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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
GOVERNOR TO
JOIN QUIZ AT
ALBUQUERQUE
Death of Helen Askew,
Welfare Home In
mate, Caused By In
lection, Is Verdict

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Jan. IL
Rl-A joint committee from both
houses Of the New Mexico legislature
was ordered TO come here today from
Santa Fe to open investigation into
the death last Sunday Of Helen
Askew, Is, Of Portales, inmate of the
New Mexico girls welfare home, a
correction institution.
The girls death, a coroner's Jury
found yesterday, was caused by "the
lack Of water and an injection Of twi-
light sleep administered by DR.. Eve
lyn Frisbie and Miss Bertha Lips"
physician and superintendent respec-
lively at the home.
II was brought out az the inquest
that the drug was administered last
Saturday night to Miss Askew and
five other girls "to keep them quiet"
when they created a disturbance in
objecting to solitary confinement and
bread and water diet, which punish
ment was imposed for their escape
from the home. Miss Lips said the
injection was under DR.. Frisbie's di-
rection.
Governor n. c. Dillon ordered the
legislative investigation yesterday
and said he personally would accom-
pany the committee here to inquire
into conditions at the home. District
Attorney Eugene Lujon said he was
studying evidence brought out at the
inquest with a view toward filing
criminal charges against the princi-
pals in Miss Askew's death.
The six girls escaped last Wednes-
dav and were captured and returned
Friday. Miss Askew's companions
testified they were placed in solitary
cells and given nothing TO eat that
day. but that on Saturday a slice Of
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Rockefeller Has
Beaten Stewart,
Newspaper Says

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-tFl-The
Herald Tribune says today that ae-
ccrding to one Of New York's out
standing petroleum authorities John
ID. Rockefeller. Jr., has won his
fight to oust Col. Robert W. Stew
art from the chairmanship Of the
Standard Oil company Of Indiana.
Il is quite likely, the paper says.
that Mr.. Rockefeller would announce
he had more than 81 per cent Of the
voting proxies some time before the
meeting Of the stockholders, March
z.
While Mr.. Rockefeller will have
the large blocks Of stocks held BY
such interests as the Hardness, Flag
ler and Rogers estate and of other
Standard Oil companies in which he
is the dominant figure, Col. Stewart
is expected 10 rally the stock held by
employees and the $4,000 small stock
holders Of the company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Standard Oil Co.
Chiefs to Land
AT Airport Here

Alan Jackson, vice president Of the
Standard Oil company OF Indiana
with headquarters in Chicago, has
written the Brownsville customs Of
ficials to notify them that a tri-
motored Ford plane, bearing execu-
tive officers Of the Standard Oil
company. would arrive at the
Brownsville municipal airport Janu-
airy q or 2s enroute to Tampico and
other cities of Mexico.
In his letter. Jackson requested
that he be advised as to the neces-
sary requirements for clearing the
ship and requested that customs Of
ficials meet the plane at the field
in order that clearance might be &C
complished as quickly as possible.
The ship will also pass through
here on its return trip.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Gen. LASSlTER
IS DUE here
9Th Corps Commander
To Review Fort
Brown Friday

Maj. Gen. William Lassiter, COM
mander of the Eighth Corps Area
with headquarters at Fort Sam
Houston, will arrive at Fort Brown
at p. m. Thursday by automobile
from San Antonio on a tour Of in
spection OF border posts, according
to an announcement made at Post
headquarters here Thursday morn
ing.
In the party with Gen. Lassiter
are Maj. William II. II. Morris, as
sistant G-3, Sth Corps Area, and
Lieut.. Leander ID. Syne, aide de
camp to Gen. Lassiter.
A review of all troops Of the 18th
Cavalry will be held at Fort Brown
beginning at 9:15 n. m. Friday after
which Gen. Lassiter will inspect all
Post buildings. The general public
has been invited to witness the re-
view.
General Lassiter took command of
the sth Cor3s Area in December Of
1927. relieving Brig. Gen. Alfred j.
Bowley.
While in Brownsville, Gen. Las
sitter will be the guest Of Col. and
Mrs. w. r.. Johnston and ,Iaj. Morris
and Lieut.. Syne will be the guests
Of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Stanley Koch
Ladies and officers Of Fort Brown
will compliment General Lassiter
with a reception and dance to be
held at the officers club beginning at
p. III. Friday evening.
General Lassiter and his staff will
leave Brownsville for Fort Ring
gold. Rio Grande City. Saturday
morning. The corps commander will
inspect that post Saturday after
roon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
NJ. P Employees
In Valley After
Houston Farley

About 20 employees OF the Missouri
Pacific lines, representing nil Sec
tions Of the country and travelling
in two special cars, and Pullman's,
arrived in the Valley Thursday morn
ing on "A one day tour OF inspection.
The party IL headed By G. w.
Strain, passenger traffic manager,
Houston, and X. M. Dozier. executive
general agent. Memphis. Tenn.
They arrived at Harlingen, where
they detrained. on the regular pas
senEer train from Houston and their
special cars were brought on 10
Brownsville.
The side trippers. employees of the
company who attended the "family
meeting" held at Houston, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, will get
into Brownsville late Thursday after
noon for n dinner No Matamoros.
They will leave here tonight for San
Antonio, the next stop on their tour
Of the Missouri Pacific lines sys-
TEN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
HARDY OUSTED
AFTER TAKING
S25OO CHECK
Membership In Ameri-
can Bar Association
Annulled at Meet of
Executive Group

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Jan. 1T.-tR
Dismissal from membership in the
American Bar association of Carlos
:. Hardy, one of the two judges OF
the criminal court or Los Angeles
county. California, brought to an un-
expected conclusion the meeting OF
the associations executive commit
tee here yesterday.
Judge Hardy's membership was
forfeited by the executive commit
tee because OF alleged violation OF
canons OF the association which nE0-.
hibit pecuniary or other obligations
which might interfere with the dis
charge or legal duties and the alleg-
Ell acceptance Of presents or favors
from litiCations or from those whose
interests were likely TO be submit
ted for judgment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.-CPl-
Removal or the name or Superior
Judge Carlos ii Hardy from mem
bership in the American Bar asso-
citation followks upon legal con-
troversy in California over his ac-
ceptance OF a $1,000 check from
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, the evan
gelist. for legal advice.
During a grand jury investigation
Of alleged official corruption in
Los Angeles recently. Judge Hardy
admitted accepting the check but
said IL was for services volunteered
prior to tho time that Ars. McPhsr-
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Four State Officials Sued
Girl-AttaCker
Planning Fight
Dodge Chair

were done on the day and night after
he and another man, whom the state
alleges was Merriman, held up, with
pistols. an automobile parked" near
here, forced three young men out
and took away the machine with
three girls.
Miss Mae Sanderson. IL, engaged 20
be married, the prosecutrix in Aid
ridges case, did not bring out in her
testimony who happened to the two
other girls.
Merriman viii be tried later.
At the Aldridge trials conclusion.
he was rushed" through a secret
passageway to the county Jail. sur
rounded by officers. Some talk OF
mob violence, in the event Of a YER
dict less severe than death, had been
heard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 1T.-tRl-Ben
Aldridge, -, confessed robber and at
tacker of woman, awaited today the
fruition Of his counsel's efforts to
save him from the electric chair. to
which he was sentenced for criminal
assault by a jury here yesterday.
He was captured after a gun fight
with officers, in which Lee Roy Mer-
riman, a companion, also charged
with criminal assault in two cases
and robbery in three, was wounded
slightly. Aldridge made a purported
confession TO the attack and other
offenses, among which he listed the
burglary Of thmree Kaufman county
farm homes and the rifling Of post
offices in two Oklahoma towns.
These "jobs," his statement said,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Bill, The Peanut PNSheY
Still FauOYS Al Smith

Hondo to Harlingen should Smith
lose. Bill and AL both lost In one
respect but Bill became famous in
IL days through his peanut mara
thon."
@It wasa't such a hard job" he
declared, "but I wouldn't do il
again juss for fun"
During the course Of his 4puSh-
Ing" Bin got slightly Jared when
q woman motorist parked the front
end Of her vehicle against Bills
port side as he was industriously
engaged in his gargantuan Iabors
on the Rio Hondo-Harlingsn high
ways
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Presidents Sign
Anti-War Pact

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1T.-(Pl-
President Coolidge today signed the
document Of ratification OF the Kel-
logg treaty TO renounce war.
Members of the senate, which rati-
fled the pact on Tuesday, and cab
met officers looked on az Mr.. Cool
idge affixed his signature. The cere-
meny took place in the east room of
the White House.
Notification that the ratification
document has been signed will be
sent to the fourteen other original
signstory powers. One other step
VIII remain. the signing Of exchange
copies Of the treaty for deposit in
the archives Of each signatory nation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

Bill Williams Of Rio Hondo,
internationally known and famed
peanut pusher. still believes that
Al Smith would have been the
'best man for the job"
He made this declaration while
in Brownsville Thursday on a short
business trip.
IL was this same declaration that
caused Bill TO jump into world
fame BY pushing n peanut 8 miles
with his nose.
During the heat Of the now long
gone presidential race. Bill volun-
teered to push q peanut from Rio
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Posed 2 Up e: ;:9 ;$ *; i::;: {: :;:t &:
oisas By Central Press Association, Inc.

With George Harris, the nextdoor neighbor who had
brought her to the dance she stood the veranda in the
moonlight 1t seemed to Betty that George always
beside her. All through high school he had walked to
school with her mornings taken her to athletic events and
the school dances.
George was serious-mnded boy, not given to de-
monstrations of affection AS she listened to his
logue about the work of the committee arrangements
for the dance and heard his plans to make annual
affair." she wondered what he would do if she suddenly
put her face up to his to be kissed
This unusual thought was the result of the scenes
o three)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

menting with pellagra-preventative
foods.
Made Study Here
Twenty of DIR. Goldberger's col
leagues Of the public health service
shortly after he became critically i'll
in November, but after six opera
tions this was abandoned as Of no
avail.
Before the fatal attack he had
suffered three other severe illnesses
-typhus fever contracted Is years
ago while he was experimenting on
it in Meyico City; yellow fever
shortly after this, while he was
working with this disease IN ..ew
Orleans, and dengue fever while he
was making study Of it in Browns
vile, Texas.
DIR. Goldberger was born in Aus
tria-Hungary, but came to this eoun-
try with his parents when he was
about seven years old. He gradu-
ated from the Bellevue Hospital
Medical college, New York. He later
entered the public health service.
Found PeIlagra Cause
DR.. Goldberger's greatest achieve
ment was his contribution TO tsc
worlds knowledge Of pellagra. His
discoveries are believed to have
saved thousands from succumbing to
this malady. He is survived by his
widow. three sons and a daughter.
During the IL years in which DR..
Goldberger was in charge Of public
health investigations Of pellagra, he
showed the disease is due to an un-
balanced diet, and demonstrated the
means where by it might be pre-
vented and cured. His work con-
tributed largely 20 the general
knowledge Of nutrition. He discov-
cred the vitamine "pp" or pellagra
preventative, and showed that dried
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Smith Cleared
In Staying Trial

ELKHART. Ind, Jan. l7.-tPl--
Harvey l.. Smith. private detective
carnival barker and evangelist, was
today acquitted in superior court
here Of the murder of Mrs. Gene
We've Stults. a beauty parlor pro-
prietor Of Mishawaka, Ind.
Mrs. Stults disappeared in March,
1928. Seven months later human
bones, identified as those OF the
missing woman. were found in n pile
Of lime near here. Smith, when ar
rested. admitted he had been paid
$50 20 scare Mrs Stults out OF town.
but he insisted he turned the job
and the money over to two strangers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
I'm OUR
VALsLsEY

THERE WAS A FOG over Browns
vile last night.
From descriptions one has heard
Of the famous fogs of London, this
fog might have been described as of
the London variety.
II was an unusual fog for this
section.
Unusual in the fact that it settled
over the city before sundown We'd
nesday afternoon, rolling in from
the southeast.
Also unusual in the fact that it
continued dense throughous the
night,
Lifting about 8 o'clock Thursday
morning.
A somewhat cool atmosphere from
the north met warm currents from
the gulf right along the coast line.
Thus causing the fog.
This was Of the type Of fog used
in arguments months ago against the
coastal route for air mails.
But they are infrequent, and ex-
tremely rare in afternoons. viii
not impede air mails.
NORTHERN TOURISTS now visit
ing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
in land parties are marveling.
They have just come out of the
frozen north TO find the Lower Rio
Grande Valley a mighty pleasant
place 10 spend winter vacation.
Many of them are paying their
first visit to the south. And vir-
tually all Of them their first visit
to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
They find trees green. Green all
round. Everywhere the eyes turn
green. When their homes are cloth
ed in snow. Their creeks and rivers
frozen. Their trees barren. Their
grass brown.
Scores Of them will find an oppor-
tunity they have been seeking. Many
will come here to make their homes,
now or later.
The green and gold of the orange
and grapefruit trees. The beautiful
green OF the cabbage patches, the
lettuce patches, the acres on acres
Of beets and carrots are a wonder
n attraction.
It's hard To resist, this appeal OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
TWO BROWNSVILLE youngsters
.Sok their air rifles out to do a lit
tse shooting.
A few weeks ago a Mission boy
was missed.
In both instances the boys soon
showed up. safe and sound.
They wandered away, as boys will
often do. Hours meant nothing TO
them. They took no note Of time.
In each instance the boys picked
up" rides. They went TO see other
towns. Here in the Valley the towns
are 50 close together that they
thought nothing Of it.
However, youngsters should be
cautioned against this business Of
"picking up rides, especially with
strangers.
Sometime. somehow the innocent
adventure may have a different sort
Of ending.
ONE BROWNSVILLE parent miss
cd a child some time ago.
He had gone 10 a movie early in
the day.
lie failed 20 return home at the
appointed hour.
An excited search Cnsued. Went
on for several hours.
Finally. long after dark. the young
tser calmly entered his horne.
lie had been in the theater all day.
Had liked the program so well that
he saw il over and over again. Four
times.
He had had his thrill. And was
sleepy.
BROWNSVILLE has an electric
lighted basketball court az Tucker
<eeld. adjoining the high school.
NEquipPed with the idea of incrcaS-
Ing interest IN basketball. among the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
LIFE BOAT REFLOATED

ROTTERDAM, Holland. Jan. 17.-
P,-The life boat from Stallenda.
which went ashore last night while
trying TO reach the wrecked Latvian
steamer Falka, was refloated today
and rescued the crew OF the vessel
IL was while going to the assistance
Of the Falka that the hook Of Holland
lifeboat capsized and its crew of
eight perished. All told. 81 children
are left fatherIess by the tragedy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
FREIGHT ENGINE HITS
SECTION CREW; 3 DIE

POAST TOWN. Ohio. Jan. 1T.-tRl
Three members Of n Baltimore and
Ohio section crew were killed in
stantly and four others injured Sc
riously, some probably fatally here
today when they were struck by a
freight locomotive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
HUrKING COP
SAYS SMALL
WIFE CRUEL

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-(Pi-Po-
lieeman John Belskey weighs, in
his stocking feet and without his
artillery, 255 pounds avoirdupois.
Mrs. Belskey's best weight is 95
pounds.
Belskey, suing for divorce.
charges cruelty. He says his wife
took his revolver away from him,
slapped his face, sat on him,
punched his jaw and capped the
pugnacious climax by throwing
him out of the house.
The court will see about IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

CHAPTER
Betty Brown did not want to be kissed She wanted
men to want to kiss her.
Only an eigheen-yearod girl can think such
purposes.
She was at the first dance given by her high school
class graduated short time before. The eighty young
people in the class were about equally divided between
dance at the Country club. Half were dancing the others
scattered about the grounds in the shadows the
snugged In the dark of the clubhouse porch
slipping in and out OF cars parked just under the veranda
where Betty stood.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
OIL MEN OPPOSE CONTROL

TULSA, Okla, Jan. 17.-tPt-Leg-
islative action to control the oil in
drstry is unanimously opposed BY
the royalty owners OF the Mid-Con-
tinent field, 1t developed yesterday
at the annual meeting Of the Okla
homa-Kansas division Of the Mid
Continent royalty owners associa-
tion at its Tulsa headquarters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
BURNS PROVE FATAL

PAMPA. Tex, Jan. l7.--iRt--Mrs.
Beulah Laveque, 1s, died last night
at Skellytown of burns received
Tuesday when a dress she had
cleaned with gasoline caught fire.
Her mother. Mrs. James Summers.
also was burned. and their two-room
house destroyed. Mrs. Summers is
expected to recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
QUAKE RECORDED AT
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK, Jan. IT.-lPl-The
seismograph at Fordham university
today recorded a severe earthquake
which probably originated in the
Caribbean sea. The first shock was
recorded 1t 6:52 a. m. reached its
maximum intensity at s.05 and
ceased az $50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
RIVER FORECAST
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoroloEi-
'cal conditions:
High ....-. 1922 q. m; e:19 D. m.
Low -......-. 3:39 a. M; 3:33 p. m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy 10 fair tonight and
Friday; somewhat warmer tonight,
continued warm Friday. Moderate
to fresh southeFly winds OH the
west coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy 10
unsettled tonight and Friday; some
what colder = northwest portion FRI
day. Light 10 moderate Eoutherly
winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Premenk 14-Hr 24-HF.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

LECCE. Italy. Jan. IA slight
undulztory earthquake was felt here
at i:ie a. m, today. There was no
damage
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

BROWNSVILLE has an electric
lighted basketball court az Tucker
<@eld. adjoining the high school.
Equipped with the idea of increas-
Ing interest IN basketball. among the
Continues on page thirteen.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
HOSTS

Gas Steam - Electric Driven
Built for long hard service
Fine-Low Priced Equipment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-29

BIZ United Press
MAYFIELD COUNTRY CLUB,
CLEVELAND. Aug. 29.-The gallery
will be with Rena Nelson, Chicago'S
l6-year-old wonder golfer, when she
steps to No. tee here today to
meet Kathleen Wright Of Los An
geles in the quarter-final round of
the women's western golf champion
ship.
Rena's heroic uphill battle
Wednesday against one of golfdom's
greatest women stars, Virginia Van
VIE, today remained topic of eX-
cited conversation.
Those who saw the mere slip of
a girl hold the veteran on even
terms until the sixteenth hole. and
then forge ahead to win, up. were
augmented today by scores who
heard about it in wonder.
There were other matches on to-
days program, however, that will
provide thrills for those who follow
the title seekers. In the upper
bracket with the Nelson Wright
match, Mrs. Lee Mida, Chicago
veteran. meets Mrs. Gregg Lifur, the
other surviving Los Angeles entry.
Mrs. o. S. Hill of Kansas City,
whose II in the qualifying round
gave her medalist honorS, was to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-29
Three StUin1n1ing
Titles Decided
in State Meet

! Three state and four city cham
p,onships were decided in the finals
o: the two-day swimming meet at
Eroad Ripple pool Wednesday night
under the direction of the Indiana
Amateur Athletic Federation.
Jane Showalter annexed her Sec
ond state title by winning the 100
yard back stroke for women. Dick
Whyte of the Dayton Y. M. G. A.
won the state fancy diving event for
men, and John Nicker copied the
ffty-yard free-style event.
Summaries for Wednesdays
events:
Cox. second; Francis Hodges, third. Time
Mems 5o-Yard Free style-won by John
Tilman. third. Time. :27. ..
whyte;, Jack shaffer. second; Don zem>
Women's 1oo-Yard Back stroke-won by
SECOND; Marjorie Fowler. third. Time,
Mems 22o-Yard Free style-won by
Jack Shaffer;. Julius Coon, second: Francis
Hq %6men f5iFd Tmf F a4s stvewon
Dorthy Moore Kidding: Thelma wills. sec &C.
| ond; Jane Showalter, third Time, 1883
Women's 5O-Yard Breast stroke-Won
by Thelma Willis; Saxon Showalter, Sec
ond; Helen Lee Smith third Time, :44.8.
Women's 220-Yard Free Style-Won by
Thelma Willis; Helen Lee Smith, second;
Mary Fowler. third. Time. 1898.
Junior 50-Yard Free Style-Won by
Joseph Swallow; Javk Woerner, second;
Richard Price, third Time. 1876
Boy Scout 10o-Yard Free Style-Won by
Jack Sweeney: Robert Hammer. second;
Art Wilson. third. Time. LOB.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-29
Van Ryn and
Allison Lose
in Net Meet
Cup Team Dropped by
Texans; Young Western
Pair UpSets BritonS.

BIZ United Press
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass, Aug. %
Minus the top-seeded team OF
John Van Ryn of Orange, N. j., and
Wilmer Allison Of Austin, Tex.
Davis cup stars, the national dou-
bles tournament moved into the
semi-annual round of the Longwood
Cricket Club courts here today.
The jinx which eliminated them in
the first round of the recent Newport
casino tournament followed the
young Davis cuppers to Chestnut
Hill, and they succumbed in the
quarter-finals Wednesday in a
thrilling flve-set match with the
Texas team of Berkeley Bell and
Lewis N. White. The scores were Ga,
as, GA, As, 8-6.
In the semi-f1nals today, Bell and
White were paired against the young
mid-western team of Wilbur F. Coen
Jr. and Harris Coggeshall, who
Wednesday defeated H. w. Bunny
Austin and j. S. Cliffe of England,
ga, 1914, 6-2.
The other semi-fnal match was to
bring together William T. Tilden
of Philadelphia, and Francis T.
Hunter of New Rochelle, N. Y, and
George Lott Jr. of Chicago and
Johnny Doeg Of Santa Monica, Cal.