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m m - - _ , ---:---'-----;__ _ __ ■ ‘ ^ ___ -"|t TH 4 % 2™ ENGINES Of Rea, Quality Priced RiSh, M ~Wr »% gg ®f g 4 g gf *f| | 1 gg £ =■ ggg^^t ‘I g* for 8* "«*•«£ ! \fb||jr Tjjl I I Hi I I |.yg| I 1 B I I ■ f 1 I I 1,11 Alamo Iron Works gfwss _: Ar%V g [ THE valley FIrsT—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) --- -.— ~ _ _ _ _ (^THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 15 NOOtl EdjtiOII BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929 NOOII EdjtiOII * ' 5c A COPY "_ ___—————■— ■ ,■ ■ i - ■ ■ .i ■ '■■■■■ — ~■■■-■■■ — -1 ■ -I.-. —■ ■ i ■ ... ■■■ ■■■■—■■».. '■ ■ , i —T—■ 111 . 1,1 .. "' ■■■■■"' "V*" -'-1— FIVE HUNDRED Valley boy scouts are counting the days to August 7. Beginning that day and continu ing ten days to Aug. 17. the annual encampment is to be held at Camp erry on the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo. Last year about 250 boys enjoyed this period of recreation and educa tion. There now are more than 1000 scouts in the Valley and, counting the scoutmasters and other adults interested in the work, there are , 1300 persons engaged. , Tom Murray, Valley scout execu tive and director, says the encamp ment is going to be “bigger and bet ter” in every way. * * » There will be a real course of in struction for the Scouts and a pro gram of entertainment that will fill all the hours. Safety instruction is in charge of W. C. Jones and Solon Ayers will direct athletics. Harvey C. Stiles will conduct classes in nature study and J. D. Denson will teach rope making. B. Flemming is taxidermist; Bud Bohner, swimming. • These are only a few of the sub jects to be taught in the ten-day Scoutcraft college. W. Edward Perry will be assist ant director under Murray and camp management will be in charge of the following committee: W. H. Moon, McAllen; A. G. Mclnnis, Brownsville; E. C. Bennett, Harlin gen; I. G. Cook. McAllen: Burt Coleman, La Feria; Frank Tappan, Mercedes and Ralp Scott, Raymond lTphysicians at the camp will be Dr. R. E. Utley, .Harlingen; Dr. R. J. Mahone, public health officer. Hidalgo county, and Dr. W. B. Primer, head of Cameron county health unit. Sergeant Rowe of Fort Brown is first aid and health specialist and Sergeant Renfro in charge of fcom missary. • • • FUTURE LEADERS of the Valiev will be among the boys who attend this encampment. Men who will direct the affairs of this section and the state will grow from these scouts—and the associ ations and instruction received dur ing these ten days will play an im portant part in their development. But the good time alone will be worth all the work and worry. * * • • PERSONS LIKELY to be wanted by the police are warned to fight shy of Hal Eustace, Brownsville Herald sports editor and reporter. And it is suggested that prize fight promoters in search of cham pionship material look this boy over. A prisoner, being questioned at the police station and impatient at restraint, watched his chance and made a break for liberty—the chas-> was on. The fleeing prisoner, leading, ran into the home of Dr. Jose A. del Castillo, through the house and out into the back yard. Here a high fence confronted him and a bark ing dog drew his mind from the task of scaling it. Eustace and Officer Lerma, close aa the heels of the prisoner, rushed , lnt0 the back yard, running a dead heat. The prisoner, abandoning the idea of scaling the wall, dodved past Officer Lerma and— Bam! -he man was picking himself up from the ground after having run full tilt into Eustace's sturdy ri^ht SNow there is talk of issuing a ial officer's commission to the rter, unless— Developers of prize fighters mi^ht find this of interest. 5 + » • RANGER CAPTAIN BUI sterling and his trick pinto ponev are go ing to New York and it is an even (Continued on page 9.) Have The Herald follow you on your vacation. Rates by mail, daily and Sunday: One month, in Texas ... 75c One month, out of Texas. $1.00 One week, in Texas .. „18c One week, out of Texas r.24c REPORT REDS SOLDIERS ARE DRIVEN BACK Situation Cont i n u e s Unsettled As U. S. And Other Powers Watch Progress LONDON. July 18.—(JP)—The Daily Mail today published a report from its Peiping - orrespondent of rumors in Chinese quarters there that Soviet t-roops had been re pulsed in an attempt to cross the Amur river, which forms the north ern boundary of Manchuria. PEIPING. China. July 18.—UP'— Japanese news agency dispatches from Harbin state Russian forces are being massed at Pogranichinaya and Manchuli along the Siberian Manchurian frcntier. The transportation of Chinese troops to the frontiers also was re ported being rushed. The Russian consulate general in Harbin has been closed and the staff is preparing to leave. TOKYO. July 18.--OP)—Although the Japenese government is main taining an attitude of watchful waiting on the Manchurian situa tion since Russia broke with China, it was indicated today there was a possibility of Japan’s making repre sentations to both China and Rus sia with a view to the maintenance of peace. TOKYO. July 18.—Foreign office spokesmen commenting today on the rupture between Russia and China said the new Soviet note did not necessarily mean war but did indicate a Russian determination to insist upon its interests and rights under the Peiping and Mukden agreements. At the same time the spokesman added: “We do not at all exclude the pos sibility of open war between the tw’O countries, as loss of the Chinese Eastern railway must be a matter of life and death to Vladivostok.” Russia's break in diplomatic re , lations wTith China caused undis ! gvised surprise and annrehension in i official quarters. It had been j thoucht Nanking’s note was suffi ciently conciliatory to prevent any abrupt action. Fear w’as expressed that the breach, esoeciallv withdrawal of Russians from China, would be a prelude to actual hostilities. Par ticularly concern wras expressed at disruption of facilities on the Chi nese Eastern railway at its con nections with the Trans-Siberian railway, the principal mail link be tween Europe and the Orient. “White’s” Join China Official intimation as to Japan's (Continued on page 9.) N. Y. COTTON OPEN NEW YORK. July 18.—Cot ton opened steady: July 18.45: Oct. 18.91; Dec. Jan. 19.19', March 19.40; Mav 19.48. --- £ Labor Plot Seen In Explosion Wrecking New Store Building HAMMOND, Ind., July 188.— —A terrific explosion today de molished the Goldie department store, new building in the foreign section of town, with estimated damage of §300,000. Police said they believed labor trouble re sulted in the explosion. The explosion lifted the roof of the three-stpry building and caved in the walls, reducing it to debris. Nearby buildings were slightly damaged, and windows for several blocks around were shattered. No one was injured. It was the second major ex plosion in Hammond in two years. The State Theater, a new 52,000,000 structure, was demol ished shortly after it was com pleted about two years ago. Win. Kleighe is now serving ,a prison sentence for his part in the bomb ing. OLD RESIDENT OF CITY DEAD ■ — Emilio Champion Succumbs To Illness Resulting From Heart Trouble Emilio Champion, 71, native of Brownsville, and a resident here nearly all his life, died at 1:30 a. m. Thursday as a result of heart trouble which became serious about two weeks ago. Mr. Champion, among the oldest residents of the Valley, was widely known throughout this region and in Mexico, where for 20 yeares he was manager of the Fernandez plantation in the state of Vera Cruz. Bom in Brownsville, he resided here until 1887, when he went to the Southern Republic as manager of the plantation. He returned. in 1907 and had lived here ever since. Mr. Champion issurvived by three sons, August, Ephriam and Oscar, all of whom live in Browns ville, and a daughter, Ida, who is living in Mexico City. Services will be held at 9 a. m. Friday at the Immaculate Concep tion Church, preceded by special rites at the home of August Cham pion. Pallbearers wil • Ibe Frank Rabb, J. A. Cobolin, Manuel Cisneros, F. B. Guerra, E. Garibay, Emilio Kow alski. MacDONALD RUSHING DISARMAMENT ANSWER LONDON. July 18.—{tP\—Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the house of commons this afternoon he was doing his jtmos to expedite naval disarmament negotiations with the United Stat< so as to be able to make an announcement ~n the sub ject before parliament rises at the end of the month. The premier said, however, he was not sure this would be possible. INJUNCTION IS GIVEN TO R. J.JOEBERG Owner of Ranch Says Commissioners Held Hearing Without Notifying Him The struggle by the commission ers’ court of Willacy county for a road through King ranch to Red Fish bay was lengthened Thursday as a result of- Judge A. M. Kent's action in granting a temporary in junction restraining the court from building a road over or through property owned by R. J. Kleberg. Sr., one of the owners of the King ranch. The petition was granted on the grounds that the court, in recently appointing a jury of appraisers to lay out the road and assess the damages merefor, acted without jurisdiction in that no legal notice was given to the plaintiff, R. J. Kleberg, Sr., as to a hearing, be fore the defendants, as to laying out of the road as provided by the laws of the state. The petition further alleges that since the defendants have attempt ed to deprive the plaintiff of his property without due process of law. he has been deprived of the rights given to him under the con stitution of the United States and the state of Texas; that no public necessity for the road existed in that a public road from Lyford in the county to a point near the Ar-1 royo Colorado, already exists. Further allegations were: that; the road the court attempted to open is primarily to allow access to the shores of Laguna Madre and that there are no citizens located upon the lands of Share 64 of the San Juan te Carricitos Grant in Willacy county who have petitioned the defendants for a road of any kind; that there being already a road affording access to Laguna Ma dre. there is no need for another; that Willacy county alraedy has obligated itself to pay various and sundry obligations for the construc tion of roads and that the obliga tions can not be met without an additional levy or increase in taxes on the citizens and property own ers of the county; that the con demned road was. laid out against the wishes of the majority of the people in the county. WHEAT PRICE DROPS IN OPENING TRADE CHICAGO, July 18.—uP)—The grain markets took an unlooked for tumble at the opening of trading today, wheat prices dropping from 1 7-8 to 3 7-8 cents a bushel large ly because of weakness at Liverpool. The decline was quickly made up. however, upon receipt of the day's increment of bad weather news from the northwest. Quotations fluctuated irregularly during the first hour. Pt. Isabel Towers To Topple Thursday ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦> ♦> ♦> <♦ ♦> ♦> ♦> ❖ ❖ ❖ Expect Steel To Be Used For Firearms (Special to The Herald) POINT ISABEL. July 18.—The old steel radio towers, a landmark here since 1914, were to crash to earth today. Workmen for C. F. Porter, San Benito contractor, began cutting through the lower portion of the towners early Thursday morning. The steel frames were scheduled to be toppled from their upright position about 2 p. m. The towers were abandoned about five years ago when stat tion NAY was removed to Fort Brown. The towers are made of high grade steel and it has been sold to a smelting company in tionter rey. It is probable that it will be recast into firearms, Porter states. (seeks DIVORCE j Associated Press Photo Mrs. Nathalie Sedgwick Colby, wife of Bainbridge Colby, former secretary of state in the Wilson cabinet, is in Reno, Nev., where she plans to seek a divorce. BARRY MILLER IS CANDIDATE Will Make Announcement For Governor's Race Next March (Soecial to The Herald) AUSTIN, Julyl8.—Lieut. Gov. Barry Miller announced Wednes day he w'ill be a candidate for gov ernor next year . He will delay his formal an nouncement and campaign until after the close of his term as grand master of the Odd Fellows, next March, he said. He will seek the democratic nom ination for governor, indicating in his preliminary statement harmony and political peace w’ithin the party will be stressed in his cam paign. “Texas has had enough politi cal controversy in the last year to entitle it to a rest,” he said. Miller's definite statement, long foreshadowed by political develop ments, brought into the race the second of the two Dallas men who have been pitted against each oth er in political affairs, Senator Love having announced two weeks ago. Others who have announced for the office include Former Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe, Houston; Rep. T. N. Mauritzs, Ganado; E. G. Sen ter, Dallas, and Miss Kate Daffan of Ennis. Former Sen. Earle B. Mayfield is regarded as a prospec tive candidate, and recent reports have said that Mayfield's entry in to the race would bring in also For mer Gov. Pat M. Neff, as aspirant for a third term to combat May field. ' Harlingen Woman Hurt on Highway When Car Upsets Hazel Cummings, Harlingen resi dent, was reported Thursday re leased from the Mercy hospital, where she was taken late Wednes day after, the coupe she was driv ing turned over on its side in a ditch. The wreck occurred about 6 p. m. within a block1 of the hospital. Two others were reported in the car with her,, but they were not hurt enough to require treatment. She was driving toward Harlin gen when the car slipped from the road and overturned. 500 ABOARD FAST FLYER IN COLORADO All Were Asleep When Cars Fall In Raging Torrent; Rescue Is Hampered By Water COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 18.— (AP)—Reports from Limon, Colo., 80 miles east of here, say eight bodies have been brought to that place from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa cific wreck at Stratton. y ..—1 ■ ■ - A cloudburst loosing seven to eight inches of water in the region last night swelled dry creeks to raging torrents and flooded low lands. The water was slowly re ceding from higher ground this morning. Roads were washed out in every direction and highway bridges went out before the tor rent. DENVER, Colo., July 18.—(A5)— Twelve persons were reported to have been killed when Rock sland passenger train number 5, west bound from Chicago, plunged into Landsman creek, three miles west of Stratton, Colo., 150 miles east of Denver, about 3 a. m„ today. According to a report received by the Denver Post, the train plunged through a weakened bridge, and two of the cars on the all-pullman train were submerged in the creek bed. First reports stated twelve per sons were known to have drowned, and there were reports this number probably would be augmented.. At least twenty passengers were de clared to be missing. Heavy Rains The creek, ordinarily a dry wash, had become a raging torrent dur ing the last 24 hours as a result of extremely heavy rains during that period. All physicians at Stratton, and Burlington, as well as Limon, Colo., were rushed to the scene and wrecking crews were dispatched from Colorado Springs. Morris Gest, theatrical producer of New York, to Denver, was said to have been a passenger on the train. High water hampered rescue work. One coach in which the vic tims were trapped, was submerged. A highway bridge paralleling the railroad bridge was washed out. Ambulances and doctors were de layed reaching the scene due to the high water. 500 on Train Only the train crew members were awake when the train plunged into the torrent. Approximately 500 passengers on the train were asleep in their berths. The train, a through passenger from the East, carried 20 coaches, four of 'hese, including the baggage car and locomotive, went into the creek. The heavy load on the train was accounted for by railroaders as due to summer tourist travel. An automobile road which paral lels the railnrd for some distance was five feet under water at the scene of the accident. This heavj flow prevented anyone at once reaching the accident. CHICAGO, July 18.—{/?>—West bound Rock Island train No. 5 wrecked this morning near Strat ton. Colo., left Chicago at 11:30 p m.. Tuesday. It consisted of 12 steel cars anc G pullmans. The train was knowr as the Colorado Express. Official reports received at head' quarters o»' the Rock Island linei here said the wreck occurred a 3:55 a. m.. three and one half mile; west of Stratton. *-: Federal Depository Sends Five Million To Florida Bankers TAMPA, Fla., July 18.—<VPt— Five million dollars in cash, sent here from the Atlanta Federal Re serve Bank, and promise of a Federal Reserve official of “all the money needed to meet the situation,” today bolstered Flori da bankers and business men in thier efforts to restore public con fidence in the banking institu tions of the state, of which 15 in this section closed yesterday. Twenty-three banks have closed in the last two weeks. Federal authorisation for two $1,000,000 currency depots in the state—one here and one at Miami —also was expected by local bank officials to aid what they said was increasing confidence of de positors in banks of this section. Comptroller Ernest Amos said he believed th- primary cause of the failures was “unnecessary withcVawals propaganda, and a financial depression through the state which has been accentuated by the effect of the Mediterranean fruit fly and quarantine.” The $5,000,000 to be used here was sent to the First National Bank of Tampa, a member of the Federal Reserve. JESTER CASE TRANSFERRED Forgery Hearing Against Deputy Sheriff To Be Heard In Brownsville (Special to The Herald) ..SAN BENITO. July 18.—Examin ing hearing for S. M. Jester, dep uty sheriff charged by complaint with forgery, was transferred to Brownsville, and will be held 10 a. m. Friday before Justice of the Peace B. L. Cain, J. O. Scrivner, county hide and cattle inspector, filed the complaint last Saturday. The hearing had been set for Wednesday afternoon before Jus tice of the eace L. M. Valdetero here, but was transferred when the contention of the defense that jur isdiction in the case was in Brownsville was agreed to by the state. j Elks Initiate Largest Class; Plan Big Fete The largest attendance since re organization. featured the regular meeting of the Elks club Wednes day evening a> whit\« time six new candidates were initiated. One new member was received by demit. Plans for holding a ladies night, July 26, were discussed. The new members taken into the lodge are W. R. Smith, August feiffer, Donald Oraspn, Alex H. Kleinberg, Dudley P. South and J. E. Harrington. Approximately 60 Elks attended the meeting. A billiard tournament was conducted simultaneously with the iniations. MAN RECOVERS FROM ACCIDENT INJURIES (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, July 18. —Pease Meadows, truck driver for the cits of Harlingen, injured Wednesdaj i when his truck overturned on him is reported improving at the Val ley Baptist hospital here, i His righf leg was broken when he ; was caught underneath the truck ; but no other serious injuries were suffered, physicians state. OFFICIALS IN DRIVE AGAINST GAME DEVICES Manufact urers And Operators Will Be Investigated After Woman’s Arrest Extensive operations in the Valley of a punch-board syndicate were under investigation of city, county and federal oficers Thursday fol lowing indications of such a combi nation at a trial before Corporation Judge A. A. Browne Wednesday afternoon. Reports that punch board and other forms of gambling are being practiced at cigar stands, confec tioneries and other counter places o fbusiness, fell under the investiga tion of state officials at the sams time. Assistant County Attorney Bas com Cox said Thursday that no action wil be taken by his depart ment unles complaints are filed. Ha stated that reports had been re ceived by his department of puiy h boards some time back, and oper ators had ben warned to remove them or face charges of violating the state lottery laws. With a city ordinance prohibiting the operation of the punch board games in Brownsville. Judge Browpe announced Wednesday that the maximum fine of $50 will be as sessed in every case brought into liis court. Woman Warned His decision to bear down on vio lators of the punch board law came following the trial of a Brownsville woman, who had a punch board at a smal grocery store. She was' re leased without penalty, but with a warning. The woman said she did not know that operation of punch boards was illegal, and declared that there were many of the deviqes in use in cer tain sections of Brownsville. At the same time she brought literature sent out by punch board manufac turers, disclosing the “system” of getting around the law. The comnany asks the addresses to relay detailed information about the terms and conditions and meth (Continued on Page 111 __r.— o— THE WEATHER For Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Light to moderate winds, mostly southerly. ' . . For East Texas: Not received in time. RIVER FORECAST The river will continue to tall from Mission down during the next few days, and remain practically stationery elsewhere. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr Stage Stage Chng. Rair Eagle Pass ..16 2.4 0.0 .00 Laredo .27 -0.8 -0.2 .00 Rio Grande ..21 4 3 -0.2 .00 Mission .... 22 4 9 -0.7 .00 San Benito . .23 10.0 -0.6 .00 Brownsville .18 6.6 -0.7 .00 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabel tomorrow, under normal meteoro logical conditions: High .4:48 a. m. Low .8:14 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today ...7:23 p. m Sunrise tomorrow .*....5:43 a. p*