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VOL. XXIX, No. 103. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS,’TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1U22. SIX PAGES TODAV ESTABLISHED 1893
CONSIDERING
CITY PAVING
Several Propositions for Fur
ther Paving in Browns
ville Taken Under Consid
eration
'Further paving within the city limits
was discussed at the city commissioners'
meeting this morning, an estimate of
all the work beng secured from the
Southwest Kitul'thic company. A list of
the streets which it is proposed to pave
Will l»e made out together With the ap
proximate cost. The commissioners w.ll
decide upon the streets to be paved at
a meeting in the near future, as the
present contract with the Bituhthic com
pany for city paving will be concluded
in a short time.
Washington street from Tenth to Palm
Boulevard. Levee street fiom Tenth to
Palm Boulevard. Sixth street from Fron
ton to Elizabeth. Second street from
Fronton to Elizabeth, the street around
the court house. St. Charles from Tenth
to Sixth, and Palm Boulevard between
Washington and Elizabeth, were all con- .
Mdcrcd in the estimates on permanent
paving, although only a part of the j
streets will be paved from the $70,000 1
left for city paving. It was estimated 1
that Washington street would cost !
$21,000; Levee street. $23,000 and the
other streets proportionately.
The placing of a cheaper top on sev
eral siree.a was also considered, and es
timates requested. Among these were
Fourteenth street, from Monroe out nine |
block , beyond the Summit Filling Sta
tion, the paving cost of which was esti
mated at $13,600; the fifteen blocks
leading to the graveyard, which would ,
cost $26,000, due to the fact that there is |
no gravel base on this street as there is
on Fourteenth.
Work on the city streets which are ;
now paved with wood blocks was also i
di cu^rd. ami, although nothing wa 1
done on this matter, the sentiment pre 1
vailed that the best thing to do now is .
to put a cheap coating on the
Moths to keep them in repair, and not j
remove them to lay a permanent paving,
which the city could not afford at pres
ent.
'I he commissioners will each be fur
nished with an estimate of costs and
will figure on the streets which should
receive permanent paving and which will
be paved temporarily.
Further actum wilt be taken*, and at
Ira it the*$70,000 remaining will be spent
on further street paving, it is estimat
ed that completion of the program of
paving d'sejiased, would cost approxi
mately $200,000.
UNITE OPPOSITION
TO PROPOSED RATESj
AT AUSTIN MEETING!
I
• Bv “lii* Associated Pri " 1
f« ALVKSTON, Texus. Oct. 17. Efforts
will l*c made at a meeting of Texas rate
experts and state railway conniiss on
officials at Austin tomorrow to arrange
for united opposition to the Oklahoma
rate complaint, it became known here
today.
The hearing on the Oklahoma com
plaint is set for Okluhoma City on No
vember I. Texas interests see a paral
lel to the famous Shreveport rate case
in lhe Oklahoma petition which attacks
the r-Hes on practically all classes of
commodities applying locally between
points in Te as as discriminatory
against th< Oklahoma shippers.
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STILL HAVE OLD CUSTOM
i Bv The A- rociatcd Press.1
I T. I’.XStt t »i t. 17 Meii'si -till hul ls
to the ancient custom of inking a i.np
at noontime. The worki. g day at the
custom* house in .Inaiex. for ••xainple, is
from S to 1‘J inmui nod from 3 to I* in
the eveuing. The three hours are for
Ittti'Ti and sjesfiis. Store* do not re<s»R
nine the -iesiji hour, however, loit fed
eral employes do.
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Official Weather Reports
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Brownsville and Vicinity: Unsettled
cooler, probably with local rains to
night and Wednesday. Moderate to
strong northerly winds on the coast.
Ea t Texas: Toiight fa r in nor’h and !
unsettled in south portions with ra'n<
on the coast; colder wi*h frost in north- !
west portion. Wednesday fair; warmer I
in northwest portion. Small cruft warn- j
ings indicated for the Texas coast today.
Local Weather Data
f'or the 21-hour period ending at 12:30
today. IMlth meridian time:
Barometer 7 p. m. yesterday ....20.HO
Barometer 7 a. nt. today.29.93
Temperature highest yesterday .83.
Temperature 7 p. m. yesterday... .76.
Temperature lowest last n ght . . 63.
Temperature 7 a. in today.♦'>">.
Temperature 12:30 today.82.
Humidity 7 p. m. yesterday i net.) 67.
Humidity 7 a tn. today (pet.).91.
Temperature 21:30 today ipet.)... 48.
Precipitation 7 p. tn. vc*tcrday 0 00
Precipitation 7 a. m. today.. 0.00
To*ol rainfall this month . 0.U7
Wind tdirec. 4 vel.) 7 p. m. E-4
Wind fdirec. 4 vel.) 7 p. nt. N-4
Weather 7 p. m. yesterday... .pt. cldy.
Weather 7 a. m. today.cleat
Sun sets today.6:01
Sun rises tomorrow...6:31
Brownsville Legion Post
Endorses Work Volunteers
Of America In This City
From: •
Post Commander, John Hanson Post No. 43, American
Legion, Brownsville, Texas.
To:
Captain A. L. Cornwall, Volunteers of America, Browns
ville. Texas.
Subject:
Work of Volunteers of America at Brownsville.
1. John Hanson Post No. 43, American Legion, Brownsville, Tex
as, takes great pleasure in commending the good work done by the
Volunteers of America among those who need help since you have had
charge of the work of the volunteers at' Brownsville.
2. 'Che Legion is particularly grateful to you for your work in
finding sick and di a bled former service men who were in need of
assistant e, and for your work fn aiding the Legion in procuring the
ncce >ary evidence to obtftiu their admission in the government hos
pitals, and securing government compensation for them. Besides, in
numerous instances, within the knowledge oft this post, you have sup
plied funds to former service men temporarily in need of assistance,
and aided the Legion in procuring employment for many others. We
commend Mrs. ( ornwall and yourself for seal, energy and efficiency,
and thank you in advance for your continued co-operation with this
post in helping former service men in need. 4 j
JOHN HANSON POST NO. 43
AMERICAN LEGION
* By
Robert L. Faulk, Post Commander
Son Held
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Mi s. Edward Schneider. New
Fi tire wick, N. J . \<elns consoled
*:> h» r husband after her son R.y*
m<-nd. is seized by authorities as a
eutfsiai witness in the Haii-M-.lf
i^iui^cr itn
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AVIATOR KILLED AT
SAN ANTONIO WHEN
AIRPLANE CRASHES
SAN ANTONIO. Tc'as. Oct. IT. Lieu- j
tenant Walter A. Ball, aged 2T. wan j
crushed to death th s morning when hi>
airplane fell, lie wis flying over the
city at the time of the accident, lie had
liecn stationed at Kelly Field.
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WRITES HISTORY
SAN ANT« »N'!«i. i h t. IT. t’h.'istoplr r
Selim lutrl. K_\ who died recently, wrote
it I took. "A Toxic- Pioneer, in whieli he
recited the incident of a storui he was
in si» a Ihii i tossing from lliinover. t,«-r
many, nearly sti veer' ago. The boat *
was aliipwreeked ill lialxestoii ba>, after I
taking seven weeks in crossing from J
Itreiuen.
EXPRESS RATE
HE ARING NOV. 20
AT WASHINGTON
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Postpones General
Hearing From Oct 30 to
The express rate hearing, which was
scheduled to be held before the Inter
s'ate Commerce Commission in Wash
ington October bd. has been postponed
to November 20. arcordmg to notice re
ceived this week from the Texas Cham
ber of Commerce, which is preparing to
have Texas represented.
Much interest in tnis hearing, which
it is hoped will result in a general re
duction of express rates, especially on
farm products, has been aroused in all
parts of the state, according to F. A.
I.effingw ell, manager of the transporta
tion department of the Texas Chamber
of Commerce, ami an effort will be made
to ha"e a hearing in Texas subsequent
to the Washington hearing, in the event
the reductions are not allowed.
The following letter from Mr. Leffing
well, in which the suggestion is made
that the Valley have representation at
the hearing, will he of interest to every
Valley farmer ami business man:
“This hearing has been postponed to
November 2'tth, and on October 14th I
wrote Mr. Ross at San Juan, represont
,g tin Rio (irande Valley Chamber of
Commerce, sugge.-ting that he ascertain
trom Valley representatives just wha:
the r interest is in this case and whe
ther or not it would he possible to have
a few representative', from that section
testify at a h'-arlng in Texas subsequent
to the November 2<tth hearing in Wash
ington, if we could prevail on the In
terstate Commerce Commission to give
u- such hearing.
“I will he at the hearing in Washing
ton on November 20th, and will file a
motion with the Interstate Commerce
Commission asking for a hearing in Tex
a at some later date. We have found a
great deal of interest in this case in
some sections of the state, hut from the
Rio (Irande \ alley no one has yet shown
any interest.
“You understand, of course, that
while this is a general investigation set
down by the Interstate Commerce Cum
n.iss’on o'i its own motion, the railroads
are expected to file a petition in connec
tion with this hearing, asking for an in
crease in express rates throughout west
ern territory of 12.2*> per cent, so that
we will not only be confronted with the
necessity of making a proper showing
to induce the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to order a reduction, hut we
must combat such argument as the car
riers may present to support their in
crease.”
Serious Condition in
Thrace Results from
Evacuation Orders
i l$v The As ociatcil Pres-*.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 17.—Se
rious conditions exist in 1 hrace it
was revealed hy the l$r*tish official
statement today. The VJudania ar
mistice agreement provided tha.
Thrace should be evacuated hy the
(•reeks' within fifteen days after the
signing of the covenant.
"The imputation in eastern 'I hrace
is undoubtedly in a very angry and
disturbed state, although no con
crete ca-es of serious disorders are
report* d. The allied generals feel
that this is the time when every one
should keep his head and not lend
himself to the panic." the statement
said.
Twelve hundred French troops
left here today for Adrianople where
a serums situation was reported.
Troops were dispatched as a precau
tionary measure.
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FIRST COLD WAVE
HITS NORTH TEXAS
WICHITA FALLS. (H. 17 The
first real cold wave of the senHin struck
It ••re last night. The thermometer regis
tered |!l degrees this morning. Half inch
• >f ri.in !e1! during the night.
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WILL CHANCE ClRVATFRE
< Rv The Associated Pres*.*
TEMPLE. Teg.. Oct. 17.-“Dead Man’s
Curve.'* a had break in the route of
motorists^so named because of its ten
dency to play fatal, practical jokes on
unwary drivers, should suffer change
in curvature, according to the hoard of
educators here. Protest has been made
again at the erection of a filling station
on a site near the high school where
*‘!*«ad Man's Curve'' casts its reptilian
bend. A permit for the station had been
issued,
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GOMPERS TALKS!
TO LEGIONERS
AT NEW ORLEANS
Judge Landis, Baseball Com
missioner Receives Noisy
Welccme From the Legion
Delegates
( Itv The As-«*c ateil Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, Ln.. Oet. 17. The
American Leg.on in national convention
here today heard Samuel (lumpers, head
of the American Federation of I-abor,
tell of labors’ aims and aspirations and
wh.it is believed its rights and duties J
are. (Jumpers discussed his subject a*
length and was heartily applauded by
the Legionnaires.
Both (jumpers and Kciie-aw Mountain
i Luvdis, supreme commissioner of base
ball, received m noisy welcome.
The resolution* committee is expected
*o table the beer and light wine issue
and also any reference to the Ku Klux
•vlan. Friends of beer and light wines
I vigorously assert that nn open tight will
c made before the convention to gel
an expression on this issue.
Persistent rumors that the Klun also
may be made an issue in the open ses
sions are also being circulated around
the convention hall.
San Franc.sco was awarded the 1 'J'2-i
convention by acclamation.
The national colors were piesented to
the delegates in an impressive cere
mony. John Barton Payne, national
head of the American Red Cross, spoke
on that organization's policy, and Com
miss oner John J. Tigert of the federal
bureau of education, endorsed the Le
gion’ rehabilitation and hospitalization
program.
HOUDINI ASSERTS
PSYCHIC RESEARCH
VERY DANGEROUS
i lly The Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Oct. 17. Morbidness and •
melancholic induced by interest in psy- ]
chic phenomena threaten the health and I
mi iity of many persons in the opinion
of Murry Houdini. president of the So
ciety of American Magicians, expressed
j at the annual dinner of the society here.
11** spotto- of his J*> years’ ifwVaOgation
of the subject, and said tie had never
seen anything to convince him that
there hud been a single communication
from the dead.
“I have never seen any of the medi
j unis or spiritualists do anything or pro
duce a single effect which I could not
through my knowledge of magic, uecount
for or duplicate," he asserted. ’’I have
■ had nine pact* with the dead, who while
! alive agreed with me to try to cotnmun
| icate with me from beyond, hut each
I has been fruitless.”
lie said he had worked with Sir Oliver
Lodge and other scientists engaged in
the study of phychic phenomena und re
spected them. i
** f> a •• ■ . _
■»uv, in.- .1'iii.'d, wriert i demon
strate to them the secrets and reveal
; the methods used by mediums and they
tell me that I too nm a medium in spite
oi my elf, I am forced to conclude that
they merely do not know.
“I have seen people who previous to
the war, never concerned themselves
with things psychic now delving into it
to the point of hysteria. It is conducive
j of morbidness, brooding and tueian
i eholia. It becomes an obsession very
quickly, and 1 would warn against it. j
I* is threatening the health and sanity
| of those who indulge in it.**
RUSSIAN PLANT
i WIZARD GUARDS
GARDEN WITH GUN
KOZLOFF. Tamboff Government,
Russia, Oct. 17.—Luther Burbank's
i Russian rival, Ivan A. Mitshourin, a
septuagenarian who works daily in
his experimental garden near here
despite his advanced years, is still
turning out hybrid wonders in fruits,
melons, nuts and vegetahlees.
I'rofcssor Mitshourin is well known
1 in American horticultural societies,
and many orchards in the United
States are plaited with the Mit
•hourin cherry. His garden now is
full of trees, bushes and plants in
various stages of experimental de
velopment. One of his latest achieve
ments is a new melon, a cross be
tween a water melon and a eantn
b'upe. which is oval in form and wuth
a dark green striped rind, much hard
. er than either of its parents.
The experimental field i« full of
trees bearing plums as large as ducks
eggs. blacK currants the size of grap
! es, and an extraordinary almond said
to have been produced by .crossing
bitter aimonds with some wild nut.
j Some of the most extraordinary
| trees bear three kinds of fruit—ap
; pies crossed with pears; apples cross
' ed with crab apples, and apples cross
i ed with both crab apples and pears;
i each species of fruit growing from
■ one grafted branch properly pollen
t ized.
Mitshourin is very modest. When
asked whether he wanted and as
sistance from the government, he
answered:—“Nothing but the per
mission to keep a rifle to guard my
garden."
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HUGE ARMY DIRIGIBLE 1
BURNED AT SAN ANTONIO;
FIVE PERSONS INJURED!
< Bv The Associated Press.)
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Oct. 17.—
The arm> dirigible. C-2. which re
cently completed a transcontinental
flight, was burned earl> today while
being taken from the hangar at
Brooks Field preparatory to a flight
over the city. The big dirigible
stopped here last week while on the
wa> hack to its home station at
Washington. I). C.
Five persons were injured when
the dirigible fell at Brooks Field
and burned. The injured are: Ma
jor John Thompson of Fort Sam
Houston; Major J. II. Strauss, com
mander of the dirgihle; Sergeant
August D. Albrecht and Harry
Bliss of the ship's crow, and lien
Blaines, a San Antonio newspaper
man.
The machine was being taken from
the hangar for a flight user the cit> |
early this morning. ‘I lie fire raught
in the framework of the hangar, the
gas hag split as soon as the hailuon
became ignited and the entire ship
was destroyed. Pas-enger* on the
big dirigible were thrown to
nient floor of the hangar.
Starling from Langley T
Newport News, Virginia, on the
morning of September It. the big |
dirigible made air history hy flying
to Boss Field, Arcadia. Calif., the
first dirigible to make a transcon
tinental flight.
Major Strauss, commander of the
C-2, is able to he up and is niak.ng a
detailed report of the arcident to
the commanding officers here. The
big ship was coming out of the
hangar when the wind caught it and
threw it against one of the hig doors
at the entrance.
Captain Nelson Walker was alao
injured. The “norther" which blew
the ship against the side of the
hangar was the primary cause of the
accident.
NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Tho destruction
by fire of the dirigible C-2 at Brooks
Field today marks the fourth spectacu
lar loss of n big a rah ip in lo«s than !
two years. On February 21. 1922. the j
It mia blew up over Hampton Roads; on
August 21. 1921. the ZR-2 burst into 1
flames over Hull. England, with a death j
toll of 42. on January 1. 1921, the It-3
was wrecked it) a gale over Bowden.
England.
WASHINGTON. I). Oct. 17. -Loss
by fire of the dit g ble C-2. at Sun An- i
tonio. is expected by the air service offi
cials here to renew the agitation for the •
development of non-combustible helium |
gas for use in all government lighter I
than air sh'ps. No offic'ul report of ,
the accident ha^ been received, but offi- 1
cials said it was evident the destruction !
of the C-2 was due to the use of hydro
gen as was the cum- with the destruclton
of the Roma at Hampton Koails several
months ago.
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HOLD PRIMARY
TO NOMINATE
GA. SENATOR
ATLANTA, (in., Oef. 17.* Hrorgiu
voters were ('listing ballots today at a
spe, ial democratic primary to nominate
a auciessor to tlie late I'uited States
Se ntor Tliotnas |*. Watson.
The four ntmlidr.tcs whose names ap
pear on the primary ballots are tJover
n»r Thomas W. Hardwick. Seaborn
Wtight. Johu Cooper and Walter it.
tjeorge. The primary is expected to
determine whether the Watson block of
voten. -aM to have exerted the eon
trolling influence m < {corgi.i politics for
many rears. will remain intact or be
split into factions.
ALL SPEED RECORDS BROKEN
M<»! XT IT.K.MKNS. Midi., Or*. 17.
Traveling at a greater speed than any
hitman being ever before attained, Lieut.'
It. I.. .Maugham u I'nited States army
pilot. Sunday «et a new airplane record
by covering a ot e-kilomeier course ut a
rate of ’_'|s.** utiles an hour.
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SEAT 1800 PEOPLE
fRy The Associated Press.)
LI. PASO. Met. 111. "We seat I.SItO
people eighteen at a time." sins a sign
in an LI Paso tpiick lunch room.
Women Will Open Campaign
For All Forms Equal Rights
f By The Associated Press.)
• 'IIH'.Bil l, October. 17. To fire tbe
first gun in the midwestcrn sector in
•I campaign "to sweep nwuy all forms
«d" discrimination against women," Miss
.Vniiii Pollit/er of t'liarle-lon. S. t\, sec
retary of the recognized .National Wo
men'- Party, hits heen organizing an
Illinois lira lull of the party. Prepara
tions will he made for re)iresetilation
of Illinois, a-> well as all other stutes.
al :i national conference to he held ut
SEESGREATER
EFFICIENCY IN
RELATIONSHIP
( Rv The Associated Press.)
BOSTON. Mass.. Oct. IT.- Walter l>.
IPnes, former director general of ra;l
roads, today said the relationship be
lt ween the railroad management and em
| ployes was the field for greater effort
i and initiative. The statement was made
in an address delivered before the asso
ciated industries of Massachusetts.
Hines expressed the belief that man
i agement* while concentrating attention
upon efficiency in the movement of
trains had not given sufficient attention
to the efficiency of labor employed at
tile terminals and in the maintenance of
trackage equipment. He yaid there still
was an opportunity to find new ways
to make progress.
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OLD FOOTBALL PLAYER POISONED
(By The Associated Press.)
I'AI.IAS, Texas. (Jet. 17. The con
I ilitioR «>f II«rr» I.. Stevenson of Ititffnlo.
v ln« is in n local hospital here suffering
from the effect * of |ioieonitig. continued
critical la«l it is hi. attending physician
reported. Stevenson was formerly a fm*t
l>ull plater on the I .oniaiatia university
team. Because of a similarity in names,
lie was mistaken l»y the hospital atfend
I ants ami police for II L Stevens, who
played with the Louisiana team here
Hat nrday.
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I \Va>h'ticton. November 11-12. to flume
| a legislative pro grunt.
Illinois was selected as the objective
j of the first mission by national liead
• piarters. because “it was believed that
I Illinois was in a position to affect tbe
' entire west a. d nt'd-west,” according
j to Miss Pollitxer.
<'oTistit itiotud amendments which the
* organisation is seeking to have passed
j by all stales to guarantee tspial political.
civil and legal riglits for women in each
lease will coi.tain this clause, according
j l« Miss Pollitxer: "This act will not af
fect laws regulating the affairs^d women
in dtistry.” This < luitse wn> pointed
out because I In’ affect of the legislat.oti
proposed In ilii- party upon legislation
designed to safeguard women in industry
has been ipiestioued.
Miss Pollitxer said that tbe supreme
court of the Pnited States has re peat tal
ly sustained special welfare legislation
for women even when it was argued that
such legislation was in direct violation of
the fourteenth amendment to the | uited
Stales constitution.
The legal "di':< rtniinatioh” which the
party is a-sailing lias it* roots in the
old common law under which a married
woman was regarded as a "femme
eotiverfr** or ** covered woman;** wh»oe
rights were vested in her husband while
he lived. Miss Pollitzer stated.. Though
the effect of this legal tradition from
feudal limes ha* been modified in some
states by more modern legislation, it
survives to a varying degree. *he added.
“In some states a man cult dispose
of liis wife’s inherited property.” said
Miss Politsrr. “I.aws often give a
woman's earning* to her husband, allow
him to collect damage* for her injuries,
urn! give him the earnings, control and
custody of their child. The woman’s
party is orguuixing to fight this condi
tion by ehaug’iig specific laws by chang
ing t radii ion.”
The party has urganixed twenty-five
professional councils, including a home
makers' council. Mrs. Minnie Maddern
l’iske ami Miss Mary Shaw head the
theatrical -oiimil; Miss Zona tiale of
Portage. Win., the novelist, heads tbe
writers’ council; I *r. Mary O'Malley,
clinical director of St. Hlixabelb’s hos
pital. Washington, the physicians’ coun
cil. ami Miss Kmuia tiillett. dean of the
Washington t'ollege of I.aw. Washington,
the lawyers*’ council. Fourteen women
lawyers are compiling all stale law* in
1 the intesest of the Woman’s Party. Miss
Pollitxer said, to ascertain the legal
statijs i»f women in all tbe atates.
PROHIBITION
ISSUE BEFORE
FEDERAL COURT
Validity of Attorney Gener
al’s Ruling Goes Before
Judge Har.d in New York
Today
(By Tin* Associated Press.)
MAX VnliK, n tlT 'lli'* wet mid
dry for* «•* faced each other today before
I’tderal .ltn!x<* I l i d in the fir-t battle
over the validity of Attorney tieiiernt
Ihiughe ty’s lit.mi' rii'ing regarding
lrait*>| oitation of Inptors on steamship*.
*1 gi>\*'1111111 nt i**i«*** aio f»re|*areit
to present argument- to -how why i!h*>
should not lie | i ri.m ently enjoined
from put ting into effect the provision*
of Aitoiii.*y iienf.nl 1 laugliftty n ruling-.
Allot liey - foi tin* *>tcitin*hip compani'*
are rejtnii'd to I.** prepared to wage a
hitter fig!.i t'* prevent the eiiforeenieut
of the ruling.
Whether the mere urc.-enee of h^uor
in sea -tores on foreign Vessels conus
within the scope of the eighteenth
umendmint of the national prohibitum
act is the real i — .<» in Da uglier ty’x rul
ing, sad the counsel for the V\ lute Mar
Line in hi» argument.
NK.V YORiv, Oct. 17.—The legal hat
tie to detoi mine the right of foreign
owned ships to enter port* in the Unit
ed State- with liquor aboard was open
ed la-t r. ght w ith the i--uiny by United
States District Attorney Howard of a
reply to the bills in n it t.v brought liy
five foreign steamship companies to re
strain enforcement of the ivcent ruling
preventing the carrv re of Imuor on
vessels entering American ports.
The reply maxes in the main lour con
tentions:
i nu. w aiiu ci court iitiurc widen
the cast** ure to be heard tomorrow
morning ha* no jurisdiction in the mat
ter; that the suit.- are really against
the United Stale,. government; that tiiey
do not show that the government ha*
consented to l;e sued; and tii.it they do
not disclose any bu*is for an a. lion in
equity.
I pun these grounds the defense of
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Henry
U. Stuart, acting collector ol custotps
for the port of New York and Ralph A.
Pay, federal prohib I on direr.or for the
state of New Yura, who an- made de
fondants in the suds brought by the
companies, will be built in court tomor
row.
Another steams h p company, the Itrit
ish-owned International Navigation com
pany, Ltd., of Liverpool, uwuirg four
passenger sli ps of tons gross,
late yesterday was a ided to the lint of
passenger carrying steamship compa
nies that have brought bills in equity
to restrain government officials from « n
forcing the recent order relative to car
tying liquor ii.to th. out ol American
ports.
The case of the International Naviga
tion company, which names Secretary
Mellon, < ullcctor Stuart, Ralph A. Pay
and John p. Appleby of the local en
forcement forces a defendants, is simi
lar to that filed l*\ four other tore gn
companies and thtre American compa
nies.
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GRANT UNLIMITED
TIME TO ATTORNEYS
IN INJUNCTION CASE
( tly The A- uo atoil l’ros-O
DALLAS, Texas. Oct. 17. I’nlimited
time was granted attorney* for argu
ment in the appi al for a temporary re
straining orib i in the district court at
i Corsicana which prevented certification
of the name of Karle II Mayfield a* the
democratic .-enioral earn!-date when the
appeal was taken up here today.
Attorneys for tin- appellants argued
that the ('or-icuna court did not have
I jurisdiction, and that the statute gov
erning quo warranto p-"ceding.; was not
| observed in the filing of original smt
proceeding's and that they were delaying
the entire election machinery of the
state. The counsel for plaintiff:; are re
plying this afternoon.
Ordinary procedure in the court of
civil appeal* is to limit the time utgu
menta of questions of law- he ng argued
by both aides. The appellants also «r
i gued that an individual canno institute
quo warranto proceeding* unless the
| stale joins in the action. If the pres
, ont suit, a- it is filed at Corsicana, is to
I stand, it would open the way to a muiti
| plicity of suits.
MORE RAILROADS
MAKE TERMS WITH
SHOPMEN ON STRIKE
f HICAfiO, Oct. 17. Approach ins c* H
' wea’her has caused managements *,f
eight additional railroads to agree to a
settlement of the shoperafts strike ac
cording to a bulletin sent today to or
ganizations and member* from head
quarter.- here. The ne v roads include
the St. L. B. & M. Dec!.!ring that the
national str.ke call has not been re
scinded, the bulletin urged all members
at work to give two days pay a month
for the support of 'h > e -till on strike,
SIX COUNTIES ASK AID
Al ,STJ\, Texas, tb-t. 17. Appln-u
tior.s fur fede:nl and slate mud aid from
six eoui lies were pr> -sented to the state
highway «:«>tiiiiiis-.inn in motithly session
Mondj.v. t'oumie- asking aid are: Brew
ster. Brooks, Shely. Mniagorda, Itoek*
wall u: d Travis. The commission to
night issued a statement warning t-itigeua
against purchasing stolen automobiles, •
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