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1 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 357 * BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY .
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"LIKE FATHER, like son."
Isaac Corns, Jr., son of Isaac
Corns. Sr., Texas Master Fanner
who lives near Rio Hondo, has been
selected as one of the outstanding
4-H club boys of the nation at a
!* national encampment of farm club
boys and girls.
Young Corns was one of two
boys selected to represent Texas at
this annual meeting which was at
tended by 300 young people from
38 states and the Hawaiian islands.
This boy’s record is so much bet
ter than that of the average grown
man that a comparison should
I make adults ashamed of them
[ selves.
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The record which entitled Isaac
Corns to represent Texas at the
encampment includes saving of
I $3,001.10 in three years.
This sum of money has been
banked by the boy from club pro
jects he has handled in the past
three years, including cotton, corn
and poultry undertakings.
He has been awarded many prizes
or unusual merit, including a short
I course scholarship at A. and M
college and money from the Valiev
Mid-Winter Fair.
Corns Senior was selected one of
ten master farmers in Texas in a
1 contest conducted by A and M.
! college in cooperation with Farm
and Ranch. Dallas farm publica
tion.
The boy seems to have learned
H well the lessens his father could
p teach him.
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BIG MANUFACTURERS of the
* East are urging potato growers to
I adopt a consumer package for mar
!!> keting the spud crop—and there
may be a valuable suggestion In
that for Valley growers.
It would require more careful
frading. thorough washing and
e^jSR care in shipping to establish
1 aHLde brand which would demand
a Tlgher price in the retail mar
kets, but it could be done.
An experiment conducted by the
bag manufacturer indicates the ex
tra care and work would pav a
handsome return to the growers.
Fifteen-pound bags were used in
the experiment, details of which
are told as follows:
"The Michigan Potato Growers’
Exchange. Cadillac, Mich., shipped
a car of northern potatoes, packed
In 15-pound bags, to F. P. Coward
and Son at Buffalo. The car ar
rived on Saturday and by the fol
■ lowing Thursday all of the 2,400
A bags were in grocers' shops. About
I half the bags in the retailers'
ids were sold by Friday of the
e week, and all were gone by
irday night.
(peaking of the cost in connec
wtth this trial shipment, the
says that "This extra
lum means that the grower
lzation realized $.015 extra for
reful grading plus $.0365 for
lal park, or a total of $ 0515
k or $123.60 a carload over
vailing market price."
1 A YEAR ago there was
oo aushiony scale in some Val
orclWrds.
idy llsd beUlea. 25 cents worth
them; natural enemies of this
1 of *cale. were imported and
ased fci the Infested orchards,
ow there are neither scale of
cotton cushiony variety nor
:les of the lady bird kind in
Valley.
he theory is that the beetles ate
the scale there was in the Val
and then as is their custom,
jed cannibals and ate each other,
alls to mind the story of the
foxes who totally consumed
i other.
LANS to refinance the city of
wnsville with a bond issue,
iched at the city commission
■ting Tuesday, are not new.
he plant has been under consid
tion for some time. Merely
ms that short term, high inter
rate warrants will be taken up
[ replaced with long term, low
re'* bearing bonds.
u, a plan, which would require
e*cVon- wou!d relieve the de
rvfe on the treasury and likely
jlf'ln the tax rate being main
ifd at its present level, one of
lowest in the Valley.
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tTien. and If the bond election is
ed' it is to be hoped the city
un’issicn will see fit to include
ficient sums In the issue to pay
an incinerator. .
■ho present method of dispos
of garbage is unsightly as well
unsanitary •
nother advantage is that It
ild enable Commissioner of
eets and Parks Burt E. Hinkley
beautify the entrance to the city
k on the resaca,
t present the necessity for
rinK past the city dumping
,.nd and Inhaling smoke from
“burning rubbish is sufficient
teep most peoplejHit of the park
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Robison Says Moody Threatened Him in Deal
I PRINCIPALS IN POISON PROBE j
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Associated Press Photo
Ode Nix. 22 fleft), of New Boston. Texas, confessed, officials said,
that he poisoned Ills 17-year-old wife, shown at his side. He goes to
trial Thursday.
Veteran Valley
Editor Succumbs
To Long Illness
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DAWES DEFIES
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DRESS DECREE;
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BANS KNICKERS
LONDON, June 26.—(4**—Am
bassador Dawes will abandon the
example set by certain of his
predecessors and will not wear
silk knee breeches and patent
leather shoes with silver buckles
at his presentation to Queen Mary
at the third Saint James court to
night,
Instead, the American, a former
general, sometimes called affec
tionately “Hell ’N Maria” Dawes,
will wear plain swallow tail eve
ning dress. Both former ambas
sadors. George Harvey and Alan
son Houghton, donned , knee
breeches for court functions.
No reason was assigned by the
sources revealing the former
vice president’s intention, which
| was in defiance of the convention
' laid down by the Lord Chamber
lain's office.
JAPS APPROVE
KELOGG PACT
.—
Washington Receives News
With Rejoicing As Last
Power Signs
TOKYO. June 26—i4b—In an un
usually strained atmosphere the
privy council, presided over by the
emperor, today finally approved the
Kellogg anti-war pact.
TOKYO, June 26 — fAT. — Count
Mchida. Japanese statesman who
signed the Kellogg renunciation of
war pact in Paris, has resigned from
j the privy council.
WASHINGTON. June 26.-^-MV
News of the approval by the Jap
anese privy council of the Kellogg
treaty for the renunciation of war
was received in American govern
ment circles with a spirit of rejoic
ing.
Japan is thi last of the 15 orig
inal signatory powers to ratify the
pact, and the document will come
into full force as soon as the Jap
anese instrument of ratification Is
deposited in the archives of the
state department here.
The pact embraces action, or in
tended action, by virtually every
nation of the world to renounce war
as a national policy. Only Argen
tina and Brazil have not signified
their intention to adhere to the
' pact,
(Special to The Herald)
PHARR, June 26—Col. Ben Gor
don Whitehead, veteran newspaper
man. and editor of the Rio Grande
Valley Sun. died in a Marlin hos
pital W’ednesday morning, accord
ing to word received here.
Col. Whitehead had been In ill
health for the past year, suffering
from diabetes, heart trouble and t
other complications. He left Pharr
for Marlin Sunday of this week, this
being his second visit there. He
spent some time in the sanitarium
there, and returned to his desk
in Pharr a few weeks ago. but his
health taking a turn for the worse,
he decided to again take a treat- .
ment. at Marlin.
Telegrams received In Pharr
Tuesday stated he was not expected
to live, and Mrs. Whitehead left for
Marlin to be at his bedside.
No plans for funeral arrangements
have yet been announced.
Col. Whitehead was 60 years of
age. He is survived by his widow,
a daughter, louise. of La Porte.
Ind.. and one son. Miller, who lives
In Pharr. He was a native of In
diana. and came to the Valley In
1916 as a colonel In the national
guard. After his retirement he
edited the Brownsville Sentinel, at
the location on Washington and
Thirteenth, no woccupied by the
Skelton printing shon. for a t'me.
later going to McAllen and estab
lishing the Rio Grande Valley Sun.
then published as a daily.
Ill health interrupted his course,
and he dropped his work in the Val
ley. going to Colorado, where he
remained for about two years. Upon
his return to the Valley, he pub
lished “Pig Leaves” with offices in
Edinburg, for a short time. Nearly
five years ago he discontinued this
publication and bought the Pharr
oaper. renaming it the Rio Grande
Valley Sun. after the paper he for
morlv published in McAllen.
During his residence In McAllen
he was married to Josephine Lee.
Col. Whitehead was widely ex
perienced In his chosen profession,
having worked on the Cincinnati
Enquirer, the Oklahoman, of Okla
homa Citv. on Chicago and Indlan
anolis publications and a number of
others.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic lodge, and of the Pharr Kl
wanis club.
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McKenzie sanity
TESTIMONY OPENS
SAN ANTONIO. June 26.—M5}—
Two witnesses. A. S. West. San An
tonio attorney, and James McKen
zie. brother of the defendant, were
nlaced on the stand by the defense
todav Rt the sanity trial of John
M. 'Pete) McKenzie, convicted slay
er of Detective Chief Sam Street.
The young slayer, weak from a
two-day examination by mental ex
perts and physicians, was given an
ovation by a crowed, mostly women,
while filled the smell court renm,
wbe-» he was brought in by two
,deputies,
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WITHDRAWAL
OF OFFICIAL
AID PLANNED!
University Lands Of
fered For Sale Cause
Of Row In High
Circles
AUSTIN. June 26 —i,V>— That
Governor Mooay in a conference at
Dilley with Land Commissioner J.
T. Robison threatened to start a
legislative investigation and with
draw official cooperation from the
office if the veteran official did not
take from the market University
oil lands advertised for sale January
2. was the assertion made by Rob
ison before the house today.
“A legislative probe holds no ter
rors for me." the witness said he
told the governor.
Previously, Attorney General
Claude Pollard had declared he
doubted the authority of the land
commissioner to withdraw adver
tised tracts from sale, but urged
Robison to take this action because
the governor and board of regents
of the University of Texas wanted
him to do it. Robison declared on di
rect examination.
"I told him that I didn’t know
how to run the land office that
way,” Robison stated.
“Law or No Law”
In previous interview’s with Gov
ernor Moody and Attorney General
Pollard. Robison said he had been
advised to take the 53.000 acres ad
vertised for sale from the market,
"law or no law.”
"I felt, however, that it was a
mandatory duty to sell the land
when a citizen had filed a written
request for it, and I refused,” Rob
ison said.
Speaking in a loud voice tna>
could be heard throughout the huge
chamber, the land office chief de
clared that $3,546,409 had been or
fered as a bonus for If/ tracts which
could hare been sold January 2.
This sum would have been placed to
the credit of the University of Tex
as permanent fund regardless of
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WAR ON NEAR
BEER STARTED
Former Police Chief In
Iowa Warns Railroads
Against Moving Brew
DES MOINES. Ia., June 26.—(IP)
—A one-man crusade against the
sale in Iowa of near beer was untfer
full steam today, vfith John B.
Hammond, former chief of police,
furnishing the power. Hammond
holds no official law enforcement
position at present.
The 150,000 bottles of the beverage
which were seized several days ago
under a search warrant obtained by
Hammond, were the subject of 1
court hearing today. It is Ham
mond's contention the near beer,
being a malt beverage, comes under
the intoxicating liquor restriction of
the state prohibition law.
Letters have been mailed by
Hammond to all railroad companies
operating in Iowa warning them
that legal steps would be taken to
[ prevent near beer shipments into
the state and “no quarter” would
be shown.
I THE PARTY
STARTS AT
6:3 0 P. M.
The Brownsville Herald will
I Dpen its Associated Press leased
wire at 6:30 p. m. Thursday to
obtain complete description of
the fights in New York. The
preliminaries will start shortly
after 6:30 and the main bout
will begin about 7:30 Texas time.
Blow by blow account of the
main bout will be megaphoned
from The Herald office
Everybody invited.
LEGGERS HI-JACK
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RIVAL; MONEY IS
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BAD; 10 JAILED
MACOJ*. Ga.. June 26.—W—It
appears rackets don't mix success
fully.
For Instance, when a pang of
Miami. Fla, bootleggers decided
to hijack a Jacksonville rival,
they neglected to find out wheth
er the money they took from his
coat was good.
With secret service men as well
as prohibition agents on the trail,
the result has been 10 arrests,
five in Miami, three in Washing
ton. D. C.. and one each in
Jacksonville and Macon.
W. M. Bolton, of Goulds. Fla.,
was under $5,000 bond for the
federal grand jury here today
after his plea of guilty before a
United States commissioner on a
charge of passing two worthless
$50 bills.
George Brodnax. secret service
operatives, today was authority
for«»the statement that Jack
Fields of Jacksonville was the
man. hijacked at Miami and had
$1,750 worth of spurious hills tak
en from him. He since has been
arrested and placed in jail at
Jacksonville.
HELEN WILLS
VICTOR AGAIN
Poker Face In British Title
Play Has Not Lost
Single Game
WIMBLEDON. England. June 26.
—i,p,—Helen Wills. American tennis
ace. paraded through the second
round of the women's singles cham
pionships at Wiipbledon today with
a victory over Mrs. Schomburgk. of
Germany. 6-0. 6^0. It was Miss
/Wills’ second straight conquest of
the tournament without the loss of
a game.
Wilmer Allison won the first vic
tory for the United States in the
third round of the British men's
tennis championships when he de
feated J. D. P. Wheatley, England
6-1, 6-1. 6-1.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan won her sec- I
ond round match in the women's |
plav when she defeated Mrs. John j
Hill. Croat Britain. 6-0. 6-2.
•Big Bill” Tilden defeated D
Prenn. German Davis cup player !
6-0. 6-0. 3-6.
The American contingent lost one
member when Wilbur Coen, Kansas
City youngster, dropped a hard
fought decision to Christian Bous
sus. young French star. 6-1. 1-8. 7-5.
John Hennessey came through his
< match with J. H. Frowen. defeating j
j the Englishman 6-2, 6-1. 7-5.
Miss Helen Jacob. California girl,
i truck another blow for the United
States by defeating Miss L. Rost,
| England, 6-3, 6-0.
PROBECHICAGO
CITY OFFICES
Entire Administration Un
der Fire of New Dis
trict Attorney
CHICAGO. June 26—<£»/—John
A. Swanson today put a match to
one of the firecrackers he promised j
to explode if elected state's attor-;
ney. He announced he would seek
an immediate grand jury investiga
tion of the entire city administra
tion. and particularly of the of
fice corporation Counsel Samuel A.
Ettelson and the department of
buildings.
A conference today with Council
man Arthur F. Albert was an ini
tial move. Albert last week de
manded an inquiry into the payrolls
of the corporation counsel.
At the same time Albert R.
Brunker, head of the civic safety
commission, and other business men
who interested themselves in Swan
son’s campaign for election last fall,
joined forces behind the state's at
(iorney to push the investigation,
DONNA TO GET
MOST MODERN
PHONE SYSTEM
New Building And
Common Battery
Equipment to Cost
$40,000
* 'Special to The Herald!
DONNA. .June 26—A modern
common battery telephone exchange
housed In Its own home Is to replace
the ‘'ringer” system In use here as
soon as the building can be erected
and the new equipment installed.
J. C Paxton, general manager of
the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
Co., announces that between $30,000
and $40,000 will be spent on the local
system, including a complete over
1 hauling of the distributing system
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STOWAWAY BACK
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DRESSED LIKE
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FASHION PLATE
—
NEW YORK, June The
stowaway of the Yellow Bird, Ar
thur Schreiber of Portland Maine
returned to America aboard the
Leviathan today—first class—at
tired in extreme cut French clothes
but with little to say about him- ■
self or his uninvited trip.
He was met at Quarantine by
his father, Morris Schreiber, a
Portland fur worker, with whom he
exchanged affectionate greetings,
and then he posed, with his father
and by himself, for several photo
graphs.
The youth had nothing to say
about future plans. All he wished
now, he said, was to get back home
and see his mother.
He became angry when ques
tioned regarding reports that he
had compared himself to Lindbergh
alter his landing In France.
RUM-CRAZED MAN
SHOOTS AT PRIEST,
CHURCH IN PANIC
CHICAGO. June 26.—Fifty early morning worshippers were
thrown into panic as a drink-maddened man tottered down the aisle of
Our Lady of Sorrows Cathloic church today and fired three pistol shots
toward the priest as he administered communion.
The third shot struck a kneeling parishoner, Richard Murphy. In the
WRIT TO FREE 1
CAPONE FILED
Hearing to be Held Satur
day on Plea to Re
lease Gangster
PHILADELPHIA. June 26.-4^—'
A petition for a writ of error was j
filed in the municipal court today I
for the purpose of having "Scar
I face ’ A1 Capone, Chicago gangster,
released from the Holmesburg
county jail where he is serving a
one year s sentence for carrying a
loaded pistol.
A hearing on the writ will be held
Saturday before Judge John E
j Walsh, who sentenced Capone and
j his bodyguard, Frank Kline, also a
Chicago gangster. Kline * was not
included in the attempt to have Ca
pone released.
Rehearing Denied
In Hallman Case
By Appeals Court
f Special to The Herald *.
AUSTIN. June 26.—Motion for
rehearing in the case of K. E. Hall
man. Cameron county, was denied
in criminal appeals court here Wed
nesday.
Hallman had been convicted of
aggravated assault and fined $150
in the trial c:*Jrt. The appeals
court had reversed this verdict on
the grounds that the statute under
which Hallman had been tried was
so vague as to be Inoperative.
Hallman, an electrical contractor
at San Benito, was alleged to have
attacked E. C. Greer. Greer had
paid a portion of an account he
owed Hallman, evidence at the trial
in county court at law disclosed, but
had held up a portion of it because
he claimed Lhe work had not been
properly done.
POISON~rOUND IN
WOMAN’S STOMACH
TEXARKANA, Jne 27.—(AP>—
District Attorney R. G. Waters
said today he had been notified
by Dr. S. W. Bobl*. director of
the state laboratory at Austin,
that poison had been found in
the viscera of Mrs. Ocie Nix. for
whose alleged murder her husband
la to go to trial at Boston. Tex..
Thursday. A subpoena for Dr.
Bohla as a witness was issued.
•hip. The man then turned the
weapon upon himself, the fourth
bullet grazing his scalp. The priest
saved himself by dropping to the
floor as the shooting be°:an.
The assailant, Charles O. Foster,
45. was arrested. Befuddled by
liquor, he thought himself mortally
wounded.
“I wanted to finish him and fin
ish myself,*' he muttered. "I'm not
a Catholic, but you can give me the
sacraments If you want to."
Foster s wife said he had been
drinking heavily. Neither she nor
her husband are Catholics and she
could offer no explanation for the
act.
The communicants saw the
drunken man stagger toward the
altar, but no one moved toward
him. Then he took a seat in a pew,
sat there a moment, and as the
priest, the Rev. Father A. E. Kee
nan. began to attend the communi
cants he drew a pistol and fired.
As Foster pointed his weapon at
his own head, an occupant of the
same pew disarmed him.
Father Keenan said he had never
i seen Foster before.
NON-STOP PILOT
TO TAKE LETTER
Message From Mayor Cole
To Mayor of Winnipeg
Will Go On Plane
A good-will message of greetings
from Mayor A. B. Cole to the mayor
of Winnipeg. Canada, will accom
pany Piolf B. F. Zimmerley when
he takes off from the local airport
within the next few days on an at
tempted non-stop flight to Canada.
Mayor Cole has received a re
quest from sponsors of the flight
that he send the latter and has an
nounced that he will do as re
quested.
The Valley and Canada are not to
tally strangers, the mayor said, and
pointed out the recent visit of th<
Border Cities Chamber of Com
m»rce to this section.
Zimmerley. whose flight is spon
sored by the Nlcholas-Beazley Air
plane Co., Inc., of Marshall, Mo.
is expected to arrive at the airoori
soon. Some of his equipment al
readv has arrived. The non-stoj
flight is scheduled to get undei
way the latter part of this week
Zimmerley may await here ■•vrra
days awaiting fvorabie- weathei
conditions, the letter to . layer Col<
stated.
CONSULT WITH
U. S. CONSUL
IN MATAMOROS
About 100 Residents
Of City Must Move
To Matamoros To
Hold Positions
Mexican immigration authorities
will strictly enforce the presidential
decree requiring persons employed
In Mexico to reside in that country
and immigration laws requiring all
visitors to secure a passport of some
kind. Edelmiro Rodriguez, in charge
of immigration at the Matamoros
jiort announced today.
Proprietors of saloons and restau
rants in Matamoros who live m
Brownsville, after having been
warned they would be required to
make their residence to Matamoros.
Wednesday were preparing to pro
test to both Mexican and United
States authorities.
The decree requiring Mexican
residence of all employees will af
fect between 75 and 100 persons liv
ing in Brownsville and the pasnpon.
regulations will effect every person
who desires to visit that country at.
any point.
Rafael Jimenez Castro, chief of
the department of immigration, has
just visited Matamoros where he In
spected the service and Issued In
structions for enforcement of tho
new regulations.
Photographs Needed
Citizens of Brownsville, and of
other towns where there is an in
ternational port of entry, will bo
required to present duplicate cer
tificates from the mayor of their
town attesting their citizenship.
Alone with these certificates they
will be required to furnish two
small photos. The Mexican im
migration authorities will then Is
sue a border passport or courtesy
card. This card will be good for
one year and the holder will be per
mitted to use it as often as he llkea.
Citizens of the United States liv
ing in towns away from the boarder
or on the border where there is no
port of entry, will be permitted to
visit Mexico onlv on a visitors card
secured from the Mexican consul
at the nearest port of entry. These
cards will be good for only one trip
and will cost $1. This classification
applies to citizens of San Benito,
Harlinnrr Halsey towns
where there is no port of entry.
Persons who attempt to visit
Mexico more than one time without
complying with these requirement*
will be required to enter the country
only as a regular immigrant. Rod
riguez said.
Thirty Days Grace
These regulations are expected to
become effective immediately, bul
30 days grace will be allowed to
acquaint citizens of the border with
the requirements, the Matamoros
chief said.
Cards printed in English and
Spanish are to be distributed along
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i THE WEATHER
' U— —I—. — ■ — .»■ I—. —<
. For Brownsville and the Valleyf
Partly cloudy to fair tonight and
Thursday. Light to moderate
northeast to southeast winds on
the west coast.
For East Texas: Fair tonight and
Thursday. Light to fresh northeast
winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 34-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stase Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.2 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.7 -0.2 00
I Rio Grande . 21 4.4 -0.1 .07
Mission. 22 4.2 +0.4 .00
San Benito . 23 6.9 -0.2 .00
Brownsville . 18 2.7 -03 00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point, Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
, ological conditions:
• High . 8:28 a. m.
. Low . 12:10 a. m.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA
> Sunset today . 7:23
Sunrise tomorrow . J:40
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