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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
Macdonald to Sail
For II. 8. Sept. 28

LONDON, Sept. l2.-iPf-It was
officially announced at number 10
Downing street late this afternoon
that the British prime minister.
Ramsay Macdonald. would sail for
the United States on September 28.
Announcement followed a confer
ence between Mr.. Macdonald and
Ambassador Dawes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
M. Y. Girl Winner of
72-Hole Medal Play

CHICAGO. Sept. 12-LPl-Helen
Hicks OF Inwood. Long Island. nv. Y..
easily captured the first w0men'S
72-hole medal play golf champion
ship today with total of $50, ia
strokes better than her closest rival,
Virginia Van VIE of Chicago. Maui
reen Orcutt or White Beaches. N.
W. and Mrs. Lee Mida of Chicago
tied for third place with 1886.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
San Benito Doctor
Released on Bond

DR.. Pedro M. Hernandez Of san
benito was released on $1,000 bond
Thursday after having been in
dicted by the grand jury.
he Is held in connection with an
alleged illegal operation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
Argentina Rains
Lower Wheat Rate

CHICAGO, Sept. 13-tPD-Tnflu-
enced by reports of rain in Argcn-
tina, wheat prices here averaged
lower early today. A steady:ng in
fluence. was that for the first time
Of late a decrease appeared in ship
mentS OF wheat from Argentina.
Opening at lac off TO 1-8c I'D.
wheat afterward showed some loss
all around. but with rallies fre-
quent- Corn. oats and provisions
were relatively firm. corn starting
at 5-Sc decline to lac advance and
later showed slight general gains.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
BORDER BRIDGES TO
STAY OPEN FOR FETE

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 12.-tP,-
The department Of the interior has
instructed border authorities to
keep the international bridges open
DAY and night Sept. IA. Is and 16.
TO give persons on the American
side opportunity to participate in
the independence anniversary cele-
brations in Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
ROADS FILE NEW
RATES FOR GRAIN

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-tFD--
The Missouri Pacific and Wabash
railroads today filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission revised
rates on grain and grain products
providing for reductions of Y cents
per 100 pounds from Kansas City I'D
gulf ports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
Raymondville Girl
Weds In New Mexico

RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. IA
John Holder has received an
nouncement Of the marriage of his
daughter. Jewell, to w. X. Watts
OF Portales, New Mexico. the mar
riage taking place in the brides
old home. Clovis. N. M. Mr.. and
Mrs. Watts are spending their hon.
eymoon at Carlsbad Cavern, N. M,
and will make their home at Por-
tales. where Watts is employed by
the state.
Mrs. Watts had resided with her
father here the past year and
half. and was active in church and
social work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
Church Of Advent
School To Reopen

The Sunday School of the Church
or the Advent. Episcopal. which has
been adjourned for the summer. wal
start again Sunday. Sept. Is. r. -
Macintosh. the rector announced
Friday This will be the beginning
Of the school year 1929-30.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
GOVERNMENT PROBES
BUS MAIL ACTIVITY

HOUSTON. Sept. IS tPt-The fed
era7 government has begun an in
vesfiration into Allegations that
s,s~lo,Is bus lines throughout the
xtate have been carrying mail IN
competition with the governments
xnQnQpgaKs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy or fair tonight and
Saturday. Light To moderate va
riable winds on the west coast.
For East Texas. Generally fair
tonight and Saturday: cooler In
northwest portion tonight. Light
to moderate southwest winds on
the coast, probably becoming
northcrIy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
HOOVER TO SPEAK
TWICE ON TOUR

WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.-tF,-
President Hoover will make at least
two speeches ON his visit to Gin
cinnat. Louisville and Detroit late
next month.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
REPAIR STOLEN TAPESTRIES

PARASITIC valuable tapestries
stolen from Versailles Palace and
later recovered have been 50 skill
fully repaired that the fact they
were cut into many pieces will not
show.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
80 HEROIC CHApLATNS

ALDERSHOT. Eng - More than
$50 chaplains are named on q tab
let unveiled here In memory OF war
heroes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
MANIAC MAINS CATTLE

BIRMINGHAM, EnR.-Scores o.
cattle have been manned in the
Midlands. apparently by maniac
who lives in that section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13

Recover Thru Insurance.
RIO GEande Valley Trust CO. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide INC Point Iha-
bel tomorrow. under normal meteor
illogical conditions.
High ................... 100 q. ~
Low -.-4.....44s@4.~.4 usH1 Ky. MAH
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
vALLEYIsM:

VALLEYISM:
Better school facilities are
available TO children living on
Valley farms than can be had In
the average town of considerable
sire through the North, East and
Midwest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01
MISSIONARIES CHOOSE
TOSTAY IN WAR zone
Chinese Factions Pillags, Rob
and Burn Villages as
Chaos Grows Worse

Chefoo, China, March 1.-(R)-
American missionaries In northern
ahantung chose today to remain at
their posts despite hostility between
Chinese factions which, In the opin-
ion Of Consular authorities, threat
ened their safety.
Recommendation that they evac-
uate their stations and come to
Chefoo as soon as possible, where the
U. s. Trenton is located. brought the
response that they believed 1t their
duty to remain. They said they would
be able in remaining to relieve, with
hospital work, some of the suffering
Of the Chinese victims Of the new
civil war. 8
Meanwhile q definite bid for
treachery on the part Of the National
list commander here, General Liu
Chen Men, was being made by the
former shantung war lord, Chang
Tsung- Chang.
From over the northern part of the
province reports Of villages burned
and ravaged by both Chang's and
Liu's troops continue to reach here.
Both sides are seeking support among
various independent groups who are
also pillaging and destroying. These
latter number thousands.
Martial law prevails here. Mer-
chants are uneasy and business is
paralyzed. Every one fears disorders.
Transportation into the interior Of
the province is at a standstill due to
disruption of railroad facilities and
military Communicating of motors,
carts, and mules.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01
Machinery Purchases
for Highway Delayed

Purchases Of machinery by the
state highway commission. bids on
which were received yesterday. Will
be delayed until March Is. It was an
nounced today. Action on the bids
was delayed to give the highway COM
mission time to examine them more
carefully. The commission Is meet
ing again this afternoon to consider
executive details Of highway depart
ment work.
A Mercer county delegation yester-
day asked that the department con-
struct roads in that county with Ill
possible speed. The county has issued
$4,000 in bonds to finance road work
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01

and the commissioner said they do
not want to pay interest on idle
money. II the construction program
Is to be limited. they said. they would
prefer construction Of the highway
from Ha2en to Beulah before the
road nom Stanton south b built.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01

have attracted at various times such
authors Is VILLA Gather and Sinclair
Lewis and more poets and painters
than have elsewhere set their faces In
any common direction. writes Mary
Austin In the Bookman. There Is
m entertaining quality In the daily
life not easily achieved elsewhere IN
the United States"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01

ENDERLIN PIONEER DEAD
Enderlin, N. D., March 1.-(AP)-
William G. Engle, 81, on of the first
residents Of this section, died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01

CULTURE IN DESERT
New York, March 1.-tR-A center
Of culture has blossomed out Of =
desert. sante 70 and Taos, N. NJ,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01

The average velocity Of wind In
Philadelphia !. 10 miles per hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
WAR ON ROAD GEAR
Williams Denies Leslie De.
mands Resignation.

First runblings of the war to un-
seat John D. Williams, for years
czar of the state highway depart
ment, as it's director, were heard to-
day with report that Governor
Harry G.. Leslie had demanded Will
lians' resignation.
Williams declared: "rhat isn't
true"
Told that his own friends were
discussing the reported incident and
declaring that Governor Leslie had
called in highway commission men,
bers Thursday and advised them he
wanted to see his secretary, John j
Brown, named highway director
Williams answered:
'Well I have nothing to say"
Leslie himself and members of the
highway commission Thursday de-
clined to discuss what had trans
pired while they were with Leslie
Thursday.
Williams friends declared that he
intends to fight to hold his position
Asked about this, Williams hesitated
few moments and then said he
would say nothing at all"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
TODAY ALL ROADS LEAD To-!
Indiana Basketball 1lad-City Gay "AsyIum"l

who pitched tents on private
property near the fleldhouse in
the hope to garner trade found
themselves compelled to depend
on the rests between morning and
afternoon sessions for trade as
gate guards would not permit
those who had entered the field
house to leave unless they for
feited another stub from their
ticket.
LIVERY train, interurban and
- highway brought additional
crowds from various sections Of
the state, today. Hotels turned
transient guests away for want of
rooms.
Residents of the city who failed
to buy tickets early have but one
hope to see the games and that
is for adherents Of some defeated
team to give away or sell their
pasteboards. o,
The annual basketball meet
reaches its height Saturday night
when the finalists clash.
Each game is being broadcast
by The Indianapolis Times over
WFBM.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Rescue Efforts Fail

BIZ United Press * nroroored
and facing possible deash from
RAPIDLY rising waters OF the Pea
river and White Water creek, 4,OOO
persons, the entire population OF
Elba, thirty-two miles south OF
here. awaited rescuers today.
Many of the residents of the flood
swept town clung to house tops,
the upper branches of tall trees or
floated about on chunks OF wreck
age while waiting for aid which was
being hastened to the rescue by boat
and alrplane. -
More than 800 men, including Ma
tional Guards, strove to row across
the swift torrents that cut Elha of
from the world on three sides, only
to have their boats capSize or forced
back.
Tales of heroism came out OF the
town almost simultaneously with
news that it was stricken. A brave
telephone operator remained at her
switchboard and sent out pleas 1or
aid until water short-circuited the
switchboard.
whether she was able to flee to
safety was still a mystery. Her
name was not learned, as she con-
sumed all wire time broadcastlng
appeals for aid.
A survivor who rowed for miles
past housetops and treetops told OF
hearing cries for help while SIX
miles away from Elha.
Another who escaped from the
town itself reached Dothan, his ears
ringing with the memory OF the
shouted pleas of $50 children, ma
y.oonad in a school building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
BY ARCH STETNEL

I'D BASKETBALL gripped Indiana
- today. Hopes and fears of
thousands of hardwood" fans
cantered on Butler fieldhouse as
the annual state tourney opened
before 81 crowd of $4,000.
At receiving sets in homes, in
Indianapolis business houses, near
Sullivan coal camps and on
Columbia City onion farms the
eternal questions were "who won,
who's ahead now
Fourteen thousand men, women,
chiIdren-some in their rheumatic
days-forgot their breakfasts or
snatched a cup of coffee at one
of the lunch stands in the field
house in order to get to their re-
served seats in time to see the
tip-off of the Kokomo-Horace
Mann game.
Motor cars from odd corners
of the state lined Forty-ninth
street from the f1eldhouse to IL
linois and for squares north and
south of Forty-ninth at game
time.
Seventy patrolmen in uniform
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
TAX RETURNS
SWAMP OFFICE
Today Last to File Income
Payments.

Indianapolis income taxpayers
have until midnight tonight to file
returns without paying an extra
penalty of 25 per cent,
Internal revenue offices were
nearly swamped with last minute
taxpayers today. Long lines of per-
sons sat on benches or stood in the
corridors.
More than thirty clerks were as
sisting in filling out the returns.
The Office will be kept open until
midnight, George L. Foote, collector,
said. Heavy fines are provided, IN
addition to the 25 per cent penalty,
for those who "Wilfully" fail to
make their tax return on time.
Foote estimated that 80 per cent
Of the IS 900 returns expected in the
state had been filed by Thursday
night. Most of the remainder will
be in the mail before midnight, he
said.
Married persons with a joint net
income of $500 and single persons
with a net income Of $1,50O are re-
o,Iired to make returns. Only about
SO per cent of those making returns
actually pay income tax, Foote SAID.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
At Least 10000 Believed
Waiting Rescue on
House Tops.
TOWNS UNDER WATER
One City of 1000 Entirely
Covered by Torrents
From Two Streams.
Ba United Press

Ba United Press
TROY, Ala, March Is. = A
major flood disaster with pos
sibly heavy loss Of life engulfed
southeastern Alabama today.
By noon only a few score of
more than 10000 persons ma
rooned in the area had been res
cued. The fate of the rest re.
mained unknown.
At least 10000 men, women and
children we're believed trapped on
housetops and in upper floors OF
buildings in a score Of towns
The screams and means OF women
and children at Elba (Ala) Spurred
rescue parties on from all directions
A telephone nnenan penetrated
to within half-mile Of the 1nun-
dated town and returned white
Tipped with tale of agonizing pleas
for aid and a picture OF huaoaeu
groups of rain-soaked figures on
the tops of buildings.
Many housetops were under wa
ter, he said, and the flood had
reached the roofs of taller build
ings, which were black with people.
National Guard companies and
volunteers numbering more than a
thousand went into the area by
boat. Airplanes whirred overhead
to ascertain the extent of flood
toll
Motor boats dared the dangerous
overflow current of the Pia river in
an effort to reach Elba with its
1000 despairing Inhabitants.
Red Gross units modified on the
edge of the flooded district rrenar-
ing to care for thousands Of refugees
r1eayy rains, the cause OF the DIS
aster, continued to well rivers ano
streams, adding to the danger o1
life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
10000 ARE TRAPPED
BYFL00DS IN ALABAMA:
FEAR HIGH DEATH TOLL
t. s. Floods
at Glance

The normal flood situation at a
glance:
Pea river and White Water creek
marooned 1000 residents of Alba,
Ala, thirty-two miles south of
Troy. Twenty thousand reported
marooned by floods in state.
Rivers and creeks in Iowa, Wis
consin and Illinois we're out of
their banks as a result of an un-
seasonable warm spell which
melted ice and snow.
II IT
The Mississippi, Illinois and
Missouri rivers are rising rapidly.
Lowlands in Arkansas, Tennes-
see and Mississippi we're inun-
dated, with farmers moving their
live stock to higher ground.
Rivers in the New England
states and northern New York
were rising, with conditions the
most serious in lowlands around
Albany, N. Y. The Connecticut,
Housatonic, Agawam and Deer
field rivers steadily were rising.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Mississippi Leaves Banks

By United Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 49,
Sluggish waters of the Mississippi
rolled over Iow1ands in four states
today as farmers in many sections
moved their families and livestock
back to higher ground in the face
of the most serious flood menace
since the disastrous overflow Of 1927.
Schools were closed in western
Tennessee and highways were under
from two to five feet water in some
places. The only break thus far
reported, 125-foot gap near the Mis-
souri, Arkansas line, poured flood
waters over the countryside and in
undated highways.
Water from the river was report
ed rising in the streets at Hickman,
KY, today, though no considerable
damage has been done, nor is any
expected until the crest is several
feet above the present stage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Hourly Temperatures

VI EADERS, meet Captain Art B.
IN Hickox, famous race driver
and aviatorl
If you don't know him now, you
viii before he has left Indiarap-
oils, because he will conduct
series of five night lecture On
safety for women auto drivers OF
the city at the Hoosier Athletic
Club starting April l.
Efficiency in Automobile Driv-
ing" viii be the keynote OF the
lectures to women. The course
viii contain valuable information
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
GALES TAKES
REBEL CITY
Federal Troops
Durango.
Enter

MEXICO CITY, March 15.--Fed-
eral forces under Plutarco Elias
Gales. entered the city of Durango
this morning and rebel forces under
General Juan Gualberto Amayas
fled, Colonel Ricardo Tapia, chief of
the presidential staff announced
here today.
Gales was expected to establish
headquarters in Durango by noon
and then prepare to advance on
Torreon, the announcement said.
Durango is less thar $50 miles
southwest of Torreon, where the
rebel main force long has been re-
ported to be entrenched.
The announcement said that Cen
eral Amaya's forces supposedly re-
treated toward the north.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

and plain clothes aided in park
ing problems and preserved the
sanctity of basketball patrons
pocketbooks.
J.. a DRIzzLING rain that start
"A ed with the opening of the
Columbus-Frankfort game at 10
a. m. did not deter the crowd
officials estimated at noon thai
every seat was occupied.
Families in stair r-step groups
Thad Houston, 81, Franklin, Grip.
pied and who came on crutches
because he didn't want to miss a
game-were typical of the devo-
tees who wore out. lungs in the
f1eIdhouse for their favorites and
never minded the accompanying
hoarseness.
Vivid blues, reds, purples and
green's in sweaters and pennants
blazoned the banks of stands as
they sat sometimes in a fierce
quietude awaiting a free throw
shot or bursting into a tornado of
yells at a successful shot Gagged
from the center of the floor.
The odor Of hamburgers and
hot dogs from the lunch stands
below the ramps claimed priority
over the yells between halves.
A THOUGH Horace Mann had
IN the furnishing power to quell
the surge of the Kokomo wild
cats" attack it was to three Wild
cat yell-leaders that the strength
of sound was due. Dressed in
striped trousers of red, white and
green with contrasting sweaters
they made "Yea, Wildcats" a
chant of victorious sportsmanship
in defeat.
'Pd give almost anything for 8
seat" muttered one .disconsolate
youth who came all the way from
Michigan City.
You'd have to-" jeered a Terre
Haute rooter waving his gate
pasteboard.
Itinerant sandwich merchants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
BANDIT HUNTED IN
MYSTERY JAIL BREAK

Gang Leader Slips Through Three
Locks and Two Doors.
By United Press
BALTIMORE, Md, March 15.--
Jack Hart, leader of the Norris
gang bandits, escaped today from
the penitentiary.
He made his way mysteriously
through three locks and two doors
some time during the night, and
this morning his cell was found
empty.
Penitentiary authorities contend
he is still somewhere inside the
prison, but police officials are con-
vinced he is outside the penitentiary
walls. Every underworld haunt
,Rhere he probably would go is be-
ing watched.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
HOOVER GETS PAY

Check for $4,000 Handed President
for Services.
BIZ UHited Press
WASHINGTON, March f5.-Presi-
dent Hoover today received his first
pay check as President OF the United
States.
The check for S2,083.33 was deliv-
cred to the executive offices by Mrs,
Catherine Shea, special messenger
of the treasury department, who has
distributed the White House checks
for years. Today's pay for President
Hoover covered the period from
March 4 to Is, inclusive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

the Hoosier Athletic Club, and
from dealers to be named later.
Persons without tickets are ex-
cluded.
Many leading society women Of
indianapolis are cooperating
with The Times and Captain
Hickox in the interests Of the
school. Several other interesting
speakers have been obtained for
the programs. Moving pictures
made by the United States Cham
Der of Commerce bureau Of mines
and engineering will be shown for
the first time in indianapolis. a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
Thousands of Acres in
Middle West Are Under
Water.
MISSISSIPPI is RISING
Property Damage Is High
as Numerous Streams
Leave Banks.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 15.-
Thousands of acres of farm
lands in the midwest and Mis-
sissippi river basin states were
under water today as rivers
and streams, swollen to the
flood stage, by melting SHOWS
and ice jams, continued to in
undate sections of Illinois, GEN.
tral Iowa and Wisconsin.
A report from Cedar Rapids, Ia.,
today stated that the turbulent
waters of the Prairie and Pratt
creeks were out Of their banks flood
ing farms and roadways and drown
ing hundreds of head of livestock.
OskaIooSa, Ia, was isolated by
waters of the Skunk river, the re-
port stated.
Illinois Danger Subsidies
More than 100 Easements in Des
Moines, were flooded and business
was at standstill in some sections.
The Iowa river at Iowa City piled
huge cakes of ice into Randall high
way tearing down bridges, fences
and telegraph poles.
Danger from the swollen Galena
river at Galena, ILL.,, was leSsened
today. Stores in the business dis
trict were open. Business had been
suspended Wednesday as the flood
waters made flowing streams of the
streets.
Fear still existed in southern Wis
consin today where the Pecatonica
river ragged beyond it's banks, fifteen
feet above its normal level.
Predict More Rains
Ralington, Wis, was reported to
be under water in spots and much
of the lower east side Of Freeport,
ILL.,, was under water. Factories were
compelled to suspend operations and
families were reported seeking
refuge in non-flooded areas.
Scores Of federal engineers rushed
work Of strengthening levees at
Memphis, Tenn, today as reports
came from northern areas of heavy
rains and new overfows. F. w.
BriSt, meteorologiSt, declared that
the present situation would result
in a maximum crest at Memphis
Of forty feet early next week.
Forecasts of additional rains in
the basin of the Tennessee, Ohio
and Cumberland rivers are expected
to make record crests along the
lower river until the rains are over