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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 363 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1929 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY, 5c A COPY/
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!' THE BEAUTIFUL, well-kept cit
frus orchards of Florida, with every
tree apparently personally and in
dividually groomed are mythical—
there is no such thing in existence.
I This is the report of J. E. Bell,
inanager of the San Benito Cham
ber of Commerce, who returned
last week from a trip to Washing
ton. On his way back he went by
Florida.
Valley orchards are better cared
for now than the average in Flor
ida. Bell says.
The Florida orchards are ragged,
tintrimmed and yellow from lack of
fertilizer.
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) Invasion of the Mediterranean
ttruit fly is blamed for the sorry
plight of the orchards there. Many
iof the growlers have become dis
couraged, others are not in finan
cial condition to purchase fertilizer,
Jfco employ workers to prune and
^cultivate the trees.
i This is a sad state of affairs, but
fcust because Bell found Florida
ferchards in a poorer state than
Walley groves is no reason why lo
cal growers should not continue to
(strive for better product by im
proving cultural methods and care.
Valley orchards may rank above
(those of Florida, but there is much
ifc-oom for improvement here in the
pare of trees.
• • •
f EVIDENTLY the cotton pickers
In Cameron county have won the
(first skirmish in the farmer-picker
battle. Farmers announced Mon
,<day, after an executive committee
(meeting in Harlingen, that they
fwould pay $1 a hundred pounds.
T Previously the price had been set
it 75 cents. Farmers found the
|ers reluctant to enter the fields
tiat figure, especially when just
the line in Hidalgo and Wil
ey county the farmers were pay
fjng two-bits per hundred more.
And even the increase in price is
lot expected to produce sufficient
workers to keep abreast with the
•tpidly maturing crop.
So call is broadcast for 1000 to
additional pickers.
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li NEW MEXICAN immigration
Regulations causing no little confu
pion. Seems to be a difference of
[cpinion among the officials inter
tested as to the exact date when
nUnited States citizens must begin
ftto comply with the rules.
Saturday it was announced citi
ifcens living outside of Brownsville
•would be required to secure con
sular permits before visiting Mata
anoros Sunday. Then Monday it
Svas announced the permits were
aaot required Sunday, but would be
in the future.
Then all immigration officials
telong the border seem to have dif
ferent ruling.
At Reynosa nothing has been
heard of any change in the rules.
At Rio Grande City there were ru
mors, but no definite information.
At Roma definite instructions had
been issued but they appeared to
differ from those issued at Mata
moros.
The new regulations are much
more drastic than anything ever
attempted before. Possibly this is
an explanation.
Everything will likely be working
smoothly In a few days.
. * *
WITH ACTUAL construction of
le huge irrigation system still
months away, thousands of
jung citrus trees on the tract in
Willacy county to be watered by
h&illacy county irrigation district
SNo. 1 are growing and thriving.
Some of the prettiest trees to be
tjfrn in the Valley are on that tract
jwBtare no water is yet available cx
■«P>t that which can be handled in
twater wagons.
On the Engleman tract the same
thing is true. Thousands of young
jcitrus trees which never have been
watered except from a tank wagon,
*re thriving.
Seems to lend weight to the
i statement that most trees in the
(Irrigated section are over-watered.
• • *
VIRGIL N. LOTT, former news
paperman, former United States
officer in border service and at
present manager of the interna
tional bridge at Roma, is planning
to take a vacation and attend the
annual convention of Spanish -
American war veterans in Colo
rado, after a visit on the Paciifc
•oast .
“I never have attended a Span
ish-American war veter*;^’ gather
ing yet,” he said, “and the ranks
are beginning to thin rapidly. I
intend to be in on this one.”
But he’s coming back to Roma
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Texas League Votes To Split Season Today
MOVES MADE
TO SUSPEND
BRIDGE RULE
Civic Groups Seek To
Have Freedom For
July 4 Celebration
Crowd
Frantic efforts to have passport
regulations suspended by Thursday,
the Fourth of July, in order that
celebrators of the holiday here might
cross into Mexico unmolested had
borne no fruit late Tuesday after
noon.
Messages sent to Portes Gil, presi
dent of Mexico, complaining of the
regulations being enforced here and
pointing out that Matamoros ana
Brownsville were being discriminat
ed against had brought no reply
except one saying the complaint haa
been referred to the secretary of
state.
“The chamber of commerce and
citizenship of Brownsville have
planned an elaborate celebration for
the Fourth of July,” says a mes
sage from the chamber or commerce
to the Mexican president. This will
draw a large crowd of tourists to
the border and naturally they will
desire,to visit Matamoros. The fa
cilities afforded tourists heretofore
have been stopped by order of the
immigration department of the sec
reteria de gobernacion. We feel this
due to the fact Reynosa and other
ports of entry are still enjoying the
above mentioned privileges. In the
name of harmony now existing be
tween the two countries we beg of
you to kindly restore the crossing
facilities and in the name of justice
we ask that all the ports of the
frontier enjoy the same privileges.”
Urging all Brownsville citizens to
obtain local permit cards at once,
L. Lopez Montero, Mexican consul
here, Tuesday was issuing passports
in accordance with the new Mexi
can passport law, which is now in
effect.
“Tourists visiting Brownsville are
complaining about inconveniences
which new regulations are causing
but I can do nothing about it,”
Montero said, rib referred to peo
ple who wished to visit Matamoros
on more than one occasion while
here.
“These people have to take out
permits for each time they cross
the bridge ” he said.
“For instance, two gentlemen in
my office this morning wanted to
take lunch in Matamoros, return to
this side, and go back again late
in the afternoon for dinner, but each
would have had to visit my office
again after the first permit was
presented to immigration authori
ties at the bridge.”
Five Dollars for Party
It would cost a party of five per
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Two Accept Posts
On New Farm Body;
Chairman Is Named
WASHINGTON, July 2.—
Alexander Legge of Chicago and C.
C. Teague of California have ac
cepted appointments to the federal
farm board.
Legge will be chairman of the
board for the first year, and James
C. Stone of Kentucky will be vice
chairman.
The president expressed satisfac
tion today with the acceptances say
ing both men made great sacrifices
to serve the government. Legge, he
said, had taken the place in the face
of the fact that it reduced his salary
from $100,000 to $12,000 a year,
which was an evidence of his de
sire to be of service to the farmer.
Teague, the president said, also
made great financial sacrifices in
accepting the appointment.
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AGED DEFENDANT
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DENIES TORRID
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LOVE SESSIONS
CHICAGO, July 2.—I/O—Step
by step, Franklin S. Hardinge, 62
year-old defendant in a $250,000
breach of promise action, went
over the story of Ann Livingston
today and denied the torrid love
making she attributed to him.
Interspersed in the denials, the
gray headed oil burner manufac
turer hurled counter darts at tne
reputation and character of the
pretty 29-year-old divorcee from
Tulsa, Okla.
She told him, he testified, that
she so greatly admired Charles
Nax, married St. Louis newspaper
man, she was anxious to bear a
child by him.
“She said it was because he
wrote poetry, loved music and was
generally smart,” he said.
Hardinge denied vehmently he
ever attempted intimacy with Mrss
Livingston as she had chargee*
PROBERS END
DALLAS QUIZ
Investigation Will Be Re
newed Following Oil
Revelations
DALLAS, Tex., July 2.—(A5)—Four
days in Texas not having given the
senate patronage committee suffi
cient time to investigate alleged job
peddling by the state republican
organization, Texas today looked
forward to a renewed investigation.
Two members of the committee,
Senators Smith W. Brookhart,
Iowa, republican, chairman, and
Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee,
democrat, recessed the hearings
here yesterday after three days of
hearings in San Antonio and one
in Dallas. Senator Brookhart an
nounced new important evidence
had been discovered which the
committee would consider soon.
Although no official announce
ment was made, it was learned the
continued hearings would deal with
oil transactions at Fort Worth and
their connection with patronage.
Republican National Committee
man Rene B. Creager of Browns
ville was criticized by numerous
witnesses and testified twice in the
four days refuting the attackers’
statements. He once was threaten
ed with arrest for contempt of the
senate after a disagreement with
Senator McKellar. The committee
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Refrigerator Gas
Blamed For Death
Of Chicago Woman
CHICAGO, July 2.—(fl*)—Methyl
chloride gas escaping from an
electric refrigerator was given by a
coroner’s jury last night as the
cause of death of Mrs. Violet Clark,
29, in her apartment Saturday.
At the same time the department
of health estimated that at least 15
persons and perhaps many more
have died in Chicago In recent
months from the same cause. Four
persons have been victims of the
gas within the last 10 days, the de
partment said.
The jury, composed of path
ologists and experts chemists,
recommended that “proper public
officials and the leaders in the ar
tificial refrigerating industry” join
to seek means "for the protection
of the public against recurrence of
such deaths.”
NATIONAL AND STATE
BANK CALLS ISSUED
WASHINGTON, July 3.—MV
The comptroller of the currency
today issued a cal! for tbe condi
tion of all national banks at the
close of business on Saturday,
June 29.
AUSTIN July 2.—James
Shaw, state banking commission
er, today issued a call for condi
tion of st«rc banks as of June 29.
DE PRIEST ATTACKS
SOUTHERN SOLONS
CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 2.—(/P)
—Charges of cowardice and hypoc
risy were flung by Oscar De Priest,
negro congressman of Chicago, last
night at members of the legisla
tures of southern states which re
cently passed resolutions censuring
Mrs. Herbert Hoover for inviting De
Priest’s wife to a White House re
ception. De Priest was speaking
before 2,000 persons at mass meet
ing of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple*
DALLAS GIVEN
CHAMPIONSHIP
OF FIRST HALF
Had One Game Lead
Over Shre v e p o r t,
Who Tried to Call
Delay of Action
DALLAS, Texas, July 2.—UP)—
Texas league magnates in session
here today voted to split the pres
ent season, effective today and in
cluding yesterday’s games.
Dallas was awarded the first half
championship with a one-half game
lead over Shreveport. The Louis
iana entr yfailed in its attempts
to force a delay in the split so it
might overcome the Dallas entry’s
lead.
The vote was 6 to 2.
The motion to split was made by
Houston and seconded by Beau
mont.
Shreveport to Appeal
Shreveport announced it would
appeal the split to the national
baseball commission on the ground
that it was unconstitutional since
it was retroactive.
An official statement when the
morning session ended said Pres. J.
Doak Roberts would continue in of
fice until the expiration of his five
year term. He is serving his third
year.
The executive comm’ftee. which is
considering a proterfai game be
tween Shreveport and Houston, is to
disband as soon as that matter is
arbitrated, leaving such decisions
hereafter to the board of directors.
Shreveport was awarded a pro
tested game with Houston making
the Sports only one-half game behind
Dallas at the split. The executive com
mittee, granting Shreveport appeal,
said Frank Snyder, Houston man
ager. did not make his protest at
the proper time.
| Late Bulletins j
CHICAGO LOSES
CLEVELAND. July 2—(A5')—Cleve
land took the first game of a dou
bleheader with Chicago here today
four to three.
GIANTS 6; BRAVES 3
BOSTON, July 2.— (AP) —The
Giants hit Harry Seibold hard here
today to win the first game of a
doubleheader from the Braves 6 to
3. Fred Fitzsimmons scattered the
eight Boston hits. Melvin Ott hit
into the right field bleachers in the
seventh for his twenty-third home
run, retaining the major league
leadership.
ATHLETICS WIN
PHLIADELPHIA, July 2.—UP)—
The Philedelphia Athletics won the
first game of today’s doubleheader
with Washington 7 to 4.
WOMAN IS BURNED
TO DEATH IN FIRE
STRAWBERRY, Ark., July 2.—UP)
Mrs. Burley Morgan, 30, was burned
to death and the business district
of Strawberry was virtually wiped
out by fire which originated from
an explosion of an oil stove in the
Morgan residence late Monday. The
Strawberry postoffice was among the
buildings destroyed.
MRS. MORROW ON
WAY TO MEXICO
LAREDO, Texas, July 2.—(JP)—
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, wife of the
United States ambassador to Mex
ico, passed through Laredo today
on her way to Mexico City. Be
cause of the early hours Mrs. Mor
how’s party was not disturbed by
immigration and customs officials.
I
Otis Hankins, 14-year-old Pine
Bluff, Ark., boy, is held in the
slaying of his father. Police said
he confessed killing his father
when he swore at him.
LAREDO CASE
NEARING END
Jury Expected to Decide
On Guilt of Officers
Tonight
(Special to The Herald)
LAREDO. Tex., July 2.—The fate
of Tomas Hernandez and Raymond
J. West, Laredo peace officers
charged with the slaying of Garry
Williams, Muncie, Ind., and Laredo
reporter, may be decided tonight.
Attorneys for the state and de
fense this morning began a seven
hour address to the jury. It was
expected that the addresses would
continue far into the afternoon.
Judge J. P. Mullally will deliver
his charge to the jury probably late
this afternoon.
The packed courtroom evidences
tense interest in the trial. The trial
is tht chief topic of conversation.
Groups on the streets forget theif
afternoon siesta to ask. “What will
the verdict be?” and to exchange
views as to the guilt and innocence
! of the accused.'
Crop Argument
Ends In Shots;
Three Charged
M’KINNEY, Texas. July 2.—UP)—
Three men were under assault to
murder charges, and a fourth, a
Temple. Okia.. farmer.. was in a
hospital here today suffering from
gunshot wounds received in an af
fray at the home of his father-in
law. J. T. Gibbs, near Farmersville,
yesterday.
Howard Graham. 36, was wound
ed during the affray. Kerman M.
Gibbs, Claude R. Gibbs and Tom
L. Weston were charged with assault
to murder, waived examining trial
and their bonds were set at $1,000.
Graham and a brother-in-law,
Tom Gibbs, had been working to
gether on a farm near Temple, Okla.
They are said to have disagreed
over the crop..
LEGISLATURE
ENDS SPECIAL
MEET TONIGHT
Moody Is Expected To
Call Third Session
Because of Appro
priation Bills
SPECIAL CALL SEEN
AUSTIN, July 2.—(AP)—It was
apparent late today that Governor
Moody would veto the appropria
tion bills and recall the legislature
to meet in special session tomor
row. The governor stated that if
the appropriations aggregate
more than $50,000,000 he would be
obliged to veto them, since he had
ascertained definitely that revenue
of the state for the next biennium
would not exceed $49,000,000.
AUSTIN, July 2.—(A5)—As the
legislature marked time today
awaiting completion of the educa
tional appropriation bill, there was
no certainty that Gov. Moody
would not call a third special ses
sion to convene immediately.
It was pointed out that he had
not seen any of the major appro
priation bills and that should he
find them in such form that he
could not cut out some items in his
paring process without injuring
some department or educational or
eleemosynary. institution, he would
be constrained to veto the entire
batch and send them back to the
legislature with instructions to keep
them within the estimated $49,000,
000 revenue of the state. Indica
tions were that all appropriation
bills would aggregate $52,000,000 or
$53,000,000.
The governor would have 24 hours
after adjournment to issue a call
for a third session before the state
would be required to pay mileage
of members.
Evidently certain the governor
would not recall them, many of the
legislators had gone to their homes.
The house was operating with an
attendance of not over 50. It was
agreed no one would raise a point? of
order on absence of quorum.
The special session will end auto
matically at midnight, unless sine
die adjournment is voted sooner
When recess was taken until 2 p
m„ it was believed that the educa
tional bill could be completed
shortly and the business of the ses
sion wound up.
Both houses adopted the confer
ence report on the $987,543.78
claims and accounts bill.
RUSSEK ELECTED
SENATE PRESIDENT
AUSTIN. July 2.—(A3)—Sen. Gus
Russek, Schulenberg, today was
elected president of the senate, suc
ceeding Pink L. Parrish, Lubbock, in
the honorary office.
Russek, member of the senate for
three terms, received 25 votes.
Sen. Walter Woodul, Houston,
nominated for the post by Sen
Thomas B. Love. Dallas, and Sen.
Joe Moore, Greenville, received one
vote each.
At his request, Woodul’s name
was withdrawn.
Firearms Bill Passed
AUSTIN, July 2.—Up)—The Graves
house bill making it unlawful to u. e
firearms on a public road was passed
by the senate today, 29 to 1. The
measure, if signed by Governor
Moody, will replace a similar law
left off the law books by codifiers
in 1925.
MELLON DEBT PACT
OKEHED BY FRENCH
PARIS. July 2.—(/F>—The for
eign affairs committee of the cham
ber of deputies by a vote of 15
against 8 today recommended rati
fication of the Mellon-Berenger
debt settlement with a reservation
not yet specified introduced in the
bill.
Zimmeriy
Arrives In
San Antonio
Baraev Zimmerley and his light
nivver plane reacnea san An
tonio late Tuesday afternoon and
was due to arrive in Brownsville
later in the day for preparations
on his non-stop flight to Canada,
according to word received here.
The aviator had not been heard
from until after noon, and it was
thought he had again been de
layed.
He will be in Brownsville to
night if flying on schedule.
Local arrangements have already
been completed for this flight. Oil
and gasoline have been received at
the airport. Zimmerley may be here
several days awaiting favorable
weather conditions over his pro
posed route. Special reports have
been arranged for.
Zimmerley’s effort will be to set
a record for light commercial planes.
He will fly a Barling NB-3 all metal
monoplane weighing 726 pounds and
powered by a 60-horsepower engine.
It will carry only 90 gallons of gas
oline and four gallons of oil on
the 1,550-mile hop.
If successful, this flight will break
the record for planes under 771
pounds by approximately 600 miles.
The record now is held by Harry J.
Brooks, who flew a Ford monoplane
972 miles February 21, 1928.
The Barling NB-3 which Zimmer
ley will use was recently placed on
the market. It can take off with
a full load with a 75-yard run and
can climb to 1,000 feet in 65 seconds.
Its cruising speed is 87 miles per
hour with a top speed of 105 miles
an hour. Landing speed is 37 miles
per hour. The Barling is a ldw
winged monoplane.
TEXAS BLAZE
TOLL $50,000
One Woman Injured Severe
ly In Fire at Hotel
In Corsicana
CORSICANA, July 2.—(A*)—A
woman was injured perhaps fatal
ly and one fireman was overcome
by smoke in a fire that threatened
the business district of Corsicana for
more than an hour before it was
brought under control today. Loss
was expected to exceed $50,000.
The fire originated on the third
floor of the Rosenberg hotel, and
Mrs. Nell Ehrhardt, Austin, was
burned, suffered a possibly dislo
cated shoulder and a severe gash
on the forehead, when she refused
to jump from the third floor of the
structure. When firemen reached
her with ladders she had fainted.
Cecil Adams, volunteer fireman,
was the smoke victim.
Five persons were in the hotel
when the fire started, but all others
escaped injury. The roof and win
dows of the Farmers’ Cash grocery,
adjoining, were caved in when a
section of the wall of the burning
hotel collapsed, driving debris
through the roof of the smaller
structure.
The hotel, a three-story brick
structure, was erected in 1900.
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BRITISH AVIATORS
HOP FOR CALCUTTA
RANGOON. Burma. July 2.—(IP)—
Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith
and three companions, aboard the
airplane Southern Cross, left here
at 10 a. m., for Calcutta in con
tinuation of their flight from Syd
ney. N. S. W., to London.
They arrived here Sunday from
Singapore. It is approximately 700
miles from Rangoon to Calcutta.
FARMER KILLED
TYLER, Tex., July 2.—PP)—Will
Stephens, farmer, was killed last
night when his automobile crashed
into a wagon near here. Mrs.
Stephens suffered a broken jaw.
Matamoros Army Officers Return Courtesy Call
Returning a call paid them a week
ago. Gen. Julio Hernandez Serrano
commandante da la plaza. Mata
moros and Aide and General Zerron
Avila Marques, commanding officer
of the 43rd Mexican cavalry and his
staff, visited the officers at Fort
Brown here this morning, complet
ing a round of international cour
tesies*
The Mexican generals and their
staffs were received at Fort Brown
headquarters by Lt. Col. Stanley
Koch, commanding officer of the
Twelfth cavalry and members of his
staff.
Representatives of three of the
leading news reel firms made mov
ing pictures of the event. Cameras
first were set up on the interna
tional bridge, and later at several
places in Fort Brown. Cameramen
were Fred Bockelman of Para
mount, J. C. Luther of International
and Barney Verliner of M.G.M.
After completion of introductions
all around in the headquarters
building the visitors, were taken to
shelter tents which had been erect
ed on the sidelines of the parade
ground and there guard was mount
ed and a cavalry drill was staged.
Following these maneuvers, in
which the Twelfth Cavalry band
took part, the Mexican officers were
shown a barracks building and a
mess hall. Light refreshments were
served, consisting of iced coffee and
sandwiches.
Captain Vernon M. Shell, adju
tant, met the Mexican officials at
the bridge and escorted them to the
post. Captain Marion I. Vorhees
was retiring officer of the day and
First Lt. W. J. Reardon was new of
ficer of the day. Lt. Howard A. K.
Perrilliat was officer of the guard.
The mounted cavalry maneuvers
were under the command of Lt.
John P. Willey.
Visiting Mexican officers were ,
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Gen. Julio Hernandez Serrano, and
his aide, Col. Alfredo L. Serrato;
Gen. Zerron Avila Marques and his
second, Lt. Col. Ruben Carillo
Ruiz, Majors Cresencio Cereseros,
Lauro Comacho, Benigo Luna An
tuna, Dr. Oscar Cauo Trujillo and
Jesus Monroy; First Captains Gre
gorio Morales, Juan Garcia, Jose
Ramirez Orlselas, Alberto Lira
Torres, Juan Elizondo Rabigo, Ben
jamin Iduenarte, Felix Garray Go
mez, and Estanislado Moreno; Lieut.
Dr. J. Flores de la Fuente, Second
Lieuts. ' Augusto Barron, Jesus
(Continued on Page 11}
TAXRATEWE
NOT BE HIKED;
HEARINGS SET
- .
Property Valuations!
Now $48,000,000 As
Compared to $44,*
000,000 Last Year
The value of Cameron county,
property this year approaches the
$50,000,000 mark, it was revealed*
Tuesday by County Tax Assessor
G. A. Cowden, who appeared before
the county commissioners court
and explained to them that the<
list of owners on whose property*
the valuation has been increased ia
practically complete.
The court then set July 15 as the*
opening date for hearings and au
thorized mailing out of notices cit
ing those who believe their valua
tion raised unjustifiably to appear*;
and show causes why it should not!
be increased. Tax payers will ap
pear before the court in alphabetic
cal order and the hearings will bo'
conducted every other day until thee
list has been gone through, it wa^
decided.
Commissioners Logan of San Be
nito and Bell of Brownsville mett
with Judge Dancy, Commissioner
Pattee of Point Isabel and Baughn
of Harlingen not being able to at
tend on account of pressing bus
iness.
Cowden revealed that the valua
tion this year will be between $48,
000,000 and $50,000,000 as against
$44,000,000 last year, but the tax
rate will be the same, $1.50 per'
$100. |
Although the valuations thiSi
year will be increased about $4,
000,000, the gain last year over the*
previous year approached the $6,
000,000 mark, it was said.
Various and sundry causes were*
given by Cowden for the increase
in valuation, chief among them,
being new irrigation projects, ex-j
tended paved roads, and increased!
acreage in cultivation.
The low tax rate of Cameron'
county was brought out in com-1
parison with Hidalgo, which has a,
rate of $2.70. *
Nine Injured Near *
Chicago As Train
Jumps From Tracld
CHICAGO, July 2. — m — Ninel
persons were injured, three serious-*
ly. when a westbound Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific passenger,
train was derailed near here today.
Six Pullman cars left the track. A
relief train took the injured to ^
Des Moines hospital. The train wart
en route to Omaha from Chicago.
Fred L. Merck. Little Rock, Ark*
wsa among the injured.
1 SHOT, 1 JAILEDlN
BAYTOWN ARGUMENT
BAYTOWN, Tex.. June 2.—(/F>—.
G. R. Elps, 32, of Baytown, was in aj
local hospital with a pistol wound;
in his abdomen, and H. L. Cone, 29.
Baytown service car operator, was
in the Goose Creek City Jail charged*
with assault to murder after a shoot
ing at Baytown yesterday.
Cone told oficers Elps struck hint
several times before the shooting
which climaxed an argument.
[ THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valleys
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes
day:
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Wednesday; thundershowers1
and cooler in northeast portion to
night.
Light, to moderate southerly
winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be a slight to moder
ate rise in the river from Rio*
Grande City down Wednesday and
Thursday.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stave Stage Chng. Ram
Eagle Pass .. 16 3.2 -3.9 00
Laredo . 27 2.9 43.5 .00
Rio Grande . 21 5.3 -1.1 00
Mission. 22 6.8 +0.2
San Benito . 23 10.3 +1.9
Brownsville . 18 3.7 +0.2
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at
tomorrow, under
ological conditions
High .
Low .
Sunset
Sunrise