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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
MERCEDES MEN HURT
IN CAR COLLISION

MERCEDES. Sept. 16.-R. Reyes,
IS. and Rosa Lucias. 40. are In the
hospital here as the result OF a
crash between the car in which
they were riding and one driven
by DR.. II. c. Douglas 2 IL miles
east Of Mercedes Saturday evening.
The injured persons, both or
Mercedes. are improving rapidly
and are expected TO leave the hos
pital Tuesday. A third woman in
their car escaped injury as did DIR.
Douglas. Both Of the cars we're
badly damaged.
The doctor vas coming from La
Feria at the time Of the accident.
The a into which he crashed
turned off to a side road unexpect-
edly, DR.. Douglas gid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
Want Furnished Apartments Your AID on This Page VIII Reach Them
City Briefs

For Sale.-Complete restaurant fix
lures In Harrington. Value $1,000.
win take $1,000 for prompt sale.
See Walker-C Craig Co.-Adv. II.
Son Born-A son was born 10
Sgt and Mrs III. l.. Nichols on Fri
day. Sept l3 at Fort Brown. Moth
er and son are doing well. SGT.
Nichols is a member Of the Twelfth
cavalry band
18th OF September. Beauty oper-
ator. Mrs. Anita Priest, at Amaya's
Millinery and Beauty Shop. to do
your work. 1855 Adams ST., near
The Herald office.-adv. 10.
A SOn-Mr. and Mrs. Fred w.
Parker announce the birth of a
son Saturday, Sept. IA. The baby
has been named John Carlisle.
Your hat can be cleaned and re-
modelled IL you bring Ii 10 Mrs.
Ethel Bates at Amaya's Millinery
and Beauty Shop, Adams ST.
adv. is.
On Vacation. - Arturo Blanco.
stenographer-clerk In the office OF
III. :. Commissioner u. X Good
rich. Is on a vacation. Miss Doris
Martinal has taken over his posi-
ton.
Katharin Alexander Gay announ-
ces the opening Of her school Of
dancing. October first. For fur
Their information phone 8l5-W.-
adv. ".
Fund S2l0O. - The Brownsville
Boy Scout fund has now reached a
total Of $500. The work has been
slowed up due 20 other collections
nov being made by the Legion and
the Eiks club.
A Daughter-A daughter was
born last Thursday, Sept. III. to Mr..
and Mrs. Efram Champion. The
baby weighed eight pounds. Both
mother and baby are resting we'll.
"A Son Born-A baby boy weigh
ing ten pounds and liz ounces was
born Thursday az Mercy hospital 10
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bones Of San Be-
nito.
Boy Arrives-A son was born last
Tuesday 10 MI. and Mrs. Dresher
Of FL Jardin. Mother and baby are
doing well.
|
Office Closed.-The Mexican con-
sul's office was closed Monday due
to the Dies y Seis" celebration be-
ing staged in Matamoros.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
LEADER GIVEN
Y YEARS In
COURT here
Others Speedily SEN
fenced; Youth Given
Eight Years For San
Benito Burglary

P~enitentiary terms aEEregatins
approximately 90 years were meted
out to members Of a theft ring in
the criminal district court here
Monday morning.
Amado Maldonadc. believed 20
have been the leader of the ring.
was the hardest hit. He was SEN
and still had more charges before
fenced To 20 years LID until noon
him. It was thought probable.
however. the remainder Of them
would not h. pushed I'm view OF the
sentence already given him.
Malonado and his companions
pleaded guilty and confessed IN sew
eral of the cases. In the first case.
brought before Judge IA. W. Cum
bingham. Maldonado. Jesus Ram
irez and Juan Garcia were each
sentenced to five year terms each.
In the second case, Maldonado and
Emilio Melendez we're assessed five
year each ON two counts. Maldonadn
and Antonio Cantu confessed to
burglarizing the home Of w. r..
Combe near La Feria and TO sack
ing the garage of Bryan Long two
miles north OF San Benito and were
given seven years each.
Takes False Teeth
The spectators laughed as Joe
Holling. constable. told OF the pair
even taking IA set cf false teeth
from the Combe residence.
Other important cases slated to
come before the court later in the
day we're those of Ramon Vega. as
Sault 10 murder. and LOcari0 Her
nandeZ. assault To murder.
The following cases are scheduled
for trial Tuesday: Francisco Rivera,
assault to murder Zeferino Ruiz:
Teofilo Sauceda. assault To murder
Nestor Pena and Bonita Pena; VIII
Snipes. assault to murder Tom
Cobb: Catarino Lerma, horse
theft; and other smaller trials.
Manuel Martinez. alias Juan
Rodriguez. was sentenced I'd eight
years in the penitentiary on charges
Of burglarizing a private residence
Monday morning In the criminal
district court.
Martinez was charged with hav-
ing b~urglarized the residence ~
Leigh Staney at San Benito on the
night Of April %.
Martinez pleaded not guilty, say
ing ne entered the house when Nv
heard what he thought To be sus-
piciouS sounds from the inside.
George Westervelt, district attorney.
brought out the fact that Martinez
removed his shoes before entering
the house.
The boy "a arrested and charg-
ed under the name OF Juan Rod
riguez. Tie said that officers forced
\ him 20 use the name.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
AEROCADE DUE
HERE
Party on Is Planes To Be
Entertained mt Banquet
Before Leaving

Plans for the second annual aero
cade sponsored by the Fort Worth
Association of Commerce are pra1-
tcally completed, d. w. Carlton.
aviation chairman, states in a let
ter to q. G. Richardson in regard
To the aerOcade's visit 10 this city.
About twenty-five planes are
scheduled TO arrive here Saturday
and elaborate plans are being made
for the entertainment Of the party,
the high point to be a banquet in
the evening. Planes are to be SER
weed and refueled here, and air
port officials have promised their
cooperation. Carlton asked that q
report on weather conditions be
wired to Corpus Christi Saturday
morning.
The party is to take off from
Brownsville Sunday morning for a
visit to Monterrey. going from
there to Laredo before they re-
turn 10 the north.
Indications are for an even bet
ter tour and larger party than that
Of last year, Carlton declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
Charge Two With
Possessing Liouor

Complaints alleging possession OF
liquor have been filed against Al
ware Garcia. Point Isabel, and
Sofia Villarreal. Brownsville. by L.
Greset. assistant custom inspector.
Greset alleged that III pints Of
mescal were seized at the home on
Garcia and 10 pints at the home Of
Mrs. Villarreal.
Six immigration hearings were 10
be conducted before Commissioner
Goodrich Monday afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR REFUELING PLANES HERE

gas Wnen they arrive here Sept. 23.
The Independent co. Is supplying
fuel scd oil free tor the flight.
Myers said a publicity man was
due 10 arrive La Brownsville Monday
afternoon by airplane and that the
exact schedule would be announced
then.
The chamber Of commerce direc-
tors here offered to entertain the
fliers during their stop here but re-
fused 10 put up any prize money. III
was not known whether the flight
would come this way as no reply
had been received from Kansas City
City since race officials there had
been notified OF the Brownsville Of
fer.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
Tax Valuation
Hearings Called

Calls for city property owners 10
appear before the board Of equal
isation in regard to tax valuations
r now being sent out. and the
first hearing viii be held Sept. "a.
The board will continue the hear
ings or Tuesdays. Wednesdays AMI
Fridays until the liFt Is completed.
Hulon Sterling, city tax assessor,
said.
The board. which was appointed
at a recent meeting Of the city
commission, Is composed Of w. q.
Whitman. M. Besteiro and III. M.
Shelton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-tP1-
The republican tariff bill was as
sailed In the senate today by Sen
ator Borah. republican, Idaho, as
giving insufficient protection TO ag-
riculture and mot in accord with
the pledges Of either party In the
last campaign"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
EDELSTEIN COMPLETES
DEAL AT c PASS

NJ. Edelstein has just returned to
Brownsville from Eagle Pass. where
he closed a leal by which he pur-
chased a large furniture store there.
bringing the number of stores he
now is operating to Ia.
Edelstein was accompanied on his
trip by y. u. Samuel. his manager,
who also returned to Brownsville.
Edelstein started in business in
Eagle Pass when he was a young
man and purchase OF this store Il "a
sort OF returning home" for him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
Mail Fraud Charge
Against Waggoner

NEW YORK, Sept. l6.-tR-C.
d. Waggoner. president Of the Bank
of Telluride. Colo. today was in
dicted by a federal grand jury for
mail fraud in connection with the
manipulations by which he OBJ
tanned half a million in credit from
New York banks on fake kilograms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
Forest Fire Traps
Family: One Dead

VANCOUVER. Wash, Sept. 16.-
Rl-Philip Rowe. IS. q rancher. was
burned to death and his 63-year-old
wife and son william were SER
iously burned when q forest fire
trapped them in their cabin on Bell
mountain. northeastern Clack
county. about 30 miles from here
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
FOR SALE OR

FOR TRADE-One 7-room 2-story res
idence located IN best residential sec
ion OF Shreveport. La. surrounded by
nice shade oak trees: two and one-half
blocks from million dollar high school:
approximately same distance Centenary
college. Dodd Baptist college and 81.
v~incent's college. Building and loan
appraisal se.s00. on which they win
loan IS 900. What have you 70 offer?
?. c. Boissat. p. o. BOZ 1874. Shreve-
port. lie. U-6l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17

3. "a. Myers. traffic manager OF
the Independent OIL and Gas Co.
Tulsa. Okla. was in Brownsville
Monday making preparations TO
supply planes in the Mexico City to
Kansas City air derby with oil and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17

Manuel Colsa and Bertha Walter.
Marriage licenses issued: Pedro
Martinez and Lorenza Garcia and
Miguel Weaver and Delfina Ire
vino.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
AUCTION SALES

NOTICE
$500 stock and fixtures OF Downs a
Co. will be sold { highest bidder at
10 a. m. Tuesday. Sept. nth. at the
Downs store at Alamo. Stock consists
Of general merchandise. Fixtures in
clude counter cases. floor cases, refrig-
orator. scales and tables. UT
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
PERSONAL

THE MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL Of
Edinburg. Texas. will start q pew class
for student nurses Sep Enher Is AIRY
one who cesircs TO enter this class
should write az once TO Superintendent
Of Nurses. Medical Arts Hospital. Ed
lnburg. Texas. T-80
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
F. w. Howard

REAL EsTA7 : AND RENTALS
Farrh Property
Large tracts Of Citrus Lands
Arcade Bldg Phone 1890
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17

BEAUTIFUL LOS EBANOS LOT
Southeast exposure. must De sold nc .
sacrifice. Phone l390-W. or call &C NO.
J. Del Francis Apartments Los Bbancs.
slit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17
HELP WANTED

BARBER WANTED-Must be good
workman. steady JOB: at once. Rivoh
Barber shop, San Benito. Tex. U-6s
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-17

If YOU nQad work a small ed under
Situation Wanted viii put you III
toucn with. the right Job.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
Dolph to Be Honored
At Dinner Saturday

Dolph was instrumental in the
organization Of the Washington
Rotary Club in 1912 and has
represented it every year since,
with one exception, at interna-
tional conventions. He also was
leading organizer Of the Boys
Club Of washington and was its
first president. He is a member
Of the Board of Trade, the City
Club, the Congressional Country
Club and the Columbia Country
Club. During the World War he
served as chairman Of the home
service section Of the District OF
Columbia Chapter Of the Red
Cross, and also aided in the sale
OF Liberty Bonds and Savings
Stamps.
Dolph also has Q number OF
business interests outside OF the
company, being connected with
several financial institutions.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
MUSEUM GAINS
RARE VASES

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.--Four
rare polychrome vases Of the sec
ond or third centuries B. c.,
found at the ancient site Of Cen.
turipe, Sicily, have been acquired
by the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and will be placed on exhibit
ton this morning in the room Of
recent accessioI1s.
These vases only recently have
received attention in the arch
geological world. So far only 80
examples Of the ware are known,
most Of which are in the muse.
ums Of Syracuse and Palermo,
with isolated examples in Paris,
London and elsewhere. The four
in the Metropolitan are believed
to be the only vases Of this ware
These vases attain their signifi-
canoe from their polychrome
scenes, being practically paintings
Of the Hellenistic period,
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
women filters
PLAN SEX WAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17-Amer-
ica's SO licensed women pilots
have formed a national organiza-
ton, The Eighty-sixes, "to pro
mote good fellowship among H.
censed women pilots, encourage
flying among women, and create
opportunities for women in COM
mercial aviation"
Headquarters will be In New
York and membership will be
open to any licensed woman pilot
In the United States.
Within its ranks are some CT
Americas best known aviatrixes,
including Amelia Earhart, Ruth
Elder and Viola Gentry, who
was seriously injured when her
plane, The Answer, crashed
The first thing the Eighty
Skies are going to do is to wage
a little war on the sex complex"
in the air world.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17

A dinner in honor OF John
Dolph, manager Of washington
district Of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, will be held
Saturday night at $50 at the
willard Hotel.
The dinner, which Is in COM
memoration of Dolph's 45 years
Of service with the company, Is
rendered by Frederick H. Ecker,
president of the Metropolitan
Company. Dolph is the Oldest
manager in point Of service with
the company, and the celebra-
ton Saturday night will mark
his partial retirement from active
business.
Dolph was born August -, 1859,
In Waterloo county, Ontario. After
teaching school for some time he
became interested in q mutual
benefit association and later went
to Chicago, where he became
stranded. Noticing q help
wanted" advertisement in q news
paper he applied for the job,
which was with the Metropoi-
tan Company. At first he re-
fused the place, but later &C.
cepted.
In December Of 1884 Dolph be
came an assistant superintendent
In this capacity he served In
Chicago, South Boston and Bos
ton, making q record for bust
ness increases. In 1892 he be
came superintendent Of the Bos
ton district, and has been with
the company as a supertn
tendent since that time.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
IS TRADE
BOARD-TOP|C

Crime In America viii continue
10 flourish as long as unjust and
unnecessary laws remain on the
statute books, Representative
James M. Beck of Pennsylvania,
told the washington Board Of
Trade in the Willard Hotel last
night.
Scientific advances in the
study and detection Of criminals
were discussed by DR.. Lent d.
Epson, director Of the Detroit
Bureau Of Municipal Research.
The public order committee Of
the Board Of Trade endorsed a
bill to increase the pay Of police,
and favored continuance of the
Edeath penalty in the District.
Odell 8. Smith, chairman Of
The public order committee, ex-
pressed the confidence Of the
board in Major Henry g. Pratt,
superintendent Of Police. APP
blause followed and Pratt, who
was q guest, arose in acknowledge
piaaent.
Major L. e. Atkins, Assistant
engineer Commissioner, spoke OIL
behalf Of the American Legion.
red Bast, baritone, sang. A buff
let supper was served.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
Quintet Gets $500
From Five Taxi Men

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-After
holding UP five taxi drivers in q
garage at $50 West Fortyiirst
st. early yesterday and getting
$500, five armed men drove off
In 8. car stolen from the garage
owner.
When Morris Yodenvitz, one OF
the victims, complained, q robber
struck him on the head with a
Y1iStol hIItt.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
SILVER PLATE STOLEN

Burglars early yesterday morn
ing forced an entrance into the
home OF Mrs. Mae Mccarthy,
3700 block Northampton st. N.
W., and took quantity Of silver
plate valued at S25.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17
THIEVES CRAVE NICOTINE.

Cartoons Of cigarettes valued
at So yesterday were reported
stolen from q store owned by
Elizabeth Gordon in the SEQ
block Of Eye st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17

TO buy, sell. rent or employ-Use
Phone District $500.
The Washington times., 1929-12-17

Essg1 q ses-
ted Ors0sr ag4insf ds1ssx
Service Stations are main-
tanned at the addresses
below for the purpose Of
making good our guaran.
tes and for servicing our
pens = required.
+ = waserman conpaay
l9I Bfoadway New Yock
17o 81. stase Sc Chicago
20 school s.. Boston
90 Markss Sc. San Feaneisco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

on the informal natural colored shan
lungs and surahs, which promise to be
one Of the distinguished styles of the
Summer.
At the majority of houses of style
making caliber prints are used, with
reservation, to take the gloom off of
black ensembles. Prints so combined
are more cheerful than gay, running to
subdued colors and small pattern, or
minute designs of pen-like drawings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

Paix and Champs Elysee clothes circles.
While there are prints aplenty among
the new Spring and Summer styles.
they are nearly all less ebullient and
less aggressive than those which pre-
ceded them. Small designs, subdued
pastels colors on light grounds and sober
rich shades on dark grounds are the
1929 Summer version. On the other
hand, prints have spread into the taft
feta and satin fields and even appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

injured two seriously. A boiler in a saw
mill exploded, spreading destruction
over a wide area. The blast attributed
by w. A. Canuet, owner of the mill, to
a dry boiler" rocked the countryside
for more than six miles.
All of the dead and five of the six in
jured were employees of the mill. The
other victim hurt was 6-year-old Annie
Lou Kicklighter, who suffered a frac-
tured skull from piece of flying debris
while she was playing at her home,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
ATHENS GETS SCHOOL.

ATHENS P1.-The American School
for Classical Studies is building a new
residence hall on its property next to
the Gennadius Library.
The. new building is the gift Of the
Rockefeller Foundation. 1t will provide
quarters for the students of the Arch
Biological School and for visiting Amer
lean professors who come to Greece FOR
study and research,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

The printed material is used for lining
and trimming of black coats over printed
dresses.
Printed chiffons and georgette. as we'll
as printed voiles. promise to have much
popularity for Summer evening frocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
SUBDUED PRINTS FILL
SPRING FASHION VOGUE

PARIS C4).-How far the vogue for
prints goes this Summer is up to the
ladies.
Paris shows them and Paris lets
them alone. You choose your dress
maker accordingly in raref1ed Rue de la
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

more than 200 yards from the mill
Robert Dewitt, John Hendricks, Ed
mund Bacon and Lee Polk, either were
killed outright or died before reaching
hospital Kenneth Brown and Fetch
er Waters died of injuries last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

Following the example of Princess
Mary, many society women of London
are returning to the side saddle, new
pattern having made the style much
safer for riders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
GEORGIA TOWN STUNNED
BY BLAST AT SAWMILL

~ the Associated Press.
GLENNVILLE, Ga, February %
Glennville, which looks to sawmills
for its principal livelihood, was stunned
today by yesterdays tragedy. which
snuffed out the lives Of six persons and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

Brooklyn Technical High School will
seat $500 pupils-more than any other
school in New York-and cost $780,
600.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12
Menberso of
OAR. LeuUe
b1'Parley

Delegates and members of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton from Indianapolis left today to
attend the annual continental con-
gresS in Washington, D. c., to con-
tinue all next week.
Members of the Caroline Scott
Harrison chapter who are attend
ing are Mrs. James L. Gavin, vice
president-general Of the national
organization; Mrs. Z. Ellis Hunter,
regent; Mrs. Wilbur Johnson,
regent-elect; Mrs. Thomas A
Wynne, Mrs w. B. Rossetter, Mrs
Charles NJ. Voyles, Mrs. James M.
Ogden, Mrs. Walter C. Marmon,
Mrs. Walter H. Green, Mrs. w. C.
Bartholomew, Mrs. Eugene H.. OAR
rach and Mfs. Samuel Lewis Shank.
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks chapter
members who will leave Saturday
are Mrs. Arthur v. Brown, regent;
Mrs. John N Carey. honorary vice
president-general; Mrs. William H.
Coleman, Mrs. Thomas r. Kackley,
Mrs. Alfred P Conklin, Mrs. Louis
H. Levey and Mrs. Edwin H. Forty.
Mrs. Herman Kothe, regent of the
General st. Clair chapter and Mrs.
Paul E. Fisher are in Washington.
More than 5000 members from
all parts of the United States are
expected to attend the congress. at
which a president-general, who will
serve for three years, will be chosen.