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I ml $nr umsufllf Hcralfl |1te*! THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 351 * BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY IN OUR WRITER of this column the lay said: pus Christi and Galveston, t Intentionally or net, are W* a great deal of the pub incident to ginning of the ale of cotton.” now the writer of “The Nest,” front page column in irpus Christi Caller, appears e the Idea that his paper. >re particularly himself, have ssailed or charged with some rime. error was made in the criti l the publicity stories by The writer—that was failure to licit—and we offer an apol The Caller and others. Caller is. not only always fair Valley—it often praises this and gives it valuable pub The Caller also is always y with The Herald—and The with The Caller. And so was no complaint of the printed in that paper about •st bale. The Valley and h got all the credit to which ere justly entitled. The Cor iristi Times, afternoon Cor risti paper, likewise was eml fair to the Valley and Ed , COMPLAINT was with sent over the Associated and Press wires, originating in Christi and along the ronte of the plane which transported the bale to New York City. And let it be understood here that we are not Jealous of the publicity Corpus Christi received as a result of the first bale being taken there. The cotton exchange of that city Haras opened to the bale when others ■Hud been closed against it. Corpus [Christi interests forwarded it by airplane to New York and thereby merited additional publicity — and we hope they reap the reward to which they are entitled—an In creased interest in their fine port. • a i 1 But we insist that our first chiraf was true. It will be noted wr iBpressed doubt that it was in to’’»nal. And We suggest again—as we did In the first Instance—that a pub icity man should be sent along «dth the next first bale, to see that :he Valley gets the publicity to vhich it is entitled. And the writer *f The Crow’s Nest will agree that s only fair. • • • One more proof of our conten Jon that the Valley was not "done ■ight by” and then we are done: The Associated Press story tell ng of the sale of the first bale on •the New York Cotton Exchange •said: "The first bale of cotton of the 2929 crop, brought here by airplane from Texas, was auctioned off on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange." Nowhere tn the story was the Ifact mentioned that the bale was grown in the Valley. Purely ignor ance on the part of the Associated I Press New York correspondent—but proof the Valley should have had a Representative with the bale. • • • ADVANTAGES of the Brownsville deep water channel were discussed in Washington yesterday—pro and con. Now there is nothing more to be done but to await filing of brio's by the Point Isabel-San Benito dis trict and the decision of the United J States engineers. After that decision is handed down there will be other and more ‘Interesting things done which it is hoped will result tn construction of *n adequate deep water port In the Hear future. I The Valley needs a port and the sooner It is built the greater the benefits are going to be. These benefits include reduced freight costs and these reduced ! fates are imperative to the pros perity of Valley agriculturists. !| TODAY is “Juneteenth ” the day j on which negroes celebrate their emancipation. The first Valley-wide observance of the day is being held at Fair park in Harlingen. It might be timely for that assemblage to adopt a resolution addressed to President and Mrs. Hoover for their kind reception of a m<’|3ter of their race who is in Was W|ton as a representative of a ChtSff district. • • • SNOW FALLS in California—the East swelters under a hot spell such as only that section enjoys—while the Valley, cooled bv a constant breeze from the Gulf of Mexico, goes the even tenor of its wav and its citizens enjoy “the finest climate in the world” summer and winter. Come to the Valley. Houston Woman Is Slashed: Married Man Poison Victim HOUSTON. June 19.—Miss Marie Lyons. 33. of Houston, was recovering today from knife wounds i_ her throat said to have be«n in flicted by Alfred Shepherd. t8 Houston, found dead in his home. , Phepherd bad taken poison. J ..~... IP ARREST FIVE AFTER CRASH NEAR COMBES City, County and U. S. Officers Join Hunt For Men Who Flee Tequila Car Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. June 19.—An auto mobile crash on the highway be tween this city and Combes late Tuesday, resulted in injury to two persons, upset one car and exposed a cargo of more than 200 quarts of tequila, caused a posse to assemble and beat the brush in surrounding country for two hours and brought city, county and federal officers into the search. Two men finally were tracked down and arrested by the officers and the pcsse, one other man later surrendered and two others were held as owners of the car in wh‘ch the liquor was being transported. They were to be charged with hav i ing a financial interest in the liquor. The car carrying the load of iiqurr was crossing the highway at j Combes at a high rate of speed, i according to spectators, when the | collision occurred. George Pletcher, j driver of the ear coming down the highway, was seriously Injured and I Mrs. Pletcher. only other occupant of the car, was shaken up. Three men occupying the liewor laden car jumped to the ground and began a race for freedom to ward Wilson Tract. Farmers and others near the j scene of the accident at once gath- ! ered rifles, shot guns and other offensive weapons and took up the | chase. Alarm Sounded An alarm was sounded at Har- : lingen. and almost the entire police ! force, members of the border pa- « trol. Sheriff Frank Brown and j Deputy Sheriffs Longoria and Wheaton arrived on the scene 15 minutes later. Two farmers whose names could i not be learned capturpd two of the I occupants of the car in a comfie'd but the third man, exhibiting great soeed. outran the who'e j force, including automobiles en-' gaged in the hunt. He surrendered j to Denuty Longori? Monday night, i Officers who joined In the search for the men following the cr»*n included Sheriff Frank Brown F«. mon Loneoria. a deputy sh"’J‘^ | three border natrol officers. *♦ v? Ferguson. W R. Bradv. K. S Lcn ; nin^ton. Harl’ngen Chief of Police R. H. Johnson and Special Ranger J J. H. Fereuson. Hilario Novola. one of the oecu [ oants of the liouor car. was brought ! to the county Jail and charged with j possessing and transporting liquor, j Miguel Montalvo and Jose Re»*es J Torres the other two, are Jn #v.’ rltv tail at Harlingen and will fr I brought her? later To File Charge* ■ Deputy Longoria said charges of conspiracy to aid in transporting liquor would be filed against two more men. one of whom loaned the car and the other owner of the car. Sheriff Brown said the car car ried lfi cases of liquor. The con tents of four of these were missing when officers reached the scene. STARTS DRY MOVE PHILADELPHIA. June 19.—UT>— Mrs. George H. Straw-bridge has rtaitad a movement among Phila delphia society leaders for a strict observance of the prohibition laws. She hopes the movement will be come national in scc?4\ Liquor Runners and Customs Men Battle ____ m • WEDDING GUESTS * * * SEE DOUBLE AT * * * TWIN CEREMONY ANDERSON. Ind.. Jane 19.—of) —Six sets of twins figured in a wedding here last night. Alverta and Lavera Morgan. Vincennes, Ind., twins, married Paul Breitweiser of Chicago, and the Rev. Herman Smith of Flint, Mich., respectively, in a double ceremony. Mildred and Miriam Fossmey er. twins, of Indianapolis, sang before the ceremony. Ruth and Mildred Cooper and Bemlcy and Pauline Bond. iVn cennes, Ind . twins, were brides maids. Mary and Clara Weller, also twins from Vincennes, were maids of honor. Martha and Mary Lakey, four year-old Anderson, Ind., twins, were flower girls. The Rev. Miss Lavaughn Hall of Broken Arrow. Okla.. perform ed the ceremony at the Park Place Church of God. ¥ - WINDSOR. Ont.. June 19.—(JP)— After a swift moving revolver battle in Detroit river just today rum run ners of the East Windsor sector retreated into Canadian waters aft er shooting a hole in the proiy of a United States customs patrol cut ter. There were no casualties. The rum runners deliberately opened fire without notice on the American boat. Walter 8. Petty, acting collector of customs at De troit, said. His men returned the volley and chased the intruders back to the Canadian shore. The battle started, Petty said, when the rum craft was about 100 feet off the fobt of Joseph Cam pau avenue. Detroit. The border patrol was gliding down stream and was about 50 feet from the runner when its crew of several men blazed away suddenly with revolvers The bullets drummed against the gov ernment boat and blasted a hole above its water line. "Our men returned the fire promptly.'* Petty added. "The rum runners swung about and retreated toward Canada, maintaining a heavy fire at our boat." Petty charged the firing from the rum boat continued long after it had reached Canadian waters. The customs boat abandoned the chase at the international line, ■ PRESIDENT SIGNS FARM BILL j President Hoover ts shown si gning the agricultural bill, flroupo d around him, left to right. Senator McNary, chairman agricultural co mmittee; Vice President Curtts; Re presentative Haugen, chairman house agricultural committee. (By telephoto from New York). MRS. CASTILLO DIES TODAY! _ Funeral Services For Wife Of Local Doctor To Be Held Thursday Mrs. Rosa C. del Castillo, 61. wife , of Dr. Jose A. del Castillo, died at the family residence, 1017 Adams street, at 12:45 p. m. today after a ; lingering illness of a year's dura tion. Funeral services will be held with full Catholic ceremonies, includiiy high mass, at 8:30 a. m. Thursday at the Immaculate Conception church. The body will lie in state ' at the church prior to the services ' Interment will be in the old ceme tery in the family plot beside her father, Gen. Romulo Cuellar Mrs. Castillo was well known ' here and in Mexico, having been j prominent in social and church circles. She was the daughter of General Cuellar and Hexiquia de Cuellar and was born at San Fernando, Tamps. Her education was obtain ed in Mexico and at the local In carnate Word academy. The de ccder was well known in Mexi can "til circles as ner father w’M romr. ‘er-in-chief of the Mexi can my during the regime of Pres nt Porfiro Diaz. S a was married to Dr. Castillo at Victoria in 1905. They later made their home in Mexico City and afterward came to Texas in 1914. / The decedent is survived by her husband. Dr. Castillo; a son. Oscar J. del Castillo; a daughter. Rosita; two brothers. Rumulo and Eugenio; and four grandchildren. Oscar. Jr.. Esperanza. Jose A. and Manfredo LOthar. All. with the exception bt Eugenio, reside in Brownsville. He lives in Point Isabel. Two of Mrs. Castillo's children preceded her in death. Rosita and Esperanza died at Victoria in their youth. Pal! bearers had not been select ed early Wednesday afternoon. ACOITTTED BROWNWOOD. Tex.. June 13 — TAP—Leonard Witt today was ac quitted of murder in the fatal shooting of Wayne Beckham near Brownwood last December. WAS IT PRIDE if- if- if OR STARVATION if- if- if KILLED NELSON? CHICAGO. June 19.—VP)—A physician gave the cause of John Nelson's death as starvation. Po lice believe It was pride. Nelson was 70 years old. Not so long ago he lived at a home for old folks, but he ran away. He said he couldn't stand charity any longer. He had a little money, and he engaged a small room at a ho tel. The room rent took all his money. There was none for food; but at least he was able to put forth the appearance of a man who did not have to live on charity. Yesterday he stood at the win dow of a delicatessen. The odor of food came through the open door from the steam tables. His eyes feasted on the tempting window display. He fell In a faint, and died without regaining consciousness. Doctors said It was starvation. But police said it was pride. troopsgUard FACTORY DOOR Strikers Picket South Caro lina Plant Wed nesday GREENWOOD. S. C., June 19 — (/Pi—National guard troops were on duty at Ware Shoals, near here, as the Ware Shoals Manufacturing company's plant resumed operation with picket lines formed near its gates. The Greenville militia unit was ordered to the scene at 1:30 a. m., today after hundreds of strikers, at a meeting yesterday had voted to begin picketing. The picketing was decided upon afte~ R. E. Campbell, chairman of the Strikers Grievance committee, informed the meeting the mill management had refused to guar antee the employes that they would be protected against discrimination w-hen the plant re-opened. Of fice7 Who Said He Wat Told To ‘Shut Up’ Spurned WASHINGTON. June 19.—(/P)— Louis Jacques, customs border pa trolman at Detroit, quoted in the house by Representative Clancy of Michigan, as having said he was told to "shut up" in connection with the recent slaying there by enforce ment officers .today was ushered out of the office of Assistant Sec retary Lowman of the Treasury aft er Lowman had declared he would not consult with a "man of that type.” Jacques, who recently resigned, was brought to Lowman's office by a Detroit newspaper man. The secretary said he knew the details of the case, and there was no need of their being explained. Heat Death Toll Reaches Twelve As East Sizzles NEW YORK. June 19-—— Eastern states today experienced their seventh successive day of sizzling heat. A dozen deaths from heat were reported yesterday. 8ome Dthers died of drowning while ieeking relief at bathing beaches. Prostrations were numerous. At some points it was the hottest June 18 ever recorded. In New York City the tempera ture reached 93 degrees. RELATIONS WITH SLAIN GIRL TOLD Professor Held In Jail Ad vances Own Theory of Co-ed’s Murder COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 19.— (A»i—Marion T. Myers, one of the two men held in the Investigation of the Theora llix hammer mur der, was released today by Coun ty Prosecutor John J. Chester, Jr. Dr. James H. Snook, deposed university professor, is the only man now held in connection with the investigation. COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 19.—UP) —Dr. James Snook, dismissed pro fessor who posed as the husband of Theorla Hix. 24, slain Ohio State University co-ed, freely discussed his relations with the girl and ad vanced his own theories of murder in the first interview granted by officials who today held him for investigation as they continued their hunt for evidence. Snook has been lodged in Jail with Marion T. Meyers, member of the university horticultural expert ental staff, since a few hours after the girl's body was found last Fri day. Meyers is a former suitor. Snook told newspapermen he thought a chance acquaintance on an automobile ride might have killed her. “Our affair was not a fool, silly love affair,” he said. “Once she said she would not marry me on a bet. even if I didn’t have a wife and child. I was willing to quit whenever she said so. I was ddfng everything for her own good.” Snook then told of her friend ship for Meyers. He and the girl separted for a time but came back together, he said, when she broke with Meyers. “Afterward she said she missed automobile rides with him.” Snook asserted. It was during this time that she shared a room with him, while maintaining a room at a boarding house and still another at the Y. W. C. A. COURT VOfDS LAND PLANK Hold Law Advocated By James E. Ferguson Un constitutional AUSTIN, June 19^<A»»—The so called Ferguson “land plank.” ad vocated by former Gov. James E. Ferguson in his first campaign for office and enacted into law by the legislature in 1915, was held “void and of no effect in its entirety” by the supreme court today. The . court decided that the amendment, attached to the land lord's lien article, was violative of the state and federal constitutions. The amendment fixed a standard rental for farm tenants, providing that where the tenant furnished everything but the land the land lord could not charge rent in excess of one-third of the grain and one fourth of the cotton produced, and where the landlord furnished every thing except the labor he should not charge the tenant more than one half of the crop as rental. Decision of the court restores the law back to its original status, as it had stood since 1874 until the 1915 amendment merely providing that the landlord should have a prefer ence lien upon the property of a tenant to secure payment of ren tal due. TEXAS LAD KILLED LIBERTY. Texas. June 19.—(An— Edward Vicker. 12, was shot to death here today when a pistol with which he was playing discharged. A sis ter. 3. and a brother. 5. witnessed the shooting. PORT HEARING IN WASHINGTON IS COMPLETED Creager Repr esents Point Isabel Men; Decision Will Be Given Later Bv H. L. SEXTON WASHINGTON. June 19— As serting that the Brownsville navi gation district is prepared to meet the government with a 25-foot channel at Brazos Santiago pass if the government will finance deep ening of the outer channel to that depth, attorneys and the engineer of the district today appealed to the federal board of rivers and har bors engineers for modification of a report recently submitted by Major Milo P. Pox. district engi neer at Galveston. The Point Isabel-San Benito navigation district, represented by R. B. Creager. attorney, and Major Rufus Putnam, engineer, appeared in opposition to the proposed modi fication. The board of rivers and harbors engineers, at the conclusion of the hearing, announced that no deci sion would be handed down pend ing submission of briefs by the Point Isabel-San Benito interests. Representatives of the Browns ville navigation district included H. L. Yates and R. B. Rentfro. attor neys; Robt. J. Cummins, engineer; Z. A. Rosenthal and John Gregg, members of the navigation district commission; G. C. Richardson. W. E. McDavitt. and J. L. Blanton. History Told The history of the Brownsville port project was cited by H. L. Yates, who contended that the channel was first proposed in 1852 and that a survey had been made in 1910. He stated that the Brownsville interests had later ac cepted the Point Isabel project, and had worked with that in view un til it became evident that it would be necessary' for Brownsville to pro vide the major part of a channel direct to Brazos Santiago pass, passing about a mile south of Point Isabel. He stated that the Brownsville district could not co operate in construction of a chan nel outside the boundaries of the district, and that Brownsville had voted bonds In the amount of $2, 000,000 to construct a direct chan nel. R. B Creager. speaking on behalf of the Point Isabel-San Benito dis i trict. said that district had voted bonds in the amount of $500,000, and that the requirements of the government in connection with the (Continued on page 13.) H0OVERDRY POLICY HIT Virginia Senator States President Has Gone Far Afield WASHINGTON. June 19.—(JFi— The Hoover administration was con demned in the senate today by Sen ator Glass, democrat. Virginia, for ‘submerging" the prohibition prob lem In its proposed law enforcement inquiry. The Virginia Senator was the author of the $250,000 fund appro priated last session by congress for the purpose of an inquiry under the direction of the president into pro hibition. This is the fund now being used by the Hoover law enforcement commission, and Glass declared that "both the president and the com miission have gone as far afield as it is possible to go when they talk about reorganizing the Judicial pro cedure.” First Day of July 4 Fund Drive Pleases Heads; to Continue “We wish to (hank Brownsville citizens who responded to our call for financial aid with which to put over the celebration here July Fourth.” waid John Fanning, chair man of the finance committee Mon day afternoon after the ftrst day's drive for funds, necessary to pro vide the entertainment features on a program designed to outshine any ever heretofore presented in the Valley Fanning declared that the com mittee. while it did not reach the goal set by the chairman, was sat isfied with its first day's work, and will continue to canvass the entire city a 1 Matamoros until the fund of 17,000 has been raised. “We missed quite a number of the merchants of the city who were on vacations or out of town on bus iness.” Fanning said, "but the com mittee U put ajjun today and we jL will continue tp make the rounds until everybody has been reached " An appeal to the Rotary club Wednesday and to the Kiwanis club Thursday was scheduled to be made in order that those who cannot otherwise be reached may be able to donate. Mrs. Volney W. Taylor, chapman of the pageant committee, an nounced Wednesday morning that she has secured 30 princesses from Valley towns who will attend the queen of the celebration, who will be a Brownsville girl, and whose name will not be announced prior be ready for announcement within to the pageant. The names of the princesses will announced in a few days.," Mrs. Taylor said. The celebration will be closed with a dance at Hotel El Jardin. honoring the queen and her attend ant*. Theors Hlx. above. 25-year old medical student at Ohio State University, whose body, badly mutilated, was found on a rifle range near Columbus. James H. Snook, below. Ohio State University professor of veterinary medicine, who ad mitted a clandestine affair with Miss Hix. TESTIMON Y FOR ROBISON OPENS _ Motion to Acquit Land Commissioner la Turn ed Down . ■ i ..— AUSTIN. June 19.—<,P,—Tailing the stand in behalf of J. T. Robi son. commissioner of the general land office who faces ouster pro ceedings in the house. J. T. Hun ter. Abilene, today defended the veteran state official's position in using for his own benefit a part of the one-rent-revaluation fund. AUSTIN, June 19— (AWTesti mony for J. T. Robison, commis sioner of the general land office, respondent in charges proposing im peachment, pending before the house of representatives, was be gun today. A motion to acquit Mr. Robison of “high crime and misdeamenor" and find him guilty of "indiscretion inconsistent with the proper con duct of public office.” was rejected by the house yesterday. 70 to 40. after proponents of the charges had completed presentation of the testi mony. Rep. S. E. Barnett of Greenville, who proposed immediate disposi tion of the charges without hearing from the respondent, said he felt the charges would be sustained in the end and that time already con sumed had been last to the legisla ture. His move was opposed by Rep, Grady Woodruff of Decatur, who claimed that if Robison “cannot ex plain that $72,000 of misspent money” the people of his district would insist that he be removed from office.” He stated that to (Continued on r*ge thirteen.' GEORGE HEAD SUCCUMBS IN WOOD’SOFFICE Justice of Peace Re turns Verdict of Death From Natur al Causes Apparently In perfect health. George Head of Edinburg, while standing in the office of A. Wayne Wood shortly after noon here today talking to Holland Wood, crumpled to the floor and died before medi cal aid could be obtained. The Wood office is in the First National bank building. Jutsice of the Peace B L. Cain held an inquest and returned a ver dict of death from natural causes. Mr. Head came to Brownsville this morning on business and was accompanied by his wife and son, Vivian. Mrs. A. E. Munday and Mrs A Dittman are sisters of Mrs. Head and she was at the Dittman home at the time of her husband's death. Testimony at the inquest disclosed that Mr. Head was talking to Hol land Wood when he suddenly ap peared to become paralyzed and fell to the floor. His tie was removed and Ice was applied to his head. Doctors were called immediately but he was dead when they arrived. Funeral arangements had not. been completed this afternoon but burial will be in Brownsville, rela tives said. In addition to the widow and son. the deceased is survived by three sisters. Mrs. Frank Cardwell of Ty ler. Texas; Mrs. Otis Collins of Flourney. La., and Mrs. George Hol loway of Forney. Texas, and two brothers. Roy Head of Gainesville, Texas, and Phil Head of New Mex ico. George Head lived in Browns ville until about eight years ago and for the past four years has been a resident of Edinburg. | Late Bulletins j BRAVES WIN BOSTON, June 19.—(API—One big inning, the fourth, in which seven runs were scored, enabled the Braves to defeat the Robins by 8 to 4 here today in the first game of a doubleheader.. Harvey Hendrick hit a homer In the ninth with one on. FARMER DROWNS GOLDTHWAITE, Tex. June 19 (Jp»—Amos Oreen. 25. farmer, drowned in Pecan Bayou near Mul lin today. He had gone to the bayott'to fish. DRY CHIEF QUITS SANFRANCISCO. June 19.—(API —Announcing he had decided “to get out of the prohibition business, * E. R. Bohner. federal prohibition ad ministrator for Northern California, last night telegraphed his resigna tion to the treasury department aft Washington. “I have no desire to be Identified again with the prohibition depart ment." Bohner said. “It is a posi tion of grief." EXPECT SHOWERS IN VALLEY THIS WEEK Showery weather over the lower Valley for the next day or two is predicted by W J. Sehnurbusch, head of the weather bureau here. Rainfall Is expected to be local, however, and no general disturb ance Is expected. Light showers fell in Browns villa early Wednesday morning, and Mis sion. Harlingen and San Benitd also report local precipitation. THE WEATHER"! i —.I r - - : .—-* For Brownsville and the Valley: Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight and probably Thursday, with local showers this afternoon and tonight. Light to moderate variable winds on the west coast. For East Texas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday: probably showers on the west coast. Light to moderate easterly to southerly winds on the coast. RIVER FORECAST There will be no material change in the river during the next 24 to 48 hours. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr Stage Stage Ctmg. Rail Eagle Pass .. 16 2.3 +0.1 Of 1 Laredo . 27 -0.5 0.0 .0C ! Rio Grande . 21 4.5 -0.3 .06 | Mission ..... 22 4 4 0 0 .15 , San Benito . 23 8 3 -0 2 .0C ' Brownsville . 18 3.7 -0 3 .06 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabe. tomorrow, under normal meteor* ologlral conditions: High . 4:54 a. m Low.8:34 p. m MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today .7:3' Sunrise tomorrow .. 5:31