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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Car License Sole
Clue In Bank Theft

JEFFERSON. Wis. Nov. 8-tP)-
Authorities today had nothing more
tangible than a license number and
incomplete descriptions on which 70
basetheir search for five men who
base their search for five men who
bank yesterday Of approximately
Sos. 900 in cash and securities.
The number. apparently issued in
Ohio. and the descriptions led the
sheriff TO wire the bureau Of GRIM
inal Identification at Columbus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Theresa Walton Goes
to Minnesota School

DALLAS. Tex. Nov. 8-tP-Ex-
pressing his happiness owe his &C
quital. which he said he had felt
would be the outcome Of his trial,
Judge r. II. Hamilton. freed Of muir
der charges in connection with the
death Of his son-in-law. Tom Wal
ton. Jr.. spent yesterday afternoon
and last night here with his brother,
Dexter, before returning TO his
home in Amarillo.
His children. after more than a
week in court at Weatherford. plan
ned to return to school, Helen "
Austin. Robert to his post as in
structor at the University Of Min
nesota. and Theresa Hamilton Wal
ton. his widowed daughter, with her
brother to Minnesota.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
LOOMS to Testify
About Booze Party

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8-(P-A
railroad presidents account OF the
now famous Fahy dinner for men,
bers Of the senate at which Sc
nator Smith w. Brookhart says IL
quor was served is to be on Monday
before q grand jury investigating
conditions | nthe national Lehigh
Edward X. LOOMS Of the Lehibh
Valley railroad. who Brookhart says
sat next to him and took a drink,
has informed United States Attorney
Leo "A. Rover he will appear III
answer TO an informal invitation
which the prosecuting officer had
extended to him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Kentucky Police
FIGHT Fatal to z

WINCHESTER. KY. Nov. SIP
A gun fight between three members
of the Winchester police department
and a man whom they had been
called to arrest resulted in the fatal
shooting of two men here yester-
day.
Patrolman P. Lloyd Faulkner. s.,
died an hour after he was taken
to a hospital. and Mike Wills. 81
former railroad contractor. who bat
tied the officers. succumbed shortly
after he fell, pierced by nine bull
lets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Heavy Snow Reported
In Midwest States

DENVER. Nov. g. Up Snow
which yesterday laid a wh.e blank
ct over five western states, rang
ing from three inches to two feet
in depth. had stopped falling over
most Of the territory this morning,
and prophecies OF rising tempera-
lures and clear skies promised q
respite from the biting tempera-
lures which swept down out Of the
rocky mountains three days ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Berger Woman Shot,
Husband Kills Self

BORGER. Tex, Nov. 8-F1-Mrs
Virgie Farthing died today OF
wounds inflicted yesterday by her
estranged husband. Jim Farthing,
just before he took his own life.
The woman was shot three times.
Failure of Farthing to effect a re-
Cancellation with his wife was be-
lieved 10 have been the cause for
the shooting which occurred at
Phillips, near here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Austin Houston Road
Gap Will Be Closed

AUSTIN, Nov. ga 20-foot con-
crete highway from Hampstead 70
the new state highway bridge over
the Brazos river to replace the only
remaining mud gap on the Austin
Houston highway, will be placed un-
der contract by the state highway
commission Nov. 1926, 1t was an
nounced. This will connect up more
than " miles of unbroken concrete
paving.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
N NATIONALIST
ARMY PEOPLE

Nov. 6-tP-The
Kuomin News Agency. organ OF the
Nationalist government, tonight
stated that Nationalist forces had
scored a sweeping victory against
the rebelling Kuominchin or "peo-
Piles army" along the entire battle
front in Honan Province paralleling
the Kinham railway and also along
the Lunghai railway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Police Study Note
In Inventors Death

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8=P)-An
undelivered note written by T.. T..
Vauchelet, 26-year-old Hollywood
inventor. indicating he had urgent
ly sought help from an attorney
before he died here Tuesday. occu-
pied the attention Of police today
as they attempted to clear up the
mystery yelling the cause Of his
death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
5 Reported Dead In
River Works Blast

WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. g.
Five men are reported TO have been
killed in an explosion at 3 O'Clock
this morning at the Swift river pro-
ect Of the Metropolitan Water sys.
tenn in Coldbrook.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08

BORGER. Tex, Nov. 8-(P1-An
inch Of snow greeted Berger this
morning. The thermometer stood at
% degrees. the lowest mark of the
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22

This model is the $23.75
style of best quality work.
manship-three doors, with
generous ice and food COM
partments. Less $500 for
your old refrigerator. go.
SOC a Week
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noise, but slip quietly along, nosing
their way between the other craft with
astonishing skill.
Across the harbor, to the left, rises
the steel working structure Of a ship
building yard AS we came in yester-
day afternoon I noticed six vessels I'M
der construction there. large and small.
Japan Is very busy building ships, at
Kobe, at Nagasaki, at Osaka, at Yoko-
hama and elsewhere. She is putting
out a heavy tonnage, In cargo boats, and
is at the same time adding steadily to
her passenger feet. Three large new
craft will be added to the fleet of one
Of the chief companies this Autumn. to
compete with the Canadian Pacific and
Dollar lines. This is the N. Y. K. or
Nippon Yusen Kaisha. in one of whose
boats we came to Japan and in another
will depart
At the present rate of development.
Japan's merchant fleet will be one Of
the largest in the world In another
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most of them working and almost
throwing himself back-f1at on the deck
as he brings his weight to bear when 1t
is time to contribute to the combined
power.
Junks Never Wear Out.
1t is said that junk never wears
out. Certainly some of them look as
old as would Noah's ark If it were in
ever quite new. 1t Is patched and
pieced until it looks like an old-fash-
Toned crazy quilt. However, did see
brand-new junk sail the other day.
in the yellow Sea, a bright, almost
white bit of canvas that shone in the
crowd of craft like a cleaning star. But,
as somebody remarked, it was undoubt-
edly stolen, as no junkman was ever
known to buy new sail entire.
Out in the middle distance of Kobe
Harbor are half a score Of steamships,
freighters from all parts of the world.
A twin-funnel passenger lies farther
out, perhaps at quarantine. Kobe has
to watch her visitors from the sea very
closely. for they come from ports where
diseases of a highly contagious nature
may prevail at any time. Not many
weeks ago. while we were first in Japan,
a ship came in here with some cases Of
DuDOIllC prague VII DOdIu, anu IllclC Woo
a lively time with quarantine. One Of
the petty officers of the ship by some
chance got ashore and went up to
Toxic. He was traced there and fumi-
gated and returned to Kobe and held
for the duration Of the quarantine pc
Rod. I recall that there was some dis
cussion as to whether it would be safe
for the Emperor to visit Kobe in the
course of his progress OF ceremonial
calls. But the scare flattened out and
the visit was made. 1t may be remem-
bered that we left Kobe on our way
westward, toward Korea, on the morn
ing that the Emperor made his en-
trance. Fastening our departure in order
to avoid the dense crowds in the streets.
Whistles Fill Air.
Ships were arriving and departing
constantly. Deep-toned whistles are
heard, far out on the Inland Sea- "a;
sirens, from the scuttling tugs and the
larger ships. The junks alone make no
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lighted, packed with goods, alive with

lighted, packed with goods, alive with
trade.
A few miles out of town, to the west
are some beaches. Yesterday, as we
came in from Beppu, we could see the
swarms of people on these shores, tens
of thousands of them--a hot Sunday
crowd, just like Coney Island or At
lantic City. Then last evening when
we took a drive along the shore in that
direction we saw these thousands going
home, standing in groups of several
hundred at the car stops, waiting for
transportation. patient though weary,
the children quiet, no fuSsing, no cry
ing. no pushing, no excitement, typi-
haODV
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the Chinese merchant fleet is small and
inconSpicuouS.
: Harbor works are under way here to
make Kobe Port highly efficient. The
new docks lately constructed will az
ford berthing room for at least rs
ships. Osaka, too, is working at large
harbor scheme, but Kobe has the ad-
vantage OF a better sea approach and,
furthermore, lies at more convenient
position with reference to through traf-
f1c. 1t is port Of call for practically all
steamships plying between America
which includes the Panama Canal-and
the ports of the China Sea and the In
dian Ocean.
With score of ocean-going ships in
sight, hull and funnel, at this moment
large and small, Japanese and flying
lated as to the character /of the cargoes
they carry. All the wealth of the East.
all the wealth of the West. may be
found in those holdS-tea silk, silver.
spice, ivory, the grosser forms of valu-
ables, such as hemp, and soya beans,
and bean cake rice and wheat, coal and
oil-oh. I wish I had here the words
Of song somebody once wrote about
"Cargoes"
They do not stay here long. these
Kobe callers of the sea. This morning
that which was to be noted yesterday
afternoon. and at this hour, o'clock
in the afternoon, the scene has been
completely altered since morning. The
ships slip in and slip out. Their pas
sengers stream off and Chamber on, lines
are fastened and loosed. 1t Is con-
slant panorama of pulsing marine life.
a ceaseless stream Of traffic that means
wealth for the world.
Occidental Combination.
Back Of all this is city Of million
inhabitants, or Whereabouts. 1t is a
combination Of Japanese and Western,
mainly the former. There are large,
severe, substantial structures in the
waterfront district, stout-looking banks.
we'll designed port Offices, commodious
buildings for the accommodation of the
steamship companies and their appur-
tenant enterprises. Then, just few
blocks away from the water, comes the
Japanese city. street after street of
shops, seemingly never closed. brightly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22

near beer declared an illegal beverage in
Iowa, Tuesday announced an intention
to organize league to push uniform
State dry law, drafted by himself,
through all State Legislatures.
His law would combine the most
stringent features of Federal and State
prohibition legislation. He has sent a
copy to Judge William S. Kenyon at his
Summer home in Maine, urging Kenyon
to bring it before the Federal Commits
sion on Law Enforcement.
Hammond would have a commissioner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
CLIMPSINC THE FAR EAST
A.
Guest
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

practically skim the surface, so while
they are capable of making rapid head
way in good breeze they have great
deal of driftway. To see two men and
a boy, or sometimes a woman. work the
heavy stern oar of junk is to wonder
at the capacity of the human muscular
system. They manipulate the car by
means of sort of sling, or loose rope
fastened to the shaft and to the deck,
alternately pushing on the oar and
pulling on the rope. Occasionally one
secs a team" of four men, the fore
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Of prohibition in each State, heavy fines
and prison sentences for violators; would
withdraw the right of doctors and drug
gists to grant liquor permits, and give
private citizens the right to swear out
search warrants and assist officers in
searching homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
HAMMOND TO DRAFT
UNIFORM DRY LAWS
Crusader Plans to Push New Meas
ure of Own Authorship Through
All State Legislatures.

By the Associated Press.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, August a.
John B. Hammond, dry crusader, who
recently tried without success to have
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decade, unless other nations increase
their rate in production. OF course,
around here the Rising Sun" flag is
mainly in evidence. 1t is to be seen
chiefly in every port. But in China,
also. the red ball ensign dominates. for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22

The old Derby, England, prison.
erected in 1926 at a cost of 1926, 600
was recently Withdrawn at auction At
$4,000 and afterward sold privately.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
PROPER HOUSE
NUMBER Urged
Kiwanians Hear Talk
BY Postmaster on
Mail Delivery

Importance OF proper street num-
bering Of homes Was stressed In q
short address before the weekly
meeting or the KiwRnis Club TAars.
day Don At the Fl Jardins hotel D.
&. W. bennett. postmaster.
In his address Mr.. bennett pointed
out that proper mail delivery hy car.
rier would be Impossible unless
houses were correctly numbered. Az.
ditional mail carrier service 20 Vic.
t0riA Heights and West Washington
IS 20 begin Friday. February Is, and
Va was In reference te this additional
service the postmaster urged proper
house numbering.
L. Y. Bennett. retired civil engineer.
who has spent 30 years In foreign
countries. fifteen Of them in South
America, gave an address on the fu.
ture Of Brazil, which country he de-
declared waS most prosperous. he
said great progress in agriculture and
commerce had been made there IN the
last few years.
Club members voted unanimously
10 attend the Joint luncheon Of civic
clubs with the real estate board cn
March s. when ]. c. Rogers, noted
civic Identification and gardening ex-
pert, will be here on his tour Of
southern cities.
". 5. Moothart was presented with
the usual kiwanis purse as the proud
father Of a newborn baby. The pres.
cntAtion was made by Sam Fu-l.
The regular entertainment, program
was dispensed with.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
WILLACY EAST
ROAD STARTED
Concrete Being Pour
ed To North Of
R~aymondville

RAYMONDVILLE. Tex. Feb. a.
Three miles Of pavement on the Red
Fish Bay road running east from
Raymondville have been completed
By the ". p. McElwrath company,
who have the contract for the work.
The mixer and other equipment have
been moved west Of the city to
Brcnner's curve. where n three and
one-half mile strip viii be built
north. IL is expected that this work
will require about three weeks for
completion. when the machinery will
again be moved east ard the work
there Continued.
The road east includes about
twenty miles. which will afford ecn-
neetion between Raymondville and
San Perlita, Santa Marcarita and
Willamar. new towns IN that section
on the Missouri Pacific Lines exten7
SionS 20 the southeastern part ~
Willacy county. All Of this road will
be OF concrete.
The road west 70 the Willacy
county line. consisting 81 las miles.
has been completed and officially
opened % the public. The last top
ping on this road was laid Friday. IL
extends from the west city limits Of
Raymondviile through LRsara 20 the
vicinity Of Aargill. where connec-
tion with n paved road in Hidalro
county leading to Edinburg Is made.
This marks the completion Of ap-
proximatelv aS miles Of kard.sur-
faced road in Willacy county since
last NAY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
Bossy Is Power
In West Texas

STAMFORD. Tex. Feb. s.-tP-
BosSy has become an animal useful
for other purposes than 70 be driven
out Of the corn field. In West Texas
she not only has become one Of h
best markets for feed crops grown.
and made IL possible for the farmer
to have something 10 fall back on
when cotton and other erors fail but
she also produces q steady all year
round income and IA n number %
eases has become the niainSource OF
support 81 the farmer and his family.
One citizen in n West Texas town
who started with four dairy cows
two years aHo and now has fourteen
head states they are Surer money
than cotton. He declares he can make
more money clear year after. year
than could be made on four hundred
acres planted IN cotton. He expects
% build his own herd 90 81 a. 10
good dairy cows. raise less eotton. the
ravages az the boil worm. and his
new relative. the pink holl worm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
FARMERS ASK
PORT SUPPORT
District
Plans Endorsed BY
Local Club

NnteFalnK TIE nro~rsvii.s NaviSs-
IN GsttFttt ard is plans fer the
81 . deep water harhor.
L~AaFnnEN' CLUB of THIS city. IN .
flatiea adopted NJ TIE last meet
ges hrownsvilie ard all Wall
neas erHaniaAtiers. aEFicui-
manufacturing inferrsts 20
rS1HelF nest energetic efforts
the amretsa ~ the project"
|TAs rsselutiea says
~ h*fe4s. competent engineers
- aeslared seasihle the project fer
y ghtsen-fcat channel from BFaE-
-@~ Pass O. a point near
Nsetlle, terminating in en- Is
tevsirE basin large enough %
sHmmos4te ceean-E0suE vessels;
Il hsfsas. ths I~xarnrrs' rlab real
- thHt tAia project il ~ vital i'm
HftaMxr - the development ~ the
sire Lesser kc Csands Valley and
- FFemeas tts rapid greWth ~ In
Ennw Toe frssKht rates for all Val.
nhiRrevss And.
wAageas. tAis club realizes thas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
Comics
Popular Features
Among Students

wAxAHACHIE. Texas. Feb. S.
OPl-Sports pages and comic strips
are the most popular sections or
newspapers for college students, y
survey made or the news editing ana
writing class Of the department Of
journalism o. Trinity university in
dicates.
Students were given 4 list az 81
types Of news contained in the sv-
eraEe newspaper and asked 20 check
those they looked fer first.
Twenty-one Of the students sale
they looked for sports news and NJ
said cartoons and comics appealed 70
them.
Other types ~ news looked 70,
by students and the number looked
for by each class follow; Local
news. rs; theatsr. H. editorials. n:
society, 10; personal and human in
terest. 10: state news. 2; literature.
art and music. :; national news, u;
disaster, g; photographs. =. social
violence, 4; display ads. 4; classi.
fled ads, 3; foreign news. =; science
snd inventions, &: finance aud
trsds. =: personal violence. 2, serial
stories. ,; education, 1; indus
trial, I.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
TOWNS
CApITALFICHT
West Texas Citizens
Seek Law 10 Move
County Seat

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. s-Pp-A
fight for county seats among mush-
room owns which have sprung up
almost overnight in the WinklsT and
Yates oil fields Of vest Texas has
been REFLECTED already IN the law
making program, OF the Forty-first
legislature and promises 20 assume
a still more i'm portant phase as the
session goe on.
The first move In this direction
was a house bill istroducsd by Rep
rcsentative Clyde W. Warwick of
Canyon, which provided that In
counties 81 from l,i00 70 l.s0o pop
ul1tion. the seat OF GOVERNMENT
might he transferred BY a majority
vote. The measure. apply ng 70
Lamb county particularly, was
tossed into the legislative hopper AZ
the instance Of citizens Of Little.
field. who sought 20 have the coun-
Nv seat moved 20 hat plafc from
Oltos. II failed TO pass the house
committee on counties.
Under the pcrSent law. RcpreSen-
tative Carl RCnntTee Of Lamesa. enc
Of tho hackers Of the bill. said. mov-
Ing Of county seats by majority vcta
applies only 20 those counties with
more than 1880 population.
Littlefield taxpayers asserted that
olton was not the most centrally
located town in Lamb county nor the
sub Of population.
Representatives Henry webb OF
Odessa Is author az a bin now BE-.
fore the counties committee which
would prevent oil boom towns from
mastering sufficient strength 10 be-.
come county seats until they had
maintained az least a partial ma
ture age. IL would prohibit the
change from a county seat within
five miles Of a geographical center
which had been established for long
or than ten years 20 any other To-
eslity unless the latter town had
bsen organized At least five years
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
TREASURE FOUND
= = y
IN OLD CANNONS
y y y
BURIED IN CUBA

HAVANA. Feb. s.-tP4--Fonr
fishermen browsing about the
beach near Ratahano. Cuba, Tues
day excavated four cid cannon. In
the m1HEles CT which they found
ancient Spanish douhloons, pieces
Of gold. and rare old jewelry OK an
estimated value az $4,000. One Of
the cannon bore the date % 1857.
Cuban Law provides that a large
part of such treasure when found
shall Be used 70 enrieh the national
cefferx. However Castelianos
Mens. congressman from Batabano,
who brought the story cf the dis
covery 20 Havana. is endeavoring 20
have the fishermen rewarded with
a big share az their find.
lie believes IL 20 be an old pirate
cache.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08

the location cf this deep water port
Brownssilis will insure a large
and rapid growth Of imports from
Mexico and make Brownsviilc M Of
the greatest ports of entry or the
entire Rio Grande border. while slim
ulAting development Of vast mineral
deposits In the northeastern part Of
that republic. which will he shipped
through this port. and create a much
greater market in Mexico for prod
uets Of this country; therefore,
ne Il resolved. that the Learners
club Of Brownsville most heartily
endorses the organization Of the
Brownsville Navigation District 81
Cameron county and the bond issue
81 100000 which il has voted for
the construction ~ the said deep
water channel and turning basin,
and that
Tkis club urges the Chamber Of
Commerce of Brownsville and all
business houses Of this city. as we'll
a. All other buzincss organizations.
and the agricultural and manufae-
turing interests or the entire Lower
Rlo Grande Valley 20 exert their
most energetic efforts. without loss
Of time. TO secure authorization If
this project by the u. s. board of
engineers and an appropriation by
congress FOR rs construction.
BE IL resolved further, that the
secretary or the club be instructed
20 send a copy Of these resolutions
a. Fha R-raUnuvtlIr Ehamhrr ne Cnua.
merce and a copy 20 The Brownsville
Daily Herald. requesting that they
be published in that paper.
Signed: BY the COMMITTEES;
Mrs. Jesse q. Wheeler. Chairman.
Mrs. Willie A. George.
miss Florence Bell
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08

Loulsihna 10 Wsshinzton. n. e.. -
Fillmore. No. fer The prrHldantlsi
inauguration. March 4. wsre snncun4
red today ~ T.. wv. EtFRiH. pasa#n4
ger traffic manager for the Ms
sour Pacific lines.
Rates from specific htmtiona. nHeh
as Houston wiiI Ne ss0.7s fog che -.
dividuaI for the round "trip H. kgw4
ever. twenty-five or mere raHseH4
gers re he secured frotm said peint
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
W Texan Killed:
Minister Held

LAMESA. Tex, Feb. S.-Fs-I. A.
Cox. filling station proprietor nc
Klondike. about rs miles from La
! esa. is dead today. and the Rev.
". T. Duke. Baptist minister. pastor
Of the Midway church. has surren-
dered 70 officers in connection with
the Staying.
Cox va. shot "a death ABOUT mid.
night and the Rev, Mr.. Duke. I'm
front Of whose store the killing ce-
Cared. surrendered % officers. He
conferred with an attorney today but
made no statement which might in
dictate = motive for the shooting.