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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
NAB IN
CHICAGO MASSACRE

CHICAGO. Feb. 2l.-(P)-"Nosey
Toe Lewis. with prison records in
Illinois and Leavonworth. has been
arrested IN Detroit in connection
with Chicago's gang massacre.
a murder map" vas found in his
pocket IT diagranied the territory
along The Lase Michigan shore
contiguous to the North Clark
street garage in which the seven
gangsters were executed q week
ago.
The arrest was made last night
after "Nosey Joe or George a.
Lewis as he identified himself. was
overheard to saw he had bumped
off a party in Chicago
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
Fire Drill AT
Airport Tonight

Demonstration of modern meth
DDS Of fighting fire will be given ct
the Brownsville municipal airport at
s o'clock Thursday night. Les
Mauldin, manager Of the field an
nounced.
The public Is invited as there also
may be some night flying and the
scarchllghts will be turned on and
the field illuminated. A fire drill
will be one OF the features.
The airport now has a modern
fire truck and Is well equipped to
fight any fire that may cndangcr
the hangers or planes. Mauldin
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
Together
Meet Postponed

SAN BENITO. Feb 21.--The get
together meeting OF business men
of Harrington and San Benito, TO
have been held here on the night
Of February 25. has been postponed
to March 4. it was announced today.
This action was taken when ii
was found the dates cCnflictcd with
the visit here Of the Kiwanis golf
fans from the north. WHO are to
make a tour OF the Valley at that
time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
MARKETS AT
"A GLANCE
New York

New York
Stocks strong: u. s. steel starts
broad advance.
Bonds dull: Porto Rican-American
Tobacco IS lead advance IN con-
yertibles-
Curb irregular: Sikorski aviation
climbs more than 6 points.
Foreign exchanges steady; Italian
Ira at new 1929 high.
Cott:n easy; pre-holiday liquida-
ton.
Sugar STEADY: commission house
buying.
Coffee higher; steady foreign
markets.
Chicago
Wheat easy; bca-ish Oklahoma
reports.
Corn steady: small receipts.
Cattle lower.
Hogs steady TO higher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
THREE ARE
BY GOVERNOR

AUSTIN. Feb. 21.-LP-Governcr
Moody granted three furloughs yes
terday as follows:
Arthur Foss. Fayette county, four
years for theft. 30 days to make
provision for his wife and child who
are destitute.
John Woodson. Montgomery coun-
ty, one year for prohibition law
violation, 80 days, to visit mother
who is III.
ID. G. Moody. IS years for robbery.
80 days 10 visit mother who is i'll.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
Fort Worth Hogs
Up With Cattle
And Sheep Even

FORT WORTH. Feb. 2l.-R1-
Hogs: 2.100: SC TO 10c higher; top
$1,000: good to choice 190-25O lbs.
siO.il to $1,000: packing sows $3.50
$500.
Cattle and calves: l.4oo: steady:
fed steers around Sill: fat year.
linss up TO Sll.35: cows $3.50 and
S7: medium to good stock steers
SO: good 20 choice heavy STOCK
steer calves sl2: heavy slaughter
calves Sill.
Sheen: SOC: good to choice wool
Cd rat lambs Sl5.75.
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PUBLISH ARTICLE

AUSTIN. Tex. Feb. 2f.-Dean r..
U. Taylor Of the college OF engi-
neering at the University of Texas
hrs just been informed by letter
from the secretary Of the American
Society of Civil Engineers that his
article, Sitting Of the Lake az Aus
tin. Texas" will be included in
Transactions. the annual publica-
ton or the society.
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2 SHIPS, TUG. BUHN

DETROIT. Mich. Feb. 2l.-lP)-
Fire. believed to have been started
by a cigaret butt. last night burned
two lake passenger ships and n
steam tug TO the waters edge and
seriously damaged another excur-
SIGN steamer. with estimated dagags
Of S250.00n. The ships we're tied III
on the Detroit river AZ Ecorse.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 2i.-QP-The
cotton market opened steady at a
decline OF 3 points 10 an advance
OF = points with some selling Of
near months on rather easier show
ing Of Liverpool. Prices fluctuated
within a range Of 4 or 5 points dur
ing the first half hour.
The market became O shade cas-
Ter late in the morning under pre-
holiday LIQUIDATION or realizing.
May sold off to 1000 and the new
October contract to 1882.
Prices we're ruling at about these
figures at midday. with active
months showing net declines Of 2
to 5 points.
Futures closed steady. 5 TO z
points lower; spot quiet; middling
20.25.
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I n GEORGE WALKS

BOGNOR. Sussex. Feb. 2i.-tPi-
King George has achieved his first
real walk since the beginning or his
illness. His Majesty walked around
hts bedroom with the aid of a stick
yesterday. He was weak and his
nurse lowered close. but he nego-
tiated q turn successfully.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Feb. 2i.-Fh-For-
eign exchanges steady.
Great Britain. demand 464 1-8;
cables AS 5-16; 6o-day bills OH
banks $50 3-16.
France. demand 800 e-32.
italy. 5.24: Belgium 1887 l-2;
Germany 23.T0 10: Tokyo A96;
Montreal 99.55 ID.
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QUAKE FELT

BELGRADE. Ju1oslavia. Feb. 81.
-IAf-SharD earthquake trcmors
we're felt today at Milanovitch,
about IS miles south OF Belgrade.
Furniture. pictures and crockrry
were displaced. but there was no
great material damage.
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CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb. 2i.-fFT-Wheat:
No. 2 rcd 1.47: No. ? hard i.28 ga
OBI.
Corn: No. . mixed "a Ia; No. 3
yellow 9A195.
Oats: No. 2 white 81 ga; No. A
white At 3-4d4S l-2.
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POLICE BATTLE BANDITS

EUCHARIST. Rumsnia. Feb. 81.
-R-Gendarmerie forces and a
group Of bandits fought n brisk hat
tie ~ Chaul near here TODAY. Two
ofndarmes and four bandits were
killed In the struggle which lasted
two hOurs.
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BUTTER AND EGCS

CHICAGO. Feb. 2i.-fP-Butter
lower: crcsrlery extras as ga:
standards IS: extra firsts AZ l-26
AZ: firsts As 1905 10: seconds "A
tF45
Eggs easy: extra lirstS 44144 f-2:
firsts ~ 1898 10; ordinary
firsts 35940.
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rnrTnNgEED OIL

NOW ORLEANS. Feb. 2l.-IH1-
Cottonseed oil closed steady; prime
summer yellow $50: prime crude
9.0O-9.12 l-o. Mar. $50; Apr. 9.85;
Nav a.e2: June a.95; July 1918;
Aug. 1920: Sept. 1920; Oct. 1929.
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SHIPPING BOARD MAN DIES

AIKEN, s. c.. Feb. 2i.-(P-
Stricken with a heart attack late
yesterday in the Palmetto Golf
cource club house. Elmer Schlessin-
Ger, New York attorney and former
vice president OF the shipping board.
died before a physician could be
summoned. He had returned to the
club a few minutes before after
complaining of illness while playing
golf.
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TO DISCUSS KELLOGG PACT

PARIS, Feb. 2i.-fP-The cab
met today decided II viii ask the
chamber Of deputies to discuss
ratification of Frances signature
- tAe yeiiAs ss1.-aSE.-- e ~sr
pact on February IS.
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IIYERr0OL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Feb. 21.-tP1-Cot-
ton: SPOT increased demand: barely
steady: American strict good mid
ding 1872: good middling 1882:
strict middling 1862: middling
1912: strict low middling 1917: low
middling e.q2: strict GOOD ordinary
a.52: good ordinary a12. Sales 1000
i,alcS. 1890 American: receirts
1000. American 1901. Futures
closed uuiet and steadv: March
1913: Nav 1892: July 1925; Octo-
Der 1923: December 1924: Janu-
arv 1923.
The cotton exchange will close at
4 p. m. March %. and reoDen at
III a. m. April .. Easter holidays.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 2l.-F-Gov-
eminent bonds: Liberty 3 lbs, 81
AZ. s97.tS: ist 4 LAS s99.25: 4th
4 las 1898. Treasury As. A-54'
Si03.5.
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KNIFE FIGHr i

MENARD. Tex. Feb. 2i.-tPJ-
John Cordove. %, was killed In a
knife fight today one mile from
here on the Eden highway. Jose
Flores is held for examining trial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-lP-A net
loss or s4.o67 -564 was reported by
the Marland Oil company. a mid
continent producer. and its sulosid-
iaries TODAY. This compares with a
net loss of 1881 .o76 in 1927.
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MRS. CUNNINGHAM BETTER

Mrs. a. W. CUNNINGHAM. VIE OF
District Judge Cunningham. who
has been seriously i'll at her home
Judge Cunningham reported Dor
his arrival at court here. Mrs. Cum
rSs,-rr. IT. .&.r S:xy.G .. u SC
we're attack OF influenza.
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SPOT COTTON

DALLAS. Feb. c1.-Pp-Spot cot
ton 1855; Houston 1880; Galveston
1915.
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POULTRY

CHICAGO. Feb. 2I.-P-Poultrv
firm. fowls 20 1-2T32: SPRINGS So:
ROSTERS %; turkeys 80; ducks so;
geese "a
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21.--tPl-
Spot cotton closed steady and UNI
changed. Sales 763: low middliny
1880: midd'ing 1900: good m!ddling
1910; receipts 1883; stock 346,320.
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Indy GETS U. $. JOB

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-tpl-
Col. Charles "A. Lindberch has been
appointed technical adviser 10 the
aeronautics branch Of the COM
mercc department.
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Is Year Goitre
Remove
Mrs. NJ. A. Holman,
Homegrown, Tex.

SAYS: IL will tell or write how
was quickly relieved OF the terri
BILE misery with Sorbol- Quadrupll
a colorlesS liniment, easy 70 appl
and not expensive" Get more tn
formation az Wulman5s PharnSr.
or write Sorbol Company, Mcchali
icsburg. Ohio. Sold by all druE
gists.-Adv.
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Water Districts
viii Meet Friday

SAN BENTTO. Feb. 2l.-Associ-
ated Water Districts Of the Valley
will meet here Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock for the purpose Of hearing
reports on present status Of the
Wiilacv County IRRIGATION district
and Of the comr1itte which re-
Gently went to Austin.
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Truck
Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Department OF Agriculture, United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCamSer Of Commerce cooperating.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-07-01

crease in the consumption OF alcohohc clnKS since
the adoption of that system.
Of course, every Schoolboy knows that an increase
in liquor consumption never benefited any people.
There is decidedly another side to the picture in
Sweden on which the Tribune fails to give any light
The Swedish people who really have the welfare OF
their nation at heart and who are willing to sink
their appetteS and socaled personal liberty for the
good of the country, are warning the nation with
effective figures of the real significance OF the in
crease in the number of persons having paSSbookS
to buy liquor At the beginning of 1928 there were
1126151 liquor passbooks, and iO7 230 were held by
women When the number of owners of passbooks
who die annually is deducted, the real progress OF
King Alcohol in Sweden must be measured by at
least % 900 new adherentS every year! BY SO much
the constant army of alcohol consumers increases
annually The most lamentable feature of it is that
most of the newcomers are young men and women,
who thus Systematically form the liquor habit
While the Bratt system of liquor control apparent
ly has the sanction of the Worlds Wettest Newspa-
per, it does not have the sanction of the Swedish
people On May 2, 1928, both houses of the Swedish
Parliament adopted proposal that a revision be
made in alcohol legislation.
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Loyalty Sunday

It a fine thing for the churches to follow the
suggestion made by the Anti-Saloon League to OBJ
the Both of June as Loyalty Sunday.
Many a stirring discussion was delivered on that
date urging the people to support the Constitution
and the President in his determination to enforce
the law 1t Is gratifying to know that the date was
so largely observed and that so many people were
stirred to renewed sense of their duty in this mat
ter.
We cannot live in democracy, plead for self-gov-
ernment fight for self government without eXercls-
ing self government. Self-government means the
conscientious attention to civic duties on the
part of the American people. When the people are
familiar with what those duties our country will
be well governed So long as we fail to apply our
conscientious ideals our self-government will be
failure 1t is to be hoped that the results enacted
will not be forgotten during the vacation period now
upon us. And we promise that it will be serious
part of work in the coming September when we
can once more reach good friends. We will see
that the "rouSements" put on in regard to civic
duties of citizens and the enforcement of law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-07-01
Prohibition on Permission

The only alternative to prohibition is permission.
Practically every degree of permission which has
been suggested or attempted in any other coun
try has been given thorough trial in the United
States of America, and has completely failed to
mitigate the evils of the beverage alcohol traffic or
to solve in any the beverage alcohol problem.
Permission of varying degrees has been tried on the
American continent for period of more than 300
years. In fact the success which has attended any
method plan during those three centuries has
been due to that part of such plan which prohibited
the traffic in degree while the continued evils
of the traffic have been chargeabe, through all that
PERIOD to that part of any plan which permitted
the traffic, in any degree Prohibition, in it's efforts
to suppress the evils arising from the beverage al
cohol traffic. has been successful to the degree to
which prohibition has been invoked, enforced and
obeyed
The method of regulation and restriction in the
American Colonies, was given trial of more than
$50 years License was an experiment extending
over a period of more than fifty years The dis
penSary system had an opportunity to demonstrate
its merits period of twenty-five years. Local
option in varying forms was tried out for period
of more than third of a century. National proh-
bition has been in operation under difficult enforce
ment conditions for nine years In view of all these
facts is national prohibition entitled to fair trial?
ERNEST H. CHERRINGToN.
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JULY. 1929
Prohibition Killings"

The newspapers are being imposed upon by the
news gathering agencies which are reporting the
bootleggerS story of killings by prohibition officers,
and carefully phrasing their "StorieS" for propa-
ganda effect In the Congressional Record of June
ID 1929 is complete list of all prohibition officers
killed and all persons killed by them, with de-
tailed account of the facts in the case This office
has made careful analysis of that report. The
news stories" have made the public believe that
these killings were all of innocent citizens" In
reporting what Senator Brookhart said upon the
Senate floor recently one agency stated that he
was defending the killings of "155 innocent per-
sons"
The following facts taken from the Congressional
Record referred to will show how innocent they
we're: Of the 155 killed, SIS were shooting at the Fed
eral officers when the officers began to shoot, 10
others engaged in shooting with the officers, 80
others pulled their guns first but the officers were
better shots, IL others made attempts upon the
lives of the officers with other instruments than
guns Most of the others endeavoring to eS
cape In 149 cases of the 155 the innocent citizen
was known to be a bootlegger.
Among the six innocent parties killed, one was
boy who was around the still when it being
raided, was not till after the fight over,
and then was found wounded 200 yards away.
Another when the officers were chasing bootleg
ger suddenly stepped out from behind truck in
front of the officers car. The officers had time
to stop before striking him The third
not killed by a Federal officer, but by man who
was plotting the officers to STILL and who ran into
another car and killed its driver. He received
prison sentence of from year to life man
and his daughter were killed in boat collision and
another was killed as he handed gun to his con-
federate believed to be for the purpose of killing
the officer
cases of the above killings, the grand juries,
after hearing the evidence, refused to indict the
officers In SO instances the officers indicted,
but acquitted on trial. As indication of how I'M
fairly we have treated the prohibition officers, of
the four convictions had, one of them was being
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-07-01
A Frank Confession

The Chicago Tribune pats itself on the back for
having pioneered in newspaper criticism of the
Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead act, and
would have it's readers believe that newspapers
throughout the country big and little, are fast re-
spending to its self assumed, superior wisdom and
leadership. The Tribune significantly remarks:
"At first Immediately after the enactment, there
was little opposition to the amendment and
the Volstead law. The disposition was to give the
theory chance to prove its worth Some
months elapsed before the strongest news
papers in the largest cities began to raise questions
and criticisms"
The Tribune, like its friends who have trampled
upon the Eighteenth Amendment and the national
prohibition law as indicated by this confession,
marked TIME for bit apparently in an effort to
work out their strategy of attack. Note well that
the Tribune'S idea of loyalty was to give the new
theory chance to prove it's worth" Admittedly
they very carefully refrained from lending any in
say they fight national prohibition because it
is failure They refused to support the Federal
government when the Amendment adopted, not
because the Amendment failure-it hadn't
been tried but because they wanted it to be fail
ure.
The newspapers of the big cities are with them to
considerable extent in their destructive program
and certainly true American begrudges them
such comfort they extract from that fact
But the press of the country the whole is the
side of law and order and for the enforcement of
prohibition And we believe that sheer disgust at
the I'M American and radical policy of the Chicago
Tribune has been small factor in lining up hun
dreds of editors in behalf of the supremacy of law
and for the protection and defense of the ConSttu-
ton.
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shot at by the booteggerS before he returned the
fire, and yet he received three-year sentence Tor
killing the bootlegger In self defense No bootleg
ger in America would have been convicted under
such circumstances In numerous instances where
the officers were killed by the most outrageous
methods on the part of the bootleggers the boot
leggers have gone Scot-free, was the case at FL
Paso. The fact is, we are unfair to our officers
that there is not law upon the Federal statutes
by which man can be tried for numbering Fed
eral officer.
Will those who are bowling about these bootleg
gers being killed in open defiance of our laws, per
NIT me to call their attention to the fact that 55 of
our Federal officers have been murdered by the
booeggers and several hundred of our state officers
have been murdered These 155 citizens with six
possible exceptions were all guilty of defying the
laws of their country. These officers were all in
nocent citizens and died in the line of duty just as
much as did any American soldier who died upon
the battle field of France.
As President Hoover said recently, the outlaWed
liquor traffic is at war with our government. And
he has repeatedly called upon American citizens to
show their loyalty to their in this crisis
We have nothing against the citizens of Germany,
but when their government at war with ours,
much preferred seeing her soldiers fall than to
seeing our soldiers fall in battle. In this war be-
tween the outlawed liquor traffic and the govern
ment we much prefer seeing the enemies of our
government fall than to see our own faithful Off
die in battle in behalf of country's honor
and we believe every loyal American citizen will
take the same view.
Because Hoover was elected as dry and is hon
estly trying to enforce the law the outlawed liquor
traffic is doing its best to diScredit both prohibition
and Hoover'S administration. This is the reason
reservations concerning the killing of innocent cit
liens" One wet organization understand has an
nounced that they have 200 news reporters pledged
to get their story of the news into the papers.
Let intelligent American citizens not be miSled.
ATTIcUs WEBB.
Dallas, Texas, June %, 1929.
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Congress Drier Than Ever

Back of the President there is a Congress drier
than before and ready to provide any addi-
tional legislation that may be found necessary.
Back of the President there is too, prohibition
department under the direction of Commissioner
Doran, better organized, better manned and more
effective than at any time since the nation went dry
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-07-01
Bratt Liquor Control System

The Chicago Daily Tribune of June "a contained
an article eXtollng the alleged virtues of the Bratt
liquor control system in Sweden, despite the ad-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-07-01

Notices change of ad-
unbelievable pertaining to
Illinois of should be addressed
Illinois Editor $40 North Dearborn ST. Rooms 51o52
Chicago, Ill.
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STATE OFFICERS

President-Rev. w II Nicholas, ID, Springfield p rs
Presidents-Mlehae H. Alfred T. Capps
Jacksonville; Mrs Carrie A.. Bahrenberg, Belleville
Seoretary-Mrs Edwards, PinckneyVille.
Treasurer--John Rubin. Chicago.
Headquarters Commitee-IIon b. Wilson Quincy Cha
DID, Chicago, John H. Hau-
berg, Island Rubin Chicago Charles e. Coleman
DR. T. Knudson Springfield; Andrew c. Zenos Gh
Fisher Normal; Bishop Edwin Holt
Hughes, H. NJ. Banner, DID. Rockford Rev.
ID. Rock Island
superintendent b. Stafford PhD" Chicago
Department Headquarters ana
Enforcement Work Joseph II Collier, Chicago
scandinavian Department--Carl J. Andreen. Chicago
business Manager-B w. Ewing, Chicago.
Manager of Speakers Burean.John w; Langley chieago
District Peterson Chi
p Galesburg Springfield Leg
II.
Frary, Mt. Vernon.
Field Workers. L. Dowel j. N Jerman, A. L. Shafer IL
Childs. f. Fletcher.
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Dallas, Texas, June %, 1929.