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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
LEAGUE DROPS
HIDALCO PLEA
Libel Possibility Prevents
Filing CT Petition on
Officials
(Special to The Herald

EDINBURG, Nov. 6-The petit
ton which has been formulated by
the GOOD Government league ask
ing that Hidalgo county officials
resign, and that the men who OPP
posed them in the last election be
appointed will not be presented. ~
was learned from reliable sources
here Wednesday.
The reason given for the decision
was that the Gordon Griffin case
IS still pending and that the petit
ton may contain criminal libel
Rumors continued current today
that several present office holders
were planning to turn in their re-
signations. However, none OF these
could be confirmed.
1t has been reported that efforts
at a settlement between the admin
istration and the Good-G Severn
ment league have fallen through
1t is said that both sides have been
considering stepping aside and let
ting a third group OF young men
who have not mixed in politics take
over the reins Of government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Barges to Be Ready
When Canal Finished

ST LOUIS. Nov. 6-lP-Cleveland
A. Newton. general counsel for the
Mississippi Valley Association, an
nounced today that refrigeration
barges capable Of carrying SO to 60
carloads Of vegetables each are be-
ing developed and will be ready Tor
use by the time the Texas 1nta--
coastal Canal Is completed.
The valley association. which Will
meet here next Monday and Tuesday
X in its annual convention. expects
to emphasize the possibilities for
increasing domestic commerce
through improvement Of inland
waterways.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
INDEBTEDNESS
ASTOUNDING
cole ASSERTS
Breach Develops and
Heated Words Pass
AT Called Meeting
OF Commissioners.

accompanied by somewhat heat
ca words. a breach in the city COM
mission Wednesday developed over
tne matter Of issuing $4,000 in war
rants to pay unforeseen indebted
ness. Issuance Of the warrants was
authorized with Commissioners John
Starck, j. a. Cobolini and B. T..
Plnkiey vUting aye, and Mayor a.
p, Cole and Commissioner A. G.
Hlpp nay.
Starck, who has announced as
Z candidate for mayor, attempted
70 nave Mayor Cole take the in
ltlative in the matter Of issuing the
warrants. The mayor refused &c
commit himself, however, and
would not give advice on the legal
"y c. issuing the warrants.
Passes, Three TO Two
Co ahead and do what you
want to, 1 haven't any control
mere" Mayor Cole said. Here Starck
urged that "the cards be placed
On the table"
What do you suggest. you have
IDEAS on the s~ubject?" the mayo.
was pursued.
Yes, / have a lot Of ideas about
what has gone on here the mayor
answered.
Commissioner Cobolini moved
that the $4,000 in warrants be is
sued and 1t was seconded and pass
ed with the mayor and Commits
&fUnaw HIM rrAernn fsFnnW AFnnnu
IRE bills to be paid out Of the SIS
COO vas one Of S6.972.69 for a street
sweeper in Hipp's department. When
he voted nay" Cobolini declared
that the sweeper should not be
paid out Of the warrants. Starck
smoothed the situation over, how
ever.
At this point Cobolini asked the
mayor. Now, is thiss legal?" III
answer Cole said, Il haven't done
anything illegal"
Indebtedness Astounding
Mayor Cole said he was "astound-
ed" that the Indebtedness was 80
high. The last track ! had Of 1t,
1t was around $1,000" he said.
A %tabulation of the items causing
the debt was shown. Commissioner
Cobolini said they were all unfore-
seen and could not have been in
cluded in the budget. Among the
larger items were: Airport celebra-
ton S3,816.1A; street sweeper So
97269; Runyon copyright suit
S6.989.95; cast iron pipe S4,-
852.15; completion of paving 4.048.-
rs. A number of smaller items ran
the total to S44 .203.35
Collections more than anticipated
and savings amount TO ~S23,383.O0,
according to City Manager a. f..
Munday. This cuts the indebtedness
down to S20,8l9.36 for which the
SIS 600 In warrants were issued.
The city is still well within its
budget of SPAS ,2O2.T6, Munday as
serted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
JURORS TELL
OF COERCION
Three Women Voted Panta-
ges Guilty Because of
Fear, They Say

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7-CP-Af-
fidavits by three women jurors 3lat
fear of radio u~tterances by the Rev.
r. p. Shuler and alleged coercion
by a fellow juror influenced them
to return a verdict Of guilty against
Alexander Pantages were on file
with District Attorney Buron Fits
today.
The affidavits were filed yester-
day in connection with the vaude-
vile magnate's plea for a new trial
to be heard In superior court Sat
urday.
Pantages was convicted or attack
Ing EEnice Pringle, II, q dancer,
and is liable to a sentence Of from
one to fifty years in San Quentin
penitentiary.
The women jurors. whose state
ments were included among seven
Pantages TO support a motion for
affidavits produced by counsei for
a rehearing. are Mrs. Christina d.
Ulrich. Mrs. William Ingles and
Mrs. Lolita c. Steiner. They swore
they were influenced also in switch
ing their early votes for acquittal by
inclusion or the words with Gle
mency" in the verdict. under the
impression such a notation would
make IL mandatory that superior
Judge Charles Fricke pronounce p
sentence OF only cne year IN the
Los Angeles county jail.
Mrs. Ingles said Juror William
veIlape "threatend 10 tell Bob Shu-
Ter how this jury acted and voted
unless she Joined with him In q YER
dict OF guilty. and further stated
he would see "that Shuler made 2
statement over the radio in refer
ence to It."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
MacD Donald Wins Vote
On Soviet Relations

LONDON. Nov. 6-tFl- Britain's
Labor Premier. j. Ramsay MacDon-
aid. has been upheld BY the COM
mons in the first major question
OF foreign policy to reach a vote
A poll Of 324 to 1919 last night
favored resumption Of dinlomatic
relations with Soviet Russia on
terms agreed upon by Arthur Hen
derson. Minister for foreign affairs
and Valerian Dovgalevsky. soviet
ambassador at Paris.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
MEXICANS IN
lContinued from page ID

related the difficulties he went
through in securing freedom lor
a l5-year-old boy, born In the Unit
ed States, who remained I'D jail
three months as an alien. ..
When a condition exists In which
an American citizen can be arrest
ed as an alien, and the burden q
proof placed on him, in violation q
the constitution. it won't be long
until they will be deporting lenoWs
like myself" Col. Robertson SAID.
r. z. Holland, Brownsville at
torney, read figures given him py
d. W. Brewster, immigration cnlel
at Brownsville, showing oeporta-
tions to be from IS TO AZ a montn
since July Of this year, or less tnan
the same time last year. Otners
present brought out. however. tnat
these figures do not INCLUDE Mexl-
cans who are arrested n VINO
agree to voluntary deportation, ex-
pressing the belief that actual flg-
ureS will show 100 OF Sucn cases
to one actually dep0rted by tne
government. Tom Hester OF Donna
said an immigration officer At Ill
dalgO told him 10000 Mexlcars nae
been deported through there TINS
year, and Lamar Gill OF Raymond
vile said more Mexicans we're ue-
ported from his ranch alone IN one
month than the Brownsville lmml-
grafton figures showed.
Attorneys To Aid
Holland said he had talked 10
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other attorneys. and suggested Of
fer OF free information TO Mexi-
cans. Other attorneys present
agreed. A meeting Of the Bar as
ISOLATION to work out details was
suggested.
Other speakers told OF instances
81 d%eportations, and or mistreat-
ment. and difficulties in protecting
Mexicans. Mr.. Hester stating he
has found it almost impossible to
save them when officers arrest
them.
John Shary OF Mission told Of
working 10 days. tn le~galizing the
entry Of a boy whom he had al
most reared, and the boy spent all
HE savings in gettin back.
Other speakers, w. f. Thomas
and James Ward Of Sen Benito, Mr..
Gill Of Raymondville. and Marvin
Goodwin OF Mission urged immedi-
ate action, and Mrs. Thomas Of
fered the resolution resulting in
the f%ming Of the committee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07

Abilene was given the Craftsmanship
Of the organization committee. Other
members Of the committee are: r.
E. Baskin OF Seymour; DR.. s. p.
Brooks Of Waco; p. l.. Downs, Sr.
Of Temple; William Hallmark, Dub
lin. and @. @. Chance, Bryan.
w. A. Myrick OF Lubbock was
elected to head the finance commit
tee, and the other members are r.
Z. Harrell. Cisco; l.. <. Seaman,
Mineral Wells and G.. d. Ulrich,
Sugarland. In addition to the tenn
porary officers and committee men,
bers the directors present were
Frank Orltorf, Marlin; T. S. Hen
derson. Cameron: F. d. Love,
Georgetown. and William Sandifer.
Franklin. II. r. Stafford of Houston
was represented by proxy.
Till0tson outlined the history of
the water conservation and flood
control movement in Texas. He
pointed out that the state water
board in conjunction with the fed
eral government mad surveyed the
Brazos and had found that floods
could be prevented and the water
diverted and utilized.
The purpose of this organization
is TO add engineering and technical
data on which we can actually build
the improvements" Tillotson said.
he stressed the point that enough
water was available for every sec
ton.
John A. Norris, chairman of the
water board. gave the results of that
body's survey and explained how
the water might be harneSsed, d.
verted and utilized.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Medical Body Head
Dies In Rrownwood

-BROWNwOOD. Tex. Nov. 6-f41
DIR. Joe K. Didly. so. died late last
night at his home here, apparently
Of a heart attack. He was preSi-
dent Of the Texas State Medical
Association.
Althoueh he had been feeling
bad" for the last two davs. his death
was not anticipated. Besides. his
widow. a daughter. Mrs. r. r. Trim
bic Of San Angelo. survives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Wreck Victim Able
70 Leave Hospital

HARLINGEN. Nov. CD. p. Sims
Of Weslaco. most seriously injured
Of victims Of a three-car smashup
Saturday on the highway near here.
was expected to leave the Valley
Baptist hospital today practically
recovered from his injuries.
His daughter. Mrs. G. L. Linda
mood of Weslaco. who was also
taken to the hospital for treatment
after the accident. left the early
part Of the week for her home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
WILL
SERVE BRIDE TERM

CINCINNATI. Nov. 7-tP-Bert
3. Buckley, former state treasurer.
was en- route to the federal pen
itentiary at Atlanta today to serve
his two and a half year sentence
for conspiracy to bride a prohib-
ition officer. He departed last night,
organization Of world peace. at
custody a year from the time he
was elected To a second term.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Tariff Head Aimed
to Influence Hoover

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6-tPl-A
letter from j. A. Arnold. manager Of
the southern tariff association. to
a Mr.. Barry. of Lafayette, La. in
which he said his idea was to weak
en- down the opposition" in order to
put courage into the president"
that he might stand for the house
rates on sugar" was -ead into the
record today at the senate lobby
investigating committee hearing.
Arnold explained he meant by
his expressions that public senti-
ment should be built I'D for the
higher sugar rates and that this
would influence President Hoover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Oklahoma Runaways
Held In San Benito

N2C~NAdA " 4AC A4NAI4At
SAN BENITO. Nov. 6-Two girls.
rUnaways from Oklahoma, are being
held by the police here. on orders
from police in Oklahoma, and the
parents Of one of the girls. South
Texas officers are on the look out
for a man who is said to have lured
the girls from home on the promise
of getting jobs for them. but so
far nothing has been heard Of him.
The girls. both about l8 years
Of age, we're travelling in a small
roadster when found. One Is an
orphan. The parents az the other
are expected TO arrive Thursday.
No charges were filed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Lubbock Man Asks
Trial

LUBBOCK, Tex. Nov. 6-tPl-A
motion for a continuance in the
trial Of Clay Lester. charged with
the death of his wife. vas prepared
for presentation in court here this
afternoon by the defense. Judge
Clark M. Mullican dismissed wit
nesses and veniremen this morning
until the afternoon session to allow
defense counsel time to prepare its
motion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Fall, Relapsing,
Under Nurses Care

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6-tP- "A
relapse in the physical condition OF
Albert B. Fall. sentenced last week
to serve a year in jail and pay a
fine of $780, 900 for accepting a
bride from Edward l.. Doheny, may
prevent his departure tonight for
his home at FL Paso, Texas.
Fall was confined TO bed today
under the care Of a nurse.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07

LIVINGSTON. Mont, Nov. G-tP
-Rollin DAWSON. IA. who killed
two police officers on August IN,
hanged here today. The trap
sprung at r o'clock. DAWSON
pronounced dead three minutes
later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
z Die When Overcome
BY Gas AT Borger

BORGER, Tex, Nov. 6-(Pl-
Coleman Curry. 81. and Lewis PreSt-
ley Turner. 2. formerly OF Sapulpa,
Okla, were killed when overcome
BY gas at an oil tank nea here.
First reports indicated n OF the
men was overcome and the second
went to his rescue. Both were
married.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
HOLLYWOOD WOMAN
COUNSELLOR GUILTY

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6-F-
After celebrating ten minutes a
Jury in federal court today convict
ed Miss j. Marjorie Berger. Holly
wood income tax counsellor, Of adv
ising q client to falsify a tax G
turn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
most deeply regretted by al OF US
Yours faithfully.
Herbert Hoover"

Senator johnson issued the fol-
lowing statement after the letter
had been made public az the White
House.
Under no circumstances would #
have commented upon 0r discussed
the incident. I'm the present sit
uation. OF course. III is wholly end
WI M
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
L COUNTY RAIL
BRANCH AUTHORIZED

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6-tP)
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today authorized the Guam
az Acme T. Pacific Railway to
construct and operate a l5-mile ex-
tension from Matador into Motley
county. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
Meet
Opened in Austin
By Braz0s Board
Freeport Man Named Temporary Chairman
of Session Planning Conservation and
Diverting of Huge River Waters

AUSTIN, Nov. 6-lP-L Minis Of Freeport was named temporary
chairman OF the board Of directors of the Brazos River conservation and
reclamation district at an organization meeting here today. Representa-
tive Leonard TIotscn Of Sealy was chosen temporary secretary.
Organization and finance committees were chosen. G M Caldwell Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07
TEXAS
Mothers
shoes what
a be done
NTH children

TTARSH corrective measures
are seldom necessary with
n child Most modern parents
reeoQnize this. That's the reason
81 many agree on this gentler
means Of putting a child In order
when bad breath, coated tongue,
headaches, biliousneSs or upsets
felI Of q clogged digestive tract.
When used at the first sign OF
had breath or fe~verishness, a
SPOONFUL OF California Fig Syrup
cften does the work. Sometimes
several doses are necessary. Al
wavs you can depend on its use
"a clear the system harmlessly
and in q hurry; to give the child
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-07

a new start by regulating and
strengthening the stomach and
bowels.
Mothers by thousands praise
the gentle effectiveness Of this
rich, fruity product which all
children love. Mrs. d. H. Keat-
ing, 1918 Hays ST., San Antonio,
says: Nothing / know can take
the place OF California Fig Syrup
in my home. Ithas been a bless
ing to my little girl during colds
and upset spells. IL always has
her right in a jiffy."
Words like these and sales Ut
four million bottles a year show
how mothers depend on Cali
G. a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
K0KOMO |. 0. 0. F
TO GIVE WORK
Meridian Degree Staff Will
Assist Lodge.

Degree staff of Meridian lodge,
No. 480. l. o. o. F., will 90 to Ko-
komo Tuesday and put on work for
the lodge in that city. H c. Rock
wood, grand warden, will go with
the staff.
a tri-county meeting Will be held
at Logansport, Wednesday, with Odd
Fellows from Cass, Fulton and Mi
ami counties attending.
PlainfeId lodge will hold annivcr-
Sary services Friday with George P.
BOrnWasSer. grand secretary, as the
principal speaker.
Oncers Of the Grand Lodge, the
Encampnent and the Rebckah as
sembly will meet Saturday at the
grand Secretary'S office. Judge M.
NJ. Logan Of Kentucky, deputy grand
sire, will be the speaker. The meet
ing is open to any Odd Fellow
A meeting of Rebekah district, No.
6. will be held Saturday at Mozart
Robekah lodge, No. 1928. Prospect
and East Streets
Degrees will be conferred and Oh
flcers elected. Mrs. Ruby Roesncr,
district deputy, viii attend Mrs.
Ura r. Lee, president OF the Re
bekah assembly, will instruct Off
GERS.
Oakland lodge, No. 427. will give
degree work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
MAS0NS PLAN
DECREE RITES
Super Excellent Master
Work to Be Given.

The cast of scEenty-Gye needed
for comforting the SUPER excellent
Master degree on May 81 by Indian
apolis count, No 3. Royal and Sc
Iect Masters. at the Masonic tenn
pie, is almost completed. Stanley
c. Myers, illustriouS master, said
today.
By special arrangement and CO.
operation Of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, Indianapolis Valley.
the services Of Horace Mitchell as
dramatic director have been OBJ
tanned to direct the production OF
this dramatic degree of York Rite
masonry. Mitchell has been dra-
matte director of the Scottish Rite
bodies for several years.
Nearly five hundred candidates
arc expected to take the degrees.
Reheacsals arc being held each
Monday night at the Masonic tenn
pic. The cast Cl characters for the
second scene. to rchearsc tonight.
are:
zcdckiah. EinG OF Judah. Geo. J. Leh-
merit: Gcdoliah Prince. Dale Hadlcy:
Pss,lur Councillor. David L. Osborne:
Zcphanish. a Councillor Guy l.. Newly:
Jcrimah. the Prophet, Frank ". Nutting:
T2ods- High Priest Albert Cibncy; first
Eocpcr of the temple Edgar o. Burgan:
sccond keeper of the temple, John W.
Stokes, and third keeper Of the temple.
IT,,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
GROTTO PLANS FIGHT
1000 MasonS Will Attend
Boxing Match Tuesday.

Two thousand prophets are ex-
pected to attend the boxing match
to be given at the armory Tuesday
night by the drum and bugle corps
of Sahara grOtto.
Those in charge Of the match are
Robert w. Cook, chairman; Fred
HollingsWorth, president; William j..
Bradley, secretary; Justus E. Dod-
son, publicity. and Karl Erath,
tickets.
The proceeds Of the match are to
be used to defray the expenses of
the drum and bugle corps to the for
tieth annual supreme council of all
grottoS of the United States and
Canada to be held at Rock Island,
Ill, June II. Is and 10.
Tickets may be had at Sahara
Grotto Office, Consolidated building.
Clark q Cade drug store, st the
armory or from any drum corps
member
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
40 AND s TO MEET
Spring Promenade Will Be
Held Friday.

The spring promenade and wreck
of Voitre No. 5, La Socletc DIES 40
Hommes ct 8 ChcVauX, will be held
next Friday night at the Athe-
nacum, Michigan and New Jersey
streets. Several candidates have
been lined up for the meeting.
Many from the Richmond VOiturc
Will be present at the meeting. In
structions are for all members to
wear, their hats.
Reservations must be made With
Everett F. SaXton 1850 Graceland
avenue, indianapolis, not later than
Wednesday noon. The first degree
will start at p. m. Friday night.
The banquet starts at $50.
The weekly meeting of the Bruce
P. Robinson post, No. 1873. glee club,
will be held at SaXton's home
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. This viii
be the final practice before the an
nual spring party May l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
FRAT INITIATES TEN
Sphinx, Butler u. Honorary
Club, Holds Banquet.

The Sphinx Club. national mems
honorary fraternity at Butler uni
yersity, held formal initiation last
Tuesday night at the Columbia
Club for ten members Of the junior
class.
Those initiated were Allan Shim-
CT, Woodruff Place; Rodney Perkins,
5467 Julian avenue; Gerald Sherer,
Benton HarbOr, Mich; Stuart
Holmes. Portland; Robert Ford,
4843 Park avenue; William Cald-
we'll, RuShville: RoRbcrt BOer. $500
Julian avenue; George Naftzger,
1886 Central avenue; Marshall
Christopher, 1901 Central avenue,
and John Easton. 1850 High school
road.
Following initiation services q
banquet was given in honor OF the
new mon by senior members of the
organization. Gordon Haggard,
president. welcomed the new mem
berS and introduced Don Gearheart,
Sphinx alumnus, as the principal
speaker on the program. Gearheart
urged the club to cooperate with
the campus organizations in putting
Butler to the force in the educa-
tiOnal fields
The banquet was followed by the
election of officers for next SencS-
ter. They are: Maurice HoSicr,
president; Howard Crosby, vice
president. and Stuart Holmes, Sec
rotary treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
PLAN CELEBRATIONS
Oruids to Observe Found
ing Anniversary Sunday.

Members OF the United Ancient
Order Of Druids of indianapolis will
celebrate the one hundred and
forty-cighth anniversary of the or
der Sunday afternoon at DruidS
hall, 20 South Delaware street.
A large class of candidates will be
initiated, the work being donGs by
indianapolis circle, No. 8. A flower
drill viii be given by the degree
staff Of Maple circle No. s. A musiN
cal program will also be a part OF
the meeting
The order OF Druids was founded
in London, England, in 1871 and
established in the United States in
1881. Branches of the order cXis.
il all foreign countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-22
MAP Big HOSPITAL
Security Benefit Institution
to Be Enlarged.

Word has been received by Mar
ion council, Security Benefit Asso-
citation, that plans for new addi-
lions to the S. 2. A. hospital at
Kansas City have been issued. The
present bed capacity of the hospital
will be more than tripled.
Over $4,000 worth Of insurance
has been written by Miss Isabelle
Kiefer. district manager, reports
show, during the last two months.
Five new members were initiated
by the council last week, during
the months total to twenty eight.
The entertainment committee an
nounces a dance and card party to
be held Wednesday evening. An
admission charge of rs cents will
be made. The public is invited.