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SOCIALISTS !
MOURN CHIEF
> _
^ Member* of Party From All
Over Country Arrive
f For Berger Rite*
MILWAUKEE VT*., Aug. 8—<JP,
Mourning the death of their party’i
leader, prominent socialists from *1’
Over the United States were begin
ning to arrive n Milwaukee today
for the funeral of /ictor L. Berger
69, late publisher of the Milwaukee
Leader and former member of the
national house of representatives.
The funeral services will be con
ducted either Friday or Saturday
aftemor.n. with interment in Forest
Home cemetery here. The former
cocialist leader's body will lie in
state here Friday. Funeral service?
are to be simple at the request o'
his family.
Mr. Berger died yesterday at the
Milwaukee hospital, succumbing tc
a basal fracture of the skull anc’
other injuries su* ered July 16 when
he was struck down by a street
car.
Berger was the socialist party's
first representative in congress.
Berger was another example of
the immigrant boy leaving his mark
on his generation of Americans and
achieving a place of Influence in hts
adopted land. From the time that
friendly debate aroused his inter
est in socialism, he became on? of1
the most active leaders in its ad
vancement. In 1890 he took over a
struggling German socialist news
paper. the Volksaeitung, and chang
ed its name to the Wisconsin Vor
waerts. It had few readers and vir
tually no advertising, but boasted of
daily and Sunday editions. He met
Eugene V. Debs in 18893 and alwayb
declared that he made Debs a so
cialist.
Opposed to War
Berger was opposed to America's
4*rixy into the World war. not be
ta isc he was “pro-German,” he in
sisted, but “as a matter of prin
ciple.” Nevertheless, from late in
1917 to 1921, he was barred from us
ing the United States mails, as was
his newspaper. Letters directed to
him were returned with the stamp:
"Mail to this address undeliverable
under espionage act.” He was in
dicted five times on charges grow
ing out of alleged acts of disloy
alty and was sentenced to 20 years
in the penitentiary by former Judge
Kenesaw M. Landis in federal court
at Chicago.
The house of representatives re
fused admission to Berger to the
sixty-seventh congress, but he was
reelected to the sixty-eighth con
gress with an increased plurality. In
1921 the supreme court of the Unit
ed States reversed the sentence im
posed by Judge Landis, the govern
ment quashed all other indictments,
and Berger was permitted to take
his seat in congress.
Born in Austria
Victor L. Berger was born Feb.
18, 1860. at Nieder, Austria-Hungary.
He attended the gymnasia and Uni
versities of Budapest and Vienna
and took a philosophical course,
majoring in history with political
economy as a side line. In later
years he said this was reversed, for
in his life work he majore dm po
litical economy.
City Briefs |
Mrs. W .W. Kyle will open her
fall kindergarten clast at her home,
1002 W. St. Charles September 2.
Enrollments are now bemR taken.
Phone 1286-M.—adv. 10.
Grsrefulettes and dainty silk and
lace brassieres. Visit the corset
shop and see them. 1327 Elizabeth,
—adv. 12.
Valley Business College students
recently out on positions are: Cath
erine Lawrence, with H. H. Banker.
Katharyn Owens. Patteson Motor
Company: Alicia Quiros. Attorney
Yturrla; Dorothy Shuckman. Spe
cial. Brownsville Herald: Hal Al
corn, the Yacht Club. Point Isabel.
—Adv
Prospective Students should re
member discnut rates close on 12th
of August, ^hose interested should
phone 744. or get in touch with
President Moothart without delay.—
Adv.
Return.—Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Sweeney returned Thursday after
about ten days absence on a motor
trip to Galveston. Houston. San An
tonio. and other Texas points The
Sweeney* are proprietors of the «
Sweeney apartments.
Walnut Bedroom Suit and other
household goods. Apply Ideal Beau- !
ty Parlor. 1251 Elizabeth—Adv. G.
Extends Thanks.—Mrs. S E Barr
ef Los Fresnos has extended thanks
to Mgr G C Richardson of the
chamber of commerce and others
for their part in sending her to the
A M short course just ended.
•w Passports.—Tour:, f pa.'sport
to Matamoros were issued to 24'
persons Wednesday by the chamber
of commerce. Fifteen states were
represented by the tourists.
Returns.—Dr. rtharles L Jone*
has returned from an extended trio
to East Texas He visited friends
and relatives in Crockett. Hender
son. Menard. Jacksonville and other
cities.
Fountain Painted—A coat of
green paint was being given to the
old fountain at the east end of the
city hall Thursday. The structure
is easier to look at as a result and
water will be turned back into it in
a few days
Bern to Captain and Mrs Marion
T. Vorhees a son. William Gordon,
it the Mercy Hospital. August 6.
Arrive Here.—W. A. Naylor and
R M. Fernandez, engineers, arrived
here from Mexico Citv Wednesday
afternoon bv plane Naylo’* is an
airport engineer for the Mexican
Aviation company
ring a threegame series with
New York Giants, more thar
persons raid their way intr
park at Chicago.
dependent team. :
Victor Berger, Socialist Leader, Dies • From Crash Injuries
Thsee sketches by Artist Scott outline high spots in the life of Victor L. Berger, former congressman and Socaillst leader of Milwaukee, Wis., who died after being run down by a
Milwaukee street car. il> He was born in Austria-Hungary Feb. 28. 1860. and emigrated to Milwaukee before he finished his university course when his family suffered financial
reverses; <2> taught school in Milwaukee, became an editor and leader in the Socialist party; (3) was the first Socialist to be elected to congress in 1910; (4) was re-elected
in 1918. but was refused his seat because Judge Landis of Chicago had senterced him to serve 20 years in jail for violation of the sedition law; his district re-elected him and he
again was refused a seat; (5) once more elected in 1923. he was seated without a dissenting vote since the supreme court had reversed the decision of Judge Landis; (6) still re
taining his popularity in his district, he became a member of the 69th and 70th congresses. Since the expiration of his term he has devoted himself to writing.
CONVICT AIDED
BY LEGAL FLAW
Twist In Divorce Law Gives
Lifer Chance For
Freedom
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 8.—<JP>—
Fate turned a flip-flop for Robert
R. Garrett, convicted and sentenced 1
to life imprisonment for brutal slay
ing in the rugged Nebraska sand
hills region.
Through a queer twist in a 25
year-cld divorce law his sentence
has been lifted by a one-day mar
gin and he has a good chance to
win freedom.
Garrett's estranged and presum
ably divorced wife convicted him
with her testimony. She was tiie.
only witness of the killing of Wii-'
liam Kinsley, the ranchman for
whom she was acting as house
keeper.
The packed courtroom was tense
as she took the witness stand and
told her dramatic story, accusing
Garrett.
She told how Kinsley was shot
down as he passed the living
room window at the ranch — the*
roar of the gun—his fall. Then she
ran to the window, peered out. and
saw a figure crouching in the gloom,
smoking gun in hand. The figure
was Garrett, she testified.
Levelling the gun at her he took
her many miles into the country
before releasing her, she said.
Garrett denied that story, denied
the slaying, and as the trial pro
gressed produced an alibi to show
he was many miles from the scene
of the slaying. But the jury be
lieved the woman.
Just as he had grown accustomed ,
to his prison life, after two years,
the supreme court sustained his ap
peal and sent the case back.
Nebraska laws require that a wife
must wait six months after asking
a divorce before the writ can br I
granted It was designed to pro
mote conciliations. Mrs. Garrett's
writ had been obtained one day be
fore the six months expired and at
the time of the slaying and the trial
she was still his wife, and there
fore could not testify against him.
Now it is the state s turn to seek•
loopholes and technicalities in the
law. In the meantime Garrett is
held in prison, awaiting retrial.
The law. the supreme court ruled,
is constitutional, and when Gar
rett again faces the bar the state's
chief witness—his wife—cannot
point at him in accusation.
TEXAS TOPICS
. . .
Justice Collect* Kiss—Tames His
Snakes—Unending Liquor Sup
ply—Swap Mates.
Following is the score of two
Houston justices of the peace: Mar
riages performed, 11.330; brides
kissed, one. Justice J. M. Ray col
lected the kiss. Justice C. R. Over
street hasn't kissed a bride in ail
his long magisterial experience.
An apparently endless supply of
liquor was found in a car near
Matamoros. When officers examin
ed the car, liquor bottles began
spilling out of the upholstery, and
finally 63 bottles of mescal were col
lected.
Eileen Herle. seven-ycar-o 1 d
Wichita Falls girl, made a trip by
airplane to join her parents at
Tulsa, Okla.
Headlines: "Louisiana Seckiin
Fruit Fly.” Florida and Texas a-v
willing.
“Sartin Tells Cost of Drink.”
A Northwest Texas man claims
that in fishing and catching min
nows in the stream on which nc
lives he has made friends with and
tamed 19 snakes.
Two men and their divorced wives
of Berger went into New Mexico
and there each man married the
o*her's widow. The entire party re
turned to Texas, all fully satisfied
at the trade,
LEGION TO NAME
STATE DELEGATE
A delegate to the state convention
at Port Art'iur will be elected and
the proposed trip of the drum and
bugle corps to the national conven
tion at Louisville. Ky.. will be dis
cussed at the regular monthly meet
ing of the American Lfgionhere
Thursday night.
Other matters which win *nterest
the members also will come before
the meeting, rwording to W. R
Kiekel. post commander.
M. P. SHORT LINE TO
WESLACO COMPLETED
• Special to The Herald*
EDINBURG. Aug. 8.—Completior
of the short line of the Mission
Pacific lines from Edcouch to Wes
laco is announced, the track layin^
errw having .each?d Weslaco Tues
day. The new 1 ne Is approximately
12 miles long. tain service wll’
be inaugurated shortly.
Farm Board Refuses
To Stabilize Wheat
WASHINGTON. Aug. «.—(*>—
The federal board has refused tc
engage in wheat stabilization oper
ations in spite of insistent requests
to do so as a means of preventing
recurrence of Tuesday s six-cent
market price drop.
Telegraphic appeals to buy up the
surplus wheat and store it in any
available place have flooded the
board’s offices, t has decided, how
ever. to await perfection of the ma
chinery of the Farmers' National
Grain Marketing association which
will be charged with handling any
emergency and is advising farmers
meanwhile to hold back their prod
uct whenever possible.
Plans for th grain corporation
projected at the recent Chicago
conference are progressing, it went
on. and “in the meantime, and un
til the corporation is set up and
can function, the hoard hopes that
farmers will observe r.n orderly
marketing program and will also
get behind the committee of 16“
working out the organization pro
gram so it may be speedily perfect
ed.
Camp’s ‘Battle*
Plan Rained Out
CAMP PALACIOS. Texas. Aug. 8
—Hefcvy rains today caused of
ficers of the 36th division. Texar
national guard, in camp here, tf
abandon their plans of taking th
field in the mimic bat le which ha;
been raging .'or past three days
Commanding officers and staff
will remain at Camp Palacios an'
carry out the problem there. Si;
hundred officers and men had ex
pected to move to Blessing to com
pletc the maneuvers. •
TANK PROVIDES
QUICK REFUELING
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug 8.—
—Just how closely the automobile
may be associated with the airplane
is demonstrated by a refuelling
truck designed by Wayne Parks,
manager of Wmburn field.
It accommodates 390 gallons of
gasoline. 75 gallons of oil and 25
of water. Special pumps and an
air compresson are driven by a
power take-off from the truck's
transmission.
By dispensing all fuels at the
same time, it takes about three
minutes to refuel an airplane com
pletely. as compared with 30 to 40
minutes by ordinary methods of
pumping. Parks' pump shoots about
20 gallons of gasoline a minute into
a plane's tank.
IIJ»-,L..JBI,»IH .Ill ' ~ I ' III lil .. ■ Ml. J
ZEP LETTERS
ARRIVE HERE;
Local Citizen* Receive Mail
Brought Over on Mam
moth Dirigible
Self-addressed letters that cross
ed the Atlantic ocean on the Graf
Zeppelin have been received by
Miss Effie Ingram, Mrs. Stella
Dickason, Emmett Snyder and
Charles C. Stewart, all members of
the local postoifice staff.
Postage on each of the letters
cost $1.05. They were mailed to
Germany last April. The letters
were aboard the Z°ppelin that was
forced to turn back after motor
trouble. They were returned to
Frederickshaven. Germany, and
make the transocean aboard the
Graf Zeppelin.
The letters were postmarked in
Germany July 31. and show arriv
1 ■■ ■■ ■■■■a-c.
ing time in New York Aug. 5, 3 a.
m. They bear a four reichmark
German stamp, a blue internation
al air mail symbol and a cachet.
The German stamp, of brown
ish color, shows the Zeppelin sail
ing around the world.
The cachet bears a picture of the
giant bag entering New York har
bor. revealing the Statue of Liber
ty in the background.
The blue airmail symbol, in the
upper left hand comer, bears the
words "Mit Luftposf and ‘Par
Avion.”
PRISONER SERVING
OUT VAGRANCY FINE
Angel Cclugna, 45. was committed
to the county Jail Tuesday to serve
out a fine imposed by Justice B. L.
Cain, in the sum of $27.30 after he
had been convicted cn a vagrancy
charge. It. G. Del: * ty sher
iff, was the arresting officer.
Others committed Tuesday were
Ar.astacio Lon?oria by federal of
ficers for violation of the liquir
law and four men for illegal entry
by immigration officials.
None was released.
1-1 in* IT\ A 1LT Store Clotcs
Jr vAUJ\ 1
SPECIALS
hhf IKeBottacK
1241 Cli^abeth jStreet
25c Solid Colors Big Value Voiles only.16c.
25c Fast Colors Print Percales onliy. 20c
i 39c Fast Colors Print Batistes and Voiles. 26c
45c and 59c Assorted Print and Plain Fabrics. . .. 33c
33c “Ranger" Pillow Cases only. 22c
$1.00 “Ranger” Sheets size 63x90 only. 71c
$1.25 “Marblehead”’ Sheets size 81x90 only. 93c
$1.25 ‘‘Fruit of Loom" Sheets size 63x90 only. .$1.06
$1.59r“Fruit of Loom” Hemstitch Sheets.$1-25
$1.95 “Fruit of Loom” Hemstitch Sheets.$1.55
98c Wamsutta Percale Pillow Cases..... 68c
$3.25 Wamsutta Percale Hemstitch Sheets.$2.83
$3.75 Wamsutta Percale Hemstitch Sheets .... $3.31
$3.98 Wamsutta Percale Hemstitch Sheets.$3.53
$4.50 Wamsutta Percale Hemstitch Sheets.$3.96
35c and 39c New Drapery Cretonnes. 21c
45c to 59c New Drapery Cretonnes.. 55c
75c New Everf&st Drapery Cretonnes. 55c
90c New Everfast Drapery Cretonnes. 67c
$2.69 and $2.15 Ecru Lace Curtains only.$1.30
$3.75 and $4.50 Ecru Lace Curtains only.$2.00
$5.00 Natural Lace Curtains only.$2 10
59c Natural Silk Pongee. 42c
69c Natural Silk Pongee. 49c
90c Natural Silk Pongee. 57c
$1.00 Heavy Rough Colored Pongee. 74c
$1.10 Good Quality Radium, all shades. 82c
$1.25 Sport Satin, 39 inch, all shades. 85c
$1.50 Beautiful Glitterglo Satin, all shades.$1.03
$1.35 Washable Crepe Chine.$1.14
I $1.50 Washable Crepe Chine.$1.37
98c New Print Durbar Crepes. 79c
95c New Print Rayon Voile. 79c
$1.00 New Print Rayon Voiles. 69c
$1.50 New Print Rayon Georgette.$1.24
$1.75 New Print Rayon Fabrics.$1.39
$1.50 and $1.65 Assorted Georgettes only.$123
$1.75 Fancy Shades Exquisite Crepe Chiffon.. .$1.45
$1.85 Sheer Quality Georgette Crepe.$1.34
$1.98 Fine Quality Flat Crepe only.$1.58
$2.25 Print Crepe Chine only.$1.61
$2.25 Mallinsons Indestructible Voile.$1.49
I $2.25 Satin and Flat Crepes.$1.56
62.50 Quality Black Flat Crepe.$1.76
$2.50 New Print Flat Crepe.$1.99
$2 00 New Black Satin Crepe.t. .$1.83
$2.50 New Print Crepe Chiffons.$1.88
$2.75 Print Crepe Chine.$2.09
35c Print Lawns and Voiles. 23c
35c Fancy and Solid Colors Oil Cloth. 22c
20c White 36 inch Sheer Nainsook. 15c
35c White Nainsok only. 21c
I 33c Colored Batiste only. 21c
! 50cWhite Imported Voile. 19c
75c White Imported Voile.*. . . 57c
95c White Imported Voile. 72c
50c Imported White Organdy. 36c
69c Imported White Organdy. 52c
95c and 98c Imported White Organdy . 76c
$1.25 Imported White Organdy. 96c
8 Yards pink or white dimity check for .$1.00
25c to 50c Assorted Children’s Socks........ 16c
$1.25 Hollywood Roll Silk Hose. 70c
$1.00 Ladies’ Novelty Thread Silk Hose. 70c
$1.50 Odds Chiffon and Light Service Hose... .$1.11
$1.50 Pointex Light Service Silk Hose.,...$1.18
$1.50 Pointex All Silk Chiffon Hose .$1.19
$1.95 Pointex Light Service Silk Hose.$1.35
$1.95 Pointex All Silk Chiffon Hose.$1.48
$1.95 Van Raalte and Phoenix Chiffon Hose ... $1.36
$1.98 Gordon Lace Clock Chiffon Hose ........ SI.55
$1.98 Dexdale Three-Point Chiffon Hose.$1.56
$2.00 Claussner Beautiful Chiffon Hose.$1.51
$2.25 Gordon V-Line Chiffon Hose.$1.86
$2.50 Gordon White Chiffon Hose. Black Clocks $1.95
$3.00 Logan or Claussner chiffon hose.$1.98
$3.50 Claussner and Van Raalte lace clocks . .. $2.00
$3 95 and $4.50 Van Raalte and
Claussner chiffon hose... $2.75
$1.25 Children’s “Kickernick” combinettes .... $1.01
$1.69 to $1.98 Tom Sawyer boys’ wash suits .... 94c
$2.98 Tom Sawyer boys’ wash suits.$1.59
$2.98 Girls’ White Beach trousers. $1.99
$1.69 Ladies’ embroidered batiste gowns ...... $1.17
$1.75 Ladies’ Philippine embroidered gowns ... $1.31
$1.98 Ladies’ Philippine embroidered gowns ... $1.51
$2.25 Ladies’Philippine embroidered gowns . .. $1.71
$2.98 Ladies’ Philippine embroidered gowns . .. $2-46
$4.98 Odds millinery.$1.59
$14 98 to $17.50 Ladies’ spring silk dresses only. $7.25
25c White bath suit belts... 15c
$1.25 Juvenile sun suits ..... 98c
$1.50 Juveniles wool bath suits. 98c
$1.75 Children's wool bath suits. $1.19
$1.98 Children's wool bath suits.$1.29
$2.50 Girls’ wool bath suits.$1.69
$3.25 Girls’ wool bath suits.$2.19
$3.50 Ladies* wool bath suits.$2.35
$4 50 Ladies’ and girls wool bath suits.$2.98
$5.50 Ladies’ wool bath suits.$3.69 I
86.95 Ladies’ wool bath suits'.$3.95
35c Lace gown yokes. 16c
49c and 50c Lace gown yokes. 31c
75c and 85c Lace gown yokes. 51c
45c Steel sewing scissors. 30c
55c Steel sewing scissors. 39c
$1.98 Fancy crepe chine step-ins.$1.59
$2.98 Fancy crepe chine step-ins....... $2.29
$4.75 and $4.98 Crepe chine gowns.$3.98
$5.98 and $6.50 Crepe chine gowns.$4.98
95c White 36-inch rubber sheeting only. 77c
$1.10 Maroon 36-inch rubber shseting, only .... 90c
$2.98 Ladies’ fast colors wash dresses . .. ..u... $1.69
$1.98 Infants’ embroidered voile dresses $139
$2.98 Infants’ embroidered voiie dresses.$2.22
$1.25 and $1.50 Infants’ nainsook dresses ...... 95c
$1.75 Infants’ Philippine nainsook dresses.$1.31
$1.98 Infants’ Philippine nainsook dresses ..... $1.41
Assorted odds lace stock only.... 2Hc
Odds assorted wide laces reduced to . ...*^ 13c I
95c New dotted Swiss only . ... 71c
5c Dozen snap fasteners only.. 2c
7 Spools black or white thread for. 25e
BOOSTING AIR SPEED
IS KNOTTY PROBLEM
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8.-VP>—
Refinements in streamlining, more
efficient wings and smaller engines
of great horsepower are needed be
fore greater speed may be gained by
racing planes.
Aeronautic experts agree the sur
face barely has been scratched in
what is known as streamlining and
aerodynamic efficiency. Much is to
be learned In this regard to acceler
ate the speed of planes.
Suggestions that speed planes in
the future may require Jockey-like
pilots because of their small size
are given little credence by fliers.
They point out that the Ideal pos
ture for flying a racing place is a
reclining‘one. and even of fuselages
could be greatly reduced, there still
would be sufficient pilot space and
a man's size would make little dif
ference.
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PLEADS GUILTY TO
ASSAULT, FINED $52
Eul .Ho Calderon, charged in
county court at law with aggravated
assault upon Raul Rangel, pleaded
guilty Thursday morning before
Judge J. I. Kleiber and was fined
$25 and costs, making the total
$52.80.
The case cleared the criminal
docket for the term, other cases
having been continued, dismissed,
or ot.*- se disposed of.
| Building Permits |
Cameron county courthouse, new
roof. Rio Grande Roofing company,
San Benito, contractor. $2440.
Fred Lerma. frame residence on
Garfield between 14th and 15th
stret*. Ernesto Davila, contractor,
$1.800.
Auction Sale
at Harlingen Saturday, August 10, at 1:30
P. M. on Raymondville and Combs high
way, 1 mile north of Earnest Bookout place
We will sell:
20 head of fat gentle young mules, ages from 4 to 6
years old, weight from 950 to 1350 lbs. These are
real buck mules. . .
I Also 18 head of real producing milk cows giving big
flow of milk
12 Head of springing J Good sets of harness
... 1 Bed-room set
belters * 1 Dining room set
5 Good work horses 2 Good ice boxes
10 Head of Duroc Jer- 2 Linoleum rugs, 10x12
sey hogs Lots of other furniture, I
80 Whitt leghorn hens plows, tools. I
If you are in ,the market for anything, don't fail to
come to this sale. Anybody having anything to sell
may bring it to this sale. Everything must sell, re
gardless of price. Sale starts promptly at 1:30 Sat
urday, at Harlingen.
JOHN S. WEAR, Auctioneer
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