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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Illinois People
Plan Big Picnic

ALAMO, May 16.-Several hundred
Valley residents who formerly resid-
ed in Illinois are expected TO gather
at Camp Ebenezer. just west Of here.
Thursday, May II, for the annual Ii
linois Day picnic. This annual reun-
ion has been held for several years,
and each year the attendance has
shown a decided increase.
Chicken, fried Illinois style, will be
the big event" Of the day, officials
of the Illinois organization state.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon in the large hall. and this will
be followed by a number Of addresses
and a program Of sports and other
entertainment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Mans Body Sent
To North Texas

The body Of West Collie. 80. who
died at the home Of his son in ri
Jardin Monday. was sent TO the for
mer home, Henrietta. Tex, for burial.
Inc SON, William. accompanied the
body and will be there at the burial
Funeral services were held TUESDAY,
afternoon at the Baptist church here
OF which he was the eldest deacon
during his residence in this section.
SIX years. He was q close friend 81
the father Of Rev. Z. W. Marshall.
local pastor, when they lived in the
North. Rev. Marshall officiated AZ
the services and W. A. Darling NOR
tuary assisted with transportation ar
rangements-
The deceased is survived By two
daughters nea Henrietta and the
son in FL Jardin.
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name FACULTY
FOR SUMMER
SCHOOL HERE
Arrangements Ma e
For Free Bus Ser
vice To 3 Towns of
Cameron County

Completion OF arrangements for q
summer school in Brownsville to ac-
commodate students Of the junior
high, senior high and junior college,
was announced Wednesday by Super
%intendent 7. j. Yoe anu S. A. Csld-
well, dean of the junior college.
Announcement was also made that
arrangements have been concluded
for free bus service from Harlingen,
Rio Hondo and al Bepito and inter
mediate points and that all students
expecting TO attend the college and
all parents who desire 70 have their
children take work in the hummer
school, notify Dean Caldwell Of the
junior college Immediately.
Under the ruling Of the state de-
partment Of education all students
expecting advanced standing at the
beginning Of the next term of school
are required to take work in this or
some other accredited summer school.
The term will begin June 4 and
close July %. A faculty Of ex-
perienced teachers will be in charge,
and full credit will be given for all
work done in each department when
the standards have been met.
In the junior high school work,
which includes the sixth and seventh
grades, any child regularly enrolled
In these grades may take two sub
jects or four half subjects to make
up back work or receive advanced
standing. The tuition fee for junior
high work will be SIS for n full
subject or two half subjects, and SIS
for two full subjects or four half
subjects.
In the senior high work will be Of
fered in the eighth. ninth, tenth and
eleventh grades. The state depart
ment limits the number of courses
which may be taken TO enc and one
half units. Any studeat doing three
summers work should be able 70
finish the high school in three years,
members of the faculty stated. The
tuition terms for high school work
are $50 for one full course or SO
for each half course, up to the limit
of three half courses.
High school graduates, teachers,
and college students desiring to take
college work counting toward a de-
gree may take as many as nine Sc
mester hours or one and a half
courses. A fee Of s. per semester
hour will be charged or $50 for a
full course.
Following are the members Of the
faculty who will be in charge Of the
summer school work:
;. A. Caldwell, conductor educa-
ton, college economics and %civics,
high school.
r. ]. zoe. education.
W. l.. Dodson. government. college
physics and biology, nigh school.
Jno. o. Gragg, mathematics in col
lege and high school.
Miss Marian Wilson, English in
college and high school.
Miss Sue More, history in college
and high school.
Miss Mattye Gentry, high school
mathematics and arithmetic in junior
high.
Miss Mary Conkling, English in
high school and junior high.
Mrs. Emily b. Russell, geography
and history in junior high.
Mrs. Portilla, Spanish in college
and high school.
Miss Wygal, primary methods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Oklahoma Tot Found
In Stream; 4 Sought

SHAWNEE, Okla, May 16.-tF-
The body of Betty Jeane Ford. age
p mouths. was found today in the
North Canadian river near the spot
where Mrs. Lorene Ford, her moth
er. said she saw n Of the party
of four men throw an object into the
stream last Friday.
Mrs. Ford, a ~20-year-old divoreee,
said she and her little daughter had
been abducted by the four men, and
that she had seen what she believed
was the child thrown in the river
after she had been beaten and eject
ed from the mems automobile. She
was found near the stream In q
fainting condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Seek Lost Boy In
Locked Box Car

CHICAGO. May 16.-R1-Eight-
year-old John Pyrek was believed
hiding in a locked boxcar somewhere
on the Northwestern Railroad COM
pany lines today. Hundreds Of rail-
road employees under orders from the
company offices here were checking
cars throughout the system in an
effort to find him.
Two boys with whom John was
playing i'm n lumber yard Monday
night said a man dressed M m en-
gineer or fireman pushed the boy
into a boxcar. closed the. door and
then jumped to the cab of mn engine
which pulled the string Of empties
from the yard. The empties later
we're dispatched to several distina-
tons, making tracing difficult.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Building Fund For
Army Camps Signed

WASHINGTON, MAY l6.-tRl-A
bill 70 authorize the appropriation OF
S15,066.260 to carry on construction
projects included In the army hous-
ing program was introduced today by
Representative James Of Michigan,
ranking republican or the house
military committee. The measure
would authorize appropriations for
new construction at ~ army posts.
providing housing for 44s Officers,
526 non-commissioned officers. 2,1s4
enlisted men, 526 hospital patients.
and 142 nurses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

voked and On senior dance will be hsld
instead. This decision was promptss
by work which Ia under way on IA.
new building. This work eompellsd
the cancellation Of the orr An
which parents and friends Of the an.
tire senior class had been invited
Mr.. Voc said.
These invitations are 70 ~ sood
for the dance. Only persons with nv
vitations will be admitted, II was
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
CHIEF GETS REST

TOMBSTONE. AriE., May 1e.-tP-
Many an old timer who died with
his boots on and gave this town its
former reputation for lawlessness.
should be turning over in his grave,
The Tombstone city council has
adopted a resolution relieving the
chief of police of daytime duty. The
chief of police is the entire force.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
START DRIVE
TO END NIGHT
CAR

An intensive campaign against
all-night parking Of automobiles
in the business district i'm to DO
launched by the police depart
ment Tuesday night. il was an
nounced BY police officials
Tuesday morning.
The practice of parking cars
i'm the downtown section during
the night hours seriously inter
feres with the work Of the street
cleaning department, causing
the workmen to put in many
additional hours Of labor and
impairing the efficiency of the
work they do accomplish, IL 10
said.
Beginning Tuesday night ev-
cry automobile parked in the
downtown district all night will
be pulled into the city hall, and
the payment Of n fee will be ne
cessary 70 obtain its release, II
il said.
There will Be no exception 70
this ruling.
II does not. however, apply
70 the residential section where
work in alleys in many cases
makes IL impossible for the .
owner to reach his garage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
DALLAS SHERIFF DIES

DALLAS. Tex, May 16.-(Pt-Allen
Scale, sheriff of Dallas county and a
veteran peace officer, died here today
after a lengthy illness. Sheriff Scale
was serving his first term at the time
OF his death. Funeral services will
Be held tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

helped her 50 she has never had any
more trouble Of the kind. So it Is
no wonder that We have depended
wholly upon this one remedy ever
since for all such ailments. Mrs
Emma Allen, 3l3 Hogan st.
Send 10c 10 DR.. Pierce's Invalids;
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

Even after pyorrhea has affected
your stomach, kidneys and your
general health, Leto's Pyorrhea
Remedy. used as directed. can save
you. Dentists recommend it. Drug
gists return money IL it fails. Eagle
Pharmacy, Inc.-Adv. (5)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
CRACKER JACK MADE FORTUNE

CHICAGO, May 16.-(Py-Cracker
Jack made a fortune of nearly 81 .0O0,-
900 for Louis Rueckheim, c~o-founder
of the Cracker Jack company, an in
ventory filed for probate revealed,
Most Of the fortune Of Rueckheim,
who died last October. was invested
In the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
CONSIDER MUSCLE SHOALS

WASHINGTON. May 16.-tR}-Re-
turning to the Muscle Shoals problem
today. the house adopted an amend
ment 20 the Norris-Mosin bill TO pro-
vide for the manufacture Of fixed
nitrogen al the properties instead Of
concentrated fertilizer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

~ 1911 IN baGNAAAAN
to our family, espe-
ciany in n daugh-
ter's case. She was
I'm n serious condi-
ton with worlan's
wea k q IN
Just about past
going when we de-
cided to try one
more remedy we
had heard Of the
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ton Well. a few
hotfIes If this
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
TRUETT HEADS BAPTIsTs

CHATTANOOGA. May 16-(Pl-Dr
George W. Truett of Dallas was
unanimously reelected president OF
the southern Baptist convention at
the opening session today. He was
nominated by Or. =. c. Mcconnell
Of Atlanta.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Relief from Gas
Stomach Pains
Dizziness

The doctors tell us that 90 Der
cent Of all sickness Is due to stom.
ach and bowel troubles. You can't
Be well IL your digestion Is bad;
you are likely 70 get sick unless you
relish food and digest It properly.
Tanlac has q wonderful record
ms q relief from digestive troubles,
even those Of years standing.
Mr. Earl Goodridge Fostar, a
23O5 Ellis Ave-, Fort Worth, Tex,
says: II was fiat on my back, suf-
fcring from Indigestion. But after
. bottles OF Tanlac L returned To
work, didn't suffer any more from
Indigestion and gained Is lbs"
III You suffer from gas, pains in
the stomach or bowels, dizziness,
nausea, constipation or torpid
liver; III you have no appetite, can't
sleep and are nervous and MI run
down, you need Tanlac. IL il good,
pure medicine. made OF roots,
herbs and barks. Get q bottle from
your druggist today. Money back
IL it doesn't help you.
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STAYS WIFE. CHILD. SELF

NEW MARTINSvILLE. ". Va.
May 16.5tP-Emil Garrett. IS. shot
and killed his wife ana nine year old
SON and then fatally wounded him
self at his farm home five miles east
of here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

WHY HUSBANDS FACES FALL
NEW YORK. - Beauty specialists
estimate that 800 women now have
their faces lifted each day 70 re-
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WESLACO BOY
sues COLLEGE
Rice Institute Hazing
Is Followed With
Court Action

HOUSTON. Tex, May 16.-CRl-
A civil suit for $4,000 against Rice
Institute has been filed in district
court by attorneys for M. L. Dew, Jr.,
Weslaco youth. who alleged that he
suffered q dislocated v~ertsbrae from
q hazing in East Hall on the night
Of October 1, 1926.
Four Rice students, all prominent
in athletics at the institute. were
named as responsible for the in
jury.
The suit alleged hat authorities
az Rice had known Of similar Fat
tacks on students" and that no eff
fort had been made to stop the prac-
tice.
Chairman James A. Baker OF the
institute board Of trustees, said the
board had investigated the hazing
and had decided the institute is not
liable for damages. Captain Baker
also said hazing had always been
condemned by the board.
Especial 70 The HERALD
WESLACo, May 1e.-M. L. Dew,
Jr.. 20, who lives here, Is still suf-
fering from the effects Of the In
jury sustained in the alleged hazing
episode in Houston a year and a
half ago, his father. who is a law
yer here. said Wednesday.
The youth spent some time in a
Houston hospital at the time the af-
fair occurred and was again 7 the
hospital a%fterward. He got better
and attended school until January
81, 1927. when he again was forced
to enter n hospital where he re-
manned for seven weeks. the elder
Mr.. Dew said. After he was re-
moved from the institution on this
occasion he was under medical are
daily for 10 weeks, the father said.
At the present tire the injured
boy is getting medical advice from
DR.. r. NJ. Heating. Of the Medical
Arts building. in San Antnnin.
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NORRIS DUETS
/, BOLT THREAT

virtually the last threat Of a ser!.
nus third party movement against
smith and Hoover faded today when
senator George W. Norris Of Ne.
,raska, a formidable figure in the
fnsurgent Republican ranks. an.
x,ounced flatly that he would not
% Presidential candidate on any
ticket.
Norris said nothing was to he ar
by a third party this
Wear.
m any ticket he said.
Spokesmen for various minority
,roups throughout the NorthweSl
End Middle West have urged hin
renea tedly since the Kansas City
convention to take up the McNarY
1Iaugen banner in third rartN
leadership.
Half a dozen agricultural State!
we're ready to rally TO his candidacy
40 was told. Norris, who knows III:
yUaat has rejected these invitations
ALMOST as fast as they were pre-
= sented. ~
-. reiterated he would light tb'
.ap,e old fight in the next session
- congress on = agriculture. He de
tined to discuss cam paiSn pros
.ectg. or his own plans t7r th'
political season.
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The Washington Times Boys
Club has decided among it's mem
bers to stage what promises to be
the largest young peoples outing
seen near Washington in many a
day, and has issued this general in-
vjtation to Washington young
folks.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted. The entertainment tickets
will entitIe the bearer to II free
rides on any OF the thrilling amt'Se-
ment devices at the park.
New Thrills Promised
Every boy and girl in the city
knows where Glen Echo lS ana most
NJ them have been there at some
lime or oil her, bat the park officials
state that this year. as never De
fore they are equipped to dish out
thrills and fun galore. TINS lad
much to do with Glen lIchos pclh%
chosen as the scene of the outing.
The delightful feature OF the pian
10 that those attending may VISIT
the park at any time on the snecl-
fled day that they choose, mus
any group IF hoys or girls living IN
a neighhOrhOod may attend the out
Ing together as party OF trlenhs'
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RlJ S5I AN.
LOCATES
CAMP
BY international News servie.


MOSCOW, July 11.-Three
members of the crew of the
wrecked dirigible Italia, miss
ing since they set out alone on
foot to seek land, have been
located by a Russian aviator,
according to a radio message
today from the Russian ice
breaker Krassin.
Aviator Chuchnovsky, who hoped
off near the Krassin in a seaplane,
reported that the group were float.
ing helpless on an ice floe in SO.42
latitude and 25.45 West longitude.
TIE floe was surrounded by masses
OF crushed ice.
One Apparently Dead
Chuchnovsky circled over the
party five times making observa.
tons. Two members of the party
waved flags, but the third was
lying on the ice apparently dead.
Heavy mists compelled the avia-
tor to land on Northeast Land.
The commander of the Krassin
reported that he is attempting to
rescue the group, but that the
passage to the floe is blocked by
huge icebergs.
The Krassin has been operating
among the ice floes in the vicinity
or Northeast Land in an effort to
rescue the group of survivors
headed by Viglieri.
Will Try Rescue
The group now reported located
is understood to be composed OF
Or. Finn Malmgren. Capt. Alberto
Mariana, and Captain Fillipo. For
the past two weeks they have been
given up for lost.
The Malmgren party was float
ing on the ice when located.
II was expected here that an ell
Continued on Page 2, Column IL
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IS GIRLS SAVED
IN YACHT
WRECK
BY International News Service

ROCKFORD. Mass. July IL
Thirty four persons, including Is
girls, were rescued by coast guards
men in a big surf boat early today
after the pleasure yacht Connie, out
of Gloucester, ran on to the un-
finished breakwater of Sandy Bay,
two miles out of this Cape Ann
port.
with slipping clutch. Capt,
James Mae Donald was unable to
guide The Connie and she rolled
up on the rocks, which were hid
uen by the high tide,
Put on Life PrPSerVers
The Ii girl passengers, the &
men passengers and tho crew Oi
three put on life preserVers 10 be
ready should tie yacht break up
Captain Macdonald rugged up an
improvised flashliGht by using one
Of the storage batteries, which he
rescued from the motor room. The
flashes from the Connie were seen
by Capt, i. J, Glynn and his mer
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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N N [.
CHOICE IS
RASKOB
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

NEW YORK, July IL
John J. .Raskob, chairman of
the finance committee Of Gen
eral Motors, will be the next
Democratic national chairman.
Shortly before the national
committee went into session
here today it was definitely
learned that the Smith leaders
had agreed upon Raskob and
that his selection by the com
mitce was assured.
it was also understood that
Herbert II. Lehman had been
agreed upon as director of finance
and that Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross,
ex-governor OF Wyoming, would be
selected AS vice chairman Of the
national committee.
Hopes Are High
United at last after eight years
wandering in the wilderness of de
feat and despair, the leaders Of
the Democratic party assembled
here 10 pledge allegiance to the
rev Smith dynasty, and to map
out militant campaign for
| rest oratiO to power.
They came together with hopes
! high. with 5000. 900 already in the
party chest. and with the assure nee
| that for the first time since 1916
| they are to have an aggressive
! welt organized and amply financed
| campaign, led rs a man whose
/ vote getting ability even the enemy
! comedies.
| The spirit that animated t0day's
! gathering of Democratic leaders
was in marked contrast to the dis,
! interest edncSS of the Cox Campaicn
Of 1920. and the hopeIcssness that
followed in the wake of the Madi-
son Square Garden dcbacle.
South is Worry
Only the rumble Of rebellion in
the south. made by the radical
drys and the anti-Tammanv bitter
enders, was present to disturb the
harmony Of the gathering. And
most Of the leaders believe tina.
! this rumble will be drowned our
| 10y the roar of the general engage
! ment soon to get under way. The
| Democrats are again hopeful, mill.
! tant, aggressive-and most Of them
| are downright confident.
| While the oStcnsihe business of
| the assembly was the selection of
r National chairman, the real bust.
Continued on Page . Column 81
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HACK PROTESTS
BEFORE COURT
- G n Photos

Declaring at tin outset that the
court would take judicial motto" that
a public hack stand Is a nuisance
and anyone passing on" of them
would reach III" same conclusion,
Justice Jennings Bailey. in circuit
court today. began hearing the
applications Of the Raleigh Hotel
Washington Hotel. Powhatan Hotel
and the Willard Hotel for an in.
junction ITO restrain tho Drstri,:
commissioners from enforcing the
new regulations placing public hack
stands adjacent 10 the hote! prop
critics.
The District government through
Assistant Corporation Counsel Rim.
gold Hart. moved the court 10 dis
miss the applications, declaring that
the public street adjoining the hotel
/ properties does not belong to the
! hotels, and that the court cannot
substitute its own opinion for the
/ discretion Of the commissioners,
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TIMES
BOYS CLUB
OUTING
GLEN ECHO
JULY Is
II BIG RIDES
F R EE
Details on Page 9

This will prove attractive for base
bah clubs, athletic orGanlZa tons OF
in fact, any group of youngsters
that are seeking a way to hold a
DAYS outing for it's members.
Opens At | +. nj.
The park opens at / o'clock IN
the afternoon and does not close
until ii p. m, Admission will De
Continued on Page 2. Column A.
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Chill |, | Z,
FALLS 20
FEET

While dreaming of her pets
three small kittens-12- year
old Eugene Mayor, of the 900
block Of X St. S. E., arose from
her bed, walked to an oFen
window and fell about 20 feet
TO a brick-paved areaway be-
low shortly before last mid,
night.
Eugene is in Casualty Hospital
where DR.. c. M. Hall. of the hos
3ital staff, said her condition is
undetermined and il IL believed sh"
is suffe4ing from internal injuries
she is conscious today and she
spent very quiet night, DIR, nan
>aId.
Mother Hears Scream
According to the girls mother
Mrs. f. Il. Mayor, Eugene had
spent a busy day, playing with The
.li;tens and the mother cat, and had
zone 10 pea Win HPE Nobti@F'
sister. Marie. who is six years old
thoroughly tired out.
About II o'clock, the mother SAID,
she heard a scream and when she
vent into the girls room found
Eugene missing.
Low means coming from the
area way disclosed the girls where
abouts. Before Mrs. Mayor could
reach her daughters side. neigh
bor boy Randolph Russell, l6, who
lives next door, had picked the
girl up and taken her into the
Mayors kitchen.
Car Runs Out Of Gas
A pa ssing motOrist was hailed
AMI the girl started for Casualty
Hospital. En- route, however, the
car ran out Of gas and anoth er
motorist took the girl the balance
of the way.
The Mayor family had moved
into their home a week ego yes
terday.
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
S,977, 1861.
New York Clearing House bal
ancP. $101 900 600
New York Clearing House ex.
change. S1.032 .0O0. ZOO.
Treasury balance, seas. 9S6. 6O4 "a.
Customs receipts, S1O,235 1895.
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Times Club to Stage
Fete at Glen Echo
by international

Hove bows and girls Of washington. You
are invited to attend the annual outing of the Washington
FINES Bows Club at Glen Echo Park Md. Wednesday
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Purchase the gas and electrical ap-
pIiances Won need through the VINO
Who" announcements on next 10 the
last page Of tOday'S Times md Herald