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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20


did not count tle WesIar1 votes
because the envelope bearing them
was unsealed and because OF alleg-
ed irregularities In the voting.
Leslie "a Democrat
Leslie, Judge Of the sSrd judicial
district, was the democratic no
minee and Griffin ran ON the i'm
dependent ticket in general cleo
ton OF 1873.
Griffin sought ar injunction sn
the Travis county district court %
enjoin Mrs. JAM Y. McCalium, sec
retary OF state. from opening the
returns from Hidalgo county, claim
ing they did not reflect the true
result. The court granted the in
junction and the case was appealed.
Name OF neither candidate was
printed on the ballot Each voter
wrote the name Of the candidate OF
his choice on his ballot. Judge
Leslie had become confused us 70
when his four year term expired.
having originally been elected 90
fill out an uneXpired term and neg
lected TO make application 70 hava
his name printed on the democrats
ballot In the July primary
The total vote. excluding tie
Weslaco box. showed Leslie receiv-
ed 3.498 votes and Griffin received
3.484 votes, a majority for Leslie OK
IA votes. Returns from the Wesla-
co box showed Leslie received 83
votes there and Griffin 689 votes.
III the Weslaco box had been count
ed. Griffin would have received a
majority In the district of 5B2
votes
Instructed Verdict
The trial on the merits OF the
case was before "a Jury. but &C the
close OF the evidence the court per-
emptorily instructed a verdict for
the plaintiff.
The election followed "a heated
campaign in which Griffin charged
the regular county officials. most
or whom were seeking reelection
on what was known as the admin
istration ticket" with numerous
derelictions. including squanderinE
and waste or county funds. and
pledged the voters that II elected
he would Immediately convene IA
grand jury and direct Id To- inrestl-
| gate the financial condition or the
county and would endeavor TO Sc
cure an audit of the county books.
Several Rangers acre on duty
around the polling place on cleo
tiOn day.
Election Legal
The opinion. written by Assist
ant Justice j. II. Baugh, said 1t ap-
peared that am election. 'ln all re-
spects legal. was held in the Wes-
laco precinct. but duly elected,
competent and qualified officials
and clerks: that during the entire
procedure. from the opening ss the
polls until all votes were counted.
and the returns duly made up. "a
Texas Ranger was present. mani
feStly TO see that such election was
fair; that said Ranger accompanied
the election judge in the same au-
tomobile gho took these returns IN
person and delivered them TO the
n G0MAAAN NH4ENW 1AA1 LAAMh AAAL GAMAW
Irregularity In the whole proceed
ing was that. obviously through
oversight. the envelope in which re-
turns we're transmitted was not
sealed"
There is no indication that such
irregularity in any manner cast any
suspicion upon the genuineness cr
legality Of the returns themselves,
OF that IN full. fair and free express
sion III the will of tine qualified v0t-
ers was not had. but the contrary
affirmatively appears" Judge
Baugh wrote
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur-
day with slowly rising temperatures.
Moderate northerly to easterly winds
on the west coast.
For East Texas: Not received In
time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20-lF-
The state department Is endeavoring
to find a means OF settling the diff
ferences that have arisen between
the government of Mexico and the
city Of Laredo, Texas. which result
ed In the closing or the Mexican con-
sulate at the border city.
The Mexican embassy here would
make no statement. and dispatches
from Mexico City said the American
embassy there had received no in
structionS to intervene, although It
had been informed Of Governor
Mo0dy's action In bringing the case
10 the attention Of the state de-
partment. No course faction had
been decided upon. the embassy said.
Closing OF the consulate and
events leading UP TO 1t were regard
ed as probable subjects of comment
from members OF the house and SEN
ate bringing out divergent views and
possible discussion Of Mexican
American relations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

Gordon Griffin, when called
by telephone today was said tn
be In Mexico and could not be
reached.
Judge Leslie said that he could
make no statement until Tie had
received q copy or the decision
Of the court, but reminded that
he had twenty days to file petit
ton for N rehearing. and I'm case
that Is denied, he can appeal his
case 10 the supreme court OF
Texas. He added ne did not
know what his attorneys will do.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
RIVER FORECAST

The river will continue to fall
slowly practically all along during
the next few days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorolo-
gical conditions:
High ................. 9:44 ID. m.
Tr~r, r.A1 u VA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

VxTHICH reminds Of the English
man being asked If he knew how
w a baseball looks when 1t stops
rolling. !.
mo, old chappie, how does It
look7"
1T looks round"
Fney say the Englishman Is still
Aknding there pondering It.
wTTHAT We want to know about this
santa Claus business, is whethe.
" civilization Is going TO stick to
that Reindeer story. Our younger
generation is getting brighter and
BRIGHTER as the years go by, and
there Is nothing like that thrill that
used TO come when one actually be-
lieved the reindeer were going 70
lump on the housetop with their
loaded sleigh. and that old Santa
was actually going to slide down the
chimney. But these days the your-
esters learn so MICH earlier that an
sirulane travels faster than a rein
deer. what are we going to do about
kt2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

did not count l-ls Weslar. votes
because the envelope bearing them
was unsealed and because OF alleg-
ed irregularities I'm the voting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
MANY J0BLESS
AFTER BIG fire
Frame Homes of Poor
in Rockland Destroyed

ROCKLAND, Mass, Jan. ID
Hundreds of workers were thrown
out of employment and the lives of
many others were endangered when
fire, famed by strong wind, swept
this towns business section today,
destroying five blocks and damag-
ing many others. Sparks from the
central conflagration were carried
over the entire town, igniting the
wooden-frame homes Of workers.
The fire resulted in the closing
Of most of the towns shoe fac
tories.
At 1890 p. M, the fire was be-
lieved under control, loss being
placed at 5000, 900, but at o'clock,
the fire again got out of control,
threatening a new block.
Starting from an over-heated
furnace in the basement of the
Phoenix block, a three-story struc-
ture in the center of the town, the
fire raced through the building to
the roof.
Flames spread swiftly to the two.
story Bigelow block, which also was
destroyed.
The old Standard block, occupied
by the Rockland Standard, a weekly
newspaper, was badly damaged, and
at l p. m. the new Standard block
was ablaze.
Aid already had arrived from
Brockton and Abingdon, and at that
hour, Brockton authorities were con.
sidering dispatching more apparatus
to the scene.
Several smaller fires broke out
over wide area occupied by work
ers' homes, because of wind-borne
embers.
At 1880 p. m. five blocks were in
ruins and sixth was threatened.
Aid was hurried to the scene from
Quincy, Weymouth and Hanover,
and firemen from six cities and
towns were cooperating in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
CAL, KELLOGG
ORDER ROUND
ROBIN" ENDED
Imperialists Amused at
Game, But Want Vote
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
so-called Kellogg BRAND treaty. and
in view of the many different inter
pretations which have been placed
upon said treaty by members of the
senate, and also in view of the fact
that the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations has not made any report
giving its reasons for recommending
ratification, the committee is respect
fully requested to report to the
senate as soon as possible its views
as to the proper Interpretation of
the treaty"
Few Signatures.
The reservatiouists are understood
to have decided on this new course
because they were unable to Obtain
sufficient signatures for a "Round
Robin" petition demanding that the
committee make such a report.
President Coolidge and Secretary
of State Kellogg both used their in
fluence against the "Round Robin"
Coolidge ordered Bingham to the
White House late Saturday and KEEL
logg was busy on the phone this
morning forcing "reservationists" to
abandon the Round Robin" petition.
They felt the petition would
materially delay vote on the treaty.
Sham Fight.
1t is recognized by all the political
experts here, admitted by Reed and
Moses, and hardly denied by any of
their followers, that the so-called
"reservationists" are waging a sham
battle for political effect, on a
highly patriotic issue which will
cause the administration little en-
barrassment unless too spectacular
measures are used. This is why the
Round Robin" was squelched.
All Want War Pact.
Nobody wants to stop the Kellogg
imperialist treaty, which forms a
new League of Nations, under U.
S.-Wall Street control and hits Eng
land a heavy blow, one which she
has to pretend to take with good
grace. All the reservationists pro-
pose to do is to make little clearer
what everybody understands already,
that Latin-America, fenced around
by the Monroe Doctrine, is sphere
of influence for American imperial
ism, and all foreign imperialisms
are not to be allowed there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
FAULTY BRAKES
CAUSED CRASH,
MOTORMAN SAYS
crew of Four Narrowly
Escape Injury

Two workers, one motorman
nd the other a passenger on his
'ay to work, were injured yester-
ay when a Ninth Ave. elevated
rain collided with a train of flat
ars near the station at Jerome Ave.
nd 18TH St., the Bronx.
The motorman, John Grant, 1866
9th St., Brooklyn, was taken to
lincoln Hospital with bad cash on
is scalp and another over his left
We. Joseph Mccain, 80 W. Attn
t., a passenger, suffered from shock
nd was sent home after being at
ended by an ambulance surgeon.
The train of three flat cars, used
Or rubbish removal, was standing
eside signal tower, 200 feet south
f the station. 1t was in charge of
iotorman Louis Overmeyer and a
rev of four workers. The rear
ar of the train was severely
amaged and the workers narrowly
,caped serious injury.
Grant saw the rubbish train as
e brought his five-car train around
lie curve south of the station, but
was unable to stop in time to
void a collision. Southbound traffic
'om Woodlawn to 18TH st. was
ed up for two hours.
Faulty brakes on the passenger
ain caused the accident, it was
cleared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
TAFT DEGREES
PESTILE:NCE TO
CHICAGO LABOR
Pretends Grafters Will
Take Care of Sewage
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
with lake traffic in the smaller ports
up state, where the steel trust boats
take on ore to carry down to Gary
and Hammond. The upper lake
states asked an injunction against
Chicago's use of the water. The i'm
mediate injunction is denied, but
Taft's decision is a decree that this
water must be left in the Lake,
after "a reasonable and practical
time limit for the arrangement of
sewage disposal"
Anybody who expects the Chicago
city government to really treason
ably and practically" dispose of
sewage which it has never made any
real attempt to control before, can
have the record before him of ten
years talk in the city council about
subway building to dispose of the
worst crowding in any city in the
world without even the beginning of
subway construction.
Continuous and Speedy"
In his long opinion, Chief Justice
Taft declared the Chicago drainage
district had defied the authority of
the national government in increas-
ing the diversion from 4,167 cubic
feet a second to $500 cubic feet. In
denying the injunction and taking
this way out of the difficulty Chief
Justice Taft said:
Though the restoration of just
rights to compliments (the upper
lake states) will be gradual instead
of immediate, it must be continuous
and as speedy as practicable, and
must include everything that is es-
sential to an effective project"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15

for the weather forecasts on the
continent.
During our cruise the geophysi-
cist, V. A. Berezkin, made thirty
seven neurological charts in those
places of the northern Polar seas in
which nobody had ever made obser-
vations with regard to the tempera-
ture, salt content, and density of
water. A study of these observa-
lions will give fairly complete pic
ture of the distribution of the warm
and cold stream currents north of
Spitsbergen and between the latter
and Franz Josef Land, and especially
about the influence of the Gulf
Stream in those waters.
At the same time the study of the
distribution and especially of the
creation Of ice fields in that region
will complete our knowledge in that
field, and the marking of the depths
during the entire cruise will furnish
scores of new points on the tremen-
dous white" space north Of Splits
bergen, where since our cruise the
exact depths have become known.
In view of the tasks confronting
her, the "Krassin" made only very
few stops at the shores. However,
geological researches were conducted
by US wherever we stopped and we
brought back several hundred pounds
of Photographed material. And as
we were stopping at places in which
no Investigations had ever been con-
Quoted, the Importance of the ma
terial obtained becomes obvious, all
the more as we were endeavoring
to connect geological investigations
with Typographical surveys, though
they were only hasty sketches.
On the way we were collecting
botanical and geological material.
We killed three ice bears, two rein
deer and many specimens of birds.
Finally, during the cruise, as we'll
as in connection with the various
activities, we took about 700 photo
graphs and 5000 meters of film.
omitted to mention that after
the end of our first cruise, on our
way to Norway for the purpose of
making repairs, we saved the
Monte Cervantes," a German a.
000-ton steamer, with 1900 passen-
gers on board; we repaired her in
the course of three days and brought
her back to Norway.
In concluding l consider it my
duty to emphasize the intelligent,
energetic, and enlightened manage
ment on the part of the Committee
for the Rescue Of the Italian Expe-
dition, attached to "Ossoaviakhim"
(Society of Friends of Aviation and
Chemical Defense). The assistance
rendered by that committee to our
activities was of exceptional impor-
lance, and without it our work might
have remained futile.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
Fraternal Organizations

Spanish Workers Center, 65 w. 18th
St Latin American Worker-Poet
will read their work. A tea party
and dance will follow. American
working class poets are welcome to
come and read poems of their own.
Everybody welcome,
Young Defenders.
Russia Today" will be the sub
ject of lecture which will be given
before the Young Defenders, Sunday,
p. m, l400 Boston Road.
Tenants League Dance.
A Get-Together Dance is being
staged by the Harlem Tenants
League. Jan. 80, at the Imperial Au-
ditorium, $50 w. 129th st.
United Council, brighton Beach.
A mass meeting to fight the war
danger Will be held by Council II.
United Council of Working Glass
Women, Friday, $3.50 p. m, 227
Brighton Beach Ave, Bring your
friends.
Working Glass Women banquet.
Council II, Working Glass Women,
Brighton Beach, will celebrate its
first anniversary with banquet and
concert Sunday, $50 p. m, at 227
Brighton Beach Ave. An are welcome
to hear what Council II has accom-
plished during its one year of exis-
tence.
Drug Clerks.
A general membership mass meet
Ing will be held tomorrow at Stuy-
Yesant Casino, 142 Second Ave.
Prominent speakers will address the
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
Blast in Schenectady
Building Hurls Debris
Block Away; l Injured

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Jan. IA
(uP).-hn apartment house in the
heart of the business district was
wrecked, its curtains and window
shades were found half block away
on the main street, one man was in
jured and two women were rescued
in spectacular fire and explosion
here late today.
Most of the windows on the sec
ond and third floors of the building
were shattered. The explosion is be-
lieved to have been caused by spon-
taneous combustion in an air shaft.
Debris was found lying almost a
block away in the theatre and de-
partment store section of the main
street after the explosion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
Workers (Communist)
Party Activities

A Lenin Memorial Meeting will be
cid in Madison Square Garden Sat
rday evening, January 49,. All Party
nd sympathetic organizations please
axe note.
You are requested not to arrange
ny conflicting dates. The Lenin
iefnorial Meeting this year VIII be
powerful demonstration against
he imperialist war and for the de-
ense Of the. Soviet Onion.
To All Units.
Tickets and posters for the Lenin
femoriai Meeting Saturday, Jan. 10,
re now ready at the district office.
all for them at once.
williamsburg Y. w. l..
A dance under the auspices Of the
I. W. L., Williamsburgh Unit 2, will
given on Jan. 20 at $3.50 p. m, at
20 Myrtle Ave.
women's District Committee.
A special meeting of the Women's
district Committee is called for II
M, Saturday, Jan. 10.
Negro Work Conference.
A Negro conference of the district
as been called by the District Exec
tive Committee to be held on Jan.
) at the Workers Center, 1928
MON Square, to establish the Party
pparatus for Negro work and to
iscuss ways and means of increas-
lg our activity among the Negro
'orkers.
This is the first conference of the
lstrict where Negro work will be
le only order of business. The con-
erence will have for its task Cd The
rawing in of Negro workers into
lie Party. (2) The building up of a
arty apparatus for Negro work. (3)
Civilization of the Negroes for the
isk in fighting the war danger. for
lie organization of the unorganized.
nd for connecting up our Negro
'ork with regard to the women and
outh workers. ca Spreading of
ur press among the Negro workers.
All units. are urged to send dele
ates to this conference. Failure to
so VIII show an underestimation
{ our Negro work on the part of
he unit. Select delegates and see
hat they attend the conference.
Unit ,. Section 7.
The unit will meet today at 8
M, 764 10th st.
Section CT.
Section CT viii hold reoular
leeting at p. M, today, 60 st.
Tarks Place.
international Branch, Sect;o-
Branch meets tomorrow. at 7.3o N
l.. at 60 st. Marks Place, for cleo
on of new functionaries.
Young Workers League.
A theatre party under fha nnsn;oo,
the Y: w: IT,. Downtown Unit, No
viii be held on Feb. 6, at the
artin Beck Theatre. 3o2 w. 45th St
he play to be given that evening
III be WINGS" Tickets can be OBJ
lined at the district office of the
eague. 2S Union Square. Proceeds
the affair will be donated to the
Dung Worker.
YorIsvillc Y. W. T..
The Yorkville unit of the Y. w. T.
Ill meet tonight at O'clock. Hun
arian Workers Home, $50 f. SIst St
riends are welcome.
Women WoryS Organizers.
A meeting of all unit women wor,,
rgani5ers, ard of district lansua orc
FACTIONS and industrial fractions
II be held tonight at Z O'clock al
: Union Square.
District WOmcn's Comm,ttee.
meeting of the District Wnman,s
ommittee will be held Saturday n
re Workers Center, Room 602 at
m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
treet Car Workers
Score Reacti0naries

MANCHESTER, England, (By
ail) demanding an annual yaca-
On Of IL days instead of the exist
G eight, City Council street car
orl,ers at a mass meeting here
'ndemned reactionary Labor repre-
natives for their refusal to vote
i the question when it was brought
fore the city chamber.
Street car men pointed out that
lough they had first raised the
lestion three years ago.. the bur-
.ucracy of the local Labor Party
ID taken no action. Deciding to
t on their own initiative, the
rect car workers agreed to demon
rate inside and outside the Council
,amber when the matter next
mes up for discussion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
Secret Police Spy
on T.ofts' Among
Italian Fascist
(Red Aid Press Service

LONDON. (By aiD.-According
to daily Herald" report the inner
circles Of the Italian fascists are
greatly excited over recent dis
covery which discloses the fact that
within the fascist party there exists
Il secret police organization whose
duty it is to spy upon the leaders
of the left wing"
Two members Of Mussolini's press
bureau, Jiavicoli and Capasso Tore,
are involved. In Jiavicolis' home in
Rome was found list of names of
fascists in various party positions
With the remark: "to be watched"
Among these names are those of
Farinacci in Cremona, Barbiellini in
Piacenza, Arpinati in Bologna and
Giampaoli in Milan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15

battle to prevent general confla-
grafton.
The Phoenix, Bigelow, New
Standard, Oil Standard and Bemis
and Cooper buildings already had
been destroyed, and firemen were
concentrating on the Gill block
which was in danger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
Let Beating Continue.

BUENOS AYRES POPULATION.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 10 W.D.--
The population Of Buenos Aires in
October was 2,056,OS9, according to
official municipal figures released
today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-15
DANCING NEWEST STEPS

poise. balance. lead, follow in conf
dence. quickly. finest teachers, guar
anteed to teach you correctly waltz.
fox trot, collegiate, Peabody, Ar
gentine tango, given in separate
rooms without appointment: indi-
vidual lessons, 81; open 10 A. M. to
II p. NJ; also Sundays; special course
for beginners. VALENCIA DANCING
STUDIOS. los w. 74th street. -
SUSQuehanna Q620.,