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P Cotton Sacks A 4k^ GUI LDS P^ j Scales, Knee Pads and other Ml m 4i 49 9 » . mt —I ^E4B4*'4Nl|Sf' B nf gl A TYPf_ J °* _E ^RY 3 cotton picking accessories. ^mW ~B I I I 1 I I 1 M Lv H | 1 I HI/, ^P B H/ B XI H SB 9 W. H. Putegnat Company IL J E JEP i|P JE E ZJ E* E E EE l^EE, E i/1 LLP i ALAMO IRON WORKS Brownsville, Texas w . v ™ ^ ^ W BrowniTtnc - c®rpa§ Chrtati — _ ._ I THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASE D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) L_ **n Antoai°~ Hoo,t°" THIRTY'-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 21 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928 TEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY ■" '■ _ ■ .... ■ ■ —.. .. ...—. 1 — ' " - ""' ' " 1 - " ' ... '- . ' ." _ .. .. i FINAL j [EDITION i 1 M OUR [ : VALLEY THFRE'S ANOTHER side to this cotton trucking proposition to the port of Corpus Christi. Who's going to pay for damages to the highways because of heavy loadings? Cotton buyers who are shipping to Corpus Christi and saving some fifty cents in comparison with the rail freight rate, are the principal beneficiaries from the saving, it is claimed, although some may be pass ing the saving to the farmer. A truck and trailer may carry! from twenty-five to thirty-five bales of cotton. That’s a load of about 15,000 pounds, not including the weight of the truck and trailer. Of course, if the roads are dam aged more than ordinary by these weights, the taxpayer who builds the roads will pay for the saving of fifty cents a bale—or pay more than the saving. • a a AND ANOTHER THING. Motor ists are complaining that drivers of trucks loaded with cotton bound for Corpus Christi, are “hogging” the road. Complain that because of their heavy loads they dislike to turn off to the side of the road—sharing the pavement. One traveling man said he met a cotton-loaded truck. The drive.- did not seem inclined to move over and allow a share of the pavement. So the traveling man topped his car on his side of the road, opened a door and prepared to jump. He was determined to see his car go into a bad smash if necessary in maintaining his right to part of the roadway. However, he got his share of the road. THE ROADS in Cameron and Hi 4 dalgo counties probably can with stand the strain of these extra heavy loads. Whether the gravel and caliche roads encountered from the south Brooks county line to near Riviera in Kleberg county, can withstand it.; is not so certain. And it is also quite probable that state highway officials already arc giving consideration to the situa tion. • • • A BROWNSVILLE newspaperman declares he has achieved an ambition that he has nourished since bare foot days. Years and years ago it fell to bis lot, back at the old home, to engi neer the family lawn mower. Finishing the work, ha was forced to usa rakes or brooms to get to gether the cuttings. Next door there was another hoy.| This boy was the official lawn trim- ■ mer of hi» family. But this boy’s grass cutter wss equipped with a basket. When the basket filled, it | , was emptied in a pile. No lawn currying for him. So he was the envy of the boy j . whose mower bad no basket The Brownsville man’s ambition , was realized just the other day. He % went into a store and bought him self a basket, which he attached to » his lawn mower. Now he’s the proudest man in his neighborhood. None of this sweep ing up of cuttings for him. no sir. i He just empties the basket into a V pile, and wishes that neighbor boy § back at the old home was around. • • • 1 EDCOUCH. one of the baby towns ' i of the Valley, is moving forward * rapidly. i Word comes from there that in- j f corporation is the next step in the t town’s growth, and the question is (Continued on page eight) j! LATE BULLETINS WHEELBARROW FALLS 14 STORIES, KILLS HOUSTON MAN HOUSTON, July 24-—'■P*— H. V. King, 45, carpenter on a new 35-story building being erected at Main and Rusk streets here, was killed instantly today wrhen a wheelbarrow fell 14 floors, striikng him in the head. HATCHER. TREASURER CANDIDATE. TRAVELS FAR ON LITTLE AUSTIN, July 24.—(Ah—Although State Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher has traveled more than 15.000 miles in his campaign for re-election, he had spent only $503.33 at the last accounting to the secretary of state, his head ■, quarters said here Tuesday. )SOFT DRINK OPERATOR HELD IN NEW ORLEANS BANK ROBBERY NEW’ ORLEANS. La.. July 14.—A1—“Moon” Porretto. operator of a ►oft drink stand was taken into custody today charged with being an ac m cessory after fhe fact in the robbery yesterday of the Le Breton market 4 branch of the Canal Bank and Trust company here when two bandits es * raped with $4,650 in an automobile driven by a third member of their hand, {porretto was one of six men arrested. •MAN SPEEDING TO ILL WIFE. WHO W AS W ITH SICK MOTHER. KILLED HAMMOND, La., July 24.—tAh—Speeding here to the bedside of his ill • wife. William G. Hamilton. Detroit business man. was killed instantly’ to m day when his automobile was wrecked on the outskirts of Hammond. Mrs. \ Hamilton was taken ill while visiting her mother. Mrs. S. E. Peters who is • critically ill. Besides his widow, a small son survives Mr. Hamilton. LANPH1ER GETS JOB W ITH HIS FRIEND. LINDBERGH DETROIT, July 24.—(A5*— Major Thomas G. Lanphirr will become vice president in charge of operations of the newly formed Transcontinental Air Transport company of which Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is chairman of the board as soon as soon as his resignation from the army becomes ef fective August 25. he announced todav. TEXAS GIRL FOUND Hl'RT BY ROADSIDE DIES IN BROWNWOOD BROWNWOOn, Tex., July 24.—(A*)—Ruby Osborne, 17, of Gold thwaite. Texas, who was found unconscious beside the road three miles from her home last Wednesday night, died at Goldthwaite hospital last night. Sheriff’s department announced that charges of murder would be filed before night. TO CELEBRATE NEW 5-CENT AIR MAIL POSTAGE RATE WASHINGTON. July 24.—'A**—Inauguration of the new five cent air mail postage rate August 1 will he commemorated by Postmaster G* ueral N>w in a radio address to be broadcast Saturday July 38 at 9:30 p. m. from WRC, tl>e local atation of the National Broadcasting a* stem. MAN BED AS WOMAN’S AIDE ADMITS STORY Bastrop Jury Told of Way Lour ne Murder In Thrilling Manner ner by Principal BASTROP, Texas. July 24.—6P»— With a harrassed and nervous mien, Hugo Middleton. Smithville black smith. went on the district court wit ness stand here Tuesday and turned state’s evidence against Mrs. Rosie Waybourne, 48-year-old widow, on trial for the murder of her husband. W. W. Waybourne, retired railroad man of Smithville, found beaten to death at his home last March. Middleton, whose blacasmith shop is across the street from the Way bourne home, testified that on Mrs. Waybourne’s solicitation he got Joe Morales, Mexican, to kill Waybourne The red, bobbed-haired widow wept during the testimony. Middleton said she had tried to get I hint to put Waybourne out of the j way, “because she did not love him. did not want to live with him, and carried a lot of insurance.” The blacksmith said he refused but agreed to get someone else to do it. A confession was introduced on demand of defense attorneys to “sec the statement in writing.” Middleton first said that Mrs. Way bourne got him to offer $300 to the Mexican to kill her husband. This was last fall, he said. He told of three different attempts on the life of Waybourne before the killing of March 10. Each time, Mrs. Way bourne left home to clear the way for the hired killer, the blacksmith testi fied. In a conversation with Morales a few days after the killing .Middleton tid he told him, “Joe, you pulled off a hell of a stunt the other night.” He said he was referring to the muti lated condition of the body. Morales told him, he said, that a steel bar off a plow was used for the killing. Then he paid the Mexican $250 in stead of $300, Middleton said. He did this, he testified, on instructions from Mrs. Waybourne. E. H. Moss, LaGrange law-yer, told of a visit by Mrs. Waybourne and Middleton to his office. He said they inquired who would receive money payable under Waybourne's insurance policies nnd from certain real estate in case of his death. Bottomley Raps Out Homer No 21 -—. BROOKLYN. July 24.—<JP\—Jim Botfomley’s twenty-first home run of the season, hit with none on and none out in the second innintr of i the St. Louis-Brooklvn rame here today, (rave the Oardinnls a lead of 1 to 0 over Jess Petty and the Rob ins. The blow pta<-»d R.»‘to>nle” within one homer of Hack Wilson of < h;<-aRo National I** -up leader. Willie Sherdel pitched for the vis-, itors. Kansas City Sees Return Of Days of ‘49 As Steers Stampede on Main Street KANSAS CITY. July 24.-</P>— Fifty head of Hereford cattle stampeded through the streets here early tdday. following the midnight wreck of a Santa Fe train two blocks from the union station. Police and motorists staged many exciting impromptu rodeos in the downtown district. Nine cars were piled up when the train's locomotive left the rails, and three cattle cars were wrenched open. The frightened stock scattered in alt directions, and soon the police were deluged with tel»nhone calls from ex cited residents. • « • Only a few of the cattle had been rounded up at an early hour, and reports indicated that the ex cited animals had reached the out lying residence sections. Two steers were captured in the vicinity of the Muehlebach hotel at Twelfth and Baltimore streets, after they had fallen on the side walk. exhausted by the chase. Several others were herded into vacant lots in that section, and guards posted to keep them from escaping. One steer dashed through a plate glass window into a downtown garage and horned several cars. Timid attendants ga thered. but none dared approach the wild-eyed bovine, who finally crashed through another window and fled up an alley. One panic-stricken steer was knocked down by a street car at Thirteenth and Main streets, but got to its feet appar-_tly unhurt and escaned. Denny Spiilane. special officer for the Kansas City Public Service company, and Sireet car workers imprisoned two spirited steers in a steel garage at the company’s headquarters at Fifteenth and Grand streets. Twenty patrolmen bulldogged another animal on the North Side near the city hall. Tying the ani mal to a pump, the men scattered in pursuit of other cattle. Huck sters at the city market joined late-going amusement seekers in capturing a cow in that vicinity. Another was corralled in a driveway near the postoffice, while an animal that caused havoc by entering a drug store on the Union Station Plaza escaped. Shouts of motorists and sirens of police cars added to the panic of the fleeing Herefords as the pedestrians downtown scattered to elevated points of vantage to watch the pursuit. • • • Police headquarters informed residents that officers could not be sent to the residence lections until the downtown streets had been cleared of the milling cat tle. While the downtown rodeo was at its height an automobile col lided with a truckload of hogs at 39th street and Troost avenue in the residence section, and the truik overturned, freeing the hogs. A traffic officer and spec tators herded the swine into a vacant lot. The cattle were feeders sold here yesterday and enroute to Marceline. Mo. STANDARD OIL, SINCLAIR WILL UNITE, BEIEF Move to Defeat Rocke feller’s Effort To Oust Stewart, Wall Street Believes NEW YORK. July 24.—(^>-The New York World today says that signs discernible in Wall Street in dicate that out of the oil situation that has held the attention of the country the last four years may come a working combination of the Stan dard Oil company of Indiana and the Sinclair Consolidated Oil company in volving hundreds of millions of dol lars. Signs pointing to such a combina tion are seen in the contemplated doubling of the capacity of the Sin clair Pipe line, which is controlled equally by the Standard Oil company of Indiana and the Sinclair Consoli dated Oil corporation. If this contemplated doubling of capacity presages a combination be tween Colonel Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Stan dard of Indiana, and Harry F. Sin clair, head of the Sinclair company, says the World, it means that the standard of Indiana is taking an im portant step to free itself from de pendence upon Rockefeller subsidi aries. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., larg est individual stock holder in the standard of Indiana, has been trying to force Col Stewart from the chair manship since the latter’s refusal last j winter to answer certain questions before the senate Teapot Dome com mittee. Bond Is Denied In Bomb Slaying ROCKFORD. 111.. July 24.—MV Under a charge of first degree mur der and without bond, Paul Reed, 24, a draughtsman, was bound over .to the October grand jury today wv~n given a preliminary hearing in po lice court for the slaying of Vernon Plager. radio expert, blown up in his automobile last week. Previous to his arraignment Reed had confessed stealing the dvnamite that was found last night in his former rooming house, but main tained he did not use it for bomb ing Plager's automobile, insisting he had taken it to blast out a spring at a lake where he was go ing on a fishing trip. Reed was linked with the slaying as a result of an affair he had had with Mrs. Iva Plager. widow of the radio man, who also was taken into custody as a suspect. She was re leased today. SEARS, ROEBUCK COMING HARLINGGEN. July 24.-A retail store for the sale of automobile tires and accessories will be opened within a few months on the high way in Harlingen, by Sears, Roebuck & Company of Dallas, it was learn ed here today. This will be the company's second store in South Texas, the first being announced for Corpus Christ*. WANT VALLEY GROWN SPUDS IN KINGSVILLE Railroad men of Kingsville want to help the Valley con sume the surplus potato crop of this section, says Bert F. Rai ford, former Brownsville rail road man and now living in Kingsville. Writing to The Herald from Kingsville. R. Raiford says: “I notice your articles in the paper with reference to using potatoes grown in the Valley. “The railroad men of Kings ville are Interested in the Val ley, and want to help the Val ley in any way they can. “I have been talking to several of the grocerymen in Kingsville, and I find that none handle them. "They claim the price is dl gh and there is no one making any effort to sell these potatoes here. “Three men told me this morning they could use fifteen or twenty sacks each week. I advise some one to send sales men here to look into this." COMMITTEE IS NAMED BY VOTE Fifteen Selected To Arrange Plans For Celebration Only one resident of Brownsville, out of 311 voting on the personnel of the permanent Fourth of July com mittee, opposed the plan of making the Independence Day celebration an annual event. The celebration committee will con- j sist of John Fanning, G. W. Dennett, I Fred Latham, Alfred Putegnat, Cleve Tandy, J. M. Stein, W. B. Clint, Rob ert Lrnst, H. H. Banker, Sam Hugh ston, Harry Faulk, H. D. Seago, Mrs. J. K, Wells, Mrs. V. W. Taylor and Miss Julia O'Brien. A meeting of the committee will be called the latter part of the week to , elect a permanent chairman and ap point the sub-committees which will be in charge of the various celebra tion features. The names of forty men and ten women were printed on the ballots which were mailed to 800 residents of the city. The majority of ballots (Continued on page eight) Clerk In French Court Loses Pay For Taking Tips PARIS, July 24.——-One hun dred and nineteen judges in solemn conclave today considered the case of N. Chipot, a court clerk accused of taking tips of 50 and 75 cents and sometimes one dollar for aiding the speeding up of divorces for Americans or other foreigners. As punishment, the judges decided the clerk should get no pay during his annual two months’ year. j PLANE LANDS WITH INITIAL LOAD OF FISH 500 Pounds Arrive Here From Soto La Marina Inaugurat ing Indwwiry Ushering in a new industry for Brownsville and one unique in the history of this country, Capt. R. W. Stone of the International Air Trans port company, landed the first load of fish ever to be carried by airplane, at this city’s municipal airport at 7:40 a. m. Tuesday, making a flight from Soto La Marina. Mexico, fishing camp of the J. W. Munn Investment company, to Brownsville in one hour and 55 minutes. Stone took off from the Mexican fishing village at 5:45 a. ni. Monday morning carrying a 500 pound load of fish for the fishing company’s Brownsville plant. Immediately upon arrival of the plane, the fish were unloaded and brought into Brownsville where they were packed in barrels for shipment to various Texas cities. Waiting only long enough for his plane to be loaded with 350 pounds of wet ice for use on the fishing boats on the Soto La Marina, Capt. Stone took off for Mexico in order to return with another load of fish sometime Tuesday afternoon. There Rre four other planes sta tioned at the airport that are to en ter the services of the fishing com pany as son as they can be equipped (Continued on page five) ARRANGEMENT FOR BIG RADIO HOOKUP MADE Ceremonies Expected To Last Hour and Half; Will Go Out Over 9C Stations ALBANY. N. Y., July 24.—<£*>— Governor Smith will be notified of his nomination Wednesday evening. August 22. The ceremony, which will take place on the east steps of the state capitol here, and will be broad cast by a nationwide network of radio stations, will begin at seven p. m., eastern daylight time, and is expected to last about one hour and a half. After considerable difficulty in making radio arrangements because of the necessity of shifting fixed pro grams, announcement that a definite time for broadcasting the notification ceremony had been agreed upon was made today by Governor Smith. The democratic presidential nom inee said that while he had not be gun actual drafting of his acceptance speech in which he had promised to touch on all campaign issues he fig I ured it would take an hour for de livery. He also calculated that Sen ator Pittman of Nevada would need 15 minutes for his notification speech and that another 15 minutes would be required for “incidental business.” Although the exact line-up of radio stations that will broadcast Governor Smith’s speech has not been determ ined definitely, approximately ninety six, covering the entire country, will be in the chain. In addition to clearing up the un certainty as to the date for his ac ceptance speech, Governor Smith at his conference today with newspaper I reporters made it plain that he was not disturbed by claims of strength (Continued on page five) SPUD DEMAND IS IMPROVING | - Dealers Report Grow ing Sales on the Local Markets The demand for Valley potatoes la increasing steadily in Brownsville and other Valley towns, according to reports of dealers and others who state that the Valley housewives, having been apprised of the situa tion. are buying the Valley product in ever-increasing quantities. Brownsville grocery stores hand ling potatoes state that since the inauguration of the campaign to es tablish a local market for the local (Continued on page five) FARR DIES SAN ANGELO. Tex.. July 24.— —Frank L. Farr, associated with his father. L. L. Farr, prominent ranch man. wool merchant * d banker, died here last night from a heart, at tack. He was to celebrate his for tieth birthday today. BRIDE OF AIR 1 his »ir.:!ing young woman, the former Bessie Wright, is an airplane bride of Ogden, Utah. At the recent dedication of an airport there she plighted her troth to C. Eugene Bowen. FRANCE CALLS OFF FLIGHT TO U. S. BY PARIS _ Announcement Made As Plano Being Con ditioned at Horta For Next Jump PARIS. July 24.—(JF)—The Havas News Agency announced late today that it had been officially decided to abandon the trans-Atlantic flight of Lieut. Paulin Paris, now at Horta. in the Azores, from France to the United States. HORTA. Island of Faya!, Azores, July 24.—(£*»—Three French airmen, who hope to complete a round trip flight between Brest and New York by seaplane, waited today while minor repairs were being made to their plane. The plane. La Fregate. (the Frig ate-Bird) was hoisted on the break water so it could be groomed for the next leg of its flight to Ber muda. If they find their fuel sup ply sufficient on reaching there, the fliers. Lieut. Paulin Louis Jer ome Paris. Relief Pilot Marcel Mar (Continued on page eight) CORPS CHIEF ARRIVES HERE To Inspect Troops at Fort Brown; Dance Given In Honor An 11 gun salute announced the ar rival of Brig. Gen. Albert J. Bowley, commanding the Eighth Corps Area, to Fort Brown Tuesday afternoon. General Bowley, who is completing a tour of inspection of the various army camps in the Eighth Corps Area, is accompanied by Maj. W. H. H. Morris, Jr., acting assistant chief of staff. Both officials arrived by automobile from Fort Ringgold where an inspection was made Tuesday morning. Troops were in readiness at Fort Brown should a review he ordered by the Eighth Corps commander. A reception end dance is to be giv en in honor of the visiting officers at the Fort Brown Officers club at 9 p. m. Tuesday. General Bowley and Major Morris will leave at 6 a. m., Wednesday for Corps Area headquarters at San An tonio. The trip is to be made by automobile. Latvia to Execute 4 Spies for Soviet RYEHISTA. Latvia. July 24.—'AV Two former officers of the Latvian frontier guards and two guards were sentenced to death today when con victed of espionale on behalf o* the Soviet. Five other persons were sentenced to hard labor /or !if«*- Two to ten years in jail asd six. including a woman, to five years. Eleven other* were acquitted. SAY ATTACK WAS MADE ON LIFE ON CHIEF Agrarians Do Not De mand Death of Ob regon Slayer, Lay Blame on Leaders NEW YORK. July Appar ently authentic advices reaching New York today state that Luis Morones, former minister of labor, was fired upon as he was leaving a theater the Sunday before the as sassination of President-Elect Obre gon and wus wounded in the thigh, come from Pueblo also stated that a train bearing agrarians to Mexico City to participate in a demonstra tion in General Obregon’s behalf on July 15 was fired upon by workers in a textile factory affiliated with the Mexican regional confederation of workers. General Barbosa, an agrarian leader, was reported to have been killed. There has been tension between tha agrarian leaders and labor leaders in Mexico for some time. Immediately after the assassination of General Obregon last week, leaders of tha agrarians demanded the resignation of Senor Morones, minister of labor, contending that the labor leader w-as one of the ‘‘psychological authors'* of the crime,'paving the way to tha assassination by his speeches against Obregon. There were even threats against Morones’ life. Morones, who resigned his post in the cabinet, has been 'n hiding for the past few days. Immediately after Obregon’s assas sinat.on he issued a statement con demning the crime, but this did not stop an outburst of anger againet him by various agrarian leaders. Slayer Called ‘Irresponsible’ MEXICO CITY. July 24.-/yP»— Jose De Leon Toral, who shot to death Gen. Alvaro Obregon, was himself an irresponsible victim of superior intellects, in the viewpoint of the agrarian political body. For that reason, said Aurelio Manrique, spokesman for the party, hit death is riot demanded by that element. regard Obregon's assassin aa a personage who was controlled be superior outside forces.” said Man rique today. “We d6 not demand his leath. but we do demand justice and ae believe this can be achieved most quickly by removal from the govern or t of tho labor leaders whose an* ti-Obregon activities created the at mosphere for the mad act of the assassin. The influence wielded by those labor leaders must be wiped out of Mexican public affairs.” The statement was given in expla nation of the part which the agra rians took last night in action by tbs union of revolutionary parties which decided to eliminate all members of the labor party from the legislative as well as the executive department! of the government. This action waa a sequel to the resignations of Luis Moronea. minister of labor, and two minor government officials who were members of the labor party. 1 he union has also opened fire on state governors who belong to tho Moronea party or who have express ed anti-Obregon sentiments. Lighten Sting of > on Clc.gy MEXICO CITY. Ju!v \ statement by Police Chief General (Continued on page eight) WEATHER For Brownsville and the Valley: Partlv cloudy to unsettled tonight and Wednesday, probably with local thundershowers. For East Texas: Mostly cloudy to night and Wednesday with local showers. Light variable winds on the coast. RIVER FOREC AST There will he no material change in the river during the next fe* days. Flood Prevent 21 Hr. 24 Hr. Stage Stage Chng. RaiQ Eagle Pass .. 18 3.2 +0.8 .20 Laredo . 27 -0.7 +0.2 .3! Rio Grande ..21 4.8 +0.5 .00 San Benito .. 23 Brownsville . 18 2.0 -0.8 ,0(| TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabel tomorrow, under normal meteorology cal conditions: .. 12:42 a. m. Low .. 4:58 p. if, MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today .. 7.3| gy