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FALMEZ LIFTS * PLAYER RULE I No String AtUehod To 2nd Challenge For City Sorio* « ■■mill ■!.»»■. ■ A second Challenge tor a city championship series with no strings attached was Issued to the Tigers here today by Fldet Loya. manager of the Pa lines Rat makers. Yesterd^g the Tigers denied re fusing to acoept the Palmar chal lenge and gave reasons for not ac cepting a game Sunday. The Tigers did object, however, to the player limit stipulated by the Hat Makers In thalf first challenge. Both teams have announced that they are willing to play but the managers have not gotten together. Heated words were passed back and forth vesterday. One hurler said he could beat the opposing team "’eft handed'—and he's a right hander The word 'slander * was us-d several times. Loya wrote an open letter to The Herald Wednesday which follows in part: 'The Tigers mention thev have i earn* on hand with Mission th» 16th of June but we do not know who they are gains to play because the Bob Cat* of Edinburg are watt ing to play th* Tigers a double header June 18th. and also the Mercedes Lions were to play the Teers June 18th. so It seems the Tigers are trying to sidestep all the :;ced teams In the Valiev. “The reason for the PA’mez Hal lers wanting to plav the Tigers at ;hls vearly date is that we want to Slav them before they lose anv more players so they will not have an ather excuae not to nlay us. So as ae»h teams are playing Sunday tfterr.oon the 16th we are willing to oiay them the morning of the same Sate, so w* will he nleaaed If this California Over the picturesque inter esting “Sunset route”— On famous palatial trains I that afford every travel lux* ury‘ I ! Two fast complete “limiteds” I daily, “Sunset Limited” de- j luxe all Pullman; and the J “Argonaut”. j This direct route gets you to the Pacific Coast vaca tion lands quicker. Stop-off in El Paso and visit Q 1 Juarez, Mexico. You may stop - over any where you like either going or returning, and have a choice of routes returning. £86.20 Round Trip Cali- | ;or«t» Points. On Ss!e daily until Sept-mber JOth, return limit October JOth. Descrip tive liter-fire givm* cw.r-We infor mation on request. W j ISoutl*$rn Pacific 1 CHt I fake' Of Urn LINES Fhrnr HOC Urea St. I2«1 H , t _ ... , _ . _ . ___ _ Li ’ Bt BRIAN BELT, • Associated Press Sport* Writer) NEW YORK. June 13 —r/P—John Joseph Farrell will find Old Man Opportunity pounding on ni* door with a niblick the morning of June 27. The old fellow, who seldom knocks but once, will summon the open golf champion to an effert to win the title twice In succes.icn: a gcod trick if he can do it. There has been no repeater in the links classic sinee 1912 when J. J. McDermott won after he had captured the crown In 1911. At that time Johnny Farrell, tn the sixth grade at school, was begging his brother Jim. caddymaster at the Siwanoy club, to let Mm lend a hand so he eould see how Tom Ker rigan. Alex Smith. Mike Bradv and the other stars of the day hit golf balls so far end so straight. The lad who was elevated to the gold height* eight years later ulaved in hU first championship in 1920 He had the enthusiasm of vouth but little else, and finished . forty-fifth. Next year he moved up firs placet and sinee then has i not. been out of monev In 1925 and 1928 he was tied for third place. rsrrell Joined moat of the pro fessionals and all the amateurs In will be satisfactory to the Tiger management. Ts'ir.ss Hatters had a fast work out Wednesday evening on the Palm Courts Diamnod and are showing renewed rigor under their newly ap noint*d Captain and are sure they have the fastest team In the Valley. Palmes Hatters' schedule is as follows: June 16. 43rd regiment at Matairorcs: June 23. 43rd Regiment at Brownsville: June 30. Harlingen Red Ants at Harlingen, two games: Julv 7. Mercedes Lions at Browns ville. We are looking for two gam** with | any t^m in the Vsliey for Julv 4th and a'so looking for a game the 114th. j JOWMlStV FA,ft RELU running up a white flag befora the ribbed trap* of Oakmount In i927 when hla beat was a tie for se.enth Leat year, altar an indifferent start, lie sat out on a winning pursuit of Bobby Jon% and by gaining seven strokes cn the crest amateur in the lart 36 holes, made It a tie after 72 holes at, 291 In the 36-hole play-off thme Quaker Ridge pro ceored 143 to 144 for the Atlanta lawyer and "the eup was his. Palpably over-golfed during the autumn and winter season, the chamoion regained his stride on the foreign invasion of a golfing legion from the United States and finished second to Walter Hagen in th* British Ooen. His play abroad was consistent and he expects to be in the pink of golfing emdition Jn his great chance to make golfing history for near'v two derad**. If Johnnv strikes out he will p-** hare to take a long walk back t« th* bench. HL" Quaker Ridge club is lust reroas the road from the rugged Winged Foot cour** wh*r? the championship will be played. (Continued from Page !> of Walton's secret marriage to Ham ilton’s daughter. Theresa, at Austin .n February. After tb* shooting. Hamilton ob tained attorneys who declared Wal ton was net married to There.'* Hamilton. State records proved they were married. hewev'*r. Hamilton has been at liberty un saying he had been tpid bv a Mend his life w*j ui danger. Th* district attorney be*e fought ageUist admit ting Hamilton to bail, but the court ruled it bailable. At this hear ing. Hamilton saw his daughter for the first time since before her mar riage. Defense attorneys indicated they would seek trial a wav from Ama rillo due to an assert'd prejudice set up here because of newspaper accounts of the affair. They also «aW only pne tide of the case had keen presented and the public con sequently was preiudlceH NURSING ASSOCIATION HEARS MILK REPORT A total of MB 1-2 auarts of milk distributed during the month of May was reported by Mrs. Lamp Houston, city health nurse at the meeting of the Public Health mus ing association Thursday morning Mr? Oeo At .Smith donned 4D quarts of this amount. Mrs. Houston also reported 37 births registered. 30 visit* to tuber cular patient*, and one death from pellagra. She gave a health talk to girls in camp at Rio Hondo. Wed nesday, and last week met with the 4-H club at Rio Hondo to give health instruction*. YELLOW BIRD (Continued from Page 1> bout discarded because of the added weight. Propeller Broken One-half of the propeller was broken wh*n the Green Plash noeed over. The left wing strut was broken and the landing gear was smashed Yancey said the right wheel let go beneath them and the ship I twisted to the right at- that mo ment and cantered into a nose-over The rear part of the fuselage near the tall assemblage was badly dented and the left wing tom. The. cowling over the motor also was badly dented. Gasoline leaked from the tanks and spread about the ground, and the throng about the plane was pushed back for fear some one might toss a lighted cigarette or match on the sand and ignite the fuel. The coast, guard amphibian pi loted by Lieut. L. M. Malka. which accomp* nied the Yellow Bird at (he start returned above the beach 40 minutes later. The coast guardsman in charge of a portable short wave receiving set here said that Malka had re ported the Yellow Bird at. 100 miles out was 2.000 feet and going strong. Malka came back when informed by radio the American plane had crashed He circled the beach and reported by radio that as a pre cautionary measure, he would start out and follow the Yellow Bird's course. Two men were standing about the French plane as th* motor w-as be ing warmed up and said they saw a young stowaway climb into the cabin. The report could not be confirmed and no radio messages had been received from the Ilane. GLOICE8TIR. Mass.. June 1*. —i —The Yellow Bird wa* re ported flying at an altitude of 2, 000 feet and making 150 miles an boar in m radio message received at coast guard base here from Lieut. L. M- Malka, pilot of the es cort coaat guard plane. Melka also said local fog banks were encoun tered. COPENHAGEN. Denmark. .Tunc 13.—ff’'—Telegraphic advices from Reykjavik. Iceland, today said that the Sverige, seaplane of Captain Albin Ahrenberg and his two com panions. was more badly damaged titan had been thought. Some fur ther tlmp may therefore elapse be fore a new takeoff for Ivigtut, Greenland, next stop in a nroiected Stockholm to New York flight. MATTNICU8. Maine. .Tune 13.- -t.f* — The Yc-t’o-"' Bird parsed over Mat nlcu* Pock li*h( iod»y one hour end fire minute? *ft*r she hopped off from Old Orchard for Paris. Th* light t.'^per ;f|ri the plane wa* firing aiv>u< l.opp up. Th* ptgp* t* *0 mija*. on*, (o e*s s»nd eboui so mile', front Old Or rhavd The plan* v?* he-.di*? rest. PARIS? .Tun* 13.—<—“Thcv will make if rhouted at. Lott I Scntor In th* telephone today when In fo, med b: The A*soc:at*d Prc?- that, his con Amtand end hi* compan ions. Account and D* Ferre had hepped off this morning front Olci Orchard with Pari? a? their goal. “I y. ill b* there.” M. Lott! said *fMn- being further in Termed that the Yellow Bird migh* reach L* Bourg*! betreen two and litre* o'clock Saturday morning. ‘Continued from Pace On* > the** b*for* h« wa* #!«ct*!( com department, having been a r>erk rommltsioner in 1908. He is 6} year old. Mom Mian 2nn r. ine- e.a «*r* summoned in ratify in hehalf of Robison Among those subpoenaed by proponents of th* charg*:- were Gov. Dan Moody and former Go* James E. Fergu*nn S*arted in fatiuerv Th* controversy had its inception !«.*♦ January, one r,*=v before the U:t legislature convened, -when th* governor. membns of the board of rrg«n*s of the University of Texas and attorney generals department requested Commissioner Robison to postpone sales of oil and ga: leas*: In university lands, which had been advertised for that month He re fused to do so. contending that un d*r the law he was compelled to advertise the land for sal* when ever he had any specific requests from would-be purchasers. Gover nor Moody threatened to convene the legislature in special session to rrpe^l the leasing law and take the lands from th* market, but desisted after Commissioner Robison agreed to postpone the sale of all those lands for which he had not received request*. On January |, the regents, joined by the attorney general for the ata»e obtained a temporary In Junction re straining Commissioner Robison from telling any of the leases ad vertised for January 2. Th* legisla ture convened on January 8 and immediately passed a law taking all oubllo lands from tha market. La ter. on trial of the injunction case th* district court upheld Mr. Robi son's contention The case 1s now on appeal to the higher courts. Committee Appointed The legislature appointed a com mittee composed of senators and member* of the house to conduct an investigation of the controversy between Mr. Robison, the governor, attorney general's department, and regents. After many witnesses were exam ined a committee drafted a report severely critietiing the commission er for come of his official acts, es pecially his alleged lax bookkeeping methods employed toward the 1925 ^appraisement fund, and taking him to task for accepting grAtuttles. especially refund check* drawn on ♦he reappratoement fund which had been drawn in favor of th* land owner and endorsed back to Mr Robison i Personals Hal B Cox is here from Houston C. F. Blanr came in Wednesday from Memphis. M. Bray and J. H Golden are here from Houston. Mr. and Mrr. M. W. Frugate of Denver*. Colo., art'In the city. W. B. McCown is here from Al vlifc Missing Youth I* Object of County Wide Search Today Tomas Diaz. 15. of the Loiere ranch, four or fire miles east of Brownsville. was the object of a county-wide search today, after his disappearance about noon yester day. officers in the sheriff * depart ment said. According to the. father of the youth, Ezeequiel Dies, who report ed his disappearance, Tomas was plowing In a field not far from his home, and when he did not come in for the noon meal, the father in vestigated. He found the horse still hitched to the plow, but his son was no where In sight There had been no quarrel be tween the boy and his parents, the father stated, and added that he feared Isis son had been abducted or murdered. Officers had found no trace of him Thursday morning Reported Concord Of Mexico, Churches Creates Sensation MEXICO CITY. June 13.—'*— Advices from Washington indicat ing that actual agreement had been reached here on the long standing Mexican religious contro versy. and that, communicatl'-ns asking Papal sanction to the agreement had been forwarded to Rome, created a sensation today. In well Informed quarters here it was said this basis was mutual consent for a broad interpretation of the countrys religious laws, stringent enforcement of which in 1M6 led to the Episcopates order withdrawing priests from the churches such, it was ported out, woukl Involve concessions by both the Mexican government and the church. Mi«* Porter To Be Next County Agent For Women’s Work • Socclal to The Here id* SA BENITO. June 13.-MUs Doc. othy Porter of Cotulla is to be the new home demonstration sgent of i Cameron county. Announcement of the eppoint | ment was made here today by Miss Minnie Campbell, district agent. ! Miss Porter Is a graduate of the Sou lh west Texas State Teachers 1 college s*t San Marcos and will take over her duties in thk. county on Sept. 1. Mies Kafr Adele Hiji. retiring demonstration agent, lias bran pro moted and Is to become district arrnt over thf Can Antonio dis trict. LEGISLATURE GETS TO APPROPRIATIONS AUSTIN, June 13.—f*»—The .-pe nal session of the legislature, called primarily to pass the general ap propriation bill?, had almost reach ed the stage toda’.' where confer ence committee could begin worV in reconciling the two house:-. There was a spread of about $12.0001*0 be tween the house and senate when they started consideration of the money measures. PLAN RETURN ! to Mexico! i Farm ChUf Arranf ingi Mean* For Tho*o Hit By Law . Plans for a Valley-wide survey of Mextean citizens for the purpose of arranging for them to return to their native land, following passage of more stringent Immigration laws by the United States, are be ing made here by Inrique de Selva, engineer of the Mexican depart ment of agriculture De Selva If working in conjunction with M*xl-1 can Consul L. Looer Montero of Brownsville. Meetings of Mexicans *r* to M h*ld in all parts of th* Valley ini the survey De Selva Is seeking, to determine the number of Mex icans wh« might be deported. Ha is urging al henned bv the immi gration law*, to return to Mexico and is trying to obtain grant* or lands for them in the Sotuliera republic. De S*Ka st«es it is pro bable that the** people can be situated on national lands in va rious parts of his country. A meeting is to be held at * p. m Thursday at the Benito Juarer. hall in San Benito. A meeting Wed nesday- night in Harlingen which was attended bv some accord ing to estimates A meeting will b* b*ld at Ray mcndville Sunday. I> Selva also will cal a meeting in Mercedes probablv for Friday night Da»* of n meeting in Brovacvjlie wilt be announced later. Monter* | :tid. many already DEPORTED Three thousand persons have been deported to Mexico through border ports during th* last three months, it was learned today trom official sources In Matamoros. The majority of deportationr were for violation of the immigra tion laws. This wholesale action raid to have resulted e* part of the preliminary investigations in con nection with the new immigration law whtc hgoei into effect July I. will be protested b* Mextean au thorities in Washington. i‘ «as re ported. Rtati. tics, compiled by Mexican consuls In the United Stat-c. end known to have been .submitted to Mexico C«ty. reveal that during March. April and Mar. more than ;r.oo Mexleanv were depo-t?:?. and since that time at leas? 7(n more have b*en 'fill back. The me:! recent group wa- sched uled to psiaa through Teredo ei1 rente to Mexico Wednesday. 1? numbers about too. accused of hav ing *nt*red the United States ill? ga’lv. Many of tin decor sees are said to hare declared that the- wor* h« ing .'•eparatjd from their familia and being forced to abandon good positions. C. M. T. C. Parade of Valley Boys In S. A. May Be Cancelled •3p*c»al to The Herald i HAHLINGFN. June IS.-The pa rade of Valley boys attending the Citizens Military Training Camp through the streets of San Antonio. | for which preparations have been mlde. may not H* raged A telegram *a* rocker! toda b Mvron F. Ward. manager of m* local chamber Of rnmm-rr* fe.w the commanding officer of r camp saying that unless the pe ad* could be staged before J p m *t would have to be calloii off on wr count of a lack of time It **& doubtful ahetfce, It be staged He that tune, bin «tSDU> tions *ere being continued tn an effort lo make arrangements foe it to He stated at a laiar hour a is gone The *»t to the *km H through »*»• M«<jf Strong. h**l»hjr Hood i»ru«-|»het the hod? tod light* against and dleeas?. ^ OU rnij bl A lovrlv—-clear iJtirt—h uiUhO happy, too! the reach of all. To thrne who have lost it, hop? is offered. YoU, EVERY evening thousands too, may have a beautiful »kin# enjoy themselvea at dinner- rote-petal in texture, pretty at * parties, dances, theatres, games, picture and without a $mg!* clubs. Many thousands more are pimple. denied the joy of such merriment Many thousands ha- * rega - re i and happiness. their strength and charm by t?k Mavbc .hi, denial i, due IP a b-S-b: '< .kin .rouble. Fir,, impreuion, hlo"d «"« !"r '«""«*•* M ' cannot be joed -vithou. a clear rouer of re„jt,nce to d„r, f. skin—first impressions are quickly mad: and ate not soon forgotten. clearing the Old friends may excuse pimples and secretly sympathize, but new Hill he delighted wrh i - boo acquaintance* may not be so char- building and ton e effect, itable. Skin blemishes are not ir yy| D r u 2 v iting. Neither can Stores sell they be covered up. , S.S.S. Ask for They embarrass. ] *• the larger size. Hold people hack. , It j* more eco Stcal away joy and 1 nomical. happinecs. 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