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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 226 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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II VALLEY
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I | BROWNSVILLE’S traffic problems
■ 1 of the future were indicated Wed
(1 B**day evening by the jam which
II occurred in the business district.
■ ft Several land parties, heading for
If ^ Ifatamoros and dinner, bore down on
ftft the Gateway bridge at tho same
ft| time.
ii As a consequence long lines of
I alow moving cars filled Elizabeth
I otreet for many blocks. Soon re
E hides traveling the across streets
■ were lined up for a block or two.
ft The traffic light system became
ft Inoperative when cars were caught
■ in the middle of the street. Wore
ft unable to move forwurd, backward
Be or to either aide.
1 - It was about as pretty a little
Iff traffic jam as New York or Chicago
M will bo able to provide in some time.
| In fact, Commissioner Whalen of
I ft Now York, we believe, would have
If! enjoyed being right in the center of
| V* o e o
Eft IT ALL CAME ABOUT through
■Qthhe great number of visitors in the
HHBlley, more than 2500 ha\ ir.g been
;lirft5rought in by the various land par
Wtr ties and additional hundreds here
k 1 “on their own.”
W, Add to this more than 100 claim
H agents holding a convention in
lu Brownsville.
I All of which testifies to the
|j spreading fame of the Lower Rio
fte„: Grande Valley of Texas.
Mi More tourists, more winter *oj
ftfl ourners, more conventions.
I* • • •
I LAMD SELLING agents find it
■ ft more and moro easy to make up a
1* party in any section of the United
1% State, for a trip to the Valley. Say
■ J it has become a matter of reject
■*• ing applications for the trip rather
I ■ than leaking those who desire to see
I this section with a view to buying
ft| property.
f And they are buying more readily
I than at any time in the history of
|f the movement. Some companies re
ft porting almost 100 per cent sales.
■ ! w a • •
II THE VALLEY loaded out 225 cars
11 0f fruit and vegetables W ednesday,
I the record day for the 1928-29 sea
ls »®n. . ..
ft Which maans that at least three j
Iti long trains of fruit and vcgetablas
■* movad from the Valley Wednesday j
U night or Thursday morning to dis
jfl tribute the products of this section
ftf to practically tvery state.
Shippers predict that before the
M season closes a new record of at
B> 300 cars in one day will have
K been achieved. j
ft Wednesday’s loadings aggregated .
ft* approximately 3.000 tons or fi.000,000
ft. pounds.
ftj |f the 225 standard refrigerator
ft> rarB had baen placed in one train
I > that train would have been 13.500
Iti ftot, or over two miles in length,
ft j And the Lower Rio Grande Val
I 1 lay la less than 30 per cant de
ft veloped.
ft a a a
ft THE FREIGHT Claim Agents asso
ft eiatino of tha Southwest is touring |
m tha Valley today, the guests of Mu
fti aouri Pacific and Southern Tacific |
ft1 railway officials and residents of
ft the Valley.
ft| They are given the opportunity to
■ Inspect the packing sheds, the N al
■ lay orchards and truck crop*.
ft This la tha first visit for many
■ ' of them They had heard all about I
ftl t|,* Valley; had thought its beau
W ties and fertility exaggerated, but
ft before they return to Brown, vilie
ft* tonight will admit that the half ha?
ft* nej|r yet been^told. ^
VOTERS of the La Feria irrigs
ft tion district will vote Saturday on
ftl authorisation of a $1,600,000 bond
ft issue to finance concreting of cana.s
I. and drainage for the entire system,
ft Bond issues for such purposes are :
ft-v much the same as voting-bonds for j
ftv highways—they pay for themselves
1m in reducing the cost of operation.
4 According to plans announced by
H the La Feria district directors the
II system will he modernised in every
I respect; seepage eliminated; dam
I * aged lands drained, and the entire
I® irrigation plant brought to the high- j
I est point of efficiency.
i e e e
I ACCORDING to the irrigation ex- (
ft* w«rts, every system in the Valley
ftl ultimately will be placed under
ft! concrete. Water losses from the
ft dirt canals ara heavy, the damage
It to land extensive, and cost of epera
I tion increased by these losse-i.
ft' It would seem the logical thing
I, for ail districts which can finance
ft’ concreting to do so without delay.
I It ts true that it will add to the
| tax burden, hut this is mere than
4 equalised by tha reduced cost of
|A operation end higher efficiency.
I Rio Grande water and Valley
I lauds are becoming too valuable to
I permit water to be v aited to the i
I detriment of the land.
B e • •
ft UP AT WESLACO a newspaper j
I prevented from being published
by an injunction.
I ffEirst time iujunrt*®n has been 1
■ ulMr'Ui this manner in the Valley, j
1 M tv m kMwn J . |
ft "fbe injunction was secured under |
ft (be iuw which make* valid a contract j
i providing that a person sailing any
B business agrees refrains from enter- J
ft (Continued on page two) J
Rev. Frank Norris Flayed for Race Bill Talk
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MINISTER IS
DENOUNCED BY
REP. BALDWIN
Effort to Delay Act
Lost; House Fails
To Invite Pastor For
Address
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN, Feb. 15.—A blistering
denunciation of the propaganda of
the Rev. J. Frank Norris of Fort
Worth against tho fair racing bill,
thwarted an attempt by opponnets
of the bill in the house Friday
morning to reopen the bill to pub
lic hearings and to delay its recon
sideration.
Frank Baldwin of McLennan coun
ty, joint signer of the bill, held the
floor throughout a tumultous ses
sion until the resolution, which was
offered by Rep. J. C. Duvall of Fort
Worth, was lost by expiration of its
time.
“J Frank Norris is behind this
resolution, and everybody in the
house knows it," Baldwin shouted.
“He’s already acomplished his pur
pose, of getting publicity, to the
shame of the member from Tarrant
county."
Duvall vainly clamored for recog
nition to speak before the opponents
of his motion were heard.
Bill Favorably Reported
The Duvall resolution would have
(Continued on page five.)
COUNTY SEAT
LAWCHANGED
Two-Thirds Vote For
Court House Move,
Is Favored
AUSTIN, Feb 15.—(A*)—A fight to
change the county seat of Hansford
county from Hansford, a town con
sisting of two residences and the
courthouse, to Spearman, engaged at
tention of the house committee on
state affairs last night.
After hearing proponents and op
ponents of the change, the committee
passed the Moore senate bill repeal
ing a special law enacted during the
40th legislature which allowed the
county seat to be moved from a point
within five miles of the geographical
center on a majority vote. A two
thirds vote now will be required as a
result of the committee’s action.
County Judge C. W. King and a
committee consisting of A. H. Wilcox,
S. H. Hale and R. C. Sampson urged
that only a majority vote be required
to change the seat of government.
They favored its removal to Spear
man, a town of 2500 population with
outside rail connections.
Rep. V. E. Conway of commerce and
J. H. Gruver, who opposed removal
of the county seat to Spearman,
asked that the old statute be re
pealed. They said a move was on
foot to build a new courthouse at
some centrally located point which
could be touched by the Rock Islana
railroad extension now under con
struction.
SON, NEAR DEATH ,
* * *
IN FAST, BEGGED
* * *
TO TAKE FOODS
LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 15.—i/P)—Fred
Conrad. 27, today entered the last
week of life allotted him if he
continues a hunger strike, now in
its twenty-third day, aimed at
“driving the devil” from his fath
er, George Conrad, who stands at
the bedside for hours begging his
son to take food in the hope of
saving his life.
Conrad's father blamed the Rev.
Mr. Ray Dodson, revivalist, for his
son’s fast. He has despaired of
inducing his son to eat, and de
clared he believed the minister the
only person capable of obtaining
his consent to take food. Conrad j
weighs 145 pounds. 55 pounds less
than he weighed when he took up
the fast. Physicians have given (
him not more than a week to live
if he continues.
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MERGER PLAN
Financing to Include
1000 Shares Stock
And $32,000,000 Of
5 Per Cent Bonds
WASHINGTON. Feb.' 15.—(JPh-Full
approval of railroad plans to consol
idate virtually the entire express
business to the country in the hands
of a single corporation, the Railway
Exprtss Agency, Inc, was given to
day by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Under contracts which the com
mission approved, the Railway Ex
press Agency will issue 1,000 shares
of capital stock and $32,000,000 of
five per cent bonds and will acquire
all of the property of the American
Railway Express company. Profits
from express service will be divided
among railroads in proportion to the
business which they contribute and
the nominal issue of capital will be
divided among the 86 lines which are
members of the Association of Rail
way Executives.
The new arrangement takes effect
(Continued on page five)
Southwest Girls
Want Dean Fired;
She’s Too Strict
SAN MARCOS. Tex, Feb. 1S.-VP)
—Two hundred students of South
west Texas State Teachers college
demanded resignation of Miss Mary
C. Brodgen, dean of women, in a
mass meeting here last night.
Nineteen charges were preferred
against the dean, who has been at
the school for a number of years.
These, accompanied by a petition
will be presented to Dr. C. E. Evans,
president of the college.
Among the complaints ara that
Miss Brogden will not permit girls
to walk through town on Sunday
afternoons, too rigid regulations
with regard to date slips for first
year firls, refusal to allow girls to
talk with beys except during date
hours, holding girls responsible for
the conduct of their visitors, pro
hibiting girls from meeting their
brothers, prohibiting clubs from
meeting after six p. m.
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CITY ELECTION
TO BE CALLED
FOR FINANCING
Commission Favoring
Refunding, Improve
ment Issue; Action
At Next Meet Seen
That an election call will be is
sued by the city commission at its
next regular meeting on March 1, to
authorize issuance of refunding and
improvement bonds in the amount
of at least $1,000,000, was indicated
at the city commission meeting Fri
day morning by Mayor Cole and
members of the commission.
The statement by the mayor that
he considered it necessary to take
immediate action followed a brief
discussion on city finances in which
each of the city commissioners and
the mayor voiced their opposition to
issuance of additional warrants.
Street Commissioner A. C. Hipp
stated he would oppose additional
paving after present contracts are
completed unless the present war
rant issues are funded and bands
authorized for additional improve
ments.
Paving contracts totaling approx
imately $35,000 "remain to be com
pleted, it was stated.
Commissioner Cobolini urged that
refinancing of the city and retire
ment of the warrants by issuance
of low interest long-period bonds be
undertaken immediately, and in this
(Continued on Page Five.)
FISHING BE
PAST SENATE
Three Bays Left Open
On Coast tc Shrimp
Fishermen Only
AUSTIN, Feb. 15.—(JP)—The house
committee today bad approved the j
Holbrook measure passed by the j
senate yesterday barring certain ,
kinds of seining in the bays along :
the Texas coast.
The measure was a compromise ,
draft of the original bill. It elim- !
inates seining and trawling in Gulf |
coast inlets except use of set or
stationery nets would be permitted
in waters touching the districts of
Senators Archie Parr of Benavides
and J. W. Stevenson of Victoria.
Trawling for shrimp would be per
mitted in Matagorda bay, San An
tonio bay and parts of Aransas bay
and Corpus Christi bay.
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. Tex., Feb. 15.—The sen
ate Thursday approved T. J. Hol
brook’s measure to close all coastal
waters of Texas to seine and trawl
fishermen, and to restrict fishing to
hook and line. Holbrook accepted a
modification of the bill leaving Cor
pus Christi, Matagorda and San An
tonio bays open for shrimp fishing.
The bill was engrossed after a
week in which commercial fisher
men, championed by Senator Archer
Parr, hotly contested the measure.
They claimed enactment of the bill
would put them out of business and
“confiscate” property estimated at
f 1.000.000. and also suspend collec
tion by the state of S50.000 annual
tax on commercial fishing.
The measure is expected to come
un in the house at an early date.
Representative Pope of Corpus Chris
ti has announced he will lead oppo
sition to the measure, and a dupli
cate of the senate fight is expected
in the house.
WOMAN FACES TRIAL
AS HUSBAND-SLAYER
FAIRFIELD. Tex., Feb. 15.-(*V
Examining trial for Mrs. William
Deakle of Teague, charged with the
fatal shooting of her husband, was
pi»un«d here today.
Mrs. Deakle r-rr-udered t« author
ities after her husband was shot to
Jenth Wednesday night. He was a
fireman on Trinity and Bratos Valley
railroad. Mr*. Deakle made no state
ment.
C. OF C.f COMMISSION
ARE TO MEET MONDAY
SAN BENITO. Feb. 15 —The joint
meeting of directors of the San Be
nito Chimher of, Commerce tnd
member* of tht city commt»»ion
scheduled for last Monday night is
to he held Monday night of next
weak. .
A discussion of the budget of the
chamber of commerce, and of • eity
plan is scheduled to take placa at the
meeting.
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SHE ATTRIBUTES
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HER 100 YEARS
* * *
TO HATE OF MEN
BOSTON, Eng., Feb. 15.—i>F>— j
Miss Wilhelmina Robinson has j
reached the age of 100 years.
“I detest men,” she avowed on |
reaching the century mark, “and
1 put down my long and happy life
to the fact that I was never fool
ish enough to marry one.”
M iss Wilhelmina wears a frilly
cap and shares her rooms with two I
milk-white cats—both ladies.
“Single women have a far bet
ter life than any wife. The girls of
today are a scandal. It is men. men,
men, all the time,” she said.
“I never asked any man to mar
ry me—and no one ever asked me
to marry him,” she said. “I always
hated men.”
I Tje weler
FOUND SLAIN
BY BURGLARS
Glenn A. Coulson, 60,
Of Greenville Shot
Resisting Robbery,
Belief
GREENVILLE. Tex., Feb. 15.—OP)
—Apparently shot to death when he
resisted robbers, Glenn A. Coulson,
60. retired jeweler and a pioneer
citizen of Greenville, was found dead
in a hotel room here today.
Coulson was alone. Mrs. Coulson
was in Dallas visiting a daughter.
Guests in the hotel /ere awaken
ed about 3 a. m. by a series tf pistol
shots. Coulson was found on the
floor, a bullet through his head and
a pistol clutched in his right hand.
His trousers, with the pockets turn
ed inside out, were in the hallway.
A money sack, a purse and a cash
box also had been rifled. The pock
etbook was or a window ledge load
ing to a fire escape, and the win
dow was shattered, either by a bul
let or a brick, which was found on
the ground underneath. Coulson
was clad only in his pajamas.
Patrolman James Orr. who was on
a nearby street, held three men for
questioning after the shooting, and
a fingerprint expert from Dallas
was called to aid in the investiga
tion.
Officials were to confer today as
to whether a special grand jury ses
sion should be called.
Coupon's pistol had been dis
charged three times.
Party Off Wreck
Register As Mr.
Mrs. Lindbergh
KEY WEST, Fla.. Feb. 15.—<*V
Mystery today surrounded the iden
tity of a party of nine persons which
late last night was taken off the
yacht Diana shortly before the sank
on a shoal off the coast. Coast
guardsmen brought the party to a
hotel here, where they were regis
tered simply as “Mr. and Mrs. Lind
bergh and party." Reports that the
Lindberghs were relatives of Col
onel Charles Lindbergh could not be
confirmed.
Members of the party refused to
give their name although one young
woman said the party was from
Hartford. Conn.
The Plana stopped here from
Miami at midday yesterday and had
resumed its voyage to Havana when
it went on the shoal*. Coast ruards
men were attempting to raise the
vessel.
Survey to Check
Coastal Aviaiion
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.—tfV— A
survey to check coastal aviatfon
charts of the Golf coast now being
compiled by the nnry department's
hydrcgrisphfe office will begin about
May 15. The department's survey
ships Nokomis and Hannksal. assist
ed by naval planes, will >* used in
the survey, which will be along the
coast from New Orleans to Browns
ville
IS Foil) IN
DITCH WITH
LINE IN HAND
Two Hour Effort At
Reviving Victim
Proves Unavailing;
No Witnesses
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Feb. 15.—Guadalupe
Villareal, age 18, died here Thurs
day afternoon when she cime in
contact with a 2300. volt wire of the
Central Power A Light company, a
quarter of a mile west of the com
pany’s main plant on Palm road.
Two hours’ work by a crew of em
plojes of the Central Power dt
Ligh company to revive the girl
proved of no avail, and she was
twice pronounced dead by Dr. Wm.
Vinsant. L. M. Valdetero, justice
of the peace, summoned the physi
cian again after the workers had
practically given up hope.
The girl was employed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Hornberg,
doing house work, and had left this
house at about 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon to go to her home. The
wire, which is thought to have drop
ped to the ground after being short
circuited when the strong wind
Thursday blew a palm leaf against
the two wires, which was lying in
the ditch beside the road.
The girl for some reason picked
(Continued on page five.)
NEW CARRIER
ROUTE BEGUN
Mail Service Here la
Extended to Two
Sections
First mail carrier service to reui
dents in West Brownsville and Vic
toria Heights was inaugurated Fri
day morning, it was announced by
G. W. Dennett, postmaster. Though
necessarily there were some minot
difficulties, on the whole the first de
livery was carried out successfully, it
was said.
The new extension only is to be
carried out to residents on paved
streets, and while it will be main
tained to all patrons for the time be
ing, those without proper house num
bers and boxes or slots for receiving
the mail, may be cut off later, Den
nett says. , . ..
Proper facilities for receiving the
mail are essential the postal official
declared, and service where such fa
cilities are not available, may be
discontinued at the option of the
postmaster.
Along this line George Hillyer, city
inspector, announced that 10<"i alum
inum house numbers had been or
dered by the City of Brownsville and
soon would be here, to be distributed
free to residents in the new exten
sion territory. . , .
In the meantime those who do not
know the number of their house, may
obtain it by calling at the inspectors
office in the city hall and furnishing
the lot and block number of their
home and the position of the house,
Hillyer said.
NOTED PHYSICIAN VISITS VALLEY
Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Lyle cf Chero
kee. Okla. are spending a few days
in the Valley a# guests of Mr. ana
Mrs. W. C. Coleman at La Fena.
They spent the day in Brownsvilla.
Dr. Lyle 1* one of the most prom
inent physicians of northern Okla
homa. After leaving the Valley they
will go to Florida and Cuba.
U. S. Dry Agent’s
TheorylsHitby i
Chicago Police [
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—(JP)—Major Fred D. Silloway,
assistant prohibition administrator, today advanced the
theory that police officers themselves killed the seven
gangsters shot to death in a Northside gang stronghold
yesterday, and declared he believed the names of the ac
tual slayers would be known before night.
Commissioner of Police Russell who hurried to the
scene of the slaying yesterday was quoted as saying “this
will be the end of gang war in Chicago. The police will
fight it out to the death with the gunmen.” He has as
cribed most of the gang killings to bootlegger feuds.
Police Commissioner Russell and Deputy Commission
er John Stege, in charge of the detective bureau, had left
their offices to go to the inquest for the seven slain men at
me nme amoway made ms
announcement.
Called Ridiculous
Captain James Gleason, Stage's as
sistant, however, said it was ridicu
lous to suppose police wore involved
in the murders. A visored cap was
picked up in the garage, he said, but
it was that of a doorman. Policemen,
he said, would never have marched
men out of the garage with their
hands over their heads, unarmed, as
witnesses described the exit of yee
terdajr.
"ii.use men were gangsters, mas- g
querading as officers,' he declared
emphatically. "lne only thing Frank
liuesenbcrg, who died in the nospital
later, would say was that two oi the
men were wearing uniforms. So that
nas given the impression policemen
were involved."
Major Si Ho way expressed the be
Het mat toe killings yesterday were
tbc direct outgrowtn of e hijacking
job here six weeks ago when Mmi
cases of whiskey were taken from tke
Moran gang by a West Side liquor
running outlie
Charge Retaliation
Major Silloway said he did not be
lieve the theft of the liquor by one
faction from the other could have
been carried out in broad daylight
on a well traveled boulevard without
police assistance. The Moran gang,,
ne said, apparently got the same ide*’.
and cut off tribute that the probi-e
tion officers said the gang had paidH
the police.
Major Silloway said ha believedJ
the killings were in retaliation fold
stopping the protection money an«|;
declared he expected to gam inter
rnatiun aa to the actual killers.
He said some of the kitidrs wore
police uniforms, that aa automobile
resembling a police squad car with a
gong on the side wes used by them
and that the slayers evidently were
well known to the Moran gang aa
they were admitted without question.
Commissioner Russell characteris
ed Major Silloway’s theory and state
ment as "all rot" but added “no
matter who did it I am out to get
them and clean this case up." He
was attending a coroner’s inquest
when he made the statement.
Probe Started
Meanwhile the inquisitorial agen
cies of the government, state, couaty
and city were coordinated in an ex
tensive manhunt, the principal end
of which appeared to be the arrest
of every man with whom the gang
sters had been seen, while scores of
suspects were rounded up, the po
lice did not find the men they
sought. Those most wanted were
Moran himself and three of hia lieu
tenants, Ted Newberry, David Aider
man and Frank Foster.
If police are able to find theae
four they said they were confident
the killers could be named by them.
Moren was reported in hiding al
(Continued on page five)
3 HERRIN MEN
CONVICTED IN
DRY VERDICT
Mayor And Two Other
City Officials Are
* Found Guilty In
Conspiracy Case
EAST ST. LOUIS, III- Feb. 15.—(*)
—Mayor McCormack of Herrin, Ilis
bia brother, Elmer, a policeman, and
Chief of Police John Stamm were
convicted of conspiracy to violate
the national prohibition act in a ver
dict returned today in U. S. district
court.
The case was given to the jury
last night and a sealed verdict was
handed to Federal Judge Fred L.
Wham this morning.
The mayor was accused of having
been in collusion with the Charlie
Birger gang of gur.men in whole
sale liquor traffic and to have kept
the town “wide open” to bootleggers
and saloonkeepers. His brother and
Stamm, it was alleged, were his
^Another city official accused in
the conspiracy. Alvin Misker,
superintendent, pleaded guilty at the
outset of the trial and turned gov
ernment witness.
Judge Wham gave the four men
eight days of grace in which to re
turn to Herrin, resign from their
offices and close up their affairs.
He set February 23 as the day for
passing sentences.
The maximum sentence which each
may receive is two years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
National Ranks
Have Resources
Of 30 Billions
WASHINGTON. Feb. I*-—
Combined resource* of the (.835 Na
tional bank* of the nation hare
reached $30J»9.1S«.000.
Comptroller of the Currency Cole,
reporting today on the returns from
the call for reports on the condition
of the banks issued on December SI
said the resoa-ces exceeded S1.SSS.
U7S.5O0 those held on October S, 192*.
the date of the precious call. They
were 12.429.978.000 rreeter than the
amount reported December SI. 1927.
Mexico Announcing Air
Line Here With Stamps
Advertising the M#neo City
BmwnsviUe eir mail service to b«
established February 23. the Mexi
can postal officials are now stamp
ing on air mail the announcement
the 24-hour service between the
Mexican capital and New York will
soon be established.
The first letter bearing the
stamped announcement of the Mex
ican postal officials was received
here Friday. On the obverse side
of the envelope, which bore a Mexi
can air mail itamp, wax stamped
the following in Spanish:
-MEXICO AND NEW YORE
Communication la 24 Hoara
by Air Service Route
M EXICO-M AT AMOROS
inaugurated ooou.”
) The letter boro the regular 1#
9
centavo stamp, a 2-V centavo air mail
stamp, and the official green. white
and red “Correo Aereo” stamp of
tho Mexican air mail.
The stamp indicates that the Mex
ican postal officials have designated
the Tam pi eo-Brownsville route as
the official route for air mail des
tined for New York City and all in
termediate pointa.
Tho Laredo Chamber of Com
merce had reported Wednesday that
the Laredo route was to be main
tained and that the Browniviili
route wax to be in the nature of a
secondary route fer the Mexican air
mail. The stamp of tho Mexican
postal officials is considered ai
conclusive that the Brownsville
route will be placed in premier po
sition in handling air null from ths
Mexican capital*
THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Vall«:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Saturday, probably with occa
sional rains; somewhat colder. Light
to moderate winds, mostly northerly.
For East Texas; Cloudy tonight;
rain in southeast portion; colder Bt
northwest portion; Saturday cloudy;
colder in north and west portions.
Light to moderate westerly to north
erly winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will bo no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
need Present S4-Rr. Itdr.
gtac« State Chug. Isis
Eagle Pass .. 1« t.T 0.0 .10
Laredo . 27 -04 0.0 M
Rio Grande .. 21 44 04 40
Mission . 22 44 0.0 4t
San Benito .. 23 7.0 -04 40
Brownsville . '10 2-4 -04 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, andtr normal motoorolofl* j
eel conditions: 10-dg *. ig. -' J
Sunset today .
Snorts* tosorrow •