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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22

Two years later he produced Eros and Psyche, version of Apuleius. His principal critical works are "Milton's Prosody," published in 1893, and John Keats, a Critical Essay" produced two years later. He also was author of eight poetic plays.
 Poem to U. s.
 Although Dr. Bridges wrote com paratively little poetry during the war he injected into his war verse a virility which hitherto had not characterized his work. His war poems included Thou Careless Awake; England Awake; Lord Kitchener" and two bearing upon the participation of the United States in the war. One was ITO the United States of America and the other ITO President Wilson. He also wrote verses to the Am orleans on their Thanksgiving Day celebrated in England in 1918.
 Pleads for England
 Since the close of the war Dr. Bridges had written but little On the occasion of Armistice Day 1923 he contributed a work of prose and poetry to a special number of a parish magazine, in which he pleaded for England's recovery from laxity. indifference and pleas ure seeking.
 Dr. Bridges often had been re- ferred to as different from any other poet laureate who had filled the position. This was noticed particularly in September 1923, when the poet laureate accepted the in- vitation of Dr. M. LeR. Burton President of the University of Michigan, to come to the United States as part of the arrangement for an exchange of professors and lecturers between universities of England and the United States.
 Oxford Graduate
 Dr. Bridges was born October 23 1844, and was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford After his graduation from Oxford he travelled abroad, and upon re- turning to London studied medicine and practiced several years as 3
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
Fm's Career from Animal to Coat
 To Be Sho,vn in Leipsig Exposition

LEIPZIG, Ger, April 22-Mod- ern fur styles may be governed by remote conditions.
 Some tribal war in far-off Tur- kestan today may affect fur fash ions in Paris tomorrow.
 The fur market is now world wide in scope and interest. A Russian conservation program or a French tariff may have sharp ef- feet on fur values and the popular ity of certain skins
 To most women fox is fur scarf, but to trappers and breed CTS it is a means of livelihood. Gov ernment conservation agents have figures to show he is a national re- source.
 Sportsmen admire the fox as wild game deserving protection, while poultrymen despise him as vermin to be exterminated.
 Most other fur bearers have equ- ally diverse values to the world Of sport and the international fur in dustry.
 These interests will be brought together for the first time this summer at the International Fur and Hunting Exposition here from May 31 to September 30 Sports men, hunters, trappers, fur dcal- CTS and government bureaus are sending displays.
 Potential evening wraps will be displayed by live ermine and Rus sian sable while models will show the finished products in fashion re- vues.
 Exhibits of methods and weapons of the hunt in ancient and modern times, and methods of manufacture will show the progress of the fur from animal to wearer.
 Seals from Greenland perhaps will lift an astonished whisker on being introduced to seals from Uru- quay quartered in an adjoining pool Peruvian chinchillas will glance shyly at oriental leopards meanwhile the woman visitor will be inspecting their coats with a view to her own future needs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
VETS ACTIVE:
 IN WISCONSIN,
Aided in Campaign of Sen ator Blaine Also for
 Repeal Dry Law

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Henry Curran, President of the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend ment, testified today before the Senate Lobby Committee. that the Association contributed $11,000 in the 1926 campaign of Senator Blaine, of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Lobby Committee.
 Curran also said his organization also spent $29000 advocating re- peal of the State enforcement Prohibition law in Wisconsin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22

"A feet wide and 55 feet deep, and damages in the sum of $1. Original ly he had sued for property with a 1O0-foot frontage and damages aggregating $26,000. Exemplary damages, wever, which were claimed in the suit as originally filed, were waived in the trial and he sought to recover damages claimed to have been suffered by being deprived of the property since last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
PLAN 33-MILE BOULEVARD
 ON ISLAND OF MONTREAL

MONTREAL, April Construc- tion of a super boulevard to stretch for. B miles over the center of Montreal Island is now being con- structed
 The highway will be 200 feet wide with two 40-foot traffic lanes. Two years will be required to fin- ish it. The total estimated cost is $6,0Oo,o0o, of which $4,50OO0O will be borne by Montreal,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
GAR WOOD IS
 GLIDEE ENTHUSIAST

MIAMI, Fla.-The gray fox of the speedboats is going in for gliding. Gar Wood is one of the charter members of the Miami Glider Association, organized by a group of sportsmen including 'Gleen H. CurtlSs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
E. I. INCL: E:ARY
 DIES SUDDENL.Y Y

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. April g. -E. T. McCleary, President of the newly formed Republic Steel Cor poration, died in hospital here today following an operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
DROWNs SON,
 GIVEN LIFE

MADDAN, North Dakota, April Pleading guilty to a first de- gree murder charge brought after he confessed drowning his four year old deformed son in a river, George Reinhold, aged 40 years. Was sentenced to life imprisonment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
ATTENTION REBEKAHS

Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A will meet in business session Wednesday night, April 23rd, at 8 D.. m. in I. o. o. F. Hall. Members are requested to be present as there will be degree practice after lodge meeting
 GERTRUDE HELGESEN,
 Noble Grand.
 ALPHONSINE CARTER, adv. Secretary CARL ZEISS CAMERAS AT
 ALASKA SCENIC VIEWS adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
BARS AGAINST
 FOREIGN GOODS

WASHINGTON, April g. | All foreign competitive goods made by forced or indentured labor will be barred from entry into the United States under compromise reached by conferees on the tariff bill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-22
R0BT. BRIDGES, LAUREATE,
 DIES IN LONDON
Man Ch erized as Greatest Living Poet,
 Passes Away

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Drought Committee
OFF to Washington

STAMFORD. Tex, Sept. 20@tPl-
With five definite detectives as
signed them, the ten members Of
the West Texas Chamber OF Com
merce drought relief committee
left today for Washington. where
they will spend several days next
week comforting with officials Of
the federal government.
Anon q. Carter. Fort Worth
publisher, headed the group rep
resenting the regional organizations
effort to secure relief for the far
mers and stockmen Of the drought
stricken areas OF West Texas.
Other members are Morris Shop
pard and Tom Connally, Un@sd
States senators from Texas: Fritz
Lanham Of Fort Worth and Mar
vim Jones OF Amarillo. members OF
congress; o. B. Martin OF College
Station. director of the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege extension service; w. p. Jones
OF Childress. A. p. Pierce Of
Quanah, r. G. Couch Of Haskell.
bankers. and D. A. Bandeen of
Stamford. general manager OF the
West Texas Chamber Of Commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Condemnation Suit
For Port Appealed

Appeal In the condemnation suit
or the Brownsville Navigation dis
trict VS.. E. q. AnEuerra, was per-
fected Saturday when the defend
ant posted q $500 appeal bond.
This aSe was recently heard fn
the Cameron county court INC law
and Anguerra was awarded $40 per
acre for "a portion CT hts lands
which lay IN the path or the
Brownsville ship channel. Anguer-
ra had asked Approximately $2.05Q
per acre for the land.
II carried through. the case viii
be appealed 10 the Fourth 5u-
preme judicial district court OF civil
appeals I'm San Antonio.
During the hearing here. counsel
for the defense attacked the iuris-
dicti0n or the county court INC law
in condemnation matters. This line
OF attack has been used In several
previous law suits but the appeals
were never carried out.
The constitution and special leg
islation gives the county court
jurisdiction In condemnation pro-
ceedings. The defense questioned
whether this power was transferred
20 the county court at law when
~ was created.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Upton CHECK
FLOOD GROWS
Gotham Mayor May Divide
Country If Money Flow
Continues for Cup

NEW YORK. Sept. 20-F-The
American people have set out to
show Sir Thomas Upton what they
think Of q good loser. and today
they had indicated they would send
him back to England this time with
a cup worth "a whole lot more III
monetary value, at least, than the
trophy he has tried five times in
vain 20 win.
One mail alone brought into the
office of Mayor James j. Walker
today more than $3.50 toward the
purchase Of "the Americans Cup
for Sir Thomas i'm lieu OF the Ameri-
cas-. cup. which stays In the trophy
room Of the New York Yacht club.
AT the suggestion Of VIII Rogers.
who started the whole thing. Mayor
Walker accepted the Job as custo-
dian OF "a fund TO be raised at 81
q head from Americans who admire
the spirit of the man who has been
trying for 81 years TO take hack 70
England the cup which the schooner
America took away from IA British
defenders In a race around the Isle
Of Wight IN 1851. Tonight IL looked
as III Mayor Walker would have To
divide the country into sections and
appoint regional chairmen.
When the mayors office closed al
noon there was still q big stack OF
unopened letters. and in the office
or Barron q. Collier. whom he
named as treasurer Of the fund. was
another pile. Contributions were ar
irving i'm every mail. too. nc the
offices Of several New York news
papers. Nobody had any idea vet
how much had been received.
Contributions had begun TO arrive
from out Of town, two came from
Boston-one unsigned and the other
from w. F. Baldwin Of Nome, Alas
ka, who was there ON business. There
was one from Charles Newbert, Bal
timore oyster man. and n from
Charles Zeller, Jr., Chicago, who
wrote:
ITO the worlds most cheerful
loser"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
California
To Be Mexicanized

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 20-tE-
Steps toward the Differentiation
Of Lower California were ordered in
q decree issued today by President
Ortiz Rubio.
The decree provides for the study
and execution of several projects,
the most important being recon-
mendatlon 20 the governor or Lower
California that within the possible
tiles Of funds at hand he proceed TO
acquire land now owned by foreign
.ers and colonize IL with Mexicans.
Funds should be advanced to-
these Mexicans. SO they might e.
tablish themselves. Mexicans now
living In the United States would be
invited To return and take part in
the colonization.
Other projects provide strict mea-
sures for preventing the entry into
Lower C~alifcNnia of Chinese. and
permit the use or Mexican money
only.
The program Of Medcanizatiun is
the result or reports from govern
ment officials that the district was
becoming Americanized.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21

Monday Day and Night To
Be Equal Everywhere

Monday. Sept. %, is the autumnal
equinox.
This meals. among other things,
that day and night everywhere are
OF equal length. The day in Browns
vile is the same length as the day
in New York or Buenos Aires.
And fall is definitely ushered In,
according to weather forecasts.
To become technical, or astro-
nomical. the equinox Is the time
when the suns center. crossing the
equator, comedies with the equi-
notial points. This Is on March q,
the vernal equinox, and Sept. %,
the autumnal equinox.
The autumnal signs are Libra,
Scorpio. and Sagittarius.
And II you don't believe 10. ask
weather chief w. J. Schnurbusch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21

Those arrested today included
Noel Stark, brother Of Judson L.
Stark. Marion county prosecutor,
Sergeant James OBrien and Ser
geant Joseph Everson. Federal Off
GERS said five policemen were In
dicted jointly with Cecil McDaniels.
alleged large scale bootleg operator.
who Is charged with having bribed
them to provide him and his es-
Enlistment with police protection.
The others were indicted jointly
with Chris and Peter Echishcoff and
Girls Volaschoff, pool room opera
tors. Other officers who, federal op-
eratives say. were indicted were
Lieutenant Marion Vansickle, Ser
geant John Volderauer and Patrol
man Martin O'Brien.
George r. Jeffrey. United States
district attorney, said federal agents
had gathered evidence that the DO
licemen had been accepting brides
from UNI runner and that in some
cases actual transfer OF money had
been witnessed.
In addition to the IL arrested to-
day six others are said to have been
indicted. The arrests followed a
quiet Investigation by federal
officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Highway Meeting Plans Grow

ton; S. w. Grant. managing editor
OF the San Antonio Express: II. p.
Warden, chief engineer OF the high
way department: d. Z. Colp, chair
man OF the Texas State Parks
board: Harvey II. Haines, vice-pres-
ident and general manager OF the
Port Arthur Chamber OF Commerce:
5. M. Nixon, Corpus Christi; Judge
Dan G. Bennett, Orange; II. g. In
mis-. Port Lavaca, and Judge Oscar
G. Dancy. Of Brownsville.
A representative OF the Mexican
government and Of the highway
department will also be present, 1t
Is said.
The Valley tour will take the
members through that section Of
The Valley touched By the proposed
route.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
SCHOOL GIRL
shot IN PLAY
With SISTER
Ophelia Hacker Dies
From Result Of
Gun Wound

accidentally shot by her sister
with a .410-gauge shot gun, Ophelia
Hacker. i3, died In the Mercy hos
pital at $3.50 Saturday afternoon
from the effects OF q wound In her
chest and left arm.
Playing In the backyard Of their
home near the country club. Am
allie, about Is, accidentally dis
charged the gun. the shot entering
the left arm Of her sister Ophelia
and penetrating her chest near
the heart. The girl was immediate
ly rushed to the hospital, but died
two hours later after receiving
medical treatment.
It was said late Saturday that q
brother had loaded the rifle pre-
paratory to going on a hunt, but
that the girls did not know this
and took the gun out to play with
Efforts to Save FAN
A Hinkley ambulance was called
and DR.. B. o. Works did his utmost
to save the girls life.
She Is the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. o. p. Hacker. who live about
a mile-and-a-half south Of the
country club on the highway. Mr..
Hacker operates q welding shop =
corner Of Washington and Thir-
teenth streets. She Is survived by
her mother and father. three
sisters. Tracy. Katy. and Amalie,
and q brother. Ernest. Mr.. Hacker
IS formerly from Germany.
According to Mr.. Hinkley. no
Inquest has been or will be held.
The girl was a student at the
local junior high school. having
started her school term but three
weeks ago.
The fatal accident occurred Al
1850 Saturday.
Funeral Today
Interment will be In The Buena
Vista cemetery, funeral services ~
be held at the Hinkley chapel a;
4 p. m. Sunday.
Classmates OF the girl win act
as pallbearers. The pastor was not
announced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21

Ldnuer lanQ, consisting OF lilo acres
has been purchased for $500, and as
acres has been purchased from <.
;. Hunt and O. w. Singer at s25 an
acre.
This leaves n strip OF Sd acres.
which the commission. II Is said. has
under agreement. and can exercise
its option at any time. These prop
critics lie In block 4l3.
requirement or the turning basin
is the most important single step in
bringing the waterway near TO the
city limits OF Brownsville, and while
some 81 the desired rights WAYS
for the channel are still tn process
OF condemnation, the exact location
OF the end OF the channel. or the
turning basin- has been "a matter OF
much speculation by Brownsville
citizens.
"A sum OF $4,000 has recently been
allotted TO Engineer Major Milo p.
Fox. and IL Is expected that prelim-
mary work will now receive an add
ed impetus.
The final step In making an ap-
preparation for the Brownsville and
Port Isabel ports was taken in con-
gress On July a, and while some de-
lays. have been experienced In dis
puteS over prices Of land desired.
work on the proposition has not
abated.
The channel Is TO be sixteen miles
long and on the most direct route
from BrazOS Santiago pass TO the
turning basin near the ritv-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
LEGAL ACTION
ON DISTRICT
WORK ASKED
Joint Meeting Seeks
Water Control
At Austin
lspe .lal 70 The Herald.l

SAN BENTTO, Sept. 20@A res
olution addressed 10 the State Board
Of Water Engineers asking that
willacy County Water Control and
Improvement District No. ! not be
permitted to proceed with its work
without submitting its plans to the
board. was passed at a meeting OF
the Joint Association of Cameron
Hidalgo County Water Improvement
Districts.
The association also appointed a
committee composed Of j. Fl. Nit
chell Of La Feria and Judge II. l..
Yates Of Brownsville to determine
what legal action. If any, shall be
taken in connection with a canal
under construction south Of the
north floodway near La Feria by
this district, the committee to re-
port back at another meeting to be
held at the Water Building here at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
District Enjoined
The Willacy district recently was
enjoined from building a canal in
side the North Floodway near La
Feria. Hearing on the temporary
Injunction will be had in Browns
vile next week.
The association claims that the
Willacy county district was sup
posed to submit its plans to the
state board OF water engineers
under terms of its permit but that
1t has never done so. IL is submis-
sion Of these plans that Is request
ed in the resolution passed by the
association here Friday afternoon.
The association OF Valley dis
tricts originally opposed granting Of
a permit to the Willacy organiza-
ton. When the state board decided
to grant the permit, the willacy
district was requested to file plans
showing that its storage facilities
would be adequate and that the
system for diverting water from the
Rio Grande would not iniure prior
rights or older water users.
Seepage Alleged
These conditions were made at
beheSt of the association which also
desired the right to examine these
plans to see II the new system
would conflict with prior rights of
Continued on page I'D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Site Hearing
Set for Sept. rs

Especial TO The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Sept. 20.-Hearing
on presentations made BY Valley
interests for ten dam sites on the
Rio Grande will be held by the
State Board Of Water Engineers
Sept. % instead Of Sept. %. accord
ing to Frank s. Robertson. secre-
tary Of the Joint Association Of
Cameron-Hidalgo County Water
Improvement Districts.
He said that the Sept. % date
was an error since the state board
meets on the last Monday in each
month and not the fourth.
The Valley Is making ~presenta-
tons which 1t hopes the board will
accept for filing in order that plans
for a series OF storage and control
dams may be carried out and water
which now flows unused to the sea
may be utilized for irrigation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Aviators Postpone
Hopoff Over Ocean

ROOSEVELT FIELD, ". Y. Sept.
20.-tP-Conditions were still I'M
favorable today over the north
Atlantic for q flight from New
York to Paris. SO Capt. Roy Ammel,
former Army flier and Chicago
broker, postponed his projected hop
off until Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
MURDERED MAN
FOUND In RIVER
Unidentified Body Shows
Throat Cut and Shots
Into Body

The badly decomposed body or a
man about so years old, slashed at
the neck and wounded about the
body twice. was taken from the
Rio Grande near the Las PrietaS
ranch, five miles up the river from
Brownsville, Saturday afternoon.
A check-up by police revealed that
no one Of the mans description is
missing from the American side OF
the Rio Grande- Matamoros Off
Gals were notified and they we're
working on the a 81 Saturday night.
The motive for the Staying was
evidently robbery, for pockets In
the mans garments were turned
wrong side out and only a small
key was found In q watch pocket. It
appeared to be @ key to a small
grip. One bullet had entered the
center OF the mans chest and an
other in his back below the base Of
his neck. "A deep slash, which sew
cred the jugular vein, extended
downward from the left ear.
The body was SO badly decom-
posed that Justice OF the Peace
Fred Kowalski ordered IL buried i'm
mediately. Apparently 1t had been
in the water for q week or more.
The clothing on the body evident
ly was OF Mexican origin, investi-
eating officers said. The trousers
were OF checked Jean and the shirt
was Of a blue work variety. Officers
judged the mar to be a fair com-
plected Mexican. His nose was Of
pronounced Roman type.
Justice or the Peace KowaiskI re-
turned q verdict or violent death
at the hands Of unknown parties.
The body was recovered from a
swift portion OF the river BY Ramon
Beieran and Gavino Vasquez, ex-
pert swimmers.
The clothing and key are being
held for possible Identification.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Floore New Head OF
Valley Secretaries
(SpeciaI to The HeraIdl

Especial to The Herald
HARLINGEN. Sept 20.-John r.
Floore. secretary Of the local cham
Der Of commerce. was elected presi-
dent OF the Valley commercial sec
retaries association at a meeting
hold Friday evening at Santa Rosa.
The secretaries resolved to ask
Valley representatives. Milton West
or Brownsville. w. r. Montgomery
Of Edinburg and Lamar Gill Of Ray
mondville to investigate legal phases
Of a proposed bill creating a Valley
chamber Of commerce financed by
means of a one mill tax.
The secretaries meet in Harrington
in October, in Port Isabel in Novem-
Der. and in Weslaco in December.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Early t a Seen
In Citrus Season
(Snecial 40 The HeraIdl

SAN BENITO, Sept. 2O-This year
the first carload Of citrus fruit from
the Valley may be shipped Oct. I.
first day or the official season, II
rains do not come in the meantime
in the opinion OF John C.. Plott OF
San Benito, Cameron county citrus
fruit Inspector.
Mr.. Plott said the fruit appears
to be Of fine size and quality.
Fruit may not be put on sale be-
fore Oct. / when It must come up
to federal and state requirements.
The state requires q certain sugar
content under provisions OF q green
fruit law to prevent immature pro-
ducts from being sent out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-21
Creager Forces To
Gather I'm Dallas

DALLAS, Sept. 20--tR-The re-
publican state executive committee
will meet here Tuesday 10 complete
plans for an active campaig in
behalf OF party nominees for state
offices.
Z. G. Toothman. director Of the
state republican organization. an
nounced the meeting today. He
said candidates would be named
for lieutenant governor. attorney
general and railroad commissioner
70 replace nominees who had
drawn down their names.