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Mrs, Burton Davis
In First Book Hits
Woman In Politics
- *--—
Texas, cradle of fighters, personal
and political, has produced the first
novelist brave enough to declare a
real woman is not equipped to hold
a high political post and should not
aspire to it.
And this novelist is of particular
interest to many residents of
Brownsville and the Valley, because
she is the wife of Burton Davis,
iormer Brownsville man and for
several years a member of the staff
of The Brownsville Herald.
“The Woman of It” Is the story
of a woman governor of a south- \
western state. Clare Ogden Davis,
who wrote it, was personal secretary
of Miriam A. Ferguson, first woman
governor of Texas handling Mrs.
Ferguson’s contacts with the press
during the more tranquil first year
of her stormy term of office.
Several million American women
may not agree with the conclusions
of Mrs. Davis. Others will. “The
Woman of It,” published this week
by J. H. Sears & Co., 114 E. 32nd St.,
New York City, is considered by po
litical experts who have read ad
vance copies as certain to start a
nationwide controversy among club
women and feminists and between
“advanced” women and conservative
men. Mrs. Davis will thrive on the
fight. Behind this red-headed and
vivid newspaper and magazine
writer, born on a ranch In Bosque
county, Texas, is a line of pioneer
ancestors who fought redcoats at
Bunker Hill. Indians from New York
state to Texas, the Union army,
carpetbaggers and cattle thieves.
Graduated -from Baylor College in
1913, teacher of history in high
schools at Bonham. Arlington, and
Cleburne for four years, Clare Ogden
realized her ambition to be a news
paper writer by joining the Fort
Worth Bureau of the Dallas News
in 1917. She was star reporter of
the Fort Worth Record fer two
years. In 1920 she was married to
Burton Davis, newspaper man. She
became the first woman staff cor
respondent of the Dallas and Gal
veston News, working out of their
Houston bureau in 1922-24 and was
a special writer for the Houston
Chronicle in 1925-26, until she went
to New York with her husband. Her
exploits as a reporter working on
difficult and dangerous assignments
are still talked about among Texas
newspaper men. Since 1926 she has
been a magazine and syndicate writ
er in New York. “The Woman of
It” is her first novel.
Negro Slayer On
Train Guarded By
Militia Troop 8
—
Eufaula. Ala.. July 23.—UP)—A
special train, bringing Lester Boyer,
negro slayer, and one hundred and
fifty national guardsmen called out
by Governor Bibb Graves to protect
him from threatened mob violence,
arrived here at 8 a. m., today.
The train was met at the station
by an orderly crowd estimated at
from 1000 to 1500. There was no
disorder.
The guardsmen surrounded Boyer
on the way to the courthouse where
he was placed in the prisoners' cage,
preparatory to the opening of the
trial.
No effort was made to disperse
the groups around the courthouse
square. Court attaches announced
as many as could make their way
into the courtroom comfortably
would be admitted.
E. W. Norton of Clayton was ap
pointed by Presiding Judge J. S.
Williams to defend Boyer who ts
charged with the nurder of Jack
Hines, mechanic, and an attack on
Miss Beatrice Clark, 18, as the two
were motoring four miles from here
on the night of July 10. The negro
confessed when arrested week
later. Solicitor rom * atterson rep
resented the stale.
WOMAN SHOOTS SELF
AFTER KILLING MATE
SAN ANGELO. Texas. July 23.—
(/p^—Jealousy over her husband's
supposed attentions to other wom
en was blamed by officers here to
day for the death last night of Mr.
and Mrs J. J. Hourahan of Dallas.
Police said Mrs. Hourahan shot her
husband and turned gun on herself.
The husband apparently died at
once, but Mrs. Hourahan lived until
she reached the hospital. Very lit
tle is known about the Hourahans
as they had been here only 10 days.
The shooting took pia.ee at their
hotel room. #
Clare Ogden Davis, newspaper
and magazine writer and for
mer personal secretary to Gov.
Miriam Ferguson, challenges
feminists in novel, “The Wom
an Of It.” She believes less
than a dozen American women
have proved themsleves fitted
for major political careers.
'Martha Jane’ Quits
In Speed Race On j
Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS, July 23.——
The race to St. Louis between the
speedboat Bogie and the express
cruiser Martha Jane, which started
from New Orleans Sunday after
noon. settled down today to an at
tempt by the Bogie to better the
historic record of the steamboat
Robert E. Lee.'' The record of 90
hours and 31 minutes between the
two cities has stood since 1870.
T£e Martha Jane, left far behind
by the Eogie in the first jump of the
race and missing for seventeen
hours, tied up at Natchez, Miss., at
11:50 o’clock last night, after an ex
perience with motor trouble while
the Bogie raced on against the Lee’s
time to Memphis. Dr. Louis Leroy,
Memphis sportsman, said when he
left Greenville. Miss., at .8:50 last
night the Bogie's motor was per
forming well.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The plains states and all the
country east of the Mississippi river
are under the influence of high
barometric pressure crested over
Wilmington. N. C. The pressure
also remains high over the upper
Pacific coast. An area of low pres
sure centered over the northwestern
border forms a trough over the
Rocky mountain and Plateau states
to El Paso, Texas. Temperatures
are slightly above the seasonal av
erage over the central part of the
country but little change is noted
elsewhere. Light precipitation was
reported from Florida, Louisiana,
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and
Nebraska. •
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temperature
last night; second, highest temper
ature yesterday; third, wind veloci
ty at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past
24 hours.
Abilene . 72 96 — .00
Amarillo . 70 94 — .00
Atlanta . 68 80 — .00
Austin . 74 96 — .00
BROWNSVILLE 76 92 — .00
Chicago . 72 88 — .00
Corpus Christi ..80 90 — .00
Dallas . 72 94 — .00
Del Rio. 76 96 — .02
Denver . 62 88 — .80
Detroit. 68 83 — .00
Dodge City . 74 94 — .00
El Paso. 76 94 — .00
Fort Smith. 72 92 — .00
Galveston. 78 86 — .63
Helena. 58 94 — .00
Huron . 68 88 12 .00
Jacksonville. 72 82 — .00
Kansas City .... 76 92 — .00
Louisville . 66 86 — .00
Memphis . 74 88 — .00
Miami . 78 84 — .04
Montgomery .... 68 88 — .00
New Orleans .... 76 88 — .24
New York. 66 74 — .00
Forth Platte ... 70 92 — .00
Oklahoma City .. 72 94 — .00
Palestine . 68 92 — .30
Pensacola. 76 84 — .00
Phoenix. 82 100 — .00
Pittsburgh . 66 84 — .00
St. Louis . 74 90 — .00
St. Paul. 65 96 10 .00
■Salt Lake City .74 94 — .00
San Antonio .... 74 94 — .00
Santa Fe . 62 , — .04
Sheridan . 62 92 — .00
Shreveport . 72 90 — .00
Ta* a, . 72 85 — .12
Vicksburg . 70 88 — .00
Washington ... 63 78 — .00
Williston . 62 78 — M
Wilmington. 68 82 — .00
New York Banker
Pleads Guilty to
Charges of Fraud
NEW YORK. July 23.—i/P)—
James Rae Clarke, senior partner
cf Clarke brothers, defunct private
bank, pleaded guilty today to using
the mails to defraud and accepted
full responsibility for the bank’s
$5,000,000 failure.
The partners In Clarke brothers
were James Rae Clarke, who own
MANCHURIAN
TROOPS MASS
U. S. Woman And Baby Are
Reported Captured By
Soviet Raider*^
PEIPING, July 23.—CAP)—Soviet
troops patrolling the Amur river,
which skirts northern Manchuria,
have captured the Chinese river
steamer Ilan, taking prisoner the
wife and baby daughter of Ray Tal
bot, American.
The Russians sent word to Talbot,
deputy commissioner of Chinese
maritime custom at Tashei-Ho,
across the Amur from Blagove
schensk, that both were “comfortable
and being treated kindly.”
George C. Hanson, American con
sul at Harbin, Manchuria, wiring of
ficial reports of the capture here
said friends of Talbot at Harbin
said Mrs. Talbot was of Russian
birth.
The Russians also have captured
the Chinese merchantman Haich
eng, which they are holding near
Blagoveschensk. Japanese news
agency reports, unconfirmed else
where, said a Chinese river gunboat
had been captured by the Russians
on the Amur.
Observers here today estimated
seven divisions of Chinese infantry
and one of artillery had been as
sembled in the Manchuli region,
northwestern terminus of the Chi
nese eastern railway, while 50,000
soldiers are supposed to be gathered
at Pogranichnaya. at the eastern
end of the railroad.
Chinese and Japanese news agen
cies here were filled today with con
tinued alarming reports of troop
movements along the Manchurian
borderland, and the stories of refu
gees arriving at Harbin. Most of
the stories were unconfirmed, and
neutral observers were of opinion
there had been no actual overt act
by either Russia or China unless it
was that purported to have taken
place in seizure of the Chinese gun
boat.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—^—
Governmental and diplomatic circles
here today continued optimistic
over the course of the dispute be
tween China and soviet Russia.
The feeling that hostilities would
be avoided was sustained, not only
by the assurances from the Nanking
and Moscow governments that they
intended to comply with the terms
of the Kellogg-Briand treaty re
nouncing war, but by assurances
from authoritative quarters that the
armed forces of neither nation had
violated the other’s territory.
Confidence in the effectiveness of
the anti-war treaty, despite the fact
it will not become fully operative un
til Jaoan’s ratification is deposited
here tomorrow has been enhanced
by the action of the Paris and Tokyo
governments in adding their ad
monitions to that of Secretary Stim
son reminding the Chinese and
Russian authorities of their obliga
tions under the pact.
Informing the state department of
his government’s action. Ambassador
Debuchi of Japan, assured Secretary
Stimson that, as far as the Tokyo
officials had been able to learn, the
Manchurian border had not been
violated on either side.
MOSCOW. July 23.—(/P)—France’s
offer to mediate in the Manchurian
crisis has been declined by the Rus
sian soviet government, which as
signed China’s refusal to re-estab
lish the status quo in Manchuria as
a reason.
Announcement by the commis
sariat for foreign afafirs revealed
fhs offer of Aristide Briand. French
foreign minister, to act to aver war
between the Chinese rationalist gov
ernment and Moscow's communistic
regime.
The foreign office communique
sa’d:
“Th° French government has ad
dressed to the soviet government an
offer to undertake mediation for an
amicable settlement of the soviet
Chincse conflict. The offer was
made by Foreign Minister Briand to
the Russian ambassador. M. Bovga
’esky, at Paris and by French am
bassador Herbette at Moscow to
Dice Commissar Kaharakan.
“M. Kharakan. on behalf of the
IT. s s. R. has replied as follows to
the French ambassador: “It is im
noss’b’.e to over-estimate the import
ance cf the offer of the French min
istry of foreign affairs, but the
soviet government is compelled to
state that this is of no purpose
owin" to the refusal of the Chinese
authorities to restore the legal posi
tion violated by them which consti
tutes a necessary condition for
settlement In accordance with the
soviet government’s note cf July 13.”
TTEN’T’SIN. Chihli. China. Jnlv 23.
—i/P)—The soviet consuls at Tient
sin and Peioing were forced today
to cancel their departures for Mos
cow with their consulate staffs when
the commisisoner for foreign affairs
refused them visas for their pass
ports.
The soviet consuls immediately
wired Moscow, and meanwhile con
tinued preparations for their trip. It
was understood the commissioner’s
refusal of visas was prompted by
orders from Nanking on the ground
war had not been declared.
TOKYO, July 23.—UP!—A spokes
man for the foreign office today
stated Japan had received no noti
fication of Secretary Stimson’s steps
for settlement of the Sino-Russian
crisis and that therefore Japan
could not associate herself with
Fbence and America as Great
Britain was said to have done.
ed 70 per cent of the stock; his
brothers. Philip and Hudson. Jr.,
and John Bcuker. All four were in
dicted by a federal grand jurv for
mail fraud and concealing assets in!
bankruptcy, and by a county grand'
jury for accepting deposits after
knowing the bank was insolvent.
James Rae Clarke pleaded guilty
to the mail fraud charge before
~cderal .fudge Harrv B. Anderson !
George Gordon Battle, lawyer, an-1
nounced the senior partner and his i
wife were prepared to place all i
their property at the disposal of the i
court.
Battle asked adjournment of sen
tence to permit his client to help in
salvaging es much as possible from
the financial wreck.
SUMMER HOSE RUBS OFF AND ON
When Florence Lawrence, Chicago model, wants new stockings she
rubs a pair on—and knows they won’t snag, although they might run
in too much rain. On her left leg she is wearing “hose cream” which
looks just like a stocking when applied. She has a silk stocking on
her right.
San Benito Citizens
Back Airport Plans;
Commission To Act
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 23.—Backed by a unanimous vote of the chamber
of commerce directors, the city commission of San Benito at its meeting
Wednesday night is expected to take definite action toward securing an
intermediate airplane landing field here, to comply with government re
quirements.
Man Who Ran Boat
On Rio Grande Dies
Here At A^e of 78
Jose Maria Cardenas, for more,
than 50 years a resident of Browns
ville, died at his home at 1718
Roosevelt Monday,at the age of 78.
Funeral services are to be held
at 5 p. m. Tuesday at Cur Lady
of Guadalupe church, and the re
mains will be interred in the old
city cemetery.
Cardenas was born in Otumba.
Mexico, in October of 1851. In his
early life he was a sailor, serving
first on the gunboat Guerrero, and
later on the river boat Bess, which
plied between Brownsville and Rio
Grande City. Giving up the boat
ing later, lie became a carpenter,
and spent the remaining years of
his life here. He had retired from
active practice of his trade some
time ago.
Surviving him are his widow,
Francisca M. Cardenas, three
daughters, Mrs. A. M. Marquez and
Mrs. Mike Attille, of Brownsville,
and Mrs. Henry Pagle. of San An
tonio. and two sons, Jose Cardenas,
living in San Antonio, and Anas
tacio Cardenas, of Brcckenridge.
W. A. Darling is handling the
funeral arrangements.
Unions Will Ballot
Tuesday On Question
Of Joining Car Strike
NEW ORLEANS. July 23.—(/Pi
Members of the allied unions in New
Orleans will meet tonight to bal
lot on the calling of a general
strike in sympathy with the street
car men’s strike which today con
tinued In a deadlock.
Efforts of the commission council
to end the strike on friendly terms
previously having failed, the coun
cil continued their conferences and
asked both sides to hold their exec
utives in readiness for overtures.
After their meetings of yesterday,
the council was informed by the
railway company that its board
would receive for consideration fur
ther proposals that the union,
wThom they declined to recognize,
might offer.
The union men have been out
since July 2. Cars are being oper
ated on some lines by non-union
men protected by deputy United
States marshals.
Rancher Swims Herd
Of 30G io American
Side of Rio Grande
*
Three hundred head of cattle
were swum across the Rio Grande
at the Gavito crossing, 12 miles be
low Brownsville Monday for Howell
McCampbell. well known rancher
Customs officers supervised the
change of the herd from the Mexi
can to the American side of the
;ver.
McCampbell has transferred ap
proximately 10,000 head across in
the past 15 months.
He has dipping vats, pens, etc.,
on the side of the river at
Gavito crossing.
GENERAL WELDING
Radiator Repair U^n Mowers Sharpen
_ ... ed — Repaired and
Specialist* for Sale
Duplicate Keys
We make duplicates of any kind of keys
T. J. ROMMER p;™
K The unanimous vote of the cham
ber of commerce here was voiced at
a meeting held last night, with a
number of citizens of San Benito
present, and taking part in the dis
cussion.
Mayor J. Scott Brown and two
other members of the city com
mission were present.
Mayor Talks
The government proposition was
explained by Mayor Brown. He read
a letter from L. C. Elliott, division
extension superintendent of the air
ways division of the federal depart
ment of commerce. In this letter it
was explained that if San Benito
will buy a suitable site, level it, and
piacp two runways on it, and lease it
to the government for a nominal
sum, the government will light the
field, and maintain it as a govern
ment field, allowing all other planes,
however, private or comercial, to use
the field. It will be operated as a
municipal field, with the depart
ment of commerce bearing the ex
pense. in order to have it for use as
an emergency field on the night fly
ing route that is to be opened from
the north to the Valley.
The matter was discussed for
some time, with practically all those
present in favor of furnishing the
field, and a vote of the directors of
the chamber of commerce showed
ell of them in favor of it. The
chamber recommended to the city
commission that action be taken at
once.
Issue Warrants
It was suggested that the city is
sue warrants to secure funds to pur
chase the land desired, and then re
tire these warrants later with a re
funding bond issue.
Requirements of the government
for a Class A field call for three
runways, each 2500 feet long. This
would require about 120 acres of
land.
This city probably will purchase
150 acres of land, in order to have
sufficient additional space for build
ings and other uses.
Although several sites are under
consideration now. little mention
was made of definite locations.
City commissioners are expected
to make immediate arrangements
for options on desirable sites, and to
take definite action tomorrow night,
accenting the proposition of the de
partment.
Harlingen Charter
May Be Amended By
Vote of Reside n t s
CSpecial to The Herald!
* HARLINGEN. July 23.—Proposed
amendments to the charter of the
rity of Harlingen will be submitted
to residents of Harlingen in a short
time, as the proposed amendments
have been publishpd in legal no
tices by order of Mayor Sam Bot.ts
in accordance with laws covering
the matter.
The amendments were asked to
be submitted to voters by a petition
signpd by the required number of
qualified voters, and presented to
the city sdie time ago.
Thev limit the salaries of the citv
commissioners, provide for a park
board, make it necessarv to present
a petition with names of only 20 per
cent of voters for a recall election
and limit amount of warrants that
can be issued by the city commis
sion.
MANY FRIENDS
AT YOE RITES
Funeral of Former Browns
ville Youth Attended By
Scores of Visitors
(Special to The Herald).
AUSTIN , July 23.—<£*)—With
nearly 100 out-of-town visitors from
many parts of the state present,
impressive funeral sendees were
held for Sam M. Yoe, former Buda
youth, at Liveoak cemetery near
Buda Monday afternoon. Yoe ^as
killed in an automobile accident at
Salina, Kansas, last Friday. Serv
ices were conducted by the Rev. £.
W. Marshall of Brownsville.
The youth was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Yoe oi San Benito,
Mr. Yoe having formerly been head
of the Brownsville schools and a
member of the university faculty.
State Superintendent S. M. N.
Marrs and President H. Y. Bene
dict of the university were among
mourners. The boy's parents *rom
San Benito and his grandmother,,
Mrs. Yoe of San Saba, his brother.
Thomas Yoe of San Benito and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D
Meador, were present.
Lavish floral offerings adorned the
grave.
Active pallbearers were Henry
Meador, Childress; Ross Meador and
O. E. Meador of San Antonio, and
J. E. Meador of Denison.
Among those from out of town for
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. M.
K. Dupree of Houston; Mrs. Lenora
Wayward, Beaumont; Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Dodd, the Rev. E. W. Marshall,
Mrs. Webster and daughter, Mrs.
E. A. Anderson. I Irs. Margaret John
Hill and Raymond Hill. Brownsville.
Miss Alma Prestin, Frank Pierce,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Thocker, Miss
Lozona and James Vessermoke,
San Benito.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones. Miss
Thedis Jones, Henderson; Glenn
Williams. Mrs. Toone Wilson, New
ton Wilson, Lockhart.
Dr. C. E. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. G.
T. Harris, Mrs. Ed Evans, Mrs.
Phillips and W. G. Barber, San
Marcos.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Staffel, Mrs.
Morrow Staffell, Miss Margie Staf
fel, San Antonio.
Pres. H. Y. Benedict, Dr. B. F.
Pittinger, A. M. Blackman, Miss
Annie Webb Blanton, Supt. S. M.
N. Marrs, E. J. Mathews, Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Fertsch and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ross, Miss Enola
Shipherd, Mrs. 3. H. Evans, Frank
Evans, Miss Ruby Henderson, Miss
Opal Gilstrap and others of Austin.
Virtually the entire citizenship of
Buda attended the cervices.
VALLEY GETS 200
NEW HOMESEEKERS
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. July 23.—Two hun
dred homeseekers are in the Valley
this week. 150 of them being
brought by the Missouri Facific and
50 by the Southern Pacific.
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Dm;:":, zatco a-.:.1 .nuocz:
Charles ' *. Montrose, for cer
movie promoter, who has been
held to Jail, Detroit, for near
ly two years, because immigra
tion authorise' have been un
able to determine of wh" oun
try he is a subject, may gain his
freedom through acti~*i started
in federal Papers filed
disclose tb ’;e has contracted
tuberculosis.
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TOMATO FALL |
CROP LARGEST I
Planting Continue* Despite ft
Attacks of Insects on
Growth ft
(Special to The Herald) B
SAN BENI"” Jv.ly 23.—The Val
ley's first lar0-e-male experiment in
planting tomatoes during June for
fall production has turned out ■
rather a^ailure. iccording to grow- ■
ers and snippers here. f||
Tv ants, the 'ather, and some :j
other kinds of insects have com- j9
bined to make a failure of most of ‘S
the crops planted during June^ 81
Spurred on by prospects of a Wfh fl
price, and no competi on from '»
Mexico because cf t’ e tariff, Val- v;.
ley farmers are proceeding to plant
more tomatoes this month, and the 9
section still will have by far the H
largest f-11 crop in its history.
A considerable rrreage of toma
toes. particularly in the San Be- H
nito territory, was planted in June.
Several shippers who had experi- fig
rnented with me planting of toma- I
toes in the . ast urged that the 11
planting be done in Jn i instead ■
of July.
Hot weather and ants were the Jg
principal factors in the destruc- m
t’.on of voun plants, according to 9
shippers here. ■
Should You Fail to
Make a Will
—the cost of administering your estate may
be greater.
It is the rule and not the exception that es
tates left without a will suffer more delays and
more expense in administration than those dis
tributed under a will.
Our officers will be phased to discuss this
vital subject wdth you.
This bank is authorized to act as Executor
and Administrator of Estates. We invite you to
name us your Executor.
You may leave your Will with us for safe
keeping.
Capital, Surplus and Profits
over $500,000.00
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