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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
SANTA ROSA


CO-HOSTESSES
Mesdames j. w. Black and E. p.
Eel were hoztesses at a miscellaa-
eous shower for Mrs. Ned Diggs on
Wednesday. The afternoon was
spent IN contests at the close Of
which the postman delivered the
packages in huge gift boxes TO Mrs
Diggs-
Those present were Mesdames wv.
4. Scott. j.. Il. Fall. Mary Gibson, a
O.Neal. r. r.. Dudley, o. y. Sibson
II. A. Ferrn. George Peterman, r.
NJ. McCraney. Carl Rockford. Harry
Ketcham. Tom Phillips. O. +. Con-
ley. Earl r. Whatley and the hon
Gree and hostesses.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Mrs. j. L. Ball was hostess Of the
Methodist Ladies Missionary So
-i1ty Tuesday afternoon.
The subject was Japan" The
.1eting was opened with a song.
can the World See Jesus in You?"
til Mrs. S. A. Rack at the
.ano. Mrs. john Berry gave a talk
/ Why Japan l. Called the Sun
Y Kingdom" Following this Mrs.
r.. Gibson talked about the
outlook Of Christianity in Japan"
Eo:-t. Lucy Cara, protegee Of the
society, gave a report Of her work
at the Valley Institute at Phar-.
Mrs. Huckabee discussed the pres
ent day assets in Japan. followed
BY a special number, Take Time
TO be Holy"
Miss Cara closed the program
with a prayer and Immediately aft
er Misses Mary Ball and Melba
Gerry served refreshments.
FAREWELL PARTY
Mrs. J.. S. Huckabee was hostess
to a farewell party honoring Basal
Davis, Vera Head. and James Ho--
ten Friday evening. The honorees
are all going to college this term.
After several games and con-
tests. refreshments were served 70
the following: Misses Juanita DAN
tel, Frances Sue Scott. Audie Rus
sell. Louise Nolan, Edith Foster,
Lady Nolan, Hazel Brooks, Vera
Head. Melba Berry. Bernice Vance,
ard Betty Bauerman; and Messrs.
-1-al Davis, James Ball. Alton
vance. James Harter. Bud Nolan.
Scott Richardson, Floyd Eel, Wal
ter Red" Sibson. and Lamar Ross.
PERSONALS
Willis Nolan will attend A.
and M. college this year.
Miss Walk Of La Feria was the
guest OF Miss Lois Duncan Mon
day.
Jay Carter has returned home
from San Antonio where he has
been the past few weeks.
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IS, Esp. Santo Irrig. Id. Co.'S share
/, Esp. Santo CIR. $40.
@. w. Morrison ct ux to Z. C..
Morrison east 20 &C. lot IL, Hgn.
Land and Water Co.'S Sub "A" SO.
Chas. Larson. ct ux to William @.
Burns lot 20. Blk. 13. East Avon
dale. $3.50.
Los Ebanos Est. Inc. to Vicente
Tavarez. lot 10. Blk. 8. Los Ebanos
Addn. Brownsville. s679.68.
+. w. Kibbe to Mrs. Loula r.
Kibbe lots 4. S. 6 and A. blk II.
West Brownsville. $1,000.
r. A. Broadwater to VIM. p. Da-
vies ct al. All blk. 208 and Blk.
GOA. Doughe-ty and Pallet Sub.
Sur. 2sS. cont. 24.33 &C $1,000.
A. II. Fernandez. TT to d. K.
Clint and Mrs. w. 3. Clint lots 20.
q. %. Blk. 81, unit a" Townsite
Fresnos. $3.50.
Port Isabel company to Mrs. Ra-
eta McGay Fisher. lot IA, Blk. SO,
Port Isabel. $1,000.
d. w. StaiIey to Rilla 4. Stailey,
all Of west IL Farm blk. So. and
farm blk. SO. Hgn. Land and Wa
ter Co. Sub. "A" c. de c. ct. 35
&c. $40.
Port Isabel Co. to w. +. Lavery
ct al. Lots GA. 10. 10-A. ii, liza.
blk. 81, Port Isabel. $3.50.
c. j. Mclaughlin ct ux to w. II.
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Giles w. 10 &C. Blk. 2, Boyce TT.
$40.
Emma j. Coates to II. ID. Seago.
N. 46-5 &C. of that certain Or. OF Ill.
embracing the south 1-2 OF lots
l63 and 164 and all Of lots 165.
166. 16i, 168. 169. ITO and I'll, ES-
piritu Santo Irrigated Land Co.
share !. Esp. Santo Grant. Cont.
38.5 &C in one body. $40
HIDALGO COUNTY
j. E. Newman ct ux to c. r.
Borah. E. 30 &C. lot 10, blk. 60, Al
amo tract Sub. $4,000.
ID. A. Puryear ct Tx to City o.
Donna. $50 &C. lot I. blk. IS r. =.
a. I. co. Sub. $f.750.
J. c. Engelman. Jr.. to Travis
Smith. lot IL. j. G. Engleman Sub.
Of sections 262 and 263. Tex. Mex.
s 1.400.
ID. M. Peck TO r. r. Mccain et
ux lots 3 and 4, block So. Weslaco.
$500.
G. r. Boarah to j. @. Evans. ct
Xix w. 10 &C. Of Z. 80 &C. lot 10.
blk. 60, Alamo Tract Sub. 1000.
Mrs. Edna Cochran individually
and as community survivor OF es-
tate of j. w. Cochran, deceased,
to A. @. Hess. lot IL. Blk. 1877, Edin-
burg. S400.
John Bailey to NAY Bailey sur
vey 2l8, Tex. Mex. $4,000.
c. c. Brown to Guy r. James
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JAPAN URGES
GREATER NAVY
Officers Think Sea Craft
Should Be Increased To
Keep Up With Nations

TOKYO. Sept 21.-P-with a
program Of eight 10.OOo-ton cruisers.
each capable Of 80 knots and armed
with ten s-inch guns. more than
half completed. high naval authori-
ties OF Japan are publicly discussing
the possibility that the government
VIII have to lay down more fighting
ships Of this class in order to keep
pace with the United States and
Great Britain.
There has been no thought of
suspending or abandoning work on
the eight new ships. four of which
are already afloat with the others
due TO take to the water within
twelve months.
The public and semi-public ut
terances of naval officers, from Ad-
miral Takarabe. minister of marine.
down, indicate too Japan's intention
OF insisting at the next naval con-
ference on a ration OF 10-10-7 in the
allotment Of auxiliary warcraft ton
mage to England. America and this
country. Japan asked for that ratio
Tor capital ships at the Washington
conference but finally accepted
5-5-3. The higher ratio for auxil-
larry craft was informally advanced
at the three-power conference in
Geneva in 1927.
The talk gave rise to recent news
paper reports that q supplementary
program. calling for four additional
10000 tonners. IS first class destroy
ers and a number Of smaller de-
stroyers, submarines. gunboats and
oilers. had been decided upon. The
navy department later said that no
announcement would be made at
this time. lest Il embarrass the Mac
Donald Dawes conversations in
London. It was remarked, however.
that no OUTRIGHT denial OF the re-
ports was forthcoming.
Naval officers and publicists are
giving the Japanese press surveys
designed TO support the claim for
the 10-10-7 ratio. asserting that the
programs which America and Brit
ain have in hand will give each Of
these powers between 100000 and
100000 tons Of modern cruisers Of
more than 1000 tons. whereas Japan
by the completion of her eight Nachi
class ships will have a correspond
ing tonnage Of only 100. that Is.
eight ~10.000-ton ships and four of
the Furutaka class OF TOO tons
each. Hence. II is argued. that un-
less the two leading sea powers
agree to reduce drastically their
cruiser fleets. Japan must build sew
eral more 10000 ton fighters to keep
within hailing distance.
Japan. It is authoritatively indi-
Gated. hoDes for such actual reduc-
ton by Britain and America. thus
making any increase in the present
japanese cruiser strength unneces-
Bary.
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Women Among Noted Pilots on
Entry List for National Air Tour

DETROIT, Sept. 2l.-tR1-5ome
two score planes will leave Ford
airport here Saturday. Oct. 5, on a
4.6O0-mile journey which will take
them to 81 cities in l6 flying days
to complete the fifth annual ma
tional air tour.
The winner will receive the Ed
sci b. Ford trophy and a substar-
tial amount Of cash. Points viii
be awarded on a basis Of reliability
and efficiency.
This years tour has drawn the
largest entry list Of the five years
the event has been conducted.
Eddie Stinsor, George Haldeman,
Harold Pitcairn. Amelia Earhart
and Mrs. Phoebe Fairgrave Omilie
are among noted pilots who will
compete.
w. s. McCracken. retiring head
Of the bureau of aeronautics of
the department of commerce. and
Clarence Young. his successor. have
been invited 20 60 along
Among planes entered by manu-
duu UNIlcIS dIG Two AuIO-
gyros. a Ford tri-motor, a single
motored Ford monoplane ami a
Curtiss condor. Virtually every
important manufacturer will be
represented.
Capt. Ray Collins. referee for the
four previous tours. Is manager this
year. Capt. Frank Hawks will be
referee. These two filters have
made path-finding flights over the
entire course.
The itinerary takes the filters
through Canada and down the east
coast of the United States for the
first time. They will pause at
Wausau. Wis. home Of the late
Maj. John p. Wood. winner Of the
1923 tour, who was killed on his
attempted nonstop flight from Los
Angeles to Cleveland. At Chicago
their arrival will mark the dedica-
ton of the new Curtiss- Reynolds
airport.
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farm tract, 1869 Adams Tract. Sub.
$40.
+. M. Everit to A. Y. Baker, lots
8 and 10. blk. 1877 Edinburg. $40.
W. Nj. Sutphen to wv. ID. Wilson
lot 8. Blk. 81. Hargil Townsite. $40.
Sarah c. Johnson TO Clarence r.
Johnson no. 3 1-2 &c. Sec. lot 1872
Holt tract and 10 /. blk. / and lots
/ and :. blk. ?. Rio Bravo Sub. Ly-
ing NJ. Of Floc' Control levee. $40.
Alice T.. Holt, ct al to "A. +. Twen-
hazel. 7.27 &C. lot 8. blk. 66 and lot
? Shetland acres Sub. 5000.
PlaciGco Herrera to Natividad
Herrera CT ux +. 1-2 lot II, blk. 68,
Mercedes $40.
William r. Murphy TO Matt Pfei-
fer ". IL blk. y, Alamo townsite.
$1,000.
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Cameron Courts
CAMERON COURTS

2STH DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. w. Cunningham, Judge
No orders.
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PERSONALS
ON TRAIN

BOMBAY.-William p. Elder was
murdered in a compartment Of the
Calcutta-Bombay train. The slay-
er escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

BRIGHTON. England-Mrs.
Clara Moore was holding her baby
as she waded on the beach when
a wave swept the child away and
drowned IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

PARIS.-As Pierre Dalponer was
sentenced to prison he warned the
Judge that he would kill him when
liberated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

~LONDON-Prince George, son OF
the king. has temporarily relin-
pushed his work at the foreign Of
flee owing to indigestion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

by the bites OF a pet monkey given
the girl by her uncle.
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1OsRD DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. vi. Kent, Judge
7344-Alexander Marketing COM
pany VS.. St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico Railway company, dis
missed.
8566-Southland Life Insurance
VS.. r. c. Hance. Judgment.
8663-Mabel Nations Garrett vs.
g. r. Garrett. divorce granted.
Docket set for the term.
COUNTY COURT
Hon. Oscar Dancy, Judge
Suits filed: None.
COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW
Hon. John Kleiber. Judge
No orders.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
For Cameron County. Texas
3. M. Holland to "A. q. Harring-
ton w. 1-2 Blk. 81. and w. 10 Blk.
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BABY BORN on EXCURSION

LONDON.-A bouncing baby boy
was born to Mrs. Ellen Rallin as
she was returning to London in an
excursion train.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

CALCUTTA-In a period or three
days 80 inches Of rainfall at Cher
rapungi.
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PET MONKEY MAINS GIRL
BERLIN.-Fraulein Anna VAIL
face was SCARED for life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
How to Tell Whether
Letter Is i'm Cipher
: BY Z. Z. FREE, PH. d.

How the writer of q cipher letter
gave away the fact that 1t contained
secret message by his neglect to use .
fount&in pen instead of an ordinary
dipped one IL described by C.. W. r.
Hooker, British cryptogram expert, In
Q recent discussion contributed to the
Police Journal, an ofYicial publication
Of the police forces of the British En-
pire.
The letter was written, Mr.. Hooker
reports, in q cipher Of the difficult type
IN which the writing seems quite IN
derstandable In the ordinary way, with
out suggesting any concealed crypto-
gram. The first part Of the letter did
contain. however, q cipher message.
The latter part did not. being merely
ordinary writing. Where the careless
writer gave away his use Of cipher
was by the pauses to dip his pen In the
ink.
These pauses are indicated. every stu
dent of handwriting knows, by the
blacker writing Immediately following
the pause and dip. Not only does more
ink flow OF the pen point, but the Ink
usually has q longer time to dry be-
fore the next plotting. OF the latter,
unciphered part of the letter IN ques-
ton, most Of the pauseS for pen dips
came, as usual, Mr.. Hooker reports, at
the ends of the sentences. In the
earlier portion, which the writer was
copying from q previously written
coded memorandum, the dip pauses
fell at more or less regular intervals,
without relation to the sentence ends.
The writer was copying. not thinking.
Accordingly he dipped his pen when.
ever the ink ran out, not at the natural
breaks in thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
Administrations Quick Action
On Prison Problem Commended

Referring to the use Of disciplinary mill
ttary barracks. the Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle declares: In this way
the most acute problem Of the prison
situation, 80 far as Federal prisons are
concerned, will be solved for the time
being. The outbreaks At Auburn and
Dannemora thus have served q purpose
in calling attention in dramatic fashion
to conditions demanding correction, but
which up to this time have received
little attention"
with the consent OF the Secretary
Of War and the Attorney General" ex-
plains the st. Louis PoSt-Dispatch, "the
military prisons are to be placed under
the jurisdiction of the Department OF
Justice and will be used to care for the
overflow In the civil penitentiaries. The
plan. as Mr.. Hoover says, Is temporary
solution but as such It will be well
coined by the thoughtful opinion Of the
country as a remedial measure for q dis
tressing situation
Although at the Leavenworth Bar
racks there are accommodations for
1000, the number confined there at
present does not exceed 900, many OF
whom are now eligible for parole and
many Of whom have merited q restora-
ton Of duty in the Army" says the
Memphis Commercial Appeal. While
many may consider the expense in
volved in making the general prison
changes and constructing more units
rather heavy. the Nation can well af-
ford it. for 1t will result in far better
prison discipline. make easier the sci
entif1c segregation Of prisoners. and
bring to an end the shameful crowding
50 forcibly impressed upon the public
BY the recent Leavenworth riot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03

each drank q portion, with the result
that three Of them died, and two were
made seriously LII.
The temptation Of those who leave
one place for another Is 10 forget about
the old quarters. 1t Is easier to let the
newcomer clean up. All good house.
wives, however, like to leave immaculate
rooms behind them, just As they prefer
to move into q clean new place.
The duty Of everys homeseeker is to
leave the old place In as presentabIe Q
condition as possible. The United states
Army makes this necessary for It's Of
ficers. Common sense and ordinary
courtesy should make II equally 30 from
civilians one to another. 90
The leaving OF huge quantities of
trash and junk in Easements and attics
Is reprehensible TO degfee. When one
leaves poisons and combustible ma
terials behind, at moving time, he does
not leave an responsibility, too. II is
a plain duty of those who 90 to think
of those who will come, and to clean up
well before they leave, especially making
sure that poisons are disposed of, not
left for innocent children to play with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
Gil Does Not Choose to Run.

As an act Of self -abneeation the
declaration Of President Portes Gil OF
Mexico that ne does not desire pro-
loneat ton Of his term of ONCE Is prob
ably without precedent In Mexican his
tory. Addressing the congress yesterday
at the opening Of the session, the exec.
utive, named as successor Of President
Gales upon the death ut the hands OF
an ASA sin of the president ELECT, Gen
Obregon, made particular point of his
desire for . succession Of principles
rather than Of men in Mexican affairs
Stating categoricaily that he does not
desire to remain in once after the COM
pletion Of his provisional term next
February, he made the remarkable state
ment that prolonged ton Of my mandate
would bring bankruptcy Of the law" In
view of Mexican history during many
years this is strange language. It IL
to be accepted as sincere. There Is
nothing In CHS record before or since
his accession to the presidency to indi-
cate otherwise.
1t is, however one thing for the exec
utive to announce retirement at the
close of his mandate" and to invoke
the orderly processes Of presidential
election, and quite another thing to in
sure the effective working of those proc
esses and the tranquil expression Of
popular will at election time. There
are already signs of bitter rivalry and
of intrigue for the succession. II may
be that despite his declaration Of desire
to leave the ONCE President Gil may be
drafted" for the regular term. He has
not, 1t would seem, announced himself
quite as categorically as did President
Coolidge in his famous ten-word state
ment Of 1927. and 1t will be remem-
bered that even Il do not choose to
run for President in 1928" left the
question sufficiently open for several
months to require additional negation
for full conviction. It viii be inter-
esting to observe whether President
Portes Gil finds 1t necessary to repeat
or emphasize his abnesation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
A Simmering War.

Unconhrmed, though somewhat cir
cumstantial, reports of actual hoStilities
in Manchuria continue to come out OF
the East, but there Is no authentic
news ~ yet that Russia and China are
actually in q state Of war. That they
are in q state Of potential and SIM
mering war Is undoubted. The elements
Of conhagration are present. A tiny
spark could ignite them.
Matters at the end Of last week
seemed to be verging toward an AMIGA
BILE agreement between Moscow and
Marking. The Soviet government had
agreed to appoint a new general man.
ager and assistant manager Of the
Chinese Eastern Railway. in place Of the
oflicials removed by China on the
ground that they were engineering
Communist propaganda in Manchuria.
But Moscow accompanied that con-
cession with O demand that China. on
her part, should appoint q new Chinese
chairman of the railway board. To this
proposal the Marking authorities vigor-
Dusty demurred. They were unwilling
to suffer what they insisted would be
an ANONYMOUS loss of face" In their
own country. Russia has been con-
tending that the Chinese ofiicial whom
it wants supplanted Is chiefly respon-
sible for the whole railway imbroElio
To this relatively unimportsnt stage
has the war menace IN Manchuria
passed. There are. Of course. much
farther-reaching and more fundamental
issues at stake than the identity Of the
men who shall henceforward manage
the Chinese Eastern line. But it is well
for the cause Of peace in Asia that the
souabble has narrowed down to such
q point. The prospects that 1t can be
amicably composed are correspondence
enhanced.
Chinas accomplished minister to the
United States, Or. WI, is now in
Geneva, as the representative of his
country at the League Of Nations As
semhly. It is highly probable that he
will ind occasion to bring the Sino-
Russian controversy to the League
attention In case it is not settled within
the month of the Assembly's session.
Between the Leagues peace-preserving
machinery and the adherence Of both
Russia and China to the Kellogg pact,
the world has every right to expect
that their quarrel will not reach the
boiling point of war.
Al to whether that is an assurance
which will hold good forever-or for
Iong-one would rather be an historian
than q prophet; for the ways Of the
East are mysterious and mercurial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
Edison the Wonder Man.

For more than half q century Thomas
A. Edison has been figure before the
American people, intimate, close and re-
earded with growing affection. He has
become veritable institution. Despite
the long lapse Of years he has not been
viewed as subject to the advance Of age,
for he has kept steadily, constantly
OF work. Time has taken no little toll OF
him that he has seemed immune TO 1t.
The wizard" of Menlo Park has car
ried on in his laboratory apparently as
industriously during the past decade IS
quarter Of q century ago. He Is now
eighty.two and q half as the almanac
shows, but to the people generally he is
still young In spirit and, 1t would almost
seem, in body aS well. So it is that the
announcement that he has recently been
suffering from an attack Of pneumonia,
q desperately dangerous disease ut best
and especially so in advanced years Of
life, comes with q shock. It brings
wildly to mind the fact that Edison is
now at the age where ailment may any
time carry him over the bourne. But
then one knows nothing of the power Of
such an indomitable spirit as his. which
may carry him on for another decade.
He has lived q remarkable life and he
may live to q remarkable age. The
statement Of his illness Is coupled with
assurance Of his recovery from the
present attack. He undoubtedly feels
that he has much work yet remaining
to do. The true scientist knows that his
work indeed h never finished. Great as
have beer the marvels coming from
the Edison laboratories, In the past nifty
or sixty years. there may be even greater
to come in the twilight Of this wonder
full life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03

would continue strongly In demand as
head Of the building corporation.
II certain elements In the Democratic
party could be assured that this bust
ness venture of Mr.. Smith is permanent
occupation for the former Democratic
candidate for President, they would
heave q sigh Of relief. But Mr.. Smith
has never said that he will not again
be o candidate for President. Possibly
he has It In his mind and heart never
to seek public once again. He has
given generously OF his most valuable
years to the public service. If 1t ia his
intention not to seek ONCE ever again,
why, ask some Of the skeptics, does he
not say so, In the interest Of party
harmony
Obviously it would be the part Of little
wisdom for the former governor to
make any statement TO the effect that he
would never run for President again.
Neither ne nor any other man can say
what conditions will be one, two. or
three years hence. No one can say
whether a strong demand for Mr.. Smith
may not materialiae in the political
party of which he has been a member
ever since he grew to manhood. The
late President Roosevelt. on the night
after he was elected In 1904, announced
he would not seek to succeed himself.
1t was an announcement that came to
trouble him many times thereafter.
Former President Coolidge, who de-
clared in August, 1927. that he did mot
choose to run for President" never said,
nor has he yet said. he would not ac-
cept nomination for President II 1t
were rendered him. Mr. Smith is to be-
come builder. That is all there is to
be said for the present.