat
fcation TO every vote against it, Prohibition was
adopted, according to the decisions of the United
States Supreme Court by the only legal method
available under our Constitution; and every step
in the procedure was in strict accord with the Con-
StitutiOn. The Supreme Court has spoken on sew
eral occasions there is no room left for any differ
of opinion on this point.
But the vets are attempting to put something
over They have finally agreed that prohibition
must be done away with by submitting the question
of whether the Constitution shall be upheld and the
traffic in Intoxicating liquors prohibited whether
certain states shall be allowed to enact laws per-
hitting what the Eighteenth Amendment prohibits.
In other words they would put over on the Ameri
can people procedure in violation of the COnStitu
ton.
One of their leaders puts the wet objection thus
"To allow each state in its enforcement act to
determine for itself what percentage of alcohol will
constitute Intoxicating beverage. Let the
people the Legislature of each separate state de-
termine what percentage is legal and what con-
StituteS Intoxicating in fact"
Such a proposition is clearly ouSide the law.
Neither the Constitution nor the federal law is sub
ject to change by referendum Any such procedure
is species of constitutional anarchy"
Will the outlawed vets be able to put over" on
the American people this scheme which would allow
a state to Secede from the Union, it this
question? The Constitution of the United States
is the Constitution of all the states When it
to be such there will be no Constitution, and our
form of government will have been scrapped
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
Duties of Citizens in Prohibition Enforcement

Help create public sentiment for law and order.
Become acquainted with the officers of the law.
Give information to officers to violations Cd
local. 90 state; 90 federal.
Visit courts where important cases are pending
to offset the influence of the vets.
Give information to the press about prohibition
and it's enforcement.
Answer articles from the vets.
Give information to owners of buildings concern
ing law violations therein.
Give information to the court in injunction cases
concerning those held for contempt for violating
court order
Urge pastors to help by speaking for law enforce
ment.
Serve on jury when called.
Keep friendly terms with officers as far pos
Sibe.
Encourage discussion of law enforcement in young
peoples societies, schools, etc.
Inform citizenship and welfare committees in
clubs about law enforcement.
Call law enforcement headquarters frequently to
see what is needed
Protest in a dignifed manner to judge other
officer who gives ridiculously low fines fails in
doing his duty and makes law enforcement farce.
Protest against making joke of prohibition in
conversation, in the movies, the theater, or else
where.
Speak your convictions courageously, but never
in anger, for law and order whenever law enforce
ment is condemned in your presence.
Industrial America will never agree to the return
of liquor as beverage.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

the publicity given it in the local press
Brother Ward is making Roadway and
doing good.
There is increasing reason to believe
that the outbreaking evils of our COM
munities will not be set back until the
clergy and the church take a more &C
tive part in law enforcement and local
politics than has been considered proper
in the past.
After all, decency has the right to rule.
Decency belongs on the top in civic af-
fairs It is the duty Of good citizens and
decent citizens to take the steps neces-
sary to obtain control of local politics and
government. When they have obtained it
it is their duty to retain it and keep in
existence as much organization as is
necessary in order to retain the local po-
litical control in the interest of good gov
eminent and good morals Larger things
are in store for us in this direction than
we have yet believed to be possible.
All honor to Brother Ward and men
like him who try to do something to make
their local communities be better as well
as talk better.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
TEACHING The EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL In The SCHOOLS


S
ALCOHOL
supported wholly public also all schools connected
other
schools above mentioned all pupils the school
in in
satisfactory methods
dollars dnarCh Ill
(Cain)
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
IN RE: ENDORSEMENTS

The following special resolution
bearing upon the subject of en-
dorse ment of candidates was
adopted by the Board of Directors
of the Anti-Saloon League of I'LL
nois at its December meeting and
was published in the ISSUE at that
time but is republished again in
connection with the resolutions
adopted at the annual meeting of
the Board which has just adj
journed.
RESOLVED, That the State Board
of the Anti-Saloon League of ILL
nois reaffirms its policy to the effect,
that in endorsing candidates for
Office the League gives its approval
to candidates who will support the
Prohibition Amendment and who
are citizens of personal integrity.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
determination of Anti-Saloon League Vets
Only Hope of Success

admissions against interest" so-called in legal
parlance by parties to case, the strongest and
best evidence obtanable No more convincing proof
of the efficiency of the AntiSaloon League could be
produced than the following statements from lead
ing advocates Of the return of the liquor traffic
The New York World, Wettest American news
paper with the exception of the Chicago Tribune,
recently said: eff the United States wants light
beer and wine in this country they must first put
the Anti-SaloOn League out of commission the
way to do it is to close the pulpts of the Evangelical
churches against representatives of the Anti-Saloon
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
MINISTER'S ON The JOB

Rev. John Ward pastor of the Swedish
Baptist Church of Galesburg, Illinois. has
been lifting the lid of the vice and liquor
conditions in his city. Naturally it has
stirred up good deal of excitement and
criticism as well as some praise, but from
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

League, thus cutting off financial support and in
form moral support at the same time"
The Association Against the Prohibition Amend
ment accredited leading organization of the wet
interests of the country says ut has been generally
recognized that our national fight will meet with
quick success when the organized power of the
Anti-Saoon League is eliminated"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01
FOR THE FURTHER EMANCIPATION OF THE RACE

most advanced of the liquor countries and
our own. The drunkenness in the light
wine and beer establishments of Mon
treal, the filth, the rags and the squalor
of the Liverpool slumS with pubs" every
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

There is everything in the present
situation to encourage the stout-hearted
in our conflict with the liquor traffic, and
to comfort even the un-brave.
The vast contrast between even the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

Prohibition is winning its way to the
heart of America and good will of the
world It is making friends fast and MAX
ing fast friends.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-06-01

Industrial America will never agree to the return
of liquor as beverage.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-04-01

ing a total of 1927 workers of both
sexes in Hartford County, reveal
that out of total of 2,736 Job Sepa-
ratlons in two months, only Is, or a
fraction of one per cent, were due to
intemperance. This means that in
the course of year an average of
but 85 workers out of over 10000
would be discharged because of al
cohol.
Exact figures in the preprohibition
era, FOR comparison with the condi-
ton since prohibition, were lacking
but from his long experience, MIR. KEEL
ley arrives at the following conclu-
SionS
The Eighteenth Amendment has
enhanced the prosperity and well
fare of the factory worker and his
family. His efficiency as an indus
trialiSt has been improved. Acct
dental injuries have been reduced.
The bootlegging trade is not found
ed on the patronage of the working
class in this district. The adverse
effects of prohibition must be
sought for in other elements of So
ciety The figures on which these
conclusions are based constitute a
fair cross section of industry in
general.
The deduction suggests two ques-
tions:
l. Shall a change in the prohibi-
ton law be encouraged in the in
terest Of those who resent the re-
straint it imposes on personal lib
erty' and those who set the exam
pie of disobedience while insisting
that other laws be enforced? or
2. Shall the Eighteenth Amend
ment be upheld because of what it
is doing for the worker and his
family?
If the men in our factories have
had the intelligence, will-poWer
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-04-01

(by David OStlunQ, special NorreSI
The drys of Sweden generally meet
in February every year in which there
is to. be a parliamentary election in
the fall. Accordingly such meeting
was held this February, and with the
18th Swedish Prohibition congress.
On these occasions the drys plan
their campaign for election of legiSla-
tors, and agree on demands to be
made on Parliament through the leg
islatorS chosen. Delegates to these
congresses are elected by all the CO.
operating organizations, one delegate
for each 1000 members or fraction
thereof This rule is strictly adhered
to. Other dryS may be admitted to
the proceedings, but have no vote.
The principal organizations repre-
Sehted in the 1923 prohibition congress
were: Independent Order of Good
TemplarS of Sweden, National Order
of TenlplarS, Verdandi Order Ga
Dor people among drys), Blue Ribbon
erS, White RibbonerS, Congregational
lists Swedish Mission Friends, Bap-
tistS MethodistS, and National Mis-
sion. The number of voting delegates
was 212, about half of whom repre-
sented the Swedish Anti-Saloon
League, and the other half of whom
the Federated Swedish Total Absti-
nence Societies. Besides these voting
members the congress was attended
by about 400 other people, all mem
bers of dry organizations. The assem-
bly, hall was filled to capacity.
OPPOSED TO BRATT SYSTEM
It was the biggest dry congress ever
held in Sweden. The fight against the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-04-01
MEREDITH IS WILLING
Iowa Man Is Willing to Contest With
Smith for Iowa Delegates

Edwin T. Meredith, Secretary of Ag-
riculture in the Wilson cabinet, &C
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch, will not stand in the way Of
Democratic Endorsement from Iowa as
a "fayorite son" for the presidential
nomination, he SO announced in let
ter to Thomas w. keenan, Of Shenan-
doah. The Meredith letter was inter-
preted to mean that the "dry progress
Sive faction" with which Mr.. Meredith
is aligned, will contest vigorously with
the Smith for President" faction
within the Iowa Democratic party.
Coincident with development of SEN
timent favoring the nomination Of
Governor Smith of New York as the
Iowa Democratic choice, there has
grown up "stop Smith" group, the
leadership of which Mr.. Meredith is
believed now ready to shoulder.