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Growers In Florida Ask U.S. To Pay For Citrus Destruction | Washington, d c. May 30 — It is not yet determined that Sec leUry of Agriculture Hyde will ap prove of the proposal for reimburs ing the Florida farmers and fruit rowers for losses incurred and which may be sustained as a result the destruction oi their crops in Ae campaign lor tne eradication oi ihe Meaiterrancan fruit fly. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, who nas taken this matter up witn Sec retary Hyde, said early this week :hat he had not been advised as to the action, if any. tne department af agriculture may take. He ex plained that leg.smtion of the na ture proposed was always best pro moted 11 the approval 01 the depart ment of agriculture was first ob tained. as any legislative action which imposes the task and re sponsibility ot adm.nistratlon on the department heaa is usually approved beforehand by the olHcial so desig nated in the act. Senator Fletcher deemed it wise to ascertain to some extent the damages to which farm ers and growers were fairly entitled to before placing ihis matter before the senate. Representative Crail of California has introduced a bill into the sen ate calling for S3 000,000 to reimburse the growers and landowners who have suffered losses by destruction of the.r crops. He declared that the only way to ke pethe fruit fly from other sections of the country was to destroy the crops and trees where the fly has been found. WINTER GARDEN Fla , May 30. Governmnet agencies engaged In | cleaning up the Mediterranean fly pest in cetral Florida have destroyed approximately 500.000 boxes of late Valencia oranges and grapefruit having a net value to the growers of $1 000.000. The eradication forces have destroyed some other fruit and vegetables, beside a lot of ornamen tal shrubbery that went in the first hectic sweep However, the quaran tine officials have modified their first drastic orders to destroy every host plant. To have literally car ried out this far-reaching threat, would have put Florida completely off the map. Modifications of several kinds have been announced this week No more guava bushes or cherrv trees will be destroyed except with the permission of the owners. No other plants will be destroyed except with the consent, of the owners. When ihese plants or trees bear ripe fruit >r buds which would become host to the fruit fly. then thev will be taken care of as the occasion de mands If the fly should develop i large colony, intensive spravme with molasses and arsenate of lead will follow. This dose has proven remarkably successful ur> to date Should the fly have gotten out of bounds as far as spraying is con tented. then more intensive meth ods would he followed The Bprayin? of the various twamps atony the river, as well as tome of the marshes where plant life Is prolific, it’s done in order to forestall the chances of strav flies landing on palmetto buds, which ex ude a sticky sweet iuice at blossom lime, that mieht be an aopeMzer for the fly. No experiments along that particular line of research hav* ever been made bv the state experi ment station, with anv decree of certainty, hence precautions are be ing taken to forestall anv rhancc of the swamps b«rnminc a rendez vous for stray flies Changes and additions to the fed eral restrictions are: 1—Hold citrus in approved cold ftorage after June 15. or destroy. ! 2.—Shipment of limes allowed from Monroe and Dade counties 3— Permission to use packing houses in lighMv infested zones, when other facilities are absent, for parking fruit from surrounding pro tective zones 4— Permission to serve citrus and other host fruits on interr-tate rail road and river diners. 5— Prohibiting movement of host vegetables or fruits in bulk by mail or auto truck. Changes and additions to the state Mint board rules and regulations in clude: 1—A more complete list of the *-■—— 1 various host plants, with corrections , and deletions. 2—Changes in the quarantine areas in order to conform to the needs of later infestations reported. 13.—Prohibiting the interstate movement of the same host fruits and vegetables earlier specified. 4—Prohibiting the movement of string beans, lima beans, cow peas J to other parts of the state from zones 1 and 2, except under in i spection permit. This in addition to j other host plants. 5. —Permitting the plantings of : crops in zone 1 outside of infested properties, but within infested prop erties may onv approved cover crops. 6. —Permitting pasturing of live stock in infested properties under such safeguards as may be deemed necessary by inspectors. 7. —Including individual persons i and householders in previous regu ! lations governing possession of host j fruits and vegetables. 8. —Including prohibition of move ment of bulk citrus fruits within the j state when not for sale, as well as when for sale and delivery. 9-—Ordering the removal of ma ture citrus fruits from trees and grounds in zone 3. and destruction or tsorage by June 15. The Florida Citrus Exchange is ! making an intensive fight to have ! the state legislature, which is now in session, increase the state quar antine fund from $500,000 to $1,000,- j 000 It is estimated that $6,000,000 to $8 000.000 will be required to buy the trainloads of molasses and poison, the equipment to do the work with, and the army to handle the project or cleaning up some thousand square miles of central Florida beside the immne.se amounts of other eradication work, scouting and military patrol. The state guard will be on duty j all year, which means $2,000 a day. The first well defined movement to secure a statewide organization of citrus and vegetable growers and all other shipping interests, with a view to making an intensive fight against the Mediterranean fly du.-- ! ing the next four months of the l host-free |>er.od. This movement has been deemed absolutely essen tial to the future existence of th citrus industry, in view of the fact that shippers’ representatives who conferred with Commissioner Mar la tt at Washington have brought; back reports that there was little hope of having the quarantine lifted at the end of the first probationary period, which is October 31. The latest authentic informat.on as to the fate of the 1930 orange crops has been the posit lev declara tion from Washington that the fed eral quarantine would be continued for at least another crop year be yond the present season, unless some very conclusive evidence is produced that the fly has been eradicated. Up to the present time the com rnun.ty efforts to clean up and wipe out the fly hav ebeen sporadic. The state plant forces are going through the period of confusion incident to every large movement, but they are being rapidly whipped into a com pact working organization. The clearing house and citrus or ganizations naturally are fight ng for their own interests. The vege table industry is a rapidly Increas ing factor that wants to be repre sented. as well as the nurseries, ferneries and every’ single business that will he either directly interested in its production or in it$ shipping freedom. The railroads also will take an active interest in the new state-wide movement, as the embar go already has cost them much m revenues from freights. Under the federal quarantine sec tion B. the host-free period is de fined as follows: ‘Paragraph 2— A host-free period shall be ma n tamed each year, throughout the protective zones, beginning May 1 ' and continuing for six months, sub ject to such modification as to dur ation and dates of commencement and termination as may be author ized by the U. S department of ag riculture on presentation of evidence that such modification is necessary or desirable and does no? involve ' the risk of propagating the Mediter- j ranean fruit fly.’* The movement for a state-wide1 organization with the present cen ■M FRIENDLY RIVALS IN EUROPEAN AIR RACE WISH LUCK While waiting at Old Orchard. Maine, for good flying weather ever Atlantic, friendly competitors for first 1929 honors wish one another luck Top. left to right: Roger Williams of the American plane Green Flash. Jean Assolant of the French plane Yellow B rd, Rene LeFevre of Yellow Bird, and Lewis A. Yancey of Green Flash. Below, the Yellow Bird being pushed out of the mud on the beach. MAKE ARREST IN DEATH MYSTERY Dr. Frank Westlake Taken Into Custody on Charge Of Suspicion LCS ANGELES. May 30 — .4*— The arrest of Dr Frank P. West lake on a charge of suspicion of murder was characterized by prose cuting officers here today as a defi nite step toward solution of the torso death mystery which has baf fled detectives lor nearly two months. Accent.ng the identification of the torso found last March in the Los Angeles river bed as that cf Mrs Laura Beile Sutton, middle-aged di vorcee. sheriffs officers arrested Dr. Westlake last night after having learned he and Mrs. Sutton had a Joint bank account and their f.nan cial affairs otherw.se had been in terwoven. Delve Into Woman's Pact With Hope of Solution of Crimes MACON. Ga.. May 30- 4*—Po lice today delved into the past of Mrs. J. C. Powers. 65. rooming house proprietor, for a possible so lution of several crimes similar to the slaying last Tuesday of James Parks whom Earl Manchester con fessed he shot to death for $1,000 the woman offered to pay. The disappearance of one mar on whose life she held an insurance policy, the subsequent death of the agent who issued the policy, and the burning of two houses on which she collected insurance, were the mysteries officers honed to link with the slaying of Parks. The body of Parks was found or 1 the banks of the Oemulcee river ! tral Florida committee of 100 as i the nucleus, has been laid before ! other counties and interests, with 1 indications that the committee will J become a state committee of 500. j each county in the citrus belt to be represented. The present com- ! mittee has membership in only three counties—Orange. Lak and Semi nole. 211 Senior* Will Receive Degree* At S. M. U., June 14 DALLAS. Tex.. May 30.—<*>>— Two hundred and eleven seniors of Southern Methodist university will leceive their degrees on June 4. . President P. W Hem of Texas Technological colleg®. Lubbock. | will be one of the speakers. This announcement was includ ed with that of the program for the annual convocation week at S M. U.. May 31 to June 4. The Saner oratorical contest, an ■ annual affair, will mark the for mal opening of the week the night of May 31. A founders end trustees barbe cue will be p.t 5 3.1 p. m. the next day with en ex-students' banquet after the bn rheme The class of 1919 will have charge of that pro gram. . Rev. H. C. Booth, presiding el der of The Fort Worth district, will deliver the convocation sermon Sunday morning. June 2. An or e-n recital is on the/Vn-rram for that afternoon The Arden chib's annual Shakes pearian play. The Winter’s Take" was announced for the night of June 3 and the presentation of de grees the next day. FOUR ENTOMBED IN RIVER BED Rescue Workers Seek To Re cover Bodies of Railroad Workmen —_ JERSEY CITY. N. J . May 30—.>p. Rescue workers sought today to re cover the bod.es of four men en tombed in the bed of the Hacken sack river when compressed air es caped from the caisson in which they were working, letting it fill with mud. The victims, with 10 who were saved, had been at work sinking the caisson for one of the piers of a railroad bridge between Jersey Citv and Kearny. N. J. The in who were rescued were brought to the surface with ther. bodies distended by the sudden change in pressure Engineers said they had not de ‘ermined what caused the airlock to blow out. -- Former Brownsville Superintendent Of Schools Passes On f Special to The Herald' KENEDY. May 30—Caswell G. Hallmark. 49. well known South Texas attorney, educator and church leader, died at his home in Kenedy Wednesday morning He had been in falling health for two years. He was chairman of the board of lay activities of the West Texas con ference of th« Methodist church and I a member of the board of trustees of Westmo-tland college. San An tonio Prior to taking up the prac- * tice of law in Kenedy he was for several years superintendent of the Kenedy public schools. Before com ing to Keneriv he was superinten dent of the school In Brownsville He leaves a wife and one daugh ter, Mrs. Lloyd Huber of Somerset.. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. M C Hallmark, and several brothers also survive. Burial took place in the Kenedy cemetery Wednesdav after noon. Mr Hallmark was superintendent, of the Brownsville schools about 15 years ago. DISCOVER RICH HELIUM DEPOSIT WASHINGTON. Mav 30—<£*— Discovery of a rich natural deposit of helium, development of which is expected to stimulate greatly the use of lighter-than-air craft in this country- was announced here todav bv representatives cf the ne’.ium company, of Louisville. Ky The new deposit was discovered by Lieuten ant R. R Bottoms, naval reserve of ficer and chief chemist of the he ':um firm in the Pinbad Helium area near government helium re serve No. 1 in Colorado. DEMO ELECTION DEBT REDUCED Raskob Cut* Deficit From $1,500,000 to $350,000 N. Y. Times Says NEW YORK May 30 —<JP—The New York Tunes today said John J. Raskob. national chairman of the Democratic party, had reduced the party's deficit from SI.500.000 to 5350.000 by c a 11 i i« g upon the : guarantors of the Smith presidential ! campaign to make good their pledges. This was learned last night after a conference of party leaders at which plans were discussed for | strengthening the organization in the different states for the congres l sional campaign next year. ; year I The call upon the campaign un derwriters was understood to have bepn made by Mr. Raskob on his initiative and to have caused con sternation among some of the guar antors who had signed the pledges as a matter of form. The Times said Mr. Rasjcob was understood to have incurred addi tional expenditures at the last mo ment without consulting his col leagues and some of the guarantors were said to have expressed consid erable resentment at being called upon to make good a deficit which resulted from exceeding the budget. The largest contributors to the fund to reduce the deficit were Mr Raskob. William F K^nny and Lieut. Gov. Herbert H Lehman of New York, each of whom was said to have contributed $150,000 in ad dition to large sums g.ven during the campaign Others who were on the guaranty list, were Bernard M Baruch for $50,000; Michael J. Meehan for $75. 000 or $100,000. and James J. Rior dan for about an equal amount. Incarnate Word Pupils Appear In ‘Midsummer Eve’ Pupils of the Incarnate Word academy appeared Wednesday eve ning in an en^rtimment. at the Queen theater, closing the work of the school year. All classes in the academy, from beginners through the seventh grade took part in the program, which included music, dramatic representfaions and a rhort operetta. 'Midsummer Eve." St. Josephs orchestra furnished music between numbers ELKS VOTE TO LET LEGION USE HALL The local Elks club voted unani mously at Uf regular meeting Wednesvlev night to offer their lodge to the American Legion for Decoration day services should the weather prove too wet for outdoor ceremonies. The meeting was well attended despite the inelempnt weather. Cer tain by-laws of the club were emended These chances were not of general interest, the secretary said. BOBBY JONES* GOLF CLUBS ARE RECOVERED NEW YORK May 30.—P*—Bob bv Jones’ golf clubs were safe in th« hands of the police today. The clubs, stolen from an auto mobile Tuesdar. were turned over to the police last night bv a garage mechanic who had received them from the boys. John Hope, emoloyed at e carage. said he saw two boys le**-e the ea rege with the clubs. He ran aPer them and the boys dropped the clubs. BRITISH SOLDIER AMBUSHED CAIRO. Egypt — Henry Richards. British soldier, was ambushed and killed by natives just outside the city. OCEAN FLIGHTS AGAIN DELAYED Unsatisfactory Weather Is Reason Given By Plane Navigators OLD ORCHARD. Maine. May 30 —'/Pi—Flights of the Yellow Bird for Paris and the Green Flash for Rome were delayed today because of un satisfactory weather. The mechan ical staffs of both planes occupied themselves with placing them in readiness for flight. A supply of Benzol arrived for the French plane, forced to dump part of its fuel yesterday when a leaking fuel tank sent Armento Lot ti and his companions. Jean Asso lant and Rene Lefevre. back to the beach. It was not until well after mid night that Lewis A. Yancey, naviga tor of the Green Flash, journeyed more than a mile down the befcch to where the plane rests to not// the pilot that the flight was off for today. 19 Candidates For Degrees At Fifth St. Edward's Finish AUSTIN. May 30—//P*—There are 19 candidates for degrees at the fifth annual commencement of St. Edward’s University on June 2 The first engineering degfees ever conferred by the university will be awarded Candidates are: Bachelor of Arts. Samuel Dyer. Shrevepor*-. La.: Al bert Sarafiny. Casnlan, Mich.: Thomas Kildav and John O’Brien, I Fan Antonio; Remigius Fatte, | Muenster; Daniel Hannas. Taylor. Bachelor of Arts in natural science Charles Brogan. Tyler, and Felix Krause. Burlington Bachelor of Science in Engineer ing: William Enler. Tulsa. Okla.: John Healv. Coffeyville. Kans.: Waters James. Julius James end James McCloskey. San Antonio: Leonard Quinn. Austin and Eu gene McCab®. Rio Hondo. Bachelor of Business Administra tion: Clarrwco J*wett and Pierce Fagher Elgin. Ill : Jose Roias. Aus tin, and Joseph Klein. Plantersville. CARTER TRIAL IS CONTINUED Absence of Two Material Witnesses Causes De lay In Decision (Special to The Herald* EDINBURG. May 30 —On account of absence of two material witnesses for the state who had been sum- ; moned but who failed to appear. Justice of Peace Collier Wednesday | continued indefinitely the case of Mrs. Flora Mills Carter. Mercedes woman orchardist. charged in six counts with violating the state cit rus quarantine regulations, at the request of George McGee, assistant Hidalgo county attorney, and At torney Walter Weaver of Donna, representing the Hidalgo county clean-up committee. Scores of Valley citrus growers, federal inspectors and witnesses were present when the case was called for trial. Special Lectures To Be Given June, 3rd At Texas Med GALVESTON. Mav 30.— JP— Re cent developments in medical sci ence will be brought out in a series of lectures and clinics comprising the annual course for practitioneers. which will be given by the Univer sity of Texas school of Medicine June 3 to 15. inclusive, at the med ical college here. Special clinics will*be held daily in the mornings in the operating amphitheaters of the John Sealy hospital, with afternoon lectures in the new college building. Other special clinics will deal with ear. eye, nose and throat, disease of children, and nuero-psychiatry. in the out patient department Daily rounds will be made of the hospital yards. Persons interested may arrange for special laboratory courses in the clinical pathology’, skin diseases and the more recondite branches of treatment. All doctors In charge of the clinics are attached to the med ical college, the course itself to be under the general direction of Dr. E Bethel, dean of the college. MAN AND WOMAN BURN AFTER AUTO CRASH YP8ILANTI Mich . May 30 — Two men and two women were burned to death last night after their speeding motor car crashed through the railing of a viaduct over the Ann Arbor railroad aracks. They were unidentified. vq?'SOllT EVERYWHERt'60, j lc Sale is a money saving proposition Vj-oi. mer curochrome 25c 2 bottles for 26c This is just one of our many bar gains. CISNEROS DRUG ssss=sass=^=i j ROTARY HEAD M. EUGENE NEWSOM Marion Eugene Newsom of Dur ham. North Carolina, is more proud of being a native Tarheel than any thing else unless it be tne fact that he was an organizer and the first president of the Rotary club in his i home town. He received his education in the Durham schools and started out to be a banker. After two years of finance he definitely entered the mercantile business Always inter ested in civic affairs, he served in various organoizations. was mavor of his city for two years and fcr two | ! terms was president of the Durham Chamber of Commerce. Mr Newsom served as county chairman for four successive Lib erty Bond issue, is the immediate oast president of the North Carolina Merchants association: president of the Washington Duke Hot*l. mem ber of the executive committee and board of trustees of Duke Univer sttv. and chairman of the executive committee of Lincoln Hospital, One of th* organizers of the Ro tary club of Durham. Mr Newsom served two years as its president in addition to being a director and committee chairman He was gov ernor of the 37th Ro'arv District in 1924; member of the international convention committee in 1925-26 and a director of Rotary Interna tion for 1926-27 Last year he was named chairman of the. vocational *«rvice committee. Rotarv Interna tional. and this vear is chairman of the Aims and Objects committee. BUILD BRIDGE OVER BRAZOS AT HEMPSTEAD AUSTIN. May 30—.^—Traffic on state highway 20 between Aus tin and Houston, often re-routed because of rises in the Brazos river no longer will be forced to detour with the completion of a bridge spanning the stream near Hemp stead. Although workmen have been handicapped by the near flood wa ters during the spring months. progress on the structure has gone steadily forwait*. according to O G. Wickline, bridge engineer of the state highway department. When present high water stages of the river have passed, ‘falsework'* in the bed of the stream, part of which was washed away several weeks ago. will be restored ATTACK VICTIM WILL RECOVER Doctors Think Muso* Girl Will Live After Being Reported Dead Special to The HeraM ROMA May 30— Roelta Mtmae. 7-year-old daughter of Adolfo Munoz, who was attacked and struck on the head with a bricky Monday night will recover, accord-*^ ins to doctors' reports It was re- ™ ported Wednesday that the child had died, but it was revealed sh* was only in a coma Zaragosa Sanchez is being held in connection with the ettack and is to be given a hearing before a lunacv commission Sanchez barricaded himself in a vacht house Mondav night after the attack and with a Pluto! and knife held a posse of officers and citizen? at btv throughout the nigh* He finally was subdued and taken in curtedy by Sheriff Guerra GALVESTON. May New Orleans made a strong bid for the 1930 convention of the Rice Millers association today, and R H Han cock of E! Campo was urged for president to succeed D R Bertaud. of Crowley. La LEGAL.ADVERTISEMENT’""” THE STATE OF TEXAS To the Sheriff or any Com table of Cameron County. Greeting You are herebv commanded tc cause to be published once each week for a period of ten days, exclu sive of the first day of publication before the return day hereof, in a newspaper of general circulation which has been continuously and regularly published for a period of lot less than one year in said Cam eron County, a copy of the following notice THE STATE OF TEXAS To all persons interested in the Welfare of the estate of Mrs J W Kelley. Deceased. Ed H Down* w as by the County court of Cameron County. Texas, on the first dav of May A. D 1929 duly appointed temporary Administrator of the estate of said decedent, which ap pointment will be made permanent should the court be of the opinion that a permanent Administrator is necessary, unless the same shall be successfully contested at the next t'-rm of said Court, commencing an the 1st Monday in June A D 1929. the some being the 3rd day of June A D 1929. at the Court House thereof, in Brownsville. Texas, at which time all persons interested In the welfare of the estate of said decedent mav appear and coo teat such apoointment if they so des*re Herein fatl not. but have you be fore said Court, on the said first dav of the next term thereof, this Writ with your return thereon. ^ showing how you have executed the “ same. Given under mv hand and the seal of said Court, at office in Brownsville. Texas, this the 25itd dav of May A D 1929 • SEAL) H D SEAOO Clerk. County Court. Cameron County. Texas, Bv O. F. 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