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TY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 278 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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VALLEY
VALLEY BUSINESS MEN are
making splendid use of the air mail
,, service, according to officials who
are in charge of the traffic.
But there still is additional bus
iness to be had and the postoffice
department is manifesting an in
terest in securing that business.
Changes in the schedule of the
Valley Star mail route bus will
enable merchants in all towns to
mail and catch the plane north
the same day. Another change will
permit delivery of mail from the
inbound plane to all Valley towns
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S. M. Gaines, superintendent of
railway mail service whose office
is at Fort Worth, spent Saturday
here conferring with G. W. Den
nett, postmaster.
No announcement of a decision
was made but it was indicated the
needed changes were being consid
ered seriously. Expect announce
ment to be made soon that connec
tion is being made with the planes
from all Valley points.
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SOMEONE AT HARLINGEN sug
SOMEONE at Harlingen sug
gests that a hostess should be em
ployed to extend a welcome to
Valley newcomers.
A good suggestion but one that
Would require more than one per
son to fill.
The Valley should extend a hand
of welcome to her new citizens in
a concrete way. In addition to the
usual welcome to strangers.
People who are casting their lot
with this section should be made
to feel that they are a part of it
as speedily as possible. It will make
for contentment and will bring
profit to the Valley in happy
citizenship.
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But while the new citizen is wel
comed, there is another class of
visitor who should not be forgot
ten. T^Mt is the tourist.
The l^ey is going to value more
and more highly tourist traffic.
Something must be done to see
"v. that they really are entertained
when they arrive, for it is the
return customer that makes any
business profitable.
More means of entertainment
must be provided for our winter
visitors.
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But after the entertainment is
provided the winter visitors must
be encouraged to make use of the
facilities. They must be made to
feel that they really are welcome.
The town that does most in these
lines likely will profit most in the
future from the business of the
winter visitor.
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SCHULENBERG, between Hous
ton and San Antonio, gets a milk
condensary.
Involving an investment of about
$300,000, and large expenditures for
milk and cream produced by dairy
cow owners in that district.
Another large, similar institution
had previouslv been announced for
Waco.
There is a large demand for milk
and cream in fhe Lower Rio
- Grande Valley.
But the presence of the cattle
i tick in Cameron and Hidalgo coun
> ties interferes seriously with the
I growth of the industry,
i It is a thing for the county offi
■ cials to act on. They already have
considered it.
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RECALLING the young woman
dancer at Wichita. Kans., who at
tained a degree of fame by using
Valley grapefruit to produce dim
ples in her knees, the Willacy
County News of Raymondville
nominates Tom Kane, New York
City ferry deck hand, as a more
deserving candidate.
The News sets out that Kane
has saved the lives of 96 persons by
giving his blood in as many trans
fusions. Every such operation has
been a success.
And here is why the News thinks
Kane deserves fame.
He gives onions the credit for
the life-giving qualities of his
blood.
Kane eats onions; in fact he
almost lives on onions. He has
been known to eat as many as 24 j
large Bermudas in 24 hours.
A few more Tom Kanes, thinks
the News, would greatly reduce the
death rate of the United States
and. solve the problems of Willacy
county onion growers.
ILLNESS OF PRESIDENT
HINDENBURG REVEALED
BERLIN. April 8.—</P)—German
officialdom successfully concealed
a recent serious illness of President
Paul Von Hindenburg. Today the
president was said to be out of dan
gfVwith no further apprehension
f0Jt:s recovery.
*!Ve president's illness was a com
plication of influenza and gastric
troubles, and due to his advanced
age (82 years) caused considerable
anxiety; It was deemed advisable,
however. to withhold the news from
the public so as to prevent general
anxiety*
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Court Rules Sinclair Must Go to Jail
OIL OPERATOR
FACES THREE
MONTHSTERN
Conviction By Senate
Committee For Con
tempt Upheld By Su
preme Body
WASHINGTON. April 8.—UP)—
The conviction of Harry F. Sinclair
for contempt for refusing to answer
questions during the Teapot Dome
investigation by the senate oil com
mittee was approved today by tne
supreme court.
Under the decision the oil opera
tor must serve three months in jail
and pay a fine of $500.
Justice Butler spoke for the court.
Emphasizing the importance of
protecting the individual from un
reasonable and arbitrary disclosure
of his private affairs, he said ques
tions put to Sinclair were not of
that character.
Questions Pertinent
The fact that information sought
by the committee might be of im
portance in a suit pending against
Sinclair did not excuse him from
answering, the justice stated, be
cause the information was properly
within the inquiry of the commit
tee and the questions were perti
nent.
Justice Butler stated the court In
its decision in the Mai S. Daugherty
case had laid dowm the rights of
the two houses of congress to con
duct investigations pecessary to aid
legislation but that neither house
had the right to inquire into the
private affairs by requiring dis
closures not in aid of legislation.
During the investigation of the
naval oil reserve leases by the sen
ate committee, Sinclair testified
several times, but refused to answer
certain questions concerning the
Teapot Dome lease, taking the po
sition that because a grand jury
was considering indictments, the
senate committee had lost jurisdic
tion. . %
His counsel contended that as'
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BOMBSENfTO |
GOV. ROOSEVELT
Negro Porter Finds Explo
sive And Tramples It,
Saving Life
NEW YORK. April 8.—(A*)—Police
today sought the sender of a bomb
addressed to Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt. It was accidentally dis
covered by a porter in the parcel
post room of the general postoffice
yesterday.
The machine consisted of dyna
mite in a six-inch length of one
inch pipe, provided with a detonnt- j
ing device, and imbedded in wax!
in a candy box.
On the wrapper was the address,
“The Hon. F. D. Roosevelt, Man
sion House, Albany. N. Y.” In tne
corner was printed “H. Bup. 459
Twenty-ninth street,” found to be
fictitious.
Thomas Gallegy. the porter,
found the bomb when he accident
ally hit it with his broom. There
was a hiss and smoke curled from
the package. Gallegy promptly
trampled upon it.
The porter's action in stepping
on the bomb, police said, probably
saved his life and those of the
clerks at work in the room, as he
broke off the fuse.
No connection was evident be
tween the bomb incident and the
destruction by fire of the new
$100,000 home of the governor’s
daughter, Mrs. C. B. Dali, adjoin
ing the estate of John D. Rocke
feller at Tarrytown, N. Y„ yester
day.
Norwegian Ship Is
Fired Upon; Thought j
To Be Liquor Runner
WASHINGTON, April 8.—(An—
Assistant Secretary Lowman said
today that the Norwegian steamship
Juan, halted by shots from a coast
guard patrol ’ boat in Chesapeake
bay Friday night, was stopped be
cause the coast guard had informa
tion that steamships from the West
Indies were landing liquor in the
bav before docking in Baltimore.
He added the law made it manda
tory for the coast guard to take
such action.
CHUM’S FATHER SLAYS GIRL, SELF
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Mary Yates, 17, above right, Wilton. Conn., schoolgirl, was shot
and killed by Edwin J. Melhuish ,41, father of her school chum, when
she resisted his attention as he was driving her home in his car,
above left, wrecked during their struggles. Melhuish then killed
himself by eating a poison-soaked orange and firing a shot into
his brain. Below, hollowed book found in car in which Melhuish had
secreted gun and poison.
DECIMAL POINT
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IN WRONG PLACE
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FATAL TO 3 BOYS
LONDON. April 8.—UP)—An in- I
quest held today into the deaths
of three boys who came up to
London from Sudbury recently to
be treated for ringworm, brought
out that a misplaced decimal ;
point in a prescription caused the :
fatalities.
The testimony showed a mis
take made in the calculation of
a quantity of a drug resulted in ;
the oldest child being given 2.5 !
grammes instead of .25. The
others also were given propor
tionately ten times the desired
quantity.
BODYOFlWS
GIRL IS FOUND
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Remains Lodged Against Log
In Indiana Stream; Had
Hands, Feet Tied
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. April 8.—
{/P>—A country school principal's
search for wild flowers resulted yes
teday in discovery of the body of
Edith Mae Dierdorf, 10-year-old
Terre Haute news girl who disap
peared January 27.
Lodged against a log in Buseron
Creek near Paxton, Ind., hands and I
feet wired together and a deep hole!
in the top of the head, the body was
found by Nimrod Slaven. Pleasant
ville, Ind.. school principal.
The body was too far out in the
creek for Slaven to reach, but Dep
uty Sheriff H. H. Harvey whom he
called to the scene, retrieved it. It
was taken to Sullivan where Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Dierdorf. parents of
the girl identified it. Until yester
day but one clue to Edith’s fate had
been uncovered. That was the find
ing near Busseron Creek of the
girl's newspaper bag. blood clotted
and with hairs adhering to the
cloth.
Officers expressed belief the girl
had been murdered and tossed from
the bridge into the creek.
JURY MAY HEAR
NEW AIMEE TALE
Hardy Up Before California
Senate For Accepting
‘Love Gift’
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8 —
(.P)—Whether the state senate, sit
ting as a court of impeachment
would hear a new story of the mys
terious disappearance of Aimee
Semple McPherson as incidental
evidence in the trial of Superior
Judfee Carlos S. Hardy of Los An
geles was the chief topic in the
cloak rooms today, the 4 opening
date of the jurist’s case.
Judge Hardy was ordered to ap
pear in answer to four impeach
ment charges. Foremost among
these was one that he acted as at
torney for Mrs. McPherson and
her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy,
during the investigation of the
evangelist’s kidnaping story two
years ago. The evangelist and her
mother were held in conspiracy
charges but never were brought to
trial. The state charged Mrs. Mc
Pherson Jiad told a false story to
the grand jury and in reality she
had been in the company of her
radio operator, Kenneth G. Or
miston. at Carmel, Calif.
Another charge against Judge
Hardy was that he obstructed jus
tice by attempting to vindicate
Mrs. McPherson’s story after he
had obtained reliable information
that her assertions about being
kidnaped were untrue.
Judge Hardy admitting receiving
$2 from Mrs. McPherson and
shortly afterwards was ousted
from membership in the American
bar association. Both Judge Hardy
and Mrs. McPherson maintain this
w7as a “love offering” and was not
given or taken for legal services.
The jurist already has pleaded not
guilty.
JEWISH WOMEN MEET
CORSICANA, Texas. April 8.—
(A*>—Jewish women of Texas were
urged to aid in the “revamping of
a civilizatio nhampered by sense
less racial and religious prejudice,”
by Mrs. E. M. Stemberger, New
York, executive secretary of the
National Council of Jewish Women,
here in the eighth annual Texas
convention of the order. The con
vention opened yesterday.
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II, 5 FLIERS
WILL ATTACK
ANY INVADERS
18 Planes Guard Bor
der At Naco; Rebel
Ships Interned At
American Fort
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DEL RION, Texas, April 8.—(/Pi
Reports of an impending attack by
rebels on the Mexican village of
Villa Acuna, opposite Del Rio, met
with conflicting views on the bor
der here.
Lisandro Pena, Mexican consul
general, said the revolutionists
would have to travel 500 miles
through a great desert where there
is no food or water in order to reach
the border here. In addition they
would have to force their past a
federal garrison at Sabinas, 50 miles
south of Villa Acuna, as well as
loyal troops at other points.
Adam Gutierrez, of La Popular, a
Spanish language newspaper here,
and w’ho sympathizes with the re
bels, said the states of Coahuila
and Tamaulipas will be in active
revolt within three days and that all
border towns are to be attacked. He
declaredV ilia Acuna would be at
tacked by 300 men under Gen. Ro
salio Hernandez.
Dan Gonzalez, editor of Los No
ticias, another Spanish language
paper at Del Rio. which stands by
the federate, said: “Gutierrez and :
other rebels and some local Ameri- •
can correspondents of press associa- ;
tions are plumb full of revolution.” j
NACO. Ariz., April 8.— (JP) —!
United States army fliers w th |
eighteen fighting planes were at
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.. near here to
1 day. under orders to shoot dow'n any
Mexican plane flying north of the j
international line.
The planes were sent here yester- j
day from Fort Crockett. Tex., fol- j
lowing the continued dropping of;
bombs on Arizona soil after the j
Mexicans had been warned repeat- j
edly against endangering American ;
lives. Seven more officers and 44;
men of the third attack group are j
on the way here, having left Fort |
Crockett.
A sudden end to the rebel air- j
nlane bombing attacks which have '
harassed the loyal Garrison at (
Naco, Sonora, across the line from j
here, was expected to result. Gen
eral Lucas Gonzalez, commander of j
the Mexican garrison, was advised
to keep his planes on the ground
because the American fliers might j
not be able to distinguish them from j
rebel planes.
General Fausto Topete, com-;
mander of the rebel forces whose I
planes have dropped several bombs I
on the American side in their at
tacks on the garison. announced his
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MYSTERYMAN
IN RUM CASE
Congressman In Statement
Says He Will Prove Inno
cence Beyond Doubt
CHICAGO, April 8. - (/P) — A
“mysterious stranger" today had j
entered the case of Congressms i M. j
A. Michaelson of Chicago, under j
federal indictment in Florida on
charges of transport!:i ghquer.
The congressman made his first j
public statement yesterday, denying j
the government charges. He said'
his trunks and baggage transported |
to the United States from Cuba
“did not contain any intoxicating
liquors of any sort or character;”
that he committed no offense
against the government of the
government of the United States;
that “I am not guilty of any charge
contained in the indictment;” and
that “at the bar of justice I rill
establish beyond the possibility ef
a doubt the truth of my statement.”
His attorney, Benedict Short,
said he w’as told by Congressman
Michaelson that he had gone to
Panama as a member of the water
ways committee of congress and the
party stopped in Cuba c:i the re
turn trip.
“There was one man in the
party,’ Short Short said, "who was
not a member of congress. Mr.
Michaelson kindly gave him his
ccagressional frank. It was this
man whose trunk held the liquor.”
The attorney said he could not
divulge the man's name.
‘SUN BACK’ GIRLS SENT BACK HOME
The sun back frock has been banned in high schools at Jackson
ville and Tampa. Some girls wearing the new type frock, shown
above, w’ere sent home by their teachers at Jacksonville recently.
GEN. R. RAMOS IS
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BANQUET GUEST
if. if, if,
AT EAGLE PASS
• EAGLE PASS, Texas April 8.—
(P»—Forty-seven officers of the
Mexican troops interned at El
Pasa have been brought to Piedras
Negras. No information prior to
arrival of the party here yester
day was given by Mexican or
American officials.
A banquet was given the offi
cers. In the party were Gen. Ma
tias Ramos and his staff. Col.
Enrique Gaitan, Majors Luis Gal
van. Alfredo Moreno Gregorio
prieto. Z. Rioz and Dr. B. Almey
da. and Captains Gregorio Banios
and Joaquin Corona.
Mrs. De Los Santos
To Be Buried Here
Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Elena
C. de los Santos. 39, who died after
a lingering illness at the family
residence at 594 Adams street Sun- 1
day, were to be held at 4 p. m. Mon
day. Services were to be conducted
at the home, after which the body
was to be taken to the Immaculate
Conception church. Interment was
to be in the old city cemetery.
She is survived by five small
children and her husband, Ricardo.
The decedent is the daughter of
Florentino Cortez, pioneer resi
dent of this section. Mrs. San
tos was well known here, her fam
ily having been prominent for many
years.
Funeral arrangements were con
duct ei by the Morris Mortuary.
CHINESE INSURGENTS
LOSE 1500 IN 2 DAYS
CHEFOO, China, April 8.—(Pi
Bitter fighting is going on in Shan
tung where troops of Marshal
Tsung-Chang, former northern war
lord, are besieging the loyal nation
alist forces in Ninghaichow under
Gen. Lu Chen-Nien.
Chang Tsung-Chang’s troops have
made reepated onslaughts but thus
far have suffered heavy losses. Hos
pitals in Chefoo are overflowing. It
is conservatively estimated Chang
lost 1,500 men since the siege of
Ninghaichow began April 5.
200 HARDWARE MEN MEET
AMARILLO, Texas, April 8.—(Pi
—Two hundred and implement
dealers of the Panhandle attended
the twentieth annual hardware and
implement dealers’ association con
vention here today.
RAIN AT SAN ANGELO
SAN ANGELO, April 3.—(Pi
Early croos and the range were
benefited by a half-inch rain that
! fell in the San Angelo district yes
[ terday.
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FIVE HELD IN
YOUTH’S DEATH
Manuel Gutierrez of San
Benito Is Slain Near
Los Fresnos
Five men are being held in jail
here in connection with the murder
Sunday morning of Manuel Gutier
rez, 20, of San Benito, and exam
ining trial has been set for Tues
day.
The body of Gutierrez was found
by a brother shortly after 1 a. m.
Sunday on the banks of a resacn
in the San Antonito ranch four
miles east of Los Tresnos. He had
been shot through the head with a
38 caliber pitsol and apparently an
attempt had been made to throw
the body in the resaca.
The victim had attended a dance
near the scene of the murder and
had been away from the baile hall
only a few minutes when his brother '
found his body.
Officers making the investiga
tion found a place in the center of
the road only a short distance from
wThere the body was found where
they believe the.murder took place.
An old grudge was probably the
cause of the murder, they said.
Justice of the Peace Watson at
Los Fresnos wras called by the dead
man’s brother immediately after he
had found the body and an inquest
was held within an hour after the
murder. The verdict wa sthat Gut
ierrez had “come to his death by
gunshot wounds inflicted by persons
unknown.”
The victim had lived in San Ben
ito all his life and had been em
ployed by Joe Ballinger, contractor
there.
2 WOMEN ELECTED TO
POINT ISABEL BOARD
(Special to The Herald!
POINT ISABEL. April 8.—Mrs. S.
C. Glass, Mrs. W. H. Pattee. Mar
iano Holland and Juan Tamayo
were elected members of the Point
Isabel independent school district
board of trustees in the election
here Saturday. Clarence Holcomb
and C. F. Williams were defeated.
The vote was: Mrs. Glass 123,
Mrs. Pattee 116, Holland 91, Ta
mayo 90, Holcomb 52. Williams 20.
100 WORKERS WALK
OUT OF COTTON MILL
LEXINGTON, N. C., April 8.—UP)
Part of the employes of the Wen
nonah cotton mill here went on
strike today in protest against a
wage cut. ordered effective today.
Striking employes estimated about
100 workers remained away from
their places while mill officials said
only about 60 walked out.
WOMEN'S HEAD
FOUND CAVED
IN WITH A i
Neighbors Said Prea
cher Had Been Act
ing Peculiar In Re
cent Weeks
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TERRELL, Texas, April 8.—(/P)—
The story of how Miss Nora Simp
son fought for her life and saved it
by wresting an axe from her aged
father was told at a preliminary
hearing for the Rev. J. F. Roberts
here today before G. W. Shererock.
justice of the peace, on charges of
killing his wife, Mrs. Sallie Rob
erts. 71.
Mrs. Roberts was hacked to death
with an axe today at the Roberts
home here. One blow cut her jugu
lar vein, and the other cut a deep
gash in the back of her neck.
She had been caring for her hus
band, who two months ago was
stricken with paralysis. Today he
became violent, according to testi
mony at the trial. An axe was ob
tained in the back yard, and the
killing followed.
Neighbors heard the screams of
the daughter when she wrested the
axe from her father, and officers
were called.
H. L. Simpson, constable, arrest
ed the aged minister, and took him
to jail against his will. Simpson
said the minister tried to take his
gun away from him.
The examining trial was simply
a formality to hold the minister,
according to Simpson, for the grand
jury which meets in June. Bond
was denied.
Simpson said it was possible thai,
a sanity hearing would be granted
in the near future.
Rev. Roberts had lived in and
near Terrell for many years, and
was a Retired Baptist minister. He
had been in ill health for some
time.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE
HELD FOR MRS. ELLIOTT
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. April 8.—Funeral
services were held here Sunday afi • |
emoon for Mrs. H. C. Elliott, 49, I
who died suddenly Saturday mom- i
ing at the family home. The body I
was forwarded Sunday night to 1
Ames, Iowa, the old lamily home.
The services were held at tha
Mittanck chapel at 7.30 p. m.
Mrs. Elliott is survived by her
husband and two sons, L. M. El
liott ahd W. G. Elliott. The family
moved to San Benito in 1924 from
Dos Moines, Iowa, and they have
been operating a restaurant here.
T.iis is the second bereavement
Mr. Elliott has suffered in less than
three weeks, his mother. Mrs.- An
nie E. Ferguson having died here a
few days
CRASH VICTIMS IN COURT
Two persons were ordered to
appear in corporation court at 2 p.
m. Monday following a collision of
two cars at noon at the corner oi
Jefferson and Thirteenth streets in
whic1' the automobiles were badly
damaged. The drivers escaped in
jury.
LUTHERANS END MEET j!
AUSTIN. April 8.—(/Pi—Final ses
sions of the triennial conference of
pastors and teachers of the Texas
district. Missouri Lutheran Synod,
were held here today.
THE WEATHER i
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled to
night and Tuesday, probably with
local thunderstorms; not much
change in temperature. Light to
moderate southerly winds on the
west coast probably becoming va -
riable with local squalls. !
For East Texas: Mostly cloudy
tonight; thundershowers in south
and east portions; cooler in inter
ior; Tuesday unsettled. Light to
moderate southerly winds on the
coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will probably be a slight
or moderate rise in the river prac
tically all along during the next
few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2 8 -^0.2 .77
Laredo . 27 -0.5 0.0 .40
Rio Grande .21 4.2 0.0 .00
Mission. 22 3.9 -0.1 0C
San Benito . 23 7.7 -0.8 -0C
Brownsville .18 3.0 -l0.2 -0(
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological condition;
High . 3:23 a. m.; 3:15 p. m
Low' . 9:36 a. m.; 9:26 p. nt
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6:5<
Sunrise tomorrow .. 6:13