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. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No 300 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY '
after an absence of bbout a year.
Which means business experts,
after a survey, find conditions in
this section above the average for
the country.
For the year past this section has
been listed a “fair,” meaning about
on a par *vith th^ average for the
country.
But now the investigators have
found reason to return the Valley
to the “good” section of the map,
meaning that business conditions in
the Valley are above the average
for the country.
* * *
Chambers of commerce and other
organizations whose business it is
to see that this section is presented
in a favorable light to the rest of
the world have been busy for some
time informing makers of these
“business condition" maps that the
Valley deserved to be “in the
white.”
But these fellows are hard to
convince and require actual facts
on which to base their ratings.
Probably every section of the
country which is listed in either
the “fair” or “poor” sections write
in and demand that they imme
diately be removed to the “good”
area. ** ^
It will be remembered that on
March 27 a call was issued by state
and national bank commissioners
for a statement of the condition of
banks.
Statements of Valley banks, pub
lished in response to this call, re
vealed that gains of more than $3,
000,000 in resources and deposits
had been made in the three months
period from Dec. 31, 1928 and
March 27, 1929.
It is quite likely these figures had
no little to do with causing com
pilers of the maps to decide the
Valley belonged in the “good” bus
iness area.
* • *
THE JUNIOR COLLEGE
Brownsville’s newest educational
institution, has attained another
goal. . .
The school has been given a first
class rating by the American Asso
ciation of Colleges, permitting its
graduates to enter leading univer
i sities of the United States wi.hout
exmAjitons and with full credit
for ijB'work done.
Titrating was given the local
college at a meeting of the Texas
branch of the association at Dallas
last week. Dean A. S. Caldwell at
tended the meeting and secured
the rating.
PROPOSAL of the Val Verde
Packing Corporation that its plant
be operated as a cooperative en
terprise during the coming citrus
fruit shipping season has been
taken under advisement by a com
mittee of growers in the Donna
vicinity. . _
The proposal was presented to a
meeting of growers by James Man
™ e manager of the plant during
the past season.
The Hidalgo News reports t.iat it
was proposed that the plant and
the citrus acreage in that vicinity
be pooled and that profits be di
vided between the orchard and
plant owners.
It was revealed that during the
1927-28 season the plant packed
and shipped 176 cars, while during
the last season only 53 cars were
handled, these being bought for
cash.
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ON THE RECENT good-will tour
to Corpus Christi by Brownsville
business men, citizens of that gulf
coast city took occasion to plead
the advantages of their port over
Galveston and Houston for such
export business as develops in the
Valley.
Learning that the Valley is going
in for exporting citrus fruit to
Europe, officials of the Corpus
Christi harbor are endeavoring to
have the shipments move through
there. They point out that it can
be put aboard the ship in fewer
hours than at Galveston.
Some 4000 cases of Valley fruit
were shipped through4 Galveston
last year. It is hoped that a
larger volume of this business will
develop during the coming season.
There is no good reason why
Corpus Christi should not have tills
business—provided they can pro
vide as prompt sailings as Galves
ton. Quick movement is necessary
to grapefruit exports.
« • •
THERE SEEMS to be consider
able misunderstanding in the Val
iev in regard to rules of the em
bargo which has been declared on
citrus fruit. ... . .
While no fruit can be moved out
of the section at the present time,
there have been no changes in rules
which will apply to handling of the .
coming crop.
Grapefruit and oranges will con
tinue to move out of the Valley
on inspection by federal depart
ment of agriculture inspectors and
on shipping certificates. No change
in shipping regulations is contem
pUtSteccordmg to P. A. Hoidale.
in ctolge of fruit fly eradication
worker . , ,
The regulations have proved of
little hinderance to the free move
ment of citrus from the Valley and
the slight hinderances encountered
hive been more than offset by
preventing poor fruit competing in
up-state markets with the first
claw product.
L
SPECIAL COP
IS INDICTED
FORPERJURY
Officer Who Shot Mrs.
DeKing to Death In
Liquor Raid Is Not
Held Responsible
GENEVA, 111.. April 30.—(&)—Roy
Smith, deputy sheriff who shot and
killed Mrs. Lillian de King during
a prohibition enforcement raid on
her home, wTas exonerated today by
the Kane county grand jury.
No bill also was reported for
Joseph de King, husband of the
woman slain.
Eugene Boyd Fairchild, who as
an investigator for the state's at
torney’s office, swore falsely to buy
ing liquor at the De King home,
was indicted for perjury.
No recommendations for any
change in dry law enforcement
methods in the county were made
by the jury.
It was reported State’s Attorney
George B. Carbary recommended
to the investigating body that De
King not be indicted. Carbary ex
plained De King in losing his wife
had suffered sufficiently.
FIND 2 BOWES
IN APARTMENT
Discovery of Corpse of
Young Broker, Bride
Presents Mystery
NEW YORK. April 30 —(/P)—Dis
covery of the bodies of a young
broker and his bride in their mid
town apartment presented a mys
tery to police today.
Homer L. Carruthers, 28, and
Olga, 20. who eloped a month ago.
were found dead on the floor of
their kitchenette by a policeman
summoned by an iceman whose sus
picions were aroused when he was
unable to enter the apartment
since Thursday.
Mrs. Carruthers* body, clad in a
night dress, was found on the floor
and that of her husband, fully
clothed except for coat and vest,
was crouched over hers as though
he had been trying to lift her when
he fell. Except for a bruise on tl:e
young woman’s face, there was no
wound on the bodies.
The apartment was in disorder
and a neighbor told police she heard
sounds of an argument in the apart
ment Thursday night and had no
ticed a strong odor of gas.
Reconstructing the tragedy, po
lice were inclined to believe that
after the quarrel Mrs. Carrutheu
shut herself in the kitchenette and
turned on all the gas jets; that
later she was found unconscious by
her husband, and that he turned
off the jets and succumbed to the
fumes.
INVESTIGATE BELLE
ISLE LIQUOR SCANDAL
DETROIT. April 30.—(&)—'The
federal grand jury investigation
into the Belle Isle liquor scandal
turned its attention from police of
ficials today and called Charles E.
Sorensen, general manager of the
Ford Motor company, and former
commodore of the Detroit Yacht
club, situated on Belle Isle; Aaron
De Roy, automobile distributor and
member of the club, and Robinson,
superintendent of the department
of parks and boulevards, to assist
in clearing up testimony given by
police officers regarding liquor con
ditions on the island.
PREPARE BILL FOR
PAMPHLETS IN MAILS
WASHINGTON. April 30.——
A bill to permit sex pamphlets,
which may be classed as obscene, to
be sent through the mails by recog
nized medical organizations, was in
course of preparation today by Sen
ator Copeland, democrat. New
York.
He said details of the bill had
not yet been formulated, but he was
discussing some of its features with
advisers and expected to have it
ready for introduction soon, possi
bly late today.
ENGLEMAN TO BE HOST
TO LEADERS OF VALLEY
DONNA. April 30.—A group of
Valley business men are to be guests
of J. C. Engleman this afternoon
on a tour of the properties of the
J. C. Engelman Land company in
Hidalgo county north of here. *
Presidents and executive officers
of Valley banks, presidents and
managers of Valley chambers of
commerce and newspapermen are to
be shown the development project
of this firm.
» _—————— ■ ' ■ »
Ex-College Tennis Champ
Aced in Matrimonial Play
CHICAGO, April 30.—f/P)—The matrimonial doubles of Lucian E.
Williams, former intercollegiate tennis champion, and his wife, the
former Catherine Hungerford Crowley of Detroit, had ceased today,
her mother said, to be a “love match.”
Williams awaited a hearing on a statutory charge resulting from
an investigation by a detective employed by his wife of eight months.
He was arrested yesterday in a Gold Coast hotel room with Miss Alice
Krueger, a hairdresser.
Williams and Miss Crowley, daughter of a wealthy Detroit mer
chant, met two years ago at a ball. Miss Crowley was 18 years old.
Two months ago Mrs. Williams complained to her mother, Mrs.
Wm. C. Crowley, she was being mistreated by the former Yale athlete
and a separation followed.
DR. H. K. LOEW
SINKS GOLF
•BALL IN ONE
Dr. Harry K. Loew aromat
ically became a member 01 the
famous hole-in-one club Sun
iay afternoon when he sank his
;olf ball in No. 15 cup at the
Brownsville Country club couise.
The hole is 150 yards from th
)C8.
Dr. Loew was playing in a
foursome in company with R. B.
Rentfro, R. B. Creager and W.
3. Craige, Sr.
3 MURDERED IN
FAMILY OF SIX
Another Slain and Another
Wounded During Shoot
ing Affray
PAINTSVILLE, Ky., April 30.—
OP)—Three members of a family of
six were killed; another man was
slain and his brother was wounded
in a midnight shooting affray in a
woods 10 miles from here, and
county officers today were ham
pered in their investigation h- the
reticence of the one woundea sur
vivor.
i Bodies of the victims, Lee Gibson,
152; his wife, 35; their son, Bernie,
14, and Wallace Hannah. 30, were
found this morning, several hours
after the wounded man. Wayne
Hannah, brother of Wallace, had
been brought to a hospital here
with a bullet in his left lung.
County officers think the trag
edy was the outgrowth of moon
shining.
The wounded man told of having
“started over the hill” to visit a
brother. On the way, he said, he
met a crowd, and “they started
telling jokes.” Within a few min
utes, according to Hannah’s infor
mal story, the shooting started.
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MOVE TO HALT
DEPORTATIONS
Laredo Urges Border Send
Committee to Washington
To Explain Situation
Increased deportations of Mexi
can aliens is creating a serious sit
uation in Laredo and the secretary
of the Laredo Chamber of Com
merce is asking the co-operation of
| all border city chambers of com
| merce to send a committee to Wash
ington to explain to government of
ficials the peculiar conditions exist
ing along the Rio Grande, according
to a telegram received today by G.
C. Richardson, manager of the
Brownsville organization.
The Laredo official explains in his
wire that the committee which
w'ould be sent to the national capi
tol would make the explanation with
the view' of protecting Mexican
aliens who have lived peacefully in
this country for many years.
Messages similar to those received
here are being sent to all border
cities from Brownsville to Nogales,
Arlz.
Manager Richardson said that it
had not been decided yet whether
the local organization would enter
into the movement or not. He had
not made any reply to the message
this morning.
PROMISE TO SPEED UP
MEX. AGRARIAN LAWS
MEXICO CITY, April 30.—(JP)—
El Universal said today Marte R.
Gomez, minister of agriculture, in a
speech yesterday at Santa Cruz
Ocotlan, Mexico, promised to speed
up application of Mexican Agrarian
laws without reference to the na
tionality of the landowners affected.
El universal’s toy said Gomez de
nied the government had discrimin
ated in behalf of American land
owners, and declared:
“The Mexican Agrarian laws will
be applied without ditsinction to
all living in Mexican territory what
ever their nationality.” *<
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MOODY FIGURES
IN HOT DEBATE
Solons In Word Battle Over
Sunday Blue Laws And
Governor’s Veto
AUSTIN, April 30.—(JP)—In a
one-hour debate in which tne name
of Gov. Moody figured, the house
today refused to ask the slate's
chief executive to re-submit a bill
calling for repeal of Sunday motion
picture performances and in the^
same breath voted down a rjsolu
tion demanding that the 1871
statute be enforced in all sections,
even if the aid of the state rangers
were necessary.
A bill allowing local option in the
showing of films on the Sabbath
was passed during the regular ses
sion by both houses, but was ve
toed by the governor on the claim
it contained a flaw.
Action on the resolutions, which
resalted when the house committee
on criminal jurispru -nee adopted
an amendment by Rep. Jack Keller,
Dallas, calling on the governor to
open up Sunday blue laws for leg
islative approval or rejection,
brought a heated condemnation of
Sunday violations from Rep. B. J.
Forbes, Weatherford.
“The governor is religiously and
conscientiously opposed to the op
eration of motion picture shows on
the Sabbath and a resolution ask- (
ing him to re-submit this question
would be a humiliation,” Forbes
said.
“The legislature might as well
submit a bill repealing the penalties
for murder and theft as one wiping
the Sunday motion picture show
lawr from the statutes.” Forbes said
the governor had told him before
vetoing the measure. “There’s a
blue pencil down in the executive
office that will prevent you run
ning roughshod over the morals of
the people of this state,” Forbes
added.
When Rep. Keller entered the
debate with the statement that the
state could legislate to prevent the
growing contemp and disrespect for
laws caused by statutes which were
not obeyed. Rep. W. E. Pope. Corpus
Christ!, asked if “the governor
ought to enforce the law as it now
is with the militia or resign from
office.”
“The governor is not a king, and
he has to submit to the will of the
people,” Keller replied.
British to Adhere
To Agreement Not
To Use Poison Gas
GENEVA, April 30.—(7F»—Decision
of the British government to adhere
to the Geneva Protocol of 1925 pro
hibiting the ues of poison gas in
warfare was announced today by
Lord Cushendun at the opening of
the session of the preparatory dis
armament conference.
The British spokesman made the
single reservation—that reciprocity
must prevail, and then made a simi
lar announcement on behalf of Aus
tralia, New Zealand. South Africa
and the Irish free state. Dr. Wal
ter A. Riddell on behalf of Canada
announced his government had ask
ed parliament to ratify the protocol
also.
Nicolas Politis of Greece expressed
the hope that other signatory states
which had not yet ratified the pro
tocol would see either way clear to
do so. The protocol was that ar
rived at, after American initiation,
by the league of nations conference
in 1925.
PLANES TO COOPERATE
IN GREETING MEXICO
Corporacion de Transports.
S. A., and the Mexican Aviation
company will co-operate with the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
this week-end in distributing circu
lars of greeting to Mexican citizens
in their Cinco de Mayo celebra
tion, according to information from
the chamber of commerce.
C. A. T. planes will fly over the
cities of Monterrey, Torreon, Duran
go and Mazatlan, dropping the
words of greeting and over Tampico ;
and Mexico City will be planes of
the Mexican Avaition company for
the same purpose. J
VALLEY JOINS
CAMPAIGN ON
DIFFERENTIAL
Fun dto Aid In State
Fight For Lowering
Of Freight Charge
Already Subscribed
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO, April 30.—The j
Valiev will enter the state-wide i
fight for removal of the differential;
freight charge as a result of action
taken at a meting here last night of
shippers and chamber of commerce
executives.
A resolution introduced by Frank
Robertson, manager of the San Be
nito water district, endorsing that
action was passed by unanimous
vote of the about 70 persons pres
ent. representing all portions of the
Valley.
J. E. Bell, manager of the local
chamber of commerce, acting as
chairman announced that the Val
ley’s quota of $2000 in the $20,000
statewide fund had been assured.
He read a leter from Blake Seay of
Mercedes guaranteeing Hidalgo
county’s portion of the fund and a
letter from O. C. Dancy. Cameron
County judge, to the effect that this
county would shbscribe its portion
of the money.
U. S. Pawkett. traffir manager of
the South Texas rhamber of com
merce. who will lead the fight for
the differential removal, said earn
ings of the Gulf Coast Lines had
been 7.41 per cent for the last fiscal
year and that as a result of this
percentage of return a portion of the
earnings had been paid to the fed
eral government. The federal law
requires railroads to divide earn
ings of over 5.75 per cent with the
government, he said.
This statement was made in reply
to representtaives of the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific lines
who had made talks concerning the
good service now being given to the
Valley and the advertising both lines
were doing for the section. These
representatives were J. A. Border
land and A. C. Gordon, from the of
fices at Houston of the general
freight agents, respectively, of the
Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa
cific lines.
T. M. Melden, manager of the
Texas Citrus Fruit Growers’ ex-'
change with offices at Mission,
spoke in opposition to the Valley
entering the differential removal
fight. He said the railroads were
giving fine service to the Valley and
were lowering rates as rapidly as
their business would permit. He
said as volume of traffic from the
Valley increased the differential
charge would be removed by the
railroads.
VOTE COUNT IS
TO BE DELAYED
Recanvass of Hidalgo County
Election Originally Set
Not Later Than Today
AUSTIN. April 30.—(A')—Recan
vass of the Hidalgo county vote
involving the district judge’s race
between J. E. Leslie, incumbent,
ana Gordon Griffin, contestant,
ordered originally for not later
than today in the judgment ren
dered by Judge George Calhoun of
the Travis county district court,
will be delayed pending outcome of
the appeal, it was announced to
day.
The judgment of the court was
superceded by the appeal and the
Hidalgo county officials will not be
required to carry out the order
until the case is finally decided.
Brownsville School
Bonds Will Be Sold
Here This Evening
The $75,000 bond issue recently
voted by the Brownsville independ
ent school district for the purpose
of constructing a new ward school
and remodeling the old grammar
school, will be sold Tuesday at 8
p. m. in the offices of the district.
The bonds are serial, 5 per cent
to be issued $1,000 each year for
five years, and $2,000 each year for
35 years.
Final disposition of the bonds is
expected tonight. The school dis
trict’s bonds have paid high prem
iums on previous issues.
MASONIC MEET
The Rio Grande Chapter 253 of
the Masonic order was to confer
R. & S. M. degrees Tuesday evening
at 8 p. m. The regular session will
be staged at the Masonic hall. j
Mediterranean Fly
May Caase Country
Greatest Pest War
Cross section of grapefruit (upper right) showing how apparently
perfect fruit may be partly destroyed by larvae of the Mediterranean
fruit fly (lower right). Dr. C. L. Marlatt (above) is leading the fight
in the Florida outbreak.
_ -.
By FRANK I. WELLER
(Associated Press Farm Editor
WASHINGTON, April 30.—(/PI—
The sensational battle with the
Mediteranean fruit fly at Orlando.!
Fla., may be only the opening shot
in one of the country’s greatest
fights to exterminate a foreign pest,
federal officials fear.
The full force of the federal gov
ernment's powerful machinery for
fighting fruit pests is behind the
drive.
Decision of the federal horticul
tural board to embrace all of Flor
ida in a quarantine controlling the
movement of fruits and certain1
vegetables opened the door to fed-;
eral participation in the battle. It
was reached after conferences with
Florida officials and citrus growers. I
The quarantine is in no sense an
embargo, but al shipments will be'
made in accordance with regula
tory measures.
For 100 years the Mediterranean
fruit fly has been known to science
and during that time has spread
throughout the world. Until it ap
peared in Florida. North America
was the only large area to escape.
There is no knowledge of the
manner in which it gained en
trance. Heretofore it has been kept
out of this country by an embargo
on certain products from infested
countries. The process has re
auired the constant vigilance of
the federal horticultural board.
Every possible barrier against the
pest had been erected by state and
federal quarantine and it was be
lieved little danger of its gaining
entry through the medium of com-;
mercial shipments of fresh fruits
existed. -
It may have been brought in by
the surreptitious visit of a boat
from Bermuda, on fruits concealed
by tourists ,or in mail and express
packages sent from infested coun
tries. some explanations suggest.
Dr. C .L. Marlatt, chief of the
United States bureau of entomology
and chief of federal nlant ouaran
tine and control administration, ex
pects the regulatorv measures to
minimize the spread of the insect
to other parts of Florida.
Destructiveness of the fly in other
countries ami the fact that it is al
most impossible to control adds to
the ssriousnes of the outbreak in
this country.
The Mediterranean fruit flv is
one of the worst enemies of fruit
grown in tropical and semi-tropical
countries. In the Hawaiian islands,
where it has caused great damage
since 1910. it attacks 72 kinds of
fruits, including oranges, grape
fruits, lemons, limes, peaches, ap
ples. quinces, pears, plums and
grapes.
An indication of Its notential
daneer to various parts of the Unit
ed States is s°en in the fact that
it attacks such vegetables as to
matoes, an deven destroys cotton
bolls.
Most of the things subject to the
pest now are grown or can be grown
in the southern states, the gulf re
gion. California and the southwest.
The fly lavs its eggs beneath the
skin or shell of fruits, nuts, and
vegetables,* and the feeding larvae
mar destroy the interior completely.
Often damage is not aooarent until
; infested fruit starts falling.
SUIT ON ORCHARD
STOCK NEAR JURY
Taking of testimony In the case
of Clark vs. Baumann was com
pleted in civil district court Tuesday
morning. The court was dismissed
at 11:30 a. m. until 1:30 p. m. when
lnts were to be heard,
suit involves orchard stock
a Feria. i
STATES JOIN
IN CAMPAIGN
Alabama and Georgia To
gether in Fight Against
Fruit Shipments
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. April 30.
—<£*)—Alabama today joined Geor
gia in an active campaign against
shipments of fruit and vegetables
from the Florida counties infested
with the Mediterranean fruit fly.
A patrol of 30 national guards
men, ordered out yesterday by Gov
ernor Bibb Graves, was ready to
take up posts on roads leading into
Alabama from Florida, with orders
to stop all shipments from the in -
tested area and admit into this
state only such fruits as bear the
official stamp of approval of the
Florida agricultural bureau or the
federal government.
The governor’s action was taken
on advice of Commissioner S. M.
Dunwoody of the state department
of agriculture.
ORLANDO. Fla., April 30.—</P)—
With the cooperation of the lead
ing citrus interests in the state
pledged to aid in every way pos
sible and the probability that a
,fund of $4,250,000 would be made
available by the government. Flor
! ida moved today in its greatest con
| certed effort to rid itseif of •’he
| Mediterranean fruit fly.
Dr. Milmon Newell, state plant
board commissioner in charge of
the campaign for the s,ite and
federal government called on the
people of Florida to lend all aid
toward the extermination of the
pest. The operating committee of
the Florida Citrus Growers’ Clear
ing House association has voted co
operation. The committee has
asked members and other sh.ppers
to pro rate shipments to auctions
during the present emergency, with
only as many cars to go each auc
tion as that particular auction can
absorb from day today.
SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican
Republic. April 30.—(JP)—A presi
dential decree was issued today pro
hibiting the importation of plants,
fruits, vegetables and seeds from
Florida. Fresh plants, fruits, vege
tables. and seeds coming from oth
er parts of the United States will re
quire a certificate from the depart
ment of agriculture showing that
they do not come from parts in
fected by the Mediterranean fruit
fly. The decree will take effect im
mediately.
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Dairymen Coming
To Visit Valley
From North Texas
DALLAS. April 30.—<7P)—A party
of 100 persons interested in dairying
will make a tour of Central and
South Texas and the Rio Grande
Valley, inspecting dairy plants and
other points of interest at various
places. Most of those in the group
are farmers and business men of
North and East Texas, who left on
tjjie trip last night from Waco,
where the special train will be made
up.
Points to be visited include San
Antonio, Taft, Corpus Chrlsti, Fal
futrias, Kingsville, Edinburg and
Brownsville. ^—-- * ,
HUSBAND SAYS j
HE SLEW WIFE
IN BITTER ROW
Arrest Follows Find
ing Charred Body!
In Thicket; Girl Is
Held As Witness
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. April 30.
—(/TV-Earl Francis Peacox today
confessed he killer* —~ ao-ggar _• *
estranged wi.V, Doroth.v,
quarrel, and burned her body'With
kerosene, according to Mount Ver
non and Greenburg police.
The charred body was found in a
thicket last Saturday and identifi
cation was made through a piece of
her house dress. The husband was
taken into custody last night.
According to the confession of the
husband, who is 21 years old, the
couple had been living apart. The
wife went to New York, while Pea
cox continued to live in his Mount
Vernon home.
On the night of April 21 Peacox
was at the home of his mother-in
law, in Bronxville, when he recalled
it was his first wedding anniver-!
sary. He excused himself and drove
in his car to the house in New York,
where his wife was living under
the name of Lillian Maney.
His wife consented to accompany
him for a ride to their old home
in Mount Vernon, where they ar
rived at 11:45 o'clock.
As they entered, she said, accord
ing to Peabody:
“Well, this looks like the old
dump." «
He resented this and a violent
quarrel ensued. There was a strug
gle. and she started to "claw" him
with her fingernails. Finally he
drew a pistol and struck her on the
head with the butt.
The struggle continued, said the®
confession, and she knocked th®
weapon from his hands. ' Botl®
reached for the pistol. She wa®
screaming continually and Pcaco®
said he placed one hand over he®
mouth and the other on her throat®
After a time she appeared to fain®
and he discovered her body wa®
cold. Peabody said he was in a da?®
after the struggle. When he real®
ized his wife was dead he wrapped®
his overcoat about her and place®
her in his car. ®
Along the Ardsley road nea®
Greenburg he stopped his machir®
and carried the body to a thicke®
Then he returned home. ®
Last Saturday morning, Pcaco®
said, he saw two milk bottles in fron®
of a Mount Vernon restaurant. H®
took one of them, wrent to a nearb®
garage and purchased five cent®
worth of kerosene. He then drov®
out to the spot where he had throw®
the body, saturated the towel an®
clothing with kerosene and set fir®
to the clothing. D
Quetsioned as to the motive. Pea®
cox told the police they had ha®
many bitter quarrels over “the kin®
of life she was leading.” H
Frances Murray, age 19 years, i®
being held in the Mount Verno®
jail as a material w'itness. Mis®
Murray, the police allege, is Pea-JJ
cox s sweetheart. She was arrest* H
last night at her room in 151s®
street. New York.
The girl told police she had staye®
with Peacox in his Mount Verno®
apartment and he had given hf H
some of his Wife’s clothing. ■
SCATTERGOOD APPROVED
WASHINGTON, April 30.—f/P>—■
President Hoover has approved th®
appointment of J. Henry Scatter®
good of Philadelphia as assistan®
commissioner of Indian affairs. 1
For Brownsville and the Valley!*
Partly cloudy to fair tonight and!
Wednesday: not much change ini
temperature. Moderate to fresh*
southerly winds on the west coast*
occasionally strong today. 1
For East Texas: Not received in*
time. §
RIVER FORECAST |
The river will continue to fal®
very slowly practically all alon$*
during the next 24 to 48 hours. ®
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hrl
Stage Stage Chng. Rair*
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.3 0.0 .0®
Laredo . 27 -0.5 0.0 .0®
Rio Grande . 21 3.6 -0.1 .0®
Mission . 22 3.7 -0.1 .0®
| San Benito*. 23 7.2 -0.8 .0®
| Brownsville . 18 2.6 -0.7 .0®
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa®
bcl tomorrow, under normal met®
eorological condition: ®^
High . 12:13 p. ®
Low . 2:18 a.® ^
MISCELLANEOUS DATA*®
Sunset today .
Sunrise tomorrow ..,,.®pp
.mm PH 1