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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 292 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
I ALTHOUGH not officially desig
|g nated as such, Sunday might well
H have been called “Beach Day” or
ft “Splash Day” in the Lower Rio
■ (Grande Valiev.
p The roads dcrc in perfect condi
B lion, the weather ideal and the
1 water just right to draw thousands
1 to coast resorts,
1 Thousands of persons enjoyed
dips in the Gulf of Mexico during
I the day on a 10 to 15-mile front
E extending from the mouth of the
I Rio Grande to well above the
■ pavilion on Padre Island. And
B many of the more enthusiastic
1 today are being forcibly reminded
I of their outing on the seashore by
1 blistered arms, sunburned backs
■ and faces.
I Others are suffering sore mus
I eles from the unusual exertions in
I the water.
1 But all the thousands are on the
I job this morning refreshed and
S feeling fit for another battle. The
I sunburned complexions will become
I a badge of robust health and the
I sore muscles will harden and pre
1 pare their owners to combat the
I attack of disease.
I The trek to the beaches at Padre
I Island and Boca Chica wyas started
I early Saturday afternoon by the
I more fortunate individuals who
I were able to get away from their
I places of business for a half holi
[ day. Officials at the toll bridge at
I ®razos Island and seamen aboard
I of boats and ferry which ply be
I should Point Isabel and Padre
cream I estimated that more than a
V book! * .of these Persons spent
) Suable lt camping on the two
foi *ld on the mainland beach.
‘ T^gei f ♦»,* * *
“\lirn. 'I these were fishermen,
and VWyc^no unusual catches were
reporte ^91 enjoyed the outing, re
ports fcwficate. These began re
turning home Uundav ^horning but
, they were replaced by several other
thousands during the day.
Threatening clouds in the after
noon failed to deter the enthus
iasms and the beach was crowded
until well after dark.
II those bathing in the surf
in the cool hours of the afternoon
could have been gathered into a
etrip a mile or two in length, as
on most beaches, a very favorable
comparison could have been made
to the usual Galveston beach
Sunday afternoon crowd.
• • •
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of
the Brownsville independent school
district do not need an efficiency
engineer.
When the necessity arises things
are accomplished with a smooth
working and clock-like precision
which merits the attention and
study of many business enterprises.
At present there are too many
students enrolled in the public
schools of the city foj- the most
efficient teaching methods to be
applied.
This situation arose as a result
of the unprecedented growth of the
town and while provisions were for
. expansion in accord with expected
A growth, the enrollment outstripped
I the foresighted program of the
" board.
Early this year it became appar
nt that relief would be needed.
A bond election was called out,
nd, as has been the custom, the
• iizens cooperated with the board
. I hd passed the bonds with an
ft ; verwhelming majority. This was
■ ; n April 6.
I ^ On April 30 the bonds are to be
f . sold, on May 6 contracts are to be
I '*iet for the two new buildings con
I templated. The contractor who is
awarded the job will be required to
• complete the structures in time for
the opening of the next term.
And when the 1929-30 session
opens there will be ample room for
the enrollment, small children will
(be provided with class rooms wyithin
a few blocks of their homes, pre
venting long and dangerous walks
t lo school, and the system will
f function with added efficiency.
9 9 9
McALLEN LEADERS are determ
ined to build an airport—modern
in every detail. They point out
»■ that an emergency landing field
7 will not meet their desires.
An election likely will be called
f soon wyhen citizens will be asked to
vote a $100,000 bond tvue.
To building sentiment for th°
airport, M. L. Keridler, chairman
of the civic affairs committee of
the McAllen Chamber of Com
merce. has offered prizes of $5, $3
and $2*for the best essays written
by schawl children of that city on
“Why McAllen Should Have An
Airport.”
English teachers in the schools
are to judge the offerings.
9 9 9
UP AT ALAMO the new city
administration have inherited some
(Continued on Page TenJ
FUNERALFOE
SLAIN DEPUTY
HELD SUNDAY
Stanner Has Chance to
Recover as Two Men
Wounded In Battle
Are Arrested
Four men were being in the coun
ty jail here today for investigation
following the shooting at the Pritas
dance hall on the old military road
Saturday night which resulted in
the death of R. D. Brown and the
wounding of three others.
Two of the men wounded in the
fight, Manuel and Antonio Flores,
brothers, weer among those held for
questioning. They were removed
from the Mercy hospital at noon
Sunday upon the report of the at
tending physician that they were
not in a serious condition. The
other two held were Jesus Flores,
a brother of the other Flores boy3,
and a man said to be named Juan
Garza.
These men were held after dili
gent inquiry into the events sur
rounding the gun battle Saturday
night. The Flores brothers resided
with their father on a small farm
near Villaneuva and were well
known to officers.
Mystery Shooting
Mystery coluds the mooting and
little information from creditable
sources wasavailable Monday morn
ing. Brown, who suffered 14
wounds in the back «nd chest, ac
cording to the attending physician,
did not lose consciousness from the
time he was shot until he was re
moved to the Mercy hospital. He
died there shortly after arrival.
Deputy Constable Frank Stanner,
who suffered two wounds in the
body, was reported as resting well
at the Mercy hospital Mnoday
morning. One of the wounds he
sustained punctured his intestines a
number of times. If peritonitis does
(Continued on page ten.)
11 Jail Breakers at Large
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HITS EMBASSIES !
Senator Cole Blease, democrat,
South Carolina, introduced a
bill asking President Hoover to
request foreign diplomats in
Washington to refrain from
serving or use of intoxicating
liquors.
GERMANS CONFER WITH
AMERICAN DELEGATES
—
PARIS, April 22.—(JP)-Dr. Hjal
mar Schacht and Dr. Alfred Voesler,
chief representative of Germany to
the reparations conference, arrived
in Paris this afternoon after a week
end of consultations in Berlin and
shortly afterwards entered a con
ference with the American delegates
Owen D. Young, Thomas Lamont
and Thomas N. Perkins at the Hotel
George V.
Moody Facing Last
Chance to Realize
Ambition on 2 Bills
By R. W. BARRY
Associated Press Staff Writer
AUSTIN, April 22.—(/P)—Facing his last chance to realize some of the
innovations of government he had hoped to bring about during his ten
ure as chief executive, Governor Dan Moody may be expected to make
the most of the special session of the legislature which convened today,
i At two regular and one special sessions the governor has failed to get
jms prison concentration and civile
[service ideas accepted. One of the
things that has puzzled him and
his friends is the apparent popu
larity of the governor with the peo
ple of Texas, measured by results
of his campaigns for office, and the
reluctance of the legislature to ac
cept his ideas affecting the welfare
of the state.
Realizing this will be his last
chance to get over those things he
has so earnestly hoped to see adopt
ed, the governor is expected to take
personal command of his followers
in both houses and keep in closer
touch with the lawmakers than
heretofore. He has probably used
more of the “personal touch” than
any other governor, having attended
many committee meetings and of
fered his suggestions on legislation
during the last regular session.
Governor Moody is hopeful the
special session will clean up all un
finished business, including the ap
propriations, which will carry some
$40,000,000 for support of the gov
ernment during the next two years,
within the alloted 30 days. In this
he is supported by Speaker of the
House W. S. Barron and Lieuten
ant Governor Barry Miller.
Reports of two important investi
gating committees will be disposed
of during the session. The senate
committee investigating textbook
awards has drawn and submitted
its report, but action was deferred
until the special meeting. The joint
house and senate committee which
investigated the general land office
has not drawn its report. It will
do so early in the special session
and give it to the two houses for
disposition.
The senate textbook committee
had stirred the disapproval of Gov
ernor Moody in its reference to ac
tion of the textbook commission,
of which he is chairman, in making
adoptions. The original report crit
icized the commission in purchasing
books when there were large quan
(Continued on page ten.)
SINCLAIR MUST
SERVE 90 DAYS
Supreme Court Makes Rul
ing And Days ‘Must*
Unless Pardoned
WASHINGTON. April 22.—MV
The supreme court ruled today that
Harry F. Sinclair, unless pardoned,
must serve three months in jail
for refusal to answer questions be
fore the Senate Teapot Dome com
mittee.
Sinclair had appealed from a de
cision of the court which upheld
the sentence of three months in
jail imposed upon him but the
highest court today refused to re
consider the opinion.
CHANG LEAVES 25,000
SOLDIERS AND FLEES
CHEFOO, Shantung, China, April
22.—(JP)—General Liu Chen-Nien in
flicted a serious defeat during the
night at Ninghaichow on forces of
Marshal Chang Tsung Chang who
retreated in disorder through Che
foo.
.It was reported Chang was flee
ing to Dairen (Japanese territory)
leaving 25.000 leaderless bandit- sol
diers in north Shantung. Residents
and merchants here were apprehen
sive.
KIDNAPER KILLED
BREMEN. Germany. — Ludwig
Schalzen shot and killed a .man
who had tried to steal his 3-year
old sou.
PARK ROW OF
HARLINGEN UP
IN COURT HERE
■ i
Dispute Over Purchase
Of Arroyo Site To
Be Aired in Move to
Cancel Warrants
The case of John D. Hill, et al,
vs. Sam Botts, mayor, (of Har
lingen), et al, bringing to a head
the Harlingen park site row, was
scheduled to get under way be
fore Judge A. M. Kent in the civil
district here Monday afternoon.
The Harlingen city commission
recently authorized the issuance
of $80,000 in warrants for the pur
chase of the defunct Arroyo Colo
rado Country club which was to
be used for a city park, airport,
golf links, etc. Another group of
citizens were in favor of the pur
chase of another park site.
The case now in the court seeks
to have the warrants issued to pay
for the Arroyo site cancelled.
Selection of the jury got under
way Monday morning and ten haa
been accepted for duty at noon.
The sheriff’s department was out
in search of prospective jurors at
that time to fill out the set of 12.
No Harlingn men had been accept
ed on the jury.
Those accepted were: F. W. Run
nels, San Benito; O. M. Combe,
Brownsville; A. L. Bauer, La
Feria; T. B. Washburn, La Feria;
M .B. Higgins, San Benito; C. J.
Waters, Rio Hondo; J. R. Law
rence, Brownsville; O. T. Williams,
Olmito; G. B. Willis, Olmito; and
J. M. George, Brow’nsvilie.
Hill is represented by P. G.
Greenwood of Harlingen and H. L.
Yates of Brownsville. The law
firm of Carter and Sternberg of
Harlingen is, handling the case for
Mayor Botts'.
‘LIFEUNSAFE IN
U. s: - HOOVER
President Makes Strong Ap
peal To Citizens For
Law Observance
NEW YORK. April 2.—(/P)— Pres
ident Hoover, in an earnest appeal
to to his fellow citziens to observe
the law, declared here today that
like and property in the United
States “are relatively more unsafe
than in any other civilized country
in the world.”
In his first address since his in
auguration, delivered at the annual
luncheon of The Associated Press,
the chief executive said he was won
dering whether the time had not
come “to realize that we are con
fronted with a national necessity
of the first degree, thta we are not
suffering from an ephemeral crime
wave but from a subsidence of our
foundations.”
“In order to dispel certain illu
sions in the public mind on this sub
ject,” Mr. Hoover said, “let me say
at once that while violationes of law
have been increased by inclusion of
crimes under the eighteenth amend
ment and by the vast sums that are
poured into the handes of criminal
classes by the patronage of illicit
liquor by otherwise responsible citi
zens, yet this is but one segment of
our problem.”
He explained that he cited the ex
tent of murder, burglary, robbery,
forgery, and embezzlement because
only a small percentage of these
could be attributed to the eigh
teenth amendment, and he asserted
that of the total number of convic
tions for felony last year less than
eight per cent came from the source
of the dry law.
“What we are facing today is
something far larger and more
fundamental—the posibility that
respect for law as law is fading from
the sensibilities of our people,” he
continued.
“No individual has a right to de
termine what law shall be obeyed
and what law shall not be enforced.
If a law Is wrong, its rigid enforce
ment is the surest guaranty of its
(Continued on page ten.)
‘DOESN’T KNOW’
“I certainly did not!” said Tex
as Guinan, New York night
club queen, very emphatically
when asked in court if she
knew the Salon Royale, raided
night club of which she was
hostess, served liquor. Texas is
shown leaving court after a
session in which it was revealed
she earned $93,000 yearly as
hostess.
WATER SWEEPS
THROUGH LEVEE
- .
Break Comes Suddenly And
Families Flee From Path
Of On-Rushing Waters
MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 22.—(.P)
—Laconia Circle levee in Arkansas
crumbled today and water was re
ported sweeping through a gap fifty
feet wide and broadening steadily.
The crash came unexpectedly
and many families in the path of
the cnrushing waters hurried to
places of safety.
The break, it was believed, would
result in a vast acreage being cov
ered and several villages, including
Snow Lake, Ark., being inundated.
It was expected also that the Mis
souri Pacific railroad line between
Memphis and Natchez, Miss., would
be closed to traffic,.
Tfie Laconia Circle levee break
occurred several miles from Knowl
ton where hundreds of men have
worked for 48 hours to prevent a
crevasse with apparent success.
—
QUINCY, 111., April 22 —bP)—'The
Missisoipi river here was today
within a foot and a half of its high
est mark in hlstbry, recorded in
1851.
At 7 a. m., the stage was 21 feet
with the river still rising. Reports
of breaking levees at Gregory, Mo.,
Canton, Mo., and Marks, Mo., were
received, thousands of acres being
inundated.
The state militia again was or
dered to the South Quincy gardens
where several hundred men were
reenforcing levees to save 5,000
aers of truck farms.
Reports from the Lima Lake
district north of Quincy, embrac
ing 20,000 acres, were the levee
could stand but very little more
rise.
Commissioners of the various
districts said the situation was
graver than at any time since last
month's flood*,
POLICE FIND
NO TRACE OF
ESCAPED MEN
Sheriffs Departm e n t
Scours County And
Watches Points On
Rio Grande
Although south Texas and Cam
eron county in particular has been
scoured by peace officers since 11
prisoners escaped from the Cam
eron county jail Saturday night, no
trace of the missing men had been
found Monday. From the time the
11 men beat Jailer A. Bassler over
the head with a milk bottle, rush
ed out the back of the jail, scram
bled over the hot wires atop the
high prison wall and melted into
the darkness of the night, they
have not been sighted.
The known haunts of the escaped
men are being searched methodi
cally and the Rio Grande is being
watched for attempted crossings.
It was expected that at least three
of Che escaped men would make a
break for the river. Federal,
county and city officers joined in
the search shortly after warnings
were broadcast by telephones from
here Saturday night.
Most of the prisoners were held
on relatively minor charges. A
large portion fo them had one year
sentence for violation of the Dean
Act.
The break was evidently well
planned. Trusties on an upstairs
floor were believed to have been
key men in the break. When A.
(Continued on page ten.)
Visitors to Corpus
Christi Shown City
Growth With Harbor
The marvelous developmeht that
the opening of the Port of Corpus
>ears ago “opened the eyes” of a gr
who visited the city and port Sunda;
ville Chamber of Commerce.
The high point of the trip was at
voyage through the port on the
launch Japonica through the cour
tesy of the Corpus Christi Chamber
of Commerce, with Sidney Kring,
the manager of the chamber, S.
Maston Nixon, president of cham
ber, Grady Kinsolving, publisher of
the Corpus Christi Times, and Hal
Rush, managing editor of the Cor
pus Christi Caller, in attendance.
The launch plied the inner chan
nel, passed the docks and wharves
and circled the turning basin, which
has a depth of 30 feet. An inter
esting sight was the raising of the
drawbridge by power. The entire
framework was raised into air twice
to permit the launch to pass
through.
Novel side entertainment was af
forded when someone harpooned a
porpoise playing around the prow of
the boat. A small barrel attached
to the end of a rope made it possible
to trail the porpoise. A skiff was
launched and boarded by three men
one of them armed with a pistol.
Six shots were required to quiet the
porpoise, after which he was hauled
aboard.
An interesting relation of facts
in connection with opening and
development of the harbor and the
simultaneous growth of the city was
given by Mr. Kring.
The port was opened on Septem
ber 14, 1926, and the cost of con
struction. including local and par
! ticipating government funds, was
$6,634,085.
The channel to the gulf is 25 feet
deep, 200 feet wide, bottom depth.
The turning basin is 1000 feet wide,
3000 feet long, and 30 feet deep.
There are 2670 lineal feet of
wharves, 22 feet wide, and an open
dock 440 lineal feet long. 40 feet
wide. The warehouse system con
sists of eight units, with a total of
416,354 square feet of floor space.
One privately owmed warehouse
consists of two units of 50,000 square
feet each.
The port embraces three major ter
(Continued on page ten.)
r m
School Toppled
Off Blocks; Road
To Laredo Shut
(Special to The Herald)
ROMA, April 22.—The east wing of the school house
here was blown from the blocks, trees and electric line
poles were torn down and other serious property damage
was delt out by a wind storm which struck at 5 p. m.
Sunday.
No one was injured.
A light pole on the highway was struck by lightning
and was split from top to bottom.
All traffic on the road from Rio*
Grande City to Laredo has been
stopped, detours around bridges now
under construction having become
impassable, due to the heavy rain
fall which accompanied the wind.
A heavy rainfall is reported
through Zapata county.
The rain is said to have assured
a cotton and corn crop on farms
fronting the Rio Grande in this
vicinity.
A report received by The Herald
this morning said a light rain wras
falling in Donna and threating
clouds indicated a heavy downpour
was imminent over Hidalgo county.
The forecast for Brownsville and
the Valley was “mostly cloudy and
somewhat unsettled tonight.”
Rio Grande City reported a
rainfall of 1.34 inches to the local
weather office this morning Laredo
reported .62 inches. The rainfall
here was measured at .02 inches.
Mission reported no rain Sunday,
indicating that the rain storm had
stopped between Mission and Rio
Grande City.
Threatening clouds and consid
eralbe lightning gave promise of
rain to Brownsville about 8 p. m.
Sunday but pased off with only a I
light sprinkle.
Trippe Fails To
Give Decision On
Airport Contract
T. J. Trippe. president of Pan
American Airways, Inc., had failed
to call W. L. Morrison, local repre
sentative, at noon today relative to
the proposed operating contract be
tween that fir mand the city of
Brownsville relating to the airport
here.
Mr. Morrison was attempting to
reach Mr. Trippe in New York City
by long distance telephone.
Terms of the contract offered by
the city w’ere forwarded to Mr.
Trippe by air mail Saturday and he
was expected to make known his de
cision at some time during Monday.
Mr. Morrison was confident he
would have word from him by night.
Corpus Christi has experienced since
Christ! more than two and a half
oup of 18 Brownsville business men
7 under the auspices of the Browns
CHARGE GUARDS
BOARDING BOAT
Coast Guardsmen Alleged to
Have Forced Way on Fish
ing Boat While Drunk
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April
22.— UP) —An investigation was
started at the coast guard base
here today on charges of four fish
ermen that drunken coast guards
men boarded their boat at Burn
ham island in Little River inlet,
brandished a pistol and took three
of the group prisoners without
preferring charges.
Captain R. J. Jack, commandant
of the base, ordered the inquiry
conducted behind closed doors, aft
er hearing the complainants. W. C.
Kyle, banker and a former city
commissioner; J. E. Allen, Jack
Sikes and Larry Crabtree, the lat
ter of whom own the boat “Wan
derlust.”
OPEN INQUIRY OF
VESTRIS SINKING
LONDON, Eng., April 22.—(A*)—A
searching inquiry into the sinking
of the British steamship Vestris off
the United States coast last Novem
ber with the los of 115 lives was
opened in London today at the re
quest of the board of trade.
Attorney-General Sir Thomas In
skip explained the inqury, expected
to last several weeks, was of statu
tory character and was held in ac
cordance with provision! of the
merchants’ shiping act.
MOODY WANTS
BETTER SYSTEM
Governor Appeals For En«
actment of Laws Regard
ing Prisoner Handling
AUSTIN. April 22.—(^—Gover
nor Moody added laws with refer
ence to the handling of prisoners
in the state prison and enactment
of statutes to reform methods in
which the district courts shall
function to prison concentration,
civil service and educational sub
jects in his message to the special
session of the legislature.
The house and senate met
promptly at 12 o’clock and a com
mittee from the house notified the
governor the session was ready for
business. They found the chief ex
ecutive adding the finishing touches
to his message.
"It is my desire to first submit
for your consideration subjects un
der which I believe legislation may
bep assed that will improve de
partmental economy and effi
ciency,” he said. "Therefore, the
following subjects are respectively
submitted for your consideration:
"The enactment of laws providing
for the concentration of the Texas
prison system, and the improve- a
ment of said system along modern V
and scientific lines. !
"The enactment of laws with ref
erence to the handling of prisoners
confined in the state penitentiary. |
including the adoption of an ade
quate parole law. f
"The enactment of the laws car
rying into effect the amendment
to section eight of article VII of |
the constitution. |
“The enactment of laws to place £
the selection of subordinate em
ployes of the state government
upon a merit basis. J
"The enactment of statutes to |
abolish the terms of the several I
district couts of the state and to
provide that such courts may hold |
sessions in any county of their |
several districts at any time to be |
determined by the judge of such |
court, and to otherwise simplify |
and reform the procedure in civil |
cases.” I
One hundred and eighteen of |
the 150 members of the house an- m
swered roll call and 29 of the 31 |
senators were present.
WILDCAT PLANTINGS
HURT TRUCK CROPS 1
WASHINGTON, April 22.—(^P)— I
Unique expansion of truck crop ||
acreages, aggravated by "wildcat” ■
plantings of promotion agencies, is p
held responsible by A. W. McKay I
of the department of agriculture, for ||
the most serious over-production fe
problems of the fruit and vegetable p
industry. ft
SIX SAVED AS THEY PRAY f
GLASGOW.—Six persons, trapped 1
in a burning tenement, were on their J|
knees in prayer when firemen res- Jg
cued them. k
For Brownsville and the Valley: Kjp
Mosly cloudv and somewhat un- I
settled tonight and Tuesday: not H
much change in temperature. '3
For East Texas: Increasing Ig
cloudiness tonight and Tuesday ||
becoming unsettled: rising tern- 1|
perature in interior. ■
Moderate easterly to southerly I -
winds on the coast. j
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change I;
in the river during the next few p
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr. ft
Stage Stage Chng. Rain ft
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.3 0.0 .00 ■
Laredo . 27 —0.1 +0.4 .62 ft
Rio Grande . 21 6.4 +2.1 1.34 ■
Mission . 22 3.9 -0.4 .00 ft
San Benito . 23 8.8 -0.5. .00 B
Brownsville . 18 3.9 +02 .02 ft
TIDE TABLE ||
High and low tide at Point Isa- ft;
bel tomorrow, under normal met- ft
eorologtcal condition: m
High . 4:07 a. m.l 2:38 p. m.ft
Low . 10:19 a. m.; 9:24 p. m.ft
MISCELLANEOUS DATA 0
Sunset today .. 6:57K
Sunrise tomorrow .