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^THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 314 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 5e A COPY I
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UN OUR I
VALLEY
BMSOMB ■-——
THE DELTA IRRIGATION
News. lor years oficial organ of
the Water Uuers association, has
taken on new life.
R. C. Lowry is to be editor and
publisher, R. W. Lowry, business
manager, and Thos. W. Patterson,
advertising.
. The publication is to be issued j
from Mission in the future and has |
made application for a second class I
mailing privilege from that office.
For the past several months the j
i
publication has been issued from,
Harlineen.
* No Politics” is to be the creed j
of the publication under the new ]
management. “We are going to
let everybody feel as they want to
about politics in their respective lo
calities; we are going to devote our
efforts to building up the interests |
of irrigation and those who use i
water in the Valley.” The paper
says editorially.
This issue is 16 pages four
column size.
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FINDING OF FLORIDA grape
fruit on sale in the city's market j
here was met with prompt action
by Commissioner of Agriculture
George Terre ill.
All citrus fruit regardless of
where grown has been barred from
all South Texas.
Commissioner Terrell, always a
friend to the Valley, is determined
1 that every precaution will be taken
to keep the mediterranean fly out
of this section—thus guarding the
citrus industry.
No citrus can come into that
( \ portion of Texas south of the
^^Southern Pacific railroad from Del
, to Ofanee.
J This should be of Interest to the
Valley in two ways.
It protects the Valley and * it
providing a home market for the
i remaining Valloy grapefruit and
oranges.
A. C. HIPP. MANAGER of Desel
Boettcher Co. here and member of
the city comission, has been named
prisident to the Texas Traveler’s
the state convention in Beaumont.
Valley citizens are being recog
nized daily as leaders in all lines
of enreavor. J. E. Bell. San Benito
chamber of commerce executive.
Is president of the Texas Com
mercial Executives association.
John T. Lomax was elected poten
tate of Alxafar Shrine Temple,
with headauarters at San Antonio.
Just three instances in a long list
of honor bestowed on Valley lead
ers.
• Another Is election in Temple
of Miss Julia O’Brien of Browns
ville first vice president of Busi
ness and Professional women of
Texas.
Arthur Hipp long has been active
in the affairs of the T. P. A. and
this honor is a recognition of past
service.
• • •
MAYRON F. WARD, manager of
the Harlingen chamber of com
merce. is incensed at an insurance
company which Is seeking to cancel
an insurance policy carried by a
Harlingen man because ”he resides
in Harlingen, which is on the bor
Mr. Ward has written to the
company giving them some enlight
ening information. This informa
tion includes the fact that the
death rate in Harlingen from
violent causes is many times less
than in the home city of the com
pany which seeks to cancel the
policv. He informs them that
Harlingen is in the Lower Rio
Grande Valiev, the healthiest spot
on earth—where they should be
seeking additional policy holders
instead of attempting to get rid
of those it now has
Many insurance companies are
Struggling for business in any Val
ley town.
What the officials of this com
pany need is an education—they
should get out and travel. They
might be surprised at some of the
things they would see in this United
States.
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MERCEDES IS PREPARING to
temporary airplane landing field
there.
The ceremonies are expected to
Create enthusiasm for a perman
ent alroort
Arrangements completed for an
airplane of the Corporation Aero
nautics de Transportes. S. A. to
land there and pick up ppproxi
matelv 5000 letters.for Monterray.
Torreon, Durango. Mazatlan and
other Mexican cities.
School children cf Mercedes are
to be given names of school chil
dren at Torreon and these are to
exxchange airmail letters
Wednesday or Thtrrwrfav Tfkely will
be delayed by rain which fell Mon
day.
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2ND AMARILLO
SHOOTING IN
LAST2 WEEKS
State Say* Victim Was
Held and Shot Down
After She Attempted
To Run Away
AMARILLO. Tex.. May 14.—
A murder charge was filed here to
day against Mrs. E. M. Stallworth,
alleging tha tshe held Mrs. Grace
Morrison. Plain view. Texas, while
her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Levi P.
Stallworth, fired three shots at Mrs.
Morrison, killing her. here yester
day.
Mrs. Stallworth and her daugh
ter-in-law. the charge said, forced
Mrs. Morrison to accompany them
down the street from the rooming
house where the latter was staying.
In front of a hotel, less than half
a block away. Mrs. Morrison is said
to have broken free from her cap
tors. running back toward her
boarding house.
The elder Mrs. Stallworth over
took her and held Mrs. Morrison
while the daughter-in-law fired, it
is charged. After the first shot.
Mrs. Morrison again broke away,
the charge recites, ran to the door of
the hotel and fell. Two more shots
were fired at her.
Levi P. Stallworth, a railroad
man. and Morrison both were out
of the city today. Morrison was ex
nected to arrive from Plainview to
dav.
Rivalry for Stallworth’s affections
is believed to have been the cause of
the shooting.
Mrs. Levi Stillworth also was
charged with murder.
END DISPUTE?
Settlement of Mexico's long
standing religious controversy
may be the outcome of President
Emilio Portes Gil’s announce
ment that he is ready to discuss
the matter with Catholic auth
orities. Gil. above, made the
announcement in reply to one
by Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y
Flores, below, at Washington,
who said he believed the causes
of the religious conflict could be
corrected.
Edinburg May Name
Corporation Judge
And City Manager
EDINBURG. May 14.—i/P)—Edinburg commisioners at their meet
ing Tuesday were to finally decide on a city manager and corporation
judge, it became known late Monday.
The charter of Edinburg provides for a city manager-city com
mission form of government, but n o city manager has been named for
DONNAGARAGE ’
IS STUCK UP
Unmasked Bandit Makes Off
With Undetermined Sum
In Bold Hold-Up
DONNA. May 144. —A unmasked
bandit entered the McLellan garage
! shortly after noon today, threw a
I eun into the face of a woman clerk.
I looted the cash register and appar
’ ently made good his get away.
The man entered the garage at
12:30 pretended that he wish
| ed to purchase a small article.
When the clerk opened the cash
I register to make change, the bandit
threw a pistol into her face with
( an admonition to be quiet.
He hastily scooped an undeter
I mined amount of cash into his
pockets, leaned into his waiting
automobile and made his get away.
The police were notified imme
I diatelv and a drac net was spread
I over Cameron and Hidalgo counties
for the gunman.
| The woman obtained a good dis
t rriptlon of the man which was
j turned over to the police. She* did
not know, however, in which dir
ection the car drove off nor whe
ther the stick-up man was ac
companied by anyone.
Owners of the store checkinng up
on their losses early Tuesday after
noon. They would not estimate
their losses.
SCHOLASTICS TO BE
CAREFULLY CHECKED
Work of checking the school cen
sus In Cameron county is expected
to get under way next week, accord
ing to word in the office of Mrs.
W. R. Jones, county superintendent.
The population on the border line
between districts is checked care
fully in ord«*r that there be no du
plication.
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Line jod in several years ana me
mavdr has been acting as city judge.
It is rumored that C. L. Hampton,
former city fire marshal and now
both acting city manager and reg
ularly appointed city fire chief, is
slated for the former position as
well as retaining his present po
sition. .
Mr. Hampton who resigned as fire
marshal several weeks ago to take
a position with the Brownsville mu
nicipal electric plant, but who quit
after only a few days in office in
order to return to Edinburg, suc
ceeded I. M. Stout as fire chief
about two weeks ago. Both Mr.
Stout and Chief Hampton held their
old positions for about three years.
Following the resignation of
Marshall Hampton. E. C. Umland,
Jr., of Edinburg was named fire
marshal while O. C. Baumgartel of
Edinburg, was named city inspector,
which position Mr. Hampton held
jointly with that of fire marshal.
I naddition to action on the mat
ter of a corporation judge and ruy
manager, the city fathers have a
number of other important matters
for disposal on their calendar It
is posible that two or more city Jobs
will be combined with the office of
I city manager in the event the com
mission decides to name a manager
and corporation judge at their com
i ing meeting.
Edinburg's city officials are A. J.
Ross. Sr., mayor, and W. R. Dyer
and E. M. Everitt. city commission
ers. James Edwards is city clerk
while Earl West is city marshal.
HORNADAY BILL ON
NAVIGATION DEAD
_
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. May 14 —Efforts to pass
the Homaday bill to authorize navi
gation districts to expend funds for
| improvements outside their bound
aries have been abandoned. Rep.
Polk Homaday announced.
Favorable reports were secured
Tuesday on his bills to greater Cam
eron countv water improvement dis
tricts 10, 11 and 13,
'A
ALL CITRUS IS
BARREDFROM
SOUTH TEXAS
Absolute Embargo In
Valley Follows Dis
covery of Florida
Fruit on Sale Here
An absolute embargo against
shipping any cirrus fruit into South
Texas or the Valley has been de
clared by Commlstoner of Agricul
ture George B. Terrell following the
discovery of grapefruit from Florida
on sale in two stalls at the city
market here.
Information of the embargo was
contained in a telegram from Ter
rell at Austin to J. E. Bell, man
ager of the San Benito Chamber of
Commerce, in which Terrell asked
that vigilance committees be named
in all Valley towns to see that no
citrus fruit grown in other sections
is brought into the Valley.
Bell was busy today getting in
touch with managers of chambers of
commerce in other Valley towns
urgoing them to take imedaite ac
tion. Terrell urged that any im
ported fruit be seized and destroyed.
It was presumed he would issue or
ders to his inspectors in the Valley
to aid in this program.
The Florida fruit, hich had been
sent here by express from San An
tonio. was examined by state in
spectors and no trace of infestation
by the Mediterranean fruit fly was
found.
he telegram from Commissioner
Terrell read “Have quarantined all
area south of Southern Pacific rail
road from Del Rio to Orange to
keep citrus fruit out of the Valley.
We are policing all larger cities.
(Continued on page eight.)
GRAF READY
FOR FLIGHT
59 Persons And Gorilla For
Chicago Zoo to Make
Second Tirp
FRIEDRICHSHEVEN. Germany,
Mar 14. —the scheduled de
parture of the trans atlantir dir
igible Graf Zeonelin for the
I'nited States tomorrow morning
has been postponed because
France has been withholding per
mission for the ship to fly over
that country.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany,
May 14. (.$>>—Final preparations for
departure of the giant dirigible Graf
Zeppelin on its second trip to
America were under way here today.
The take-off is planned for dawn
tomorrow.
A last trial flight of one hour and
three quarters was made at dusk
yesterday under command of Cap
tain Lehmann, assistant to the ship’s
master. Dr. Hugo Eckener. The
I motors functioned perfectly, and
• everything was pronounced in readi
i ness.
It was assumed here after taking
'off tomorrow morning Dr. Eckener
will shape his course to Lakehurst.
N. J., as far south as the Azores,
or even further south, since adverse
weather conditions are expected to
prevail along the northern route.
Fifty-nine persons and one ’ lady”
Gorilla, Missie” by name, who is
addressed to the Chicago zoo. will
make the trip aboard the ship. 40
! ?f the persons being members of the
crew. Among the nasse.igers is
Captain George Hubert Wilkins,
polar explorer, who wishes to make
some navigational studies en route.
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C. OF C. NEEDS
200 ROOMS TO
HOUSE GUESTS
Needed—200 more rooms.
With requests for reservations
during the convention here of
:he Texas tSate Medical associa
tion still pouring in. the cham
ber of commerce today asked
Brownsville citizens to place 200
more rooms at their disposal.
Indications daily point to a
record attendance here May 20
to 23. inclusive and all available
housing facilities already have
been assigned, it was said.
Residents who can rent one or
more rooms are asked to notify
the chamber of commerce.
RAIN GENERAL
OVER VALLEY
Heaviest Precipitation Re
corded At Mission; Crops
To Benefit
j -
A rain which was believed to have
been fairly general through the
Valley and South Texas, though
varying greatly in the amount of
precipitation, fell Monday night and
early Tuesday. It is expected to be
of great benefit to the cotton crop
and also to many tomato fields, al
though there was some fear express
ed the shipping quality of tomatoes
might be injured.
Cloudy weather continued
throughout the area with indication
of more rain.
The heaviest rainfall, according to
the official report of the weather
bureau here, was at Mission, where
.58 inch was reported for the 24
hour period. The Brownsville gauge
recorded .37 inch. Laredo reported
.07 and San Benito .09 inches of
rain.
It was believed that dry land sec
tions of Hidalgo county received a
fairly good rain and Willacy coun
ty sections reported some rainfall.
At Mercedes there was a hard rain
from about 7:30 to 8 p. m. with a
drizzle continuing for some time
Cameron county points did not be
gin to receive any rain until early
Tuesday.
The rain in Hidalgo county was
accompanied by a heavy wind, with
considerable lightning and a very
small amount of small hail.
Rains reported up the river indi
cate a slight rise in the Rio Grande
for the next two or three days, ac
cording to W. J. Schnurbusch. local
meteorologist. Unless there has
been rain on the San Juan water
shed in Mexico the rise would be
very limited, not amounting to more
than one or two feet at Brownsville,
he believed. He believed no rain had
fallen in Mexico, in the absence of
reports.
There will be sufficient rise to re
lieve the threatened shortage of wa
ter in the lower reaches of the Rio
Grande, it is believed.
Shipments Light
Monday With Corn
Tomatoes Leading
As is usual on Monday, shipments
from the Valley yesterday were
light, only 95 cars being reported as
rolling by the railroads.
A little less than two-thirds of
the total for the day consisted of
tomatoes. 47 cars having been ship
ped under ventilation end 9 under
refrigeration. Tomatoes accounted
for one-fourth of the shipments, 24
cars being reported as rolling. Oth
er shipments were mixed vegetables
11. and carrots 4.
Shipments to date this season In
carlots by freight total 21.602 cars
including 1736 cars of fruit. The to
tal movement on the same dale last
year was 17.639 cars, including 1,146
of fruit.
Ancient Guns Found in
Cache Near Matamoros
A cache of ancient firearms, prob
ably used by the French troops of
Maximillian. has been uncovered on
the Rancho Viejo, ten miles south
of Matamoros. The rusted mass,
once the pride of the troopers, was
discovered by a surveyor several
days ago.
One of the time eaten muskets
has been given to Fred Kowalski
who has It on display at the court
house. All woodwork has rotted
away and the metal itself is now
little more than a large clod of rust.
The weapons are of the flint rock
type and are equiped with formid
able bayonets.
Efforts are being made to def
initely establish the identity of the
original owners of the guns. There
Is a difference of opinion as tc
whether they belonged to the
French, the Mexicans or even, ai
some hold, to Americans.
It is believed the guns were cachet!
by troop* after running out of am
munition
MORETROUBLE
APPARENT IN
ELIZABETHTON
Troops Arrest Men on
Charges of Intimida
tion As They Block
Road to Mill
ELIZABETHTON. Tenn . May 14.
j (JP)—More than 250 strikers were
arrested today on charges of ini
I midation and were escorted to the
court house sauare here by com
pany of national guardsmen, they
were not placed in Jail as the jail
Is too small to hold that number.
There was a noisy demonstration
from those under arrest as the pro
cession moved its way to the square
where the arrests were made,
from the Stoney creek highway
At one point along the line of
march some of those in custody de
clared their intention of proceed
ing to Elizabethton unguarded.
One car started off but halted
when a guard at one of the Tex
tile mills, levelled a gun at the
driver and a squad of guardsmen
with fixed bayonets blocked the
road.
More than 5500 persons went on
strike here a month ago. resulting
in the closing of the American
Bemberg and Glahzstoff plants,
which however, announced May 6
that operations were being resumed
gradually.
A guard named Fair arrested a
crowd of strikers, charging they
were blocking the road and pro
hibiting workers from Gap Creek
from reaching the plants. Those
arrested filled five automobiles,
two busses and a truck.
A call for help was sent by Fair
but before soldiers could arrive
from the plants. Fields said several |
"core more strikers arrived. It
(Continued on page aix.i
MOVIE TWINS
Movie twins are these pretty
girl stars. One is Mary Astor
and the other June Collyer.
Their amazing resemblance baf
fles eren Hollywood friends.
Which is which? You're wrong
—that's June above and Mary
is below.
Merchants Ask New
Constitution and
Law Code at Meet
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(Special to The Herald*.
SAN BENITO, May 14—An ap
peal for merchants of Texas to com
bine in a demand for a new state
constitution and revised code of
laws was sounded here this morning
, in the feature address of the joint
session of the Retail Merchants' as
sociation, the Associated Retail
Credit Men of Texas, and the Retail
Credit Bureaus.
There are about 350 persons on
hand for the convention, which en
tered its second day Tuesday, with
g.od representation from all parts
of the state, according to officials.
Brownsville and other Valley towns
were well represented at the ses
sions.
There were five bidders for the
next convention with Lubbock and
New Braunfels apparently making
the strongest claims. New Braunfels
seemed to have a slight edge over
Lubbock for the favor of the dele
gates. Other bidders are Corsicana
Mineral Wells and San Marcos.
The golf tournament scheduled to
i be played today on the links at Mer
cedes was postponed following the
rain.
The appeal for a new constitution
was made by State Senator Julian
C. Hyer of Fort Worth, who declared
that the present laws are “a patch
work of contradictions." under
i which it is impossible to effectively
operate a business.
If a new code of laws and a new
constitution should be adopted a
feature of the new' statues would be
a code for governning business and
credit which would permit more ef
ficient operation, the senator de
clared.
One need is for a higher type of
men in the legislature, Hyer said.
| “At present the pay of legislators
Is $5 per day, and some of them art
making more money at that salary
than they would be making if they
were at home,” Hyer declared. “By
staying at cheap boarding houses
and eating cheap meals, they art
able to show a profit on their stay
in Austin.
t’rgea Salary Increase
“A higher type of representatior
in Austin would solve many of tht
problems of the state.” he said, urg
' tag an Increase !n pay for the mem
bers.
The first day of the conventior
proved a busy one for all the visitor:
* (Continued on page out.)
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Vf
Sidelights
Handkerchiefs and scarfs, of what
ever color one might wish, but all
bearing the slogan * Meet me In New
Braunfels in 1930 ” were being dis
tributed at convention headquar
ters.
New Braunfels also is represen
ted by a large delegation of merch
ants, and by a rube band. The
band represents all extremes in
costumes, musical instruments, or
chestration and general comedy,
and has already attracted much at
tention at the convention.
New Braunfels will have stiff
! competition from San Marcos. Cor
| sicana and other cities for the 1930
' convention, it is indicated.
_
Complications threatened at the
opening of the convention by rea
son of a promise (or what was con
sidered a promise i made by Valley
delegates at the last convention,
when they brought the Retail Mer
chants to the Valley.
Valley delegates at that time
wore tags, painted to represent
a grapefruit, and with the slogan
“Squeezs Me in San Benito in 1929."
printed on them. Most of the
Valiev visitors at the convention
then were women.
—
< The complications threatened
! when some of the delegates from
other parts of the state are report
ed to have insisted the slogan was
meant literally, and not to apply to
a grape.ruit.
—
Regis* ration of delegates was sys
temized in the chamber of com
merce office in San Benito, three
emoloves of the Merchants assoc
iation and the chamber of com
merce handling delegates as fast as
they arrived.
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Orange badges denote delegates
i Continued on page eight.)
HIGH VOLTAGE'
WIRE CAUSES
QUICK DEATH
Men Had Started Out 1
To Get Gasoline As
Live Wire Is Blown I
Across Path I
WHITEWRIGHT;'. Texas yu 14. I
—Two brothers and a compan- E
ion were killed four miles north of 9
Whitewright todav when they walk- I
ed into a high voltage wire which I
had been blown down. 1
The dead Dock Webster. 20 and I
Tommie Webster. 23. Hermleigh. I
Bowen Daniels. 21. Pride. j
The three men. accompanied toy I
Mrs Webster, were on their way to 1
their homes When they ran out 1
of gasoline the three men left Mrs. 1
Webster in their automobile and I
walked across a field in search of I
fuel. Mrs. Webster, after waiting 1
for some time, followed them, find- I
ing the three bodies underneath I
the wires. I
Cause For Lockout
Of 75,000 Workers
Is Removed Today
NEW YORK. May 14,—HTV-*The
cause for a lockout of 75000 butM
ing trades workers voted to begin at
5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon was
removed today.
The lockout was voted yesterday
by the building trades employers as
sociation because of failure of the
building trades council to stop sym
pathetic strikes in support of a
strike of an electrical union whirh
refused to furnish workers to three
electrical contractors Today the
electrical union reversed itself and
announced it would not permit Its
men to work for the previously
blacklisted" trio
Hoover Say* He Will
Promulgate Certain
Tariff Increase*
WASHINGTON. May 14.—«IW
President Hoover announced today
he would promulgate tariff increases
on flaxseed, milk creams and win
dow glass as recommended by the
tariff commission
The rates on linseed will be in
creased 40 cents per bushel to M
cents; on milk from 3 1-2 cents to
3 3-4 cents per gallon; on cream
from 20 cents to 30 cents per gal
lon. and on window class a varying
Increase from the present five
eighths of a cent a pound to one
and one-half cents a pound depend
ing upon the size of the glass.
TEN IMPEACHMENT
ARTICLES DISCHARGED
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 14—oP*
—The senate court of impeachment
today swept away ten of the 11 arti
cles of impeachment preferred
against Chief Justice Charles W.
Mason of the state supreme court,
leaving only one article, alleging he
accepted an automobile at a bribe
pending against him
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy to partly cloudy and some
what wanner tonight and Wednes
day.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night: warmer in north portion;
Wednesday partly cloudy a
Light to moderate southerly winds
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
In the absence of any heavy rains
over the San Juan watershed during
the last 24 to 36 hours, there will
be a slight or possibly a moderate
rise in the river from Rio Orsnde
City down during the next few days.
mood Promt M-lkr. M-Hr,
Stas* Stag* Chao. B*ta
Eagle Pass ..16 2' -01 JO
Laredo..27 05 -I A .07
Rio Grande ..21 3 5 -03 JO
Mission . 22 3 1 00 At
Sun Benito . 23 5 4 -04 JO
Brownsville ..18 0.1 -0.8 At
TIDE TABLE
High and low Ude at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological condition:
High . 11 21 a m
Low. 226 a m.
MISCELLtSEOF4 DATA
Sunset today.. 7.80
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