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I SPRING FEVER
SLOWS SOLONS
Legislature Moves Laggardly
Wtih Success of Moody’s
Program In Doubt
By R. W. BARRY
(Associated Press Staff Writer).
AUSTIN. April 3l.—UP)—Whether
the spring fever, political enmity
towards the governor's legislative
program or a feeling that the state
get along without any altera
tions of policy is to blame, the fact
remains the first week of the special
session has been about as laggardiy
as any within the memory of the
“old timers.’
Those behind the governor’s meas
ures insist that everything is rosy.
They declare there is no Hiatus.
Thev point out that the machina
tions of the legislature makes in
perative a certain period of appar
ent inactivity while the committees
work on the bills so that the houses
can have a calendar to act on.
In view of the outcome of the reg
ular session, when Governor Moody s
civil service and penitentiary con
centration bills were defeated, those
opposed to the governor’s plans be
gan speaking on the “futility’’ of
the extraordinary session, especially
after he resubmitted those things
turned down by the regular set-to.
Compromise Looms
But, in spite of the opposition and
its efforts to slow down the proceed
ure, there is an element which does
not subscribe exactly to the ideas of
the chief executive and is viewing
the whole situation in a broad way.
The faction realizes that there is
merit in the governor’s proposals
and is walling to give them serious
consideration and probably offer al
terations. It is this faction, co-ord
inating with the loyalists, that is
apt to bring about considerable ac
tion, out of the session. •
"Everything is all right; this leg
islature will do much good and very
likely solve the penitentiary prob
lem." said Harry N. Graves of
Georgetown. -
Representative Minor of Den on.
one of the outstanding leaders who
holds aloof from factions, predicted
that there would be a minimum of
controversy and expressed belief
that there would be some satisfac
tory solution of the penitentiary
problem. .. ,
“I do believe, however, that some
of the appropriation bills should have
been submitted so wo could have
been working on them." he said.
“For lntsance. there is the Juuiciary
measure, the amounts of which a:e
almost entirely fixed by statute.
There cannot be any controversy
over it." . ^ ,
‘Give and Take ___
Representative Johnson of Carri
co Springs, supporter of the gov
ernor. but at the same time an in
dependent, is confident that the ses
sion will pass off with a minimum
of scrapping. He favors all factions
in the penitentiary “fight" getting
together in a “give and take’ con
ference. . _
On the other hand, Representa
tives Pope of Corpus Chris i and
Hopkins of Gonzales, house leaders
in the faction that believes there
isn’t any “public emergency’’ for a
special session except the appropria
tion bills, are in favor of passing
the money measures and going
home. Furthermore, they would
close shop and take off until the
governor decided to submit appro
priations, or else take the bud li
the horns and work on them any
way. without the chief executives
consent. They claim this can be
done under the constitution.
The senate barely has turned a
wheel this session. Senator Wirtz
of Seguin. whose ideas conincide
with those of Pope and Hopkins,
made a test of the governor s
strength and found him in the ma
jority. He wanted to alter the rules
to permit consideration of the ap
propriation bills out of their turn,
but the score was 14 to 10 against
him, with seven senators absent.
Senate on Vacation
Since then the senate lias been
on vacation with about hall of its
membership on a jaunt to East
Texas state colleges and ether in
stitutions.
In the meantime, there :s a move
ment on in the house to adjust dif
ferences between advocates of pen
itntiary relocation and concentra
tion. with a view to sending a com
promise bill to the senate, where the
governor’s idea of leaving the mat
ter of retaining, selling and buying
prison system sites to a commission
has its greatest strength.
Civil service will come before the
house Monday with the results in
doubt. While it uas defeated m the ;
regular session, the rev: nor has]
stroll- l'f pes of passim it this time. ■
He bus ben assure i that scr.ic cf
those who voted in the negative
r a- c re ented.
Good Programs On
Card At San Benito
During Music Week
• Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. April 27.—National
music week which begins on May 5
will be appropriately observed in
San Benito, according to local mu- j
sicians. fans and members of the j
Athenian club, a San Benito worn- j
sn’s organization, sponsoring obser
vance of music week.
On Mondav, a twilight organ re
cital will be given at the Rovili the
ater here: violin and other num
bers will add to the variety of the
organ program. On Tuesday, mem
bers of the Brownsville Music club
will give a concert here. The Wed- ;
nesday Morning Music club of San
Benito will give a cantata in cos
tume on Wednesday at the local
municipal band for the members to
do whatever they choose. On Fri
day evening at the high school au
i ditorium. music fans of the local
high school student body will give
a program.
The week's program will wind up
Saturday with a recital by one or j
two advanced pupils of local teach-1
ers.
The committee of the Athenian!
club which is handling arrangements j
for music week is composed of Mrs.
L. A. Barrier, chairman; Mrs. C.
B. Chase. Mrs. H. C. Jessup and Miss
Lillian Harl.
FARMER’S DELUSION
JAMESTOWN, N. D. — Otto
Swink. a farmer, committed suicide
©wing to a delusion that all his
been poisoned.
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1 LATE SPORTS j
WORLD RECORD
ESTABLISHED
Illinois Hurdlers Set New
Mark At Drake Relay
Carnival
.
I DRAKE STADIUM, Des Moines, j
j Iowa, April 27.—<£>)—In a terrific
| rain a world’s record was establish
| ed and three records for the meet
i were smashed in finals of the
Drake relay carnival here today.
Illinois set a new world's mark
in the 480 yard shuttle hurdles
| race by winning the event in 1:02
: 3-10, beating the former record of
1:05 6-10 made by Ohio State in
the Penn games last year.
Wildfred Ketz of Michigan set
a new carnival record in the ham
! mer throw- with a toss of 157 feet,
8 2-5 inches. Illinois smashed the
; record in the university medley
' relay, reeling off the distance in
10:24 while George Otterness of
Minnesota set a new record in the
pole vault with a leap of 13 feet, 4
5-8 inches.
Claude Bracey, Rice Institute
sprinter, turned in a remarkable
victory in capturing the 100-yard
dash in 0:09 8-10, considering the
: soggy condition of the track.
The rain started falling lightly
an hour before the meet opened
1 and turning into a downpour, con
I tinued until the final event was
j finished.
In the special race for letter men
of football teams the United States
military academy romped away
with a victory with Nebraska sec
ond. Notre Dame third and Texas
I fourth. The time for the quarter
mile was 43 9-10.
Hounds Will Play
I Los Fresnos Nine;
Have Good Record
._
The St. Joseph’s College nine, on
i a rampage is seeking a mythical
| baseball title, will take on Los Fres
nos next Wednesday on their own
grounds. The Hounds have been
going like a house afire, taking two
relatively easy victories from the
El Jardin high school Comets and
several other nines.
The Hounds attain their best
form during the baseball season.
They play football and other sports
but not with the vim and expert
ness t£at they play the national
pastime.
The Hounds stepped out of their
class last Thursday to nose out the
Junior College-High school team in
a spirited battle that required ten
innings for a decision.
Up to the seventh inning the
public school tossers held a lead of
three runs, the score being 4-1. By
Steady. heads-up ball, however, the
Hounds evened up the count in the
ninth frame.
In a motion picture finish. Sam
Saenz brought home the winning
j run in the tenth inning with a well
| olaced bunt. The final count was
! 5-4. Moreno. Mendoza and Lopez
proved the outstanding players for
the Hounds.
OKLAHOMA TEACHERS
TAKE FIRST IN MEET
AMARILLO. April 27.——The
Southwestern Teachers of Weather
ford. Okla., nosed out the Central
Teachers of Goodwell, Okla., 42 to
41, to win first place in the ninth
annual Great Plains track meet
here today. Texas Tech of Lub
bock was third with 30 points, and
New- Mexico Military Institute of!
. Roswell fourth with 23. Nine col
leges were entered. Seven meet
records were broken.
—
Junior College Is
Given High Rating
By College Group
First class rating has been grant
ed the Brownsville Junior College
by the American Association of col
leges, according to a wire from Dean
S. A. Caldwell of the local institu
tion who has been attending the
association’s convention in Dallas.
Students graduating from the lo
cal college now are able to enter the
highest universities of the country
without taking examinations.
This means that the Junior col
lege is definitely established as a
college of the first water, teachers
here state. The first class rating
means much to the local institution,
they say.
The reports of J. R. Reid of the
state department of education, and
Dr. Albert Nolle, examiner for the
American Association of colleges,
after inspections of the junior col
lege here were highly laudatory and
had a big part in the association's
action no doubt, teachers say.
These two examiners declared
that they found the moral end en
tire tone of the junior college on a
considerably higher plane and
praised the building and equipment.
There are now 138 enrolled in the
college and 200 are expected at the
next session.
C. P. & L. Highline
Breaks; Mat&moros,
Olmito Lack Power
Ma^amoros and other stations
served by the Central Power and
Light company’s highline out of
San Benito were without power
Saturday night due to the line be
ing broken at the El Jardin pump
ing plant. The wire broke shortly
after 7 p. m.
Telephone circuits out of Browms
ville were in trouble also and went
out near 7 p. m. It was believed
that they were affected by the high
tension ground caused when the
power line parted and fell to the
earth.
Central Power and Light repair
men were sent out shortly after
the break and expected to have the
line repaired by midnight,
Matamoros was without power,
and lamps and candles supplied |
light in the absence of the elec
tricity. Other stations along the
lme. including OlmitQ, also were
affected.
CATS SELL BILL GOFF
TO WICHITA SPUDDERS
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 27.—
(jp\—The sale of Bill Goff, young
right hand pitcher, by the Fort
Worth Panthers to Wichita Falls
was announced late today.
Goff came to the Cats from the
Mississippi Valley league the mid- j
die of last season.
It also has been announced that
Fort Worth has asked the Holly
wood club of the Pacific coast
league to return Joe Bonowitz to
the Panthers, but no reply has been
received.
40,000 SEE
RELAYS CLOSE
George Simpson, Ohio State
Star Makes Sensational
Sprint Performance
By ALAN J. GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia,
April 27.—tAP)—The Fensylvania re- ;
lya carnival was brought to a cli
max today before a crowd of 40,
000 with a succession of sensational
sprint performances by George
Simpson of Ohio State.
As his closing salute. Simpson
equalled the listed world's record
of 9 3-5 seconds in winning the spe
cial 100-yard dash. This was his
fourth successive triumphant race
of the day and his fifth in two
days.
Six Penn relay carnival records
were shattered, making a total of
eleven record performances of va
rious'order in two days, in addition
to a number of outstanding accom
plishments.
Paavo Nurmi, after barely beat
ing the American two-mile record
yesterday, had the old college yell
to urge him on in an effort to
break the three-mile mark, but
Paavo, lacking any competition,
fell 18 seconds short of touching
his own world s record for the dis
tance. He was clocked in 14 min
utes. 29 1-5 seconds as he lapped
all but two of his opponents.
Local I. O. O. F. Has
Party Celebr a t i n g
110th Anniversary
Brownsville Odd Fellows joined
with other members of the lodge
throughout vhe United States
Thursday evening in celebrating the
one hundred and tenth anniversary
of the foundation of the organiza
tion in this country.
Following the regular meeting,
which was held at the I.O.O.F. hall,
families of the lodge members, and
those belonging to the Rebekahs,
were invited in for a social hour.
Refreshments were served. A fea
ture was a cake made by Mrs. M. E
Austin, bearing the Odd Fellow
emblem.
The American lodge was founded
in Baltimore. April 26. 1819, and
has since grown to include 70 grand
lodges. 16,000 subordinate lodges,
and a membership of more, than
2.000,000.
W. O. W. Lays Plans
For Outing June 2
On Gulf at Point
Preliminary plans for the annual
outing of the Campo Ebano 1904,
W. O. W.. to be held at Point Isabel
June 2, are being laid by the local
organization.
Woodmen from all parts of the
Valley w’ill be invited and a contin
gent of 3000. including high state
officials, is expected to invade Point
Isabel for the all-day event. The
outings have been held at the Point
in past years and have been desig
nated unqualified successes by the
Woodmen.
A special train will be chartered I
by the body to make the trip from
Brownsville to the Point. The day
w’ill be taken up with a banquet,
speeches, ball game, swimming par
ties. games, a beauty contest and
other events.
Fourth Warders
Present Closing
Program At Queen
Pupils of the Fourth Ward school
presented a varied program of
dances, musical numbers and drills
at the Queen theater Friday eve
ning as a closing event of the
school year.
The theater was well filled with
parents and friends of the pupils
and- every number was liberally
applauded. The proceeds of the
entertainment will be used in the
work of the Parent-Teacher asso
ciation work at the scnool.
The children, who had been
trained by Miss Emelia Fernandez,
principal of the school and her five
assistants, displayed considerable
ability.
The tango by Juanita and Vic
tor Egly, a violin solo by Beatrice
Marquezz and piano solo by Gloria
Lerma were outstanding numbers.
The Kitty band and the balloon
drill also were enjoyed. Groups of
pupils appeared in the balloon
drill, the pennant drill, the magic
basket, the “Three Bears” and
other features.
LUTHERANS TO ATTEND
SAN BENITO MEETING
Due to an oversight, the Lutheran
church notice was appeared incor
rectly in Saturday’s issue of The
Herald. The following notice should
have appeared.
There will be no services here
Sunday. Mission festival at San
Benito.
Rev. H. L. Wiederanders, pastor.
MR. AND MRS. HOOVER
ARE HOME FROM TRIP
WASHINGTON, April 27.—(AP'—
President and Mrs. Hoover return
ed tonight from Chatoctin Furnace,
Md., where the executive fished
the streams of his special preserve.
THRONG ENJOYS
BIG STAG PARTY
Harlingen C. of C. Fete De
livers Promised Fun
And Amusement
HARLINGEN. April 28.—(JPU
Approximately five hundred men
from all over the Valley with a
number from Houston, San An
tonio. Fort Worth and Corsicana,
we^e present at the plant Valiev
wide stap narty and banquet held
’t the Valley fair grounds here
Fridav night under the ausnices of
the Harlingen Chamber of Com
merce.
H. J. Goetzke was “His High
ness, Grand Kazuzula” of the stag
party, and Myron F. Ward, secre- !
tary of the Harlingen Chamber of
Commerce, was the assistant Grand >
Kazuzula. John T. Floore. man- I
ager of the Valley mid-winter fair,
was chosen to serve as Exalted
Dodo for the affair, which turned
out to be the long round of “sense
and nonsense” it was planned to
be from the very beginning.
At 6 p. m. the animal races start
ed with a jackrabbit race. These
jackrabbits arrived Friday morning
from Kansas where they were sup
posed to have outrun all tornadoes,
according to the directors. After
that came a race between three
greyhounds and a jackrabbit. Next
was another rabbit race.
The fourth race was between a
Russian wolfhound, a greyhound,
and a Kansas jackrabbit. The
greyhound won. The next number
was a coon fight, and ended in a
draw when the wary coon climbed
up into the grandstand.
The most interesting race of the
evening was the chasing of a coy
ote by four Russian wolfhounds.
The dogs were permitted to jump
down from an auto racing after
the coyote at high speed. After a
mile and a half of running, the
coyote was captured by the dogs.
Another interesting number was
the bobcat fight. The bobcat, after
trying to escape into some tall tim
ber. was finally captured by the
hounds.
Chris Carey furnished some
thrills with wild burro riding, and
at seven-thirty the banquet, pre
pared under the direction of Lon C.
Hill, Sr., was served.
After the “grand feed,” the stags
retired to the auditorium where the
rest of the evening was given over
to indoor entertainments. The first
number in the auditorium was a i
“bull fight,” with a ram acting as j
the bull and two local comedians
as “toreadores.” No blood was shed
during the bull fight, and the an
tics of the protagonists created
laughter time and again. Then
came a number listed as a fight
between a bull dog and a myster
ious wild animal, which turned out
to be of the breed children often
mistake for “kitty.”
After the next number, which
was a colored dialogue between two
Harlingen performers, came three
boxing matches. The first match, of
four rounds, between Buster Mante
of Brownsville and Kid Western of
Harlingen, ended in a draw, in
the second match of six rounds, Kid
Edwards of Fort Brown knocked
out Kid Lacey in the last round.
The last night, a ten-round one
was between Lefty Reay of Laredo
and Kir Lupe of San Benito, and
it ended in a draw. The last num
ber of the evening was a match be
tween two Smiths, who blackened
the referee s face time and again
with their corked gloves.
INSPECTOR
'Continued from page one.)
stopped. The law will permit the
entrj of about 700 men per year.
This 700 will be taken up largely by
professional men and business men
reducing the nuota for laborers to
practically nothing.
'Of the practically 2000 persons
who have returned to Mexico vol
untarily since the f<— of the year
probably one half could have re
entered the United States imme
diately by paying the head tax and
passing other necessary require
ments.
“Only those who are deported on
a formal warrant are barred from
re-entry hrap-' ’ one year.
“Stories that men are being taken
from the fields by the hundreds and
deported across the river without be
ing able to communicate with their
families and all ruch reports are
entirely false.
“Eight men who had been work
ing on a Valley farm were deported
last week.
Immediately the story was spread
that eight men had been seized
while they were working in the
field. A little later we heard the
same story except that the number
of workers seized had grown to 28.
Still later another member of the
force heard that 108 men had been
taken from a field.
“The facts of the case were that
eight men had been picked up while
loitering on the street and they had
at one time worked on the farm
where they were supposed to have
been seized.
“I and my men have the interest
of the Valley at heart. We own
property here and a shortage of
labor injures us the same as it
does everyone else. We are only
doing our sworn duty and if un
supported alarming stories could be
stopped the situation would be
much better.
“More persons are being scared
across the Rio Grande by wild un
true stories than are being deport
ed by the border patrol and customs
inspectors.”
3 SAN BENITO HOMES
NEARING COMPLETION
CSpecial to The Herald).
SAN BENITO, April 27.—Three of
the five houses being built in Va
lencia park by Walter Chamber,
contractor, for Bowie and Trent,
developers of the well-known addi
tion, are about ready to be occu
pied. according to Mr. Chamber. The
houses are located at the western
end of the addition. The other two
houses will be ready for occupancy
in about a month, adds the contrac
tor. and other building on the sub
division by private parties will be
announced within the next week or
so, it is understood
Benefit May Fete
To Be Held Soon By
Villa Maria School
A benefit May fete wil be at the
Villa Maria school on the evening of
May 1 by the P.-T. 4. of the Incar
nate Word, it has been announced.
Proceeds from the entertainment
will be used for the construction of
a road between Jefferson street and
the Villa Maria structure.
The evening will be featured by a
typical Mexican supper to be served
at the school. Tamales, chile and
enchiladas will be the main dishes.
A program has been arranged
which includes a number of skits,!
performances and contests. Cus
ter Yates has been named queen of
the May.
Preparations for the fete have
been under way for some time and a
large crowd is being prepared for,
officials in the school say.
SANfONELEADS
IN BUILDINGS
$1,568,670 In Permit* Are
Issued In Alamo City
During Past Week
DALLAS, April 27.—(&)—A build
ing program that has altered San
Antonio's skyline in the last year
was evident again during the past
week, when $1,568,670 in building
permits v/ere issued in the Alamo
city. Fort Worth, Dallas and
Houston followed, in order. Totals
for week and year follow:
San Antonio ....1,511,100 8,806,128
Fort Worth . 356,661 3,528,835
Dallas. 330,882 4,152.192
Houston . 328,398 9,521,669
Beaumont . 113,381 1,117,336
Lubbock. 64,225 1,647,943
Galveston . 55300 711,500
Corpus Christi .. 42,775 751,728
Amarillo . 42,585 651.949
Waco . 41,122 603,230
Port Arthur. 34,650 1,242,565
Wichita Falls ... 22,850 463,743
Plainview . 12.450 516,150
Big Spring . 11,330 345.065
Gainesville . 5,900 55.050
Abilene . 2.880 438.370
AVIATORAND
(Continued from page one.>
toms service and J. M. Grajales,
vice-president of the Corporacion
Aeronautica de Transport^.
The pair was showered with rice
by Miss Helen Currier and Mrs.
Daniel Kane of Brownsville. A
celebration was staged at the home
of the women later.
Several amusing incidents occur
red during the ceremony. Maj.
Law was so intent on keeping the
plane on the north side of the Rio
Grande that the chaplain had dif
ficulty in obtaining the ring from
him. With the plane heading into
a 40 mile headwind, the motor was
cut down from 1600 to 1200 revolu
tions in order that the words of the
ceremony could be heard plainly.
The bride wore a brown silk dress,
and held a large bouquet. The
groom was attired in conservative
blue serge while the chaplain wore
a white tropical uniform. Maj. Law
effected a white gabardine civilian
suit and the pilot wore golf knickers
and white shirt. He was said to be
more nervous than the bride.
Chaplain Bennett, e veteran in
the army service, stated he derived
a great “kick" from th novel wred
ding. He said it was the quickest he
had ever performed.
In three days the newlyweds will
go to Macatlan by plane for a
week's honeymoon following which
they will return here and will be
at home in the Alonzo apartments.
Gavuzzi Increases
Lead Over Salo In
Pyle Bunion Derby
LEBANON, Mo., April 27.—UP)—
Pete Gavuzzi. Italian of England,
raced to victory today over the hilly
roads between Rolla, Mo., and
Waynesville, Mo., in the twenty
eighth lap of the C. C. Pyle’s bunion
derby, covering the 32 miles in
4:09:00. He slightly increased his
lead over Johnny Salo, Passaic,
N. J., policeman, second in 4:20:00.
ALIAS BILLY BOWLEGS
WANTED FOR BURGLARY
SAN ANGELO, April 27.—<7P>—
Sheriff Bob Hewitt left here to
night for Dallas, where he will at
tempt to obtain custody of William
Huckaby, alias “Billy Bowlegs,”
tvanted here on a burglary indict
ment. He carried a bench warrant
for the man, who was arrested two
days ago at Dallas. -
TWO FREED BY JURY
IN JAIL BREAK CASE
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La.. April
27.—(/P>—Stephen J. Beck and James
Heard. Angola state prison farm
convicts, weer acquitted by a jury
here today of the murder of J.
Broom, trusty guard slain in a break
for freedom last September. Five
convicts, were acquitted by a jury
the prison break.
ANNE GUARDED FROM
REPORTERS AT PARTY
HOUSTON. April 27. — UP) —
Guarded closely against newspaper
reporters and those attracted by
curiosity. Miss Anne Morrow, fian
cee of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
was entertained here tonight.
She will spend the night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Dill
ingham and Sunday will continue
on her way to New York. Her pri
vate car. it was learned, will be at
tached to a Missouri Pacific train
en route to St. Louis.
JUDGE PROHIBITS MAN
FROM DOING BUSINESS
SILVER CITY. N. M„ April 27.—
(jP>—District Judge Dunifon today
made permanent a restraining or
der to prevent James W. McAlpine
of Milwaukee. Wis.. and others, from
transacting business of any kind in
the name of the U. S. Copper com
pany, and ordered 1,191.993 shares
of capital stock held in Me Alpine’s
name returned to the treasury. j
ARROYO PORT
PROBE MONDAY
—
U. S. Engineer to Hold Hear
ing In Harlingen On
Padre Isjand Cut
HARLINGEN, April 27.—Hearing
on the proposal of the Arroyo Navi
gation district to cut a channel
across Padre Island opposite the
mouth of Arroyo Colorado is sched
uled to be held at 10 a. m Monday
in the city hal here before Major;
Milo P. Fox. district United States
army engineer, with offices at Gal
veston.
Interested parties have been in
vited to be present and give their
views upon the “suitability of the lo
cation and adequacy of the plans in
reference to navigation, and to sug
gest changes considered desirable in
the interests of navigation.” accord
ing to notices of the hearing.
The record of the hearing is to be
forwarded to the war department
for consideration.
The notice sets out the proposal
as follows:
“The application and the plans
submitted by the applicants show a
channel 100 feet wide on bottom and
nine feet deep at mean low tide,
with side slopes 1 on 3. extending
from that depth in the gulf of Mex
ico in a straight line across Padre
island and the iaguna Madre to
the delta at the mouth of Arroyo
Colorado, thence across that delta
into the Arroyno and up the Arroyo
Colorado at Harlingen. The exca
vated material is to be deposited
on each side of the channel at a j
distance not less than 300 feet back j
from its edge. S tone jetties extend- j
ing about 1.400 feet into the gulf |
of Mexico from Padre island are j
to be constructed on each side of;
the channel.”
DIFFERENTIAL
MEET CALLED
Details of Statewide Battle
To Be Explained At San
Benito Parley
("Special to The Herald >.
SAN BENITO, April 27.—Details
of the state-wide campaign to have
differential freight charges removed
will be revealed at a meeting to be
held in San Benito at 8 p. m. Mon
day, J. E. Bell, manager of the ol
cal chamber of commerce, said Sat
urday night.
J. E. Bailey of Houston, general
freight agent of the Missouri Paci
fic lines; S. G. Reed, assistant
freight traffic manager of the
Southern Pacific lines, and a repre
sentative of the Western Weighers'
and Inspectors’ association, are to
be present. U. S. Fawkett, traffic
manager of the South Texas Cham
ber of Commerce, and Ray Leeman,
general manager of the organiza
tion, also are to attend.
All shippers and others interested
have been invited to attend the ses
sion, which will be public. Tenta
tive agreement of the commission
ers courts of Hidalgo and Cameron
counties to the $20,000 fund being
raised in the state have been se
cured. The Valley has been asked
to subscribe a total of $2,000.
Pawkett has made an etsimate
that $250,000 would be saved an
nually to growers of the Valley is
the differential charge could be re
j moved.
EXPENDITURES
(Continued from nasre oneA
I that there is a constant demand
for further expenditures, and that
he believed it advisable that the
commission invite outstanding bus
inessmen of the city to act as an
advisory committee in all further
1 matters having to do with the de
velopment of the airport.
City Commissioner A. C. Hipp
moved that the mayor be author
ized to appoint such a committee,
the second being by Commissioner
Burt E. Hinkley. Sr. The two com
missioners and the mayor voted in
favor of the step. Commissioner
J. A. Cobolini voted against it. and
Commissioner J. G. Starck did not
vote.
The commission approved a fur
ther issue of $35,000 in warrants to
pay for the second hangar, now be
ing completed and to pay for some
other small improvements. This
brings the total amount of bonds
and warrants now invested in the
airport to approximately $235,000.
The original bond issue was for
$100,000. A third hangar, work on
which has not been started, has not
yet been financed. The second
hangar has been leased to the Pan
American Airways, Inc., for a per
iod of one year for $3Cu0.
Action Explained
One member of the city com
mission, who did not want to be
quoted, said:
“This airport development threat
ens to run away from us in the
matter of financing. Already well
above $200,000 has been expended
on the port, and the end is not yet
in sight. Work already authorized
promises to carry the amount to
$270,000. and we did not know
where it is going to stop.
“We certainly do not want to
bankrupt the city in this matter,
admitting at the same time that
it is a highly valuable facility to
the city. The commission believes
that a committee of competent
business men. outside of the city
commission, by investigations in
other quarters, can be of material
assistance Xo us in all future mat
ters havin| to do with the airport.
This committee of business men
will have its own chairman. Its
duties will be to investigate, to ad
vise with us, and to recommend.
Pinal actions will of course remain
with the city commission.”
WINS BALL GAME WITH
ONE ARM AND ONE LEG
LUMBERTON. N. C.. April 27.—
—Dick Norment has no right
a'-*'- "ad no left leg. but he employ
ed his left arm and right leg to
oitch nine innings of baseball for
lumbermen high school aeainst
Clarkston high school, winning
2 to 1.
He allowed two hit*.
Boy Rescued From
Drowning; Revived
By Using Pulmotor
(Special to The Herald).
SAN BENITO, April 27.—Quick
action on the part of W. D. Mc
Williams. San Benito farmer, prob
ably saved Willie Volkhart, 17, of
Harlingen from death by drowning
when the lad fell into a resaca
near here Friday fternoon. Mc
Williams. who lives about two miles
from San Benito, heard the cries
of the boys who were with Willie
when the young fellow fell into the
water while fishing. McWilliams
dived into the .water, brought up j
the boy who had already gone un
der twice, and telephon Thompson’s
mortuary for a pulmotor. The ap
paratus arrived without delay and 1
the unconscious lad was revived.
The youth is expected recover com
pletely from his experience within
few days
Volkhart was fishing with his
father. Albert Volkhart, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Wittenbach of Harlingen
when the accident befell him.
NORRIS STILL
AFTER MELLON
Matter Deferred Until Mon- j
day After Warm Discus
sion By Committees
WASHINGTON, April 27.—(&'—A
decision on the report of Chairman
Norris holding that Secretary Mel
lon is holding office illegally was
deferred today by the senate judi
ciary committee until Monday after
warm discussion.
A close division was apparent,
however, after the sharply worded
Norris report had been read. The
report held that Mellon as a stock
holder in the various business en
terprises was serving in violation
of a 100-year-old statute forbid
ding the secretary of the treasury
to be interested in trade or com
merce.
Norris intends to place his re
port before the senate as a minor
ity report by the; committee if a
majority refuses to endorse it. This
will put the issue up to the senate.
The committee held that Presi
dnt Hoover was not required to re
submit the nomination of Mr. Mel
lon, who continued in the new
cabinet from the Coolidge adminis
tration.
The committee also held there
was no case against Mr. Mellon be
cause he held some stock in the
Overholt Distilling company before
prohibition went into effect.
VALLEYT0
(Continued from Page One.)
the major part of the shipment will
be moved to the experiment farm
at Weslaco for planting and dis
tribution.
Representatives of the depart
ment of agriculture devoted several
months to investigation of condi
tions in Mesopotamia, where the
date industry has been developed on
a commercial scale for centuries,
and in one section found weather
and humidity conditions very sim
ilar to those of the Lower Rio
Grande country. The offshoots were
secured from a variety which is
said to have been bearing prolifi
cally for many years.
Richey Elder Will
Address Harlingen
Meeting on Sunday
HARLINGEN, April 27.—As a “fol
lowT-up” on the Richey evangelitical
campaign in the Valley. Rev. E. N.
"Dad” Richey, pastor of the Hous
ton Evangelist Temple, wrill deliver
the sermon at the Valley gospel
rally to be held at the tabernacle
on East Jackson street here Sunday
afternoon. The sermon will get un
der way at 3 p. m.
Rev. Richey will speak in Mc
Allen at the Texas theater at
7:30 p. m.
The Richey campaign has been
under way for the past six week
with Raymond T. Richey, son of
"Dad” Richey conducting services
in Harlingen and McAllen. The
Richeys have spoken in the prin
cipal cities of the southern U. S.
The Valley gospel rally is being
held at Harlingen at 3 p. m. Sunday
each week. It is planned to hold
similar meetings In Brownsville on
Thursdays. Rev. A. N. Vostromb
conducts the regular Harlingen ser
vice.
The Richey campaign is non
denominational.
2,000 Inaugurate
Clean-Up Week At
Edinburg In Dance
EDINBURG, April 27.—Opening
the six-day clean-up campaign
sponsored by the Business and
Professional Women and the Ki
wanis club, approximately 2,000
people participated in a huge dance
staged on the block on the east
side of the court house here Satur
day night.
The dance got under way at 8 p.
m. and lasted until midnight. Three
organizations, the Edinburg con
cert band, the high school band and
Harson's orchestra furnished con
tinuous music for the dance.
Saturday was designated as tag
day and workers from the two
clubs sold many of the cardboards
on the downtown streets during the
day.
The drive is being conducted for
the purpose of cleaning up the
streets and further beautifying the
city. An -especial effort is being
made to rid the city of weeds,* tin
cars, etc.
WASHINGTON, April 27.——
Forces of the department of agri
culture mobilized to repel the at
tack of the Mediterranean fruit
fly discovered in Florida will be
directed by Dr. Wilmon Newell,
state plant commissioner of Flor
ida.
Coincident with appointment of
Dr. Newell, Chairman Warren of
the senate appropriations commit
tee said his committee Monday or
Tueseday would consider the house
resolution making available $4,250,
000 to fight the pest and that he
looked for prompt action.
BANDITS KILL
MISSIONARIES
Cablegram Informs of Death1
Of Catholic Priests
In China
NEW YORK. April 27.—<av
Three American missionaries in
China have fallen victims of ban
dits.
The Rev, Linus Monohan. rector
of the St. Michaels monastery’ of
Union City. N. J., received a cable
gram today from Hankow, stating
that the Rev. Father Clement Sev
bold, Dunkirk, N. Y.: the '•*. God
frey Holdbein, BaltimorM^and the
Rev. Walter Corvelvou. orPetoskev
Mich., had been killeo.
All belonged to the Roman CatlO
olic Passionist order. They were
killed April 24 in Chenki. in the
province of Hunan, near Chang
sha. No other details were re
ceived.
Chenki Is next to the province
of Kiangsi, where a Catholic chapel
was burned recently.
SAN BENITO MINISTER
TALKS TO LIONS CLUB
c*^S2fria] to The Herald)
. S^N HENITO- Aoril 27—A tart 1 1
of th® ^ RuV Ec Wallace. ministe (
of the Church of Christ here, fee
tured the weekly luncheon of th i
San Bemto Lions club held at tb /'
Stonewall hotel. An attendant l
contest between two groups of tl j
c.ub is being held, and it was ai 1
nounced at the meeting that Chari) I,
Allison s team was fou- men ahea j
of Harry Bartsch’s group. The los /
ers Ox the contest must eat beans!
The winners will get turkey and an A
old-tcountry soup made out of large!I
EDITORFLAYS *
(Continued From Page One)
tatives, called on Governor Moody
to broadcast a message to ‘‘the citi
zens of Texas to stop an actual loot
of our financial resources total
ling $1,548,000, carrying with it re
clamation improvement to some
thing like 20.000 acres of privately
owned land, to say nothing of dam
ages against the state when full
compensation is paid other private
land owners as the project com
pletely unfolds itself.”
Appealing to Texas editors to “do
something to drag their government
from the quagmire of reactionarism
and do-nothingness at Austin,” the
speaker said the present special ses
sion could best be described as “a
rudderless ship tumbled about by
venom and spite.”
I In concluding his speech Mr
Baldwin mentioned the house fi
nance committee and those legisla
tors who have been “calling upon
Governor Moody to submit appro- .
priation bills.’ A
"If Governor Moody were to as> I
action Monday morning on appt *
priation bills.” Mr-. Baldwin * I1
tinued. “the house would wak ** f
find that despite the fact. /
mittee has had over a mor /
pare them, not a single jji'fa
ticn measure is ready fc.^onsider
ation and the state senafe took a
four-day jaunt into East Texas last
week because it did not have any
thing else to do.
“When a rascal gets into the gov- I
ernor’s chair Texas editors cry
•throw him out!’ Now that we
| have an honest governor why don't ^
they start in and pitch for him, or,
if they do not agree with his pro
gram, offer something else? Dan
Moody is the last person in this
state who could be called bullhead
|ed. All he wants is honesty and
actual economic progress.” i
MESSAGESSAY
(Continued from page one.)
the opinion that the remainder of
the army was likely to break up at
any moment. Aviators harassed
the rebels with bombs and ma
chine guns while federal cavalry
strove to overtake them. The fed
erate captured two abandoned loco
motives and 41 railroad cars loaded
with ammunition and supplie
north of Navojoa.
MEXICO CITY. April 27.—flPk.
A Guadalajara dispatch to El Uni
versal says that a rebel guerrill
band attacked the Mexico City J
Guadalajara train near Villa Nuev; J i
Michoacan, yesterday, wounding sm
least one passenger, Emilio Kinji,
who was not otherwise identified, f1
TEXAS COUPLE
fContinued From Page One.) ' ’
Conrad is not expected to recover |
Both women are prominent so-j
cially and entertained a party o'
friends late last night. Included i’ ■
the party were F. Harold Van Or
man, former lieutenant governor of
Indiana; his wife. Susie Van Orman,
candidate for mayor of Evansville;
State Senator John H. Hewitt, and
several other men and women.
Mrs. Van Orman said the party
ended about 1 p. m.
Miss Maley told the police that
about 4 o'clock she entered Mrs.
Conrad's apartment, and that the
latter was brandishing a revolver.
In attempting to wrest the weapon
from Mrs. Conrad a bullet struck
Miss Maley in the leg. She said
Mrs. Conrad then shot herself in
the abdomen.
*
Rising Waters Of
Mississippi River
Submerge Levees
ST. LOUIS, April 27.—(.F)—The
sidewalk and paved levee running
parallel to and a mile east of St.
Louis' business district was sub
merged by the rising waters of the
Mississippi tonight, and the river's
crest was expected to be reached
tomorrow night with a stage of 34 9
feet.
Easements of buildings.facing the
levee were flooded, but *»jdents and
manufacturers had movea their be
longings before the river reached
the sidewalk level and property
damage was ^ieht. §
In the Missouri river, where the
flood cerst had passed. Frank M.
Wright, laborer. 73. was thought to
have been drowned. |