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- --* " 1 ..———" 1 ■' ..—. ■" .. [late market report 1 TRUCK MOVEMENT—STOCKS—COTTON—CEAIX-—LIVESTOCK — POULTRY—EGGS_ 3 BULLS ACHIEVE , EARLY TRIUMPH Gas And Electric And Na , tional Distillers Take ,V L Opening Rise f . _ Y* NEW YORK. June 18—Bu i ish operations were resumed at the opening of today's stock marked Standard Gas and Electric opened 5 points higher at 114 5-8. a new *1 -8h ecord. and National Distillers Products preferred moved Into new high ground on the announcement f of a plan to retire that issue. Union Carbide fnewi also reached a new 1929 high. Early gains of a point or two were recorded by New York Central. Electric Auto Lite. Pack ard Motors, American and Foreign Power and National Biscuit. The federal reserve board condi Moo statement, showing a decrease In member borrowings and in loans on securities had a cheerful effect on speculative sentiment. * Buying continued largely prefes ^ lionsl in character although the b , Increased business of the cld lot 5 ' houses in the last few days has {Indicated a gradual return of pub lic participation in the market. Allied Chemical and Commercial r Solvents ran up about 5 points in * early trading, and American \V*r?r | Works advanced nearlv 4 to a new £ high record at 142 1-2. General ■■ Electric and Air Reduction also p set a new top price fo the year. * Early gains of 2 to 3 points were £ recorded by Public Service of New It Jersey. Graham Paige. Brooklyn. * Union Gas and Electric Auto Lite. * Commonwealth Power and Colum bia Carbon quickly made up initial gains of 5 and 2 points respect { tvely. Foreign exchanges opened steady, S with cables unchanged at $4 84 S 1 livestock KANSAS CITY. June 18.—i'£V Hogs: 10.500; 10c higher; top $11.05 on 100® 225 lb. weights; packing sows 8.75®9 85. Cattle: 6.000; calves: 900: choice fed fte°rs and yearlings steady to 15c higher; other classes steady; slaughter steers, good and choice 730-1500 lbs. 13.25® 15.25: fed year lings. good-choice 750-950 lbs. 13.25 ® 15.25; heifers, good and choice1 850 lbs. down 12.25® 14.85; cows, good and choice 9.50® 12.25; vealers (milk fed> medium to choice 9 00 ® 13.50. Sheep: 8.500; steady; lambs, good and choice «92 lbs. downi 14 00® 15 35: ewes, medium to choice (150 lbs. down< 4.50® 6.25. — CHICAGO. June 18—Hogs 17.000; 10 to 15c higher; top $11 40: packing sows $9 15® 10 15; pigs $9 30 •11.15. Cattle: 7.0C0; calves: 2.500; strong to higher: slaughter steers, j good and choice 950-1.500 lbs $14 25’ ® 15.75; cows, good and choice $9.25 ® 12.00; vealers <milk-fed) good and choice $14.00® 16.00. Sheep: 5.000; steady to shade lower; lambs, good and choice, 90 lbs. down $14.85® 15.75; ewes, medi um to choice, 150 lbs down $5.50® | 675. PROFIT TAKING HITS GOOD OPEN Cotton Starts Steady With Good Cables* July And October Drop Off NEW ORLEANS. June 18.—f.F»— The cotton market opened steady, in response to better cables than expected. First trades showed gains of 1 to 5 points, but the ini- I tial advance attracted profit-taking, and July and October traded off to 18 53. and December 18.69. or 4 to 6 points down from the opening and ‘ 1 to 3 points below yesterday's i close Trading was very narrow and at j the end of the first hour the mar ket was quiet and prices at the lows. N. Y. COTTON OPEN NEW YORK. June 18.—t/P—The cotton market opened steady un-1 changed to a decline of 6 points in response to indifferent cables aad a favorable view of weather re ports. Trading was quiet but there was very little demand and prices eased under small offerings. July sold off to 18.47 and December to 18 86 during the early trading. The ms*-- | ket showed net losses of about 4 to 5 points at the end of the first half h'’ir. The market remained very quiet j later with fluctuations narrow but with prices showing a tendency to j sag on more favorable crop advices and in the absence of aggressive support. At mid-day July was selling around 18.46 and December 18.88. or within a point or two of the low- [ cst end about three to six points below yesterday's closing quotations, j _ LIVERPOOL SPOTS LIVERPOOL. June 18.—.£>•— Cotton spot fair demand; steady: American middling fair 11.52: strict good middling 11.07: good middling 10.67; strict middling 10.47: mid-; dline 10.27: strict low middling! 10 02: low middling 9.72; strict good ordinary 9.32: good ordinary 8.92. Sales 7.000 bales. 5,800 American. Receints 9,000 bal^s. including 3.100 American. Futures closed quiet: July 997: October 9.92: December 9.92; January 9 93; March • 9.97; May 9.99. Rains In Canada Bring Fresh Turn Down In Wheat CHICAGO. June 18—Fresh downturns in wheat values here i took place early today owing to fur ther rains in Canada and because of Liverpool quotations much lower than expected. Openine at l-4c to 1 l-8c decline. Chicago wheat afterward recovered most of the loss. Corn, oats and provisions were also easier, with corn starting l-4c to -4c off. and subsequently dropping still more. Cotton Picking Problems Up At Meeting Tonight (Special to The Herald) EDINBURG. June 18—Ways and means of securing a sufficient num ber of cotton pickers to take care of the cotton crop in the Edinburg district and surrounding territory will be discussed at a special called meeting of farmers of the sections affected which will be held on the1 roof of the Klossner building here at 8 p. m. Tuesday. It is probable that a cotton pick ing rate will be set at the meeting and that It will be $1 per hundred pounds. A number of farmers have already expressed themselves os fa voring the $1 rate instead of 75 cents as has been suggested by some as a fair rate for cotton pickers. Z .veral have stated that other sec tons of the state py $1 nd tht if the rte is cut to 75 cents, tht it will be impossib’e to secure th? required number of pickers. -. r. S. BONDS NEW YORK. June 18 — .V— Government bonds: Libertv 3 1-2. 32-47. $96 5. 1st. 4 1-4. $98 26 : 4th 4 1-4. $99 3. Treas ury 4 1-4. $47-52. $106.3; 4s. 44-54 $103.26. FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK. June 18t.4V-For cH exchanges irregular. Great Britain, demand 484 5-16; cables 484 3-4; 60-day bills on banks 47 5-8. France, demand 3 91; Italy 522 3-4; Belgium 13.87; Germany 23.81 1-2; Tokyo 4395: Montreal 9J12 1-2 BITTER AND EGGS CHICAGO. June 18.——But ter higher: creamery extras 43c: standards 42 l-2c: extra firsts 41 3-4f?42 l-4c: firsts 39 1-2*?40 l-2c; seconds 38'a 39c. Eggs unchanged Harvard Author Is Ousted Because of Anagram in Hymn /• _ BOSTON. June 18— Edward Fitzhugh of Boise. Idaho, author of the Harvard College senior class hymn and prominent in student lit erary affairs, who was to have been graduated with his class Thursday, has been dismissed from the col lege. it was learned today. Fitzhugh. an editor of the Har vard Advocate, a student monthly, was dismissed because of the injec tion. by means of an anagram, of Immorality into the hymn. His dis missal came at the height of the commencement week activities, ush ered in with a baccalaureate pro gram Sunday which included the singing of Fitzhugh s hvmn. The hymn, a work of four verses of four lines each, contained sacred sentiment. It was discovered after the baccalaureate service, however, that It had been written In the form of an anagram, which, if the first letters of the 16 ilnes were read downward, spelled out four obscene word;. Student friends stated, the ana gram developed primarily by acci ‘3* lent and that after he realized the m situation he developed it further, be lieving only he would be aware of it. Z HOUSE OK’S RECESS FOR SENATE, SELF * WASHINGTON, June 18.—W— The house today approved a res olution for a senate recess from tomorrow until August 19. and a> the same time voted to take a re ress of its own until September 2: The senate must approve the rr cess period desired by the hou«" under the constitution on branch of congress cannot adjourn for Uraore than three days without the consent of the other i — POULTRY CHICAGO. June 18.—UP'-Poul- [ try weak: fowls 25 1-2: springs 38: broilers 34; roosters 20; turkeys 22?? 30: ducks 17—20: spring ducks 23; • geese 15: spring geese 25 N. O. COTTON* OPENING NEW ORLEANS. June 18 —.P— Cotton opened steady Jan 18 78 bid: March 18 93: July 18 64; Oct. 18.61; Dec. 18.74. X. Y. COTTON OPENING NEW YORK. June 18.—(Pi— Cotton opened steady; July 18 53; Oct 1375; Dec. 1890; Jan 1892; March 19.07 ■ 1 ■ " ■r 1 — CONGRESS VOTES FAR MBOARD FUNDS WASHINGTON. June 18.—P— Responding quickly to the recom mendation of President Hoover, the house today passed a bill to appro priate $151.'500,000 of the $500,000,000 authorised for the federal farm board by the farm relief act. Action was taken shortly after the White House recommendation had been forwarded to the capitol from the budget bureau. To further expedite work the measure was approved under sus pension of the rules, a procedure that shuts of amendments and dras tically limits debate. Chairman Wood of the appro priation committee in offering the bill explained that *150.000.000 was the initial amount of the half bil lion dollar revolving fund and the $1,500,000 was for the expenses of the board. Representative Garner of Texas, democratic leader, asked why the whole amount of $500.000 000 was not appropriated. Constable Is Held Without Bail After Killing Georgia Boy BUCHANAN. Ga . June 18—(P — Constable Luke Bellinger was held here without bond today pending a hearing on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of Grady Phillips, youthful sawmill hand Phillips was shot Saturday night after he and three companions rid ing in an automobile failed to heed Bellinger's order to halt. The con stable was attempting to arrest them on a complaint they were disturbing the peace. While in pursuit with his own ma chine. the officer said he fired one shot at thet ire of the youth's car. Phillips, in the back seat, was shot through the head. The machine halted. Bellinger searched it for liquor but found none. BROWNSVILLE BABY DIES AT McALLEN William Edward Phillips, baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Verr.on A. Phil lips. of this city, died at 4 a. m. Tuesdav at the McAllen municipal hospital, a victim of infantile par alysis, after an illness of only a few days. Fupneral services are to be held | at 4 d m. Wednesday, at the Hink-; lej chapel. Complete arrangements have not yet been made, however. The child was two years and 11 months old, and was bom July 12. 1926. He is survived by his parents and one sister. Christine The Phillips family came to Brownsville during the fall of last year, and Mrs Phillips has been in; the real 'estate business. u Habeas Corpus Set For Youth Held In Resaca Drowning A hearing of proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus for Ygnacio Morales, who has been held in the county jail here since shortly after the death of Andres Coronado, due to drowning in the city park re saca. was scheduled in the county court of Cameron County at Law at 2 p. m Tuesday. Morales was arrested shortly after the recovery of the boy's body sev eral weeks ago. and murder charges were filed before Justice of the Peace Kowalski. The charge later was set aside, and action in the form of a habeas corpus hear ing was brought by Attorney J. A. Jones Tuesday morning as a step toward Morales' release. Witnesses at the examining ttlal testified that Morales stood by without offering to aid the drown ing boy. who. they said, was induced to come in for a swim by Morales. Youth Convicted of Slaying Blames His Landladys ‘Power’ m MACON. Ga. June 18.—f.-P —A native Canadian youth. Earl Man chester. who came south to seek work and was "mothered'’ by an aged woman who he said cast a "strange influence" over him and persuaded him to commit murder, today awaited sentence to the elec tric chair. He was convicted of murder yes terday upon his confession that he killed James Parks, his roommate, for a promise of $1,000 of $14,000 in insurance money Mrs. J. C. Pow ers. their landlady, expected to col lect on the young printer’s life. The 71-year-old landlady, who repudiated a confession given after she and Manchaster were arrested 1 May 28. awaited trial on a charge of beinv an accessory before the fact of the slaying. I WQHOSE € Lft ‘5 OUT I(H lift 'v voecO 5rttO, P«P — Y* khou ujonr ter vog * 9Whk <^e- w^ao ,p 1 5K«» awono IS: -1 r San Saba Editor Dies; Prominent In State Politics SAN SABA. Tex.. June W D. Cowan, who founded the San , Saba Star in 1902 and had remained its editor r^id owner since, died here today after an attack of acute in- j digestion Cowan was a member of the thir- i ty-fourth Texas legislature, chief clerk of the warehouse and market deoartment under the second Fer guson administration, commissioner of that department under Mrs Fer guson and secretary to Congressman James L. Slayden for ten years. He also was a member of the Texas Press association, the Odd Fellows and Maions. His widow and two children survive. Funeral sendees are to be held j here tomorrow. i GIRL’S BURIAL BEING DELAYED — Funeral For Victim of Snake Awaits Arrival of Rel atives In Edinburg t Special to The Herald) EDINBURG. June 18— Final ar rangements for the burial of Laura Davis. 19-vear-old college student, who died sometime Sunday night near her home northwest of Edin burg as a result of a snake bite, were being held up pending arrival here of relatives who are coming to attend the funeral. It was indicated the service would be held in a local church sometime Wednesday and burial j will be in the local cemetery. The j body is being he:d at Skinner s! mortuary here. The girl is believed to have wan- j dered several hours after being bit- j fen trying to reach heme, where as- I sistance would have been available, j She apparently wandered in circles' for some tim eand probably fell into! the brush heap where she was found J when death was near. She was discovered within 200 j yards of the home by Charles Bun- ! sey. nearest neighbor to the Davis home, which is 25 miles northwest of here. Miss Davis, her relatives said, was in the habit of taking long walks and started on her regular hike. Sunday afternoon. When she failed ! to return in time for the evening ■ meal a search was started. Her tracks were followed to a road which passes some distance from the home. It was known that friends had passed that way in an auto mobile and her relatives thought she had entered the car for a ride with friends. When she still was away from home at bed time, it was thought the girl had decided to spend the night with friends. The search was started for her early the next morn ing and when members of the fam ily were unable to find any trace ofi her a general alarm was sounded and n« ighbors were called into the search. The large snage had struck the girl about six inches above the ankle and she apparently fell to the ground, probably fainting, ater she walked to a barbed wire fence, par ticles of her clothing hanging from the barbs telling a mute tale of her struggles. Hpr trail led in a series of circles and approached nearer to the house. Dr. J. R. Mahone. county health officer, who assisted with the exam ination. expressed the belief that the girl was bitten about 7 p. m. and that she did not die until 2 or 3 o’clock the next morning. Miss Davis is survived by her narents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis. two brothers. William, who lived with the family here, and Earo of 1 Wewoka. Ok la.; a sisted Ola of San Diego. Calif., and an uncle. J. O. Davis who lives on a farm near Donna. MOTOR BLAZE ^Continued on page 1.) and had packed their camping equipment and were preparing to ] return home when the fire started The car had been placed on the beach between the tent and water to serve as a windbreak for a stiff breeze which was blowing. The spray from the water wet the car and made it hard to start. Dr. Jansen was cranking the car i trying to get it started when it sud denly backfired through the muffler and a few seconds later burst into flames. Dr. and Mrs. Jansen with the children ran up the beach after the first burst of flame had almost seared them. A few moments later there was an explosion and burning gasoline was scattexed all around the beach. When the party failed to return home late Monday, as they had said they would, an older son. Ted Jan sen. with a companion, Lee Durham, drove to the beach to learn the cause of the continued absence of his par ents. He brought the party back to town with him. FRENCH CABINET OKEHS DEBT PLAN PARIS. June 18.—<&>—'The cab inet today unanimously approved the Young reparations plan, evolved at the recent conference of experts here. It was decided to take steps for ratification in conjunction with other interested governments. WISCONSIN CONSIDERS LIQUOR LAW CHANGES MADISON. Wis . June 18.——A joint resolution proposing amend ment of the state constitution to permit the state to manufacture liquor W8s Introduced in the senate today by Bernhard Gettleman of Milwaukee. Sally's Sallies --, Same people talk themaelvee mto pou lione—ewlrwerd once. 1 HEADS SCHOOL Dr. Joseph S. Ames, provost of Johns Hopkins university. Balti more. Md., and dean of the col lege since 1926. has been elected president of the university, suc ceeding Dr. Prank J. Good now, resigned. - - - . ■ ■ — Salvadore "Black Sam" To daro, who rose from Janitor to corn sugar baron, is the latest victim in the underworld w>* to obtain control of the corn sugar industry at Cleveland. Todaro was shot fatally as he approached a car in w’hich a woman and feveral men sat. He was the virtual czar of a mil llon-dollar corn sugar syndicate. AUTO INJURIES FATAL LUBBOCK. Tex.. June 18.—— Injuries suffered when he fell from the running bArd of an automobile while leaning over ;-> determine whether a tire was flat proved fatal today to John M. Holt. 21. Sham rock. Holt fel underneath the ma chine. NEW LOAN BANK1 j !S ORGANIZED I KELLEY’S BODY REACHES HOME. - ' Funeral Tuesday For Mm» Who Was Mysteriously Slugged At Weslaco — Merchants From Various Valley Cities Join Fi nance Company Special to The Heraldi .. . ! SAN BENITO. June 18 —Organ ization of the Valley Merchants Loan company, a new loan bank of Valley-wide scope to be located here, was completed last night with electidh of officers, a finance com mittee and a board of directors. The officers: Roy E. Clark. San Benito, president: M. F. Benson. San Benito, first vice president: R. H. Kern, Mercedes, second vice presi dent: Mrs Ethel B. Finks. San Benito, secretary, treasurer and manager. Finance committee: H G. Mar shall. Victor Mertz and J. M. Jones: all of San Benito. Board of directors: Sam Perl. Brownsville: W. B. Palmer. Los Fresnos; Henry Hartzog. Rio Hondo: R H Kern. Mercedes: Roy E. Clark. ' M. F. Benson. Victor Mertz. J. M. J Jones. E. C Breedlove. J Lee Han chev. and Mrs. Ethel B. Finks, all of San Benito. Mrs. Finks is secretary of the lo cal Retail Merchants association. ___________________________________ » Wcman Who Lived In Same House 97 Years, Dies Monday Haring lived ont her 97 years of life in the same house. Mrs. Andreas Salinas Ramirez died in the old family home in Mzia moros Monday, under the roof I under which she was born. According to family records, the aged woman is survived by more . than 100 descendants, including sons and daughter, grand chil dren and great grandchildren. Remains were interred in the family vault in the old Matamoros cemetery at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday. Arrangements were handled by Garza of Brownsville. < Special to The Herald* WESLACO. June 18.—The body of C. E. Kelley, whodled early Monday morning and funeral services were to be held att 4 p. m at the First i Baptist church, with interment to the local cemetery. Kelley, who was struck down by a mysterious maurader in the early hours of March 19. this year, as he slept in the homeof E. C Conch, his father-in-law. partially raeor covered from the results of the Mowr which crushed hi sakull above the j left temple, but never did regain the power of speech H* underwent an operation in the Dallas hospital in an effort to restore hi* ability to talk. The body was accompanied here by Mrs. R IL Kelly, mother and 1 father of the deceased Mr and Mrs. Couch and two daughters Mr*. I! Couch and two daughter. Mrs R C. j Short and Miss Mildred I Following the services at tha church which are to be conducted by Rev W. W Lee of Harlingen. Masonic services were to be held atthe grave. I Pallbearers ere to be a A C. LaDuke. Luther Hughes. Chav War ren. Clarence Ground Langford. F D. Odom. R. W W'arren Jr and j L. T. Burton Elwood Clark. 22. of Nashau. N. H.. has been charged with murder, it being alleged he kill ed his week-old son and placed the body in a fox hole. Clark's wife, 18. has been under police guard at a hospital, held as an accessory ROBISOfTwiLL START DEFENSE Proponents' Lest Witness Against Official Heard Tuesday — — AUSTIN. Texas. June 18—<4* —C W. Trueheart’s account of confer ences with J. T. Robison, commis sioner of the general land office, in a futile effort to get postponement of advanced sale of oil and gas roy alties in university lands, was un folded to the house of representa tives today. The house is sitting as a commit tee of the whole to determine if it shall vote impeachment charge: against the veteran official. Trueheart's testimony was almcsl a verbatim repetition of that giver Saturday by Attorney General Cluade Pcllard and Gov. Dan Moody. He related, however, that Mr Robison, in issuing a notice of post ponement of the sale of lands for which he had not received specific request, got the list of tracts twist ed and placed in the postponed group Ward county lands for which he had received requests. Attorneys for proponents an nounced Mr. Trueheart would be their last witness. Counsel for Mr Robison * dicated they would b< ready to start immediately with their testimony. Itching Between the Toes Is re lieved quickly by applying imperial Eczema Remedy, at bedtime. Drug gists are authorized to refund money if it fails.—Adv. Bus Overturns On Highway Outside of Governor Rumored A Missouri Pacific Transportation , company bus overturned on the highway between Brownsville and San Benito shortly after noon Tuea day. officials of the company were notified by the driver A wrecker and repreientativaa of j the bus line had been sent to tho scene of the wreck but no report had been reecived whether anyone had been killed or In hired YOUTH FOUND CHAINED UP; FATHER HELD GARY. Ind., June 18.— Police, investigating a child's screams, entered the dark base ment of the John Juhrke home yesterday and found George Jurhke. nine years old. in (Shams. | The boy said he had been a pris ' cner nine days, living onlv on oread and black coffee which his iix-year-old sister brought daily. The boy's lather was arrested ind held on a charge of con tributing to ihe child's delin luency. WOULD PENSION WIFE OF SLAIN DRY COP WASHINGTON. June it.—— \ bill was q/fered in the house today j by Representative Oaaque. demo* crat. South Carolina, to pay <23.000 to the dependent*; of any prohibit ion officer killed in the discharge of duty. The measire would extend to the dependent* the name benefit* proposed <,n legislation by wet metn f bers for the widows and children of ! persons killed by prohibition agent*. 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