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CLAIM AGENTS
IOPENSESSION
Majority of Delegates
Are Due To Arrive
On Thursday
A number of early arrivals were 1
Registered at local hotels Wednes- j
day morning for the annual conven-1
tion «f the Southwestern Claim
Agcnta’ association, first business j
• esfcion of which is to convene in
the afternoon. The convention is to
isst three days and approximately 150 !
ere expected to attend.
An appeal for automobiles to take 1
Ivisitors on a tour of the Valley
* r'd*T , morning has been made by |
G. C. Richardson, manager of the
local chamber of commerce. Other
tovna also are expected to furnish
f*r*. but the great majority must be
ta ned here it is said.
On the tour up the Valley various
towns will be visited and the claim
rgenU will inspect packing sheds
«long the Missouri Pacific and the
.'oatnern Pacific railroads. At noon
ihey will be guests at a luncheon at
Weslaco, returning here for a ban
quet at Matamoros that night.
The session convening Wednesday
afternoon is expected to v« devoted
mainly to organization, appointment
of committees and reports, it is un
derstood. The main delegation is
expected to arrive Thursday morn
ing. coming from the national con
vention recently held In Dallas.
States in the southwestern associ
ation include Texas, Louisiana, Ok
lahoma and New Mexico and a num
ber of claim agents from these
states are expected to arrive Thurs
day. Following the business session
the delegates. Valley shippers and
their wives will be guests Thursday
night at a banquet at the El Jardin
of the Southern Pacific and Missouri
Pacific railways.
Officers of the Southwestern as
sociation expected to be present for
tin convention include H. M. Moors,
IP Southern Pacific, New Orleans, chair
j man: J. A. Parker, St. Louis and
Ifll Southwestern of Texas; .T. T. Gal
■ l««py. secretary. Fort Worth and
|j i Denver, Fort Worth.
M Pragram for the business session
■ | Thursday is as follows:
M Subject No. 1—Fresh Fruits and
M Vegetables from Southwest Texas
Points: (a) Containers, loading etc.,
M H. V. Cooper, leader: F. E. Jones,
B alternate; (b) Transit handling, in
1 spection, sampling, etc., W. S. Jen
ill sen, leader; C. C. Richmond, alter
j| nate; (e) Destination conditions,
I reeoopering. salvage, notations on
I freight bills, etc.. F. W. B. Humes.
B leader; J. K. Lovell, alternate: (d>
I Investigation and adjustment of
I claims, R. R. Malcan, leader; J. M.
■ Heath, alternate.
H Suhjeet No. t—Carload Damage,
■ Handling in Southwestern Conference
■ Territory:
b fa) What has been done, and what
I further can be done. H. L. Truitt:
■ lb) The situation from a national
■ standpoint. Joe Marshall; Ic) Rough
E handling in yards and terminal?, C.
B G. Webb.
! DIVISION OF
(Continued from page one.)
Tow water blow of the riter or to the
flow as it will be regulated by stor
age. In this connection the Boulder
dam recently authorized by congress
r*we» into the picture of the inter
national water controversy.
International Reaenoir
On the Rio Grande there has been
a rapid growth of irrigation taking
place both on the Mexican and Amer
ican sides of the river.
The Tia Juana at times is a bed of
dry aand with no water flowing on
the surface. Its intermittent dis
charge is so valuable that Mexico is
planning, and has begun, the con
struction of storage and diversion
works which cost between Jll.OH'.'OO
end $16,000,000 to complete.
On the American side of the boun
dary the city of San Diego ts ntnlly
concerned in securing an agreement
that will enable it to build a re»er
voir in the channel of the Tto Juana
river on the boundary, one cod in
| Mexico and the other in the United
State*. ao a* to store the run-off
from the American tributaries.
The Mexican members of the Inter
nal tonal water commission are: Gus
tavo P. Serano, chairman; Ignacio
Lopez Bancaiari and Kortunalo Dozal.
The American chairman is Dr. El
weod Mead, head of the bureau of
.celamation of the department of tN
. interior with W. E. Anderson so*
, General Lansing H. Berch as the oth
1 er two commissioners.
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(Continued from page one.)
hair. The colonel fa 27 years old,
more than six feet tall, and •
blonde. Roth are Presbyterians.
At Smith college, Northampton,
Mass., from which she was gradu
ated last year. Miss Morrow was one
of the most popular girla of her I
j class. Besides showing a decided !
aptitude for her studies, she was
prominent in many social and extra
j currieular activities.
She wrote the Ivy day song for
her class and a senior song as well.
She was a member of tha manuscript
club, the International Relations
club and the Alpha fraternity, and j
»•« «n usher at the junior prom, i
Her mother, Mrs. Elisabeth t utter i
Morrow, is a trustee of tha col
lege.
Although known as a studious i
young woman. Anne is lets so than
her sister. Elisabeth, a few years
her elder, who is a teacher at the
exclusive Dwight school for girls at
Engelwood. Anne is said hv friends
to be fond of attractive clothes and
to have a greater interest in peopie
than books.
Rumors that Colonel Lindbergh |
was interested in the Morrow girls
j persisted almost from the time he
| first met them a year ago on his
1 first good will flight to Mexico. But
even members of the Morrow fam- J
j ily professed not to knew which of
I the girls It might be. Generally he
was seen with them together, and
both had mado flights with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindbergh need not
worry about the wolf at the door.
The Lone Eagle hopped to fortune
as well as fame when he made his
flight to Paris, although he has de
clined many offers of a financial
nature, and Mr. Morrow was a part
ner in J. P. Morgan & Co. before he
became ambassador.
HAVANA
(Continued from Page One.)
from, Belize, British Honduras.
Friends had believed he would ar
rive here as early as 1:45 p. m., and
a crowd, including United States
Ambassador Noble Judah and Mrs.
Judah, waited for hours for him
there.
Word of his engagement had pre
ceded him and he apparently knew
it. He jumped from the cockpit of
his amphibian airplane "*>th a shy
grin and faced reporters with the
comment:
•'Well, you know all about it, and
I have nothing to say.”
Loitering over the route from Be
lize here, and difficulty in take-off
from Cozumel Island, east of Quin
tana Roo. Mexico, were given by
Colonel Lindbtrgh, and Colonel John
Hambleton, who accompanied him,
as reasons for his delayed arrival
here.
An intermediate ston at La Fe,
Cuba, for fuel also delayed them,
with the result that more than 13
hours were consumed in the 600
mile flight from Belize here.
STATEMENT
—_____ ___
(Continued from Tape One.)
ence, broken only finally with the
1 remark:
'All you can say on such points
is mere guess work. I think your
guess will be good if you say the
time is not yet fixed.**
Calles Pleased
N«ws of the engagement—which
h«<| been often rumored—spread '
quickly over the city and every- i
where it was presumed that the
wedding would take piace in this
capital. May or June was given in
usually authoritative sources as the
time
Former President Cade*, who wel
comed Colonel Lindbergh at Yal
buena field at the completion of his
good-will flight from Washington
that endeared him to Mexicans, .aid:
•'This is a great pleasure to me.
As you know. I am very fond of both
of these young people. As Mexico
has been the scene of their romance
I sincerely hope they will be mar
ried in this country.
Lindy Expected
‘Certainly their own people can
not hold them nearer their hearts
and wish them more happiness than
we Mexicans. These two families
and these two young people ace very
dear to US. They hsxe our best
wishes for. and I know they will
have, a happy married life.**
Miss Morrow, who arrived with
her mother yesterday from the Unit
ed States, after a seventeen hour
dclav at the scere of the dvnamiting
of the presidential special Sunday
in Guanajuato, was extended felici
tations by a small group of inti
mates who dined at the embassy last
night.
In view of the announcement of
the engagement Mexicans look for
two visits shortly, one from Colonel
I.indbergh him.seif, and ‘he other
from hi* mother. Mr*. Evangeline
I.indbergh. Mrs. Lindbergh left
Constantinople a few days ago.
where she taught chemistry in the
A mew is n College for the United
States. It is presumed her some
what early return was made in view
of her s"n'» approaching marriage.
Funds Mixed !n
County Statement
Cameron county had $394,222.71 in
hank balanres on January 1. instead
of $2,000. as shown in the quarterly
statement of the county published In
Tho Brownsville Herald Tuesday.
The error was due to transporta
tion of heads for the "Bank Bal
ances” and "Deposits in Transit"
columns. The deposits in transit
amounted to $2,000.
"Bankers and others will urtder
. tand that it was merely a typo
graphical error." J. J. Bishop, county
auditor, said, 'hut there way be
others who would not understand it.
To show a deposit in transit for
practically every fund in the county
instead of a hank balance is some
thin* of an innovation."
The quarterly statement of the
financial condition of the county for
the period from October 81. 1928 to
January 81. 1929. was published on
pa*e five of The Herald Tuesday.
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STOCKS GAIN
AT OPENING
Buying of Copper Is
Feature of First
——.. —
Nb H lORK. leh. 13.—tipi—Earlv
buying of copper featured resump
tion of the upward price movement
at the opening of today’s stock mar
ket. t.reene Cnane showed an in
>1**1 gain of 3 1-1 points, Kcnnecott
advanced 2, and Magma I. A block of
10,000 shares of Nevada Copper
changed hands a» 50. up 5-8, and a
new high record. New York Central
advanced 3 points on the first sale,
and Bethlehem Steel, Wsstinghouse
Electric. Coty and U. S. Steel com
mon climbed 2 points or more in the
fir*fc outburst of buying.
Merger of the Electric Bond &
Share company and the Electric Bond
&■ Share Securities corporation
brought fresh buying into the public
utility group American Power &
Light quickly ran up 4 1-2 points,
International Telephone 4 and Na
tional Power & Light and Columbia
Gas A .Electric 3 each.
One block of 14.000 shares of Ana
conda Copper changed hands at
134 1-2 followed by a further advance
to 134 7-8. up 2 points and a new high
record. Despite reports of a further
increase in crude oil production, a
block of 25,000 shares of Sinclair
changed hands at 41 1-2, up 1-4, and
Barnsdall A moved up more than a
point.
Radio (old stock) ran up 8 points,
Johns Manville 6 and U. S. Realty 6.
St. Joseph lead and National Bellas
Hess sold 4 points higher and Allied
Chemical and Westinghouse Electric,
recorded early gains of 3 points.
St Louis Southwestern, with a 3
point gain, assumed leadership of
the rail group.
Foreign exchanges opened firm,
with cables 3-32 of a cent higher at
?4.S5 13-32.
K. C. Hogs Go Up;
Other Kinds Are
Generally Even
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 13.-W
Hogs: 10,000; 10(015c higher; top
$10.30 on 190-250 lbs.
Cattle: 5,000; calves; 600; steady;
slaughter steers, good and choice
1300-1500 lbs. 19.75<al3.7o; 1100-1300
!Hs. 10.756H0O; 950-1109 lbs. 10.75
614.00; heifers, good and choice
850 lbs. down 9.75t,J 12.50; cows,
good and choice 8.0069-75; vealers
(milk fed i medium to choice 8.506
13.50.
Sheep; 8.000; lambs steady; sheep
weak; lambs, good and choice (92
lbs. down) 15.25616.25; ewes, me
dium to choice (150 lbs. down) 7.25
69-25.
Wheat Hits New
Year High; Corn
Also Makes Gain
I H1CAUO. Feb. 13.—IA»>—Wheat
jumped today to nrw high-price rec
ords for the season, and there were
sham advances likewise :n all other
grain.
Opening 5-8c to 3 l-?c up, wheat
afterward scored additional gains,
torn started r.t 7-8c to 1 1-2c ad
vance, and subsequently continued
upward. Provisions also vrtre
firmer.
25 ON BOARD
Reucuc Craft Stands
By Jap Freighter;
One on Rocks
PITCH HARBOR. Alaska. F»b. 13.!
! _i4V_The Japanese steamer Man- j
| koh Maru hovered off the Aleutian <
I Islands fighting a heavy storm to
I day as it awaited an opportunity to
1 rescue 25 men aboard the doomed
Japanese freighter, Meiyo Maru.
Not far away a third Japanese ves
sel. the Alloway. with one appar
ently craxed member of her crew |
! aboard, was being driven toward de
struction on the rocks.
I The Mankoh Maru reached the;
! Meiyo Maru late yesterday, several j
hours after the latter had broad- ]
cast signals she was pounding to
Pieces on the rocks, off Ugamak
| Island. Because of heavy seas the
rescue vessel was unable to assist
her but tood by.
Thirty-three members of the crew
j of the Alloway w* re picked up in
i lifeboats by the steamer Montauk
) yesterday after an unsuccessful five
j dav fight against the storm.
The crated member of the Allo
wav's crew, a man namrd Poiey, *«
fused to leave the freighter. The
Allow ay's dragging anchors caught
or. a rock a few yards off shore and
at last reports shewas holding there
with Poiey still aboard. The Mon
tauk reported the anchors would
soon give and that the Alloway
doubtless would be pounded to
pieces.
SEATTLE. Feb. 13.—(A*--Marin*n
here declared today that the oiler
who refused to abandon the freight
er Alloway with 33 other member*
of the erew off the Aleutian Islands
vesterdav may not be insane, ms re
ported. bat perhaps rather wise.
Marine* suggested that Poiey may
be staking his life against a small
fortune in salvage. If the Alloway
should be saved he wsuld be entitled
to a percentage of the salvage, de
pending on the rart that his staying
with the ship played in her rescue.
MOSCOW. Feb. IS.—(*>—U is
stated here that mbernt 100 calls for
help have been received from vessels
froxen fast in the ice in the Baltic
sea. At the request of shipowners
the Soviet ice-breakers at Leningrad
are being prepared to start on a re
lief expedition.
U. S. BONDS
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—<A»—Gov
ernment bonds: Liberty X 1-2*. 32
47. 8*8.11; 1st 4 l-4s ?*?-3; 4th 4
0
Department of Agriculture, United
j Mates Bureau of Agricultural Lco
; nomics and the San Antonio, Texas,
' nCaraber of Commerce cooperating.
F. 0. B. shipping information re
ported Tuesday, February 12th:
i Lower Rio Crum! Valley points:
| Cold, cloudy.
Cabbage: Hauiin;;* moderate, light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull and w«ait, wide range in prices.
Carloads ana in mixed cars FOB us
ual terms, bulk per ton round type
HfcKa.25, mostly around 920<&22;
crates 91.3o<a.l.oO. Carloads and in
mixed cars bUB cash track, buik per
ton round type very few sales 917fe
18; crates $1.20(o, 1.40. Wagonioads
cash to growers, bulk per ton round
type 912&15.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, few
sales, bushel baskets OOcfefLQO;
crates $1.4U>&1.50, few lower. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track .very few sales bushels mostly
80c; crates fl.15fel.25.
Beets: Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
dull, almost too few sales to quote.
In mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets 65fe80c; crates 91325
fel.40. In mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushels 65(&75c; crates 91-15®
1.25.
Primary destinations of Lower Val
ley movement reported Tuesday, Feb.
12th:
Cabbage: Houston 19, St. Louis
23, Shreveport 11; 3 each Memphis,
Ft. Worth; 5 New York. 2 Duluth;
1 each Tulsa, Jacksonville, Louis
ville. Pittsburgh. Butte. Portland. El
Paso, Vancouver, Chicago, Winni
peg Birmingham. Carrots: St. Louis
3, New York 2; 1 each Houston,
Hartford. Shreveport, Minneapolis,
Beets: 2 each Houston, St. Louis,
New York; 1 each Jersey City, Phil
adelphia. Grapefruit: Houston 3,
| Des Moines 2; 1 each Chicago, Dav
enport. El Paso. Ft. Worth; 2 Oma
ha. Spinach: St. Louis 5. Montreal
2; 1 each Shreveport, Topeka. Kan
sas City. Mixed Vegetables: 6 each
Houston, St. Louis, New York 4,
Montreal 2; 1 each Palestine, Ama
rillo, Trinidad. Cheyenne, Columbus,
Nebr., Greenville, S. C.. Little Rock,
New Haven, Toronto, Dallas, Den
ver. Beets and Carrots: 2 each
Brooklyn, St. Louis. Mixed Citrus:
2 Houston.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Tuesday, beb. 12th:
Cabbage: Texas 78. Florida 55, New
York 22; total U. S. 171 cars.
Carrots: Texas 4, California 23;
total U. S. 29 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 56, Cali
fornia 19, Florida 9; total U. S. 98
cars.
Spinach: Texas 50; others 3; to
tal U. S. 53 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 11. Florida 124.
totaj U. S. 139 cart.
Mixed Citrus: Texas 2, Florida 73;
total U. S. 75 cars.
Additional F. U. B. information
reported Tuesday1, February 12th:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y., and
nearby points: Min. 13 deg. Clear.
Demand limited, market about stea
dy. Carloads FOB usual terms, Dan
ish type bulk per ton imall to medi
um best mostly $40(^42. few higher,
poorer lower.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y. and
nearby points: Demand light, mar
ket slightly weaker. Carloads FOB
usual terms, 100 lb. sacks 1 car 92.90.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Clear
cool. Haulings moderate. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand good, market
firm. Carloads FOB usual terms,
: nuohet baskets Savoy GdfeTOc; cash
! track 50(<jt.C0c.
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
Clear, cool. Hauling* light. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market I
firm, Carloads FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets Savoy 60670c; cash
trark few sales 50'ii30c.
Lower Rio Grand* Valley move* j
ment reported Wednesday morning, i
February 13th:
Mixed vegetables 36, beets 1C. car- |
rots 2'», beets and carrots 12, cab- i
bage 86, spinach ”, parsley 1. mixed j
citrus 3. grapefruit 8. anire 1; total'
1F9 cars. Freight movement to date '
this season: Fruit 1265. vegetables1
•’>003, total 6270 cars: to same day 1
last season: Fruit 1092, vegetables!
5227, total 6313 cars.
Vegetable Bulletin No. 33.
Florida cabbage shipments:
Unofficial advice from Florida in-1
dicate 50 to 60 cars of cabbage will •
be expected daily during the balance j
of February unless weaker market
tendency affects the volume to be
moved. Florida acreage has been
heavily increased this season. Ship-I
ments are moving from the state in 1
general, no particular section pre
dominating.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This morning's sales to
jobbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage
Pittsburgh: Cloudy, 15 deg. Ar
i rived 2 Florida, 2 Pennsylvania. Sup
plies liberal, demand slow, market
I steady Texas 80 lb. crates round
type $363.25, mostly $3.00; barrels
packed locally S3.2563.50. mostly
S3.25. Florida pointed type SKrI.25
per 1 1*2 bushel hampers, mostly
$1,106 1.15, few high as $1515.
Chicago: Snowing. 19 deg. Arrived
1 Florida. 1 Louisiana, 11 Texas,
on track 5 Dears. Supplies moderate,
demand and trading moderate, mar
ket steady. Florida 1 1-2 bushel
hampers pointed type ll.25fg.l-50.
Texas crates round type mostly $2.75,
few higher,, fair $2.50. W isconsin
Danish type sacked per ewt. $2(g2.$0.
; mostly around $2.25.
Cincinnati: Cloudy. 18 deg. Ar
rived 1 Florida. 1 Michigan, 2 New
York. 1 Texas. 1 unknown, on track
19 cars. Supplies heavy, demand
moderate, market dull. Texas round
j type balk per ton mostly $50. FTor
i ida pointed type bulk per ton $56;
j 1 1-2 bushel hampers $1.25&1.50.
New York: Cloudy. 22 deg. Arrived
I 15 Florida. 3 New York, 3 Texas, 3 by
j boat from Holland. New supplies
moderate, demand moderate, market
steady. Florida pointed type 1 1-2
bushel hampers I16L2S: red $26
2.50. Texas lettuce crates Savoy $2.25
62.50, few $2.75. California lettuce
crates Savoy $1.756,2.23.
i Philadelphia: Cloudy. S3 deg. Ar
j rived 16 Florida, 3 New York, 2 Tex
as, 1 by boat from Holland, on track
«9 cars. Supplies moderate, demand
slow, market slightly weaker. Flor
ida pointed type 1 1-f bushel hamp
ers f! sit 1.25; round type large vises
75c. Texas round type crates $2.50fg
2.75; Savoy $2.50.
Car rata
Boston: Arrived 2 California, 2
Texas, on track 24 cars. Supplies
heavy including holdover*, demand
, slow, market dull. California crates
| best mostly $3.25. tome fancy high
t $4.90, ordinary uull ft‘B^Sg.7*.
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COTTON DULL
AT OPENING
Steady With Fluctua
tions Narrow And
Little Trade
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 13.—<.4V
The cotton market was extremely
dull in early trading and prices fluc
tuated within a range of only 5
points. The opening was fairly
steady.
Values rallied after the start to
19.37 for March. 19.48 for May and
July 19.51 or 2 points over Monday's
close but prices cased back 5 points
from the early highs Towards the
end of the first hour the market re
covered 2 to 4 points of the loss
trading to levels about parallel with
the previous close.
The market ruled quiet but steady
all morning. March traded to 19.39,
May 19.52 and July 19.65, or 4 to 6
points above the previous close.
At noon the market was well main
tained with prices only 2 to 4 points
under the highs and 4 points above
the previous close.
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—<&>—The
cotton market opened steady at an
advance of 5 points to a decline of
5 points.
Active months sold about 2 to 3
points net lower right after the call,
but there was considerable buying.
After easing off from 20.12 to 20.04,
May rallied to 20.07. The general
market was steady and within a point
or two of Monday’s closing quota
tions at the end of the first half
hour.
Business was only moderately ac
tive later in the morning, but pri
ces held steady. May sold up to 19.11
and the new October contract to
19.60. or about 3 to 4 points net
higher on covering. There also seem
ed to be some trade buying and a
little commission house demand.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 13.—GP>—Cot
ton? spot quiet; irregular; American
strict good middling 11.28; good,
middling 10.88: strict middling 10.88:
middling 10.48; strict low middling
10.23; low middling 9 98; strict good
ordinary 9.63; good ordinary 9.33.
Sales 5,000 bales. 4.800 American. Re
ceipts 10,000, American 9.800. Fu
tures closed auiet and steady: March
10.24: May 10.33; July 10.36: Octo
ber 10.26; December 10.24; January
10.23.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. Feb. 13.—<iPt- Butter
higher; creamery extras 49 3-4;
standards 49 1-4; extra firsts 48 1-2
@49; firsts 46 l-2@47 1-2; seconds
44@45 1-2.
Eggs higher; extra firsts 40 1-3;
firsts 39@39 1-2; ordinary firsts 33
@37.
POULTRY
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.—<A*>—Poultry
firm; fowls 29 l-2c; springs 33e;
roosters 22c; turkeys 25c; ducks
30c; geese 23c.
POLICE GUARD
(Continued from page one.)
Those to President Calles threaten
ed kidnaping of his daughter, Ernes
tina. who is Mrs. Thomas A, Robin
i son. wife of an American.
A detective left at the scene of
the dynamiting of the presidential
special train Sunday morning con
cluded his investigation and pot
three persons under arrest. Their
names were not disclosed. Forty
nine women and 19 men arrested
Saturday at the funeral of .lose qe
Leon Torai. assassin of General
Obregon, were turned over by police
to the governor of the federal dis
trict.
The three men arrested and or
dered deported for pro-Catholic ut
terance are Alberto Cuataparo. hon
orary consul of Bolivia at Ciudad
Lerdo. Durango; Edward Thungben,
Swede. Mexico City, charging with
staging a public manifestation at
Toral’s funeral, and Andaouiles Gia
cono, Italian, charged with publica
tion of a book entitled “Martyrs of
Catholicism.” Their property will
be subject to confiscation under the
new policy inaugurated by Presi
dent Porte* Gil.
MEXICO PARTY
(Continued from page one.Y
part in the celebration, the telegram
said. The special invitations prompt
i iy were dispatched Wednesday morn
ing.
Plan* for the celebration are mak
ing rapid progress, according to
Charles Burton, chairman of the
airport committee of the chamber of
i commerce, and assistance of the bor
der patrol has been obtained to main
tain order on the field.
D. P. Gay, chief of the border pa
i trol. informed Burton that he would
I be glad to cooperate in any way pos
I sible to help make a success of the
| celebration. He said he had received
authority from San Antonio head
quarters to detail border patrol men
to the airport on the day of the cel
ebration.
Texas crates $2.50£3.0©, few high
as $3.25.
St. Louis: Arrived 5 Texas, on
track 8 cars. Supplies moderate, de
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger. Texas bushels slack pack
$1.50£1.60; crates $2.25£2.75, most
ly $2.50; sacked per cwt. $2.25£2.50.
rRokers carlot sales St. Louis basis.
Texas sacked per cwt. 1 car $2.25.
Philadelphia: Arrived 1 California.
8 Texas, on track 35 cars. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate, market
slightly stronger. Texas crates $2.75
£3.00; bushels quality and condi
tion poor $1j00£1.15. New York
bushel baskets washed $2.25
Chicago: Arrived 2 California, 3
Texas, on track 27 cars. Supplies
moderate, demand and trading mod
erate, market steady. Califernia
crates $2.75&3.00. few higher, off
color $2.50. Texas crates I2&2.25,
mostly $2.00.
Beets
New York: Arrived l California,
3 Texas. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market steady. Texas
crates $2215£2.75; bushels $l-25£
1.7’, few sitreet sales high as $2.
Bermuda bushel crates $1.25. Flor
ida celery crates $1.25 £1.50.
Philadelphia; Arrived 4 Texas, on
track IS ears. Supplies liberal, de
mand slow, market steady. Texas
crates *2(1.2.50, few *2.75' bushels
erdiasrx ?1 *Ss
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5' CAVALRY
POLOBTSWIN
Take Round-Robin
Ending Mid-Win
ter Tourney
Making a clean sweep of all events
in the Mid-Winter polo tournament
at Fort Brown, the Fifth cavalry
team of Fort Clark won a nino
chukker consolation round robin
with the 12th cavalry team of Fort
Brown and the 17th cavalry of the
Mexican army Tuesday afternoon on
the parade grounds. They defeated
the 12th cavalry five goals to one
snd the Mexican army group two
goals to one. Fort Brown downed
the 17th cavalry four goals to one.
The victorious Fort Clark aggre
gation was awarded cups following
the game by the Harlingen Chamber
of Commerce. They had previously
won cups in the open and handicap
events These were presented by the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
Scoring Tuesday:
First Chakkrr
5th cavalry 17th Cavalry
None Maj. Samora
Second
5th Cavalry 12th Cavalry
Capt. Horger . None
Lt. Gregg. «
Third
12th Cavalry 17th Cavalry
Sgt. Cornde None
Fourth
5th Cavalry 17th Cavalry
Maj. Robeson None
Fifth
5th Cavalry 12th Cavalry
Capt. Horger Sgt. Cornde
Siith
12th Cavalry 17th Cavalry
Col. Koch l2) Capt. Garza
Seventh
5th Cavalry 17th Cavalry
Lt. Gregg None
Eighth
5th Cavalry 12th Cavalry
Lt. Gregg None
Lt. Thorpe
Ninth
12th Cavalry 17th Cavalry
Col. Koch None
Visiting players were entertained
Wednesday night at the Villa Es
panola in Matamoros.
Fort Brown officers adjudged the
tournament a success despite the
cold weather. They extended their
thanks to spectators for their loyal
support The work of C»pt. Horger.
Col. Koch and Gen. Garcia was said
outstanding.
The Fifth cavalry team with the
exception of one officer, has re
turned to San Antonio. Their horses
will be shipped this evening.
PLAN VISIT TO
(Continued from page one.)
of the election, returns of which gave
Leslie a few more votts than Grifii&.
There were a number ot women in
the party.
While capitol employes and steno
graphers went to the windows to look
at the demonstration, members of
the house and senate, working on
their respective calendars, paid little
or no attention to what was goiag on.
When the noon recess came the vis
itors had left the grounds.
In his petition Smith stated that
he desires “only a fair hearing of the
testimony, and trial of the cause, so
that it may be determined who re
ceived the largest number of legal
votes,” adding:
“Mr. Montgomery should not object
to such a hearing; your petitioner
craves it.”
MONTGOMERY^ GIVEN
SUPPORT OF FRIENDS
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. Feb. 13.—A new an
gle to the Hidalgo county political
controversy was presented here «o
dav when democratic leaders an
nounced that a resolution, said to be
signed by 3,800 democratic voters of
the county, endorsing the action of
the lower house in seating Repre
sentative W. R. Montgomery, would
be filed with the legislature this
week.
This is a counter resolution to the
petition prepared by the Hidalgo
County Good Government league,
which is expected to be presented to
the legislature this week. The
league petition calls for an investi
gation of the general election bal
lots and is accompanied by an op*n
letter calling on Representative W.
Montgomery to resign. The league
petition is said to have been signed
by 54110 qualified voters of the
county.
Administration leaders here said
there were 41 automobiles in the
caravan that left Tuesday morning
carrying Good Government leagne
leaders and members to Austin. It
is understood the caravan will reach
Austin Wednesday afternoon.
Following is the text of the reso
lution which is expected to be pre
sented in the lower house by the
democratic leaders of the county:
“To the Honorable Speaker and
Members of the House of Repre
sentatives.
“WTe. the undersigned eitisens of
Hidalgo county. Texas, feeling
agrieved at the actions of certain
independent-republicans and Hoo
ver democrats, who have, without
justification, attempted to prevent
the seating of our representative,
the Hon. W. R. Montgomery, desire
to offer our hearty endorsement cf
the aetion of your honorable bodv
in dealing with this situation. We
have the highest regard for Mr.
Montgomery and respect Mm for his
gente-J honesty, his ability and his
integrity. We sincerely regret thst
a bunch of disgruntled agitato-*
have seen fit to aspear before vou
in an effort to discredit the fair
name of our county by such an un
warranted and unscruplous attack.”
Harlingen Man
Hurt In Crash
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Feb. A. Cal
! Is way of th»« city was seriously in
iured late yesterday afternoon when
I his automobile collided with an
i other car in the highway at Pier**
street. The injured man. who was
| taken to the Valley Baptist hospit
al. was unconscious for more than
an hour.
His condition today had much im
proved and hia recovery was assured
by hospital attendants. He was
badly bruised about the body ia the
accident.
MISSING PLANE RESCUED
MIAMI. Fla, Feb. Pan
American Airways, lac, announced
here this afternoon that R. I. Pun
ten and Lieut. Stereo Callaway had
been rescued by aa automobile ferry
siaty miles nortbaait of Eey West,
from the amphibian plane in which
they were fortad down yesterday.
Neither had been harmed, although
they had drifted all night ia th' nv
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Advertising Worth
Is In Constant Use, *
Business Men Told d
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•
MERCZDw, rtb. 1C.—G. W. Spl
ly, • member of the Merchants Sar
vice Division of the National Cash
Register company of Dayton, Ohio,
spoke before the Retail Merchant
of the Valley at a meeting held here
.Monday night at the American Leg
ion hall, following a banquet which
was attended by members from Me- •
Allen, Edinburg, Donna, Weslaco.
Mercedes and La Feria.
Advertising .and scientific sales-.
manship were stressed by the speak
er. Mr. Sully declared that 75 per
cent of all the merchandise sold in [
the United States is sold by 25 per
cent of the total number cf retail I
merchandising establishments. Mr.
Sully gave his hearers advice on
many points in salesmanship and
store management to aid them in
being listed in the 25 per cent
group. Charts, drawings and statis-!
tical reports, together with his own
wide observations were used to
point his remarks. ^
He stated that spasmodic adver
tising is of little value for the re
tail merchant, and declared that the
retailer'a great need is to appre
ciate the value of consistent adver
tising.
He stressed reliance on absolute
facts in making sales, and a code
of courtesy for store .workers. By
means of drawings and charts the
speaker's points were clearly illus
trated.
H. L. Scott, vice president of the
local Retail Merchants, which in
cludes La Feria. Mercedes, Weslaco
and Donna, presided at the meet
ing.
R. H. Kern made a talk on the
workings of the industrial bank
which is operated in connection with
the association.
Music was furnished by Mrs. W.
If. Carlisle and M. L. Wooldridge,
which was composed of voice num
bers and Ti< Tin solos. Mrs. John
Ashton was the pianist.
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Fort Worth Live
Stock Is Steadv
In All Classes
FORT WORTH. Feb. *13.—
Hogs: 1,500; steady; bulk desirable
175-250 lb. truck hogs 9.40(0.9.75.
Cattle and Calves: 2.100; steady;
slaughter steers 9.00^: 10.85; fat
yearlings up to 12.25. others 11.50,
10.85 and less; cows 8.00 and 8.25;
bulls 8.50; heavy calves 11.25 and
less.
Sheep: 100; steady; medium to
good weighty wooled fat lambs 15.00
and 15.25; shorn fat lambs 14315.
Woman Accused
Of Slaying Five
Young Children
ST. JOSEPT. Mich., Feb. 13.—(£*>—
Mrs. Ethel Lewis, 49-year-old Eau
Claire, Mich., woman, and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Okel Gorham, 23, of Do
wagiac, Mich., were held in the Ber
rien county jail here today following
charges by the daughter that her
mother killed three of her children
and two of her own during the paat
13 years.
Wallace Lewis, husband of Mr*.
Lewi* and stepfather of Mrs. Gor
ham, also was held. He denied ac
knowledge of the plot which result
ed. Mrs. Gorham said, in the deaths
of three of her five babies born
since 1923. and the slaying of two
of Mrs. Lewis’ children while sh«
was married to Henry Ford, a Big
Rapids, Mirh., farmer.
Investigation was begun last night
when Dowagiac authorities asked
Berrien county officials to institute
« quis into the death Sunday of
Clarence Wesley Gorham, aged 18
months. His death occurred at the
Lewis home :n Eau Clair* under cir
cumstances which officials said were
suspicious. M
Salvation Army
Votes Head Unfit
SUN BIT RY-ON-TH AMES, Eng . Feb.
13.—UP>—'The high council of the
Salvation Army today adjudicated
General Bramwell Booth unfit for
service as general of the army. The
vote was 53 to 6.
It was the second time during the
past four weeks the high council had
voted the general pbysicially unfit
to bold his high office, the first
time being on January Id. by a vote
of 55 to o.
SEEKS ELECTION
Lady A»tor is preparing far
another campaign- She wiU
stand for ra-aleetion t« par!ia
| meet in England naxt summer.
MAILBOXES |
HELDNEEDED1
Carrier Extension Is
Dependent, P. O.
Here Rules
All residents within the new dis
trict for extension of carrier mail,
service are urged to obtain their mail
boxes and hare them in place by
Postmaster W. C». Dennett, who point*
out the service is to start Fnaayf
morning. . m
The mail earner extension includes m
paved street* in Victoria Heights and ,
West Brownsville, and mail will be
delivered to all residents in the paved
streets of these sections. Msil boxes
are obligatory, Dennett says, and un
less they are provided the postmaster
may at his pleasure, withdraw the
privilege.
"Of course I intend to have the
mail delivered to all residences,
whether having mail boxes or not,
for the time being at least.” said Den
nett. "in order to give all an »PJW*
turn tv to obtain such boxes. -Vter 1
a certain time, unless such mail box**
ar* placed in position. 1 may with
draw th* carrier, except to residences
having the boxes.”
If the service proves satisfactory
and as further streets are paved, the
route will be extended. For the pres
ent one additional carrier will he
provided with an automobile In ord«g
to facilitate the work.
Lent To Begin
Here Wednesday^
Observance of Lent will begin in
the Episcopal and Catholic church
es of Brownsville Wednesday. In
the Church of the Advent, Episco
pal, Ash Wednesday will be observ
ed with services at 7:30 o'clock in
the morning, at 10 a. m., and at
7:30 at night.
Throughout Lent services will ba
held in the Church of the Advent
every Wednesday »t 7:30 o’lock and
every Friday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock. Rev. R. O. Mackintosh, pan
tor, announces.
Coolidge Scon
To Decide Naval
Measure Action
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.—f/Ph—
President Coolidge expects to reach ;
a decision on tho navel construction
bill, proposing the building of 1R
cruisers and one aircraft carrier,
within a day or two.
Since the measure a as given final
congressional approval it has been
submitted to the bureau of the hud- i
get for estimates of necessary appro
priation*. The bureau has worn- <
mended that a nrrall and unspecified
s mount he set aside for use under \
the bill during the present fiscal near,
and a sum of *43.000.000 ©r *30
000 be aoropriated for use in the fis
cal yeer ending June 3. 1930. /
Two New Texas*.
Postoffices To Be
Recommended
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.~(A*>-A
supplemental estimate recommending
the apropriation of $9,210,600 for pub
lic buildings in various sections of
the country w; to congress to- •
dav by President Coolidg*. •
The recommendation covers 97 sep
arate projeetf, the eventual total cost
of which will be $46,760,600. The
buildings include:
Beaumont. Tens, postoffiee and
cdurthouje. 1125,000 gnd *60000.,
Me via. Texas, postoffiee $100,000
and $25,000. a#
Oklahoma City, OH*., p«ti*ffice
and courthouse, $1,100,000 and
$76,000
Sabine. Texas, quarantine static*.
1378.000 and $50,000.
House Speaker
Candidates Ttf
Be Named Soon
WASHINGTON. Feb. Ilic-iIV
ffetiae democrats and republicans
have set March 1 and 2, re. pectlve
tv for their caueausea to nain# can
didates for speaker, party leader
ships and other offices In tb» house
for the next session.
Speaker Longworth and Majority
Leader Tilton are oxpected to be re
nominated for their respective posi
tions. Representative Garner or
Texes ha* Httle or no objection as
democratic candidate for speaker,
which in effect would make him
minority floor leader upon the selec
tion of Renreeentative Longworth
by the republicans.
Representative McDuffie, of Ala
bama, is being mentioned aa a can
didate for democratic whip.
TWO SAVED FROM
* * *
BLADES OF PLANE
* .* *
PROPELLER HERE
Eddie Streeter, factory represen
tative of the Stinson Aircraft com
pany. has saved the lives ef two
people at the Brownsville municipal
airport during the last four day*
officials at the field said Wed ns*
day.
In each instance Streeter at rial
to himself, rushed in and save a
10-year-old boy Sunday, and Wed
nesdya morning a man, from vU
whirling blades of an airpl
peller.
In resetting the boy, Streeter was
almost swept into the blades him
self. The man. however, had the
closest escaped, field attendant*
•ay, hia hat being knocked off h*
the propeller, just as Streeter man
n-;r 1 to * • "p Him to one s-dt