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KING GEORGE
ACCLAIMED
Populace Greets Ruler On
His Recover;- From
Illness
LONDON, July 2.— (/P) —King
George, his face shining with hap
piness and renewed health, came
home to Buckingham Palace at
noon today to the acclaim of one
of the greatest popular demonstra
tions of his reign.
Leaving Windsor Castle an hour
earlier with Queen Mary in a clos
ed motor car, the royal pair chang
ed to an open landau with resplen
dant livery at Albert Hall, Kensing
ton Garden, and from there on rode
between throngs of applauding thou
sands.
At Buckingham Palace one of the
largest crowds ever seen outside its
gates had gathered, and their ma
jesties after entering reappeared on
a balcony to respond to the mani
festation.
As his figure, remarkably straight
and military for all the travail of
the past few months, was seen on a
little platfqnn the palace bands
started to play the British national
anthem. “God Save the King”.
The music stirred the throng to
tumultous enthusiasm cheer after
cheer coming from thousands (if
throats, while hands waved hand
kerchiefs and flags. King George
removed his tall hat and smiled and
waved at the crowd, with Queen
Mary, who fairly beamed her pleas
ure, he pointed out groups in the
crowd.
[TURKISH PRESIDENT
MAY VISIT AMERICA
WASHINGTON, July 2.—</P)—
Prospects of a visit to the United
States by Ghavi Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, president of Turkey, are be
ing widely discussed in diplomatic
circles in connection with the visit
here of Dr. Refik Bey, Turkish
mnister of public health.
Dr. Refik Bey has spent more
than two months in the United
States under auspices of the Rocke
feller Foundation inspecting health
and social service institutions.
Several years ago President
Kemal made plans to visit various
European capitals and it was re
ported he might come to the United
States.
COUNTY FEE PROBE
GROUP COMPLETED
AUSTIN. July 2.—(£*)—Personnel
Of the joint legislative committee j
that will investigate amounts re
ceived by county officers in fees and
salaries was completed today with j
appointment by Speaker W. S. Bar
ron of the three house members.
Representatives George C. Purl j
and Jack Keller of Dallas and Carl
Rountree of Lamesa were appointed
fro mthe house. The senate mem-1
bers are Senators Walter Woodul of j
Houston, and Pink Parrish of Lub
bock.
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Ex-Convict Editor Lays His
Rearrest To ‘Woman Scorned’
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CHICAGO, July 2.—“. . . and
then that fearful hand, the police,
issues from the shadow, and sud
denly tears off my mask!”—Jean
Valjean.
Robert Elliott Bums, escaped
convict who became editor of a
Chicago magazine, scorned a wo
man. And now, a modem Jean
Valjean, he’s scheduled to go back
to a Georgia chain gang.
Seven years ago a sledge swung
by a fellow prisoner, a giant negro,
struck off the shackles riveted
around Bums’ ankle and he escap
ed from the road camp where he
had been sent for his part in a $4
robbery, from which his share was
$1.33. He had drifted down south
after discharge from the army and,
with two chance companions, rob
bed a grocery.
In the pursuit that followed the
breaking of the shackles he outwit
ted guards and bloodhounds, and
reached Chicago penniless. He got
a job in a packing plant at $3 a
day. Then he stepped up to a $40
a week job figuring beef averages
and rented a room at 6444 Ingle
side avenue.
“That’s where I met the woman
who caused all the trouble,” he says.
Mrs. Emily Pachco, 14 years his
senior, became Mrs. Robert Bums.
She had learned of his secret, de
clares Bums, and threatened to ex
pose him unless he married her.
Although she is suing for divorce,
Mrs. Bums denies she sought re
venge by “turning him in.”
“I still care for him too much,”
she says. “He told me his history
right after we were married. I’ve
never told a soul.”
His courtship, she says, was ar
dent!
Burns had the idea for his real
estate magazine and worked nights
to get money to start. Soon it was
a going concern and he had won
the confidence of prominent bus
iness men. His income from the
magazine alone was estimated at
$20,000 yearly.
Then he met Lillian Salo, 22, of
Minneapolis, pretty violin student.
They fell in love and Bums left
his wife. Soon after that two
deputies from Georgia walked into
Bums’ office.
“We want you,” they said.
“I knew he was married,” said
Miss Salo, “and we were waiting
for him to get a divorce. I didn’t
wait for him.”
As for Burns, former Brooklyn
newsboy, he has his own protective
philosophy. A motto on his office
wall sums it up.
Burns’ plea against extradition,
based on his record since escape
and his war service (he took part
in four major battles and claims a
citation), was refused by Governor
Emmerson.
Now he has voluntarily agreed to
return to Georgia and serve out his
sentence.
CONDITIONS SERIOUS
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(pre
conditions in Haverill, &fass., were
described as “serious” today by
Raymond V. McNamara, Haverhill
shoe manufacturer, in urging a
higher tariff on imported shoes.
HAVANA.—The city’s last hack
is gone after a valiant struggle. It
disputed the right of way with a
taxi, its motive power, a horse,
was seriously injured. The hack
built in ’89, was wrecked. Jacinto
Baldez. 76, the driver, escaped.
KfcT, i ■ ■ nmr ir —r
Robert Elliott Burns (left), esc aped convict who became a pros
perous editor in Chicago, blames h is wife (upper right) for his re
capture, saying she reported him .after he fell in love with Lillian
Salo (lower right).
Claim of Youngest
Vet Is Aired Again
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NEW WEATHER
MEN ARRIVE
Force Enlarged At Local
Bureau to Care For
Air Services
—
Two observers have been added to j
the personnel at the local weather |
bureau to care for the additional
work incident to the instituting of
the airline control station, which is
expected to be in full operation in
about two weeks.
Victor V. Phillips, who arrived j
Sunday from Groesbeck. is an ex
perienced observer in all lines, but
especially in upper air work in ad
dition to general routine, and will
have charge of the greater part of |
the work at the airport, according j
to W. J. Schnurbusch, chief of the !
weather bureau, who will direct op- i
erations at both offices.
Lee Bender, a recent graduate of
the University of Texas, comes here j
with the rating of a junior observer, |
and will have routine work in the
Brownsville office.
It is expected that the subsidiary j
office at the airport will start op- |
erations as soon as quarters have j
been completed, probably within two !
weeks. This office is a link In the j
chain of stations being placed by j
the federal government along im-1
portant airways, and is the first
established in Texas. A second Is
to be established at a later date,
possibly Dallas.
Two rooms are being prepared in i
the administration building at the,
airport for the occupancy of the
subsidiary station, while instru
ments will be supplied by the gov
ernment.
j Cameron Courts j
Suits filed in the District Courts:
Guillermo Esparza vs Herlinda M. I
Esparza, Divorce.
John V. Clark vs. E. J. Tucker,
debt.
28TH DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. W. Cunningham, Judge
No orders.
103RD DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. M. Kent, Judge
No orders.
COUNTY COURT
Hon. Oscar Dancy, Judge
Suits filed: None.
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Hon. John Kleiber, Judge
No orders.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Furnished by Valley Abstract Co.
Cameron County
Port Isabel Irrigation Co. to |
James Hodgson. Jr., south 5.37 acres,
block 2, Bayview Citrus Groves
subdivision, plat 8-13, $8055.
Los Ebanos Estates, Ind.. to
James B. Marsh et ux, farm block 1,
Los Ebanos Prop, Share 19, E. S.
grant, 5.87 acres, plat 8-12, $5870,
etc.
F. N. Booth to Eulallo Gonzales, j
lot 4. block 29. Fourth addition, San
Benito. $148.75.
F. N. Booth to Juan Rodriguez,
lot 5. block 30. Fourth addition, San I
Benito. $127.50.
M. D. Kennedy to Domingo Pena,
lot 40, block 13, Garden Parks sub
division, Brownsville. $264.
T. D. Crawford et ux to W. D
Christie. 38 acres. Homeville tract.
La Ferla grant. Rancho de Santa
Maria, plat 4-23. $10. etc.
C. S. Thomson to William D.
Eminger et ux, south 10 acres of
southwest 20 acres, block 7, Cantu
tract. La Feria grant, plat 4-45. j
$5000.
D. C. Beck et ux to M. V. Boat
right et ux. 5 acres out of 9.7 acres,
block 21, F. Z. Bishop subdivision,
$10, etc.
Hidalgo County
Morgan Olson to D. S. Smith
hosier, south one-half lot 41, Santa
Ana subdivision, $750.
J. L. Black to W. E Giles, lots
KANSAS CITY, July 2.—UP)—
The birthdate of Gilbert Van Zant,
77-year-old Civil war veteran, may
settle history’s argument over the
question, “Who is the youngest old
soldier?”
In youthful age he outranks Maj.
Gen. John L. Clem of Washington,
heretofore generally regarded as
the youngest surviving recruit of
the union army. Mr. Van Zant
was born December 20, 1851, while
General Clem’s birthday was Aug
ust 13 the same year.
The Kansas City veteran, who
lacks 10 years of looking his age,
enlisted as a drummer boy in Port
Williams, Ohio, in 1862 before he
was 11 years old. General Clem's
service dated from May 1, 1863.
For bravery under fire, the 79th
Ohio Volunteer infantry gave
young Van Zant a mounted gold
and silver drum at Nafehville. He
started on Sherman’s march to the
sea, but that experience was side
tracked by his appointment as a
dispatch carrier near Atlanta.
Soldiers called him “little girl.”
Superior officers liked the lad so
well that an interview with Presi
dent Johnson was arranged after
the war.
The executive, who marveled at
the lad’s extreme youth, gave him
a choice between an army com
mission or the pony he had ridden
to deliver dispatches under fire.
Van Zant took the pony.
His army discharge, issued in
1865, described him as 13 years old
and four feet tall. He does not
greatly exceed that height today.
“I have been asked many times
why I am not larger. “My only
answer is that probably I was
scared out of three years’, growth
during the war.”
MAMORONECK, N. Y.—Two
well known gentlemen ran into
each other Saturday in the lobby
of a hotel. “Oh. Al!” said Bobby,
“I’ll be a bit late. Mrs. Jones and I
are going to church.” And Al re
plied: “That’s all right, Bobby.
“Mrs. Espinosa and I are going to
church too. I’ll be late myself.”
And thousands waited for the start
of the playoff for the national open
golf title.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — John
Coolidge of New Haven, alumnus
of Amherst and rising young rail
roader, is enrolled in the Harvard
summer business school.
SPRING VALLEY, N. Y.—Mrs
Rosa Peters, 44, and her 17-year
old daughter have been graduated
together at the Spring Valley high
school. Mrs. Peters, wife of a Con
gregational minister, took a four
year course in order to qualify for
a position as music teacher in the
public schools.
BANGOR, Me.—Salmon seem to
be obliging in Bangor Pool. Lath
rop Caldwell of Brewer says an
eleven-pounder, unhooked, leaped
right into his boat.
9, 16 pnd 15. block 65, Mo Tex, $8000.
W. H. Stevens to Jas. Wm. Clif
ford, lots 111 & 112, Hoit, $9025.
I. D. Hedges to Paul Koch, lot 1,
block 142, Edinburg, $3365.
H. A. White to W. A. Harding, lots
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, block 66, Mo Tex,
$1000.
J. T. Hatch to Luclle Hatch, north
5 acres, lot 31-12 west addition
Sharyland. $10, etc.
I. D. Hedges to T. M. Hartman,
lots 7, 8 and 9. block 183, Edinburg,
$1237.60.
Rose Ruthven King, et als, to Ed
win M. Ruthyen, all int. in Dora
Adeline Ruthven estate, $1, etc.
D. S. Smithhisler to M. F. Butler,
south one-half lot 41, Santa sub
division, $1000.
J. F. Ewers, to E. H. Harding, lots
2. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 15 and
16. block 83, lot 16 block 66. lot 8
and 9 block 67, Mo Tex, $10, etc. i
SHIP INSECTS
TO AUSTRALIA
Investigators Find Bugs
Which Will Destroy
Prickly Pears
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UVALDE, July 2.—(/P)—1 iiirty
flve cases of insects have Just been
Shipped from Uvalde consigned to
Australia where they are to be lib
erated by the government in an ef
fort to destroy the prickly pear.
The shipment, valued at $3,500,
weighed 6,894 pounds, and the ex
press charges to San Francisco
amounted to about $565. A number
of smaller consignments have been
made in the past.
For several years the Australian
government has maintained inves
tigators in this section to experi
ment with insects which live on
the prickly pear. The climate of
this section is said to be quite sim
ilar to that of Australia where mil
lions of acres of land are covered
with dense prickly pear growths.
These growths are so thick in some
sections that a rabbit cannot get
through, according to R. C. Mun
dell, in charge of the work here.
In the experiments here insects
are caught and investigations con
ducted with various kinds of vege
tation to ascertain what they eat.
Insects found which eat nothing
but prickly pear are placed in ven
tilated cases for shipment. They
are fed on the pear after their cap
ture and until released in far-away
Australia.
Three distinct species are being
shipped at present, the most numer
ous being the bettle-like insect
known to the scientific world as
“Moneilema ulkei,” which devours
roots and tops of the plants. An
other. the “Asphondvlia,” destroys
the prickly pear seed. The third
is known as “Caterpillar militara,”
of which there are three species.
In recent years several thousand
acres have been claimed in Australia
by the “insect” method. acconHng
to Mr. Mundell. Insect investiga
tions are under way in other sec
tions of Texas and in Arizona and
New Mexico.
Samuel Berek of Fremont, Neb.,
attended a Lutheran college and a
Catholic university. Now he plans
to enter Hebrew Union college and
study to be a .abbi.
| Weekly^Cable Review ||
Debts and disarmament, the
Siamese twins of the international
[politics, drew most of the attention
again last week in the world show
booth.
As the time for payment of
Franco's $400,000,000 bill for Amer
ican war stocks approaches, the
French parliament, faced with dif
ficult debates on ratification of the
American and British debt settle
ments, has grown restive. This
broke out finally in a request trans
mitted to Ambassador Claudel at
WasMngton by Premier Poincare
for unconditional postponement of
maturity of the war stocks bill. Sec
retary of State Stimson’s reply gave
little hope of favorable action by
the United States, which few
French statesmen had been san
guine enough to expect. A cabinet
crisis was feared.
In London Premier Ramsay Mac
Donald threw something of a dam
per cn hopes for early progress on
the disarmament problem, declar
ing "we are not going into a peace
conference without such prelimi
nary preparation as will avoid the
failure of 1927.”
British statesmen understood this
was also the attitude of Washing
ton. ,
Prof. Webster, who holds the
chair of international politics a tthe
University of Wales, suggested
Great Britain relinquish her West
Indian naval bases to advance a!
better Anglo-American understand
ing.
Germany celebrated the tenth
anniversary of her extreme preoc
cupation with debts and disarma
ment by a day of national mourn
ing for the treaty of Versailles and
or protest for the “war guilt lie”
embodied in it.
There was brief flurry in Berlin
when the reichstag failed to pro
long the defense of the republic act
under which the former kaiser was
excluded from Germany at the
pleasure of the government.
. Officials calmed the excitement
by pointing out the government had
other ways of preventing the return
.ex-kiaser- who would be
obliged to apply for visas and other
papers like any private individual.
The world had a thrill when Ma
jor Ramon Franco and three other
Spanish aviators, missing for eight
days on a round-trip flight from
Spain to New York and almost
given up for lost, were picked up by
a British airplane carrier southeast1
of the A~--es. They survived a
week of storms, hunger, fatigue and
nervous tension without being much
the worse for it.
Manchuria furnished a back
ground for a new cabinet crisis in
Japan.. The ghost of the assassin
ated war lord, Chang Tso-Ling.
arose to trouble the conservative
ministry of Baron Tanaka. Polit
ical observers forecast the resigna
tion of the conservatives and the
advent to power of the liberals.
Citrus Expert In
California Taking
Course In Methods
DONNA, July 2.—Capt. W. R
Gwathmey, manager of the Grow
Development Co., has gone to River
side, Calif., where he is attendinf
a hummer course in citrus culture
conducted by the University of Cali
fornia.
Capt. Gwathmey, who was in
terested in citrus in the British
West Indies before coming to th«
Valley three years ago. has beer
studying Valley methods since hi*
arrival here.
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