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PROPOSES AID
FOR MEXICANS
Col. Sam Robertson Advo
cates Organization To
Help Immigrants
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 19.—A state
wide organization to fight the bat
tles of the “Little Brown Brothers”
was advocated by Col. Sam Robert
son in speaking before the Rotary
club here Thursday.
It is only through such an organ
t*=5:*on, having sufficient funds and
brains at its command to protect
the Mexican unskilled laborer, that
the thousands of Mexicans now heie
can be kept from deportation, Col.
Robertson said. „
He told of his activities on behalf
of old “compadres” of his for the
past few months, declaring that he
became interested in the matter
when he found that some of his
old friends were being literally
scared out of the Valley.
In the opinion of Col. Robertson,
the American Federation of Labor
is back of the new immigration reg
ulations, and it -will take both abil
ity and arbitration to secure an
even break with the organization,
he said.
“The present regulations discrimi
nate against the Latin, and in fa
vor of the Canadian,” he said. “This
will result in the Latin races becom
ing incensed at the United States,
and instead of buying shoes and
other such products of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, they will
turn to Germany, Austria, and oth
er European countries for their
manufactured goods.”
If this can be shown to the fed
eration of labor, Col. Robertson
said, the Valley has a chance of se
curing a more reasonable interpre
tation of the regulations.
He described the proposed sea
sonal amendment to the Box Bill
as purely ridiculous, stating no
farmer can afford to put up a tond
to guarantee the return of a ftiexi
can laborer to Mexico.
If some quick action is not taken,
he declared, the Valley soon will
face a serious labor shortage, as
thousands are being scared out of
the Valley, both directly, and indi
rectly, by the activities of officers.
John T. Lomax at the meeting
paid tribute to Judge James Q. Lou
than, the retiring president, and
presented him with the retiring
president's medal.
James Ward took up the task of
president.
SWEDISH PLANE TAKES
OFF FROM GREENLAND
OTTAWA, Ont., July 19.—UP)—
The Swedish plane Sverige took off
from Ivigtut, Greenland, at 11:18
Greenwich time, this morning
bound for the maritime coast, ac
cording to a report received by the
department of marine and fisheries
from its radio station at Belle Isle.
DEBT CONFERENCE FAILS
PARIS, July 19.—[fP)—Efforts to
find a compromise by which reser
vations to the foreign debt ratifi
cation bill might be incorporated in
a special resolution of subsidiary bill
faled today when the finance com
mittee of the chamber of deputies
almost unanimously declared itself
in favor of incorporating the reser
vations in the text of the bill It
self. This is in direct opposition to
the declared policy of Premer Poin
care. »
WEATHER SUMMARY
High barometric pressure crested
over St. Paul overlies the Missis
sippi, Missouri and Ohio valleys,
the lake region and the Gulf region
states. The pressure is also moder
ately high along the uuper Pacific
coast. The pressure remains low
along the Mexican border and an
other “low” is appearing the far
northwest, extending down over the
Rocky mountain states. The pres
sure is also low over New England.
Slight to decided drops in temper
ature from Thursday morning are
apparent over the western and the
northern part of the country, but
from near to a few degrees above
the seasonal average elsewhere.
Heavy rainfall was reported from
Florida. Light rainfall was rather
general over the country from Ore
gon southwest through Colorado
and Oklahoma to Louisiana.
WEATHER BULLETIN
' First figures lowest temperature
last night; second, highest tempera
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall last 24
hours:
Abilene .71 104 — .00
Amarillo .64 84 — .00
Atlanta .63 86 — .30
Austin .76 98 — .00
Boston .68 86 — .64
BROWNSVILLE.. .75 90 — .00
Chicago .53 78 — .00
Corpus Christi.76 92 — . .00
Dallas .78 94 — .00
Del Rio .78 98 — .00
Denver .62 82 — .06
Detroit .52 82 20 .00
Dodge City .66 82 — .08
El Paso .76 98 — .00
Fort Smith .76 86 — .00
Galveston .78 90 — .00
Huron .56 82 — .00
Jacksonville .74 86 — .00
Kansas City .64 88 — .00
Louisville .66 92 — .00
Memphis .74 90 — .00
Miami .76 86 — 1.14
Montgomery .74 83 — .00
New Orleans .78 88 — .14
New York .64 80 — /.oo
North Platte.62 82 — .00
Oklahoma City .72 80 — .04
Palestine .76 90 — .00
Pensacola .78 84 12 .00
Phoenix .84 106 — .00
Pittsburgh .60 84 12 .00
St. Louis .60 90 10 .00
St. Paul .50 78 10 .00
Salt Lake City .66 90 — .06
San Antonio.76 96 — .00
Santa Fe .58 82 — .00
Sheridan .58 92 — .01
Shreveport .74 84 — ]o8
Tampa .72 86 — 1 .26
Vicksburg .74 88 — .18
Washington .68 86 — .00
Williston .68 86 — .00
Wilmington .74 86 — .00
TRIPLE DEATH PRECAUTION
BROMWICH, Eng.—To prevent
premature burial, W. J. Dunham
directed that one of his arteries oe
opened, his body embalmed and
then cremate^ x
Pilot Killed As
Endurance Plane
Falls 3,000 Feet
DES MOINES, la., July 19.—(/T*)—
Floss Arnold, pilot of the endurance
monoplane, Greater Des Moines, was
killed yesterday when the plane
crashed nine miles southeast of here.
The crash followed an attempt at
a test refueling preparatory to start
ing an endurance flight today.
Charles Gatschet, co-pilot, was
thrown from the plane but landed
safely with a parachute.
The plane was flying directly be
low its refuelling ship, the Miss
Sioux City, piloted by Arnold’s
brother, Ainon. and Jimmy Barwick.
It suddenly went into a nose dive,
completely out of control.
Gatschet and Arnold were both in
the rear cockpit, which is equipped
with dual contrals. Batschet said he
attempted in vain to pull the nose of
the ship up. Then he was tossed
from his seat into the air. He said
he did not know what became of
Arnold.
The plane dove from a height of
3.000 fet. plunged into a group of
trees, and dropped into a wooded
ravine.
Rural Schools Of
County Busy With
Repairs For Fall
Rural schools over the county are
busy repairing and installing water
and lighting systems, the latter with
a view to visual education, Mrs. W.
R. Jones, county superintendent,
announced.
Desks also are being repaired and
painted, and a general effort is be
ing made to make rural school
houses £" d grounds over *the coun
ty more attractive.
By the beginning of the fall term,
every rural school in the county is
expected to be improved in some
wav, Mrs. Jones said.
“In many cases, pure drinking
water is one of big problems, she
stated. “Up to the last fewr years,
there has been no accepted stan
dard in the matter of water. Some
schools kept it in barrels, others in
tin tanks, some in cisterns, and in
very few cases was the health of
the child protected. We are glad
this condition is being corrected.”
School Heads.To
Study Teachers’
Institute Plan
Superintendents and principals of
all rural schools, common and in
dependent districts of Cameron
county will meet in the office of
County Superintendent Mrs. W. R.
Jones at the court house at 3 p. m.
July 25 to arrange plans and ap
point committees for the teachers’
institute to be held probably the
last Friday and Saturday in August.
Mrs. Jones said it will necessitate
the appointment of seven commit
tees to take care of the two-dav
meeting. The place for the insti
tute also must be selected.
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ROAD OPENED
FOR TRAFFIC
Gap Between Edinburg And
Santa Rosa Is Being
Travelled
(Special to The
SANTA ROSA, July 19.—The
highway north of here toward Ed
inburg, closed for many months by
a gate, was open to traffic this
morning.
Cattle guards were placed Thurs
day at both lines of a large pasture
through which the highway runs
and where a large number of cat
tle are being -stured.
Opening of the road followed a
week of effort on the part of Tom
Phillips of Santa Rosa and Blake
Seay of the American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation Co., Mercedes,
owners of the pasture. The land
has been leased by the American
company for grazing purposes.
“The road is rough and it is
necessary to make a detour about
a quarter of a mile north from the
surveyed road to cross the flood
way,” Phillips said, “but it is being
travelled.”
Phillips said there was a possi
bility that cattle in the pasture
would jump the guards and if this
happened the road likely would be
closed until more efficient guards
could be placed.
“If it is necessary to close the
road again Santa Rosa will see that
signs are placed to warn those us
ing it,” Phillips said.
This road traverses a gap of
about seven miles between the end
of Cameron county paving and the
beginning of Hidalgo county pave
ment. The distance will be short
ened to about six miles when a via
duct is built across the floodway.
No definite date has been set for
building the floodway, Phillips said,
but work is expected to start some
time in the near future.
TWIN CALVES’ CROP
THRIVES IN YEAR
WILLS POINT, Texas, July 19.
(jp}—Five sets of twin calves have
been born near Wills Point in the
last 12 months. Old stockmen say
that until the last few years twin
calves were unheard of.
SUGGESTS CALLES BE
GIVEN HIGH HONORS
MEXICO CITY, July 19.—(^P)—
Gilberto Elizondo of Villa de Al
lende, Nuevo Leon, has sent a peti
tion to the permanent congressional
committee suggesting that General
Plutarco Elias Calles be declared
“Benemerito del Pais.” The distinc
tion is the highest the nation af
fords, only two other men having
been so honored—President Benito
Juarez and General Alvaro Obre
gon.
Leahy Is Taken To
State Hospital For
Sanity Examination
AUSTIN, July 19.—(^—Unemo
tional and silent, Harry J. Leahy
today was taken by guards to the
Austin state hospital for insane
from the Travis county jail where
X-ray pictures were made of his
head and the prisoner was subject
ed to a minute physical examina
tion.
The move was made by state’s
attorneys in an effort to place be
fore a sanity jury at Georgetown
Monday evidence that the con
dei ned slayer of Dr. J. A. Ramsey
of Mathis is sane.
Leahy’s execution, originally set
for July 12, was held up through an
order issued by District Judge Har
ry Dolan of Williamson county re
straining the warden of the state
penitentiary from proceeding until
after the doomed man had been
given a sanity hearing. The man
date u7as issued after Miss Amanda
Davidson, telephone operator,. de •
dared her observation of Leahy led
her to believe the former ranchman
was unbalanced mentally.
Del Rio Man Will
Take Position In
Mission Chamber
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION, July 19.—A. B. Ewing,
until recently chamber of commerce
secretary at Del Rio, will take the
position of chamber ot commerce
secretary at Mission, efective Aug
ust 1, it has been announced.
Ewing has been active in chamber
of commerce circles in South Texas
for the past several years and is
widely known.
He will attend the secretaries meet
Friday.
CHARGE WOMEN
SELL WHISKEY
14 Arrested As Prohi Man
Says 75% Bootleggers
Are Feminine
TEXARKANA, Ark., July 19.—(<P)
—On his premise that 75 per cent of
bootlegging in Arkansas is done by
women, S. M. Gurley, deputy prohi
bition administrator for the western
section of the state, has arrested 14
women and declares the drive has
just begun.
Gurley assigned 75 per cent of
bootlegging in his state to women
and said half of those so engaged
operated as agents for their hus
bands or men friends.
“The days of southern chivalry
are over so far as women violators
of the prohibition law are concern
ed,” he added.
“In the past, prohibition officials,
especially in the south, have been
inclined to look askance at the
women liquor vendors because fed
eral judges have not favored send
ing them to such institutions as At
lanta and Leavenworth prisons.
Nov; with the new prison for women
at Alderson, W. Va., the situation
is changed.”
The 14 women, seven white and
seven negroes, and six men were
arrested in raids which the deputy
administrator said resulted from
activities of under cover agents who
have been working in this section
Most of the raids, which started
Wednesday, were in Texarkana. All
but a few of those arrested were re
leased on bond. >
AGED 76 AND STILL CRYING
NUNEATON, Eng.—Though 76
years old, John Bosworth has again
accepted the post of .own crier.
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