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HIHTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 219 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929 . TWELVE PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
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LLEY
IY it host today to a
t 360 men and women
optionally equipped to
rite of this section,
ity agricultural agents,
ha faculty of leading
slleges in tha United
inada. and editor* of
ion*.
hat just attended in
ibration of the twenty
try of the extension
where they heard ex
rirtuas of scientific
Ms.
ikaly they will be sur
in this southern por
Inited States a uni
t type of farmers, a
am men who have had
if for the work they
I.
rertain many of them
•ed by the develop
id urban.
of these agricultural
workers is sere to be
fit to the section, for,
ve seen our beautiful
well kept vegetable
innot help but be en
er the opportunities
► Valley.
come many of them
about this section by
respective home com
are considering mov
ley.
era asked tor an opin
ey’e trip, they will ba
giva real information,
f them it is their first
Valley. These cur
to win with whole
arn hospitality. For
> party it will be tha
rd trip to this section,
ly will be able to note
>fre«s since they last
leva 350 visitors, the
da a hearty welcome
• desire that may bs
or their time in com
P«
ITTON, BUTTON, uho’s got tha
a?
or about April 1 buttons will
Ided to tho already varied llat
illey products.
H. and Prank Healey, brother*
aacatine, Iowa, bavo announced
intention to install in Mor
al tha coat of about $50,000 a
n factory which will turn out
( 7000 groaa per week of that
•ary article.
round figures that is ona mil
buttons per week, enough, it
i, to supply nil tha mala pop
>n of tha United State* with
thing better than nails onto
i to fasten their suspenders.
• • •
E FACTORY will «»e mussel
ae time ago tha brothers cams
a Valley from their Iowa home
arch of material for factories
already ara operating and
1 the Irrigation canals and re
ef this section abounding in
rial.
oral carloads were dredged and
ad to Iowa. There they were
into tha finished product,
i brothers decided they were
g freight on a lot off shell
i was going to the refuse heap,
ey decided to move tha factory
to source of raw material, a
move.
• • •
f.LKY MUSSELS for somo un
ined reason ara pink, and tha
nd is for whits buttons. But
irs. Healey announce they have
sped a chemical process which
lies out tha color,
tounca they will supply em
•ent for 80 to 70 workers.
a a a
Jfr N. IVY. up in St. John,
id, tialtmg, findi ha needs Tha
d to keep informed on what is
wing in tha Valley. Writes:
find Tha Herald a good source
formation about the progress
• V'aHey. 1 have learned many
i though its columns that it
! have taken months of corras
■nee to have gotten.”
MNtNG AND CREW j
iONORED IN FRANCE
BRBOURG. Prance, Feb. 0?*>
sf Officer Harry Manning,
• commander of tho S. S. Amer
nd other members of the (am
oat crew who rescued the crew
i Italian freighter Florida last
i, today were presented with a
medal commemorating their
by officials of tha Cherbourg
her of Commerce,
tain George 8. Fried, command
the America vho d'U not make
resent trip, will receive a aim
nodal on his nest trip to the
k port in honor of his work as
seder of the vessel when the
tons rescue was made. French •
and municipal authorities as
is American consular officials i
present at today’s ceremony.
ION DEFICIENCY j
JILL TO BE WRITTEN
iTIM, Feb. 8.—cm—The sen^
ianco committee today instruct
aub committee to draft a bill
‘Mating fib 1.000 to take care
flf*e icy requests of the peni
■fiun.
BbOmnttce also voted to re
'•vorab’y a bill appropriating
K) to extend the tick eradica
ork of tha Livestock Sanitary
asion to a number of new coun
This bill waa voted out over
raaueua objection of Senator
. |
Ex-Secretary Ot
Navy Ed. Denby
Dies at Detroit
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DETROIT, Feb. 8.—(/P>— Edwin
Denby. farmer secretary of the navy
and one of the figure* whose polit
ical career was abruptly terminated
by the Teapot Dome scandal, died at
his home here today. Dsath result
ed from a heart stuck.
Denby. one of the most popular
figures in public life at the time of
the oil scandal, was &9 years old.
\\ hils he had been in poor health
during recent weeks, announcement
of his death this morning was a dis
tinct shock to his friends here.
Following his resignation from
tha cabinet, the "sea going aacre
Ury of the navy," as he was termed,
returned to Detroit and resumed his
banking, industrial and legal activ
ities.
Although he virtually was com
pelled to resign from the cabinet as
a result of the Teapot Dome affair,
Denby did not attempt to place any
of the responsibility that was charg
ad to him upon the shoulders of any
one else. Blamed mainly for agree
ing to the leasing of the naval oil
reserves, Denby insisted his action
had been for the best interests of
the country.
After riding the creit of i wave
of accomplishments that carried him
to the cabinet of President Herding,
Edwin Denby was drowned political
ly in tha flood of oil scandal that
boiled from the naval oil leases at
Teapot Dome.
One of the most popular men ever
to sit as a member of an American
presidents' cabinet, Denby virtually
was compelled to resign the secre
taryship of the navy in 1924 as part
of the cabinet clean-up demanded
when the country beesme aroused
over the leases which led to the in
dictment for conspiracy of Albert
B. Fall, former secretary of the in
terior. and the oil men, Edward Do
hor.y and Harr; F. Sinclair.
Unfortunately acquiescence rather
than deliberate participation was the
most for which Denby was blamed.
He always insisted that his part in
the leasing of the naval oil reserves
was proper and for the best interests
of the country.
Return Feted
"Had I not taken the action I did,"
EDWIN DENBY
he said in a public address after he
| had resigned from the cabinet, “I
1 would have been false to my trust
and culpably negligent in the per
formance of my duties.”
Detroit, Denby’s home town, long
will remember Denby's return from
Washington after he had quit the
cabinet with the gossip and condem
nation it a nation sounding in his
ears. He was feted as a hero, a day
of celebration being climaxed by a
great public banquet at which repre
sentative citizens sat and by their
presence and by their words bespoke
complete confidence in him.
Tears glistened in the Denby eyes
as he heard eulogistic words spoken
that night. He all but broke down
when three members of the Marine
corps—the branch of the service in
which he enlisted as a private and
rose to a majority—walked up to him
unannonuced, saluted, spoke a few
(Continued on page seven.)
BENEVOLENT OLD
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SANTA SUES FOR
* * *
$7.50; HE GETS IT
ST. PAUL. Minn. T.b. 8.—</P>—
To those who wonder where Sent*
Claus spends the other 364 days
of the year, the information is
herewith vouchsafed that he spent
one of theae daya—yesterday—
suing Arthur Young for $7.50.
Santa Claus (known to his inti
mates as John Schikert) complain
ed that while he was spreading
Christmas cheer in a St. Paul store
last December, Mr. Young saunt
ered by. Santa had placed hia
overcoat on a chair and Mr. Young
dropped a cigaret thereon. Tha
resultant conflagration burned a
$7.50 hole in the garment, said
Santa, and the court thought so,
too.
SCHlDTWiLL
COACH T.C.U.
Arkansas U. Mentor
Accepts Post Va
cated By Bell
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Feb. 8.—VP)
—Athletic official* of Texas Chris
tian University announced her* to
day that Francis A. Schmidt, coach
at the University of Arkansas, hsd
accepted the position of head ath
letic coach at Texas Cbriatian Uni
versity.
The vacancy was ersatad by the
resignation of Madison Bell who
became football coach at Texas A.
& M. college.
“We are happy to announce,” said
Athletic Director L. C. Wright, “that
Mr. Schmidt has accepted the posi
tion left vacant by the resignation
of Madison Belt”
i “After the rumors got into the
! newspapers, I got in touch with
Schmidt over Tong distance tele
phone, talked the matter over, and
he decided to go ahead and announce
his acceptance. He had already
mad* up hia mind, but had wished
to hold back the announcement until
after Saturday.”
Schmidt will visit Fort Worth in
tha near future, probably early next
week, sign a contract, and make
other final arrangements.
Details have not been worked out.
but it is regarded here as highly
probable that the Arkansas Univer
sity coach will secure a leave of ab
| senec to conduct the Christians*
| spring football practice in April and
May,
Woman Burned
To Death When
Sparks Fire Bed
DEN\ ER, Feb. 8.—Sparks
from a grata which ignited her bed
covers, caused the death here yes
terday of Mrs. Anna Inman. 81, as
cousin of John D. Rockefeller.
According to Mrs. Anna Miller,
her daughter, an employ# in the of
fice of the secretary of stata of Col
orado, Mrs. Inman was a member of
the Groton Avery’s family and di
rectly related to the oil magnate’s
father.
Mrs. Inman had been ill for sev
eral months and was in bed in front
of the grate. When the bed covers
caught fire she ran to another room
but diod before other occupants of
the building, attracted by bar
screams, arrival
V
TORAL TO BE
EXECUTED f
FIRING SQUAD
Slayer of Obregon To
Go to Death Early
Saturday; Gil Denies
Clemency
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 8.—(AP>—
Announcement wtw made today
that Jose de 1/eon Toral. asssssln
of President-elect Obregon, will
be executed at noon tomorrow.
MEXICO C ITY. Feb. 8.—<*V-Jose
de Leon Toral, confessed assassin of
President-elect Alvaro Obregon, spent
what probably is his last day of ltfe
incommunicado in a cell at the peni
tentiary today.
Barring developments sometime be
fore dawn tomorrow he will be taken
to a courtyard within the peniten
tiary grounds and shot by a firing
squad, in expiation of hie crime in a
restaurant at San Angel last July 17.
An exchange of telegraph messages
between President Fortes Gil and
officials of the federal district waft
ed away what faint hope Toral might
have had of life.
His attorneys asked President Por
tes Gil, who was en route from Ciu
dad Victoria, Tamaulipas, to the cap
ital, to stay the execution until he
had time to study a petition for clem
ency filed at the presidential palace.
The president answered with the
granting of a 24-hour stay and re
quested the petition for clemency be
wired to him. He received it last
evening at Tampico, and telegraphed
back denying further reprieve and
executive clemency.
MAY VALIDATE CLAIMS
ST. LOUIS. Feb. R.—</P>— Approval
of tha plan of E. P. Greenwood, prea
| ident of the Great Southern Life
i Insurance company of Houston, Tex-,
to satisfy claim* of f 1,066,830.41
against the insolvent International
Life Insurance company, was recom
mended in a report yesterday to the
federal court here by Conway El
der, special master.
PROBERS RECESS'
AUSTIN. Feb. 8.—(APV-The com
mittee investigating the General
Land office recessed today until to
morrow without hearing testimony.
:
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they say. Restaurant owners, home owners in need of reli
able cooks or other domestic help, arill find it wise to let the
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Farming Experts on Valley Tour
360 MORS
START DRIVE
AT EDINBURG
County Agents Not
Due Here Until Late
Hour; Special Trains
Are Delayed
(Staff Special)
MISSION, Feb, 8,-Two hour*
late, 315 agricultural workers and
45 crop growing champions arrived
in Edinburg this morning in two
special trains, for s tour of the
Valley, the agricultural workers
coming in over the Southern Pa
cific while the crop champions came
in ovar the Missouri Pacific.
The agricultural workers, includ
ing county agents, heads of agri
cultural schools, members of the
United States Department of Exten
sion. Washington, and farm writers,
headed by Victor Schoffelmeyer of
the Dallas News, cam* direct to the
Valley from tha convention at Hous
ton. The crop growing champions,
who also attended the convention,
were guests on the trip to the Val
ley of the Chilean Nitrate company.
Breakfast was served at Edinburg
after which short addresses were
made by Henry Alsmeyer, Cameron
couny farm agent, and J. H. Kirk
patrick, agricultural agent for Hi
dalgo county, both of whom attend
ed the Houston meeting.
The regular program then was
followed, the agents and agricultural
experts being taken for a tour to
Sharyland, McAllen and to the
pumping plant at Hidalgo, arriving
at Mission at noon, after which the
return trip was started, stops being
scheduled at Donna, Pharr, San
Juan and Mercedes, before arrival
at Harlingen in the afternoon.
The visitors were scheduled to ar
rive in Harlingen about 2 o’clock
(Continued on page sevan.)
AVER WOMAN
WASJNSANE
Lunacy Charge Filed
Against Confessed
Husband Slayer
FORT WORTH. Feb. 8.—{AV-Lu
nacy charges were filed today against
Mrs. Fannie Ross Peter*. 28, whose
husband, Guitar Peters. S5, died last
night from gunshot wounds she ad
mitted she inflicted. Peters was a
geologist.
After Peters* death, his wife was
charged with murder. However, upon
investigation District Attorney Stu
art gave orders for the lunacy com
plaint to be filed.
According to the story related by
Mrs. Peters, Peters left home a week
ago and had not returned until the
evening he was shot. She said she
had telephoned him and had pleaded
with him to return. She said she
shot him in “self-defense,” because
she grew tired of his treatment to
ward her and because she believed he
was preparing to divorce her.
Mrs. Peters had not been arrested
at 10 a. m.. today.
Forecast First
Valley Freeze
Since Jan. 1928
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For the first time since January
2. 1928, over a year ago, the Lower
Rio Grande Valley faced possible
freezing temperatures Saturdiy
night, according to the forecast is
sued Friday hy U. S. Meteorologist
W. J. Schnurbusch.
The weather expert saw freezing
or near freezing cold tonight and a
probability of 2 to 6 degrees below
freezing Sunday morning. The tem
peratures were slated to stay in low
marks thereafter for several days
with a possibility of frost Monday
morning.
Precautions with all vegetables
and fruits were urged Saturday
night and Sunday. It was not be
lieved that the temperatures would
NORTHCOTT IS
PREPARING TO
MAKEAPPEAL
Jury Finds Him Guilty
Of Slaying 3 Boys;
Dea'cn Sentence To
Be Given Youth
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 8.—(JF)—
Gorden Stewart Northeott, 22-year
old Canadian, today began prepara
tions for an appeal from hig con
viction of the murder of three boys
at his chicken ranch near here.
The jury of men last night found
him guilty of slaying Lewis and Nel
son Winslow, brothers, of Pomona,
and an unidantified Mexican youth
after a little more than two hours
of deliberation. Thera was no
recommendation for clemency, mak
ing the death penalty mandatory.
Northeott received the verdict calm
ly and thanked the jury. He will be
sentenced Monday.
A jury after a littla more than
two hours deliberation last night
found Northeott guilty of slaying
Lewis Is Nelson Winslow, brothers,
of Pomana and an unidentified
youth. The verdict carried no
recommcndaion for clemency, mak
ing tho death sentence mandatory.
Northeott, who will be sentenced
Monday, announced be would take an
appeal.
Clark admitted participating la
the alleged murders under threats
by Northeott and his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Louisa Northeott. Cyrus
Northeott was held as a material
witness.
Officers led by young Clark found
bits of bone, hair and traces of
blood at the chicken ranch. At the
trial, scientists testified that some
fifty bits of the evidence were from
the bodies of juveniles.
Mrs. Northeott pleaded guilty to
complicity in the slaying of 9-yesr
old Walter Collins. She was sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
Mrs. Hammonds
Urges Women To
Get Into Politics
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. ».—«V
Calling upon women of the state nnd
nation to “exorcise their inherent
rights of participation in govern
ment," Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, recent
confidential secretary, indicated to
day that she regarded her two year
fight against opposing political in
terests in the state as a reminder
of the need for more feminine po
litical activities.
Mrs. Hammonds' connection with
tho administration of Henry S.
Johnston, impeached governor, was
severed Wednesday by her formal
resignation and Johnston’s announce
ment that she would not return to
bin office.
la an interview today, Mrs. Ham
monds said it appeared that “Amer
ica’s government is approaching a
crisis." and that “personal liberties
are at stake." Sbe was not specific
aboiit national evils nor what she
proposed to do to remedy them.
Mrs. Hammonds indicated that by
no mesas has she abandoned the po
intful straggle in which she has
beei • central figure for more than
stay at its lowest mark Saturday
night long enough to do much ma
terial damage. The weather bureau,
however, urged precaution with au
tomobile radiators, water lines, etc.
The first part of the cold wave
was to ba characterised by cloudy
and unsettled conditions with occa
sional rains. During the latter part,
it was believed that the skies would
clear off, leaving the Valley sus
ceptible to frost.
Schnurbutch stated that should
the temperatures remain below the
freesing point over a long period,
farmers should get in touch with the
county agricultural agent in regard
to pulling citrus from the trees.
This condition may be reached Sun
day morning, according to the fore
cast.
The California citrus belt waa hit
by freesing temperatures Thursday
night and it was expected to he
colder tonight, reports from there
said.
Freesing wetaher was to be al
most general over Texas Friday
night with snow in many sections.
A northwest storm warning was
issue* for the Texas co«ft at 10 a.
m. today.
> Valley radio etations at Browns
ville and Harlingen were broadcast
ing warnings to this section Friday.
NORTH TEXAS HELD
IN SEASON'S ‘WORST
(By The Associated Press.)
North Texas today struggled in
the grip of the severest cold wave
of the season. Many sections were
blanketed in snow and ice while tem
peratures dropped in a few instances
as low as xero. Telegraphic com
munications were hampered for
short periods, and some loss of live
stock was feared. South Texas still
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Tear Gas Bombs
Used To Rob Bank
By Young Woman
DETROIT, Feb. 8.—(A*)—A young
woman walked into a branch of the
Michigan 8tate Bank of Detroit to
day. fired two tear gas bombs, held
up the teller and escaped with $2,000.
The woman walked up to the
cashier’s window and. according to
Thomas Witkowski, teller, fired the
first bomb. She then presented a
note demanding $2,000. Fearing she
was armed, Witkowski handed her
the money. Before walkinr out of
the office and driving away she
fired the second bomb.
CONSCIENCE BILL KILLED
AUSTIN. Feb. 8.—(A*)—Senator
Love’s "freedom of conscience" bill
was killed today when tha senate
voted to table his motion to print
on e minority report. The vote was
20 to 6.
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HEADS FARMERS
El
Mrs. M. S. Hudson of Halo i
Center. Texas, is the first wom
an to b« named director of the
Texas Farm Bureau Federation.
HORSE SHOW
OPENS HERE
ONSATURDAY
Everything Prepared
For Event Being
Staged With Mid
Winter Tourney
With the exception of arrival of
several officers from Fort Ringgold,
everything was in preparedness Fri
day noon for the largest horse show
ever planned at Fort Brown which
is to get under way Saturdsy morn
ing at 8 a. tn.
The show contains sixteen events
for officers, civilians, ladies, polo
players and enlisted men. Lt. Palmer
with twenty men and a car load of
horses arrived here Thursday from
Fort Ringgold to participate in the
show being held in conjunction with
the Mid-Winter polo tournament now
under wsy at Fort Brown. Other
officers and visitors from Fort Ring
gold were expected to arrive Friday
afternoon.
In addition to tho Fort Ringgold
contingent. Fort Brown officers and
enlisted men, polo players from the
li!th cavalry, 6th cavalry and the
Wichita Fall civilian teams, and
ladies from Col. Koch's riding closes
are entered in the various events.
Rivalry is expected to be keen be
tween the Fort Brown and Fort Ring
gold groups as the last contests be
tween the two bodies were hard
foaght affairs.
The various groups have been
working out over the grounds which
are located on the road to the avi
ation field. The field has been gone
over and all jumps snd other ap
paratus carefully reconditioned.
Fort Brown has conducted numer
I out horse shows in the past and
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REJECTED SUITOR SLAYS GIRL AND SELF AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—<AP)—Rejected ea • Bailor, Joneph Adana, 14.
akot killed Mlae Genevieve Higgins. It. at kcr home today aad thea fatally
woandrd hi mar If.. Adame, a carpentnr, waa married aad kad a S-year-old
son.
TEXAS MAN KILLED WHEN HIT BY AUTO SKIDDING ON ICE
DALLAS, Tazaa, Feb. 8.—{P>—Frank B. Sisco, 82, Greenvills. Tenas, was
killed early today when he was struck by an automobile en the Dallas
Greenville highway. His automobil* had failed and he waa attempting to
hail a passing motorist when the second machine, skidding on the ice-cov
ered road, ran over him.
YOUNG SLAYER GOES TO GALLOWS PRAYING ALOUD
FOLSOM PRISON. Calif, Feb. L—tAP)—Praying aloud, Harrteon Ran
dolph, 24. wsat calmly to his death on the gallows kcr* at It a’clock tkla
morning. Ha ka^ bean convicted of murder,
STOCK HAVE NERVOUS DAY; HEARS END BULL RUSH
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—<AV-Prices churned about nervously on ths Ntw
York Stock Exchange today, as yesterday’s sharp hrsak and anothsr In
crease in brokerage leans, amounting to $: ti.OOOJXW, left speculative e«nti
ment completely unsettled. A pronounced rally developed during the fore
noon. But a Tiear" raid soon after midday precipitated a rush to sell,
wiped out most of the gains, and depressed several issues undtr yesterday’s
closing.
SENATE REFUSES DALLAS RESERVE BANK INQUIRY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8^-<AP>—The senate banking committee today re
jected the proposal of Senator Mayfield, democrat. Tea**, for an Investiga
tion of the Federal Reserve hank at Dallas. The reaolntlon wi* offered
SINCLAIR APPEAL FROM CONVICTION UNDER ADVISEMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—(4P>—The applieaticns of Harry F. Sinclair and
others for reversal of their convictieas for contempt of court an charges
of Jury shadowing in the rail-Sinclair Teapot Dome eil conspiracy ease
were taken nnder censidofwtiea today by the District of Columbia court
of appeals. \
AGED MAN FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH IN IAN ANTONIO
SAN ANGELO. Tessa. F*. 8.—<AP)—Trinidad Lopes, about 78. was
tool (NM !■ Am* la hu#**w ten W*u
RICHARDSON
STAND DENIES
CRABB CLAIMS
Defendant Says Part
Of Fund Put Up By
Senator’s Brot her
For Fatal Wager
DALLAS. Tev. Feb. IL-IAD—
Testimony in the Ben C. Richard*
forgery trial whs concluded at liSt
p. m. today after Shell.) < «v. a
former district attorney sod one
time grind dragon of the Ka Hat
Man in Tevaa. had testified ta re
buttal for the atate.
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. x.—<*y_ga*
«tor Karla B Mayfield’s brother,
Mauri«ii, gave Ban C. Richards, Jr,
$200 to bet on the outcome of tha
democratic primary in whirh Tom
Connallv defeated Mayfield, Richards
testified today in hie trial for forg
ery.
That $200. Richards said, v as added
to $000 provided by “a man aamad
Wynn" and bet against $1,000 posted
by V. Ray Adams and W. T. Ramsey,
Jr. It waa that $2,000 bet sts.ee which
led to the slaying ef OrviU* L.
Mathews, bank cierk and stake bald
er, and Adams' trial fer (laying
Mathews. Adame jury failed to
agree.
Richards, It is charged, forged en
dorsements on the two checks fer
$1,000 each as well as credentials
which enabled "Clyde R. Vest" U col
lect the bet money after it had been
shown Senator Mayfield was de
feated.
Richards Denies Crahh Tmtlmewy
A. A. Crabb, testifying for the
state, had chargad that Richards pro
vided him with credentials so he
could get the $2,000, and than gave
Crabb two $50 bills as payment* far
his part in the transaction. Richards
said today that he was acquainted
with Crabb, and that ha did aet know
the "Vast" who eolleeted the DAM
Further, Richards dtaied specif!#
ally that ha get any pottien of tha
bet money; that he bad plotted with
Crabb to get the money; that ka pra
prepared a letter of authority or am
affidavit identifying Crabb as •Vest*
—all of whirh charges Crahh had
made in his testimony.
After saying he had attended high
school at Beaumont and Houston, and
had coached a high school basketball
team in the latter city, Richard's at
torney led him into a detailed ac
count of the bet In the Connallr-May
'ield senatorial primary which red
suited in the slaying ef Orvtlld
Mathews, bank clerk and stakeholder,
the trial of V. Ray Atlanta for Math
ews slay, and Richards' indictment,
together with A. A. Crahh, for rob
bery.
Got *:e* From Mayfield
Richards said that while ho wae Is
th* Mayfield campaign headquarters,
the senator** brother, Maurice,
gave him $2f>0 after a man had
com* in and announced he wished
to bet on th# outcome of the
election in Ktufman count*. Rebee
(Continued on Pag# Mine.)
THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valleyi
Cloid)’ and unsettled tonight end
Saturday with occasional mint;
much colder with a cold wave; Jew
ett temperature tonight near frow
ing or froesing. end probably 2 to
6 degrees below freeting by Sunday
morning; continued cold for eeveral
days. Increasing northerly winds
today becoming strong tonight.
Northwo-.it storm warning display
ed on t .0 Tstaa coast at 10 a. an.
today for strong northerly winds.
East T-»ae: Cloudy tonight; rain
In south, mow In northeast por
tion; colder escopt la e stream
northwest portion; cold ware in one*
portion; tempo rat ore 10 to 10 In
north. If to 24 in interior of tontli
portion, and 20 to 22 degrees along
tho coast; Saturday cloudy; colder
on tho east coast. Increasing north
orly wind* on tho roost becoming
strong tonight.
RIVER FORECAST
Them will ho no materia! change
in the river daring the aunt four
days.
Flood Present 1Mb tMb.
Eagle rasa .. 1« *7 94 .19
Laredo ..... 27 -0.2 442 At
Rio c;yando .. 21 44 44 JO
Mission . 22 44 4«.l Mi
San Benito ,, 2* 74 -4.1 JO
Brownsville . IS 2.T -04 JO
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal metooralagf
cal conditions:
High ..1:22 p. m.
Low.9 24 a. m.; lOilf y. m.
M ISCfULAN EOl'S DATA
Sunset today .... «:19
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