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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
THREE BRIDES
FEATURE PLAY
Penick of Austin Has
Good Morning AT
Harrington
Especial to The Herald)

N0RN(A4A ~ 49, A4GAS AAf
HARLINGEN, Sept. 5.-Three blr-
dies by Harvey Penick. Austin pro-
fessional. and a number of scores
near par, were features Friday
morning OF Harlingen's big golf
tournament now in full swing.
Tony Butler, Corpus Christi pro-
fessional, was leading among those
finishing the first IS holes in the
professional-amateur 36-hole match
play by IL a. m. Friday. Indications
were, however, that a number Of
other players would lower Buffers
score Of rs before the match closed.
Tom Matthews. Cisco Profession
al, went out on the first nine holes
with a 80. one below par. while
Dudley Bell, Austin, crowded him
with a 81. Harvey Penick. who rated
three brides on the first nine. hit
hard shedding in his putting, which
showed his card up 80.
The final matches in the profess
sional-amateur contests we're set
for Friday afternoon, following
which each professional Is to be a
guest of q Harlingen man In the
evening at a banquet in Matamoros.
At that time cash prizes amounting
TO $3.50 will be awarded.
Strictly amateur matches open
Saturday morning. and will CONT
nue. through Monday. Nearly 200
amateurs are expected to enter the
qualifying rounds Saturday morn
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Grand Jury Nears
End Of Business

The criminal district grand jury
continued TO grind away Friday with
the prospect that 1t would clear
away all present business before
the day was over.
Thursday. thirteen additional in
dictments were returned. bringing
the total to 43. Only two arrests
have been made in the last bunch
Of indictments. Gonzalo CorteZ Is
charged with forgery in one, and
Santiago Garcia is charged with
committing a statutory offense in
the other.
The new cases are as follows:
swindling. six; statutory offenses,
three: murder, one; forgery. one;
felony theft. one and misuse Of
mortgaged property, one.
No jury cases will be tried in the
criminal district court until the
third week. The court is now open
for divorce cases.
The grand jury will likely be call
ed back toward the end Of the term
Of court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Golf Tournament
Is To Begin Soon

The fall golf tournament. to be
staged at the Brownsville country
club. will get under way immediate
.ly, with the closing date for entries
Saturday. Sept. 6.
The tournament will be played
over a period Of week-endS until
completed, according to a bulletin
issued by the officials in charge OF
the play.
It will be match play, full handi-
cap.
First prize Is a loving cup, ap-
propriately engraved. Second prize
Is a dozen golf balls, and third
prize a half dozen balls. First prize
in the consolation play will be a
loving cup, engraved. second prize
eight golf balls, and third prle four
golf balls.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
BUILDING
PLANNED here
ON ELIZABETH
Will Be Occupied BY
w. II. Grant Chain
Store

Work or razing the Elizabeth
street building between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets at present oc-
cupied by the Texas theater. ID.
Lawrence Olmstead. and Whites
barber shop, will begin In the near
future. to prepare the ground for a
new structure which is to be erect
ed for the Grant department store.
one OF the nations largest and
wealthiest chains, it was reported
Friday morning.
Representatives Of the Grant
company recently arrived in
Brownsville to inspect business
conditions and reported favorably.
The chain decided to open here.
and arrangements were entered in
TO with John q. Champion, owner
Of the building.
A contract was drawn up ana
signed by local interests, and for
warded to New York for the ap-
prevail Of the Grant executives. "A
wire Is expected either Friday or
Saturday from the officials ac-
cepting the terms of the contract.
Certain TO Build
Regardless OF whether or not
the Grant store accepts Mr.. Cham
pion's terms, a new building will be
erected on the site immediately"
1t was explained Friday. Mr..
Champion himself will have a new
structure erected"
Leases on the present two-story
building do not expire until the
first OF January 1881. but two OF the
occupants have agreed to vacate
Immediately. and It is thought that
the third tenant will agree to
terms.
1t Is hoped that work will COM
memo Oct. ] on razing.
II the Grant department store
chain constructs the building. II
will follow definite architectural
plans followed by the chains stores
throughout the nation, 1t was said,
and will be several stories.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Il SIGN UP
Brownsville and Matamoros
Citizens Enroll

A total OF II local and Matamoros
citizens have definitely signed for
the Brownsville TO Monterrey Good
Will tour which is scheduled to start
Sept. rs, IL was announced Friday
morning. It is hoped that a total
of $50 will have signified their in
tentions Of going to Monterrey via
special train by the time the start
in- date arrives.
The latest 10 sign r as follows:
Rotarians: r. G. Morris. @. w.
Gotke and wife: Z. Z. Mockbee and
wife, e. "A. MonSeeS, j. Il. Bogus,
Ira Webster, George White, VIM. +.
Aldridge, Robert Ernest, VIM. S.
west. II. c.. II. Weinert, B. v. Proc
tor. DR.. II. x. LOew.
Kiwanians: Pate and Dutro. III. ID.
Seago and wife. Winship Hodge,
G. E. Nance and wife. The Fashion,
Perl Bros, Brownsville Title Co.,
w. r. Brown and wife, Cisneros
Drug store. Dewey WEIGH and wife,
ROLAND Friedman and wife, Chas.
Rel and wife, Bert Cromack and
wife. p. Oshman and wife.
Twenty-six in Matamoros have
definitely signed, 1t was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Girl Victim Of
Smuggling Robber

DETROIT, Sept. 5-tP-A l6-
year-old girl today was listed as the
fifth victim in four days OF a slug
ger who specializes in robbing small
shops.
The case Of the girl. Ethel Gold
smith however, differed from the
others in that she saw her assail-
ant and was able to describe him
to police after regaining conscious
ness az receiving hospital.
The girl was alone in the shoe
store OF her father. Morris Gold
smith, when the man entered late
yesterday. He attacked her. she
said. when she turned around to fill
his order for a pair Of shoes.
The other four victims were men
who said they neither heard nor
saw their assailant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Suspect Captured
In Beach Murder

Los ANGELES. Sept. 5-P-
Harry Harmon. % year old oil
worker. was arrested today a. a
suspect In the Ensenada. Mexico.
stabbing Of Lois Kentle, Los An
gelts coed. and her fiance, Francis
Conlon, August rs. Harmon was
caught while driving a bullet
pierced automobile through Hunt
ington park. a suburb. He carried
newspaper folded to display an
account OF the murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Water Buffalo
Sent Into
Battle

SHANGHAI. Sept. 5-F-The
use Of an ancient form Of war
fare-a maneuver in which
burning torches were tied TO
the tails Of hundreds Of water
buffalo and the animals lamp
eded against defense lines
was reported from the COM
munist beleaguered Human cap
ital today.
Changsha reports said Red
forces surrounding the city COL
lected many hundreds of domes-
tic water buffalo and used fire
TO goad them into a stampede
toward barbed wire entangle-
ments protecting the city.
Machine gun fire from de-
Tending troops halted the buf-
falo. frustrating communists
hopes the animals would cleave
an opening through the en-
tanglementS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Colombian Consul
Said Disappeared

NEW YORK. Sept. 5-The Pana-
ma Mail steamship company dis
closed that 1t had received a radio
gram reporting the disappearance
of DR.. Genaro Pagan, resigned Col
ombian consul general at New York,
from aboard the Santa Rita yester-
day.
He was accompanied aboard Ge
vessel BY his wife and their three
small children. He was Of consider
able fortune and social position.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Disappearance Is
Said Intentional

wv YORK. Sept. 5-P@Con-
flicving statements today added
further mystery TO the disappear
arce n month ago Of ~ eme
court Justice Joseph Force Crater.
Police Commissioner Mulrooney
was quoted as saying he Justice
deliberately intended dropping
FROM sight" and that on August s.
the day before he disappeared. had
risited his chambers in the county
court house and destroyed some
personal papers and took others
With him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Perl Is Back

Sam Perl. Of the Fashion. mems
shop. returned to Brownsville Fri
day morning from Lubbock. where
he has been attending the state
convention Of the Kiwanis club.
w. A. Rasco, who raj named gov
ernor OF the second state district
during the convention. has not re-
turned but is expected Saturday
morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
SHOT FROM CANNON

PESHAWAR. India. Sept. 5-CPJ
Reports from Kabul today said
that in executing rebels who took
part In a recent uprising the Afghan
government was shooting them from
cannon, two or three at a time to
save gunpowder.
On one day % rebels were senten-
ced to death. The death sentences
were carried out next day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

day before caution had been adj
vised to shipping.
Mitchell said the hurricane was
following the course which has
headed Ii for the United States
coast since IL was first perviewed.
The winds which have been report
ed a. exceeding $50 miles an hour
over Santo Domingo, however, to-
day were said not TO be damaging.
They are expected To continue NOV
ing west northwestward In the next
"a to as hours.
Meanwhile, information continued
to reach here on the disaster to
the Dominican republic and meas
ures for relief. Minister Curtiss in
formed the state department as
follows:
Reports Damage
"Office unro0fed and not worth
repairing. Residence unroofed. 9th
er quarters unobtainable. Supplies
and recent archives undamaged.
Personnel uninjured, also consul
and family"
Governor Roosevelt Of Porto Rico
advised the Red Cross that he had
been informed by his aide Major
Cary 7. Crockett. who flew To Santo
Domingo yesterday. as follows:
After conference with President
Trujillo and Minister CurtlsS and
quick reconnaissance or city. n put
situation in city OF Santo Domingo
as follows: Three-quarters or houses
practically destroyed and entire
city very badly damaged. No news
from interior towns In path on cy-
clone. President reports at least ar
hundred deaths already counted and
many more injured. American min
lister and all Europeans saved but
legation destroyed. Urgent and i'm
mediate need for doctors, medical
supplies. all available tentage. cots
and blankets. Sc. 600 to 100000 n
tons. also any clothing. both male
and female, available. Funds also
necessary from Red Cross
The Dominican legation made
public the following cablegram from
lis government:
GAt4&AAVn GEfIUu3
Situation appalling. Cyclone de-
stroyed 80 per cent OF this city, with
estimated lorl' OF nc least thirty
millions. Up to the present 500
bodies have been recovered and an
immense number injured. We are
going on recovering more dead and
injured III L. necessary To- cremate
bodies for lack OF time COR burialS.
Families are sheltered in church.
es, schools and public buildings stll
habitahle. No news from rest or
country. Rivers are In high flood.
Lack or food Is being felt. families
without clothing. Medical supplies
insufficient 10 care for . many in
iured.
I'VE are therefore IN need or ev-
erything. II Is urgent TO commu-
nicate this TO the American govern
ment; to the representatives or
friendly nations In your lily, 10 .he
American press, 90 the Red Cross
and 10 the noble American people.
CONTINUED on page I'D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Man, Wife Fined
Following Raid

A Brownsville man and wife were
fined 500 each in the City corpora
ton court Thursday after being
convicted Of conducting a disorder
ly house.
The home OF the couple, which
Is located near the Fort Brown
wall, was raided Wednesday by city
police. III addition TO the man and
wife. police caught two couples in
the house.
The two young girls signed writ
ten confessions which stated that
the man and woman had been con-
Quoting a disorderly house for
some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

TO White Island next summer 70
look for further evidences OF the
Andree expedition.
DR.. Horn said 1t Is possible that
Frankel's body might be found
there. buried in the ice. Many OF
the things which the Horn party
found were dug up from a depth
Of eighteen inches or more. IL Is
considered possible that Frankels
body lies further down in the ice.
II appeared today that something
happened very suddenly and unex-
pectedly to bring down the balloon
on the ice when 1t was less than
500 miles from the North Pole SO
years ago.
While the diaries Of Solomon
Auguste Andree, chief Of the expe-
dition, still remains secret, u is
known officially that one Of them
contains the information the bal
loon descended at 1890 d. m. July
10. 1897. just As hours after the
start from Danes Island, Spitz-
bergen.
Earlier on July 10. when the bal
loon, 1t was presumed, was nearing
the end Of its second day out, its
occupants dispatched a carrier
pigeon containing the message:
Good journey northward. north
wind. las miles north and As miles
east of the starting point"
There certainly -aS nothing In
the carrier pigeons message. which
was received soon afterward. to in
dictate an approaching descent or
trouble Of any sort
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Diamond To
Ride or Freighter

BREMEN. Germany. Sept. SIP
Jack c"LegS") Diamond, New York
gangster, expelled from Germany
as undesirable. will sail for Amer
lea tomorrow on board a freighter.
The police met a series OF rebuffs
from passenger lines which did not
want Diamond.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Crater at Aldarnas

MEXICO CITY. sept. 5-tP-Dis-
patches from Ciudad Victoria. in
the state of Tamaulipas. today said
an active volcano had been discov-
cred near Aldamas. about 200 miles
southwest OF Brownsville. Texas. The
discoveries said the crater was in
an unsettled mountain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Court Term
To Open Sept. Is

The civil district court will open
a term here Sept. Is with Judge
A. NJ. Kent on the bench.
Thursday was the last today Of
service for this term Of court. The
sheriff's department has been busy
for the past two weeks serving
papers for the coming term Of
court
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Andree Log Is Marred
Only Part of Flight Record Is Found Legible
AS Relics Examined

TROai5OE. Norway. Sept Subtitle story Of the Andree balloon
expedition is understood to be legibIe in the explorers notes up to Sept
5 but writing in Andrees log after that date Is ilegble.
II would seem that the trio arrived on White Island on the 5h Of
September presumably 1887 after having batded their way across the
ice since mid July when their balloon met disaster OF the attempted flight
TO the North Pole.
DR.. Gunnar Horn today PROPOSED that q Swedish expedition be sent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Ex-KATSER WINS

BERLIN. Sept. 5.-R-Former
Kaiser Wilhelm won in his libel
suit against Ewald Mendel, editor
Of the newspaper M~orgenpost today.
Mendel was sentenced TO pay a fine
Of 1,500 Marks about $500 or
serve three months In jail
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

warning which has been given
many times daily Of late as the de-
structive winds raced across the
Caribbean and devastated 5anto
Domingo.
Locating the disturbance over or
near the north central Cuban
coast, the bulletin said no strong
winds had been reported.
AS another sign Of the intensity
having diminished, the bureau
omitted any warning to ships I'm
that section. Yesterday and the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday,
occasionally threatening showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; somewhat un-
settled In south portion.
Light to moderate eaSterly CD
southerly winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

HAVANA, Sept. 5.-tF1-The
West Indies hurricane was said
by Belen Observatory today TO
have apparently passed beyond
Cuba. Barometer readings were
normal. Danger 20 the island
was assumed to be over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
Thousand Killed
In Sto. Domingo
$500 Persons Reported Hurt During Storm
Which Devastated Island; Red Cross
Checks Casualties and Damages

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5-P-Captain Antonio Silva, Red Cross or
fetal. today reported 1000 persons killed, $500 persons injured. 470o
homes destroyed. 200 homes damaged. and $4,000 persons homeless as
the result OF the Caribbean hurricane in Santo Domingo City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5-0P-Charks L. Mitchell. weather FORE
caster, said today that if the hurricane hit Florida at all It probably
would not be damaging.
His reassuring word was given after the bureau had issued the storm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 2s-Hr. 24-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
VIII Paw Off
Louisville SURPRISED

LOUISVILLE. KY, Sept. SD
Taken by surprise by the announce
ment Dieudonne COSte and Maui
rice Bellonte. French transatlantic
fliers would stay overnight here on
their return trip from Dallas TO
New York. Louisville made hasty
plans today TO welcome the airmen.
Mayor William B. Harrison met
the Aviation committee Of the Louis
Vile board of trade and the Louis
vile air board this morning TO make
ARRANGEMENTS for entertaining the
aviators. expected to arrive IN the
Falls city some time this afternoon.
Rene Recover. American represen-
tative OF the airmen, who IN a mou-
oplana accompanied the French ses-
ouiplN from New York 10 Dallas.
stopped at Bowman field yesterday
and said Coste and Bellonte would
probably refuel here on the return
trip. but made no mention that
Louisville would be their third over
night stop in this country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide &C Point rsa-
bel tomorrow under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ...... 4.l9 a- m. liza p- III.
Low .......... 1856 "a. III; 8:55 y. I'm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-05
FLIERS LEAVE
DALLAS TODAY.
FOR KENTUCKY
Frenchmen Who Flew
Atlantic Depart
From Texas

LOVE FIELD, Dallas. Sept. 5-tPl
The Question Mark bearing Dieu-
dome Coste and Maurice Bellonte.
fresh. from Paris. took to the air
again at 1890 p. m, central stand
ard time today for a jaunt TO Louis
vile, KY, enroute back TO New York,
whence it came Yesterday without
a stop in II hours, 25 minutes and
Is seconds.
LOVE FIELD. Dallas. Sept. 5-tP
-Dieudonne Coste and Maurice
Bellonte. French filters who topped
off their Paris to New York flight
with a nonstop jaunt from New
York TO Dallas yesterday, came on
the field here at 1912 a.. m, est.
today. preparatory to taking off for
Louisville, KY.
The filters were surrounded by the
big &rOwd that had waited, most of
them since before daylight antici-
pating an early departure. They
went Immediately to the hangar TO
see about the plane.
Mayor Dan Kenan Of Okmulgee.
Okla. made his way TO Captain Cos
Re and presented an invitation in
French requesting the fliers to at
tend the state American Legion con-
vention there. Rene Recover. Amer
lean representative Of Coste and
Bellonte. said they would probably
not be able to accept.
Will Pay Off
LONDON. Sept. 5-lPJ-Colonel
William ~EaSterwood. Dallas finan-
cier. will pay Dieudonne Coste and
Maurice Bellonte thes $4,000 prize
money for their flight from Paris
TO New York TO Dallas either IN
Paris or in New York.
He said today he would fly to
Earis tomorrow and get in touch
With the air ministry there. If !
find that Coste and Bellonte plan
to return to Paris" he Sai6 I will
be there with the prize money, but
IL they remain in the States ! shall
sail as soon as possible and meet
them in New York. II was the
worlds greatest flight"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-03-13
AdeIphianS Win

In the annual literary contest by
the two literary societies of M. & M.
high school, the Adelphians and
Athenians, last Thursday night, the
Adelphians won by the score of 379
to 363. Music was furnished by
the high school orchestra. Prof.
Raymer McQuiston, of the English
department, 0. u, was the judge.
The program and points as per
Judges decision follow:
Debate-Resolved, that the chain
store is detrimental to public well
fare. Affirmative, Athenian: Chris
tine Frash, 65; Betty Ross, 10.
Negative, Adelphian: Mary Alice
Smith, 81; Myrtle Savage, 80.
Readings: For France, Marie
Balding, Adelphian, 65; Daddy Doc,
Maurine Ogleyee, Athenian, so.
Essays: The Importance of the
Byrd Expedition, Jeanette Martin,
Athenian, ST; Hoover, the Engineer,
Mary Perkins, Adelphian, rs.
Orations: Disarmament and the
League of Nations, William Allen,
Adelphian, 76; Our Responsibility in
Haiti, Marie Harris, Athenian, 81.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-03-13
GOLD STAR MOTHERS TO
MAKE TRIP TO EUROPE

Mrs. Ellen Shipley of this place
has received an invitation from the
U. S. government TO make a pilgrim
age to the cemetery in Europe,
Ecommoy cemetery Sarthe, near
Paris, where the remains Of her son,
Harry A. Shipley, who was a soldier
in the world war, are buried She
will leave New York on the steam
ship Harding, May IA, 1880. All
her expenses, like those of all Gold
Star mothers who make this trip,
will be paid by the government,
from the time she leaves here, until
she returns. They are permitted to
remain two weeks in Europe. All
Gold Star mothers whose sons now
sleep Oh foreign SOIL and all SOL
diers' widows who have not remar-
ried, and whose husbands are bur-
led in foreign cemeteries, are eli
gible to make the trip.
We understand that Mrs. Janette
Hill and Mrs. S. V. Hale of this
place are to make the trip, leaving
here a week sooner than Mrs. Ship
ley does. No doubt there are other
women from this county who will
also go.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-03-13
POPLAR RIDGE

The Mccall sale last Wednesday
was fairly well attended, and the
personal property sold, for the most
part brought satisfactory prices.
Mrs. Richardson, her daughter and
another lady buyer, all of Zanes-
vile were looking for antiques in
our neighborhood, recently. Harry
Warren of Deavertown was a busi-
ness visitor on our ridge two days
of last week. and was entertained at
the a. c.. Warren and w. F. Nice
swanger homes. Mrs. Harold Gar
vim was called to McConnelsville last
Thursday by the illness of her moth
er, Mrs. Harry Anderson. She re-
turned Saturday evening, leaving
Mrs. Anderson somewhat improved.
Howard Kennard of McConnels-
vile was business visitor on our
ridge, Monday. Ray Mcintyre of
Marietta, machinist for the Day Oil
Co., was here Monday, repairing a
minor break at the Smith & Dunn
compressor. Charles Copeland and
Paul Massey spent day recently
laying a pipe line on Buck Run. :.
Mrs. JAMIE Martin is in poor health,
suffering from rheumatism and 9TH
er infirmities. .Deerfield grange
will hold the regular meeting Fri
day evening, March IA. There will
be a good program at the literary
hour. %. c. Glass and A. C. War
rem bought Mrs. McCall's fine flock
of young White Leghorn hens. at
the recent sale.