TRIAL OF JURY
CASESDELAYED
Jurymen In Criminal Dis
trict Court Excused
For Week
Trial of jury cases In the criminal
district court was postponed Mon
day for one week, the court excus
ing such Jurymen as answered the
summons. Of the 50 Jurymen sum
moned. only 22 appeared, the re
mainder being unable to report on
account of illness and other causes.
Judge A. W. Cunningham stated
that the court would recess for the
week, but he would be present to
hear any reports of the prand jury,
which continued its work Monday
morning after a f^ur-day recess.
Two members of the grand jury
were unable to report.
The court announced that trial
of capital cases would be set for
Wednesday of each week during the
term, with special venires to be
drawn. The settings for such cases
were as follows:
Wednesday March 6—G. B Park
er. rape; Ysidro Mireles. rape; spe
cial venire of 50 ordered.
Wednesday, March 13—Connie
Hall, murder: Refugio Sanchez,
murder: special venire of 40.
Wednesaav, March 20—Refugio
Sanchez and Benito Pena, murder;
Pedro Garza, murder; special ve
nire of 50.
Trial of A. w and W. R. Sassr.
former residents of San Benito,
charged with swindling, was set for
Monday, and all other cases which
had been docketed were set one week
later.
The grand Jury had returned 41
true bills prior to recessing last
Wednesday, and is expected to com
plete Its work this week.
ALIBiOFFERED
BY M’CLOSKEY
■.
Minister Say* Judge Hunted
With Him Day Of Al
leged Alterations
AUSTIN. Feb. 25.—</P>—The de
fense today sought to set up an
alibi for Congressman-elect Augus
tus J. McCloskey of San Antonio as
one phase of meeting the state's
allegation that he connived with
Dave Dewhurst. assistant Bexar
county clerk, and Charles Ramirez,
secretary of the defendant, while
he was Bexar county judge, to
change the returns of the Novem
ber 6 election
Dewhurst. star witness for the
prosecution, averred from the wit-1
ness stand that while Ramirez
faked the returns under his tute
lage. Judge McCloskey was in an
adjoining room with full knowledge
of what was going on and had him
self produced the returns which
were being altered.
The defense today brought on the
Rev. Robert W. Small, who said he
is a Baptist minister without
charge .and that at the time fixed
by Dewhurst. McCloskey was with
him hunting doves on a ranch more
than 20 miles from San Antonio.
The defense also produced nu
merous other witnesses who denied
parts of Dew-hurst's story, as well
as several prominent San Antonio
and Austin men who testified as
to the good reputation of the de
fendant.
Dave Wats-fi. chief of defense
counsel, told newspapermen that
McCloskey would be a witness, but
that his testimony might not be
reached today.
Many Attend Three
Revival Serv ices
Baptist Sunday
Three large audiences greeted Dr. J
Melton at the First Baptist church
Sunday, some coming from up-Val
ley points.
The morning message was on
The Faithfulness of God’s Peo-I
pie." "It is not w hat one has or j
can do. but it is what he is 'aith
ful in doing with his capacities.
Many run well for awhile, but fal’
by the way when the church and
pastor needs them.’’ said Dr. Mel
ton He Illustrated his point by a
North Texas fire. The flames were
bearing down on the building occu
pied by the telephone exchange. A
mother rushed to the building to
urge her daughter, who was an op
erator.' to run for her life, but the
faithful operator said to the fran
tic mother. "I can not leave. I am
calling for fire fighting combines
from other towns and I must stay
with the board.'' Such faithfulness
is needed, said the preacher, in
carrying on the work of Chris
tianity.
The message of the afternoon
Was on travels in Palestine. Svria
and Egypt. Human interest
touches held attention.
The evening message was on the
theme. "Men Who Would Not Be
Caved " The speaker tried to an
swer the question. "Why will men
not be saved?” “It is not because
God does not desire that men b-'
«&fed. He has done all that he
can for their salvation. Nor is It
because men are ignorant of God
He has left a message of himself
in the stars of the heavens and in
even." blade of grass. It is true
that some men have more ’*
than others hare, and will more
likely find God. but the responsi-1
bility is on man to accept the
knowledge that God has given ofi
Himself."
The theme announced for this 1
Monday evening, is "Sifted. But •
Saved”
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
TEXAS, BROWNSVILLE DIVI
SION.
In the Matter of
H O Bersct.
Bankrupt.
No. 271. In Bankruptcy
To the creditors of said bank- !
nipt:
Notice Is hereby given that on
the 23rd day of February 1929
the said H. C. Berset of McAllen.
Hidalgo county. Texas, was dulv
adjudged a bankrupt, and the first '
meeting of his creditors will be held 1
•t the office of Ira Webster Ref- i
eree in Bankruptcy, in the Stegman
building. Brownsville. Texas, on the
7th day of March, at eleven (in
a. m.. at which time and place the
creditors of the said H. O. Berset.
bankrupt may appear, prove their
claims, elect a trustee, examine the
banknipt and transact such other
business as may properly come be
fore such meeting.
IRA WEBSTER ]
Referee in Bankruptcy j
1 Dated February 25. 1929. j:
3-36-it I
.
STOCKS KEEP
ON MADE
Radio Jumps 10 Points And
Bethlehem Steel Hits
New High Mark
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—<p>-Re
sumption of business after the three
day holiday on the New York stock
exchange today found the course of
prices still headed upward. Radio
(old stock) jumped 10 points and
Bethlehem steel crossed 98 to a new
1929 high. Midland steel products
preferred opened 3 points higher.
National Cash Register 2 1-2 and
Wright Aeronautical 2. Initial gains
of a point or more were registered
by General Electric, Westinghouse
Electric. Johns Manville. Nevada
copper and St. Joseph lead.
U. S. steel common opened with
a block of 30 000 shares at 185. up 3
points and then advanced to 186 1-2.
Crosley radio, opened nearly 10
points higher at 125 and then eased
to 120. Coty. National Dairy
Products. Union carbide and West
ern Union ran up 2 to 3 points in
early buying.
Copper, motor and public utility
shares presented several points of
strength. Among the manv issues
to show early gains of a point or
more, were Anaconda. Calumet &
Arizona. American smelting. Kenne
cott. Hupp. Chrysler, Brooklyn Man
hattan Transit and Southern Cali
fornia Edison
There were a few soft spots.
American & foreign power which
recently registered a spectacular
advance, fell back more than 5
joints; May department stores and
International Telephone yielded 1
3-4 each and Dupont. Simmons
company and Congress cigar drop
ped back a point or so.
Foreign exchanges opened steady,
with cables unchanged at $4.85 5-1*6.
Chicago Grain
Close Is Lower
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-J/D—Heavy
rains and snow falls west and
southwest tended early today to
ease down wheat values here." Be
sides, Liverpool wheat quotations
showed an unexpected setback, al
though stocks afloat were less than
last week or a year ago.
Starting unchanged to 5-8c off,
Chicago wheat afterward under
went a general sag. Com was
relatively firm, opening at l-8c de
cline to l-8c advanec and subse
quently holding near to the initial
range. Oats were inclined to droop.
Provisions went higher.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—</P>—Butter
higher: creamery extras 48 3-4;
standards 48 1-4: extra firsts 47 1-2
*'48; firsts 45 1-2# 46; seconds 41
#45.
Eggs lower; extra firsts 39 1-2#
40 1-2; firsts 38#39: ordinary firsts
34$ 38.
POULTRY STEADY
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—OP)—Poul
try steady; fowls 27# 32c; springs
33c: roosters 22c; turkeys 30c;
ducks 30c; geese 23c.
SPOT COTTON CLOSE
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25.—<>P>—
Spot cotton closed steady. 37 points
up. Sales 1191; low middling 17.87;
middling 19.37; good middling 19.77;
receipts 9.444; stock 349.396
U. S. BONDS
NEW YORK. Feb. 25—Gov
ernment bonds:
Liberty 3 l-2s. 32-47. $97.17: 1st
1 l-4s $99.27 : 4th 4 l-4s $99.31:
treasury 4 l-4s. 47-52, $108.3; 4s.
♦4-54. $103.2.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—<^)—For
eign exchanges steady.
Great Britain demand 484 29-32'
rabies 485 5-16 ; 60-day bills on
banks 480 9-32.
France, demand 3 90 1-2: Italy
*'2; Belgium 13.88; Germany
3-4; Tokyo 44.95; Montreal
99£9 3-8.
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS Feb 25—<AV
Cottonseed oil closed steadv; prime
summer yellow 9.80; prime crude
MM# 9.12 1-2. Mar. 9.87; Apr. 9 93;
May 9 97: June 10 00: July 1017*
Aug. 10.22: Sept. 10.25: Oct. 10 20.
K. C. Live Stock
Averages Steadv
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 25 -iP -
Hogs: 10.000; steady; top $10.70 on
choice 190*i 210 pounds: packing
sows- $8 75# 9 85
Cattle: 9,000: calves 1,200; steadv I
to 25c higher: slaughter steers, good
and choice 95001500 lbs. $11.50#
14 25; good, choice 750 # 950 lbs
$11.65# 14.50; cows, good and choice
$8 25# 10: vealers imilk-fed* me
dium to choice $9# 14.
Sheep: 6 000; lambs 10# 15c low
er; sheep steadv; lambs, good and
choice $15.25*? 26 25; ewes, medium
to choice s 150 lbs. down* $7.50#
>35.
Fort Worth Hogs
Down; Others Up
FORT WORTH. Feb. 25.—(P—
Hogs 2 600: ten to 15c ower; 180
250 lbs. 9 80*i 9.90.
Cattle and calves: 3 300: steady
io strong; medium to good steers
10.25 to 11.00; best steers 11.65;
ight yearlings 11.25; cows 7 50 to j
' 75; bulls 7 75 to R 25; good Stock
er calves up to $12 06
Sheep 3.000; steadv; good wool
fd fat lambs 15.25 to 15.50, fresh
shorn wethers 9.50.
CASH GRAIN
CHIC AGO Feb 25 —.tfv-Wheat:
S’o. 2 red 1 42# 1.46; No. 2 northern
ipring 124 1-4
Corn: No. 3 yellow 93 1-2#94; No.
1 white 93#94.
Oats: No 2 white 51 3-4; No. 4
xhite 47# 48 1-2.
KANSAS CITY Feb X.—VPh
Wheat No. 1 dark hard, nominally,
1.18*11.32; No 2 hard 1.17# 1 24 No
t red. nominally. 1.32#1.33; Mav
Lit 5-8; July 1 23 7-8
Com: No 2 while 88 No. 2 yel
ow. nominally. 87 1-2# 88: No 2
nixed 85 3-4 # 86; May 93 1-4; jujy
OaU: No. 2 white 52,
1 Truck I
J Markets!
VU Naval Radio SUtioa
| Department of Agriculture, United
states Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamLer of Commerce cooperating.
Vegetable Bulletin No. 42.
FOB shipping point information
i reported Saturday. Feb. 23:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
I Cool, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
i Moderate wire Inquiry, demand mod
! eratc, market about steady. Car
! loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
i terms—bulk per ton round type $16
t ft 18. mostly $17.50; crates $1.25ft
i 1.50; 80 lb. crates Savoy $1.40ft 1.45.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
! cash track—bulk per ton round type
mostly $14.50; crates $1.15ftlJ5.
Wagonloads cash to growers—bulk
per ton round type $12.00.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms—bush
el baskets 90cft 1.00. fancy higher;
crates $1,50ft 1.60; 100 lb. sacks top
ped around $1.50. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track—bush
els 80ft90c, few higher, crates $1.35
(A*)1.40.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
erate wire inquiry, demand improv
ing. market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms—
oushel baskets 80ft 90c; few- $1.00;
crates $1.25 ft 1.35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track—bush
els 704i80c; crates $1.15ft 1.25. Sun
day: Warm, cloudy, windy.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Saturday
and Sunday:
Grapefruit: Houston 4. Ft. Worth
3, Dallas 2; 1 each Tulsa, Atchison,
Minneapolis, El Paso. Little Rock,
Topeka, Kansas City. Carrots: St.
Louis 8, New York 5; 2 each Hous
ton, Chicago. Memphis, Boston; 1
each Terre Haute. Pittsburgh. Bal
timore, Philadelphia. Montreal, New
Haven, Ft. Worth. Cabbage: Hous
ton 31. St. Louis 23. Chicago 11,
Shreveport 9, Toronto 5; 4 each
Memphis. Ft Worth. Detroit 3. Salt
Lake City 2: 1 each Duluth, Denver.
Paducah. Greenville, Montreal, Cal
gary, London, Ont., Denison, New
York, Everett, Toledo. El Paso, Hic
kory, Vancouver, Dupo. Grand Rap
ids, lnd‘anapolis. Pittsburgh. Beets:
Houston, St. Louis 2 each; New
York 3; 1 each Newark, Philadel
phia. Boston. Turnips: Columbus,
Ohio. 1. Radishes: 1 each Houston,
St. Louis. Spinach: St. Louis 8,
Toronto 1. Lettuce: Jersey City 3,
Philadelphia 1. Anise: Houston 1.
Mixed Vegetables: St. Louis IS.
Houston 19. Chicago 6, New York
IS, Shreveport 4. Memphis; 2 each
Oklahoma City, Omaha. Minneapo
olis, Nashville. Jersey City, Toron
to; 1 each Paris, Texas, Wichita
Falls. Van Buren, El Dorado, Car
thage, Dayton. Youngstown, Cincin
nati, Huntington, Utica, Cheyenne.
Denver. Waco. Abilene. Montreal,
Monroe, Chattanooga, Dallas. Fort
Worth, Winnipeg, San Angelo, El
Paso. Amarillo. Beaumont, Oe
Queen. Muskogee, Wichita. Hutchi
son. Hannibal. Cedar Rapids. Fargo.
Little Rock. Dupo. Cleveland. Knox
ville. Owensboro. Lothier, Gadsdon,
Greensboro. Philadelphia. Scranton,
Boston. Beets and Carrots: 1 each
Hazelion. Pa., New York. Parsley:
St. Louis 2.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Cabbage: Texas 116. Alabama 1.
California 1. Florida 43. New York
16; total U. S. 181 cars.
Carrots: Texas 31. California 25.
New York 6; total U. S. 62 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 131. Cal
ifornia 32. Florida 15, Louisiana 21,
total U. S. 219 cars.
Spinach: Texas 68. others 3; to
tal U. S. 71 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 13, others 136;
total U. S. 149 cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas 4. others 70;
total 86 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Monday morning,
February 25:
Mixed vegetables 79. beets 7, car
rots 27. beets and carrots 21, cab
bage 102, lettuce 2. turnips 2, pars
ley 2. grapefruit 10; total 252 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea
son. Fruit 1332. vegetables 6830, to
tal 8212 cars; to same day last sea
son: Fruit 1127, vegetables 7137, to
tal 8264 cars.
Additional FOB information re
ported Saturday. Feb. 23:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y., and
nearby points: Min. 10 deg. Max.
22 deg. Clear. Demand limited, too
few sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y„ and
nearby points: Demand light, no
sales reported
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Warm, partly cloudy. Haulings mod
erate, moderate wire inquiry, de
mand moderate, market firm. Car
loads FOB usual terms—bushel
baskets Savoy 40ft 50c; cash track
95 ft 40c.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Partlv
cloudy, warm. Haulings light. Mod
erate wire inquiry, demand light,
market dull. Too few sales reported
to quote.
Cabbage: New York: Clear, 35
degrees. Arrived. 5 New York. 5
Texas. New supplies moderate, de
mand moderate, market steady.
Florida 1 1-2 bushel hampers point
ed type $1.12 1-2-1.37 1-2. few $1 50;
Savoy $1.50-1.70; red $2 00-2.25.
Texas lenu^e crates Savoy $2.00-2 75.
mostly $2 25-2.50: red $2.75. Cali
fornia lettuce crates Savoy ordinary
$1.25. Boston- Cloudy. 34 degrees.
Arrived 3 Florida, on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate, demand light,
market about steady. Texas round
and flat types 80-lb. crates $2.50.
Florida Wakefield 1 1-2 bushel ham
pers $135-1.50. St. Louis: Cloudy.
41 degrees. Arrived 13 Texas, on
track 40 cars Supplies heavy, de
mand slow, market ireak. Texas
round type bulk per ton $40-45;
crates $2.25. Michigan Danish type
bulk per ton few sales fancy $55 00.
Chicago: Cloudy. 35 degree?. Ar
rived 20 Texas, on track 63 cars
Supplies moderate, demand and
trading moderate market about
stead?. Texas round type crates
$2.50-2 75; barrels packed pocaily
$2.50-2.75; sacked per cwt $2.50-2.75;
lettuce crate? Red $3 00-3.25. Wis
consin Danish type sacked per cwt
$2 00-2.25. few higher. Cincinnati:
Cloudy. 40 degrees Arrived 2 Flor
ida. 1 Louisiana. 1 Texas, on track
14 cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market steady. Texas
round tvne bulk per ton—moetlv
$50 00: Florida pointed type 1 1-2
bushel laimuers $1 15-1.35. few high
er. New York Danish tvpe bulk
n*r ton. $48.50 Philadelphia: Clear.
34 de^re*? Arrived 18 Florid*. 4
New York on track 55 cars New
supplies liberal demand moderate,
market firm. Florida pointed type
]N. 0. FUTURES
OPENING QUIET
Fluctuations Are Slight Dur
ing First Hour; Stay
Near Open
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 25.—<AV
The cotton market opened quiet
and slightly easier with first trades
showing no change to 2 points
down. Some selling extended the
decline to 19 25 for March. 19.46 for
May and 19.53 for July, or 2 to 4
points under Saturday s close.
Later the market met support In
duced by unfavorable weather.
March recovered to 19.30. Mav 19.51
and July 19.60. or 3 points over the
previous close. At the end of the
! first hour the market was quiet and
at or near the his Its.
Trading broadened later and
prices advanced $1 a bale from
the early lows. The improvement
followed reports of good buying by
spot interests in New York of
March and May. March sold up to
19.44. may 19 64 and July 19.73. or
18 to 20 points up from the lows
and 16 to 17 points above the
previous close.
Near noon the higher prices
brought out realizing which caused
a recession of 4 to 6 points, but the
undertone of the market continued
steady.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25.—</P>—
Cotton futures closed very steady at
net advance of 18 to 24 points:
High Low Close Prev.
Close
Mar. ....1952 1925 1951—52 1927
May 1970 1946 1970 1948
July ,...1980 1953 1978—80 1957
Oct.1957 1933 1956 1938
Dec.1950 1947 1957B 1939
Opening: Mar. 1925; Mav 1948;
July 1955; Oct. 1933; Dec. 1934.
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—The
cotton market opened steady at an
advance of 1 to 8 points in re
sponse to relatively steady cables,
while some buying was also reported
on favorable feature In reports from
the cotton goods market. May sold
up to 20.10 and new October to
19.62, or about 7 to 13 points net
hirher during the first ten minutes,
but there was further near month
liquidation and the advance attract
ed some realizing In the later month
which caused reactions of a few
points from the best. Trading was
moderately active with the market
steady at the end of the first half
hour.
The market showed continued
steadiness later in the morning. Of
. ferings of March apoeared to be
| very readily absorbed by spot cot
ton interests while some commis
! slon house buying was reported in
I later months.
May sold up to 20.23 and the
I new October to 19.69. The general
1 market showed net advances of 16
* to 20 points at mid-day.
Futures closed firm. 1915 32 points
higher. Spot steady: middling 20.55.
NEW YORK FUTURES
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—Cot
ton futures:
High Low Close Prev.
Close
Mar.2031 1998 2029—31 1997
May ....2034 2006 2032—34 2003
July ....2005 1977 2003—05 2003
Oct. (old) 1983 1965 1982—83 1959
Oct. new 1975 1957 1972—75 1949
Dec.1975 1958 1971—72 1952
Opening: Mar. 2000: May 2008;
July 1978: Oct. (old) 1967; Oct.
(ncw» 1957; Dec. 1959.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 25.—<.P>—Cot
ton-spot fair demand: lower; Amer
ican strict good middling 11.34;
good middling 10 94: strict middling
10.75: middling 10.54: strict low
middling 10.25; low middling 10.04;
strict good ordinary 9 64; good or
dinary 9.24. Sales 6,000 bales. 4.900
American. Receipts 15,000, Ameri
can 14,800. Futures closed steady:
March 10 25. May 10 37; July 10 40;
October 10.28, December 10.26, Jan
uary 10.25.
CALL MONEY
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—(/D—Call
money firmer; high 9; low 6 1-2;
ruling rate 6 1-2: closing bid 9; time
loans firm; mixed collateral 60-90
days 7 1-24# 7 3-4; 4-6 months 7 1-2
*(7 3-4; prime mercantile paper 5
1-2.
Bankers acceptances: 30 days
5 l-4*i5 1-8 : 60-90 days 5 3-8'*i5
1-4; 4 months 5 1-2G5 1-4; 5-6
months 5 5-8 <*5 3-8.
1-2 bushel hampers $1.15, poorer low
as $1.00. Texas round type crates
$2.50-2.75; lettuce crates *2.00; let
tuce crates Savoy $2.00-2.25. Pitts
burgh: Cloudy, 32 degrees. Ar
rived 2 Florida. 7 Texas. Supplies
li be ray, demand moderate, market
about steady. Texas round type
crates $2.50-2.75. mostly *2.50; bar
rels packed locally $2.50-3.00. mostly
$2.75-3.00. Florida pointed type
1 1-2 bushel hampers *1.00-125,
mostly $1.15.
Carrots: New York: Arrived 15
California. 3 New York, 15 Texas.
Supplies moderate, demand moder
ate. market steady. California crates
S3 00-3.75. poorer $1.50-2.50. Texas
crate* fair quality and condition
$2 50-3.00. few $3 25. few higher,
bushels mostly $1.50; 100-lb sacks
cut $2 50-2.75. St. Louis; Arrived 4
Texas, on track 9 cars. Supplies
light, demand light, market about
; steady. Texas crates $2.00-2.50.
mostly around S2.25: bushels *1.50
1 60. poorer low as $1715. Philadel
1 phia: Arrived 1 California. 7 Texas.
2 Holland by boat on track 21 cars.
Supplies moderate, demand moder
ate. market ftrm. Texas crates $2.50
3.00: bushels 1150. California crates
S3.00. Holland 90 to 100 pound boxes
street sales $2 00. Chicane: Arrived
i 19 California. 4 Texas, on track 61
cars Supplies liberal, demand and
. trading moderate, marker about
steady California crates *3 00-3 25.
few hieher. fair quality, light color
$2.50-->75 Texas crates *250-275:
i busheLs *1 AO-160 Pittsburgh: Ar
1 rived 3 California. 1 Texas. Sup
j plies liberal, demand slow, market
abort steadv. Texas crates mostly
$2 35-2 50. California crates mostly
2.75. Boston Unrecorded.
Beets: Philadelphia: Arrived 3
Texas, cm track 21 cam. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate, market
firm Texas crate* *2.50-2 75; bush
els *1 25-1 40 Chleairo: No ca-’ot
arrivals cn track 7 cars. Sovrin
moderate, demand and trading
moderate, market steady Texas
crates *2 00-2.25 few best *2.50;
bushels mostly *t 50. Pitta*etr?h
$rrh"d 1 Texas. 1 mb-d Te~*«
j Punches demand sic*' «»arirrt
steady. Texas crates *2.25-2.50.
i pocrer $1.50-2.00.
POINT BUILDS
FOR JURISTS
New C. of C. Backs Volun
tary Construction Of
Accommodations
{Special to The Herald)
1 POIrt x iixABtL, Feb. Za.—r ollow
j mg the organization of a ctramber
01 commerce here with I. S. Sterner
j president, the body went Into action
Alonoay preparing for the erection
of three structures to better accom
modate tourists.
The labor is being done voluntar
ily by citiaras and material is bemg
lumished by the Port Isabel Se
curities Co. and the city. A pavilion
25 by 50 feet will be begun Tuesday
morning near the old light house.
The second structure will be a palm
thatched house 24 by 120 feet fur
nished with brick ovens for visitors
wishing to cook their meals. This
will be located between the yacht
club and the city.
Both of these structures are ex
pected to be completed by the vol
unteer labor Tuesday. Point Isabel
women are to serve the workmen
with a fish dinner.
The third project, to be built in
the near future, will be an informa
tion bureau between the two main
piers. It will resemble a treasure
chest swung by chains from four
posts. P. H. Trimble, architect, is
planning the bureau. It was sug
gested bv Rev. Paul A. Lewis.
The pavilion is to be utilized by
visitors as a rest room.
The chamber of commerce was
organized Saturday at the adminis
tration building of the Port Isabel
Securities company with approxi
mately 50 members. Paul Cotreh
was named secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors is as follows:
Dr. A. B. Leach. P. H. Trimble. G. G.
Keikel. Mrs. W. H. Pattee and Miss
Roxy Burton.
These olficers will serve three
months at the end of which time an
election will be called to name
chiefs for the ensuing year.
KIWAMANSOF
(Continued from Page One.)
trip of inspection over Hidalgo
county, to visit the orchards at j
Sharvland. the packing plant at
Mercedes and other points of in
terest. The schedule has been so
arranged that the visitors will
leave Hidalgo county in ample
time to reach Brownsville at 6;
o’clock.
On arrival at Brownsville an i
hour's rest is planned for the vis-!
ltors at the El Jardin. and at 7:30
I o’clock they will be guests of all j
| the Kiwanis clubs of the Valley at
i a banquet to be served at the Villa (
Espanola in Matamoros.
Tuesday the visiting Kiwanians1
will be guests of the Cameron
county Kiwanis clubs. Following
breakfast the women in the party
will be taken to Matamoros on a
shopping expedition while the men
will go to the Brownsville Country j
club to play golf. The noon lunch-1
} eon will be left to the pleasure of |
‘ the visitors, but after luncheon a
I tour of {Jameron- county has been
planned. Including a visit to the
Rabb Palm grove.
The tour will end at Harlingen,
where the Kiwanians. after dinner,
will board their special coach for.
the homeward trip.
An interesting program for the
banquet at Matamoros tonight has
been arranged. Harry Faulk of the
Brownsville Kiwanis club, will act
as master of ceremonies, while the
main address of welcome will oc
made by Charles M. Wunderman
of the Harlingen club.
One of the features will be a vo- ,
cal solo by Mrs. John Clark. An j
address on ’ Our Valley” is sched- j
uled by G. C. Richardson, manager ;
of the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce. The song. "Our Valley
Home.” is to conclude the arranged
program.
Veteran Newspaper
Man Sends Valley
Praise to Vermont
"I am writing back to my papers I
in Vermont telling the people of
that country that they do not need
to go to California climate—they
can find lots of good climate right I
here in the Lower Rio Grande Val- i
ley of Texas.”
That was the statement Monday
of Lewis P. Thayer, retired news- i
paperman. who is spending a week I
in this city and section.
Mr. Thayer came here on an ex
cursion rate from Pueblo. Colo. He
is writing articles for various news
papers In Vermont.
“I can say only good of this coun
try." Mr. Thayer said, “for there
seems to be nothing else to sav of
it You have everything here that
California or Florida can offer in j
the way of a pleasant winter cli- i
mate."
Mr. Thayer is dean of the Ver
mont press, having been an active
editor for 56 years. He is a member
of the Virginia-New England press
conference, is a past president of j
the Vermont state chamber of com
merce. and a member of the New |
England council.
He expects to spend a few days
longer in the city, alter which he
goes to San Antonio for a brief
stay, and then back to California. J
Pouring Concrete
On Pt. Isabel Road
Pouring of concrete started Mon
day on the extension of paving on j
state highway No. 100 from Los
Fresnos east to Junction, a dis
tance of approximately 5 mile*. The
highway will be closed several
weeks, a detour being provided by
the way of the old San Benito
Point Isabel road to the Box
ranch road.
Good progress has been made on
highway No. 96 north of Combes,
where pouring of concrete started
last week. All right-of-way diffi
culties have been smoothed out
with the exception of three tracts
upon which condemnation proceed
ings will be necessary.
Reserve Officers
To Meet Tuesday
HARLINOEN. Feb. 25—Officers
are to be elected and uremanent
organization perfected at a meet
ing Tuesday night of the reserve
officers of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, called at the Hotel Moore
here.
The reserve officers will be guests
at a banquet at the hotel of C. D.
Wallace.
Forward Remains
To Tulsa Sunday
Remains of Clinton Fisher, well
known Tulsa. Okla.. land man. who
died at a local hotel here Saturday
morning, were forwarded to Tulsa
Sunday evening for burial there.
Mr. Fisher had been ill for sev
eral davs. Death resulted from a
heart attack, according to physi
cians. He was found dead in his
bed early Saturday morning.
The deceased had be-n operating
here for some time. He had for
merly been connected with the Point
Isabel Development company, but
at the time of his death was said
to be working independently under
the name of the Fisher-Wrlght
Land company.
Hinkley mortuary prepared the
body for forwarding.
$40,000 FIRE
HITSCORPUS
Blaze Destroys Block Near
Texas-Mexican Station;
Origin Not Known
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Feb.
25.—i/Ph-Fanned by a strong south
east wind, fire of undetermined or
igin destroyed practically an entire
block of frame buildings in the vi
cinity of the Texas-Mexican rail
road station here today. The loss
was estimated at $40,000.
Places destroyed included a
frame hotel, three cafes, a barber
shop, two grocery stores and a
fruit stand. Two passenger coaches
of the Texas-Mexican railroad
caught fire, but the flames were
extinguished before material dam
age was done.
Members of the Illinois and
Eastern Iowa Klwanis party, who
arrived here yesterday on a spe
cial train, fled from their coaches
when the blaze threatened their
train.
WGY Awarded Full
Time, Full Power
In Court Decision
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—<**>—
The right of the Federal Radio
Commission to restrict the broad
casting time of station WGY at
Schenectady. N. Y., was denied in
an opinion handed down today by
the District of Columbia court of
appeals, which held WGY could
broadcast on full time with full
power.
In its re-allocation of radio sta
tions. the federal radio commission
ordered WGY. which broadcasts
with 50.000 watts power, to discon
tinue operation after the General
Electric's station at Oakland. Calif.
KGO. started broadcasting at night.
This would have required WGY to
cease operating about eight o'clock
each night. Tne company, in the
decision handed down today, was
granted permission to operate with
its full power.
Mercury to Drop
To Fifties Here
While freezing temperatures were
creeping over north Texas today,
the local weather bureau predicted
temperatures in the fifties for the
Valley Monday and Tuesday nights.
The southerly winds were to swing
to the north tonight and Tuesday,
bringing in the edge of the cold
weather over the other portions of
Texas. The skies were to be cloud}'
to partly cloudy.
HOUSE REJECTSlDRY
ENFORCEMENT FUND
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—</PV—
The $24,000,000 prohibition proposal
was rejected today by the house as
it voted down a motion to send the
second deficiency bill back to the
appropriations committee for incor
poration of the enforcement fund.
The vote was 239 to 125.
A moment later the measure was
passed with a viva voce vote. It now
goes to the senate.
| Day in Congress
(By the Associated Press)
Monday:
House considers general defi
ciency bill, senate edge resolution
and Reed committee report.
House ways and means commit
tee holds tariff hearings.
House judiciary committee has
Jones bill before it.
Senate Judiciary committee takes
up bills on calendar.
LONGHORN BAND MAY
VISIT VALLEY SOON
(Special to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. Feb. 25 —If ar
rangements can be made, the Long-1
horn band from the University of
Texas will visit the Valley, playing
here, it was announced today. It
is proposed to have the civic clubs
sponsor the visit. The Kiwanis
club will consider the matter at its
meeting Wednesday noon.
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Injects Mystery In
Rich Baker’s Death
ROCHESTER. N. T., Feb. 25.—(Jf*j
—A pistol, broken open at the
breech. Injected an element of mys
tery today into the death of Fred
C. Detninger. 26-year-old heir to
the General Baking company mil
lions.
Deininger was found by his wife,
the former Virginia Danfort h.
musical comedy actress, on the
sleeping porch of their home with
a bullet wound in his head and the
pistol on the floor beside him. The
one cartridge in the weapon had
been discharged.
INOURVALLEY
(Continued from pace one.)
dawn-to-dusk flight to Panama
from here.
And Miss Grace McClellan of
Austin. Texas* only licensed avia
trix. i3 already here for the open
ing.
And there will be others, possibly
including Colonel Lindbergh.
It will be a really worthwhile
affair.
i DEMPSEY
(Continued from page one.)
! volver. buried itself in the wall
I about knee high from the floor,
Dempsey and Fitzsimmons said
: they did not follow the intruder,
because they were unarmed and
there were no lights on the
grounds. They did not telephone
police at that time because It would
have been necessary to go through
a doorway in the direction from
I which the prowler and his sup
posed accomplice approached.
Dempsey said.
The theory was advanced that
the man was a burglar and that he
did pot know he was entering a
room occupied by Dempsey.
GRANDDRY
(Continued from page one.)
pursuing car drove alongside and
forced them off the road into a
mudhole. Their car was searched,
after which the men drove off.
leaving them to extricate them
selves.
They drove to San Benito and
notified officers of the affair and
telephoned Sheriff W. F. Brown,
who immediately started an investi
gation.
It is understood that officers had
been patrolling that section regu
larly in an effort to apprehend
liquor smugglers and bootleggers,
but no reports have been received
of other cars being fired upon.
Saints to Play
Eagles Tuesday
The Hounds are In readiness for
a game with the Eagles Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock on Tucker
field.
The Eagles* batteries will be Gal
van or Rodriguez, pitchers, and
Baker, catcher, while the Hounds
will use P Perez or P. Moreno,
pitchers and A. Urbano. catcher.
For the Hounds the game will be
in preparation for .next Sunday s
game with the army team of Mata
moros. The army team took a
game from the Hounds last week
by the close margin of 1-0.
Sport Plane Off
On Victoria T»Sn
Twelve passenger, a pilot and a
mechanic took off at 11:15 a. m.
Monday in the tri-motored plane of
the International Sport and Amuse
ment company for a flight to Vic
toria. expecting to return late In
the afternoon.
Passeneers on the plane included
A. E Smith. R J. Allison. F. Laeadl
T. Simmons. Rudolph Zalezri. MaJ.
Bernard Law. J. M. Kenvon. r!l of
this dtv: Dr C. A. Matthews and
A. L. Trent of Johnstown Pa , and
Miss Grace McClelland. San An
tonio. only licensed woman pilot in
Texas.
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Burned Man Sought
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—UP>—Mark
ed men—one with a finger gone,
another with a front tooth out, |
third with burns on his face-1
danced t&ntalizingly across the
gang massacre investigation today.
Each in turn appeared in the
murder picture as re-constructed
from stories of witnesses . The man!
with a finger missing drove the
automobile that carried the killers!
to and from the murder scene. the*
man with the front tooth out. ini
the car with him. was presumable)
one of the four men who poured*
machine gun tead into the seven!
gangsters lined against a wall, antf
the man who was burned may have!
suffered that intury in an effort,
several days later, to destroy Used
death car.
No one of th» three was in cus- l]
tody. There was a search under 1
way for Rocco Bellacastro. an as
sociate of gangsters who made
-The Circus” cafe a hangout, j
Bellacastro has a finger missing on
one hand.
A multiplicity of motives for the
murders was the principal stum
bling block in the investigation to
day.
‘‘I can name 50 motives for this
crime." said David Stansburv. in I
charge of the inquiry for the state s
attorney, -but no one stands out
as being important enough to be
called the probable cause of the
murders. If we could eliminate all
theories but the true one. and con
centrate on that, we could solve
this thing in a hurry."
The apparent care taken by sev
eral suspects in arranging air tight
alibis struck Stansbury as a sinis
ter circumstance, but it did not
help toward a solution.
IS LINDY ~' J'
(Continued from page one.) 1
Colonel Lindbergh at the embassy
yesterday announced he was leaving
Eagle Pass. Texas, and would arrive
in Mexico City in the afternor Ar
rival at 6:53 p. m actually was
much later than was anticipated. It
took the aviator eleven hours and
thirteen minutes to fly anprcxi
matelv 700 miles between Eagle Pass
and Valbuena field.
About fifty people crowded around
him. Alan Dawson, third secretary
of the embassy, spoke with him for
an Instant, whispering a few words
in his ear—presumably the message
of Miss Morrow.
An embaasv car whisked him to
Mexico City. He was in the embassy
altogether only a few minutes, ap
pearing shortly afterwards with his
two suitcases and duffle bag to en
ter a hired automobile. He parried
questions and was driven away.
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