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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Man Arrested Here
On Swindling Charge

Sheriff Joe Crawford Of John
son county has left here with j. w.
Bryan who is wanted in Cleburne
on charges OF swindling.
A state wide search was being
conducted for the nan and he was
arrested at a local hotel by 1t. OF
Police J. II. Armstrong and Chief
Deputy Sheriff r. @. Delaney early
this week.
Sheriff Crawford complimented
the local officers highly for taking
the man into custody. He was TAX
en- after an exchange of kilograms
with st. Louis and Cleburne.
According TO Sheriff Crawford.
Bryan travelled over the country
claiming TO be a loan man solicit
ing loans on city and farm property
at six percent with no expense to
the borrower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
FLOOD CONTROL
BOARD SUBJECT
Legal Recourse Is Sought
On Willacy County
Water Plans
,spe -ial to The Herald.)

MERCEDES. Oct. 22.-Passage Of
a resolution asking liberalization OF
the Valley flood control system and
appointment OF a committee 70
see what legal recourse Valley ir-
rigation districts may have TO halt
work OF the Willacy irrigation dis
trict until suitable plans are ap-
proved. were the principal actions
OF the Valley water conservation
committee at its meeting at the
Mercedes water district office here
Tuesday afternoon.
The resolution in regard 10 the
ficod control works was similar &c
one passed recently by the Cam
eron county commissioners court
and expected TO be passed soon by
the Hidalgo and Willacy county
commissioners courts. II Is address
ed to the secretary Of state and
petitions that the international
Water commission, United States
and Mexico, be permitted to include
flood control within its scope o.
work as we'll as division Of waters
The conservation committee
which is a part Of the joint asso-
citation OF Cameron idalgo Water
improvement districts. appointed 2
subcommittee composed Of Clay
Everhard, Pharr: r. w. Taylor. Nc
Alien and l.. S. Robertson. San
Benito to consult irrigation attor-
neys and others in regard to con-
struction work being carried on b..
the Willacy county district. The
Valle- districts desire that suitable
plans filed with the state board Of
water engineers be approved before
the Willlacy district be permitted to
continue with rs work of building
an intake canal an other works
from the river to reservoir.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Doris Cherry L.
Queen of Carnival

SAN BENTTO. Oct. 22.-Doris
Cherry has won the queens con-
test and will be crowned Saturday
al a Halloween carnival 20 be held
in the new gymnasium and Maxine
Alexander won the princess race.
The former Is a senior and the lat
ter a seventh grader. the senior and
Junior high schools holding separ-
ate contests.
The contest and carnival are
for benefit OF the high school mag
aZine.
Duchesses will be Kate oobert-
son and Katherine Duncan. while
princess attendants Will be Ardrath
Brown and Blanche Taylor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
TODAY'S MARKETS

net declines of about 5 to 8 points
at midday. There was some buy
ing OF near months against sales Of
later deliveries during the morn
ing, supposedly on the differences
with exchanges reported Of new Dec
ember July at 81 and 80 points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Supt. Gotke Leaves
For Waco Meeting

@. w. Gotke. superintendent Of
the local schools, left for Waco
Tuesday night. where he will at
tend a meeting Of state s%upperin-
tendents which Is TO be held
Thursday night.
The superintendent Of all in
dependent school systems in Texas
will gather there for the conven-
ton. II was said TO-DAY.
Mr.. GotiSe is expected TO re-
s1rn here either Friday night or
Saturday. according to secretary
Mrs. Mary Byrd Wainwright.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Gridiron Player
Dies of Injuries

CHESTER, Pa. Oct. 22.--(P1-
Stanley Pominak. %. or this city.
died today from injuries received
in a football game here two weeks
ago. During the game he was
tackled and knocked unconscious.
He recovered at the time. but sew
eral days later complained of
pains IN the neck An ex-ray ex-
animation disclosed several frac-
tured vertebrae In his spine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 22-lP|Cotton
opened steady at a decline Of 2
points TO an advance Of 2 points with
near months relatively easy during
early trading under liquidation pro-
NOTED by the circulation of October
notices estimated at about $500
bales.
Liverpool cables were about as
Que and the initial business here ap-
peared to be pretty well divided be-
tween southern hedging and trade
buying. The weekly report OF the
weather bureau was considered fav-
orable and may have brought In a
little selling but after easing off TO
1924 for new October and 10.47 for
December, or about ? to 6 points net
lower. the market held steady at the
end Of the first half hour.
General business continued rather
quiet late in the morning. but a few
southern selling orders seemed to DE
reaching the ring while there may
also have been some Wall street
selling on the action of the stock
market. New December eased off
70 1043 and March 70 1880 making
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
School Annual

wESLACO, Oct. 22.-weslaco
high school will issue an annual
for the first time in years and a
staff has been chosen for La Pal
ma which has been chosen for It's
name.
Melvin Digs has been elected
editor-in-chief with the following
other staff members: Willie Sum-
mers. business manager; Maize
Stebbins. art editor; Llewllyn
Conkrite. sports editor; Katherine
vaughn. joke editor: Miss Louisc
Black. faculty director of publica-
tiOns.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
SCHOOL NAMES
SHOW LEADERS
Eileen Pittman Is Elected
Queen Of Carnival
Next Saturday

Eileen Pittman. senior candidate.
wa elected queen Of the carnival
to Re held Saturday. Oct. % at the
high school. The other candidates
were Anna Ruth Langford, junior
class. who finished second In the
contest. and Margaret McCandless.
sophomore, third.
The carnival Saturday night is
to be divided into three parts.
Principal Z. G. Dodd explained to-
day. The first Is a series OF side
shows and other features from Z
O'Clock to $50. From $3.50 to $50
will be the coronation OF the queen.
which will be held with elaborate
ceremony. Starting at $50 there
will be the queens ball, held In
the large study hall Of the high
school building. .
The carnival is being held to
raise funds for the Palmetto. the
chool annual.
Those students who will take
part in the coronation ceremonies
r ladies in waiting. La Frances
Pittman. sophomore. Bari ara
Y~ounk,nan. junior. Katherine VIII
son. senior. Dorothy Glynn Ward,
junior: dukes. Milton West. Jr.
sophomore. Herbert Thomas, junior
Harvey Nuckols. senior. Barney
Moore, Junior college; duchesses
Marie jackson. sophomore. Shir-
ley St5ver, junior. Ayeliffe Coboli-
nj, senior. Minnie Maud Stobaugh.
junior: princes, Harold Jackson.
James Worley; ~princesses Margar-
ct McCandless. Anna Ruth Lang
ford: king. w. II. Benway: queen
Eileen Pittman.
We certainly have a busy week.
end" Mr.. Dodd said. We have two
football games-one Friday and
one Saturday-and the carnival
Saturday night"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22

all agreed that IL was the largesf>
fish on that kind that they had ever
seen.
On account Of the excessive high
tides and winds and the heavy rains.
Mr.. Anderson did not try To take
the fish into town. but several local
sportsmen who have since heard or
IL stated that they would have been
glad 10 have paid several hundred
dollars I'd secure ~ for the purpose
OF mounting. Sunday. G .. Dodge
and v Sabin of Raymondville were
at the beach and they secured q
number or photographs OF the fish
before Mr.. Anderson disposed OF H.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
County Ready To
Plan Further Roads

With $780, 900 Of Cameron coun-
tvs last million Of the six mil
lion dollar bond issue approved,
the county now Is ready to lay
further plans for its road build
ing program, Judge o. c. Dancy
stated upon returning here from
Austin Wednesday.
Judge Dancy went TO Austin 10
secure Attorney General Lee Bob
bits approval Of the C" bonds.
Series e" has been approved
and will be sold Oct. 80, 1t has
been announced.
1t Is not likely that series &C"
will be sold for a year. it was said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Mine Victims Total
Is Placed at 231

BERLIN, oct. 22.-CP)-wolf
Bureau, German News Agency. to-
day estimated the total dead In
yesterdays mine explosion In the
Anna III Shaft. Alsdorf. at 23l.
The figure makes the disaster the
greatest Of its kind in Germany
since 1903.
This total included ITO bodies
in mortuaries and 81 men under
ground. for whom all hope has
been given up. In addition many
OF SO injured and In hospital are
in critical cnrdi-'-- - '-
will die.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Harlingen Farmer
Dies In Hospital
(Special to Tine Herald

HARLINGEN. Oct. CIV. RI.
ratee, a farmer who lived on the
highway near Harrington. died at
the Valley Baptist hospital at 3:25
p. m. Tuesday. The body is to be
taken to Canton. Mo. for burial.
He leaves his widow. two sons. Les
ter. who lives in Corpus Christi,
and another living in Missouri
whose name could not be learned,
and a daughter. Mrs. Walter Iver-
son Of Harrington.
Mr.. Patee underwent an opera
ton Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
INTENTIONS FILED

Marcelo Marroquin and Manuela
Castillo, Harrington: Leandro Cis-
neros and Macaria Lopez. Browns
vile: Santiago Flores and Angela
Gonzales. Los Fresnos.
Licenses issued:
Jesus Cara and Josefina Rivera.
Brownsville: Louis Gregory and
Josefa Cara, Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Three Fined

a man was fined $l615 on
charges OF using abusive language
when tried in Justice of the Peace
Fred Kowalski's court Wednesday
morning.
A man and a woman were fined
tuesday on charges Of disturbing
the peace. The man was fined
s2O.f0 and the oma si4-50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Oct. 22-P-Both
wheat and corn averaged higher in
price here early today despite early
downturns. The transient declines
IN grain values were associated with
setbacks in Liverpool wheat quota
tons and with stock market weak
ness. On the other hand, important
Chicago houses took advantage Of
price declines TO acquire ownership
of cereals.
Starting Ia : 5-8 off, Chicago
wheat futures deliveries rose soon
TO above yesterdays finish. Corn
likewise opened Ia : 5-6 down and
later scored gains.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
Schools at Donna
Show Big Increase
(Spccial to Tne Heraidl

v - WI4V
DONNA. Oct. 22.-Supt. George ".
Bear Of the Donna schools has an
nounced an increase OF 267 pupils
IN the system this year over last
year.
The enrolment now is f.4S0. or
greater than 1t has ever been. Last
year at this time il was 1918.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
NARROW ESCAPE

SAN BENITO. Oct. "a. M.
Gibson, OF this city. had a narrow
escape Tuesday evening when he
was forced into the ditch on the
highway three miles west Of here
~ 2yosd a car coming l~n the
onposite direction without lights.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
STOCKS BEARTSH

NEW YORK. Oct. 22-tP-Active
selling OF stocks IN small blocks dur
ing the earlier trading today broke
most Of the prominent rails and in
dustrials 10 new 1880 lows before the
decline was checked. Losses, how
ever, were within the relatively mod
crate range Of | 20 3 points in all
but a few instances. and the market
became dull when the furry Of liz
uidation had been exhausted.
U. s. Steel dropped ? IA 10 143
Ia, a new low. before rallying about
a point. Other leaders touching 1890
minimums were Standard Oil Of
New Jersey. Radio. General Electric.
New York Central and Westing-
house.
Stocks losing 2 to 3 included At
Gibson. National Biscuit. Interna-
t4onal Harvester. LOew'S. North
American. Du POnt. Eastman. Amer
lean Water Works. Allied Chemi-
cal. Westinghouse. Case. Lackawan-
ma and Auburn Auto yielded 4 and
Columbian Carbon s..
Call money renewed at 2 per cent,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22
K. c. LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY. Oct. 22-lP-U.
S. ID. A.D-Hogs, 5000, lao uneren.
1925 higher: top OPS: packing sows
7.25-3-50; stock pigs 7.50-850.
Cattle. 1900; calves. 1900: mostly
steady, steers. good and choice 500
900 lbs %9.75-l3O0. 900-ll00 lbs 900
1915: 1i00-i300 lbs 8.75-l1.75: 1900
1900 lbs ~8.75-1lO0; common and
medium 600 lbs up 5.25-9O0; heifers
good and choice 550-850 lbs 9.25-
1880: common and medium 500-S50
lbs 4.50-9.50; COWS good and choice
5.O0-7-25; common and medium 400
500. Low cutter and cutter ais
400, vealers tmilk fed medium 10
choice 6.00-10.50; Gull and common
100000: stocker and feeder steers.
good and choice cali weights ESQ
900. Common and medium tall
weights) 6.50-9O0. Common and
medium call weights) 4O0-6.50
Sheep. $4,000. opening sales lambs
around 25 lower. Best westerns held
above 8.75. Lambs. good and choice
&c lbs down 7.75-8.75; medium 90
lbs down 650-7.75. Common all
weights 4.50-6.50: ewes medium to
choice $50 Tbs down 2.50-4OO; feeder
lambs, good and choice 50-75 lbs
6.25-700.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-22

Free instruction Tor ladies each
thursday, two o'clock Campbelrs
Bowling Alley. adv. tf.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-06-15

Witches are still things to con- iure with in France. Not long since, a farmers wife in the yi!- lage of Comet, near Lille, was ;ll jured in an accident. The viz. lage postrlan, in cdd hours a honsetter, warned the good WO- man that the first woman to viS.- it her would be the witch who had placed her under her ev.l spell. A Mme. Wallart called in the capacity of a solicitous neighbor, and has since been asked to leave town. Instead she will sue, providing she can find a lawyer.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-06-15
THERE HAS BEEN NO CONSERVATION CT FISH
 BY COMMISSIONER OMALLEY

The average pack for the years 1914 to 1919 was 5,215332 cases. On this account the Bureau of Fisheries said Alaska "over-fished" and "there is great danger of depletion"
 To criticisms, MT. O'Malley replied that he was without power to "conserve fish,"
 Congress then gave Commissioner O'Malley and the Bureau of Fisheries full power to "cOn- serve fish" under the White Fish law.
 Many regulations were then published.
 The average pack following these regulations for the years 1924 to 1928 5209,177 O1s WITHIN SIX THOUSAND CASES of the years when there was no restriction whatever.
 Conclusion:
 There has been no conservation of fish. Signed) William l.. Paul.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-06-15

ged and recaught Alaska pays a heavy toll to Oregon without any commensurate benefit. Alaskans are ordered to quit fishing in or der that the fish they catch, may be caught in Oregon or in Cana olan waters, enroute to Oregon. STILL BOTHERED WITH
 WITCHES
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-14
Britain Builds Bulk
of Worlds Shipping

London.-Britain now builds more
than half the worlds ships. She has
almost recovered her pre-war posi-
ton, after ten years Of acute depres-
sion, according to well-fnformed ship
ping quarters.
The famous Wear yards are already
building as much as In 1914, when
British construction was 60 per cent
Of the worlds new tonnage. Other
areas are not yet back to pre-war rec.
ords, but the Clyde is building almost
as much as France, Germany and
Holland put together, and the North.
east coast Is building more than Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, the United
States and Japan combined.
1.-THE past year has been one Of the
best since the postwar depression"
said a member Of leading firm OF
British shipbuilders in an interview.
"When final figures for the year be-
come available 1t probably will be re-
vealed that tonnage launched and I'M
der construction in 1929 amounted to
100000. The figures to hand so far
show that for the first year since the
war, the tonnage we have construct
ed as an industry for overseas custom
ers has exceeded pre-war totals.
"The shipbuilding industries Of Ger
many, France, Italy and Denmark
have declined tremendously. Foreign
shipowners have been turned steadily
to British yards for their new ships.
This last year they gave twice the
orders given In 1925"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-14
Californian's $3.50
Eaten by Tiny Borers

Los Angeles. - Microscopic bugs
made $3.50 in currency look like small
helping of cold spinach for N. L. Bid
die, eighty, who thought tin tobacco
box buried in the ground safer than a
bank.
Unwilling to entrust his savings in
the usual manner and fearing burglars
might find them II deposited beneath
the mattress, the, aged man tied his
$3.50 worth Of greenbacks in small
sack and then sealed the sack In
tobacco tin.
The tin box was buried beneath his
house. That was snine months ago.
The rains came, but Biddle did not
worry. His can was waterproof.
Recently he needed little spending
money. The can was dug up, badly
rusted, and when Biddle opened 1t he
found only a soggy mass Of greenfsh
paper.
Placed under the microscope, the
former greenbacks were found to be
filed with tiny bugs, invisible to the
unaided eye.
Now Biddle Is trying to convince the
United States treasury that the mas
ticated mess was legal tender. A
handwriting expert dried out the lump
and was able to peel parts Of several
bills. The silk threads which strength
en- currency were intact.
The can, Its contents and full &C
count Of the burial are to be sent to
Washington, D. o., to learn II the
treasury will make refund Of the
money.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-14
STEAL HAWKSHAW
PREP EXHIBITS
Now Bar Public From New
York Public School.

New York.-Just across the way
from police headquarters is the annex
housing the police college, where
detectives and patrolmen are trained.
The college is for veterans, as well as
novices. In small groups uniformed
and plain clothes men are being
taken of duty and put through a
Hawkshaw course in the annex. They
are taught, for instance, the impor-
lance of examining every detail of the
scene of crime. Relics of famous
crimes are kept there, not as curios
but as practical examples.
There is, for instance, torn pull
man ticket issued from New York to
Syracuse. It was that ticket, more
than any one thing, that convicted
Judd Gray and Mrs. Snyder Of the
murder Of Mrs. Snyder's husband
After the killing Gray was suspected,
and traced to Syracuse. It was found
that he had an iron-clad alibi. Evil
dence pointed to his presence in that
city at the time Of the murder on
Long island.
A detective wasn't satisfied. He
poked here and there through Gray's
room, and found many scraps Of
paper in a waste basket. One Of them
was the pullman ticket. Confronted
with this evidence, Gray admitted the
falsity Of his alibi.
But visitors may no longer go to
the police annex. Outsiders have
been stealing the exhibits from the
Hawkshaw SCHOOL,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-14
YOU HAVE A DOCTORS
WORD FOR THIS
LAXATIVE

In 1875, an earnest young man
began to practice medicine. AS a
family doctor, he saw the harm in
harsh purgatives for constipation
and began to search for something
harmless to the sensitive bowels.
3 Out Of his experience was born
a famous prescription. He wrote Il
thousands of times. It proved an
ideal laxative for old and young.
AS people saw how marvelously the
most sluggish bowels are started
and bad breath, headaches, fever-
ishness, nausea, gas, poor appetite.
and such disorders, are relieved by
the prescription, it became neces-
sary to put it up ready for use.
Today, DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin, as it is called, is the worlds
most popular laxative. It never
varies from DR.. Caldwell's original
effective and harmless formula.
All drugstores have it.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-14
WARSHIPS FAILURE
AS POWER PLANTS
Test at Tacoma Is Declared
Unsuccessful.

Westinghouse new peace-tima use
for warships and other fighting navy
craft, their utilization as power plants
for seaboard cities in emergencies, has
been tested by the navy and found i'm
practicable.
When the airplane carrier Lexing.
ton, largest ship in the navy, was lent
to Tacoma, WASH, as a power plant.
because of breakdown of the mu-
nicipal unit, some far-sighted persons
had visions Of warships steaming up
to city piers and furnishing cheap
electricity.
Nothing doing" Is the unanimous
opinion of naval experts. Navy ships
are primarily for national defense and
not public utilities, 1t was pointed out
Plan Uneconomlcal.
The generation of electric power for
municipalities by navy ships Is both
impracticable and uneconomical. The
Lexington had more than 1000 officers
and men aboard while she was locked
at Tacoma, to whom the government
pays a salary and furnishes subsist
ence costing more than $1,00O,O00 o
year. Navy officials estimated that Q
steam power plant for the city could
be operated by fewer than 100 EN-.
ployees.
In return for the power Tacoma Is
to pay the navy about $1,000 day
or % cents per kilowatt hour.
Officers pointed out that, except for
great emergencies, the navy has no
authority to lend vessels to munich
palities, but that the department has
authority to lend ships to states for
sea scout work and naval militia op
erations.
1--WE considered every phase Of the
situation before the Lexington was
lent to Tacoma" one high official said
1T was even pointed out that If the
power break had been in the Missis.
sippi valley, where a ship was unable
to operate, the people would have used
candles and lamps.
FINALLY the ship was lent, and now
we are waiting for bowls from con.
gress against use Of great ship liks
the Lexington for power plant, be-
cause Of the expense"
Dockage Facilities Scarce.
The Lexington did not furnish its
full power possibilities to Tacoma, for
the vessels great turbine engines gen.
crate more than $4,000 horse power,
or enough electricity to supply city
as large as Philadelphia.
Another drawback to using war
craft for power plants is that the Lex.
ington is S88 feet long, 106 feet wide,
and draws 20 feet Of water. Few
ports have dockage facilities for this
ship or even warship like the West
Virginia, which is 824 feet long, 81
feet wide, and draws 81 feet Of water
The Lexington left Tacoma on Jan.
uary 18, after furnishing power to the
city for ten days because there was in
sufficient water available there to OPP
crate the city plant and the available
steam plant facilities were inadequate