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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 264 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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CAMERON COUNTYB fifteenth
irrigation district today is voting on
< final organization.
That the vote will favor organi
feation is not questioned. In fact,
this is a mere formality, required
by law', and never in the history
of the Valley has a new’ irrigation
project failed to secure the almost
. unanimous approval of resident
voters.
Cameron county wrater improve
ment district No. 15 comprises
approximately 2,000 acres of very
fertile land lying on the west side
of the Arroyo Colorado near Rio
Hondo. The district will secure
water from the Harlingen system.
Practically the entire acreage will
be developed as a citrus project.
• • •
FIVE YEARS AGO there were
teeven irrigation districts in Cam
eron county. Development of the
additional eight districts has been
due, very largely, to the extension
of Cameron county’s paved road
system.
In the coastal area three new
districts have been organized, and
, expect to have their systems com
pleted and in operation wdthin a
year. .
In the northeastern section two
additional systems have been or
ganized, and the Barreda district
lying between Olmito and San Be
nito will include approximately 10.
000 acres cf rich river and resaca
lands, for which the outlets will be
the Valley and military highways.
The new district near Rio Hondo
will have an outlet over the Har
lingen-Rio Hondo highway.
• • •
IT IS INTERESTING to note
that development of irrigation is in
close accord with development of
highways The highways are the
medium making such development
possible.
As a direct result of the coun
try’s program the acreage under
irrigation will in a few years be
at least 100 per cent greater than
in 1927 when the $6,000,000 road
bond issue was voted.
The effect of the highways upon
the/'older irrigation sections also is
very apparent.
Intensive cultivation is replacing
the old methods; thousands of
acres have been set to citrus fruit,
and the lands are producing more
prolifically than ever before.
• • *
THAT THE COUNTY'S program
will not be halted with the com
pletion of projects coming under
the $6,000,000 bond issue is becom
ing more and more apparent.
Three or four years probably will
elapse before it will be necessary
for the county to extend its system
of feeder roads. But the time will
come when it will be necessary to
extend them.
And when that time does come
the valuations of the county, based
upon actual wealth production and
actual values, will be such that the
additional paving can be carried
without additional taxes.
In fact, at the rate irrigation is
r.ow expanding in the county and
creating new valuations, the road
system will in a few years result
in a reduction of taxes instead of
an increase.
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THE McALLEN PRESS, in com
menting upon the various pronun
ciations of the “Rio Grande Valley’’
says:
“What we cannot understand is
why the Spanish pronunciation,
and the first two words are Span
ish, is not generally accepted by
those who have lived in the Valley
a number of years.
“Tourists, of course, cannot be
expected to understand the correct
pronunciation of our Spanish desig
nations of persons and things,
“We are not desirous of starting
widespread dissension upon so
slight a matter, nor do we expect
this paragraph to have such an
effect, but why not get together so
that we all know what the other
is talking about?
” Rio Grande', meaning ‘great
Ttver’. and the Spaniards place the
adjective after the noun, should be
pronounced ‘Reo Grande’. The cor
rect pronunciation of the ‘a’ in the
wor^ ‘Grande’ is like that of ‘o’ in
‘pona. Now we’re talking.’’
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THE MUSICAL Spanish pro
nunciation of “Rio Grande'' is far
more pleasing than the harsher
English.
When the tourist gives the long
sound to the "i" in “Rio" and the
“a” in “Grande" as in “cat," and
completes the mangling by clipping
off the final “e." which in Span
ish has the sound of ‘ may." the
term loses the musical lilt with
which it rolls from the tongue of
the Spanish speaking individual.
Bp all means the Valley should
preserve the Spanish pronunciation
of the term, and instruct visitors
and tourists in that pronunciation.
The music of the Spanish pro
nunciation blends well with the
balmy clime, the orange and grape
fruit groves, the waving of palms
and the modernized Spanish archi
(Continued on Page Ten.).
MAIN ARMIES
GATHER NORTH
OF TORREON
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Almazan Reported To
Be In Berne jillo
As Escobar Heads
South From Juarez
WASHINGTON. March 25.—
(AP)—Ambassador Morrow at
Mexico City told Secretary Kel
logg over the telephone today
that he understood the besieged
city of Mazatlan still to be in
possession of federal treops and
the fighting was over for the
present.
(By the Associated Press)
The fourth week of the Mexican
revolution found federals and rebels
in the grip of their first major
clash for possession of the import
ant seaport of Mazatlan.
After a two-day battle in which
heavy losses appeared inevitable,
the federal garrison at Mazatlan,
outnumbered at least 2 to 1. was
still in possession of the city while
relief troops were barely forty miles
away.
The main body of federal rein
forcement numbering 6,000 men was
at Irapuato pressing on to bring aid
to the beleaguered city.
Rebel reports that the city had
fallen were denied by the govern
ment which reported being in tele
phone communication with the de
fending federals last midnight.
While the fighting raged on the |
west coast, the main contending
forces began slowly to close upon
each other in central Mexico.
General Calles and his staff to
day were enroute to Bermejillo.
thirty miles north of Torreon to
establish headuarters there for the
drive on the north. General Al
mazan, leading an advance column
has already reached that place.
Meanwhile General Escobar. ‘
! leader of the main revel army was
headed southward again from the
border to join his* forces in south
Chihuahua.
Negotiations for the release of
King Morrison, American aviator
(Continued on Page Ten.)
POLICE PROBE
GIRL’S DEATH
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School Teacher Arrested Aft
er Stenographer Dies In
His Apartment
HAMILTON. Ont.. March 25.—
| i'/Ti—A high school teacher was un
der arrest today while police in
vestigated the circumstances of the
death of a 20-year-old girl in nis
j apartment.
Miss Eva Coleman, a stenograph
i er. died in the apartment of Har
old Niece after eating candy.
. Niece was arrested on a technical
charge of vagrancy.
He told police the girl came to
his rooms yesterday and asked him
i to marry her. He said he told her
i he was married and left the room.
When he returned, he raid, she was
eating candy and a few minutes
later became violently ill. Niece
summoned a physician, but the girl
died before she could be removed to
a hospital.
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AS RESCUERS LED ENTOMBED MINERS TO SAFETY
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Another view outside one of the openings to the Kinloch mine at Parnassus. Pa., showing some of the
wreckage and an axious group waiting or word from rescu workers within. A few minutes after this
photo was snapped approximately 100 of the entombed men were led to safety. More than 23 met death
in the explosion.
COLORADO HAS
SNOW BLANKET
Cold Spreads to California
As Southwest Enjoys
Spring Weather
• DENVER. March 25</P*—'The
mountainous area of southwestern
Colorado today was buried under
another deep snow following yester
day's storm that dropped temper
atures as far west as California
while the Southwest enjoyed spring
weather.
Several mining towns in the San
Juan basin, Colorado, were isolated
by slides that buried railroad tracks
under 20 to 40 feet of snow, traffic
was paralyzed in others, and indus
tries were at a standstill. The
storm was general over the state,
but as it moved south, increased in
fury.
California had tricky weather
which included hail. snow\ high
winds and occasional showers. The
temperature dropped to 36 degrees
in the citrus belt and fruit growers
were prepared for smudging should
the mercury drop much lower.
A temperature of 92.2 degrees at
St. Louis and 87 degrees at Kansas
City yesterday broke all records for
March, the weather bureau reported.
In Oklahoma and Texas, summery
readings have caused residents to
swelter for several days, the mercury
rising well into the 90‘s at many
points.
Cooler w'eather for the southwest
1 today was forecast.
Helper, Wild Animal Fight
And Garage Gets Bad Odor
CHICAGO. March 25.—WPv—
| Mephitis: Say, what does it
mean?
George Root, a chauffeur for
the Rodi Towing Service, had
just towed a car into the garage.
Although it was 3 a. m., he tele
phoned the boss.
•'There is,” he telephoned, “an
animal in the garage.”
“And what.” inquired the boss,
“do you expect me to do about
it? Start a circus or some
thing?”
Root, in no mood for frivolity,
snatched up a ball bat and set
about dispatching the animal.
He discovered he must swing the
bat with one hand, and with the
other press his nostrils.
Bigger men than Root have
fled unashamed from the Me
phitis. but he fought on. holding
his nose. The Mephitis in an in
cautious moment wandered in the
path o fthe bat. and his demise
was accomplished.
Later from his home Root
called the boss.
"I'll be down as soon cs my
clothes come back from the
cleaner's."
"Take the day off." shouted the
boss. "Go for a walk in the fresh
air. It's a thing like this that
gives a garage a bad odor."
<A) Memphitis: A common
mammal, allied to the weasel.
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Britain Awaits to
Learn Exact Place
Schooner was Sunk
NEW ORLEANS. March 25.—{/P>—Whether international complica
tions would arise from the sinking of the British schooner I'm Lone by
the United States coast guard today rested upon establishment of the
exact position of the schooner when sighted by the lav: enforcement
beats. Coast guardsmen at a preliminary hearing have testified the
cinegeu i um runner \va.s wen wiuiui;
the twelve mile limit while the mas
ter of the I'm Alone maintains he
was well without it. Represent
atives of the United States. Great
Britain and France are studying the
facts of the case today.
Federal officers say if the sunken
ship was first sighted within twelve
miles of the shores of the United
States coast guard boats were with
in the law when they pursued her
into the gulf and sunk her when
she refused to stop on commend.
Captain John Thomas Randall, Ca
nadian skipper of the I'm Alone, is
bitter in his denunciation of the
coast guard's action and has likened
it to submarine warfare in the last
war and declares to be a violation of
the freedom of the seas.
The coast guard cutters Dexter
and Walcott arrived here yesterday
with Capt. Randall and his crew
of seven in irons.
LONDON PAPER BACKS
ACTION OF GUARDS
LONDON. March 25.—</P)—The
sinking of the British schooner I'm
i Alone by a. United States coast
guard vessel excited little editorial
comment in London newspapers to
day. though given a big play in the
news columns.
One diplomatic writer pointed out
that if the firing occurred within
twelve miles of the American coast
Great Britain would hardly be in a
position to protest, arub indeed,
could not do so if the I'm Alone was
warned to heave to and refused, and
if the American cutter made every
effort to avoid killing of the crew.
The same commentator contended
the placing of the crew in irons was
also justified if liquor smuggling
could be proved legally against
them.
LONDON. March 25— MWThe
British foreign office will make no
' statement concerning the sinking of
the British schooner I'm Alone by
(Continued on Page Ten.)
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SOUND PICTURES ONLY
NEW YORK, March 25.—i.T)—
The announcement of the Fox Film
Corporation that commencing to
day it would produce dialogue and
musical pictures exclusively is ex
pected ,to have a repercussion in the
entire field of public eut.'rtain
ment.
IL P. TO START
LINE APRIL 15
(Special to The Herald*
HOUSTON. March 23.—Accord
ing to announcement made here ;
today by H. R. Safford. executive
vice president of the Missouri Pa
cific Lines, actual construction of
its proopsed Edcouch to Weslaco
extension will commence April 15.
The extension will be approxi
mately ten miles long, all in Hi
dalgo county, and the cost is esti
j mated at $300,000.
The primary purpose of the line
is to provide a shorter route to
! northern markets for traffic orig
inating on the Mission branch of
the Missouri Pacific Lines. By the
i construction of this line the Mis
souri Pacifft will be able to ren
der better service to shippers by
changing the schedule of some of
its vegetable and fruit trains and
routing them over the new line
! through Raymondville; thus hand
ling the business more economically
and expeditiously than it is at
present handled. Safford said.
It will also bring about a more
expeditious handling of refriger
| ator cars for business originating
at Edcouch and between that point
and Hargill.
The greatest public convenience
of the new line is that it will ef
fect a material saving in wagon or
truck haul of traffic, including
perishables, to farmers along the
line. The line will enable many
growers and shippers to load their
products direct into iced refriger
ators and other classes of cars,
obviating a long wagon or truck
haul to the present main line and
branches of the Missouri Pacific,
which is especially desirable in the
. case of perishable freight.
The new line will be constructed
in accordance with the present
standard plans and specifications
of the Missouri Pacific lines and
completion will be made during the
latter part of October. 1929, in
' t^me for use in moving the winter
vegetable crop next season, Safford
, said.
SHIP HISSING
4 DAYS CAUSE j
OF WIDE HUNT
—
Party of Four Includ
ing Wealthy New
Yorker Believed To
Have Crashed
MT. GRETNA. Pa., March 25.—
UP)—A monoplane crashed on the
Mt. Gretna military reservation
here today, causing the death of
three passengers. Major Hicks,
commandant of the reservation re
ported.
The plane crashed on the na
tional guard encampment field at
Colebrook, near here.
It was a Ryan T-l model, num
ber 7208. made by the Mahoney
Ryan company, of Anglum. Mo. It
was a land plane and bore the
word St. Louis on the side.
PENSACOLA. Fla., March 25 —
UP\—Lieut. Frederick W. Roberts,
flight instructor at the United
States naval air station here, and
Alvin Crossman Hutchins, flight
j student, were killed in a collision
! with another plane here toaay.
NEW YORK. March 25.—t/P)—
The woods of Jersey and the coast
line between New York and Nor
folk were searched from land and
sea and air today for the plane in
which T. Raymond Finucane,
wealthy Rochester business man.
and three others disappeared last
Friday.
Twenty-five members of the
coast guard were led into the
woods near Waretown. N. J., by J.
A. Walk, of Atlantic City, who said
he saw a plane fall there Friday
afternoon, a report corroborated by
j a nearby coast guard station.
Along the shore coast guard
boats and commercial craft kept a
lookout for the plane and aloft as
many of the more than 20 planes
that joined the search yesterday as
could fly to advantage through in
i termittent rain kept at their task
today.
Two planes took off from the
Rockawav naval air station, and
three left from Curtiss Field. Two
were operating out of the Lake
hurst naval air base, and there was
a possibility that the navy dirigible
Los Angeles might join the search.
From more southerly bases other
, planes went up and despite slowly
waning hope the search went on.
| The missing plane, piloted by
Harry Smith and having aboard
besides Finucane. Mechanic R. C.
Boyd of Portland. Maine, and
1 Frank Abels of Mineola, left Nor
folk for New York at dawn Friday.
It should have reached Curtiss
j Field by nine a. m.
PHARR TO ELECT CITY
,! OFFICIALS APRIL 2
tSpecial to The Herald)
EDCOUCH. Ma-Ch 25.—The new
. j ly organized band will present its
. | first public concert April 2 at t’ne
i regular meeting of the chamber of
, ; commerce in the Edcouch theater
j building. The public is invited to
j b epresent at the program which
' is to be given by a 20-piece band
' : of amateur players. The concert
- | will be the demonstration of three
■ ; months of practice and in most
- jcases the band players were without
? any musical talent of any sort. Some
f j of the members are under private
1 ! instructions of Prof. W. L. Carrico
j ! of Mercedes, director of the band.
. and a rehearsal of the band is held
71 every Friday night.
COMMANDER
Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander
of the Graf Zeppelin, on its rec
ord breaking Atlantic flights, has
again taken the big craft out of
the hangar, this time on a four
day cruise over Italy.
GRAF ZEPPELIN
TOURS EUROPE
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Giant Dirigible Circles Over,
Rome on Four-Day
Cruiaing Trip
ROME. March 25.—<7Pi—'The di
rigible Graf Zeppelin, on a 5.000 mile
flight over the Mediterranean and
Central Europe, arrived over Rome
at 3 p. m. It circled the city three
times.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany,
March 25.—(/P;—The Graf Zeppelin,
left her hangar here today, and
later was reported sailing over the
Mediterranean on the second long
cruise of her career.
Five thousand miles of travel lay
ahead, with four days of cruising,
over France. Italy, the northeastern
and eastern shores of the Mediter
ranean. the Balkans and countries
of Central Europe before the giant
dirigible should return to Friedrich
schafen.
Departure was at 12:54 a. m.,
(6:45 Sunday. E. S. T.». being de
layed somewhat by the late arrival
of some of the 27 pasengers. among
them two women, besides the pas
sengers the ship carried a crew of
48, and a total load of 55 tons.
There was more gaiety at depart
ure today than on the setting out on
the trans-Atlantic venture last year,
but there was less excitement. At
12:46 the brightly lighted silvered
craft was dragged from its hangar
onto the flying field where several
hundred watchers had gathered to
see the start.
Released by the workmen the di
rigible rose quickly to 200 meters
and pointed its nose to the east. Dr.
Hugo Fckner. master, setting its
course over Lake Constance toward
Basle. Switzerland and Marseilles.
WESTERN UNION TO
IMPROVE IN MEXICO
NEW YORK. March 25.—(>P)—
j The Western Union Telegraph
company, which recently acuqired
control of the Mexican Telegraph
companv. is planning to improve
the cable system of that company
at a cost of about $500,000. New
shore ends of several cables will be
laid and the terminus of the Vera
Cruz-Morgan City. La., cable will
be moved to Galveston, lex.
2 Are Held in Matamoros
After Store Here Robbed
Several hundred dollars' worth
of merchandise, consisting of
ladies’ dresses and wearing ap
parel, stolen from the Barreda
store at Eleventh and Jefferson
streets late Saturday night, was
located Sunday afternoon by
Matamoros police, and two men
placed under arres tin that city
on smuggling charges.
According to information se
cured by Chief of Police Salinas
of Matamoros the merchandise
was smuggled across the Rio
Grande at a point below the To
mates bend early Sunday morn
ing, and a number of dresses
were offered for sale on the Mat
moros market Sunday after
noon.
i The police arrested a man
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named Qintero and another
known as Juarez, alleged to be
residents of Matamoros, who have
been living on the American side
of the Rio Grande severa lw-eeks..
The thieves gained entrance to
the Barreda store through a rear
door, and evidently carried cff a
truck load of loot. They care
fully selected a number of wed
ding dresses, veils and other high
class merchandise. The robbery
was not discovered until late
Sunday morning.
Whether the two arrested are
connected with the international
theft ring, which has been op
erating in Matamoros and Val
ley cities has not been ascertain
ed by the Matamoros police.
SPANISH PAIR
ATTEMPT HOP
FROMSEVILLE
Radio Reports Plane
Passing Cape Juby
Last Night; Fields
Ordered Lighted
RIO JANEIRO. Brazil, March 25.
—Radio advices received on the
Island of Fernando do Noronha off
the coast of Brazil, from Dakar,
state that the Spanish transatlantic
fliers. Captains Francisco Jimenez
and Ignacio Iglesias. are expected to
reach the Brazilian coast about
midnight or shortly thereafter.
The Latecoere company has or
dered night lights on all fields from
Natal southward to Rio Janeiro to
guide the airmen while the navy
is co-operating, directing all naval
vessels along the northern coast to
report sighting of the plane.
MADRID. March 25.—</?}—The
Moroccan department of the minis
try of war received a wireless tele
gram from the Spanish South At
lantic airplane “Jesus del Gran Po
der.' stating it had passed over Cape
Juby, Rio de Oro. shortly after mid
night flying with a favorable w’ind.
SEVILLE, Spain. March 25.—(/PI—
Two Spanish aviators, neither over
30 years old, today presumably were
winging their way across the At
lantic ocean on an attempt to make
a non-stop flight to Rio Janeiro.
Brazil.
Captains Francisco Jimenez and
Ignacia Iglesas, Spanish aces in the
Moroccan campaign, left Seville yes
terday at 5:42 i2:42 p. m., eastern
standard time) in their Spanish
made airplane, “Jesus del Gran Po
der." They have not been reported
sighted since.
Their course lay down the west
coast of northern Africa to Cape
Blanco, Mauritania, fhence across
the open ocean probably to Pernam
buco. Brazil, by way of the Cape
Verde islands.
The machine was capable of
something better than 100 miles an
hour. Arrival at Rio Janeiro could
hardly be expected before some time
early tomorrow.'
Griffin Contest Is I
Slowed As Lawyers fl
Prepare For Fight |
AUSTIN, March 25.—C4PV—Pro- 9
cedure in the election contest case I
of Gordon Griffin of McAllen, fl
whom returns to the secretary of fl
state revealed was defeated for 9
judge of the 53rd district by J. E. 9
Leslie, moved at a snails pace to- B
day as a host of attorneys pre- fl
pared to wage a battle over points fl
of law before selection of a jury fl
is started. S
Leslie's counsel filed an answer E
Saturday seeking to prevent the B
suit from proceedings. They alleg- fl
ea a contest involving the office fl
was pending in Hidalgo, having fl
been filed there three months ago fl
by Griffin and the case should be H
disposed of in the county where B
the election wrangle originated. 9
Exceptions to this answer were fl
to be presented before District B
Judge George Calhoun this after- fl
noon and indications were that fl
arguments might consume the re- fl
mainder of the day. fl
2 SHIPS DAMAGED IN 1
ATLANTIC COLLISION!
LONDON. March 25.—t/P)—With fl
damage to her portside above the fl
water line, the liner Minnewaska fl
docked today at Tilbury. London's B
Thames river docks this morning. fl
officials cf the Atlantic Transport B
company announced. fl
Lloyds reported she was in colli- B
sion with an unidentified steamer B
last night off the Goodwin sands. B
For Brownsville and the Valley: Bj
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues-B
day, probably with local showers;fl
continued warm. Fresh and occa-B
sionallv strong southerly winds to-B
day. shifting to northerly late to-B
night or Tuesday. fl
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight ;B
local showers in east portion; coolerB
in west and north portions; Tues-B
day partly cloudy; local showers inB
extreme east portion; cooler. Mod-B
crate to fresh south to northwestB
winds on the coast. B
RIVER FORECAST 9
The river will rise somewhat moreB
at Brownsville today then fallfl^
slowly all along during the next fewflj
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr^fl
Stage Stage Cling. RainB
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.7 0.0 .OOB
Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .OGflj
Rio Grande . 21 5.0 -0.4
Mission . 22 6.1 -1.1 .0CB
San Benito .. 23 12.2 -01 .0^9
Brownsville . 18 6.8 -2.8 .0(B
TIDE TABLE 9
High and low tide at Point IsabeB
tomorow, under normal meteor-B
ological conditions: B
High. 4:31 a. m.; 4:11 p. mB
Low . 10:50 a. m.; 10:22 p. mB
MISCELLANEOUS DATA 9
Sunset today . 6 ^B
Sunrise tomorrow . 6 2'H