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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

itself was fairly easy, for on only one
hole were the back tees used. So short
we're the tees that on the tenth hole
]. D. Herman of the Washington Club
drove into the bunker which Is sup
posed to catch the second shot.
Two match play rounds today will
bring the tourney to the Semi-final
stage tomorrow morning. The final
round is scheduled for tomorrow after
noon, and prizes will be presented about
o'clock tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

cock the wrists at the top of the
swing, thereby furnishing power in
the stroke.
The thing I point out to pupils
is that the knuckles of both hands,
in the proper grip, are along the
same line. This, as I say, means
that the hands are going to work
in harmony.
OF course, 1t Is essential to use
the same grip for all shots
I use the overlapping grip my
self. with the small finger of the
right hand overlapping the index
finger Of the left hand. For another
player the interlocking grip-with
these two fingers hooked together
may be Just as effective. AS I say,
I do not consider this feature vital.
d. 1t is just as important to avoid
tenseness In the grip as it is In the
arms and body generally. It should
be firm without being tight Don't
grip the club as a drowning man
might crap a stick held out TO save
his life.
Another important thing is to
have both hands go through with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
Manero, Turnesa Afioat, Hunter
Due to Leave Today.

NEW YORK, April 80 (P).-America's
annual golf invasion Of Europe, which
has the British open championship as
its principal object. Is well under way.
Following the trail Of Macdonald Smith,
who went home" some time ago, two
more American professionals left yes
terday to compete in the big British
tournaments. Another, Willie Hunter,
Is due to leave today.
The two who sailed yesterday were
Tony Manero, who signed up as playing
Long Branch, N. j., and Joe Turnesa,
former Elnsford, N. Y, pro, who nm
tshed a stroke behind Bobby Jones In
the 1926 national open. They intend TO
play in tournaments at Southport and
Leeds, England, before heading north
for the British open at Carnoustie,
Scotland. starting June /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

out any check on the follow through.
Sometimes I notice players have
tendency to let one hand, especially
the right hand, relax or even let 20
before the completion Of the stroke.
This Is a bad habit.
I'd. - 49,
Tomorrow-Use That Spoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
BUGGY RIDE COVERS.
u. s, ENDS ON FARM.
Massachusetts Man Tells of
: 'TWO-Year, Journey and
4 Experiences.

@y%he Associated Press.
WEST sToCKBRIDGE, Mass, May
@.-Russell G. Beckwith, 50 years old,
hust returned from buggy ride to Cali
kornla, Oregon and Washington, was
hack at work today-and wondering
Awfy folks were. making such fuss over
his trip.
on q farm. here in this Berkshire
Viii town. Beckwith, powerful New
England farm worker, stood before a
circular saw which he fed steadily.
There wasn't much time to talk.
Yes, he drove all the way out to the
Coast and back. Started out with ms
horse and buggy and $35 May %. 1929,
and with his shepherd dog, Fringe: He
had q tent, and the dog guarded ms
tent every night. Along the way ne
worked for farmers.
How'd he GO? Out through New York
State. Pennsylvania, Ohio, INDIANA
Sold the horse in Indiana and Dougnt a
team of mules and buck board. Tougn
animals, those mules, could cover AZ
miles q day, If need be.
Many States Covered.
Covered a lot Of ground. Iowa, Ne
braska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada. Grand
father william C. Beckwith went on!
across that country in 1848 in the gold
rush to California. He Travelled by OK
team. $50.
chick nor child to worry about, Salo ne
took his time, but finally hit California
and went almost into San Francesca
No, he didn't go right into that CITY
nor some of the other cities. Too many
people told him they didn't allow horses
and such on the main streets.
Struck up through Oregon and INTO
washington. Fine country. Thrills?
No. No excitement, although when ne
camped out in the State of Washing-
ton-well, there was a sort OF thrill
there, for you could hear some kind OF
animals shrieking in the night-coyoteS,
maybe.
Horse Bought Back.
And so he came back, passing through,
among other places, the DaKotas,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois ana IN
diana. Stopped out there and bought
the horse back again and came home.
Home is lust West Stockbridge and the
hill country around it, where there have
been Beckwiths for generations and
generations.
He couldn't see why there should be
any especial public interest in his pr1-
yate trip. He saw nothing unusual in
the idea of a man hitching up his horse,
If he wanted to, and just driving where
fancy took him. working along the way
Next Fall he may go to Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
STATES DISCUSS CHILD

President Told of Conferences Fol-
lowing That Held Here.
The White House Conference on Child
Health and Protection, held several
months ago, has been followed by SINH
lar parleys in Indiana, Georgia, New
Jersey, Utah, New Hampshire and
Florida, President Hoover was informed
In a letter received yesterday from DR..
H. z. Barnard, director of the White
House Conference.
All of the parleys, Or. Barnard
wrote, have been held under the lead
ersnip of the Governors of the various
States. assisted by their commissioners
of health, education and welfare.
Similar conferences will be held next
Fail in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming. Mon
tana and Oregon DR.. Barnard's let
ter stated, and many cities and coun-
ties also are planning such parleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
Travel Picture to Be Shown.

ANDREW CHAPEL, Va, May 8
Especially The Andrew Chapel School
League is sponsoring an educational
moving picture, Around the World in
90 Minutes" to be given in the school
house tonight by Charles Cottingham
Of washington. The profits will be
used for the schools library fund.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Fall Files Appeal To
Higher Court to Dodge
Jail Sentence and Fine

Upon his conviction In 1929 IN the
District Of Columbia supreme court
Of accepting a bride in the leasing
Of naval petroleum reserves 70 the
Pan-American Petroleum Company,
represented by Doheny. Fall was
sentenced 10 a years imprisonment
and to pay a $4,000 fine. The APP
pealS court affirmed the conviction
last April s.
Fall said then from his home al
Three Rivers, N. M. that because
Of age, illness and lack Of funds, he
would accept sentence. His family
and friends, including Doheny i'm
plored him TO carry the case to the
supreme court. After considering.
Fall instructed his attorney. Frank
j.. Hogan OF Washington. to proceed
While the case Is before the high
court. the former secretary will re-
tain his freedom.
The petition attacked the vail
dity of the indictment under which
Fall was convicted on the ground
that unauthorized persons we're IN
the grand jury room when II was
drafted. IL assailed the activities
OF government counsel. Admissible
ity Of certain evidence Ia connec-
ton with Falls relations with Harry
+. Sinclair. oil man. and the trial
Continued on page Sd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
WHOLESALE
LIQUOR RING
IS BROKEN Up
Twenty Men Arrested
And Records Are
Seized

KANSAS CITY. May 27-OPl-
Federal agents asserted today they
had broken up a wholesale liquor
ring operating in seven middle
western states with the arrest Of
twenty men and seizure OF records
here last night.
Officers said tho roundup clim-
axed eighteen months Of inveSti-
CATION under the direction Of II.
l. Duncan, special ageEt, which
indicated the Capone ring of Chi
cago was a source Of raw alcohol.
Nine Of the men, alleged Leaders
OF the ring whose business. agents
said. had totalled 100000 in the
last five months. were arrested at
a downtown hotel. The others. in
GLIDING June Kathrens. operator OF
a trucking fleet as the head OF a
storage and transfer company. were
taken in custody later.
Liquor and alcohol. agents re-
ported. was imported from the
gulf and eastern points by the
carload and ~proceSsed for distribu-
ton in Kansas. Missouri. Okla
homa. Arkansas. Colorado, Ne
braska and Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
SCHOOL ROW
UP THURSDAY
County Board to Continue
Hearing In Olmito
Difficulties

After a E.eetlng Tuesday for the
purpose OF setting the OlmIto
school district difficulties, the coun-
ty school board viii meet again al
4 D. NJ. Thursday to ,ontir c con-
sideratlon Of the same problem.
The board instructed p. G. Green
wood. Harrington barrister who Is a
member OF the body, 10 clear up
law points involved and report
back Thursday.
The difficulties center on a three
year contract given o. N. Rasco,
Olmito superintendent. BY the re-
firing school board. The new board
recently elected, opposed Rasco
and declared his contract null. al
leglng he was guilty Of inSubordi-
nation. The school board contends
he refused 10 turn over minutes
and records or the 7 evious board
G. X. Richards, attorney for
Rasco, appeared at the Tuesday
meeting as did James Abney. rep
resentative or the school board.
They argued their cases before tn.
board. All other testimony was in
troduced i'm affidavits.
This Is the frs time the Cam
eron county board has used the
broad powers invested T. boards By
the legislature.
There Is 2 possibility tina. the
old Wilson tract bond matter ma
he considered b. the beard Thurs
dav.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
MOTION FOR
new TRIAL UP
Brownsville ChiroPra c I O r
Seeks Rehearing
Of Case

A ruling on the motion for a
new trial filed by w. 5. Hammel.
Brownsville ch%lropractor convicted
of practicIng medicine without a
license. will be made by Judge Z.
II Yates in the county court az
law late this week.
Hammel. now out on bond. was
sentenced x 50 days ID jail and
fined $3.50 when convicted by a
jury in the court at Law some time
ago.
AS grounds for A new trial Ham
mel alleges the verdict was cI.l-
trary TO evidence and law: that
the court erred III everything mo-
ton 70 quash complaint: that the
court erred in not instructing the
jury TO find for the defendant: and
that several important defense
witnesses were not allowed TO test
ify.
In the trial here the defense
readily admitted Hammcl had no
state license to practice medicine
but attempted u prove he was not
practicing medicine. He is repre-
sented bv ~. G. c>fer and James
p. Cogdell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Mexican Army Officials
Asked to Assist Fight
To Maintain Fort Brown

Brown. We are communicating with
our senators and congressman and
await specific instructions from
you"
Aid of the San Antonio o~rganiza-
ton in arranging an interview with
Secretary Of War Patrick j. Hurley
on his visit to Texas soon will
probably be asked.
News fwas received here this
morning that FL Paso interests are
asking the aid Of Mexican Army
officials TO keep the posts along the
border.
Both the Mexican and American
troops on the border r necessary
TO prevent border banditry. accord
ing TO the Ell Paso people.
II was considered likely today
that the chamber Of commerce here
will communicate with Mexican
Army officials in northern Mexico
near here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
OF BOND
issue CITED
Davenport Tells Rotary
Club Housing Prob
lem of Schools

BrownSville's school attendance
has shown an increase in pupils
o. 1921 in the past three years
and will show another increase OF
nearly 600 in the 1912 school,
year. Harbert Davenport. member
of the school board. told the
Brownsville Rotary Club this noon
In addition. rooming facilities
were 50 crowded this past year that
ITO primary pupils we're put on q
half time basis, MI. Davenport
stated.
The speaker appeared before the
club TO explain the need Of the
10000 bond issue recently pro-
posed by the board, and cited fig
ures OF valuation and expense 10
convince his audience that the
voting OF the bond issue would
entail no increase IN the valua-
tons OF the school district. The
tax rate, sl.00. is at the constitu-
tional limit and cannot be raised
he explained.
Proceeds OF the issue would be
used by the board TO build two
additional grammar school build
ngs. he stated. probably Of eight
rooms each. and 10 make needed
repairs on existing buildings.
IL Is the opinion OF the board
he said. that the sum mentioned
would provide adequate facilities
for the time beng.
Mr.. DavenpOrts remarks we're
heartily seconded BY r. b. Creager
who introduced the speaker Or tht
day. MI. Creager brought out thai
the board had never asked fol
bond issues except when the neet
vas imperative. and mentioned tine
rapidly growing scholastic popula.
ton.
In the discussion which FOLLOWED
n. q. M. Morris CT the Fronticl
Lumber Co. brought out that build.
ing costs were lower now than foI
tn past Is years and that more
rooms could be bought now with
$4,000 than ever before.
Jack McDermOtt, sr0ulmaSter o.
the Rotary Boy Scout troop. gavl
the club n brief report on TIM
achievements of the troop and tn
progress made In rs first ) month.
OF operation
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
One WOUNDED |
IN ATTEMPTED
BANK LOOTINC
Unmasked Quartet Is
Baked BY Plucky
Cashier
Ordered To Open Safe, Man
Presses Button With
Foot For Help

BEAUMONT. Tex. May ~. eF-
One mar was shot and wounded and
two others we're captured al 10 a.
m. today during an attempt robbery
OF the Pitkin. La. Band. branch or
the First State Bank OF Leesville.
La. A bag with $500 in currency
taken from the bank was recovered.
-Four unmasked men armed with
revolvers entered the bank and or
dered G. W.. Carson. cashier. and j.
y Beeson. a director. 10 open the
SAFE. As he threw I'D his hands. the
cashier pressed an %improvised bur-
elar alarm with his foot. arousing
TIE attention OF men In a nearby
garage and in a store across the
street.
When the robbers emerged from
the bank. they were met BY = bar
rage Of shotgun fire. Two Of the men
were captured and were turned over
10 the custody OF Sheriff Turner OF
Leesvllle. A third man was reported
wounded.
w. X. Ferguson. vice-president OF
the bank. said four men participa-
ted i'm the robbery. but the sheriff
at Lecsvllle said he could trace only
three and that all were IN custody.
Names OF the men involved could
not be learned Immediately.
The wounded man was In a hosri-
tai az LeosWlle, his condition was
Sheriff Downs of Alexandra, La.
not believed serious.
telegrlphed officials that he believ-
ed the men were the same ones who
robbed the bank az Re Compile, La.
yesterday and escaped with several
hundred dollars. lie was en route to
Leesville to attempt to identify them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Delegates Welcomed
In NJ. Y. By Lamont

NEW YORK. May q. tPl-Thcm-
as w. Lamont. OF J. p. Morgan &
Company. welcomed delegates Of he
National Foreign Trade Conve lsion
To-Day. urged that we should at
tempt to discourage Artificial bar
riers to foreign trade
Mr.. Lamont did not mention the
tariff by name, but his statement
brought applause from the conven-
ton. and several delegates assumed
the tariff was one artificial bar
rier." he had in mind.
IF we want foreign trade" the
banker said. we must make II as
easy as possible. Some people t.lirk
the other fellow should always brg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
CHARGE EIGHT
With ILLEGAL
ENTRY STORE
Employee Garcia Bros,
Swears Out War
rant Tuesday

Eight Mstamoros customs men.
all members Of the Mexican Border
Patrol. yer taken 10 the Mata-
moros jail Tuesday afternoon. aft
or orders for their arrest had been
issued by Judge Jesus Rojas on
charges Of Illegally entering a
Matamoros business house and
searching II.
Several weeks ago, the business
place OF Macedonia j. Garcia HnoS.
Sues. OF Matamoros was entered
and searched BY the Matamoros
customs men allegedly without per-
mission from any Of the employees
or the representatives OF the firm.
The customs men presented a
search warrant from the judge OF
the second district at Nuevo La
redo, but investigation, II Is alleged,
brought TO light that the search
warrant was for another place and
not the Garcia establishment. Ac-
cordingly. Miguel Gonzalez. Jr..
employee Of the firm, filed charges
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Air Mail Hours Are
Announced Today

As a reminder TO upper Valley re-
sidents, the postal authorities here
have announced the hours all air
mail letters must be mailed in oder
70 leave here the same DAY.
All mail, or all airmail. must be
posted IN Edinburg before s:35 ?. m.
Mission. 9:05 a. m: McAllen. 800;
Pfarr. $50; San Juan, 9:35; Alamo.
$50: Donna, 1000. Weslacs l0.lG.
Mercedes. 1920: La Feria. tG.35;
Harlineen. 1880; and San Benito,
ll:l0 a. m.
Air mail posted before these hours
will arrive in Dallas. Fort Worth.
Oklahoma City. Ponca City. and
other points. the same day. and in
practically any city in the United
States the following day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
DEAD VETS TO
Be HONORED
Graves To Be Decorated
Here Memorial
Day

Graves Of all American var vet
Grams will b. decorated here Sat-
urday morning IN keeping with
Memorial services conducted
throughout the United States.
The John Hanson post OF the
American Legion Will take the lead
in these services. aided by Spanish
American veterans, veterans OF
Foreign Wars. Fort Brown and 9TH
er interested organizations.
Those 70 take part IL the SER
vices will meet at the Legion home
at $50 a. m. and 90 10 the grave
yards In cars.
Fort Browns band and a firing
squad will take part in appropriate
rites over the graves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Crude Oil Prices
Lower Per Barrel

DALLAS. MAY q ~ East
Texas crude oil prices we're 30 cents
per barrel lower today and Cover
nor Ross S. Sterling was consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY Of calling a spe-
cial session az the legislature 10 en-
act a proration and relieve
the situation.
Until yesterday the ton price for
oil from the new fiefi vas 81
cents per barrel. Today the major
companies had n new schedule in
effect, offering 81 cents for oil Of
40 fNavity and above. Twenty-Five
cents was offered for oil below IS
gravity. the lowest figure quoted.
Until yesterday quotations had been
made on oil as low as % gravity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Car Theft Ring
Believed Broken

BIG SPRING. Tex. May FTP
Sheriff jess Slaughter said today
an extensive car theft ring" was
believed broken up by the recovery
a. Wink OF several automobiles.
stolen from Big Spring. Midland.
Vernon. Pampa and Fort Worth.
and the arrest OF two men. w. e.
Gore was charged here with auto
mobile theft and another man was
held at Wink. Sheriff Slaughter
was assisted In the investigation
by Ranger Captain Wright. Rangers
Young and Lewis and z. A. Grom-
lev. OF the National Automobile
Theft Bureau.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
River Drops Slowly
After Recent Rise

With the crest of the river rise
past, the Rio GranGe is falling slow
ly, dripping four feet in Browns
vile during the past "a hours.
The drop at San Benito was 3 ;
feet, and az Mission the drop was il
feet.
w. j. Schnurbusch predicted that
IN tho absence Of rains over the
watershed the river would continue
TO fall slowly during the next p
to 80 hours.
Weather forecast for Wednesday
night and Thursday Is mostly
cloudy tonight and Thursday, with
moderate temperature
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
New Type Of Plane
Will Be Shown Here

A new type OF plane. a 81 !
Curtiss- Wright shown for the first
time at the Detroit air shows re-
Gently, will be seen in Brownsville
in a short time.
Les Mauldin. agent in this Sec
ton for the CurtiSS- Wright prod
ucts. left ~yesterfly for St. Louis
TO get the first OF the plar-s 10 be
brought here.
II Is a small two place plane,
built along lines. costing about
the same as a medium priced auto
bile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Document Leads To
Search For Mirror

MEXICO CITY, May 81. lP-Dis-
covery in the public library Of an
old document detailing the appear
ance Of the Aztec Emperor Monte
zuma's predicting mirror has led
to a ransacking Of the National MI
scum In the hope that II can be
found among the thousands Of sil-
Gent relics stored there.
The mirror was said TO be made OF
black onyx and was consulted by
Indian chieftains s4,d Aztec priests
to learn OF the future when import
ant events impended. M~ontezur1a
vas said to have consulted 1t 4 few
days before he fell into the hands
Of the Spanish Conquistador Herman
Cortes and "a given a presenti-
ment OF approaching doom.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Poison Found In
Dead Woman's Body

NEW BRUNSWICK. n. j., NAY
y. tP-The death Of Miss Mary
Powell. 30. fifteen minutes after
drinking a glass Of ginger ale, was
J eng investigated today by -oi'ce
and Middelsex county detectives.
An autopsy BY county physician
John +. hfcGovern showed the pre-
sence Of poison in the womaE's
body. An analysis OF the contents
Of the bottle revealed the same poi
o
Miss Powell. who lived al the home
Of Miss Marjorie Wilson. in Lincoln
Gardens. drank the ginger ale Mon
DAY night. When she remarked j.
had an unusual taste. Miss Wils.n
tasted it, but did not swallow any.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27
Police Net Closes
Around AL Capone

MEXICO CITY. May "a. GA
police net today closed on Guiliermo
Garcia. alias al Capone." 12-year
old alleged head Of a band Of 1--WE
rilc bandits.
With him. the police captured siX
members OF his band. ranging In
age from II TO IS. all OF whom ccl-
feSsed and said there we're ..o0ut
so members IN all,
They listed a series OF robbie les
and holdups among their advsl-
lures and said all members of the
hand pledged unconditional alleFi-
ance to Garcia. whom they called
'Caponcito" or little Capone."
He alone refused 70 confess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-27

WASHINGTON. May 27.-PJ-
Albert B. Fall today asked the su-
preme court TO reverse the District
Of Columbia appeals court decision
which affirmed his conviction Of
accepting a 100000 bride from Ed
ward T.. Doheny, wealthy oil man.
The interior secretary in the
Harding cabinet made his plea for
a review in a 10.000-word petition.
He maintained the questions in
volved merited determination by the
highest court.