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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
New Mexico Town
Swept Rv Floods

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Aug. IA.
-Rl-The village of San Acacia
had been swept away and San Mar
cial. another small town. was mum
dated and in danger of being wiped
out by flood waters from the Rio
Puerco river today Hundreds of
head of livestock were drowned. and
property damage was estimated at
sl00. 900. No loss OF human life was
reported.
Swollen by heavy rains. the Rio
Puerco went out of its banks late
yesterday. The waters descended
upon the two villages. crumbling
houses and business buildings IN
San Acacia which were Of adobe
construction. The population OF
each town. estimated mt 200 per-
sons. fled to higher ground afoot,
or left the district on special trains
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
May
Be FATAL TO
KERENS MAN
Thompson Ambulance
Makes Rapid Run to
Hospital Where K
Ray Pictures Made
Especial to The Herald)

A0DlAAdA " AAAN AANA6A4f
LYFORD, Aug. 14.-Charles w.
Cherry, 56, was seriously though
probably not fatally injured early
wednesday when q jumper he was
wearing became entangled with the
lineshaft at the Parker gin here
and the man was whirled around
several times before the machinery
could be brought to a stop.
Cherry, who was head gtnnerr
was rushed to the Valley Baptist
Hospital In Harlingen In a Th--iD-
sons Mortuary ambulance, but the
exact extent of his injuries we're not
known late Wednesday morning.
X-ray photos were being taken IL
was reported he had severe head
and Leg wounds and possible inter-
nal injuries. There was q possible
ity that the skull had been frac-
tured.
Cherry was unconscious during thu
morning.
Clarence Parker. an assistant GIN
ner, VINO witnessed the accident and
who turned off the power TO stop
the machinery. said Cherry had
gone behind the gin stands % clean
up some trash from the floor when
MS jumper caught on the shaft.
The injured man lives at Kerenss
T sxas. employees at the gin said. He
has been coming to the Valley each
ginning season for several years to
operate the gin here. His wife was
notified OF the accident.
The Thompson ambulance made
the 17-mile round trip run TO Ly-
ford and back to the hospital I'm 37
minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
Man Held Under
$500 LIQUOR Bond

Santos Perez Rodriguez was
bound over to the grand jury Tues
day uEder 5000 bond following a
preliminary hearing on liquor
charges before u. S. Commissioner
Z. X. Goodrich. Rodriguez failed
to make bond.
Rodriguez was arrested just above
the old bridge by customs officers.
They say they obtained pints OF
mescal from him just after he
crossed the river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
Russian Plane Forced
To Land In Siberia

MOSCOW, Aug. IA H1 The
flight of the Russian military plane
Land Of the Soviets," from Mos
COW toward New York has ended in
a forced landing ITO miles from
Irkutsk. Siberia. There was no in
formation as to whether they would
be able to continue their flight.
Taas. official news agency, said
the plane had come down in an un-
inhabited region after taking off
from Kranoyarsk Sunday afternoon.
S.eps were taken to establish con-
nection with the pilot, Semor
Shestakov. to determine whether he
required assistance to enable him
to go on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
6 CHINESE OFFICERS
DEAD IN PLANE FALL

TOKYO, Aug. l4.-tPp-Six Of
ficers OF the general staff were
killed and another seriously injured
when a new bombing plane In
which they had started an inspec-
ton trip fell 900 feet today at
Tachikawa airdrome near Tokyo.
The dead included Major Gen.
eral Tsunes Aburo. chief OF opera
tions staff. General Fujioka and
Major fbe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
GIRLS BODY
FOUND IN SACK
Hands Tied and Neck Bears
Evidence Of Strangula-
ton, Officers Say

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Aug. IA
RJ-Bound in a gunny sack, the
body Of q girl apparently about AZ
or 13 years ago age, was found In
South Minneapolis today. Her
hands were tied, and she appar-
entity had been strengled.
Two ice men. William G. Hoag'
Minneapolis. and William Stokes
st. Paul. found the body and noti-
fled police who summoned Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew X. Aune, whose
daughter. Dorothy. has been miss
ing since yesterday. in an attempt
to identify the body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
COMMITTEE READY
FOR SUGAR TARIFF

WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.-CP)-
Having completed their revision OF
the house rates on hides, feathers
and shoes, the tariff drafting re-
publicans OF the senate finance
committee nped today to complete
work speedily or the sundries
schedule Of the bill and clear the
way for action on the sugar sched-
ule.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
Parents Fear Texas
Girl Was Kidnapped

GREENVILLE, Tex, Aug. 14.-t41
-Fourteen-year-old Nettie Nee
Johnson's disappearance at carni-
val Saturday night today has led to
request that local authorities aid
in a search for her. Relatives fear
she possibly has been kidnapped.
Nettie Mae, whose parents live at
Grove. went to the carnival with a
sister and her escort. The two ell
ders had a conversation with an
acquaintance and turned to find the
girl gone.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
DREDGE MACHINE
ACCIDENT VICTIM
DIES MERCEDES
Body Of Thurman Long Killed When Work
ing With Construction Crew, Awaiting
Word From Alabama Relatives
Especial to The Herald)

MERCEDES. Aug. 14.-The body
OF Thurman Long. who died az the
Mercedes hospital at 2:30 a. m.
Wednesday from fracture of the
skull received Monday night in a
dredging machine, Is held at the
Stotler mortuary pending advice
from relatives In Albertsville, Ala,
former home of the dead man.
Long, an employe OF the j. ID
George Construction company. was
working with a road crew south OF
Mercedes near Rio Rita. when he
was caught in the dredging ma
chine, according to reports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14

The name of Miss Elizabeth
Ruff. freshman from Brownsville.
appears on the scholarship honor
roll of Texas Christian university
for the spring semester as an
nounced recently by 4. r. Tucker
registrar Of T. c. u.
To be eligible for the honor roll
a student must be carrying at
least nine hours in work that
counts toward a degree. make an
index OF 800 or an average OF
"B" and be passing In each sub
iect carried.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
MISS ELIZABETH RUFF ON
T.C.U. HONOR ROLL LIST

Miss Ruff. who carried Is hours
of work. made an index grade OF
800 She was a member of the
Girls Pep squad, the Frogettes,
and a runner-up in the race for a
full page in the r. Q. u. annual
as freshman representative stu
dent.
"A total Of 329 students had their
names on the honor roll for the
spring term, SO freshmen. 66 soph-
omores. 81 juniors. 80 seniors, 20
graduate students and q special
students-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday.
For East Texas Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday. Light TO mod
crate northerly winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
PILOT IS UNINJURED
IN FORCED LANDING

SCRANTON. Pa, Aug. 14.-tP)-
Jack Webster of Hadley Field,
Dunellen. ~. j., plotting an air mail
plane bound for Buffalo. ~. ",
narrowly escaped death at Sis this
morning when he was forced to
land his plane in an orchard N
mile from Susquehanna. near here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
Storms Devastate
Eastern Country

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-tPl-Wlnd,
rain, hail and lightning, sweeping
through three eastern states, left a
trail Of destruction, marked today by
damaged buildings. blocked high
ways and ruined crops.
Regions in Pennsylvania, New
York state and Vermont were visit
ed by a series of storms yesterday
in which damage by fire and flood
was added to the havoc wrought
by wind and hail.
A wind of hurricane force cut q
swath Is miles wide through Yer
mont from Lake BomoSeen to Mid
rlebury. overturning cottages and
damaging other buildings.
The main highway between Rut-
land and Middlebury was blocked
by fallen trees and communication
between Rutland and Lake Bono
seen was cut Off Several boating
parties on thel axe reached shore
with difficulty. but there was no
loss of life.
RUTLAND. VT. Aug. 14.-tPl-A
devastated strip Of rural country
stretching from a summer resort on
Lake Bomoseen. ten miles from here
to Brandon. Is miles north, marked
today the path of a wind and hal
storm which at times assumed the
proportions OF atornado. No. loss Of
life was reported.
Cottages and barns we're blown
over. livestock killed In the fields
crops ruined. telephone communica-
ton disturbed. and highways block
ed by fallen trees by the combined
effect of the gale and hailstoneS as
large as silver dollars. Damage was
estimated at many tens Of thou
sands Of dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14
MENBECOMINC
EXHAUSTED AS
AID IS ASKED
All Available Help Is
Rounded Up AS Air
planes Rush Rein
forcements to Scene

SEATTLE, Aug. 14.-tPf-Man
power and machinery was muster
ed on many fronts today in a des-
perate hand-to-hand battle against
forest fire and its natural allies.
winds and hot weather.
Reports from many flame swert
regions throughout the Pacific
Northwest and western Canada
were encouraging. but in other sec
tors additional forces Of fire fight
ers and equipment were sought 10
aid tired men who were becoming
exhausted.
Provincial police In Trail, B. c.,
rounded up all available men TO
fight forest fires sweeping along the
international border.
Another death, the second in a
week. was reported. c. S. Hutton,
35, of Sedro Wooley. was killed by
a falling snag near Lake Samish,
south Of Bellingham. Wash.
In northwest Washington, the
Bloedel Donovan lumber mills or
dered the third camp ia two days
to close down operations because OF
the fire hazard.
ReinforcementS we're rushed to
the fire fronts in northern Idaho
and Montana, and relief was asked
from Colorado. New Mexico and
Arizona. Airplanes we're used in
some cases to take men to the
scene.
WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 14.-tPl--
Forest fires in this province. On
tario, to the east and British CO.
lumbia on the west continued their
menace today despite rains in some
sections Of the affected area.
Accounts of narrow escapes AMI
desperate courage against over
whelming odds have come out OF
the forest fire districts where for
estry department rangers and set
tiers, numbering hundreds, have
waged battle with the flames.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14

CITY BRFS- 80. 80. -. ...
Leaves for Hospital.--D. p. Gay.
Jr, left Tuesday evening for Tem-
pie, where he win take treatment at
the Scott and White sanitarium. Mr.
Gay has been quite iii for several
week&
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RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material chang5
In the river during the next few
days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-14

Insure Parcel Post Packages
Rio Grande Valley Trust Company
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point lisa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorolORIcal conditions:
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
BEA 7 EN-
IN DOUBLES
By F. A. WRAY

WIMBLEDON, England, July 2
Q.N.S.).-Helen Wills and Edith
Cross, of California, tasted defeat in
the third round of the women's dou-
bles Of the Wimbledon champion
ships today at the hands of Mrs. c..
G. McIlquham and Miss E. H. Har.
vey, of England, in a startling re.
versal OF form. The score was Ga,
SO, 8--3.
Americas fondest hopes in the
women'S doubles went aglimmering
with the defeat of the Californians.
While the English women's team
work was machine-like in precision,
ficulty in cooperating.
TiIden- Hunter Win
big Bill'' Tilden and Francis T.
Hunter advanced in the mems, dou-
bles, defeating Kleinschroth and
Baron Won Kehrling, the Austrian
combination, Ga, S-6, 6-1, in a
fourth round match.
The Americans at all times held
the upper hand. Their team work
was superb and time and time again
they turned back brilliant rallies
started by the colorful Austrian
baron.
Throughout the match rain clouds
overhead threatened to bring an end
to the proceedings. 4
Lott-Hennessy Win
George M. Lott, OF Chicago, and
Johnny Hennessy, OF Indianapolis,
also advanced in the mems doubles
by eliminating the Englishmen. r.
Lycett and j. o. p. Wheatley, In
a third round match. The score was
60, 6-3, 6--1.
The young Americans played a
dashing game. Their team work
was faultless and their strokes
superb. The Englishmen at no time
threatened them.
In third round match which
brought together Mrs. Watson and
Continued On Page a. Column .
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
F|SKE GETS
$4,000
Insult

Bradley A. Fiske, retired
rear admiral Of the United
States Navy and an authority
on submarine torpedoes, was
awarded a judgment Of $685.
500 against Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of
the naval bureau of aeronau-
tics, by Justice Wendell P.
Stafford in Circuit Court to-
day as the result of a suit
arising out of an alleged in
|fringement on patent rights
perfected by the retired of
ficer in 1912.
The court held, however. that the
Government should be held liable
for payment Of the Judgment. as
Admiral Moffett was responsible
only as the requisitionlng officer.
The suit commenced November
%, 1925, when Fiske sued for
s25o,oOO alleging infringement on
his patent on torpedoplanes, a de-
vice for discharging submarine tor
pedoes from airplanes.
Other Defendants
He named as defendants Curtis
D. Wilbur. Secretary OF the Navy,
Admiral Moffett, Charles B. McVay.
ir.. rear admiral, formerly chief of
the Ordnance Department and
Claude c. Bloch, also a rear admiral
of the ordnance department. Volun-
tary non-suits were taken against
all the defendants but Moffett.
The Government defended the suit
by declaring that the retired Off
Ger had only taken out letters pat
ent on principles already known
and in use for at least two years
before the patent was perfected.
Even il the patent was a valid one,
the Government declared, Fiske held
no personal rights as he was en-
ployed by the government and the
fruits Of his inventive labors be-
longed to the Government.
Haden't Seen Planes
Justice Stafford, in his opinion,
points out that the principles Of the
invention could not have been so
obvious as aeroplanes were only in
the experimental stage at the time.
Admiral Fiske had never seen sea-
plane at the time of the invention,
the opinion says and had only wit.
messed one or two exhibition flights
OF aeroplanes, none of the aircraft
at the time being capable Of carry
ing q torpedo.
Teh experience of Admiral Fiske
as torpedo expert was clearly es'
tablished by the opinion which tells
OF the admiral's duty as Govern
ment inspector Of torpedoes at the
works Of the Bliss company in
Brooklyn in 1900, where he &C
quired all the knowledge Of torpe.
does extant in this country, and he
Continued on PAGE 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-07-02

A hero's welcome was accorded
the quartette of Spanish filters who
were picked up at sea after failing
in their attempt to make a round
the-Yorld flight. Seaplanes dropped
bouquets of flowers as the Eagle
came to anchor shortly after 9
o'clock.
Immediately the British ship was
surrounded by gaily decorated boats.
Meet Kin in Cabin
There was an impressive scene In
the captains cabin of the Eagle
when the airmen were met by rela,
tives. Major Franco and his conf
rades were bombarded with ques'
stions and were kept busy explaining
that they were feeling fine and
had not suffered a whit from their
adventure.
Major Franco revealed that they
fired the last of their slender store
of rockets when the lights OF the
Eagle were sighted.
I'VE were treated splendidly by
the English sailors" declared Major
Franco. "Just as soon as we were
brought aboard the Eagle they gays
US hot tea and cigarettes"
When the airmen were taken from
the dock a huge crowd surrounded
their motor car cheering and &C
claiming them. The airmen grinneG
their appreciation at this sincere
greeting. They waved their hands
and their hats.
Girls Shower Flowers
A number Of pretty young womer
pelted the motor car with flowers
The airmen were taken first tt
Government House to pay their re
spects to the British officials. Thu
crowd was so dense that their cal
had to move at snail's pace. The
adventures were kept busy &C
knowledging the plaudits of the
people, many of whom had come
here from different parts of Spain.
After shaking hands with the
British governor and thanking hin
for the aid given them both al
sea and in port the airmen were
compelled to appear upon a balcony
to fulfill the curiosity of the
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Rainbow Division to
Hold Baltimore Meet

District of Columbia ch apter,
Rainbow Division Veterans, hopes
to have an attendance of 100 percent
for the parade at the annual reunion
in Baltimore, July Is, II and Is. It
will be headed by a drum and bugle
corps.
General Henri e. Gouraud. Military
Governor of Paris, who will be guest
Of the division, will reach Washing
ton July IL. The Washington chap
ter, headed by president Capt. Wal
ker H. Colston, will meet him and
act as escort. After visiting the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier on
July -, Gen. Gouraud will go to Bal
timore, for the convention.
The Rainbow Division included
National Guards units from 26 states
and the District of Columbia and
and was commanded for much of its
time overseas by Gen. Gouraud OF
the French army.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
TIRED, SHE.
SAYS, Of;
LIFE

An attractive 16-year-old
girl was in a grave condition
today in Casualty Hospital,
suffering from poison she
swallowed in an effort to take
her own life because she was
unable to have dates.
The girl, Miss Bessie Patton, 500
block Street Southeast. told DR..
J. Roger Young she had been Ill
since early childhood and hoped she
would die.
Tired Of 1t All
81 can't do any Of the nice things
other girls do and I'm tired Of 1t
all" the girl told the physician, as
tears trickled from her big brown
eyes.
Her brown curls strayed becon-
ingIy over the pillow Of her white
cot as Bessie told Or. Young Of her
difficulties.
George T. Patton, her father, q
street car motorman, told newspaper
reporters his daughter had been re-
ceiving medical attention regularly
since she was less than d year old.
He said she suffered from a nervous
disorder and occasionally had cpl
leptic attacks
Wanted to Die
Patton added the girl was forced
to quit school about two years ago
because of illness. He said she
had been respondent frequently. She
had told him she wanted to die.
during her spells of melancholy.
The father was unable to believe
the girl had deliberately taken the
poison. He said he thought she
merely took an overdose of medicine
for her ailment. His belief, how
ever, was not borne out by
physicians.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
R|OTSBEG|l
IN SUIT
STRIKE
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, July 2
(I.N.S.) Disorder marked the
strike Of $4,000 cloak and suit
makers which began here
today. r.
Battles between the strikers and
nonunion employees, and between the
strikers and the police occurred at
intervals. In most instances the
clashes were over quickly anc the
crowds dispersed.
Considerable excitement prevailed
among the milling crowds in the gar.
ment district, the biggest in Amer.
lea,
Turnover in the garment industry
represents $4,000, 000, 900 in suits and
81, 0Oe, 600. 900 IN cloaks annually.
Al number OF arrests were made. i
Samuel Melrasky, ~ was stabbed
in the arm when he refused to heed
admonitions Of strikers.
Prices May Soar
An advance in the price Of clothes
is expected to be one result of the
strike if it continues indefinitely.
1.-THE hour has struck" said the
strike call. 1.-THE past three years
we're the worst ever experienced
you were forced to seek en-
ployment in sweat-shops, where you
had to submit to piecework, long
hours and six days a week-an for
a niggardly wage End this
generalization and chaos.
The entire $500 workers in the in.
dustry were effected by the strike
call, although only about $4,000 had
been working of late, as this is the
slack season in the garment trade.
DepIOres Strike
I. Grossman, president of the In
ternational Cloak, Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers, Inc, which employs
about rs per cent of the workers in
the industry and represents 100
manufacturers, known as stylists OF
the cloak and suit trade, deplored
the calling of the strike. He de
clared the Manufacturers Council
would hold themselves in readiness
in any move to hasten the termina'
ton Of the walkout.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
STOLEN BANKER
ENJOYED SELF

EAST ORANGE, N. j., July 2
Q.N.S.).-Willard T. Elliott. Passaic
banker, who mysteriously disap-
peared last Wednesday and who re-
appeared just as mysteriously early
tdoay at the police station in Nut
ley, n. j., was back at his home
herein seclusion
He declined to talk to newspaper
men over the telephone to amplify
the story he told the police OF
Nutley to the effect that he had
been kidnapped and held captive by
two men, finally ,effecting his escape
by means Of a ruse.
Mrs. Elliott answered the tele'
phone at the Elliott home. Be
yond admitting that Elliott was at
home, she said he had nothing
further to say, referring Inter
national News Service to the police
for information concerning her hus
bands disappearance.
She did, however, deny that the
fortune Of Elliott, who was vice
president and treasurer of the
Hobart Trust Company Of Passaic
had disappeared with the banker
This fortune was estimated al
$3.50, 900 in cash and securities
''That is not true" was Mrs
Elliott's remark as she hung up
Later in his home Elliott gave q
detailed acco~At of his kidnapping
He said he had been waylaid b.,
three men near Passaic, N. j., and
after a. drive Of half an hour had
been taken into a house.
1.-THE men told me they were Chi
cago gunner and acting under
orders but that if I would behave
no harm would come to me-" Elliott
said. '"They treated me fine and
we played poker and drank wine
nearly all the time. I lost $3.50
all my ready cash. and gave them
my belt buckle as a souvenir"
"If It had not been for worry
about my wife," / would have had
d wonderful time"
After hearing Elliot's story, Lieu
tenant Clintock gave the facts tt
the Passaic police in the hope that
they can find the place
When Elliott appeared in Nut
ley today he seemed to be in a daze
He came there in a lic4nseless auto
mobile. Y
He was unable to tell much about
his Imprisonment, except to say
that they may have intended tc
hold him for ransom.
He managed to escape by means
of ruse. he explained, saying
he started to drink with his captors
and when they became intoxicated
Pie slipped away