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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
GERMANY HALTS.
DEBT
Refuses to Accept Com.
promise Drawn Up For
Great Britain

THE HAGUE, Aug. 26.-O1-Dr.
Gustav Stresemann, German for
eign minister, told the five creditor
powers today Germany could not
make the sacrifice demanded Of her
in the agreement on the Young plan
reached last night.
The foreign minister announced
the German position at q meeting
this morning to consider the agree
ment reached last night giving
Great Britain between 20 and 80 per
cent Of the demands set forth by
Philip Snowden, British chancellor
Of the exchequer.
This agreement was tentative,
Germany's acquiescence being nee
essary since 1t involved Germany's
surrender Of its share In the N
plus OF the Da. s plan payments
between April and September Of
this year over the payments called
for In the Young pan.
The chief II tbs reich's delega-
ton said the Germans In Paris had
gone to the limit OF their coun-
try's possibilities when they accept
ed the schedule Of annuities under
the Young plan. They we're now
asked TO make another sacrifice In
order to facilitate an accord among
the creditors as 10 the distribution
Of reparations money which after
all does not concern the German
government
In the face Of this new check TO
the progress IF the conference and
what had promised q complete
agreement by eompr mise, It was
decided the herman and creditor
experts 60 over The figures submit
ted by DR.. Stresemann. Mes awhile
the delegates took q recess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
DICTIONARIES
PERFORMANCES
DRAW $4,000

PORT ARTHUR, Tex, Aug. 20
-CR-Pleasure : weary Legion
naires bestirred themselves to-
day TO write fms to a typicall7
rollicking American Legion con-
vention.
Last night was the show night
If the convention. and Port Ar
thur residents were compensated
for the loss OF sleep which had
been occasioned by the noisy
crowd of visitors. The annual
Legion parade and a sham bat
tie followed in quick succession.
About 5000 persons witnessed
the two events.
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ualties-and yet q constant dis
turoance.
And Of course. all Of 1t will Dc
mutually defensive as prescribed
by the Kellogg treaty.
At any rate, such is the forecast
provided Japan and the western
powers keep hands off.
Outside interference. sooner or
later, is recognized as the Situa
TONS vital peril.
One outsider in. all the import
ant ones in-is the prediction.
Almost needless 10 say. the ou--
siders would Immediately make a
first class war out Of it-with al
the modern improvements.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
FATHER SAYS SON BORN In MEXICO;
MAY BE JAILED FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY

He's my father. II he says I was
born in Mexico. it Is true" Thus
Pedro vas..uez, Jr., accepted a par
entail edict that may result in his
imprisonment after a preliminary
hearing held Tuesday for him on
charges OF reentering the United
States illegally after having been de-
ported previously.
Young VaSquez was captured In
the vicinity Of Brownsville by i'm
migration officers. He staunchly
maintained that he was an American
citizen and that his previous de-
portation had been upon the false
evidence Of a woman In Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
AMERICAN CAVALRY OFFICERS
VIEW FAR EAST SKIRMISHlNG
AS DEFENSE OF THEIR BRANCH
BY CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-Speak-
ing OF cavalry, perhaps newspaper
readers have noticed that mounted
troops figure considerably In ac-
counts Of recent skirmishes between
Russians and Chinese on the Man.
churian border.
Filling stations are scarce in that
part Of the world, but 1t Is a prai-
RE country, where lots Of grass
grows, for horses to eat.
Trust all the cavalry officers in
Washington to be calling everyone's
attention TO this state Of affairs N
the far east. From their stand
point 1t seems mighty timely, con-
Sidering broad hints they have
overheard lately that modern var
fare has no use at all for their
branch of the service.
I'VE told you So" they exclaim.
Whenever fighting starts in one of
the great open spaces like our
own ex-wild west, back comes the
old-fashioned cavalryman into his
own"
II 1t develops, 1t will be an In
teresting campaign generally-nOt
particularly instructive. but rem
iniscent Of military methods Of SO
or rs years ago-and thus fascinat-
ing for soldiers Of today to observe.
in the light Of what they know
now.
So experts think, at any rate.
They cannot conceive Of either
the Russians or the Chinese as get
ting much up-to-date war machin-
cry into that area Of prospective
hoStilities-a few airplanes doubt
less. but not much Of the rest Of
the heavy equipment which bulked
so ~formidably on the west front in
the world conflict.
Both the Moscow and the Man.
king governments have almost I'm
limited numbers of men available
but the professional concensus 4
that both will find 1t impossible V
transport very large forces of then.
to the theater of SO distant a strug-
gle-especially the Russians. over
5000 miles of single-track railroad.
AS for materials. 1t is foreseen
that the Russians will have to trav-
Ell light, whatever they may pos
seSs at home.
China'S supply Is known to be
scanty and primitive.
In the great war the b~elligerents
had the resources to get more. but
not this pair Of them.
There are few dissenters from the
Judgment that the Russians could
handily defeat the Chinese If the
center Of their population were as
near to the Manchurian frontier aS
the thickly settled portion of north
ern China.
However, the Marking govern
ment has its own h~andicaps.
The Chinese soldiers nerve is
good but they lack discipline-nev-
er seem to acquire it-and they are
practically without trained leaders,
while the Russians have some toll
erably competent ones.
Besides. Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang
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the Manchurian war lord. Is unre-
liable. President Chang Kai-shez
has to trust him or he probably
would cut loose entirely from the
republic, but no one q guess
when he will make terms Of his
own with the soviets-or declare
himself independent.
As the future Is visualized here.
the war-if it is to be a warts
likely TO string out indefinitely-on
a rather larger scale than the pres
ent small preliminary engagements,
but mostly guerilla fighting. NOR,
or less hand to hand. with a vast
number of shots exchanged for a
comparatively small number Of cas-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28

wants club at their luncheon Tues
day.
Mr.. Montgomery told OF his eS-
perience in helping secure the ship
ment Of date shoots now being
tried out in Weslaco. and explained
that he had been able to secure a
yearly appropriation OF $1,000 from
the state to carry on the expert
ment after shoots had been pro-
vidcd by the federal government.
II. also cited figures to show the
possibility Of profit from CONNER
cial date growing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28

that he was a Mexican citizen. He
also said that Pedro Jr., was baptized
in Matamoros and not in Browns
vile.
The family moved TO the United
States from Matamoros shortly after
the death Of his wife. Manuela. he
said. At that time Pedro. Jr., was
about six years old. and he has re-
sided in the United States since,
the father declared.
To this testimony the younger
man bowed his head and said: He
is my father. If he says ! am a
Mexican citizen. then 1t is true"
Pedro. Jr.. then was bound over
10 the grand jury on $1,000 bond.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
SPEAKERS TO GIVE BOOSTER
ADDRESSES AT RAYMONDVILLE

Holp on the trip. will discuss My
Impressions or Your Valley" Tha
why" Of the Willacy County Irri-
CATION project will be told by Ned a.
Sayford OF the Morgan Engineering
company the How" or the irrlEA-
ton system building viii be the
topic Of T. II. Hardin Of the Trinity
Farms Construction company, ana
the What" OF the Delta Orchards
company development win De- told
by ID. X. Woodward. Jr, Of Austln.
The speakers have been tha
guests OF w. "A. Harding since their
arrival In Raymondville Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
a t Experiments
Discussed At Club
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG, Aug. 28.-Possibill-
ties Of commercial date growing as
a Valley industry may be largely
determined by the results of ex-
perimen' now under way at the
Weslaco experiment station With
imported date shoots. w. r. Mont
gomery. Hidalgo county state rep
resentative declared before the XII
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28

Vasquez declared that he was born
at Santa Maria and had lived on
the American side OF the Rio
Grande all Of his life.
Several of his relatives were called
In. and each corroborated his state
ments. A baptismal certificate
showing that Pedro .Vasquez. Jr.. son
of Pedro Manuela Vasquez had been
baptized here was introduced as EVIL
dence.
Officers then procured his aged
father. who Is living near Kingsville.
Solemnly raising his hand and TAX
ing the oath. Vasquez. Sr.. said that
his son had been born at the La
Ensenada ranch in Tamaulipas and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
38 Girl Scouts AT
First Enca,nprnent
(SDeciaI 10 The Herald

WESLACO. Aug. %. - Thirty
eight girls attended the first Val
ley Girl Scout encampment, which
closed at 6 p. m. Thursday. The
camp was held on Llano Grand.
lake. In the Izaac Walton preserve
on space loaned by Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Weaver Of Donna. and Wa.
attended by girls from the Donna
McAllen and Edcouch. with Mr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
wAsHINGToN-wiIliam

Observation-Disclosures j. II.
Strong Of Chicago Is president OF
an association which proposes to
hunt for Noah's ark. The associa-
ton asked the state department to
help II get permission from Turkey.
It was told 70 apply to the Turkish
embassy.
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CRAFT FINDS

Continued Tror- Page One)
equalling the high speed at which
it crossed the Pacific from Tokyo 10
Los Angeles, but the 20 to so miles
an hour at which the sullen waste
country of the Sierra Diable and
Guadalupe mountains was traverSed
had been increased to approximate
ly so miles an hour owe Oklahoma
and Kansas.
In Cleveland Late
The direct line which DR.. Hugo
Eckener. commander Of the craft.
adopted after reaching the Texas
Panhandle late last night showed he
Intended to waste no time in reach
ing Cleveland, where he promised
to maneuver over the CITY As part
of the National Air exposition pro-
gram before proceeding to Lake
hurst, N. j.. terminus Of the flight.
DR.. Ectener radioed officials Of
the air exposition yesterday his
ship would reach Cleveland abous
noon today. but adverse winds and
electrical storms. encountered early
last night. retarded progress to such
an extent 1t appeared the ship would
not be able to reach Ohio until late
evening.
According to the original schedule
IF the northern route selected by
DR.. Eckener. the dirigible will flv
from here to st. Louis. then 10 Chi
ca9o from which place 70 will make
a bee line for Cleveland and Lake
hurst.
BATTLES Elements
Fncountering its first storm aft
or leaving Los Angeles at 2:14 a. m.
e.. 8. r.. Yesterday. an electrical dis
turbance between San Diego. Cal.
and Yuma. Ariz.. the big shin nosed
down the eastern ridges of the rocky
mountains. once more victorious ov-
n rthe elements. In mid-afternoon
the dirigible passed over the con-
tinental divide OF the rockies. then.
buckind headwinds. zoomed over
Arizona and New Mexico. arriving
at Fl PaSo at 5:13 o.. m. G. s. T..
After lowering over the Texas
city for fifteen minutes. the Graf
dropped across the international
boundary line into Mexico. A few
UllIlutCc lat[I 10 ACNClbCl wv It's
eastern course. following the Texas
and Pacific railway line to Sierra
Blanca. Tex. Finding small hit
vicious storms in its path. DR.. Eek
ener. there. turned north abandon
Ing an announced intention to Wis
IL Fort Worth. After crossing a
corner Of New Mexico the shin lin
I'd across the Texas Panhandle en-
tering Okiahonna's southwestern
corner. Through Oklahoma the
dir!gibie followed q cnrnpsss course.
Takehurst Bv SATURDAY.
SOARING through the DARKNESS with
most Of its light out. like some
huRe bird. the giant air liner. was
sighted by only a few persons as
II passed over southwestern states.
This was In contrast to the turn
out Of entire villages along the Los
An9eles-El Paso route.
The Zeppelin which now has
heen nearly twenty DAYS on the
T'oht. must reach rakehurst late
Saturday 10 claim the round the
world flight record of approximate
~ twertv-three DAYS set by John
Henry Mears and the late G. b. ID.
Collyer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28

Harvey Hixson as head OF the
camp.
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Truax,
also Of Donna, led nature study.
Instructions in signalling. tracking
handicraft, games and other Scout
activities were given. Dorothy Mae
Yearger. OF Donna. received az
award for being most helpful n
other scouts, Mary Jackson the best
all-round camper. and Virginia
Fenwick and Airline Callavo Of Nc
Allen tied for the swimming award.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28

RAYMONDVILLE. Aug. 28.-Oi
particular interest to residents OF
Willacy County Irrigation District
No. ! is the series OF development
talks 70 be given Wednesday night
at the Raymondville school audi
forum at 8 p. m. by a group OF
men on topics Of special Valley
significance.
Col. II. T.. Holp. national lecturer
from Chicago. who has just COM
pleted an inspection OF the Rio
Grande Valley. will speak on the
subject. Home Folks. Boost What
You Have" T. I. Richardson, also
Of Chicago, who accompanied Col.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Straw Hats
By Dobbs and Others

Plenty of time to get full value out of a
new straw before summer is overland
especially when prices are as low as
you'll find them here. The Discount
Squad did some cutting work here, in
daadf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
Drain Tile Logs" Used
as Building Material

A "log house. in which the "logs"
are formed by common red drain
pipe tile has been built in Kings
vile, Ontario. Canada. Charles
Miner, who erected the unique
dwelling, chose tile for the material
because il provides dead-air space
In the walls to protect the interior
from cold in winter and heat In
summer
The house stands on a founda-
ton of concrete blocks. except Tor
the porch and steps, which are
supported by the tiles. a wooden
framework, sheathed with boards
In the usual manner, was first
erected and the tile 'logs" were
laid in courses like brick veneer
up the sides. At corners. the ends
of the tiles overlap in criss-cross
fashion, much as did logs in the
cabins of pioneer days. Where the
ends of the logs are exposed, they
are closed with cement colored to
match. This insures dead-air
space and prevents birds and squir.
rels from entering.
The cost OF the unusual house Is
said to have been moderate as
compared with the cost of the con-
ventional wood or brick home
Popular Science Monthly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
Amethysts and Opals
Used as Road Material

A street almost literally paved
with amethysts has been reported
to the Berlin geographical society
by Prof. Otto Quelle Of Bonn uni
versity, says an Associated Press
dispatch from Berlin.
He found it in Brazil, In the prov
ince of Bahia, where he visited
German gem cutters and polishers'
colonies that have mined and
handled 5000 hundredweight OF
amethyst.
Whole streets, he said, are paved
with the waste material, that gives
them a lovely violet sheen. Doctor
Quelle said he knows of place In
Siberia where opals are so plentiful
that the coarse grades are used az
road building material.
The Deutsche Allgemeine zeituns
reports roads at Bernstein, in the
Austrian Bugenland, graveled with
waste from the semi-precious ser
pentine stone.
In the same country, near Rel
nitz. are roads of a beautiful green
shade, said to be free from dust
They are surfaced with waste from
asbeStic stone.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
Vegetables Offered to
Gods of Ancient Times

Turnips, beets and radishes were
a respected trio of ancient Greece,
all three having been acceptable Of
ferings at the temple Of Apollo In
Delphi. Their respective rank may
be judged from the custom of dedi-
eating turnips In dishes of lead,
beets In silver and radishes In
beaten gold.
Though radishes are thought 10
have come originally from China,
their culture is of great antiquity
In Europe. In earliest times they
were generally boiled. but later Ro-
man physicians recommended that
they be eaten raw, with salt, before
breakfast. A strip made from
them was used to cure wh00ping
cough and maladies Of the chest.
TurnipA too. were thought good
for hoarseness and coughs, and
also effective as a poultice for the
feet So important were turnips to
the poor In the Middle ages that
they appeared on armorial bearings
to denote q person Of good dispo-
sition who relieved the destitute.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller are here fol-
the week at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Wal
dron
Francic keuhl of Cheney Was a
guest at the Lecholt home last
week. He was on his way to Top
penish, where he is teaching.
Mr.. Burmaster has moved to the
old Carratt place which he has
purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Richards Went
to Patterson Sunday.
Mrs. r. Gowing was caiied 70
Wenatchee Tuesday by the illness
of her father and Miss Helen
Gowino is teaching in her place.
There were six new students en-
tered in high school this week.
They are Albert Piert, Dudley
Beais. Gus Kue, Gertrude Heding-
ton. Robert Turner and Delbert
Hedington. This makes an enroll
ment of thirty eight in high school.
Anna Mae Hamlwet of Portland
came in Tuesday for three-week's
visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamlet.
The Thompsons were overnight
guests at the w. l.. Cochran home
Monday night, and left for Elber-
ton about eleven o'clock Tuesday.
They have been pastors of the Fin
ley and Hover church for the past
four years and it is with deep re-
greet that we see them go to other
fields.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12

Balsa <Ochroma lagopus), called
goano in Porto Rico and lanera In
Cuba, IL q common tree. particu-
larly along the seashores In the
West Indies and Central America.
It Is said to be called moho IN
British Honduras. lanilla In Qua
temala and guano in Spanish Hon.
duras. The tree is rarely more
than 40 or 80 feet In height and
the trunk Is sometimes from four
to five feet In diameter. The wood
Of balsa Is nearly white or some
times tinted with red, showing
practically no distinction between
heartwood and sapwood. It has q
silky texture, Is rather coarse but
straight grained, and II the light
ct Of all woods, even lighter than
true cork. A sample of balsa from
Trinidad exhibited at Philadelphia
In 1915 had q specific gravity q
.12O, or about ~ pounds per cubic
foot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
Extract Pleasure From
"p!easantry of Dread"

aAn ingenious American" says
Dr. Joseph Lobel, in Don't BE
Afraid "has characterized rear
as domestic sport just
as in various games we expose our
selves to danger, knowing Win Ger
tainty that we shall escape. just as
we enjoy the pleasant ticklish reel
ing that ensues as q result OF tnls
combination of sensations, So
saws he. we often create zor our
selves, out of a pure desire Tor sen
sation, the pleasantly Of dread. .
sIt is not man alone who sets
ont to learn how to shudder. The
mother who sits on the couch anx-
iously awaiting her boys return
from school, is doing the same
thing. She surrenders herself to
feelings of anxiety and pictures his
having fallen into the water. In
reality, she feels nothing Of the
kind. Otherwise she would have
rushed long ago to the water. In
stead Of sitting quietly on the
couch, INDUCING pleasantly In
feelings Of apprehension.
"But picturing to herself all the
dangers into which her son may
have fallen, she is unconsciously
enjoying herself. Out OF the
everyday, monotonous homecoming
/ of her youngster, she has created
dramatic event. She Will wei
come him with a sigh OF relief ana
happiness when he crosses tne
threshold Just as she had really
been expecting him to arrive, safe
and sound
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
American Elk Splendid
Creature Of the Wild

The American elk, or wapfti, Is
the most beautiful and stately Of
all the deer tribe. He is not actu-
ally an elk, for the name really be-
longs to the elk Of Europe, an ami
NAL very closely related to our
moose.
Some Of the Indian tribes called
him wapiti, and we might well let
II 60 at that, believing that It II
q good name, writes Arthur New
ton Pack In Nature Magazine. At
any rate, when first saw one Of
these great, tall antlered bulls
looking at me as crept to the
edge Of the lick, my heart certain
ly went wapity-wapity-wap. s,
remembered that once-once
upon q time-these handsome fell
lows had ranged from the Allan
tic slope to the Rocky mountains
and beyond to the very Pacific {;
but now there were but few left,
and most Of those were here In the
Rocky mountain woods.
While elk are content to stay
In the mountains during the sum-
mer, the deep winter SHOWS drive
them down to the valleys, where
men make fences out Of piled ant
lera
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-12
Early Man Had Faith
In Arrow Diyination

Long ago, in the most high and
far off times. primitive man re-
sorted to the making of magic to
determine what course to pursue In
the vast wilderness Of his ancient
world, writes Catherine Hargraye
In the Boston Transcript. Arrow
divination was favored kind. To
make this magic circle was
drawn on the ground with the prop
er rites and lamentations and d.
vided into the Four Directions.
With more mystic ceremony arrows
were cast into the ring and upon
the maner Of their falling depended
the future.
The American Indians did this
a well as the Asiatic peoples, and
In both countries gaming sticks re-
sembling arrows. sometimes with
actual feathered STATEMENTS and
sometimes with the feathers
painted upon them, were used to
play game much like the older
magical processes, with circle on
the ground, divided into four or
eight parts.
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FINLEY
Mrs. M. w. Zindel



Mrs. Hulda Birkimeier of Mil
waukee, Oregon was visiting last
week at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Lecholt.
Corwin Waldron of Umapine is
here helping his father e. L. Wall
dron prepare for his sale Thurs
day and move to Walla Walla the
later part OF the week where he
has purchased home for them.
We will miss the Waldrons as they
have been among the most prom
inent workers in all church and
social functions, besides being
such splendid friends and neigh
bors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Faro from
Walla Walla were visiting at the
E. Awkward home Sunday. Mrs.
Faro is a niece of Mrs. Aiyward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Birkimeier and
family who resided here several
years ago, visited his sister, Mrs.
A. Lecholt last week. They were
on their way to their home in San
Jose, Calf. and had been visiting
his father. Aaron Birkimeier in
Portland.
The community farewell for the
Thompsons and reception for the
teacher was one of the best at
tended functions that has been hele
here for long time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zindel were caller!
at the F. Fades home Monday.
There were about two hundred
and fifty at the dinner and pro