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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-06
Totals 500 $50 s2S 7S2i

Totals asa s24 e27 2,7Os
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-06

Totals 3 1 II q
Referee-Maurice Pipkin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-06

Abe Espincsa and his partner
Frank Walsh. came in with a IS and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
Won HINDENBURG AT AGE OF 80
STILL is STICKLER FOR POISE
German President Keeps Firm Grip on
Country, Exercising Reserve Power.
Up at Z AM. Daily.

, Dental position. And MeiSsner has re-
manned ever since.
The Presidents only son, Col. Oscar
Won Hindenburg. is his adjutant and
personal aide, and as such handles the
Presidents personal, official CORE
spondence and makes his personal ap-
pointmentS. AS the President is a
widower, the colonel's wife is the first
lady of the land and acts as the hostess
during dinners and receptions.
There follow reports of cabinet min
listers. chiefs of departments and Ger
man diplomats on furlough as we'll as
audiences to foreign visitors. With one
accord those who have been received
by the President testify to his great OBJ
jectivity and broad mindedness, as we'll
as to his kindness in Judging men.
Patiently he listens to views that run
counter to his own. All he asks is
honesty and frankneSs. He also de-
mands personal modesty and simplicity
and is quick to detect conceit and pose.
But. while he has positive likes and
dislikes he does not let these interfere
with appointments recommended by
cabinet members and departmental
chiefs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
BULGARIAN WOMAN, 152,
BELIEVED WORLD OLDEST
Sofia Papers Challenge Claims of
lara Agha, Who Recently
Toured U. S.

SOFIA, June 18.-Sof1a papers deny
that the famous cara Agha of Siam
boul, who recently returned from the
United States to Turkey, is the oldest
person in the world, claiming this glory
for a Bulgarian woman, Slavka Mitova,
living in the village of Djafarli. in the
district of Varna, on the Bulgarian
Black Sea Coast
The papers say that this woman is
152 years old. and that consequently
she was centenarian at the time of
Bulgaria's war for independence. She
is in good health and spirits When
she was 100 years old she cut new
teeth. She walks without a cane, ex-
ecutes easy work in the household and
busies herself with poultry farming
One OF the reporters adds: "She has
no intention of going to America"
Copyright, 1881. by the New York Sun
Foreign Service.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
COLORED MAN browns
IN FRIENDLY WRESTLE
Two Contestants Aboard Tug Fall
Oyerboard-Neal Foster
Is Victim.

friendly wrestling match aboard the
tug Dorothy resulted in the drowning
of one of the participants today when
he and his adversary, both colored,
plunged overheard into the Potomac at
Thirty-fourth and Water streets.
Neal Foster, 80. the victim, was
brought out of the river 25 minutes
later but the rescue squad was not
able to revive him.
Andrew Robbins. 26, a foreman on
the tug. who was wrestling with Foster.
was held at the seventh precinct for
questioning
Police were told that Foster, the cook,
had just set dinner on the table when
he and Robbins became engaged in a
friendly tussle Losing their balance,
they went over the side between the
tug and barge. j. L. Mckinney res
cued Robbins, but Foster was not seen
again. Tom Donaldson, an employe at
Reynolds Boat House, and Mckinney
finally brought him up
The Dorothy is out of Norfolk. owned
by the Norfolk Lighterage Co. and COM
manded by NJ. R. Goodman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Group Will Supervise Land
ACQUISITION for Memorial
Parkway.

A special committee to supervise the
acquisition of land for the proposed new
George Washington Memorial Parkway
from Great Falls to Mount Vernon along
both sides of the Potomac River was
formed Yesterday at a luncheon meeting
at the Cosmos Club.
George B Mcclellan Of Washington,
former mayor of New York City and at
one time a professor at Princeton Uni
versity, was named chairman OF a
board of trustees to manage the funds
which are to be collected to match the
$500 600 appropriated by Congress for
the parkway.
Others appointed were DR. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, president of George Washing
ton University, general vice president;
Representative Moore of Virginia, vice
chairman for his State; Oliver owen
Kuhn. managing editor OF The Star,
vice chairman for Maryland and former
Gov. Harry Flood Byrd OF Virginia, At
torney Gardner Booth of Virginia. E.
Brooke Lee and w. Bladen Lowndes of
Maryland trustees. Charles w. Eliot,
director Of planning of the office OF pub
lie buildings and parks, was named sec
rotary. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, director
of public buildings and parks, also at
tended the meeting.
Bylaws OF the committee were
adopted and the best methods of &C
quiring land in Maryland and Virginia
for development of the parkway were
discussed. A meeting will be held July
&c. at which concrete suggestions will
be offered for acquiring the $500, 900
contribution to match the Federal APP
preparation, DR.. Marvin announced to-
day. Under the Capper Cramton act.
Federal funds may not be spent unless
the appropriation is matched by either
private or public donations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

compile record Of volcanic action and
formation.
Father Hubbard visited Loyola Uni
versity here en- route from Washington
to Alaska. In the Capital he conferred
with Government officials regarding the
expedition.
Travel by Dog Sled.
The priest and his three companions
will travel by dog sled over 5000 miles
of the Yukon trail, stopping at IL Jesuit
missions along the way. Mount Aniak-
chalk and the Alaskan Peninsula will be
their destination.
I've celebrated mass in many strange
places" said Father Hubbard, ION bat
tlefields in the palace of an exiled en-
press, but never with more picturesque
setting than when / used a slab at
Mount Katmai pumice for an altar
stone. Far in the background two smok-
ing volcanoes augmented the candles"
Father Hubbard became a mountain
climbing enthusiast while studying at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

TULL-SIZE plaster models Of four
- allegorical groups planned for
Arlington Memorial Bridge prob
4 ably will be mounted next Sum-
mer on the two Washington APP
proaches to the bridge to test their cf-
feet on the public and to learn
whether the projected granite figures
will harmonic with their surroundings
AS the actual cutting of the figures
into stone will entail a large part OF the
cost of the sculpture, authorities ex-
pect to make this test of the groups,
if the expense of producing and mount
ing the plaster figures does not prove
prohibitive.
viii Show War and Peace.
Two of the groups. tentatively APP
proved for the Washington approach,
will depict warlike virtues and attain
ment, valor and victory, while the
groups to adorn the parkway entrance
to the bridge will represent accom-
plishments of peace - such as the fine
arts and sciences.
One group, consisting of the femi-
nine figure of Victory" attending the
equestrian figure of "Valor," the work OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia Maryland and
Virginia-Lccal thundershoWers tonight
and tomorrow; not much change IN
temperature; gentle to moderate south
west shifting to west and northwest
winds
West Virginia-Local thundershowers
this afternoon or tonight; tomorrow
generally fair; not much change In
temperature.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, 81; 8 pm, 81
II midnight, 80; 4 am, n; am, 81
noon. 90.
Barometer pm. 1886; 8 pm.
29.87 II midnight, 1885 4 am, 1881
am. 1898; noon, 29.77.
Highest temperature, SO, occurred at
3 As pm. yesterday. Lowest tempera-
ture. rs. occurred at $50 a m. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 103 lowest, rs.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, TIL am and 1927
pm; high tide, 1928 am. and 12:49
pm.
Tcmorrow-Low tide. $40 am. and
1922 pm; high tide, "a am. and 1:43
pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 4:58 am; sun sets
7:30 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:59 am, sun
sets 1923 pm.
Moon rises 1902 am; sets 11:l1 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall in the Capital for the first seven
months against the average are shown
in the following table:
Average. 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Leo Friedlander of New York, has won
the approval Of the Fine Arts Com
mission.
The four groups of statuary will re-
place a similar number of pylonS orig
inally planned for the Washington side
of the bridge. These were eliminated
when it was learned their size would
obscure the Lincoln Memorial from per-
sons crossing the bridge.
Work May Take Two Years.
1t has been necessary also to ell inmate
the rows of statues which were to have
adorned either side of the entire span
in order to save between 100000 anc
$500, 900. according to Lieut.. Col U. S
Grant, Cd, director of Public Buildings
and Public Parks.
This step does not mean necessarily
Col. Grant explained. that the statuary
rows cannot be added at soma latel
date should the money be made avail
able for tim.
Col. Grant estimated it will be at least
two years before the plaster models OF
the four groups can be wrought in gran
ite No estimate is as yet available or
the cost of the groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
CHINESE DEMAND
AMERICANS LIFE
Dr.. Tucker, Hospital Official
at Techow, Charged With
Killing Native.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, July 21.-Dr. Francis F.
Tucker, treasurer of the William S.
Porter Memorial Hospital, operated at
Techow. Shangtung Province, by the
American Board of Missions, was held
at Tsinanfu today on charge of STAY
ing a native.
Chinese authorities, who took DR..
Tucker to Tsinanfu from Techow, re-
fused to hand him over to the American
consul The arrest resulted from the
fatal shooting last week by DR.. Tucker
of a Chinese hospital employe. DR..
Tucker said he fired at the man in the
belief he was burglar.
The Koumintang in the Techow dis
trict Immediately demanded execution
of DIR. Tucker. suspension Of the activi-
ties of the mission, an apology from the
American Minister and payment OF an
indemnity to the dead mans family.
Dr. Tucker, following a series of rob-
be les at the hospital, kept revolver
under his pillow on a cot in his Office,
the American consul at TSinanfu re-
ported Last Saturday night he was
awakened by a man who entered the
Office with a skeleton key. The intruder
started to flee when DR.. Tucker awoke
and opened fire.
Legation officials said any effort to
bring DR.. Tucker to trial in the Chinese
courts would be opposed.
--c- ~,o- D-nonrUn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
Observation-Disclosures ROAD
HEAVIEST TRAVELLED IN VIRGINIA
State Road Department Reports $4,000 Vehicles Daily
u Pass Over This Thoroughfare.

the smallest touring car, and were
placed end to end they would reach
from Alexandria 10 Fredericksburg.
distance of little more than 80 miles
1t was shown that the most uniform
ly Travelled route in the State was the
Valley pike and Roanoke Bristol route
An analysis of the map shows that Au-
gust is the month of heaviest traffic,
with Sunday the biggest day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
HARRY ALBERT AUSTIN
FUNERAL RITES HELD
Was Former Beet Sugar Associa-
ton Executive and News
paper Man.

Funeral services for Harry Albert
Austin. former secretary treasurer of
the United States Beet Sugar Associa-
ton, who died here Friday, were held
yesterday at 2 pm. Mr. Austin was
Sc years old at the time of his death.
A native of Washington. Mr.. Austin
was educated in local schools. In 1898
ne went to Nebraska to reside, return
ing here later as secretary to the late
Senator William v. Allen At one time
he served as Washington correspondent
for the Omaha World Herald, and also
wrote articles on national and military
affairs for magazines.
Mr.. Austin's connection with the
bset sugar association began in 1911.
He gained a wide reputation as a sugar
Statistician.
Surviving are his widow, Pauline Rea-
rick Austin, two sons, Bliss and Edwin:
two brothers, Fred and Joseph Austin,
and a sister. Mrs. Emma Spear.
Mr. AuStin's home here was at 1907
Hobart street. He was a member of
the National Press Club and the Co.
lumbar Historical Society
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
HURLED ON LOCOMOTIVE

DENISON. Tex, July 81 GP.-
crashed into the automobile in which
she was riding. 10-year- Lois Cap
shaw landed on the locomotives pilot
and chung there until the train came
TO stop. She was not seriously hurt
Her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cap
shaw and -four other children riding
in the automobile were injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
TUCKER ARREST NOT REPORTED
State Department Recently Informed Of
Shooting, However.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The State Department has received
no word Of the arrest in China OF DR..
Francis F. Tucker, treasurer OF the
William S. Porter Memorial Hospital at
Techow. for Staying native.
Carl D. Meinhardt, consul at Tsln-
enfu reported few days ago that Dr.
Tucker had shot the native under the
impression that he was a robber. Later
he reported that Tsinanfu authorities
were friendly to DR.. Tucker and had
made no effort to arrest him.
No further word has been received,
but State Department officials pointed
out that under extraordinarily treaty
rights DR.. Tucker cannot be tried in
Chinese courts. but must be turned over
to American authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, July 21-The road
on which there is the heaviest travel in
the entire State is that between Wash
ington and Alexandria. on which $4,000
vehicles pass daily. according to a
traffic map prepared by the State High
way Department. 1t was estimated that
If these vehicles were no larger than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER.

| Copyright. 1881. by the Associated PreSS.D
BERLIN, July 2l-President Paul
Won HinGenbrug, despite his 83 years,
is anything but a figurehead. His will
still rules the cabinet and. with 1t, the
country. AS 1t is exercised only on &C.
casions of the first importance, 1t Is all
the more decisive.
This reserve power is an outstanding
characteristic Of the venerable octoge-
MARIAN All his life Won Hindenburg
has sought to conserve his strength.
Quick. nervous motions are foreign to
him and. in fact. taboo in his presence.
When his political advisers, adjutants
or secretaries report to him he insists
that they walk without haste. speak
without hurry marshal their facts
without waste Of words.
During a period of political hysteria,
such as has characterized the last year
in Germany the fact that at the head
of the nation there stands man whom
nothing can throw out of his poise has
been OF incalculable benefit to the ma
ton.
The Presidents daily life is one Of
answering regularity. An early riser,
Won Hindenburg may usually be seen
soon after am. stirling through the
garden of the presidential mansion, &C
companied by his shepherd dog, Rolf.
No Incognito Possible.
One of the penalties which the Presi-
dent pays for his huge stature and
characteristic square features is that
he can never extend these strollS be-
yond the presidential garden-not even
to the nearby historic Tiergarten. There
is no incognito possible for him. All
trafic would be stopped by crowds
were he to venture out. window
shopping, which he would so much like
to indulge in, must ever remain a pious
wish
The presidents official day begins at
9 am The chief of the government
press department then gives him a
resume of the happenings in the world
during the last "a hours. The report
must be short, concise, interesting and
arranged according to the Importance
of events. If the reporter can enliven
his talk by interpreting the latest po-
litical jokes and showing him cartoons,
the soldier President is all the happier.
There follows a special report on
military matters by an officer of the
defense ministry, for. veteran field
marshal that he Is, Won Hindenburg
proposes to be commander in chief of
the army and navy in fact as well as
in name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Among the figures that loom in the
present German crisis is that OF the
head of the government. President
Hindenbure. Louis p. Lochner. Berlin
correspondent of the Associated Press.
calls him the nar who never loses his
poise. in the following intimate story
OF his daily life. the first of two on the
German warrior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
BURIED AS "UNKNOWN"
Victim of Hit-and-Run Driver In
TERED in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

The unidentified body Of man.
killed by a hit-and-run driver on the
Baltimore pike July II, was placed in a
grave marked unknown" in Cedar Hill
Cemetery today, the burial being at the
expense of w. w. Chambers. under
taker
The body, several days ago, was mis-
takenly identified by Mrs. Geraldine
Walker. of 100 block Lanier place, as
that of her husband After Mrs.
Walker discovered her mistake. Cham
bers continued to hold the body at his
establishment. 1400 Chaplin street. in
hopes some one would come forward
and claim it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
Picture of "Lost" Tribes.

An American expedition Is now on
its way to the Brazilian Province of
Matte Crosse equipped with the most
modern accessories OF exploration, in
GLIDING sound and motion picture
cameras and glass caissons for subma-
rine pictures. The object of the expe-
dition is to make records of the man
ner Of living of the lost" or uncivilized
tribes Of this land. which has rarely
been visited by white men. The party
will start from M0ntevideo on a 2,500-
mile trip into the interior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

the University Of Innsbruck in the Swiss
Alps.
He teaches geology at Santa Clara
University, Santa Clara, Calf, and has
made three trips to Alaska before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
Keeps Ebert's Right hand Man.

third daily report is that by the
Presidents political adviser and right
hand man, States Secretary Otto
Meissner, who served in like capacity
under the late President Friedrich
Ebert. HE knows the business,
don't" was Won. Hindenburgs comment
when some of his friends tried to sell"
one of their favoriteS to the President
elect in 1925 for this important conf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Eighty-seven per cent of the street
accidents In Greater London last year
we're due to want of forethought or
alertness," says a recent official report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
FOREIGN
Ship Line Offices Damaged.

RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, July 81
R.-Fire Yesterday destroyed the
building containing the Offices of the
Lloyd Brasileiro Steamship Line. caus-
ing damage estimated at more than
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Record rainfall for the first seven
months was:
January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February.
1884, ga inches: March, 1891, 8.84
inches; April, 1889, 913 inches; May,
1889, 1859 inches; June, 1900, 1924
inches; July 1886, 1858 inches.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
Woman Heads Air Field.

Miss Lauretta Schimmoler, aviatrix,
is manager of the Bucyrus, Ohio, city
airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
|PLANS TWO-MONTH
STAY IN CRATER
Rev. Mr.. Hubbard, GeoIogist
to Record Findings on
Volcanic Action.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
| CHICAGO, July 21.-Father Bern
ard H. Hubbard Jesuit geology
teacher will live for two months in the
J crater of an active Alaskan volcano to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Silent pictures by American comedi-
ans and German pseudo-scientific sub
jects are the most popular in Formosa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

Britain's national income this Isar Ii
estimated at $4,000. 200. 000s
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
EVEN IN RHODE ISLAND

According to dispatch from Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, carrying dateline
of April 90, all bills relating to the repeal
or modification of the Rhode Island state
enforcement code which the vets had sue
ceeded in introducing into the legislature,
died in committee. Thus, another state,
and one which is usually considered
stronghold of the vets, at that, has signi-
fied that it intends to continue to coop
crate with the federal government in this
matter of prohibition enforcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
DRYS HAVE HELD THE line
OUTLINE WORK FOR ADVANCE
About Fifty Attended the Meeting Held Springfield June Mmb
of Legislature Make Addresses

The annual meeting of the Illinois An
ti-Saloon League was held at Springfield,
on Tuesday, June 2, 1881. About fifty per-
sons were present, including clergymen,
laymen, members Of women's organiza-
tons and members C the legislature.
1t began with a meeting of the eXecu-
tive committee at g. 80 a. m. At 10 o'clock,
the board of directors went into formal
session. continuing until 1890. At that
hour we recessed for luncheon, and after
dinner speeches were made by Senators
Cuthbertson and Wilson, and Representa-
tives Josephine Perry, Ole Benson Henry
C. Allen Ct. j. Johnson, Schuyler Vaughan,
Joseph Davis and others. These members
of the legislature expressed their loyalty
to the caFIse Of prohibition, q loyalty
which was demonstrated in their vigorous
opposition to the progress of the repeal
bill through the legislature. Following the
addresses by the members Of the legisla-
ture, an able address was delivered by DR..
B. E. Allen, of Rockford.
The convention then resumed its official
session and received the annual report of
the secretary of the executive committee.
An address was then made on Wonens
work and the activities of the Anti-Saloon
League by Mrs. Catherine Waugh Nc
Culloch. In the meantime, the official res
olutionS had been placed before the body
for consideration and called forth consid-
cradle discussion before the noon luncheon
and was resumed afterWard. The full text
of these resolutions is published elsewhere
in this paper
Following the adoption Of the resolu
tons, the superintendent presented his
annual report. A considerable portion of
this report appears in this paper in the
form of news articles. The treasurer's re-
port WAS presented and appears elsewhere
in this number of THE ISSUE.
The superintendent stated that the
amount of money raised during the last
year, $4,000, was about one-half Of the
amount raised four years ago While this
severely curtails the work, yet on the other
hand it was the general feeling that to
raise that amount in this trying year was
a notable achievement.
The reports show also that the purpose
of the League workers to carry on in spite
of financial difficulties was responsible for
a large part of the effective work ac-
complished by the League during the past
year. But this determination to keep the
League work going on at the apex of its
efficiency has necessarily involved us in
considerable and accommodating debt, which
at this time amount to $4,000. Plans were
made by the board of directors to proceed
to the liquidation of this debt at the
earliest possible moment by special solicit
tation.,
A spirit of good cheer and hopefulness
characterized the entire session. It was
felt that great task confronted us, and
that the plan of holding county conven-
tons throughout the state was wise one
and would produce excellent results.
Some changes were made in the staff of
officers Superintendent George B. Stafford