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STOCKS OPEN
UP AND DOWN
- * ' ns
Automobile* Are Strong: and
Advancing But Stora
Group Is Weak
NEW Y OR K. May !<.—f.?V
-Marked irregularity in price move
ment developed at the opening of
today's stock market Mack Trucks.
Packard and Calumet Sc Arizona all
advanced a point or more. Safeway
Stores dropped 2 3-8 and Vanadium
steel and Borg Warner each yielded
a point.
. Wall Street apparently was re
lieved that none of the many wild
rumors in circulation yesterday re
ceived official continuation in over
night news dispatches. However, the
raising of the Minneapolis Federal
Reserve bank rate to 5 per cent
leaving only the San Francisco bank
with the 4 1-2 per cent rate, and the
prospect of stiffer call money rates
before the end of the week tended
to keep speculation in check.
Irregularity continued through
th* early dealings, although oper
ators for the advance appeared to
have a slight advantage. General
Electric. United Aircraft. American
Smelting and Lambert were quickly
bid up 2 points, or more, and early
gains of a point or so werp recorded
bv Anaconda. Sears Roebuck. United
Corporation. American Power Sc
Light and crucible steel.
National Cash Register dropped 2
pionts at the outset, and early de
clines of a point or so mere regis
tered by Bethlehem Steel. Murray
Corporation. Gold Dust. Marmon
Motors. Coty. National Dairy Prod
ucts. National Distillers and Lud
lum Steel.
Foreign exchanges opened steady,
with cables unchanged at *4.85 1-8.
Snow And Rain In
Canada Bring New
Downturn In Wheat
CHICAGO. May 14.—1'/T>—Snow
and rain *•; Canada affording relief
from she. .age of moitsure brought
about rally downturns today in
wheat prices here.
Opening at l-4o to 7-8r decline.
Chicago wheat afterward held near
to the Initial range Corn and oats
displaved considerable strength,
with corn starting unchanged to
l-2c higher. and subsequently scor
ing an all-around advance. Provi
sions inclined downward
LIVE STOCK P’ ICES—4—Mkts —
Lrfe Stock Prices
In Chicago Market
Are Steady to Low
CHICAGO. May 14 —/P—Hogs
17.000; steady to 10e lower; top
*11.35 for 200-lb. weights; packing
sows *9.50® 10 25.
Cattle: 7.000; calves 3.500. steady;
slaughter steers, good and choice
950-1500 lbs. $13.25® 15.15; cows,
good and choice $9 75® 12 25: vealers
fmilk-fed) good and choice $10.00®
14.50. _ ,
Sheep: 15.000; steady to lower:
apring lambs, good and choice $16.50
® 17.75; lambs, good and choice. 92
lbs. down *14.10® 15.00: ewes, me
dium to choice. 150 lbs down *5 75®
7.50. _
new~orleans opening
NEW ORLEANS. May 14.
Cotton opened steady. Jan 18-12
Bid; March 18.96-Bid; May 18.90:
July 18.75; Oct. 1866; Dec 1877
NEW YORK OPENING
NEW YORK. May 14 -J.P.-Cot
ton opened steady, Mav i9 60. July
18 89; Oct 18 75; Dec 18.87; Jan.
18 90.
• POULTRY
CHICAGO, May M —T—Poultry
firm: fowls 30® 34: broilers 36® 49;
roosters 21: turkeys 20® 30: ducks 24
®30; geese 17.
BUTTER ANT) EGGS
CHICAGO, May 14 — <.T -Butter
unchanged
Eggs higher; extra firsts 30 1-3®
31: firsts 29 1-2® 30; ordinary firsts
27® 29c; storage packed firsts 31 1-4;
storage packed extras 31 3-4c
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN
CHICAGO Mav 14—oP,—Wheat:
No. 2 hard 1.06: No. 3 northern
spring 99 1-2.
Com: No 3 mixed 87; No. 2 yel
low 89 1-2.
Oats: No. 2 whtte 46 1-3 * 3-4.
GOVERNMENT BONOS
NEW YORK May 14 —op.—Gov
ernment, bonds. Liberty 3 1-2.
32-47. $98.3.
1st 4 1-4 $99.17
4th 4 1-4 $99 18
Treasury 4». 44-54. 1104.25
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F. O. B. shipping point informa
tion reported Monday, May 13:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points.
Warm, partly cloudy.
Carrots: Haulings decreasing
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets $1.00
1.15; crates $1.35-1.40; sacked per
100-lbs. tops removed $1.35-1.50.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bushel baskets 85-95c;
crates $1 25-1.30. Green Com: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets $1.10-1.25. mostly $1.10-1.15;
crates mostly around $1.25. Carloads
and In mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets mostlv $1. Top ice
extra. Tomatoes: Haulings mod
erate. Light wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market weak, prices low
er. Carloads FOB usual terms, lugs
green wrapped fancy or 6x6 and
larger mpstly $2.50. choice or 6x7
and smaller $2 25-2.50. fours pink
unwrapped unsied $1.35-1 60. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track, lugs green wrapped fancy and
larger $2 35; choice $2.00-2.25. few
lower; fours pinks unwrapped $1.40
L50 Wagonloads cash to growers
Tuesday, bulk per pound mature
green mostly 4c; 4-basket crates
pinks mostly $!.
Primary destinations of lower Val
ley movement reported Monday,
May 13: Green Corn: New York 7;
Houston 5; New Orleans 2; Fort
each Dallas. Kansas
City. St. Louis, Chicago. Nashville.
Richmond. Pittsburgh Carrots: St
Louis 2; Shreveport 1. Mixed Veg
etables: St. Louis 3; 1 each Mem
phis. Houston. New York. Brooklyn
Cabbage: 1 each Fort Worth. Okla
homa City. Tomatoes: St. Louis 7;
Houston 4: 2 each Toronto. Minne
apolis. Shrevepor:: l each Chicago.
Beaumont. New •Orleans. Montreal.
Seattle, Greensboro, Scranton, Dal
las.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning.
May !4: Mixed vegetables 11; to
matoes 47 ventilated. 9 refrigerated;
green corn 24; carrots 4; total 95
cars. Freight movement to date
iSlL/eason: Fruit 1736- vegetables
19.865. total 21.602 cars. To same
day last season: Fruit 1146. vegeta
bles .16.493. total 17.639 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday, May 13*
Tomatoes. Florida East Coast fl
other Florida 27; Texas 27; total U
S. 62 cars Mexico 37. Potatoes: Al
amaba 33; Colorado 3; Florida 6;
Idaho 78; Louisiana 6; Maine 84;
Michigan 70; Minnesota 70; South
Carolina 50; Texas 1; Washington
23. Wisconsin 50; total U S 528
car* Carrots. Arizona 2; California
• Mississippi l; Texas 3; total U
5 -8 cars. Onions: California 42
Texas 80; total U. S. 122 cars. Cab
bage: Alabama 3; California 9; Mis
JjSSf1 34; North Carolina 6; South
Ca.olina 1; Texas 2: Virginia 94; to
rJuii, S i54^ars Strin* B^ans;
California 4; Florida 9; Georgia 8
Louisiana 13; Mississippi 7; south
Carolina 21; total U. S. 62 cars. Cu
cumbers: Alabama 60; Florida 31;
Sm.' VnT*n* \' °hl0 2: S™111
Carolina 2. Texas 1; total y. s 97
Mixed Vegetables Alabama 2-!
?!>*f0™,a 22: FIorW« 8= Mississip-1
1 pi 22; Texas 7; total U. S 109 Texas
Additional F o B. information'
reported Monday. Mav 13: Crystal1
City. Texas. Warm, partly cloudy,
heavy rain in morning. Onions:
Haulings light account of weather,
and insufficient to meet demand.
Shipments light. Good wire inquiry,
demand improving, market stronger.
Carloads FOB usual terms, crates
yellow Bermudas mixed No Is and
,1s very few sales $140; cash track.!
! crates Yellow Bermudas U. S. No
j Is few sales $1.25. 2 bushel sacks $2. j
INVESTIGATION
MAY BE HERE
WASHINGTON. May 13.—A
resolution to increase money allot -
rd to the senate patronage com
mittee from $8,000 to $14 000 was
introdued today by Chairman
Brookhart. republican. Iowa, indi
cating the committee plans to re
sume its inquiry into disposition
of federal appointments in the
| South.
Brookhart has indicated the work
of his committee had been ham
pered in recent months by the lack
of sufficient funds and said imnort
ant evidence bearing on the situa
tion in Texas recently had come to
his attention.
If the senate takes a recess next
month it is the tentative plan of
the committee to go to Dallas to
hold hearings and to collect testi
mony from witnesses who have in
ducted a desire to give their views
of the method." used by the Texas
republican organization under R
B J?rca*cr’ nat‘°nal committeeman.
The committee also has unfin
ished work in several other south
ern states.
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can/*t best sandwiches.
r pt»nd*es and Mrvice at the
SSnSV*- opposite Hospital.
McAllen, Texas. — adv. tf.
r,n,?lilnrant- "Ha^ingen. for sale
£u Jy equipped, attractice proposi
Hon- Aiso gwwy store and meat
^ W Bood opportunity,
see Walker Craig Co.—adv. tf.
k,ksKto —Several candidates
£L lidSS f?h ‘nitlation into the
nf the re8niar meeting
of that body at 8:30 p. m. Wednes!
stop Dandruff immediately and
perial Remedy, pleasant odor, not
greasy. \our druggist.—Adv,
COTTON MARKET
OPENS STEADY
_________
July Rallied At One Time to
18.81 or Seven Points
Above Opening
NEW ORLEANS. May 14—The
cotton market opened about steady
first trades showinf declines of 2
points on near months to a gain of
1 point on mew crop positions. Ca
bles wecr aoout as expected and the
market ruled sluggish and irregular.
July at one time rallied to 18.81
or 7 points above the opening. More
distant positions, however, were rel
atively easier probably due to some
final liquidation. October eased to
18.61 and December 18.71. or 6 point?
down from the opening.
Although the official report was a
record total for April it evidently
failed to meet some bullish expecta
tions as a recent buyers liquid!ted
freely and under pressure of the of
ferings July dropped to 18.45. Oc
tober 18.35 and December 18.47. or
30 to 37 points down from the early
highs and 29 to 32 points below yes
terday's close. The favorable weath
er outlook added to the decline.
At mid-session the market was
steady and 2 to 9 points above the
lows.
NEW YORK. May 14 —Mn—Cot
ton opened steady at an advance of
7 points to a decline of 6 points.
Old crop months were relatively
firm on covering promoted by con
tinued reports of a firm spot situa
tion in the south. Selling of new
cron months appeared on a more
favorable view of weather news. The
market showed irregularity during
the earlv trading. At the end of
the first half hour July was selling
*ound 18 77. and December 18.83
with the old crops showing net ad
vances of 2 or three points. The
| new were 4 to 7 points net lower.
^MARKETS AT
A GLANCE
New York:
Stocks iregular: General Electric
up over 12 points to new top.
Bonds irregular; Misourl Pacific
convertible 5 l-2s active and higher
Curb irregular; utilities rally.
Foreign exchanges mixed; francs
and marks firm.
Cotton lower: favorable weather;
Wall Street selling.
Sugar steady; better spot situ
ation
Coffee lower; easy Brazilian mar
kets.
Chicago:
Wheat higher: rumored Russia
buying.
Com firm; delayed planting cen
tral west.
Cattle steady.
Hogs steady to lower.
Train Schedules
MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES
No. 12—To Houston. San Antonio.
6:10 a m.
No. 14—'To Houston. 7:00 p. m.
No. 16—To Houston. San Antonio.
9:00 p. m. i
No. 15—From St Louis. San Antonio.
Houston, 7:3u a. m.
No. 13—From Houston 8 10 a m.
No. 11—From San Antonio and Hous
ton. 9 55 p. tn.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
No 319—From Houston. San Anto
nio. 8:15 a. m.
No. 320—To Houston. San Antonio.
8:15 p. m.
NATIONAL LINES OF MEXICO
(Matamoros Station)
No. 132—To Monterrey. Mexico City,
0:50 a. m.
No. 131—From Mexico City, Monter
rey. 3:30 p. m.
RIO GRANDE RAILWAY ...
To Point Isabel. 9:30 a. m.
From Point. Isabel. 4 p m.
61. P TRANSPORTATION CO.
Cars to Mission on the hour every
hour. 6 a. m. to 6 p. m . and at 7:30
a tn., 3:30 p. m., 7:30 p. tn. and 9 p. m
To Point Isabel. 8 a. m. and 12 noon.
4 p. m.
Air Mail Schedules
Tha schedule for the mall between
Drom-naville and Dallas Is announced
by tha paetofflct department as fol
lows:
Southbound
Leave Delia* . 7:45 a. m.
Leave Ft. Worth . 8:15 a. m
Leave Waco .. 9:20 a. m
Leave Austin . 10:25 a. m
Leave San Antonio . 11:20 a. m.
Arrive Brownsville . 2:05 p. m
Northbound—
Leave Brownsville . 1:25 p. m.
Leave San Antonio . 4T5 p. m
Leave Austin . 510 p. m.
Leave Waco . 6:15 p. m.
Leave Ft. Worth . 7:15 p. m
Arrive Dallas . 7:35 p. tn.
The schedule for the Am*-lean air
mall to Mexico City la as tullows:
Leave Brownsville . 8 30 a. m
Arrive Tampico .11:00 a. m
Leave Tampico ..11:30 a. m.
Arrive Mexico City.... 1:45p.m.
Following la the schedule for the
Mexican air mall:
Leave Mexico City . 7 43 a. m
Arrive Tampico .lO'OOa. m
Leave Tampico .10 25a.m
Arrive Brownsville .12:55p.m.
Following la the schedule on the
BrownsvUle-Mazatlan Route:
Leave Brownsville . 7 a. m
Arrive Monterrey . 9:30 a. m.
Leave Monterrey . 9:50 a. m
Arrive Torreon . 12:50 p. m
Leave Torreon . 1:50 p. m
Arrive Durango . 3 50 p. tn
Leave Durango . 4:10 p. m
Arrive Mazatlan . 6:10 p. m
Return trip:
Leave Maaatlan . 7 CO a. m
Arrive Durango . 9 00 a. si.
Leave Durango . 9:20 a. m.
Arrive Torreon .. 11:50 p. m.
Leave Torreon . 12:10 p. m
Arrive Monterrey . 3:10 p. m.
Leave Monterrey . 4:10 p. m.
Arrive BrownavtUe . 6:10 p. m.
POSTAL RATES
The United State* air mall postage
rate is 5 cents for the first ounce and
10 centa for each additional ounce ot
fraction thereof. Letters mailed tn
the United States for the point# In
Mexico tag# this rata.
JUDGE FIERY IN
ROGERS TRIAL
Threatens to Send Case to
Brownsville And Defense
Attorney To Jail
—
LA GRANGE. Texas. May 14.-^
i Exasperated By actions of defense
I counsel In the trial of Mrs. Rebecca
| Bradley Rogers for robbery of the
Farmers National bank at Buda.
Texas, In 1927, District Judge M. C.
Jeffrey today threatened to send
Otis Rogers, attorney and husband
of the accused woman, to jail, and
on another occasion threatened to
transfer the case to Brownsville.
Rogers had been trying to find
out from a prospective juror wheth
er he would acquit a person if the
preponderance of testimony showed
she was insane even though he
doubted her insanity.
District Attorney Fred Blundell
objected on the grounds that the
venireman already had answered the
question. The Judge sustained the
objection. Rogers repeated the
question.
"If you ask that question again
young man. I’ll send you to jail,’
Judge Jeffrey warned.
The defense attorneys took excep
tion to that statement in the pres
ence of a prospective juror and the
venireman was excused.
Rogers said he had reepated the
question because he was not certain
of the venireman’s answer.
The other tilt occurred aftei
Blundell had taken over the exam
ination of another prospective Juroi
from Leo Brewster, the other de
fense attorney.
"Here's what the defense is try
ing to get at in a blindfolded way,’
Blundell said.
Brewster immediately was on his
his feet, saying such a statement
was uncalled for.
“There's been a lot of things un
called for in this trial,’’ Jeffrey re
plied.
"I object to the remarks of the
court,’’ Brewster replied.
’ All right. I’m sending this ease
to Brownsville.’ the court stated.
Rogers then took a hand to object
to the change of venue. *nd the
l judge ordered that the next venire -
'man be called.
COURTHELDON
DANCE PAVILION
Hold Preliminary Hearing of
‘Mail Order Bride* Charg
ed With Murder
COLUMBIA. Cal., May 14.—
An elevated dance pavilion Just off
the main strett of this frontier min
ing town was turned into a court
room today for the preliminary
hearing of Mrs. Eva Brandon Rab
len, “Texas mail order bride.**
charged with the murder of her
husband. Carroll Rablen. Sonora.
Cal., farmer.
It is the first murder case in
this township in 18 years. Tuolum
ne county was famous for Its fron
tier justice during the early history
of California, and more than 250
men are said to have died here
with their boots on.
Seventeen months ago Mrs. Eva
Brar-don came from Quanah. Texas
as a result of negotiations through
a matrimonial agency, and married
Rablen. April 26. last. Rablen died
in agonv after having received a
cup of cofee from Mrs Rablen at a
dance in Tuttlettown. Cal. near
hero. The cup was found to have l
contained a deadly drug mixed in
the coffee. Crytsals of the poison
were found on the floor of the au
tomobile in which Rablen sat as he I
drank the coffee.
As. Mrs. Rablen was carrying the
coffee to her husband she brushed
against another woman and spilled
some of the coffee. It made a stain
on Mrs. Rablen’s dress. The stair
was examined by E. O. Heinrich
noted criminologist, but his finding*
were not made public, tl was hein- I
rich who reported finding the poison I
m the coffee cup and In the auto-1
mobile.
Mrs Rablen maintains her hus-1
band committeed suicide.
MORE CARS NEEDED
FOR DOCTOR’S MEET
Additional cars are needed to
transport visitors during the con
vention of the Texas Medical asso
ciation opening here Mav 21. The
trensoortation committee has issued
n call for more car*, to be used in
driving the visitors about the city
and any one who can assist in this
way is asked to notify Mrs. J. L
Rentfro. phone 232.
HERALD’S FIRST
* * *
WATERMELON OF
* * *
YEAR RECEIVED
It mav not be the Valiev s first
watermelon of the season, but it is
the first watermelon of the sea
son to reach The Herald office.
The watermelon came with the
compliments of Mrs. Juana Yz
naga de la Portilla of Browns
ville. and was grown on the Yz
naga farm, in Cameron county,
about three miles north of Santa
Rosa.
The Yznaga farm has been a
producer of early watermelons for
many years.
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Final Performance
Of Passion Play Is
Given On Monday
HARLINGEN. May 14-The Pas
sion Play was presented for the fi
nal time here last night before an
appreciative audience. Although the
crowd was not as large as it had
been in preceding performances,
those in charge say it was not a dis
appointing one.
The cast of professional players
headed by Beresford Lovett in the
role of Christ gave the first pres
entation Friday night. Two shows
were given Saturday, the one in the
afternoon being especially for chil-1
dren Matinee and night perform
ances were on the program Sunday.
All these were attended by good
crowds.
The final presentation was Mon
day night, there being no matinee .
The Valley chorus, which has been
one of the features of the presenta
tion of the famous drama here, was
praised by Fred J Hardlsty. mana-i
fer. Mr. Hardist? ntf the 1
here was the best ha had avwfcard
assembled for the prcarntattcat The
orcheatrm. orvanised bp Jm Lsdar
also was declared to he •■cMtkmaf
Harold Lortaf. the musical dkraeiw
spoke of it as one of the bearcat,
lections of mustrtans ha ever bad
found available for the pcaasma.
tion.
IT \ " li
ir~
“Gee Mother!
Dad just
drove up m
a car!”
, “Yes, Sonny. He thought we
couldn’t afford it at first, but I per
suaded him to call up some of the
advertisers in the 'Automobiles
For Sale’ column in The Herald
Classified Section. * •
“He must have found just the right *
car at the right price!”
That's just what hundreds of families are doing. They used to won
der how the folks on the other side of the road could afford an auto
mobile, but now they have one too.
If you are looking for a good car at a price to suit your own pocket,
then you’ll want to look over the Automobile Columns in Classified
Section.
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