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PATROL AND RUM RUNNERS
STAGE BORDER GUN FIGHT

leans, two Of them l5-year-old
~spotters," were arrested and two
of the smugglers apparently wound
ed, we're seen crawling into the
brush on the Mexican side.
The smuggling band numbered
more than 80 men. They returned
the fire OF the border patrolmen
briskly. but none of the officers
was wounded. More than 80 GAL
Ions Of liquor were confiscated.
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jury had not broken the hopeless
deadlock whcih apparently had
existed since the case was given
it late Wednesday and wished to
be discharged. He instructed a
deputy sheriff to tell the jurors
to continue consideration of the
case.
If the jury Is not discharged
Saturday night, Judge Watson
said, another term of court must
be declared.
In a conversation with District
Attorney Fred Blundell over long
distance telephone, Judge Wat
son said he was told that any
gesture he took would be accep-
table to the prosecution.
In an earlier statement, Blum
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from Houston and Corpus Christi
before the group passes into Mex
leo.
The planes viii spend the night
at Galveston and will proceed TO
Corpus Christi for lunch on Sat-
urday. Harlingen Is the next stop
ping point with the aerocade sched-
uled to spend the night at Browns
vile. Early Sunday the planes will
be headed into Aexico after short
stop at McAllen. A four-hour stay
is planned for Monterrey.
The party will head back to La
redo. control point for the third
night. San Antonio. Austin and
Waco are stops for the fourth and
last day Of the trip. The planes
Continued On Page Seven)
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Officer Enlarges
Peacox Confession

WHITE PLAINS, N. T.. Sept. 20
-tPy-The captain OF detectives who
obtained the first confession Of Earl
Peacox that he had killed his wife.
asserted on the stand in Peacox's
trial today that he had not told the
jury part OF that confession which
might conceivablv save the prison.
er from the electric chair.
The part Of the verbal confession
omitted In direct testimony and
brought out in cross examination
was Peacnx told the detective he
had not meant to kill his wife. that
Ii was just the accidental result of
a family row"
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CHEYENNE, wyo.. Sept. 20.-tE1
C. ID. waggoner. Telluride. Colo,
banker. today signed a waiver OF a
hearing on removal to New York 10
face charges OF defrauding six New
York banks of a half a million dol
lars.
This will eliminate necessity Of
hearing In Cheyenne. and Waggoner
can start for New York soon.
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Man Who Shot Self
Is Expected to Die

TEXARKANA. Tex. Sept 20.-lF7
Physicians here today said there
was no chance Of Wiley Hills. ST.
year-old Malta. Tex. farmer. surviv-
ing a bullet wound I'm the head. in
flicted at his home yesterday.
They said. however. his 27-year-
old wife. who told officers Hills
first shot her and then turned the
gun on himself. would probably live.
She was shot twice IN the head.
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Messenger With
S512.OOO Missing

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-(F1-R.
". Hiscoe and Company, brokers
at III Broadway. notified police to-
day one of their messengers had
disappeared with securities valued
at $4,000. Police said the mes
senger, Milton Alter, was sent to
the bank with a check for s400. 900
to get the securities. He was to
wait for other clerks to escort him
back to the office.
When his escort arrived, Alter
already had obtained the securities,
poice said, and disappeared.
He still was missing two hours
later.
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Ell PASO. Sept. 20.-tF-More
than 800 rounds of ammunition
were fired by United States border
patrolmen last night in two pitched
battles with q band Of Mexican
rum runners, attempting to land
a cargo OF liquors on American soil.
Both battles took place on Car
dova island near here. The rum
runners were repulsed. Three Mex
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MEXICO CITY. Sept. 2O.-tP)--
Reconstruction of the crime, a for
nality In Mexican criminal proceed
ure. has been carried out an the case
OF Maria Teresa de Landa de Vidal
and the case now Is ready for trial
The woman. who participated in
the 1928 Galveston, Texas, beauty
contest as Miss Mexico, has con-
fessed the Staying. declaring she
shot Vidal. her husband. to death
when he tried to prevent her from
committing suicide.
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FORT WORTH, Sept. 20.-tR)-
Twenty planes. carrying 73 Fort
Worth men and women, took off
at $3.50 a. NJ. today for the second
annual Fort Worth good will aero
cade.
Formation will be assumed at
Corsicana. first point Of the timer
ary. The trip. which will require
four days. will take the group into
Old Mexico for a visit to Monte--
rey.
Three other planes, bringing the
total to %. will join the flight en-
route. one at Corsicana, and others
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SAN BENITO. Sept. 20.-Traffic
Officer M. l.. Chaudoin thought he
was witnessing q miracle Friday
morning. but 1t turned out that he
was instead gazing upon one of the
unluckiest-or luckiest persons
alive.
1t came about this way:
Officer Chaudoin was driving
leisurely down the highway when
ahead of him car SWerved across
the highway and turned upside
down. The driver did not appear
and Chaud0in figured he either had
been killed or pinned beneath the
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THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair or party cloudy tonight ana
Saturday: not much change I'm tenn
perature. Light to moderate north
erly 10 easterly winds on the west
coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy 70
unsettled tonight and Saturday.
slightly warmer In northeast and
southeast portions tonight. Light
To moderate easterly To southerly
winds on the coast.
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Probe
Testimony Starts

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.--fFl--
Clinton II. Bardo. vice president or
the New York Shiphuilding corpora
ton. was the first witness TO take
the stand today as a senate COM
mittee started its investigation into
activities Of American sl1ipbuilding
firms at the unsuccessful 1927
Geneva naval limitations confer
ence.
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flames broke through the wall at
the first floor and swept up the
main stairway. cutting off the only
means Of egress.
Patrolman James Mcclure, who
discovered the blaze, ran to near
by fire box, and returned to find
the flames and smoke roaring up
the staircase. Before patrons and
employees were aware Of their dan
ger, the fire was upon them. "A
cigarette girl was suffocated by the
hot fumes as she stood in the center
Of the dance floor and dropped
down over her tray. Her body was
found by firemen.
Interior Ruined
Many patrons ruShed for safety
into small dressing room. seven by
fifteen feet. in the rear Of the build
ing. Thirty OF them were found
piled unconscious in the tiny space
when firemen broke into the room.
Several OF them were dead. Others
were badly injured.
The interior OF the building was
ruined. but the exterior presented
an almost unblemished appearance
save for broken windows and a fire
escape which hung useless.
Marty Cohen. proprietor OF the
club. and Robert jackson. master OF
ceremonies. were closeted with po-
lice this morning. Cohen attribut-
ed the fire to rivals in business. The
Study club had been operating for
about a year and had prospered.
Situated on Vernon highway. about
six blocks from the hear Of the city
and Just off Woodward Ave. the
main north and south artery OF De-
troit. IL had acquired a wide repu-
tation.
Openings Covered
Cohen was not in the place at the
time OF the fire. Another night
club. the Lido, had its opening last
night. and ne had gone to partici-
pate. he told police.
Firemen who tried TO enter the
building through windows. found
the window openings had been COW
cred on the inside with wall board.
All windows In the second floor had
thus been closed. they asserted.
As firemen and volunteer res
cuers carried out victims. taxicabs.
which had been parked in a lot next
10 the building took them TO hos
pitals. Squads OF ambulances ar
rived soon after the fire apparatus.
At receiving hospital 20 men and
80 women were checked in within
an hour after the outbreak OF the
fire. Other HOSPITALS in the citY
cared for other injured. Nurses. IN
ternes and physicians were sent TO
receiving hospitals to aid In treating
the injured.
Many Suffocate
Some of the victims we're dead on
arrival at the hospitals. Most OF
the fatalities, physicians said. re-
suited from suffocation. Identified
ton or the dead was difficult be-
cause of the badly burned clothing
ard the Disagreement which fol-
lows suffocation.
State and CITY fire commissioners
investigating the blaze with the
police decla-ed this morning that
they could find no evidence that the
fire was of incendiary origin. Drap-
cries and light flimsv decorations
they said. accounted for the rapid
snread OF the flames. As did ven
tilating fans and the architecture OF
the building.
Hueston Hearne OF Houston. Tex
rs. was injured In the fire at the
Study club. a night club, here today
he suffered burns.
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Woman Slain; Think
Husband Hanged Self

JACKSON. Mich, Sept. 20.-tP)-
Mrs. Edith Green, SO. was found
slain In the kitchen OF her farm
home south OF Parma today. A
barn In the rear Of the house was
in flames In debris OF the barn
firemen found the charred body of
a man thought 20 be Harold Green.
So. her husband. The body found in
the barn had a burned portion or
rope about the neck. and officers
said they believed the man had set
fire to the barn and then hanged
himself.
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PORT ISABEL HEAD
SILENT ON PLANS

q. r. Tyrrell. president OF the
Port Isabel T0wnsite and Develop
ment company In a long distance
telephone conversation from Chi
cago Friday morning said he had
mo statement 10 make at present
Continued on page seven.l
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RIVER FORErAST

The river VIII rise Slightly more
at and below Brownsville today and
remain practically stationary there
after for about one day. AT Rio
Grande City and Mission the river
iS falling slowly and will continue
10 fall during the next "a 90 4B
hours.
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Indy OFF ON
LONG FLIGHT
Plane Heads For Havana
AS First Stop on Tour of
Caribbean Route

HAVANA. Cuba, Sept. 20.-(By
radio to the Associated Press at
Miami, a.)-Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh hoped off from Ha-
vana at 1915 for Camaguey, Cuba,
the second stop on his flight 10
South America. The party spent an
hour in Havana where an official
welcome was given.
HAVANA, Sept. 20.-tPl-Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the
first leg of his airmail inaugural
flight from Miami. Fla, to Para
maribo. Dutch Guinea, landing here
at 11:20 a. m.
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 2o.-R-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh took off from
Pan American airport here at sos
a. m. today on the first leg OF his
projected flight around the air
route Of the Caribbean sea. The
plane headed south for Havana, its
first stop.
44C CdAAtSd cCfCAA PdoSSAA5CA o@-e =
crew of four including himself. The
plane carried l35 pounds Of special
mail for the east coast Of South
America, and IL will be flown over
the extension of the route to Dutch
Guinea. Weather reports indicated
a perfect voyage, and Lindbergh
left In high elation at the prospect
Of retracing his good will journey
OF a year and a half ago over the
West Indies to South America and
returning throufSs Central America.
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lode in Night Club
Fire; Scores Injured


than so hospitals suc1
district today.
including
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point 1En-
Bel tomorrow, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ........ 4.39 81. m: b:56 p. nn.
Low ....... 10:55 a. m; i1:27 p. m.
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Who'll Fix Car?-Insurance
RIO Grande Valley Trust Cos-Adv.
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SCREWS - NUTS - WASHERS
Large Well Assorted Stocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
Wall Street Briefs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A substantial interest in the business
Of Sharp Sc Dohme, Inc, OF Baltimore,
one Of the oldest and largest pharma-
ceutical houses In the country, has been
acquired by a banking group, 1t was an
nounced today, which will form new
company Of the same name, giving pres
ent stockholders an opportunity to ex-
change their shares for shares Of the
new concern, which will be headed by A.
Homer Smith, as president. Mr.. Smith
has been associated with the firm for
several years as vice president. Public
offering will be made Of preference stock
Of the new company. The banking group
includes Alex. Brown g. Sons Of Balti-
more, and Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia.
Three new vice presidents Of e. I. du
Point de Nemours g. Co. are j. Thomp-
son Brown, general manager of the ex-
plosives department; Willis F. Harring-
ION, general manager Of the dyestuffs d.
vision; and Jasper e. Crane, chairman
OF Lazote, Inc.
Burns Bros. Coal Co. has purchased
the Hannibal Coal Co.. retailing In Hud-
son and Bergen Counties, N. j. The
company will operate in conjunction
with r. n. Perry 81 Co., subsidiary OF
Burns Bros.
william G. McAdoo, former Secretary
Of the Treasury, and William G. Redfield,
former Secretary Of Commerce. are
among those who have agreed to serve
on the directorate OF American Insur-
anstocks Cooperation, it was ANNOUNCED
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BALANCE OF TRADE
AGAIN FAv0RS u. S.
Snec;al Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 16.-The balance
of merchandise foreign trade of the
United States in June was again in ia
vor Of this country, according to reports
by the Department Of Commerce, in
contrast with the results in May, when
imnorts exceeded exports for the drst
time in three years.
The June figures, however, showed
that while there was an increase IN
exports over the same month last year
Of $9,000,000 the gain in imports was
trade balance last month only $45,OO0,-
600, as against one Of $73,518,000 IN
the similar period Of 1928.
The total trade Of the country last
month dropped OF from both the May
and April levels. In the earlier months
imports were Influenced by the desire
Of importers to have their merchandise
reach the United States before any
change occurred in the tariff schedule,
which, at that time, was reported to
be effected this Summer. The SUISSE
quent adjournment Of Congress with
out taking any action and the present
resulted in "a cessation of orders for
early deliveries.
The trade figures for the first half
Of 1929 show an increase In exports
of $3.50. 100000 and in imports OF $500. =
600, 1000. Compared with the favorable
trade balance the first six months OF
1928 Of $293, 000, 900 is one Of over $780,
O00, 900 for the same period of 1929.
For the fiscal year ended June 80 the
merchandise trade balance was approx
imately 500 ZOO 900, or about IS per
cent greater than in the previous IL
months.
The reversal in the movements Of
gold has been a marked feature Of
the present six-month period, which
shows net imports Of about SITS, 900, 600.
These imports have played . nrominent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

today. Other directors include Herman
A. Metz, president of the General Dye
Stuffs Corporation; Walter w. Head,
chairman of the Omaha National Bank:
Thomas B. Donaldson, former insurance
commissioner of Pennsylvania. and
Michael H. Cahill, former president of
the New York State Bankers Associa-
ton. Public offerings of securities of
the company, which is investing chiefly
in insurance stocks. are expected.
General Electric Co.'S orders for the
second quarter totaled $ll9,35l ,248,
compared with 500, 43l 1857 for the cor
responding 1928 quarter, an increase of
80 per cent. Orders received in the
first six months of 1929 amounted TO
1920, 716,456, against $170,357,797 for
the first half of last year, 80 per cent
gain.
James H. Rand, jr, chairman Of the
Remington Rand Co., announces that
the company is planning to buy in its
second preferred stock. Sinking fund
requirements on the bonds for three
years are in the treasury and consid-
cradle sums are being loaned on call.
The second preferred is redeemable at
$780,
The formation or large gas and pow
er pools covering large section OF ter
ritory north Of the Ohio River and ex-
tending from st. Louis to Pittsburgh is
reported TO have been agreed on by
the Columbia Gas & Electric Co., Util-
tiles Power & Light, Standard Gas &
Electric and American Gas g. Electric
systems. Plans for interconnections,
which will eventually make possible the
linking of natural gas lines from Texas
to the Atlantic Seaboard, are under
stood to have been completed at meet
ings in several Western cities recently.
American Chicle Co. had net profit of
81 ,039. 1877 In the first six months, equal
to $2.27 a share on the common. This
compares with net Of 1892, 391, or $4.09
a share. on smaller capitalization in
the first half Of 1928.
Servel. Inc. had first half net profit
Of $705. 1872. against $162,744 in the same
1925 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
United Founders Meeting.

NEW YORK, July Is GA special
meeting of United Founders Corporation
stockholders has been called for July
Is in Baltimore to act on increasing
the authorized common shares to
100000 from 100000. The number
of class A shares would remain the
same under the proposed amendment TO
the charter No changes in rights or
privileges are contemplated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

part in helping to relieve the domes-
tic money influence in producing high
er money rates in 1928. when the net
exports for the January-June period
were $373. 100000.
These exports in the FIRST half OF
last year had much to do with deter
mining the policy of the Federal Re-
serve Board in raising the rates of
rediscount Of the Eastern banks in July
to S per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

az 30 ~.
washington Rail-
way 81 Electric
preferre was
strong at 97A, Po-
tonaac E | e ct r ! C
Power 51la per cent
preferred moved
at 108l$, and the
S per cent issue at
HE. ..
American Secur-
ity & Trust Co.
sold at 457, Real
Estate Title & In
surance Co. at 210,
Barber 81 r o S 5
common at 1919
and M er C h a hts
Transfer & Stor-
noe nreferred at
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Richmond Bond Offering Made.

A banking group headed by Chase
Securities Corporation, including Barr
Brothers g. Co., Inc. A. B. Leach q
Co., Guardian Detroit Co., Inc, and
the American Bank & Trust Co. of
Richmond, is offering today $2,550,000
City of Richmond, Va, Az per cent
bonds. OF this issue $l,000,000 of the
yield $50 per cent and the remainder,
due in 1863, are priced to yield 4.40
per cent. The assessed valuation of the
City of Richmond as officially reported
for 1929 is 266,756,591 and its net
bonded debt, $26,526, 633.
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PARIS RouRsE PRICES.

PARIS, July 16 [P).-Price changes
were Irregular on the BourSe today.
Three per cent rentes, rs francs; per
cent loan, 102 francs IS centimes; .ex-
change on London, 1913 francs 81
centimes. The dollar was quoted at 25
francs 81 centimes.
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PRICES HOLDF|RM
ON D. c. EXCHANGE
Capital Traction and Railway
Preferred Slightly Higher.
Bonds Quite Active.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

In lively trading on the Washington
Stock Exchange today, Capital Traction
opened with small sale at 95K, and
later figured in turnover of IS shares
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MOTHER IF EIGHT
 Is HUNG AT QUEBEC

HULL, Quebec, Aug. 28, (P- Marie Viau, 42. the mother of eight children, and Philip Lefebvree, 32, were hanged for the murder of the woman's husband seven months ago.
 Mrs. Viau was the sixth woman in the history of the dominion of Canada to be hanged Evidence in the trial showed that the pair had poisoned Viau as climax of a love affair
 Numerous appeals for clemency for the woman were rejected by the dominion cabinet after reviewing the case.
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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

It is strange human trait that in later life man often boasts of the very things of which he some what ashamed in his youth. Successful men point out with pride to their humble origins to their early strug gles and the menial nature of their first employment.
 And it is just cause for pride to have overcome ones obstacles through ones energy and de- termination. There is no doubt that the who has had to fight his way from the bottom generally bet ter off, hard it may have seemed to him while under going the experience.
 It is equally true that many men fail because of false pride which them to shrink from humble tasks which might lead to ultimate success. Henry Ford was machinist's helper, Thomas A. Edison was newsboy, John D Rockerfeller clerk, and nei- ther had any early education to speak of They and thousands of others succeeded because they were not ashamed to toll with their hands until something better presented itself.
 Not every boy can become Ford an Edison or a Rockefeler but every who not afraid or ashamed to work can make an honorable and useful place for himself and he doesn't have to begin in "white collar job either
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NO. -
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been by said court appointed Administrator of the es- ate of KARL WILLIAM .SPATH, deceased, and to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said decedent, to exhib- ], them with the necessary vouch- CTS, within six months after the irst publication of this notice, to the said administrator at his place of business with c. M. Brosius in the Town of Seward, Alaska, the same being the place for transac- tion of the Territory of Alaska Third Division.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska July 18th 1 1929.
 JOHN PAULSTEINER
 Administrator Date first publication July 15, 1929 Date last publication September 13 1929.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
LEAVE FOR HOME

w. T. White, animal husband man attached to the Sitka head
 quarters office of the Alaska Ex- pertinent stations, who arrived in Seward last week from Nata- nuska, accompanied by his lit
 tie daughter, was joined yester-
 day by Mrs White and son, who arrived from Seattle on the s. s.
 Watson, and together the family
 continued on to Kodiak near
 where their home and fox farm is located.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
FORMULATED PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Aug, 28, (P)- The senate finance committee of the democratic party formulated a program of opposition aimed at all most every important revision in the republicans tariff bill.