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CRASH CASE
DISMISSED
Fail to Find Sufficient Evi
dence to Show Reckless
Driving
CSpecial to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 19.—The case
against George Schunior of Edin
l>urg, charged in Justice of the
Peace Valdetero’s court with reck
less driving by W. O. Weller, Jr..
I of Brownsville, was dismissed
Thursday afternoon when Assistant
Oouptv Attorney Bascom Cox de
ciindfr to prosecute the case because
\ of tfcck of sufficient evidence to
show'that Schunior was driving
the car.
Charges filed against Jose Avila,
were also dismissed.
Cox declared that after question
ing witnesses, it was his opinion
the accident was unavoidable and
that it did not result from careless
driving.
The tracks made by defendants’
car. Cox said, showed that it
had slipped over into wet dirt and
i had lost control in attempting to
bring the car back onto the pave
ment. Neither was there any evi
dence to indicate that the car was
exceeding a normal rate of speed,
Cox said.
Miss Bernice Manry of Browns
ville was slightly hurt in the wreck
of the two cars, which occurred last
week on the road between San Be
nito and Brownsville. Weller, a
football star on t: e 1928 Browns
ville high school team, filed the
charge the next day.
- There were 1«> persons in the two
cars at the time of the crash.
.Exiled Churchmen
Return to Mexico
From San Antonio
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SAN ANTONIO. Tex., July 19.—
ftp)—Settlement of Mexico’s relig
ious discord has ended two years of
exile in southwestern cities for
hundreds of Catholic churchmen.
San Antonio alone has afforded
refuge to more than 350 bishops,
priests and nuns. The city’s his
toric missions, cathedrals and
Catholic schools sheltered them.
Several cities in Oklahoma and
New Mexico have kept hundreds of
others.
All expect to have returned lo
Mexico by the end of July, it was
announced by Bishop Genardo
Anaya of Chiapas, secretary of the
Mexican Episcopate, who spent his
exile in the San Fernando cathe
8ral here.
Serafin Arm ora, bishop of Tama
ulipas. who had found solitude in
San Antonio missions, was the first
high churchman to return after
announcement of the settlement.
Unanimous rejoicing among -lie
exiles marked receipt of news that
religious peace finally had been
achieved in the southern republic.
Citizens Of Elsa
And Edinburg Hold
Goodwill Meeting
(Special to The Herald)
E&pA, July 19.—Several hundred
citizens of Elsa and Edinburg as
sembled here Thursday night in a
I friendship meeting. Business men.
farmers, and city and county offi
cials were among the delegations cf
the two towns.
The Edinburg Mexican Band, un
der the leadership of Professor Bel
tran, furnished music. Sandwiches
and lemonade were served. Lloyd
P. Bloodworth, secretary of the Ed
inburg chamber of commerce, pre
siding as toastmaster.
INSPECTOR SEIZES
TRUCK WITH LIQUOR
Customs Inspector Jim Collins late
Wednesday seized a Ford truck at
San Benito containing 12 pints of
mescal, five pints of habanero, and
two quarts of habanero.
No arrests have been made and no
complaint filed. The investigation
was continuing Friday. The truck
is registered in the name of the
cousin of the man at whose home it
was found.
Deputy Sheriff E. M. Yznaga was
with Collins at the time of the
seizure.
Pepys Bowl In
Old Almshouse
Worth $25,000
LONDON, July 19.—(JP)—An anci
ent wooden bowl from which Sam
uel Pepys once quaffed almshouse
ale was up for auction here recent
ly. It is the "mazer bowl” which for
?ive centuries has been a treasured
possession of the King Edward VI
almshouses at Saffron 'v’alden.
The almshouses were founded in
1400, and until 1837 *':e bowl was
used for the governors to drink
from at the annual electic" It is
too leaky now to be used for such a
purpose, but when Pepys visited
Saffron Walden in 1659 he drank
from it and mentioned the bowl in
nis diary:
■■m' our going, my la: ilord car
ried^ through a very t hospital
or almhouse. They brought me a
draft of their drink in a brown
bowl, tipt with silver, which I drank
off. and at the bottom was a pic
ture of the Virgin, and the Child
in her arms, dene in silver.”
The intrinsic value of the bowl
Is not more than a few dollars, but
today it is valued at $25,000.
EARTH SHOCK FELT
BELGRADE. Jugoslavia. July 19.
—A somewrhat sev —e earth
shock was felt here at 9:30 a. m.,
today. The epi-center was estimat
ed to be about 60 miles away in
Stomach Trouble:
St(
Here is a remedy that has brought
thousands of sufferers from stom
ach trouble back to health. That
remedy is GORDON’S, an internal
antiseptic that goes right to the
seat of the trouble by stopping fer
mentation (souring of food). Fer
mentation is the greatest obstacle
to overcoming indigestion and kin
dred ilifc
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, City Briefs j
Visit the Corset Shop, 1327 Eliza
beth street, for f e ouality corsets,
brassierlettes, girdles and garter
girdles. Priced from $1 to $15.00.—
Adv.
Cotton Sack Duck, seventeen
cents; cotton picker sacks, eighty
five cents. Paris green, thirty
cents. Sales Co., 2nd and Fronton.
—Adv. 21.
Confer Degree.—The Rio Grande
lodge 81 A. F. and A. M. will con
fer the F. C. degree at the Masonic
temple at 8 p. m. Friday night. All
Masons are urged to attend.
Smart Hats $1.95, Friday and
Saturday. Amaya's Millinery. Adv.
19' _
No C'onocert—No band concert
will be given at Fort Brown Friday
night, it is announced, due to the
fact that the orchestra will play for
a dance at Boca Chica.
Pool Electric Service—Motor and
armature winding; magnetos. 439
Tenth street.—Adv. 24.
LAWYERSCLASH
(Continued from page 1.)
The check bore a future date and
in the meantime, Mrs. Lloyd paid
the $75 following the death of her
husband. She said that she knew
nothing about the checks given Jes
ter until recently and said she re
ceived none of the money nor did
she endorse the checks. Jester for
merly boarded at Mrs. Smith’s place
in San Benito, it was brought out.
Mrs. Lloyd Testifies
The defense sought to prove that
there might have been more than
one Smith with cattle in the Lloyd
pasture. Mrs. Lloyd, however, testi
fied that there was only one Smith
with cattle in ter husband's pasture
and that they belonged to Mrs. Anna
C. Smith of San Benito. She said:
“I paid her for the cattle that were
killed myself after the death of Mr.
Llovd.”
Taylor summed up the case
briefly in an argument and urged
that Jester be held and bound over
to the grand jury.
Yates termed the case as “ab
surd” and said it was "merely the
efforts of J. B. Scrivener and Fred
Kowalski to get up a case.” He also
rapped the unknown individuals for
hiring Taylor as a special investi
gator. He lauded the assistant dis
trict attorney and said his services
would have been ample in the case.
Jester was not put on the stand.
The little district court room wTas
filled with officers and spectators.
The prosecution swore in ten wit
nesses but used only three. The
defense contented itself with cross
examination and placed no witness
es on the stand.
The charges against Jester were
filed last Sat- .'.ay by -T. D. Scriv
ner, Cameron county hide and cat
tle inspector, in ."ustice cf the "eace
Valdetero’s court in San Benito.
The case was transferred by agree
ment to the Brownsville court this
v k.
After Yates had left the court
he became engaged in an argument
with W. F. Edmondson of Los Fres
nos, on the second floor of the
courthouse.
Edmondson was a spectator at
the examining trial.
The argument became heated as
the two men went downstairs to
gether and Yates started cut the
north entrance.
Spectators near at hand said
Yates shouted back over his shoul
der, “You’re just prejudiced,” and
Edmondson, it was said, came bao*.
with a heated attack on Yates.
At those w'ords. Yates, almost to
the door turned around and started
toward Edmondson, who was stand
ing in front cf the soda pop coun
ter.
Yates walked directly past him
across the rotunda and picked up a
push broom. Edmondson moved to
get in close and. according to spec
tators. Yates anticipated the ma
neuver in time to catch the Los
Fresnos man a hard clean blow over
the arm and shoulder which broke j
the push broom in the middle. Fur
ther hostilities were halted by Dep
uty Sheriffs Delaney and Jester.
Edmondson said he was not hurt
“but I am going to file charges in
justice of the peace court this af
ternoon.”
All departments were closed for
the noon hour at the time of the
difficulty.
Justice of the Peace F. L. Kowal
ski, referred to as ‘one of the in
stigators in the case’ at the exam
ining trial of S. M. Jester, Cam
eron county deputy sheriff, issued
the following statement:
“I hereby irr' e exception to the
motion filed by the counsel for the
defendant, Jester, that the juris
diction in the matter lay in the
Trc asvii: j precinct. It is a well
known fact that a magistrate has
jurisdiction within the limits of his
county.
“I also object to the motion that
I am the instigator and promoter
of the accusation. The statutes ex
pressly provide the duties of a mag
istrate. that when it comes to his
knowledge that an offense is about
to be committed, it is his duty to
investigate it; that 1 e shall pre
serve the peace wtiliin his jurisdic
tion by the use of all lawful means
to cause the : -set cf the offender
in order that he may be brought to
punishment; that I wr.' fair in hav
ing th complaint filed with an
other justice after I had 'vesti
gated the alleged offense.
“I am fighting a lone hand in
this case. It appears that the dis
trict attorney’s office is an unwill
ing prosecutor.”
WESLACO. July 19.—A baby
daughter was bor.i Wednesday
evening. July 17, to Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Hatton. The child, which
weighed seven pounds, has been
named Mary Anna. Mr. Hatton is
a member of the Weslaco News
force.
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Get a bottle of this famous rem
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Motor Firm Loot
Recovered; Quiz
Company Employes
Roberto and Rodolfo Garcia,
brothers. Wednesday afternoon led
officers to concealed loot taken in
thefts from the McDermott Motor
company for the past seven months,
and which officers state, will ap
proximate $300 in value.
Both men are employes of the
company. Thursday afternoon, of
ficers were to be shown more of the
loot, most of which will be recov
ered. A series of misdemeanor cases
probably will be the result.
Third Man Charged
In Cigarette Thefts
From Valley Store
Arnulfo Gonzales, third man ar
rested in connetion with the bur
glary of the Delta Coffee company
at Harlingen late in April, was
bound over to the Cameron county
grand jury by Justice of the Peace
B. L. Cain Thursday morning under
$750 bond.
Jose Flores and Lupe Rivera, also
charged in the case were bound over
under bonds of $1,500 and $1,000 re
spectively. One more man is ex
pected to be arrested shortly and
charged in like manner.
Approximately $500 worth of cig
arettes and other articles, including
a 50-pound container of lard, wTere
taken in the burglarly.
Deputy Sheriff Ramon Longoria
has been working on these cases for
the past three months.
KELLlGPACT
(Continued from page 1.)
the loss of $5,000,000 or $10,000,000
involved in seizure of the Chinese
Eastern and suspension of trade re
lations with China.
Rudzutak, vice president of the
council of commissars of the U. S.
S. R. and commissar for communi
cations, is acting president of the
council.
MOB CONSULATE
NEW YORK. July 19.—(/P)—A
crowd cf several hundred persons,
many of them said to be communist
sympathizers, staged a demonstra
tion in front of the Chinese con
sulate in Astor Place today, which
police reserves were required to dis
perse.
A number of arrests were made.
The demonstration took place
during the lunch hour period and
attracted a large crowd.
The participants, carrying pla
cards and shouting threats at the
Chinese, gathered in front of the
building which houses the Chinese
consulte but made no effort to en
ter the building.
Police charged the crowd with
night sticks and bundled several of
the rioters into commandeered taxi
cabs and took them to a police sta
tion. Police said there were no cas
ualties.
RETAIL MERCHANTS
ADMIT ELEVEN MORE
Eleven new members were ad
mitted to the Retail Merchants’ as
sociation at the meeting held by that
organization Thursday evening,
brineing the total membership up
to 101.
R. A. Dunkelberg. attorney In
charge of collections reported fair
progress in making collections, ac
cording to Sam Perl, president of
the association, and Miss J. Berna
dine Price gave an account of her
work showing that a large number
of renorts have been handled by her
office.
COMMISSION MEETS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The Brownsville city commission
meeting, scheduled for 10 a. m. Fri
day. was postponed ufitil 2 p. m.
Friday, it was announced at the city
hall in order that all of the commis
sioners with the exception of A. C.
Hipp. who is out of the city, might
be able to attend.
City Manager A. E. Munday s^id
probably routine business would
come before the Friday meeting.
londopTtimes copy
IS FAMILY HEIRLOOM
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., July 19.—
(/Pi—a newspaper more than 12a
years old that has been a heirloom
in the Middlemiss family more than
one century proved interesting
reading for many San Antonians
while M. S. Middlemiss, of Brady,
was a visitor in the city.
The historic significance of the
paper which is the London Times
of Wednesday. Nov. 9, 1796, is that
it reproduced the speech of George
Washington, when he said words to
the effect that “I do not choose to
run.’ This was upon the occasion
of his refusal to serve a third term
as president.
Among the front page items of
this paper is a patent medicine tes
timonial.
THINKS DE SOTO SAW
MISSISSIPPI FIRST
ASHEVILLE. N. C., July 19.—f^P')—
Hernando De Soto, first viewed the
tributary waters of the Mississippi
river from the mountains of west
ern North Carolina 12 years before
Sir Walter Raleigh was born, says
Dr. F. A. Sondlev. historian of Bun
combe county. Sir Walter is com
monly credited with the first whits
settlement in North Carolina.
Dr. Sondley has filed evidence be
fore the state historical commission
that white men knew the mountain
sections long before Virginia Dare
was born at Roanoke.
PASSENGER TRAIN
CARS LEAVE TRACK
MUSKOGEE, Okla., July 19.—(TP;
Several cars of a northbound Mis
souri-Kansas-Texas limited passen
ger train left the rails early today
at Brewer, 10 miles south of McAl
ester. No one was injured.
None of the cars turned, over, al
though the train was going 40 miles
an hour when the engine tender,
baggage cars and chair car left the
track. Wrecking equipment was sent
from Muskogee.
The southbound Texas special was
detoured over the Kansas, Okla
homa Gulf tracks.
Valley
(Continued from page 1.)
of the home institution in New
York Cit.
Teller in Brownsville banks, state
auditor and executive officer in a
Rio Grande city bank, Ceiaya has
had an experience which admira
bly fits, him for the post.
* * *
The National City Bank, always
on the lookout for young men with
service, about a year ago learned of
Ceiaya. Since that time he has re
ceived many offers.
A few weeks ago he made a trip
to Spain in the interest of an es
tate of relatives.
On his return he called at the
City National Bank in New York
City. There he was given a picture
of the possibilities of the position.
His ability to speak and write
the Spanish language had much to
do with the offer being made.
And now he is going travelling.
Strikers Ignore
Council’s Letter
As Feud Goes On
NEW ORLEANS, July 19.—i/P)—
The street car strike settled down
to a siege today between the Union
and the Company with the city
council standing in between be
seeching peace.
The council arranged for separ
ate meetings of union and company
officials. At an open air mass meet
ing last night the demand of the
howling mass of men and women
for municipal operation of street
cars was voiced.
Francis Williams, chairman of the
Louisiana Public Service commis
sion, declared the street cars should
be taken over and operated by the
city if the New Orleans Public
Service persisted in attempting to
operate on an open shop basis.
Hoots drowned out the reading of
a letter from the city commission
council saying the council would
not be stampeded and cautioning
the union men not to take any ac
tion that would "sacrifice their hap
piness and economic welfare.”
David Marcusy, president of the
Central Trades and Labor council,
who advised against a general strike
was booed off the platform.
Public Service officials planned to
put more cars out with non-union
men under the protection of United
States deputies.
PEuHdin^Permits j
Ceiio Lerma. frame residence,
Tavlor stret between 17th and 18th,
$700.
I—
Watermelon Feast
Enjoyed By Masons
As Meeting Closes
The Certificate Masons club of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley met here
at the Masonic temple Thursday
night with President Harry Merts of
McAllen presiding.
Various subjects pertaining to Ma
sonic work were discussed and ar
rangements made for the next meet
ing, which will be at Mercedes, the
third Thursday in August.
The meeting was closed with a
watermelon feast participated in by
about 25 members who attended.
San Benito Bank
Awarded Judgment
In District Court
The Farmers State Bank of San
Benito, plaintiff in a suit against the
Delta Irigated Farms company and
William H. Meyer was awarded dam
ages in district court Thursday.
The court ordered a lien on the
defendant’s land foreclosed and sale
by the sheriff.
In the case of C. H. Colgin, trustee, j
versus H. P. Conway, et al., the court ;
ordered that the plaintiff recover
20 acres in the Espiritu Santo land
grant, that the cloud to title be re
moved. and that the plaintiff stand
costs and that he recover nothing
for rents and damages as sought in
petition.
CHILD DIES AFTER
LUNG OPERATION
HOUSTON, July 19.—{IP—Anna
Lee Mayers, two-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mayers of
Hackberry, La., lost her fight with
Death here last night after sur
geons had r.^erated to extract a
bean from her lung. The child swal
lowed the bean a week ago while
playing at her home in Louisiana.
POINT ISABEL MAN’S
FATHER DIES IN S. C.
H. B. Hail, manager of the Point
Isabel Yacht club, received a wire
Friday morning from his assistant
Harry C. Fanning,' that .Fanning’s
father had died at the family home
in Neeces. S. C. Fanning had been
with his father several days.
DANCY SILENT ON
TRIP TO AUSTIN
Judge O. C. Dancy, who has been
in Austin since Monday night re
turned to his desk at the court house
Friday.
He would not comment on the trip
except to say that he went in con
nection with Cameron county roads
and the county health unit.
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