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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
SUPREME CONFIDENCE

He. Would you Ike . BIaAu
piano, Myrtle?
She. On. Id simply love III.
He. Well. 10 certainly will give
tone TO our drawing room.
she: Tell me, dear when will IL
arrive?
he: Well. r can't say for sure,
but I bought N ticket In a raflle
for one today.-AnSwers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
f. RIyOII-SAN RENTTO

Although IS Cylinder Love" is the
title Of the Fox screen comedy COM
ing to the Rivoli Theatre San Be-
nito. opening with a midnite matt
nee Saturday and 2 days run
starting Sunday. 1t might also be
called How To Be Funny"
Nine Of the ten well-known
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
IN THE NEWS

I see that Akron Is building the biggest diririble in
the world Well. Paul whiteman couldn't last
forever Among the unsung heroes are the folks
who sat through all the winters news reel views Of
ski Jumpers They are teaching Mr.. T%elevox, the
mechanical man, to bcardcast sporting events This
should eliminate the muddleman At the close Of
the fur coat season 100000, 900 moths were eating their
way through college.
Ina Dodo says. Il see where a play called Allison's
Souse' has won the Pulitzer prize. and I suppose It's
another story about a drunken husband"
We Guide Al Graham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
NO TROUBLE

Those apples ] hid away in the
loft for the winter have disappear
"a. Tommy. How did you find
tnem?"
Lovely, mummy."-PaSSing show.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
The Once Over
POETRY IN THE JURY BOX
BY II. I. PHILLIPS

POEIkH IN The JURY bUA
A poem by q juror on the boredom felt in the jury
box during q tedious trial caused the lawyers to shor-
ten their arguments and SO pleased . United States
District Court judge that he excused all members Of
the jury from serving for the next four years. This
will probably send juries Throughout the country into
a poetic rash.
Have you reached a verdicta" the court will demand
as the jury raps on the door and files in.
mo" the foreman will reply.
What have you come out Of the jury room for. then7"
want a rhyming dictionary"
go
One can imagine Juror No. 6 rising during the trial
Of a murder case and asking, May i ask a question:
What is it7" the court may inquire. as the court
room is hushed In a moment Of dramatic suspense.
Whats a good word TO rhyme with habeas corpus7"
$50
Still. the world has long awaited a Juror who would
express his reactions in verse and the idea Is worthy
OF Encouragement. Court proceedings could be iazzed
up considerably II every jury consisted Of two good
lyric writer's. four composers. a nanny singer, three
crooners and a couple OF trombone players. And there
ought to be an interlude between arguments so the
lawyers can do some tan dancing.
The trouble with court trials is that they are too
dull. There's practically no fun, once the tabloid papers
get through taking pictures.
SUGGESTION FOR A JURORS POEM
Here we sit for days and days
Sunk within a legal maze,
Listening to lawyers shout
wond'ring what it's all about.
Doing IN q stuffy room
In an atmosphere OF gloom.
Bored by Counsel So-and-So
Barking. Answer yes or nor
Sleeping quite consistently
with the judge as company
Wishing lawyers as a class
Would In time run out Of gas.
Feeling sorry for the gent
Whom the lawyers represent;
Certain he would have a show
II he'd let his counsel go.
Sick OF queries. Where we're you
Tuesday, Nineteen-twenty-two?"
did it rain. and II so why
On the seventh OF July?"
who was present, where and when,
Friday evening. Nineteen-ten?"
what was said that day at noon?7
On that night was there a moon?"
"Have you known the plaintiff long?
IF so. couldn't you be wrong?'
Where were you. sir. IL at all,
On a day we can't recall?'
Hearing statements incorrect,
Steady cries Of Il obiectl"-
Wondring how the legal star
Got admitted to the bar.
Letting thoughts 90 far astray
From the doings OF the day
Hearing little that IS said
Wishing you were home in bed.
After days you've learned to hate
Leaving 10 deliberate:
Voting for acquittal clear
On the facts you didn't hear.
IN THE NEWS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Cameron Courts

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
prepared by Brownsville Title Coz
Deeds Fled Nav 20, 1881
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
PARLEY ENVOY
QUITS IN HUFF

A split between the neutral and
Mexican members of the Mexico
American Claims Commission, on
the one hand, and the American
Commissioner on the other, hav-
ing halted the commiss,cn's work,
DR.. Fernandez MacGregor, the
Mexican Commissioner, was en-
route home today.
The dispute arose when Fred
K. Nielsen, American Commnlis-
sioner. charged MacGregor and
DR.. Alfaro of Panama, with hav-
ing met together in deciding
claims to the exclusion of himself
Neilsen's charges virtua ii y
amounted to collusion between
the Mexican and neutral COM
missioners, against the United
States.
It is understood here, that
Mexico is reluctant to agree to an
extension of the commission. if
Nielsen is to continue as Ameri-
can Commissioner.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
ADVERTIsEME EMIT
Wise Americans
Now Demand
Kruschen Salts
Keep You in Good Health
Skin Clear and Body
Free from Excess Fat

Just think of it: these new, bet
ter and different salts were only
introduced into America. 3 years
ago-yet a host of intelligent
Americans are healthier and hap
pier because of their supreme
goodness.
Kruschen Salts are the daily
health dose of millions of people
the world over.
one half teaspoon of Kruschen in
glass of hot water every morning gently
but surely stimulates the liver, bowels
and kidneys to healthy elimination.
But the six salts in KrusChen do more
than cause regular eiiminR tion-the man
or woman who takes them regularly
need have no fear of poisons polluting
the system which is the cause of many
annoying and depressing ills.
One bottle of Kruschen Salts (lasts 4
weeks) costs but s5c and one bottle will
prove of vast benefit TO people who have
constipation, headaches. Indigestion,
nervousness rhenma tsm. depression.
acidity and suto-intoXication.
bring about body activity-inCrease in
energy. vigor and ambition. sparkling
eyes and freedom from pimples and
blemish hes-million know all this-you
ought to know it..
Sold by Peoples Drug Stores and
! druggists America over. -
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
SLAYER AWAITS
SANITY PROBE

RICHMOND. July % G.N.SJ.
Following testimony today by his
father that he was weak mental
ly, sentence of Donall w. Sagle,
26, formerly of Washington. who
pleaded guilty to killing his wife
May 3, was postponed pending a
mental examination.
Sagle pleaded guilty Monday.
He said he had shot his wife OF
barely two months, Mrs, Agnes
Jenkins Sagle, 18, because she
had left him and refused to live
with him. He shot himself after
he had fired the fatal bullets
into his wife's body, but he has
since recovered.
His father, John w. Sagle, a
carpenter, of 813 Fifth st. N. w.,
Washington, testified today that
his son was mentally unbalanced.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Ri TIL
STILL LOST

Hope is abandoned for the
safety of Adolph Ruth, Washing
ton prospector who is lost in
the Superstition Mountains of
Arizona.
Search for the prospector was
abandoned yesterday because of
the intense heat. after Deputy
Sheriff Jeff Adams and W. A.
Barkley, a cattleman, were found
exhausted.
Mr.. Ruth has been. lost since
June 13, when he entered the
mountain range to search for the
Lost Dutchman" gold mine.
Since that time nothing has been
heard from him.
Search will be resumed in the
fall, it was announced by the
prospector's son. DR.. Edwin C.
Ruth, also of Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
RAIL EMPLOYEES
ASK CURB
ON BUSES
Mass Meeting at Alexandria
Demands U. S. and States
Regulate Trucks by Law

State and national legislation
to place all buses and trucks
under the same regulations as
the railroads was urged last
night at mass meeting in the
Virginia Public Service Company
Auditorium, Alexandria, Va. The
meeting was called by employees
of the railroads and the Fruit
Growers Express Company.
Dan S. Hollenga, manager of
the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce, said the chamber favored
benefits to labor, opposed low
wages, and already had urged
regulation of busses and trucks.
F.. L. Link, of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail"
road Company, speaking of the in
roads made into railway revenues
by bus and truck traffic, said re-
ceipts of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac declined
last year more than so per cent.
Other speakers included Mayor
Ticer. of Alexandria! E. C. Davi-
son. of the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, and A. w.
Strohkorb, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engi-
neerS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
EARNED INCOME
Of ROCKVILLE
HOME DROPS
Drought Reduced Profits OF
County Farm Last Year So
Additional Help Is Required

The report of Lacy Shaw, presi-
dent of the board of commission
ers of Montgomery county, in
charge of administration of the
county home on the Potomac Road
near Rockville, shows that the
drought of last year caused drop
in the institutions earnings.
Besides the deficiency apprOpri-
alton made each year by the
county, the home depends upon
cash receipts from sales Of farm
products raised upon land em.
braced in the property of the in.
stitutiOn.
In the report made today the
receipts were put at $1,806.15 for
the year 1930-31. The year 1929.
80 showed receipts of $3,148.O9,
and 1928-29 showed cash taken in
of $3,839.79. The county will have
to contribute $7,396. making the
total income of the home $9,202. Is
during the year ended June 80.
The statement shows that ex-
penditures have been $9.143.79,
leaving balance of 1886 on
hand.
The home sold $638.43 worth of
wheat during the year, and $47070
worth of cabbages. Hogs and cattle
brought $461.50.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
COUNTY SEEKS
NIGHT PROWLER

The midnight prowler who ter
rorized Lyon Park, Va, two
months ago and who has moved
up into Bancroft, Va, is still at
large. Arlington county police
men are keeping a vigilant watch
in the neighborhood each night
in the hope of capturing him.
During the past week he has
visited several homes in that COM
munity, among them the home
of Mrs. Edith M. Parezo, who
gave an accurate description OF
him as he peered in through her
window.
In story yesterday, The
Times said that the home of Mrs.
Armin NJ. Rode, of Bancroft. had
been entered and that Mrs. Rode
had given a description of the
prowler. Mrs. Rode's home was
not entered and Mrs. Parezo was
the party who gave the desCrip-
ton.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
accommodating,
This Mr.. Bracket

William Brackett, Jr., 1414
Twenty-first st. N. w. would not
be the right person to ask for a
cigarette today. In fact, to do
so might prove to be an event
leading up to a tragedy.
The reason is that while at
Connecticut Avenue and H Streets
Northwest, at 2 o'clock this morn.
ing, Mr.. Bracket was asked by
six young men if he could spare
them a few fagS.
Mr.. Bracket replied that he
could, took out his $3.50 solid
gold case. One of the six now
is displaying the case to his
friends, probably saying it was
won in race.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Charles Norris Made
Edn1OnstOn Marshal

Charles Norris was appointed
town marshal of Edmonston last
night, while Frank Roth was
chosen building inspector. Mr..
Norris replaces w. C. Webber. who
has been appointed to the town
council, while Mr.. Norris sup
plants Eldridge Lusby, who was
elected mayor.
Town officials reappointed by
the new council are: Carl Eaton,
clerk; Waldo Burnside, counsel,
and Hubert Beall, electrical in
spector.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
GIRLS CHARGES
HOLD DRIVER

The Grand Jury today indicted
Harry C. Robertson, driver of a
sightseeing car, on charges of
criminally assaulting an 18-year-
old girl on July II, after he had
lured her into his car on a
promise to aid her in finding
work.
The young woman came here
from a Pennsylvania town to
seek employment and her only
relative near Washington is a
brother who is a soldier at a
local Army post.
Robertson was arrested by
police on the girls description
and identified by her.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
CREW BLAMED
FOR WRECK
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wyn, declared, however, that he
not only heard the bells, but saw
the engine rocking sideways on
the track, indicating that the
brakes were then being applied
Mr.. Mothershead, one of the
heroes of the incident, aided Miss
Thomas from the stalled automo
bile before the crash.
The Jury's Verdict
The jury's findings follow:
albert Ward and L. r.. Wal.
tiers met death as a result of
leaping from the cab of engine
523, Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, after they had failed
to use proper precautiOn in ap-
preaching the intersection at
the Berwyn Station. They had
clear vision Of the crossing for
One.haH mile.
"The men leaped to their
death after the gasoline tank
of the automobile exploded,
drenching them with flaming
gasoline.
"The watchman at the inter
section has not sufficient view
to give the public proper pro-
lection.
Lawrence inexperienced
"H. L. Lawrence, gateman. in
26 years experience has had
only one months service on the
gate crossings.
miss Ethel Thomas, driver
of the stalled automobile, is
exOnerated of all blame in con-
nectiOn with the death Of the
two engineers"
The crossing gates are operated
from within the station, about rs
feet from the intersection of the
highway and the tracks.
Lawrence TeStifies
According to the testimony oi
II. F. Lawrence, the gatekeeper
he had orders never to open the
gates once they had been closed
It was claimed by Miss Thomas
that had the gate behind her cal
been opened, the machine could
have been moved and the wreck
prevented.
Two men testified that they had
been trapped on the tracks dur
ing the past month. Henry
Meyer said that on July Is ht
had started across the tracks
after train had passed and the
gates raised. when the barrier ir
front of him dropped trapping
him on the tracks. Kenneth
Heinbuch claimed that the samt
thing had happened to him. ant
that at this time the bells die
not ring.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
ROBBERY,CRAPS
IN MD, JAIL

The story of an alleged robbery
and a craps game in the Bladens-
burg Jail came to light in police
court at Hyattsville yesterday
when two men we're accused of
stealing $25 from Clyde Bonifant,
of Bladensburg, who. on a charge
of drunkenness, lay asleep in the
Jail and missed the money in
the morning.
James Carpenter, colored, who
has begun a six months term in
the House Of Correction, was
first accused of the theft. Car
penter, however, said he won the
money from Wallace Sloper, who
was awaiting removal to the
Marlboro jail to serve so days
for traffic violations.
T.. Just a Favor
SIOper, later held for action of
of the grand jury, admitted
taking the money, but said it
was done to protect BOnifant.
BOnifant does not want to prose
cute him.
According to Sloper he heard
other inmates of the jail plan to
steal Bonifant's money, so he
took the money and planned to
return it.
Larceny Case Dismissed
In the morning, however, he
was told to be ready to move to
the Marlboro lookup. He then
gave the money to Carpenter, he
declared. and told him to return
it to Bonifant.
The larceny case against Car
penter was dismissed.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
NOVICE DRIVER
KILLS WOMAN

An inquest into the death of
Mrs. Margaret Robinson. rs. who
was killed by an automobile at
Georgia Avenue and Shepherd
Street Northwest, last night, was
to be held at 1870 a. m. today.
Mrs. Robinson was almost in
stantly killed as she stepped in
front of a car being driven by
James w. Gessford, II, student
of Gonzaga College. He was re-
leased to appear at the INQUEST.
Mrs. Robinson, a widow, lived
with her son, Walter Robinson,
at 80 Taylor st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
H0RSE-DRAWN
VEHICLES ARE
BARRED
Arlington County Ruling Comes
After Army Refuses to Keep
Up Road as Agreed in 1909

Uncle Sans cavalry is all
bottled up in Fort Myer, Va.
with no way of getting in or out
OF the post-that Isl if an order
prohibiting horse drawn vehicles
from using the Military Road
across from Key Bridge can be
sustained. The order was issued
yesterday afternoon by B. M.
Hedrick, supervisor of Arlington
county.
Under an agreement made in
1909 between Federal authorities
and Arlington county officials,
the Federal Government agreed
to maintain the Military Road,
leading out of Fort Myer and
across the Key Bridge into Wash
ington.
The agreement was broken in
. letter of July Is from Major
r. L. Foster, quartermaster at
Fort Myer, to the county super
visors in which he informed them
that no more Federal funds would
be expended on roads outside Of
the military post The road then
reverted to the county.
After going over the road fund
Of Arlington district, Mr.. Hedrick
announced today that there was
not enough money in the fund
to maintain the road if horse
drawn traffic and solid tire
vehicles are permitted to use
1t. He then issued the order
prohibiting such traffic from
using the road.
The cavalry troops from Fort
Myer, and the horse-drawn vehicles
and solid-tire caissons thus will
be prevented from entering the
city of Washington or returning
unless airplanes are employed,
for all of that portion of the
Military Road leading to the
Highway Bridge, as well as that
leading to the Key Bridge, comes
under the ban.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Hyattsville Officer
To Be GiUen Medal

Second Lieut.. Sampel L. CroSth-
wait, Company F, of Hyattsville,
of the First Infantry of the Mary
land National Guard. will receive
a medal for attending 10 annual
encampments when the company
pitches it's tents at Camp Ritchie,
Saturday morning.
Other members of the company
who have received this award are
Capt. John Brooks, First Lieut..
Hugh T. McClay, Sergt. Leslie
Reeley, Private L. T. Knight, and
Private j. r. Brown.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Whose Is the Lost Ball?
Problem In This Suit

Of Gaithersburg, who it. says,
has "a baseballs belonging to it.
Mr.. Miller, on advice of coun-
sci, refused to return the balls
until he has been paid for dam,
age done to his garden.
It is said that Mr.. Miller, who
lives near the baseball diamond
and, in a good season, sees more
balls than he would like to-
used to allow the boys to re-
trieVe them.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

A problem which has always
bothered the small boy, namely
whether after damaging a mans
property with baseball he should
go to the man and demand the
ball be returned, may soon have
a legal precedent established in
Montgomery county.
The Gaithersburg Athletic AS
sociation has had a writ of
replevin served by Deputy Sheriff
Charles Orlne on Jacob Miller,
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Narcotic Thieves
At LGrqe in RiChn1On

A letter from Richmond police,
received at headquarters here
indicates that the bandits who
Saturday night bound DR.. Lony
T. Queen and looted his drug
store at 3704 Fourteenth St. N.
W.. of a quantity of narcotics,
are operating in the Virginia
capital.
Three drug stores have been
robbed of narcotics there within
the last two weeks. A box con.
tanning narcotics bearing labels
of : DR.. Queens store, was found
under q bridge.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Live Grabs Broiled
By Thousands In
Rail Pier Fire

CRISFIELD, Md, July %
G.N.SD Thousands of live
crabs. awaiting shipment to
Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, were destroyed to-
day in flames which swept the
Pennsylvania railroad terminal
and pier.
r. Richardson, agent. esti-
mated the damage at 100000.
The origin of the blaze was
not determined.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
ASSOCIATED APPAREL

Consolidated income account
of Associated Apparel Industries,
Inc. for six months ended May
81. 1881, follows: Gross profit $2,-
350,286; expenses. ETC., $2,560, ,978;
operating loss, $210,692: other in.
come. $194, ,406; loss. $16,236; in.
terest, $66.149; depreciation, $49,.
s13; net loss, s132,24s.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
BEAVER REPAIRS DAM

BLOOMSBURY, July 23.-A
beaver has repaired leak in a
mill dam in Roaring Creek, owned
by William Grant Beaver. The
beaver also sealed the gate at the
head of the race, causing the
mill pond to overflow, and is now
cutting trees in an effort to i'll
crease the depth of the water.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
GORDON HONORED

Albert H. Gordon, member OF
the firm of Kidder, Peabody and
Company, has been elected a di
rector of Selected Industries In
corporated, in place of James M
Nicely, vice president of the Guar
anty Trust Company Of New
York.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Navy Asks For More
Funds For Aviation

Rear Admiral william A. Moi
fett, chief Of the Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics, today appealed for
more funds from Congress for de-
velopment of naval aviation.
He declared that the $4,000
now available for development of
high-Speed airplane motors is In
adequate.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
sALEs-SERVICE STATION

The four-stcry fireproof brick
building at 1914 New Hampshire
Ave. N. W., formerly occupied as
a branch of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co., has been leased
to Semmes Motor Co., Inc,
Graham Paige distributors, it was
announced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
MARY GARDEN

SUIT BROUGHT by Mary
Garden, opera singer, against
the use of her name on cos
metics, was answered today in
the Supreme Court of New
York by Parfumerie Rigaud,
Inc. The answer holds that
the singer gave the right to
use her name in 1910.
La gaceta., 1931-10-29

chauffeur que regresara a un
lugar cerca de su propio do
1icilio. La Sra. Judd habia :on
fesado que la noche del crimen
la pas6 en- casa de las dos mu-
ieres a quien mas tarde asesi-
no.
Varios vecinos de las victi,
mas aseguraron d8le cast a la
media noche del fbado, Octu-
bre 16, un sedan 'blanco y ~
gro Sc detuvo frente a Ia -
dencia de las muchachas.
Las autoridades estan bus =
cando este autom6vil para a
veriguar 81 ell mismo condujo
q la Sra. Judd, o a alguno de
gus amigos, o tai vez al com
plice del asesinato .
Mientras tanto la futura de-
fensa de la bella asesina ha
lido depositada sobre los HON
Dros de Paul Schenck, abogado
yaterano de Los Angeles.
FL esposo de Mrs. Judd estu-
70 conversando anoche con ell
abogado Schenk, y Sc dispone
a confiarle ell case, rechazan-
do la defensa de los otros abo-
gados que hasta ahora han We
nido actuando.
La gaceta., 1931-10-29
NOMBRADOS LOS DIRECTO-
RES DEL DISTRITO DE PA
ORES Y MAESTROS

Los padres Y maestros del no.
veno distrito de la Florida Sc reu
nieron aver en- la Primera lyle
STA Bautista, reeligiendo direc-
tora a la Sra. F. H. Winch. de
st. Petersburg.
Mas de 200 Delegates asistie-
ron a la convention representa-
do a los condados de Sarasota.
Hillsborough, Pinellas V Mana
tee. Enviaron representation.
como v~isitantes, los condados de
Dade, fernando, Pasc9 Y DuvaI.
La Sra. c. F. Parvin fue cleo
ia primera asistenta directcra Y
u Sra. Clair Hover, de Saraso-
ia, segunda a~sistenta.
La gaceta., 1931-10-29
A LA SRA.
JUD Ell SCHENK
DE LOS ANGELES

Phoenix, Arizona, Octubre
29.-Las autoridades de esta
,iudad continuan acumulandO
1ruebas con las que tratan de
anular ell relate hecho pOr Ia
Sra. Winnie Ruth Judd, y de-
mostrar que esta tuvo un COM
plice en- ell asesinato de la Srta
Hedwig Samuelson y de la Sra.
Agnes lie Roi, ocurrido lace
dos semanas.
La Sra. Judd dijo que habia
disparado contra las dos mu-
jeres en- la manana del II de
Octubre despues de I'm fuerte
altercado sobre asuntos socia-
les, Y que despu6s habia colo-
cado los cadaveres en- ps bau-
les enviados a Los Angeles.
Ell chauffeur de un autOm6-
vii de alquiler, de Phoenix, Ben
jamin w. Jurgemeyer, dec!a-
r6 aver que la Sra. Judd lie al
quil6 ell autom6vil la noche del
16 de Octubre, bajandose del
mismo a las 1915, cerca del
apartamento de las victimas y
que volvi6 a ocuparlo una TO-
ra despues, ordenandoi2 al