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^ Lawn M owers SOIL PIPE ihroGarden Hose — Sprinklers AND FTTTINGS _f**;rass Shears — Trimmers Comphu — v»!i A".•?•# < fttcb m*. c.™.., L's.ysi* ■F, Brownsville, Texas Saa Aatoai* — n»««t«a I r _ THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(fl3) * THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 331 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY —■■ ■ ... .- .. -■ ■ - .— m out' | VALLEY m'a1' ■ -- —J A DOWNPPOUR of 737 inches tt rain in 24 hours is some rain ’ Under almost any condition, 'nit when it follows a several-month. period of almost drought it seems la veritable flood That was the amount of rain Which fell In Brownsville during the 24 hours from 7 p. m. Tuesday to 7 p, m. Wednesday. And it broke all existing records except lhat of September. 1925. when 10.41 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The storm sewer system of Brownsville was taxed to capcity Bnd then some. Streets W’ere flood ed in many parts of town, water t>roke into some stores ir Went rTownsville and many modest omes were flooded with a few Inches of water. It was an unusual tes* cf the System, but it proved that addi tional sewers are needed and that k larger outlet at the end of the system is necessary. W^.ter stood a foot deep on many streets Tor Jiours after the rain had ceased But it was a picnic for the chil dren. Dozens of them out in ba:h ? ing suits, overalls, or little of any thing except a glad smile. Taking first lessons in navigation. For some of them toy stores had ’ yielded expensive toy boats. For other boys—and girls—only a flat piece of board was serving as the carrier of their dreams, but It is doubtful if there was a great deal of difference in the happiness ‘being created by the expensive and Cheap boats. It would have been a great day for ducks If there had been any <f\iJiem around • • • THERE SHOULD BE a hundred irolfers in the Valley for every ten who now are enjoying the game •nd its benefits. Lack of public facilities has re tarded growth of enthusiasm for the anrient and honorable pastime. ®fany hundred potential golfers who cannot or will not belong to Country clubs have been denied an topportunity to play. Tourists have an aversion to fttlaying on a country club course, j But would welcome a public course • • • L To supply these two classes of persons with the desired facilities, mnd to cure the annual deficit on ' existing country club courses In the Byalley, Lavem A Miller, a golf HBourse architect has submitted a [proposal to the directors of the Klubs controlling the existing ► bourses in the Valley. L It* may be that his proposal will flail to meet with approval. If It does the day of golf for ev erybody in the Valley will be dr i laved, but It is only a matter of * Htime until courses will be provided Daily fee courser, must be aiail S*ble. Tourists are going to be \ [tome one of the Valley s most im ■ fportant sources of revenue some I Xlay. That day will be hastened bv ^providing proper recreational fa- I >T ill ties. | That remark probably has been itnade in this eoiumn before^-it probably will be made again—sev fral times. I A [ MRS. VANN, one of the few [ women ever to serve as sheriff in i t Texas, was appointed to that office on the death of her husband, who \ Was serving Cameron county in that capacity. • ( Mrs. Vann retired voluntarily at I the close of the term, because she considered it an office for a man. ! ’hiesdav she turned over to the i [•ounty treasurer a check for noo 'representing excess fees collected in the last year she was in office. I The check was remarkable in that it was the largest refund ever made in this county under the ex •cess fee law. Judge Dancv con sidered it unique because the pay ment was made voluntarily by Mrs. Vann. It has been necessary to collect other and smaller amounts ,by process of law. he points out. \ROMA. on the Rio Grande many es west of Brownsville has a tation for being law abiding guards that iTpt'V.ion jeal third robbery in ten years _1 1 there the other nigh: T^-h register of a service sta tion^ s pilfered of $27. The cul prit left a calling card—ten quarts of liquor—and an arrest has been piade. Now a yhild has been brutally fend fatally attacked. The populace Is indignant it may be a sign of progress to have a crime wave, they gay. but they do not care for that felnd of signs. IA VIATORSHOPOF F ON FLIGHT TO LIMA WASHINGTON. May 30—</$»,— 'Captain Carlos M. Pinillos and lieutenant Carlos Zegarra. Peru- j vian aviators, hopped off from Bolling Field at 5:55 a. m today ' for New Orleans on the first leg jpf fe flight to Luna. J VALLEY STORM KILLS 2: BIG PROPERTY DAMAGE -0— —0— -0“ "0* "0* ""O* "0" *0“ Texan Slays Wife, Takes Own Life I_EDCOUCH GRADUATES_j I . —Photo by Holm Members of the Edcouch High school graduating class are pictured above. Misis Nora Wilmer is principal of the school. Reading from left to right in the picture are: First row: Sherril Jackson. Louise Minyard, Virginia Moore. Haughty Squyres and Syble Minyard. ,|Sec ond row: Jack Pearce. Carl Bowman. Clarence Peters, Mack Pearle, and Clarence Jeurskv. 200 III Of Ptomaine Po is oning Following Fireman Box Supper MUSKOGEE. Okla.. May 30.—W—Two hundred persons were ill to day of ptomaine poisoning, five seriously, following a box supper last hight for firemen and their wives attending the state firemen’s convention here. Physicians said Mrs George Higgingotham. wife of the Muskogee fire chief, was in a critical condition and had only a slight chance for re BANK NAMES 2 NEW OFFICERS • Lamberton and Tucker Now Active Vice Presidents of Merchants National P M Lamberton and E. J. Tucker , have been named active vice presi dents of the Merchants National bank by the board of directors. Tucker has been connected with j the bank here for some time in the, capacity of cashier. He will retain these duties in the future. Lamberton. who formerly was vice president of the First National bank here, recently returned from New, Orleans where he has been for the past five years. He is well known through his previous connections, j Mrs Morris Clint of th*s city is his daughter. Lamberton expects to make his home here and plans to bring his I family to the Valley In July. Prior to coming here the first time. Lamberton .vas connected with the Mortgage Securities Co. of New Orleans He nas had many years of experience in banking. PHOEBE PICKS UP BAD LANGUAGE IN 10-HOURS’ TIME CHICAGO. Mat 30—Ah. ha! Phoebe the parrot has a story to tell the policemen! Up to the time Phoebe got lost from her cage at the Hugh Gar den home yesterday, her most virulent oath was "hot coffee." i But rtow she says *•-" and "-” and “-." as well as a lot of double-jointed cuss words Mr Garden cannot understand how Phoebe could become so pro fusely profane in 10 short hours, especially since the only human beings she met during that time were three Lake Forest policemen who spent most of the day trying to get Phoebe out of the tree in ( which she had perched. Mr. Gar den said Phoebe could hardly have picked up her cuss words from the policemen. | --, no!- said Phoeba. .... . covery. Condition of Paul Graves. Musko gee fireman, was reported danger ous. H J. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slemp of Oklahoma City were severely ill. Slemp is secre tar of the State Firemen s associa tion. So many members of the Musko gee fire department were ill that volunteers were called for as a pre cautionary measure. Many of the victims were stricken at a dance, which followed the sup per. Several slumped to the floor while dancing and had to be car ried away. An investigation was being made in an effort to determine the cause of the poisoning. Several kinds of sandwiches were served at the sup per. DEBT EXPERTS FINALLY AGREE Germans Willing to Accept New Figures Suggest ed By Young PARIS. May 30—The allied creditor experts today reached a final agreement among themselves on the repartition of the German reparations payments. This followed acceptance by the Germans last night of the new fig ures suggested by Owen D. Young, leaving nothing remaining for set tlement but the question of the re payment of German marks in Bel gium and an agreement concerning the Gertnan reservations to their acceptance of the Young plan. The general impression at the Hotel George V was matters would now “move along very fast ’ During the morning the experts continued private conversations to iron out remaining difficulties. QUAKES SHAKE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES BUENOS AIRES. Argentina. May 30.——The provinces of Mendoza. San Luis and Cordoba were shaken by earthquakes today. Rail and wire communication were interrupted and I detailed news of what took place I was not availably. \ WOMAN VICTIM HAD NOT! HAPPY. CLAIM Both Were Prominent In Houston Society; Wife’s Brother Ex plains Tragedy FORT WORTH. Tex., May 30.— , (A*i—Arthur Sayers, prominent busi- j ness man of Houston, shot and killed his wife today at the home j W'orth. and then ended his own life. A .25 calibre pistol was found un-; der Sayers’ body and a .38 calibre automatic was on a sofa nearby. The larger pistol had been fired six ; times. None of the cartridges in the smaller gun had been used. Mrs. Sayers had been visiting her j brother for some time. Mr. Sayers arrived last night. Police said theyl had been given information that they had separated but were recon- j ciled shortly after the husband’s ar rival. Mr and Mrs Williams had Just retired leaving Mr. and Mrs. Sayers in the living room. Williams, told police, they said, that ne heard the shots and that Mrs. Sayers stag gered into the bedroom and died without saying anything. Sayers was shot twice, once above the heart and once in the head. Mrs. Savers was shot in the back and neck and had a flesh wound across I her chest. Had Not Been Happy “For about six months my sister j and Sayers have not been happy to- I gether,” said Williams, “she said that rather live a lie she was not going back ot him after she .had ; come to visit with us. "Monday night she mailed him a | letter in which she told him she j could live w ith him no longer. There J were no accusations, no harsh words . in it. She merely stated she had found she did not love him any more.' The same night the letter was mailed he telephoned her from Houston. Over the telephone she | told him that on the following day ! he would receive the letter. He : asked her to write again and she J did. “In her second letter she reiterat ed that she could not get along with him and that she did not want to live with him any more.’’ Mrs. Sa*ers and Mr. and Mrs Williams spent yesterday afternoon in Dallas. They returned here last night about 7 p. m. and soon after Sayers called. Talked Together “The four of us talked together in a back room for quite a while.” continued Williams, “and everything seemed agreeable. Finally Sayers and my sister went Into the living room for a private conversation. “I heard my sister laugh several times. She went into the kitchen for a drink. I suggested to my wife I that she go in there and see if j everything was all right My sister j told her they were getting along | all right and he was going to leave soon. “Then T tsayed up expecting to take him to town in my car. But when midnight came my wtfe and I retired. Soon after that we heard ! seven shots. I got up and with my j pistol in my hand tsarted toward the living room. I met my sister running out of the living room, screaming. She was shot. I picked i her up and placed her on the bed. I I then again started for the living room, and as I approached I saw Savers shoot himself in the tem ple” Made Preparations Indications that Sayers had made arrangements for his death came to- i day when Williams was called over long distance telephone by J. J. | Jeane at Houston, cousin of Sayers. “Mr. Jeane said that before Say i ers left Houston he gave him a | handbag to kep for him,” stated Williams. “He said that when he read in the Houston newspapers of the shooting, he opened the hand bag. In it he found a note in which Sayers asked him to take charge of his body.” Sayers and his wife formerly lived in Dallas. Until a few months ago he was district manager for an in surance company in Houston. Pending funeral arrangements, the bodies were held at a local funeral hema. ‘PEEPING TOM’ PENALIZED $15 AND LECTURED “A peeping Tom” drew a severe lecture and $15 fine from Judge A. A. Browne in corporation court Wednesday afternoon. The complainant testified that he had noticed the defendant loitering about his home for some time. The man at one time tried to speak to his wife, he stated. Tuesday evening he caught the defendant in the act of sneaking up to his bedroom window and looking in. he said. The defen dant pleaded guilty after at first denying the charge. _ CASE SENT TO DISTRICT COURT Proper Legal Transfer Of Libel Case Ordered By Judge Cameron ♦ Special to The Herald) EDINBURG. May 30—Following arguments of opposing counsel [which consumed practically the cn | tire day Wednesday tne criminal [libel charge against Warren T. : Kingsbury, editor of the Weslaco Standard. Weslaco, filed by Edwin P Williams, editor of the Elsa News. Elsa, was ordered s?nt back to the seventy-ninth district court for proper legal transfer from that court to the county court by Judge A. W. Cameron of the Hidalgo county court. Kingsbury was indicted by the March grand jury. Editor Williams charged that the Weslaco editor published an article in his news paper reflecting on his character. Wrhen the case was called for trial Wednesday morning, attorneys for the defense asked that the charge be quashed on the ground that the indictment had not been properly transferred from the district to the county court. After the case had been argued before him. the court announced at first that he would render a decision on the motion at 2 p. m. Thursday but later on in the afternoon decided to hand down his ruling at once. In his ruling. Judge Cameron or dered the case sent back to the dis trict court for proper legal transfer back to his court which will bei sometime in September when the regular district court term meets here again The court held that no order had been entered In the min utes of the March term of the dis trict court transferring the indict ment to the county court for trial and that therefore he had no juris diction until it is legally done. He made It plain that his order hid not mean that the case was quashed. The state was represented bv A F. Buchanan and George McGee, coun ty and assistant countv attorneys and the legal firm of Thompson & McWhorter of Weslaco Attornevs Neal A. Brown of Edinburg and M. L. Dew of Weslaco appeared for the defendant. 3 C. & A. Trainmen Killed When Boxcar Overturn* on Them SLATER. Mo.. May 30.—^— Three trainmen of the Chicago and Alton railroad, were killed near here today when a box car fell on them. The car was being moved away from a string of 12 cars which had been ignited by an explosion of a tank car. The dead: F. W Hutcherson, yard master for the Chicago and Alton at Slater; Hugh Cole, brakeman on the burn ing fra in: Harold Fishback. switch man on relief train. counties" present CLAIMS TO STATE AUSTIN. May 30 — </P —Stock raisers from Harris. Galveston and Brazoria counties today presented claims totaling $145,000 to the house claims and accounts committee for losses purported to have been sus tained during a hoof and mouth quarantine in the area during an eight months period In 1025, % STORES HERE FLOODED; AIR MAIL DELAYED Snow Queen Cream ery, Recently Open ed Is Heavy Loser; Other Firms Hit 1 Two lives and heavy material damge were claimed by the heavy electrical and rain storm that t blanketed the Valley Wednesday. I latest reports show. Manuel Albaroza, Mercedes, was instantly killed by lightning and i Victor Chavez. Stuart Place, was electrocuted by wires blown down j by the near storm. Communication and transporta- j tion were severely hampered and j numerous business concerns located 1 in low places reported damage to stocks. I The Snow Queen Creamery on West Elizabeth street here sustain ed an estimated loss of $2000 when water rushed into their building to a depth of 18 inches. Five hun dred gallons of milk were ruined when the water stopped the refrig eration plant and allowed the milk to sour. Four hundred gallons of ice cream were lost and two elec tric motors were burned out. The concern had been in business for onlv two weeks. Water also entered the M. System store on West Elizabeth to a depth of six inches. Proprietors were unable to estimate their loss. Gro ceries wer damaged. The bsement of the Presbyterian church was penetrrated by water and a meeting of the Bible class has been postponed until Monday. Cloetta Hardware and the An tonio Barred a store reported dam age due to leaks in their new buildings. The Brownsville municipal air port was under water Thursdav morning. Most of the field, with the exception of a short distance of the runway on the far end. was covered with water. It stood six inches deep in hangar No. 2. Many places on the field appeared to be under a foot or more of water. The Corporacion Aeronautics de Transportes plane, boiuV for Mazatlan. Mexico, was able to take off. but the Pan-American's Mex ico City bound tri-motored Ford did not attempt to lift itself above the water-sheeted field. The In-bound Pan-American plane was to land at Fort Brown. Drainage ditches surrounding the airport are full of water. In the city yesterday, all low places were practically filled with water. Sixth. Seventh. Adams. Jef ferson and other streets In their vicinity were curbful and over flowed into yards in many places. Palm boulevard. First and West Second and West Elizabeth were filled bv the heavy downpour. Water also stood deep in the street* around the El Jardin ga rage More than 800 pairs of telephone wires were thrown out of commis sion by the rain. The water en tered the cables and shortened the wires. Telephone men began work immediately after midnight Wed nesday and worked throughout the day. A large portion of the dam aged wires have been replaced in operation. Ed Mockabee local man ager. states. The city power system sustained little damge. city officials say. Only a few blown fuses resulted from the electrical storm. Intermittent rains were continu ing over fhe Valley Thursday morning. Brownsville had enough precipitation to boost the total for the past two days to 7 88 inches. Of this amount 737 Inches fell up until noon yesterday. Rain for the past twenty-four hours at Mission amounted to .35 inch at 7 a. m. today. Similar fig ures at Brownsville and San Be nito were 3.43 and 2.00 respectively. Brownsville was the only point that reported rain at 7 a. m.. but conditions for showers were favor able over the entire Valley. No precipitation has been reported at Rio Grande City at all. The Rio Grande, which has been (Continued on naze thirteen.) > . . - . Bill Spence Dies After Fracturing Skull In Smashup SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 30 William Spence of Los Angeles was killed today racing in the 500-mile international motor race at the Jndianapohi Speedway. Spence turned over on the southeast turn suffering a fractured skull. He was rushed to the track hospital, bull died on the way. Jules Moriceau, of Paris, one of the two foreign drivers in the race, turned over coming into the stretch just before the 100-mile mark was reached. His car was ) FIRST VICTIMS \\ i BILL SPENCE William Spence. Los Angeles, on the way to a hospital after his skull was fractured when his car was wrecked in the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race today. Cliff Woodbury barely escaped death today when his car crash ed into the wall of the Indian apolis Speedway. He was forced to withdraw from the 500-mile ! race. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE CUT Short Ceremony Supplants Parade; Graves Are Decorated .-" - (See Picture On Page Twu.) Heavy rainfall at 10 a. m. today curtailed the Memorial day program as planned for a parade and cere mony at the Buena Vista cemetery. A short service by the Rev. R. O. Mackintosh was conducted at the American legion hall. This sup planted the original program. Approximately 50 veterans of wars were present to hear the pastor honor the dead of their ranks The group had gathered at the legion hall to form a parade The legion plans to hold another Memorial service Sunday at 4 p. m. at the Methodist church with the Rev. J. E. Lovett In charge Vet erans of all foreign wars will gath er at the legion hall at 3:45 p. m. and march to the Methodist church in a body, It was decided this morn ing. The committees of the Legion and the Spanish-American war vets, dec orated more than 100 graves in the two cemeteries here this morning. Local people have donated flowers generously, the committees state. The group worked up untU the time of the rains All federal offices, banks, and some county offices as well as pri vate businesses were closed In ob servance of Memorial day. PRESIDENT MAKES 1ST MEMORIAL DAY TALK ARLINTON NATIONAL CEME TERY. Va.. May 30.—i/Pi—Pres. Hoover, in his first Memorial Day address, solemnly declared here to day that If the Kellogg-Briand peace pact Is to fulfill its high pur* pose the nations must "clothe faith (Continued on page thirteen.) ■smashed, but Monceau eg* caped death. At the finish of 200 miles. Louis Meyer was leading with Log Moore second and Fred Frans* third. The tim rwas 1:57 28. average of 102 192 miles an hour. Junay Gleason was fourth. Ray Keeeh was fifth. Meyer was about a mils ahead of Moore BILL SPENCE DC 38 PI— ... ... Cliff Woodbury was forced out of the rare almost at the start when his car crashed into the wall as he was turning mt otbe stretch at the northwest end of the track. Ho escaped with only a shaking up. The car was wrecked As the cars flashed past on tha first lap. Leon Duray was In the lead He ripped off the first two and a half miles at an aewagt speed of 109.62 miles an hour * fits Take* lead Peter de Paolo, winner of the IfltS race; Louis Meyer, the l*Ti winner, and Cliff Woodbury of Chicago were early favorite* ■ The cars were started in a Ur.e - op a ranged in rowa of three, with Woodbury having the pole p due to his turning In the fastest time in qualifying teafta At the end of fifty mile* Dear*** Lita was leading with Lou Mweru, just behind him. Duray wa* third. Lit’s time was 27 2» »?. an average ct 107.170 miles an hour. With 75 m:les of the rare ripped off. Deacon Lit* was bi the bad. with Lou Moore second; Lou Meest.i of Lo* Angeles, winner r.f the ISM race arms third and Tony Owlet in. ■ Kansas City, fourth. The time wua 42:25:50. an average of 108 079 rnlbs an hour. De Paale Out Before the first 100 miles wars finished. Ralph Hepburn, veteran driver and Peter De Paolo, wtrsn—■ of 1925 race and a favorite to re peat today had been forced out of the race along with Cliff Wood bury of Chicago, another favorite. Hepburn was forced out at M mitaa bv a broken steering tear' De Paolo went out with the saam dif ficulty on his 62nd mile. At the end of the first 190 miles. Deacon LIU was leading with Log Moore second and Louis Meyer third. Babe Stapp was fourth. Lson Duray fifth and Tony Oulotta •Mfe.t The time was 57 09 42 average of 104 974 miles an hour Ufa had m lead of about two miles Moore Oat In Front Lou Moore. Loa Angeles went Into the lead at ISO mile*, with Louts Mever. also of Loa Angeles, winner last vear second Jimmy Gleason was third The thne was I 27:14, average of 103158 miles an tMRsr Deacon Lit*, who had led ■»' of the way from the start, ran off the j track on the northeast turn He «M unhurt, but his car was so bail* damaged he had to give up the grind. Previous to the adadMd, lit! had won about 15 009 in. lap prta**» getting *100 for each lap he won RECOVER BODY FROM LAKE WICHITA TODAY WICHITA FALLS TW, Mav 9®. -J/Vy—The bndr of George RMft« hill. 19. Wichita Fall*, drowned W Lake Wichita Mood*?, waa rrcoe ered todav. The youth tort Ma W» when swept fro® a boat try a wav* while fishing A companion at tempted to rescue Rockh.!! but waa forced back to thrir boat because of exhaustion ^^ | TIIK WEATHER | For Brownsville and tha Valiev: Cloudv to partly cloudy and some what warmer tonight and Frida*. Increasing southeast to *o*dh wtndf on the west enast. For East Texas: Mostly ckmdv tonight and Friday with shower*. Light to moderate aasrlwart tt south winds on the coast, RIVER FORECAST The river will continue to tfel aP along In the absence of fur,her rains In the watersheds. roodljwrat«-». »Mjt Laredo ..... 27 41 -®® Rio Grande .21 7 • 41 if Mission. 22 7 0 42 2® San Benito .23 141 -4J 2 if Brownsville . If 11.1 *-4l 29* TIDE TABLE High and tow tide at Faint Isabel tomorrow, under normal mataar ological conditions: High I® n «. Low .. 2*22 a* m MroCUXAKflEOrS BATA Sunset, today ..»>.»»—»»»|« < ■ ■ Sunrise tomorrow 1 2— a to