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j BROWNSVILLE mat am
' ~ All iIxm and kinda for prompt iklp
1V4 to 15 h. p. Fairbanks Morse and mMlt t right prices
Kreuger Atlas Oil Enginea m Block.
Centrifugal Tumpa. SEND ITS YOt’R ORDER
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VOL. XXXII. Xo. 144. ESTABLISHED 1892. SATURDAY AFTERX()()X NOVEMBER 15. 1924. Four Page* Today FIVE CENTS A COPY
UNDERSTANDING
IS REACHED BY A.
F.LON POLITICS
High Officials Anticipate
Reaffirmation of Pol-
icy of Strict Non-Par-
tisanship
Illy Tin* Press.)
EL PASO. Texas. \<>v. 15. An (in-
i'
:
M I
of Labor stimulated final' preparations
today for the forty-fourth annual c< n
vcation <f the federation beginning
here next week.
I'nder a plan aerei 1 to by virtually
every group repr -ented here this week
in the pie-convention gatherings and
the departmental meetings. a speeia*
report if the executive council of the
fed* ration on the general election
campaign wi.!’ be pre -ented to an early
Se-si'-n *»f the convention. This re-
port which will be framed with a view
of making it Acceptable t t <• entire
membership of th- federation likely
will be approved b\ the convention
without serious ipposition from the
floor.
High officials of numerous affiliat-
ed le (lies who have presented their
views to the exeeutiv- council during
•he last week anticipate n tlv coun-
cil’s report on emphatic re affirmation
of the feleration’s policy of strict non-
partisanship together with • a re om-
inendation that tH«* way b left open
through special action bmuh executivi
niUlinl. to pla'-e r >ef • Te lthc 1"X 'mIo-t
sIiiji in presid* ntial enr^nign* detail-
ed statements of tli records of all
candidates.
IMx ision Menace i- Li.*e«*
Reports *>f the harmonious issue* of
the political discussions lifted the
i forebodings of a divi-ioit from the
^ convention horiion. Vigoi . - im| ca-
t ions if d:\er gent > • a t '
■ gatlo-M* v. • L
■ in quarter! hi.
V cancelaing t lx i. • •. nit
^ comptomi-mg positions r£iht&g in th**
gen ral . - ions of the 'onvention.
\ Colorful ceremcnies have been plan-
ned for thi opening of the convention
Mi nday simultaneously w ith the annual
gathering of the Mexican Confedcra-
t ion of Labor in Juar /.. Gavels will
fall in the two contention* at the
same moment and elebt rate f rmalities
at oppisite ends of the international
bridge will tvmbulite the tie- of friend-
ship and good will bet we n 'he two
bodies.
Tentative plans have been made for
two joint «i -'ion* of the M* xican and
American conventions one n eithet
side of the Rio Grand
To \ittnd Inaugural Event
After adjournment of the American
convention probably about November
:i(). a group if officials and d legates
repre enting the entire labor move-
ment i f the I'nited State- will go by
special train to Mexici < i \ for the
inaguration of President Elect ( alb s
sch'doled for early in December. Im-
mediately thereafter the American
group will attend the conventx n of the
Pan American I-• deration f Labor
opening in the Mexican capita! Decem-
ber :1. Pr sident Samuel tiomper*. of
tli* American Kedera' b n. i also pre*-
i.|* it if tlx Pan-American I-Vdcration.
The concluding session of the I’nion
Label Trade- Departmental convention
last mght approved a national adv r
tising campaign for the t'nion Label
(•ffleers f the :ep rt eent i-'imated
that upwards *' SliM.iHH) would be re-
<iuit«d for th«■ plan outlined.
A program t • • li-t u' x>n xx iker*.
civic leaders and dub women in a i
campaign to assure ratification of the-
child labor amendment to th** federal'
ronstittui n also was endorsed by th
department. A similar undertaking
x\a* approved bv the m tal trades *1* - |
partin'nt convention Thur .-day.
| THE WEATHER
i
Brownsv ille and vicinity: Partly
cloudy ami somewhat cold* r tonight j
ami Sunday possibly 1 cal -bowers.
East Texas: Partly cloudy and cold-i
er tonight; showers on the c ast; Sun-(
day fair I.ight to moderate norther-
ly winds en the coast.
Wether Contitions
Barometric pre-sur wa< moderately
high throughout the I'nito.l States this
morning. Scattered precipitation oc-
curred in northern Texas and no re
general rains in Oklahoma Arkansas
Ti nnessee. and Kentucky. Temp ra-
tures were considcrab'y lower this
morning in central and eastern Texas
northern Louisiana. Arkansas portion*
of Tennessee and K tnoeky. and in the
northeastern states. A further rise in
temperature occurred throughout the
Ni ithwo-t.
The lowest temperature last night at
T \as stations ranged frem 32 at Ama-
rillo to 70 at Corpus Christi and Gal-
veston.
WEEK'S WEATHER FORECAST
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS Weather
outlook for the week ocg*nning Mon-
day ;
West Gulf States: Mostly fair ex-
cept fur rains about middle of week;
near normal temperatuies first half.
colder about middU of week.
4 Dead 18 Injured
In Florida Wreck
(By The Associated Presn) :
WABASt O Fla. Nov. 15. Fan
sons were dead eighteen others injured
two of them seriously as the result of a
rear coach o the Florida F.ast Coast
Railway train being derailed near here
last night. Official- today were invest! |
gating the cause of the wreck.
The dead are:
Mrs. A. La neve .'JO Detroit Mich.
Mi>s Lizzie Foxton Alpena. Mich.
Mi Ruby Stone 35 Xoithfield Vt.
Xnidentified baby.
The baby is believed to be the child
of Mrs. I.aneyt*.
The coach after leavir.jr the rails was
carried 3IH) feet before it toppled over
hurling passengers through windows or
pinning; them within the car.
QUARREL LOOMS
IN WILLACY CO.
Court Refuses to Can-
vass Returns of Re-
cent Elecetion
Papers are l> ing prepared in Ray-
m* ndville for mandamus proceedings
i in the court of civil District Judge \V.
It. Hopkins here forcing the o< nimis-
-ioners' court of Willacy county to
I canvass the election nturns for that
county and announce the result of the
cl ction say-' an article in the Willacy
j ('< unty News.
Much interest has been shown in the
.pc liable outcome if the situation a* j
: rh« unofficial returns of the * lection. J
as announced soon after the close of
the voting box s gave \\ . H. Meade a
majority of i nc vo e over ' ounty
Judge W. K. Met haren in the race for
county judge.
A meeting of the Willacy county com-
missioners* coutt was held Monday.
. and the question of canvassing the
* lection t turns was br< ught up at that
i time. It was declared at the meeting
that the ballot boxes had not been
turned over to the county judge legal-
ly. because two of th m were first giv- i
en to the clerk and then to the judge |
and another one was allowed to remain
i in a garage for a few minutes and !
then givtn t the judge. Th. motion
I to can.returns lost
one vote. Judge M. ( haren easting the
deciding vote against it. The vote
-•ood tiie same at anoth r meeting held
Wednesday.
SCHOOL GROUNDS IN
COUNTY BEAUTIFIED
; _ I
HARI.IXfiKX Nov. 15.—Trustees and
I faculties and pup.Is of school districts
in all part- of ('unicron county are plan-
ning or have commenced work of heuuti
fling school grounds in anticipation of
receiving the rewards for the most at
tract.ie school premises according to
* ounty Superintendent Kennamer who
recently made a tour of the various
school district- coming under his juris-
dii t ion.
I nd* r the school beautification plan
adopted h\ the coun y. the twenty-three
'•chord districts are divided into Classes
A. It. and C ac. o ding to t hr- enrollment
and number of teachers in the -chord.
Three prizes will be awarded in each
division making a total of nine school ■
districts to receive prizes.
Several school d stricts are plowing a •
portion of th«* grounds in preparation
for well grassed lawns while others are
planting shade fees ornamentals a'd
flowers. The judging committee will in-
spect all school wards in the county and
render a final decision in May next
yea r.
MRS. HARDING IS
‘HOLDING HER OWN’
(By The Associated Pros')
MARION. Ohio. Nov. 15.—Mrs.
Warren (1. Hardin/ was ho! lint her
own this morning. Hr. Cart W. Sawyer
aiil in n bulletin which he issued f*- *n
her l» dside at S: 15 a. m . alt •• a
i.al night duTing whicTi -tie was near
r 1 * a*h.
f)r. Sawyer’s bulletin follows:
“Mrs. Harding slept very light last
night but is holding her own this |
morning. 11 «*r conditi* n ts ju-t about
same as yesterday."
Hr. Sawyer <nn of the late President
Harding's personal physician who die i
h re a few weeks ago. said that the
nature if Hrs. Harding's illness was
such that it might result fatally at any
time or be* thrown off by the*" patient's
strong constitution. '
Designer of ZR-3
Sails for America
(Bv The Associated Pre» >
BREMKRH AVKN Germany. Nov. If.
Or Karl Arnstein. designer of the
ZR sailed today on the George Wash
ington for America where he will be-
come the technical manager of con-
s'tuct ion for th new Goodyear Zep-
pelin Company of Akrcn. Ohio. Or.
i Arnstein was acci mpanied hy Or.
; Klempeier scientific aero-dynamic re-
i starch 'worker and (night otl* i ex-
perts.
CLEMENCEAU CHUCKLES
* * ♦
AT H. WICKHAM STEED’S
*• * *
CHARGE IN LATE BOOK
(I!\ Tlw> Assoi iat <| press.)
PARIS Nov. 1.1.—G»-orge> < lernenceau.
marie his bit of comment Unlay on the
Pari- peace confeie cc incident between
tlic "Tiger” anrl Lloyd George which H.
Wickham Stccil in bis u-rent book ai«•-
scribe.I a- cuiinmat.ng in pci .onnI con-
tact between the two statesmen and a
challenge to the British premier from
his I tench colleague.
"All I can say” 1 lernenceau declared
"is that all the members of the peapee
conference had heated animated dis-
cussions frequently tut things neve
got to that point. I am nutpristnl and
astonished that Steed should have writ
ten it. 1 have known him for many
years.
"But then you know.” added the
"Tiger” chuckling "his state of mind is
rather agitated. I hear he was in
Geneva for the last league of nations
assembly. The world's statesmen you
know can promenade themselves in all
the other citie.- of the world and come
to a perfect agreement hu- at Geneva —
there they at once begin to disagree.”
EDUCATIONAL WEEK
WILL BE OBSERVED
HARLIXGHX. Nov. 15 Kslucat ional
wyck A.:i .ii. -.1V^|i in Harlingen be-
ginning Monday VWvFvther IT accord
ing *o plu-s adopted at a meeting of the
Harlingen Parent-Teachers' association
thi- week. In connection with plans for
emphasizing educational topic. Superin-
te-:dentte»ident Paul K. Phipps was re-
quested to repeat n lecture wh.ch he re-
cently made before the Parent Teach-
er-' association at San Benito. 1 h topic
of the lecture is. "The Four Factors
Needed for a Successful School.'*
600 DIE IN QUAKE.
UNOFHCUL REPORT
(|tv The .\ss«u-i.|ted ITe»< )
BATAVIA. Java Nov. 15. The death
toll* in the eartnsuake whtcl ih« <.k thy
central portion of the Island of Java
Wednesday is estimated in < fficial cir-
cles at :tO. although pirvate r ports
in I irate that as many as *'•!><■ persons
mat have perished.
Six villages are completely isolated
by floods.
The earth still is trembling from
light shocks.
cider poisonTakes
ELEVENTH VICTIM
: 1 tv The Associated Press. 1
LYNCH Bl'RG. a. Nov. 15.—W. <' |
link/ retired railroad man of Aubutn
N. Y. died last nieht front the effect-
of poi-oned cider -erved lu-1 Monday
to the aged residents of t'ie Benevo
lent an.I Piotective Order of Klks' N.i '
tional Home at II dferd bringing the
death l'st to eleven.
Football Weather for
Texas U.-T. C. U. Game
fBy Thp Associated Pres* )
FORT WORTH. Tex.. Nov. 15 The
first football weather of the year in
F' rt Worth was encount red today l>V ‘
the Texas Pniversity anti Texas 1‘hri.'-
tian Pniversity elevens in their game
here. The temperature was getting
close to the l<t d gree point with a
cold wind "blowing from the north.
This will be the first time these two
teams have met in eight years.
Limitations Statute
No Bar to Tax Suits
AI’STIN. Texas. Nov. 15.- The statute
of limitations does not bar suits for de-
linquent independent school district
taxes the attorney general held today in
an opinion to \V. K. Jones county at
torney at Pel Rio. Mr. Jones desired to
foreclose on certain property which had
failed to pay school district taxes since
1908.
GEN. PERSHING RETIRNS
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.- General John
J. Pershing Pershing returned from
abroad on the steamship Paris today
after visiting his son Warren at a
Swiss school.
IN CHINA
Leonard S. Hsu youngest man
ever to obtain a doctor’s de-
gree in philosophy at the Uni-
versity of Iowa took an
American wife with him when
he returned to China. She
was Ruth Smith a college
friend. “We are comfortably
settled and everything is get-
ting along so nicely” Mrs.
Hsu writes back to friends.
“And my wife gets smarter
and sweeter every day” says
a letter fromllsu. Roth are—
teach i ng'TrT w ucl^ftigT * ^
BIIMES COURTS
FOR MUCH CRIME
‘Rubber Stamp’ Judges
Always Ready to Ac- |
cept Easy Bail
_
(By The Associated Pres*)
< III* ADO. Nov. 1. The courts were'
I>1::med by chief ' ollins and Michael
Hughes detective chief for lack of c - j
"I1 rati-n in efforts to disarm and I
e'ile gunmen in accordance with the j
m i< i of Mayor Diver made after the*
slaying Monday in his flower shop of
Dion «• Itannion florist gunman and
h i-jarker.
“Rubber stamp'* mng strntes the!
puli'c heads said with handy writs of!
habeas c rpus and a readin ss to ac-
iept easy hail from gunmen defeated
I "li<e effort Their statrnients camel
after M«.v« r Dover had directed the
I "lie to “make iite miserable fot
known gangsters.*'
I ii t stef- in the- announced cam-
paign of Mayor Dev* r to end “the rule
if the gat in ( hicag* were taken yes-
terday at the pietentious funeral of
O'Bannion when squads of d tectives
mtngled with the thousands who at-
omic1 and unobt i usivc ]y f • 11 hip
pockets and breast pockets for con- i
coaled weapons. Norte were found al- i
though among those who paid tribute .
t. the dea I gangster w re the se around
whom numerous h .r running fern's
and gang faction scandals have fre-
quently centered.
At M unt Carmel Cemetery outside
th.y cit\ limits after th slain leader’*
body was lowered into its grave with
only a slunt pray-r by a priest spec-j
tat rs saw pistols being exchanged I
among those at the grave.
Their last respects paid to their
leaeler. hi- foil we r* resumed th* or-
dinaty course of their activities.
Thousands lineel th course of f
funeral pmcessb n which skirted tl *
business district in its course from
the undertake i’s chapel to the c me
tciv. Twenty -iv tiq/ks conveyed the
floral offerings which wire banked
about the $10000 silver and bronze ■
casket as the gangster's body lay in j
state.
JAP COMMUNIST
HANGED AT TOKJO
I I tv Tilt* I’ross.)
TOKiO. Nov. IS Piasukn Naniba.
who exclaimed “hurrah for th™ Jap-|
am so socialists and c mmunists’” when
he was sentenced to death November
13. after he was convicted of attempt-
ing to assassinate the Prince Kept nt.
was hanged here today.
w -
e
Mexico Tries Two
%
For Evans Murder
_*
Illy The Associated Press.) St
MKXHO ' ITY. Nov. 15. The trial
of Francisco Ruiz and Alejo Garcia
chmged with the murder of Mrs. Ro-
salie Kvans. American h< rn widow of]
a British subject last August in th
vicinity if her hacienda in the state of
Puebla began in the city of Puebla \
yest* nlay before Judge .Miguel Munoz
Can'boa.
The state’s attorney was prepared to
pr* sent the state’s case against the1
prisoni rs with confessions of their
guilt and to demand the death penal-
—--X
ty l>ut the court gra- r-te«j a two <!<>• i
adjournment upon petition of the re-
cently appointed counsel for the de-
fence for an opportunity to study the
indictment.
It is report'd that Norman King.
British consul geneiul. in Mexico City
Captain Rudolph Hrilloconibe of the
British legation staff an I the (ierman
consul at I'uehla attended. The (ier-
man consul is interest'd because the
(It man superintendent of Mrs. Kvans’
hacienda J> han Strathaus. was serious-
ly w< unded at the time of the attack
on his employer.
KLAN AND ANTI
FIGHT AT DANCE
Two Men Stabbed One
Seriously; Eviction of
Dancer Cause
<I*.V Tile Associated press.)
* OU MBl S Ohio. N’ov. 15.—Two
men were held in jail her. t- day for
inv< sti|>ation in connection with a dis-
tuihance 1m tween alleged V Klux
Kh;ii and anti Klan force* in a heal
dance hall last night which resulted in
two men being stabbed on<* probably
seriously.
Hairy France one of the two held
for investigation was stabbed in the
abdomen when fighting broke out fol-
lowing eviction of an unknown man
from the hall. < 'a Fence Met "am mi n.
salesman of a Klan publication is al-
I* g .1 to have caused the eviction of
the man. Mc<"ammon is being held.
Arthur Bard 2:| was taken to a
hospital with wounds in the head.
Fighting was stopped after four po-
licemen had driven the crowd into the
street.
GEN. BETHEL RETIRES
FAILING SIGHT CAUSE
< P.\ The Associated Press.!
WASHINGTON Nov. t5.— Major Gen-
eal Walter A. Bethel judge advocate
general of the army completed today a
continuous service reco il of more than
years and a* his own requent. Secre-
tary Weeks placed his name on the re-
tire.! list on account of failing eye-
sight. He was succeeded in office by
( olonel John A. Hull a former acting
judge advocate general of the army who
automatically assumed the grade of
Major Genera) for thy duration of his
service in that post.
During the World War General Bethel
served with distinct.on as judge ad-
vocate general of the American Expe-
ditionary Forces in France and received
for that work the Distingu"shed Service
Medal and a citation which mentioned
among other praise worthy qualities
the ■marked legal ahil.ty and sound
judgment. He displayed in the adjust-
ment of delicate international problems
arising frent the operation* of the
American army in France.
EX-BANKER OF TEXAS
ARRESTED IN MEXICO
(Bv The Associated Pres*)
Al STIX T.‘xas Nov. 15. Arrest in
Mexico of W. 11. Naylor former cashier
of the Kiist Guaranty Bank of Collins-
ville Grayson county was announced
today hy the adjutant general's depart-
ment. Naylor disappeared three years
ago after the closing of the hank due
to a loss of $20000 for which he was
alleged to he responsible. He had been
traced to Mexico by Ranger Captain
Frank Homer and other rangers.
PRODBITION UNIT
TO BE PROBED ALSO
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Nov. 15.—The special
senate committee investigating the in-
ternal revenue bureau is expected to be-
gin an inquiry into the prohibition unit
as well as admin istraton of the tax laws
when the hearings are resumed No-
vember iy.
YALE WINS C ROSS-COUNTRY
PRINCETON. N. J.. Nov. 15. Yale
won the annual triangular cr< ss-coun-
try race with Harvard and Princeton
today scoring 27 points to 35 for the
Crimson and 5i* for the Tigers. Mack
Smith of Yale crossed the finish line
first in 27 minutes four seconds. The
c< urse was 5 1-2 miles.
BANK RESERVE SHOWS DECREASE
NEW )ORK. Nov. 15.—The actual
condition of clearing house banks and
trust companies for the week show<d
an excess in reserve of $4540010. This
is a decrease of $100083870 compared
with last week.
ITALY DENIES
LATE REPORTS
Admits Some Tenseness
but Says Special Pre-
cautions Not Needed
_ l
(By The Associated Pre* )
ROMK Nov. 15.— Official circles hero
denied today most categorically what
was charartei ire.I as the alarmist j
news regarding the situation in Italy)
published in some newspapers abroad.:
Although admittedly there is a cer-i
tain amount of tenseness in the poli- |
( tieal atmosphere ju>t now no special I
j precautions of any sort or kind are re- j
quired. have been taken or aie fore-I
»’ **n. it was declared. The chamber
| of deputies today continued its debate
on miscellaneous topics with the ex-
pectation that a vote on the question
| of confidence in the government would
: be icach'd before adjournment tonight
i It was now known this afternoon
whether the v< te would be on the gen-
»ral policy of the fascisti government
or simply on the government’s fortign
policy.
I Ptemier Mussolini was exported to
I speak to the chamber just before the
j vote was takeu.
ORIGIN OF JERSEY
FIRE UNDETERMINED;
I
----*
Tltr Tbo* Associated Press. 1
JhRSKY CITY. Nov. 15.— Ihiubt that
i the cause of yesterday's million dollar
fire .n the heait of the industrial sec-
tion coulcl be determined was expressed
today by Fire Chief Roger Boyle.
Flames still raged today in the ruins
of the 11-story factory formerly used
by the Atlantic Sugar Refining company. |
The blaze spread to this plant from
the saltpetre factory of the Battelle and
Rennwick company. Small explosions
and acid fumes from the saltpetre fac- j
j tory hampered the firemen all night.
Boyle said today that the 1. ss would
i not exceed $llMMI(KMi. Most of the IS
firemen overcome by smoke and acid
: fumes had left hospitals today and the
I condition of none was serious. Eighty
i families driven from their hemes were'
sheltered last n.ght at an armory by the
Red Cross and kindred organisations.
Two city blocks were razed by the blaze.
GRADING MACHINERY
|' BOUGHT BY COUNTY
A ten-ton Holt tractor and an Adams
12-foot grader were ordered bought by
the commissioners’ court yesterday for!
the Brownsville precinct and will be
shipped to Sam Hell commissioner of
this precinct for a demonstration be-
fore purchase.
The tractor and grader will be used
on the roads in this precinct mostly on j
the roads in the El Jardin community
where residents of that section have pe-
titioned for improvement work on the
roitds in the community.
The petition c*f El Jardin people was
presented to the eommissionets’ court
yesterday and cooperation promised in
working on the roads of the community.
Fails in Effort to |
Canoe Across Channel
—..—...
(By The Associated Press)
DOVER. England Nov. 15. P. C.
j Smythe. Toronto who left Dover yester-
day morning in a canoe alone to cross
the English channel on his way hv canoe
to Rome. Was caught in bad weather
Inst night. After great difficulty he
reached the South Goodwin light ship
which picked him up.
The English channel was choppy and
the atmosphere hazy when Smythe
started from here on his paddling trip
to the Italian capital hut he fared the
situation courageously and made good
progress for some time. The channel
however proved too mu< h for him. He
was aiming to land at Calais.
—. — -. ..
EDWIN S. MONTAGUE DEAD
LONDON. Nov. 15.—Edwin S. Monta-
gue former secretary of state for In-
din. died here tf-day aged 45 years. He
held the secretaryship for India in the
Lloyd Gecrge cabinet from 1917 to
19p2.
DOHENY TRIAL
ENLIVENED BY
BLACK SATCHEL
9 • 'iri
Is Symbol of Govern-
ment’s Allegation that
Leases Were Obtained
by Fraud Conspiracy
(By The Associated Prees)
LOS A NO ELKS Calif. Nov. 15—The
"little black sutchel” of the senate oil
investigation still loomed prominently
on the stage of the government’s Elk
Mill's lease cancellation suit as argu-
ments were resumed in federal court
today but it was playing a dual role.
Because it once contained $100000 in
currency loaned by E. L. Doheny to
former Secretary of the Interior Albert
II. Fail the I.'tie satchel became a sym-
bol of the government's allegation that
the leases and contract it now seeks to
cancel were obtained from Fall for
Doheny's Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport company by conspiracy and
fraud.
But yesterday Frank J. Hogan open
ing arguments for the defense dragged
the much discussed satchel into you t
as a battering ram to demolish the
government's case.
I’.during the 30 years of friendship
that preceded Doheny'* loan to Fall the
hardships they endured together as
prospectors the natuial sympathy which
the more prosperous of the two must
have felt for his less fortunate friend
Hogan declared that the $100000 loan
was a personal transaction impelled by
impulses as fine as any that ever ac-
tuated human action."
"Does a bribed official give or send
to the briber a promissory note in re-
turn for the bribe?'' he asked.
"Or if the note given Doheny by Fall
was an evidence of guilt is there any
reason why Doheny should have pre-
served it when a match from a penny
box could have obliterated for all time
any evidence of a bribe?"
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
AT 70TH BIRTHDAY
illy The Associated Press.i
CLEVELAND Nov. 15.—Today is
Lieutenant Commander John Philip
Sousa's seventieth birthday and the day
promised to be a busy one for the cele-
brated bandmaster. In addition to lead-
ing his band in concerts this afternoon
and tonight he prepared to attend two
birthday parties given in his honor.
A 250-pound cake decorated with
?(» candles awaited his arrival at a down
town hotel. Arrangements were made
for Lieutenant Commander Sousa to cut
the cake at a luncheon given by old
friends. It also was planned to have a
150 piece school band—the pick of
Cleveland's school children serenade
him with pieces of his own composition.
Tonight he will he a guest at a birth-
day dinner at the Union Club given by
present and former officers of Troop
A. H>7th Cavalry Ohio National Guard.
NEW FLAT RATE IN
HARLINGEN SECTION
HARLINGEN. Nov. 15.—To rover a
deficit caused by a large amount of
drainage work done in the district dur-
ing the last fiscal year directors of
the Cameron County Water Improve-
ment Histrict Number One have decided
upon a new flat rate watering charge
and provided for an increase in acre
watering costs.
The new flat rate which is in the
form i f an assessment against the SfL-
'»«•) acres of irrigable land in the loc:.l
district is $3.50 an acre an increase of
$1 over last year’s rate. Charges for
irrigation will be $1.75 an acre an in-
crease of 50 cents.
Estimate for the operating exepne*
of the district for the 1925 crop year
call for an expenditure of $204729.74.
A large portion of the budget is to
care f< r the 1924 deficit due it has
been explained by district officials to
the large amount of drain ditching and
other construction which has been car-
ried out during the year and which
had not been provided for in the pre-
vious budget. A sum of $25000 is list-
ed in the budget for canal tensions
and repairs and a like sum for further
drainage work.
RELATIVE OF LOCAL
MEN DIES TUESDAY
J. M. Jones has returned to Browns-
ville from Rockville. Tex** ••her* he
went to be at the bedside of his slater.
Mrs. W. E. Lawrence who died Tu«s-
day November 11. Judge W. R. Jones
who was with his sister last week re-
turned to Brownsville before her death.
The funeral was held at Beekville
Wednesday afternoon. Among the re-
latives present were Homer Jones
brother of Beckville; Mrs. J. H. Jonts
a sister of Clayton; and Mra. J. M.
Liles sister of Athena Texaa.
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