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LOS FRESNOS goes metropolitan
Saturday.
A telephone system and central
exchange is to be put into opera
tion—with residents of all the
countryside invited to visit the new
plant and equipment. Refreshments
and a hearty welcome are promised.
No ordinary telephone system is
this.
Modem in every detail—common
battery—no cranking to ring for a
number.
Loe Fresnos is fortunate—not
many Valley towns, or towns in any
other section, have started life wi».lij
so modern telephone exchange.
Officials of the Rio Grande Va!- I
ley Telephone company believe Los
Fresnos is the smallest town in the
world with a common-battery tele
phone exchange.
Los Fresnos' telephone exchange
is in keeping with other Los Fres
nos improvements—modem and at
tractive.
• • •
The town has 35 telephones to
Start with.
The board is equipped to handle
99 lines at present.
^And this can be expanded to care
000 telephones with little addi-j
W^>al equipment.
The telephone company has faith
in the future of Los Fresnos.
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HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED to
the support of Brownsville Boy
Scouts?
A group of 40 men are seeking
contributions to a fund which it is
hoped will total $3500 when the
collection is counted.
To reach the goal $88 r*r solicitor
must be turned in.
Help the man who talks to you
to reach his required $88 total and
the $3500 will be in hand.
"This is an investment in citizen
ship which will pay big returns in'
dollars and cents,” says E. E. Mock
bee. chairman of the campaign.
The men soliciting the money ar?
giving time and money. They only
ask the public for money.
• • •
TOURISTS are going to find a
real welcome in Brownsville during
the coming winter.
Special facilities are to be pro
vided which it is hoped will cuiej
some of the dissatisfaction which i
has been expressed in the past and j
* lend the visitors away with a good
word for the city and the Valley.
Plans for entertainment of the,
visitors include some alterations at
the chamber of commerce building. I
provision of croquet, horseshoe
pitching, checkers, dominoes and i
other games. Efforts are to be made1
to see that the visitors become ac
quainted with each other, that they
organize congenial groups for fish
ing trips, swimming and beach par
ties. for sight-seeing tours and the
JLu-; to see that golfers are made
jjm> realize the facilities of the coun
try club are at their disposal and
that they find opponents.
8ight seeing tours are to be map
ped out and points of interest are
to be made easily accessible to the
visitor
In other words, the tourist is to
be made to feel that he is welcome
and that some effort is being made
to increase the pleasure of his
visit.
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All of this has been discussed be
fore, but it is to become a reality
this year. A. D. Dickinson. Jr., is
the man who “put It over.'*
“The tourist crop is the most high
ly profitable we can raise and th»
returns will be out of all propor
tion to the investment we make to
harvest it," he told directors of the
chamber of commerce at a meet
ing early this week.
Immediately he was named chair
* man of a committee to prepare
plans for the coming winter.
The plan is complete and will be
submitted to the directors at the
next meeting.
The investment will be small—the
returns will be large.
And Brownsville will be on her
way to becoming a real tourist cen
tar—a thing about which much has
been said and but little done in past
years.
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^SERVICE for ex-service men is
Ar particular aim of Muse-Argonne
*S-t. American Legion, of Ray
mondville. for the next five days.
L. C. Chapman, regional manager
cf the United States Veteran's Bu
reau is to be In Raymondville after
noon and night of August 6.
He desires to meet every ex-ser
vice man in the Valley and ex
plain the things to which he is en
titled. To assist him and do this
the Raymondville post has ad
dressed letters and circulars to ev
ery post commander-In this section.
Many ex-service men are entitled
to benefits which they are not re
ceiving. Chapman claims. His pur
pose is to find these men and see
that they are taken care of.
Chapman will speak at the high
achool auditorium in Raymondville
at 8 p. m. August 6.
• • •
**We are trying in every manner
possible to get word to everyone
that Mr. Chapman will be here,'*
wrote Verne Sabin, service officer
“We want those who have unsettled
claims, who desire to file claims, to
reinstate their insurance or receive
any other benefit to come and tallc
it over with him and then come to
the meeting in the evening and find
just what the Veterans Bureau
and will do for ex-service men.
i * It means so much to some of
_, and I am so anxious to have
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{ REFUEL FLIERS DIVE TO DEATH {
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Associated Press Photo
Owen Haugland (lower left) and Capt. P. J. Crichton (right) met
death in their attempt to set an endurance record when their plane
crashed at Minneapolis after more than 154 hours aloft.
'public surgeon
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SUGGEST RELIEF
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FROM HEAT PLAN
WASHINGTON, Au«. 2.—fAV—
The first item in a hot weather
program suggested by Surgeon
General Cumming of the public
health service is “keep busy.”
* A chefful frame of mind,' he
explained, is the i ost important
safeguard against heat suffering.
He said the easiest way to at
tain it was to think of things
other than the weather.
Of summer diet, he remarked,
that ‘ the normal palate is a de
pendable guide; the best things
to eat are thethtngs one wants—
fruits and vegetables.”
He suggested drinking at least
six to eight glasses of water daily
and praised the modern woman's
lightness of dress.
Former Chinese War
Lord Shoots Manchu
TOKYO. Aug. 2.—— Chang
! Tsung Chang, former war 16rd of
Shantung, early today shot an i se
| riously wounded Prince Hisen Kai.
cousin of the former boy emperor
of China. P'u-Yi.
Mysterious circumstances sur
round the affair, which Chang
claimed was rccidental.
Chang's version of the shooting
of the young manchu was that a
revolver he was handling upstairs
at his hotel at Bcppu. Island of
l Kiusshiu, exploded, hitting the
i prince who was standing in the
garden below.
Hsien Kai was 21 years old and
! graduated from the Japaner-e mili
tary academy In July. H? was
j spending a vacation in Beppu and
had visited Chang in the evening.
The authorities are investigating
: the accident i.ory.
CHICAGO JOURNAL AND
DAILY NEWS LINKED
CHICAGO. Aug. 2—(/Pi—The Chi
cago Daily Journal, the oldest aft
ernoon newspaper in Illinois, an
nounced today it had associated it
self editorially and linked its nam?
with the Chicago Daily News.
SCOUT FUND IS
PUSHED TO $738
$400 Obtained From Four
Sources Before Noon
By Committee
The special committee of the
Boy Scout fund drive, headed by
J. L. Abney got into operation Fri
day morning and obt ned $400 be
fore noon. This swelled the fund
to $738. $338 having been obtained
previously. The $400 was taken in
through four donations of $100.
These included donationsr-by John
Gregg, the Central Power & Light
company and Ike Clubb.
Other drive committees were busy
also working their assigned dis
tricts.
It is hoped to raise $3,500.
Brownsville quota for the coming
year, by August, the date set for
the opening of Camp Perry on the
Arroyo Colorado.
Ed Mockbee. chairman of the
drive, was getting in touch with
various civic and social bodies to
enlist aid. He asks that anyone
wishing to help tv * scouts get in
touch with him at ihe telephone
office.
A special meet inf <' all interest
ed in scout work will l.e held ait
the chamber of commerce at 8 p.
m. Monday. The chairman urges
that as many be present s passible
and extends a special invitation to
ladies.
Brownsville has fallen short on
its quota for the past two years.
Year before last only $500 was ob
tained for the annual budget. Last
year $900 was subscribed. Smaller
cities of the Va> .y turned J t larger
sums than this, officials of the
drive state.
ROBIN ARRIVES AT
CHICAGO IN RAIN
CHICAGO. Aug. 2—'/P>—Drenched
by a steady downpour of rain the
"St. Louis Robin.” with Dale Jack
son and Forest O Brine. holders of
the new world endurance record,
arrived at the municipal airport to
day at 12:45 p. m. <C. S. T.)
Washington Youth Wins
Edison Protege Contest
WEST ORANGE. N. J.. Aug. 2 —
<7P>—Wilbur B. Huston, a youth from
Port Madison. Wash., was named
the winner today of the Thomas A.
Edison competition for choice of a
protege and follower in the foot
steps of the inventor.
The 49 contestants—one from each
state and the District of Columbia
—were lined up on the lawn of the
Edison home in Llewelyn park as
the announcement was made by Dr.
8. W. Stratton, president of the
Massachusetts institute of technolo
gy, who was chairman of the com
mittee of judges.
Doctor Stratton was high in his
praise of the boys, who yesterday
participated in a gruelling examina
tion on subject* ranging from mor
als and ethics to science.
It was a tired looking committee
that faced the bright and fresh
looking boys on the lawn. Dr. Strat
ton said they poured over the ex
amination papers until 3 o’clock
this morning. The high rating at
tained by each of the contestant*
made the job of picking the win
ner a hard one.
It was recalled that Huston. 16j,
years old and the son of the bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Seattle,
was the last to finish the test yes
terday. A rousing cheer greeted the
announcement of his victory and
the tall, bespectacled boy was lifted
, to the shoulders of the other youths
and carried twice in a circle around
the lawn.
t Huston will receive a four-year
course, with all living and inciden
tal expenses paid, in the institution
of his choice. He decided upon
chemical engineering in the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology,
i The committee announced that
four boys, who rated high in the
examinations, would be given schol
arships of four years in technical
institutions. Thev were Charles A.
Brounissen. of West Redding. Conn.;
Ivan A. Getling of Pittsburgh; Jas.
Seth of Phoenix. Arizona, and Ber
nard Sturgis of Butler. Ind.
Huston's average in the test was
9i. The other four averaged be
tween 88 and 92.
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Describe Finding Co-ed’s Body
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PROFESSOR!
MURDER TRIAL
HEARSSTORY
Farmer Describes Road
Used By ‘Petting
Parties’ Near Ohio
Rifle Range
COURTHOUSE. COLUMBUS. O .
Aug. 2.—(/Tj—Dr. James H Snook
lay back in his canvar. bench chair
today, almost out of sight behind
the counsel's table, and listened to
stories by state's witnesses of the
finding of the body of Theora Hix,
the girl he is charged with killing.
In rapid order the prosecution put
on three witnesses to build up the
narrative of how the young Ohio
co-ed's body was found last June
14 on the New York Central rille
range on the western edge of the
city, and one witness who U>ld of
seeing a man and woman struggling
there the night of the killing oc
curred.
Dr. Snook was submitted to an
other examination by two physicians
before court convened to<jay, but de
fense counsel did not reveal the na
ture or purpose of*, he examination
He was still suffering from .. spinal
test made last Saturday. The beach
chair was provided for dm yester
day after he complained that the
upright chair he had occupied at
the defense table caused him ex
treme aiscomfort.
Paul Krulauf, 16-ycar-olc high
school boy. who. with Milton Miller,
a chum, found the body of Miss
Hix the day after t'- killing, was
called as the next witness and told
how he came upon the body.
Assistant Prosecutor Paul Hicks,
who examined Frumlauf, intro
duced as evidence two pictures ~f
the body, taken before it was moved
from the rifle range.
Ephriam Johnson, 76-year-old
farmer, who was plowing in the
field adjoining 'e range, recount
ed the discovery of the bony after
the boys had summoncc him. He
testified that the road leading past
the rifle range was a popular place
for “petting parties.”
City Collects 90
Per Cent of Taxes
The city collected approximately
90 per cent of 1928 taxes due from
property owners, it was revealed in
a recapitulation taken by City Tax
Collector H. Sterling and presented
to .members of the city commission
Friday morning in regular session.
Full payments, current roll, to
taled $77.32482; first half payments
$59,701.26; second half. $56,179.82;
making total current collection $193
205 90.
Collections to date from Items de
linquent April 1 totaled $3,275.64,
making total paid taxes up to Aug
ust 1. S196.4R1.54.
Delinquent taxes on which noth
ing has been paid amounted to $18.
817.74. Delinquent, on which half
was pair. $3 521 44 This makes a to
tal not collected of $22,339 18.
The grand total of collectable
taxes for the 1928 roll was $218,820 72.
PRISON COMMITTEE
INSPECTING FARMS
HOUSTON, Aug. 2.—(JPh- Ram
sey and Darrington farms in Bra
zoria county drew the attention of
the prison centralization commis
sion today, the second day of its
survey of the Texas penitentiary
properties.
During the sessions of the pres
ent legislature, the house of repre
sentatives voted to concentrate the
system on those two farms but the
senate refused to concur.
The commission, created by the
legislature to make concentration
recommendations, gave these possi
ble sites a close study.
Hanged For Murder
Of Common-Law Wife
SAN QUENTIN. Calif.. Aug. 2 —
fiP)—Russell St. Clair Beitzel died
on the gallows today in expiation
of the murder in Los Angeles of
Miss Barbara Mauger of Philadel
phia, his 19-year-old common law
wife. The trap was sprung at 10:05
a. m. He was pronounced dead 14
minutes later.
LINE OFFERS QUICK
ROUTE TO PANHANDLE
FORT WORTH. Aug. 2.—(^—Ov
ernight train service between Dal
las and Fort Worth and the East
Texas panhandle would be offered
If the Interstate Commerce com
mission approve appilcation of the
Fort Worth and Denver to build a
line from Childess to Pampa. F. E.
Clalrity. operating vice president of
the Fort Worth and Denver, testi
fied at the I. C. C. hearing here to
day.
FLAMING GASOLINE
BURNS TWENTY-TWO
TRENTON, N. J.. Aug. 2.——
Twenty-two persons, mostly chil
dren, were severely burned here this
afternoon after an ice cream truck
overturned. The victims were
sprayed with flaming gasoline.
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Leahy Walks Calmly
To Death in Chair
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1 CONVICT SLAIN,
SEVERAL HURT IN
U. S. PEN RE VOL T
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Riot Breaks Out in Mess Ilall at Noon, Be
lieved To Have Been Caused By Food Pro
test or Heat-Crazed Dope Addicts
UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, Leavenworth. Kas.. Aug. 2.—
—Official announcement was made here today that the mutiny in which
one convict was killed and three injured was definitely at an end and that
the situation in the prison was quiet.
Denial was made that a fres i outbreak occurred among prisoners in
CITY TO PAVE
RESACA GAPS
CommUsion Also Approves
Ordinance to License
Billboards
An order to complete paving on
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
and Palm boulevard, decision to
meet early next week with chamber
of commerce officials regarding ex
tension of city limits, and passage
to first reading of an ordinance re
quiring licenses for billboard adver
tising within the city limits, were
principal accomplishments of the
city commission at a two-hour reg
ular session at the city hall Friday
morning.
Gaps over fills where resacas de
layed paving will be hardsurfaced
at once, it was decided, with first
work to be done on Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, according to the
recommendation of City Engineer G.
W. Rogers, who said the gaps on
the above streets arc now ready for
paving and that Palm boulevard gap
will be by the time the former are
completed. Money for Palm boule
vard remaining work already has
been provided, but warrants must
be issued for the work to be done in
the northeast part of the city. It
will require $4,125 to pave the
stretch on Thirteenth street and
$4,647 for the Fourteenth street job,
it was estimated.
Extension Plain
The extension plans of the cnam
ber of commerce were brought be
fore the commission by G. C. Rich
ardson and H. L. Yates, who ex
plained that outlying sections
should be brought into the city be
fore the 1930 census taking begnis.
The commission, not having the
time to go into the matter thor
oughly, agreed to consider the mat
ter at a special meeting next week.
• Wc had to pass a billboard or
dinance in order to prevent streets
in the downtown section from be
coming unsightly." Commissioner
Huff said. "Under the terms of the
ordinance, the city will not be over
run by billboard companies scatter
ing advertising matter throughout
the town.”
A request by Richardson, manager
of the chamber of commerce, for
liermission to allow a gas line to
be laid from the alley between Le
vee and Elizabeth streets to the
chamber of commerce building was
denied when Hipp's motion to that
effect died for want of a second.
Other commissioners said a line
down Thirteenth and across Levee
would damage the paving and in
terfere too much with traffic.
A request by city market tenants
to reduce rentals from 8 to 5 cents
per running foot was granted. The
8-cent price was established to meet
the expense of opening arches,
which never was done. The new
rate became effective Aug. 1.
Drainage at the airport was dis
cussed with City Engineer Rogers
(Continued on page 8.)
San Juan Ginner
Loses Arm In Saw
(Special to The Herald)
SAN JUAN. Aug. 2—The right
arm of W. E. Stamey. about 50,
San Juan ginner. was cut off at the
elbow ip a gin saw Friday about
10:30 a. m. when Stamey reached
up from the floor as he was clean
ing out the stanr*. suffering cuts on
his back als o
Gin employes stopped bleedii.g of
the arm before he was taken to the
McAllen hospital, where doctors said
It would be necessary to amputate
the arm at r-> shoulder. Stamey
is expected to recover from the in
jury.
Stamey’s home is in Hugo. Okla.
He gins In the Valley every season
and has been managing the San
Juan gin for several years.
the mess hall this morning. Reports
had been circulated outside the
prison that a large group of con
victs refused to eat breakfast and
hurled tableware about the dining
room.
Mike Martniez, a Mexican, who
had served one year of a 30-year
term, was killed.
The last of the rioting prisoners
was in his cell and the prison .was
quiet late last night. Guards with
machine guns mounted on the pri
son walls prevented any escapes.
Protest Food
There were numerous reports as
to the cause of the outbreak but
prison officials declined to confirm
or deny any of them. One report
said the riot, which broke out in the
mess hall at noon, was a protest
against prison grade food and the
absence of ice in drinking water
Another said the prisoners who had
been permitted to read newspaper
accounts of riots in eastern prisons
had yielded to the suggestion. A
third report laid it to heat-crazed
narcotic addicts, the temperature
standing at 100.3 degrees at noon
yesterday.
None of the prisoners had fire
arms during the dit«urbances and
none of the prison officials was in
jured.
Refuse Help
Warden Thomas D. White refused
to call on soldiers at Fort Leaven
worth nearby for assistance al
though guards of the United States
disciplinary barracks at the fort
were held in readiness.
News of the outbreak did not
reach the public at Leavenworth
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
prison personnel handling the situ
ation with strict secrecy in compli
ance with orders from Washington.
The discharge of riot guns, breaking
of glass and the shouts of the con
victs attracted the attention of resi
dents in the northern part of the
town. The noies was at its height at
about 5 o’clock.
Highway Commission
Allots Road Funds
AUSTIN, Aug. 2.—(A*)—The high
way commission in executive ses
sion allotted $1,114,462 for construc
tion work in a large number of
counties today, bringing the money
transactions for the two-day meet
ing to $4,419,831.
McLennan county was voted $30,
000 towards a bridge and embank
ments across Lake Waco, between
Waco and Valley mills, on highway
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AXE MAN HELr IN
INSANE HOSPITAL
COLUMBIA. 8. C , Aug. 2.—(JF\—
T. Earl Robertson, 55-year-old Spar
tanburg man. who in a mad frenzy,
killed four persons and wounded
another with an axe there yester
day. was held today in the state
hospital for the insane here, under
guard to prevent him from carrying
out threats to take his own life.
Physicians pronounced him insane.
Legion to Conduct Last
Rites for J. B. Coffee
Funeral services for J. B. Coffee,
deputy game commissioner for this
section who died at 8 o'clock last
night at his home near here, will
be held Saturday afternoon at 5
o'clock at the Morris chapei.
The Brownsville American Legion
post, of which Coffee was a mem
ber. will have charge of services.
Interment will be made In the Bu
ena Vl6ta cemetery.
He had been ill with pneumonia
only a few days.
Coffee came to the valley soon
after the World war with his par
ents. and lived on a farm near the
Country club. He served in the
United States navy during the war,
and later attended Southwestern
university at Georgetown.
He was well known in the navy
and college circles as an athlete,
having played football on the navy
team, and at Georgetown.
The family came here from
Georgetown, the old family home,
and Coffee Joined them after the
war.
Three years ago he was named
deputy game commissioner for the
coast section, and later was promot
ed and given charge of the county.
Since then he was given another
promotion with the state depart
ment.
He is survived by his widow, for
merly Miss Nellie Stllwell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Stilwell,
Sr., of Brownsville, one son. John
Belford, age five, by his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Coffee, and one
brother. Rector, of Oklahoma.
The brother 5 expected to arrive
Saturday by plane for the funeral.
MAINTAINS HE
IS INNOCENT
Convicted of Slaying Dr.
Ramsay, He Hopes Un
til Last Minute
HUNTSVILLF Aug. 2.—' —Out
in the cow country of southwest
Texas where Harry J Leahy grew
to manhood if a man died with
his boots on he died a violent and
very likely a disgraceful death.
When Leahy -vent to the death
chair in state prison shortly before
1 o'clock this mo ning for the slay
ing of Dr. J. A. Ramsay c' Mathis,
his last act was t- have his shoes
removed.
He walked erect and composed to
the electric chair and sat down aft
er declining say anything to the
little group of wit' 'oses.
Prison officials started to buckle
the straps and electrodes.
He stirred clightly and motioned
for Captain Knighten. assistant
warden.
Takes 1 ff Sandals
Knighten stepped forward and
leaned over. Leahy whispered
something and Knighten dropped
to his knees and took off the san
dals Leahy was wearing.
Leahy was the calmest —an who
ever walked through the little
green door of the death chamber,
prison officials saiu.
Leahy spoke S little during his
last hours. In the afternoon he dis
cussed his case briefly with prison
offiicals and newspaper men.
“I don't want the report to get
out I confessed.’’ he said. I was
convicted on circumstantial evi
dence and the testimony of a Mex
ican." he said, referring to Roberto
Martinez, a former employe win
testimony helped send Leahy to
the chair.
Wife Visits Him
During the afternoon Mrs. Leahy
visited him.
Gradually the shadows lengthen
ed on the prison walls and time
for the evening meal came. Leahy
was served a chicken dinner “with
trimmings."
It is customary to shave the heads
of condemned men soon after they
eaten their last meal, but Leahy
asked delay.
“I hope for a break," he said.
“Maybe somethin** will happen to
stay the execution."
Nine o'clock came and no word
of comfort. The prison barber
shaved his head clean for the death
cap.
Hope rose in the towering ranch
er’s breast as Gover .ior Moody
called prison officials a few mo
ments before midnight and told
them to stay the electrocution 30
minutes. It was short lived, how
ever. as the governor called back a
few minutes later and ordered them
to proceed
The stay was granted to give
Judge Scott of Waco time to act on
(Continued on page 8.)
MAN ARRESTED IN
EXTORTION PLOT
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—A plot to
extort $1,000 from Bohumir Kryl.
famous band fnaster and composer,
was uncovered yesterday with the
arrest of George A. Owens, who de
scribed himself as a railway ticket
agent from Neenah. Wis.
In Owens’ pockets were found an
ice pick, a handkerchief devised as
a face mask and a note addressed
to Kryl which said:
“Give the bearer »1.000 iclthin
five minutes or you are a fconer.
We mean business. The West Side
Gang." *
TERNS TO END
DISPUTE HELD
VERY DRASTIC
Russia Insists Mana
ger And Assistant
Of Railroad Both Bo
Soviet Citizens
MOSCOW. Auc. 2.—</Fl—The Sov
iet union government, taking first
public notice of quasi-official ef
forts to reach a peaceable settle
ment of the Chinese Eastern rail
way controversy with China, today
announced three drastic conditions
as a solution of the problem raised
by Chinese seizure of the railroad.
The conditions were:
Liberation of Soviet workers and
civil service men held in Manchuria.
Appointment by the Soviet gov
ernment of both manager and as
sistant manager of the disputed
railroad.
A conference to be called imme
diately for negotiating questions
arising out of the conflict.
In addition it was said both
China and Russia would have to
agree to admit that the status of
the railway has been changed aa
a result of its seizure and subject to
further change in accordance with
the Peking and Mukden agreements
of 1924.
The conditions were made public
in a foreign office statement which
listed in detail conversations be
tween B. N. Melnikov, former con
sul general at Harbin. a.id Tsai
Yun-Sheng. Manchurian commis
sioner of foreign affairs.
The negotiations apparently be
gan July 22 and continued until
July 29 when Chang Hsueh Liang,
government of Manchuria, remain
ed silent on a proposal that th«
Soviet government name both man
ager and assistant manager for the
railroad.
L. M. Karakhan, vice commissar
for foreign affairs In the Soviet
union government, said there wav
no prospect of settlement of tha
conflict except on the basis of
Chinese acceptance of the stipula
tions.
London Paper Says
NaVy Pact Is Made
LONDON, Aug. 2.—on—The Eve
ning Standard says today It is able
to announce Prime Minister Mac
Donald and Ambassador Dawes
have reached a tentative agreement
or formula with regard to naval
disarmament.
The Standard said the following
proposals were included in the re
ported agreement or formula:
The battleship programs to be re
stricted.
The size of future battleships to
be decreased.
The life of battleships now In
commission to be prolonged and.
A declaration by both countriea
of their willingness to cease build
ing submarines.
MAN SERVING OUT
$28 ASSAULT FINE
Luis Cortez, 38, was lodged in the
county jail here Thursday after
noon to serve out a fine of $28.80.
penalty assessed by Justice of the
Peace W. H. Sh .p at Harlingen on
charges of assault.
Constable Julian Villareal of
Harlingen was the arresting officer.
MANDELL WEIGHS IN
AT 135 FOR CLASH
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.—^—Sammy
Mandell weighed exactly 135 pounds,
the lightweight limit, when ho
weighed in before the Illinois state
boxing commission today for his ti
tle fight against Tony Canzonert.
The challenger weighed 132 1-2
pounds.
Before the Accident—Insure
Rio Grande Valley Trust Company.
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WEATHER
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For Brownsville anti the Valleys
Fair tonight and Saturday.
For East Texas: Fair tonight and
Saturday.
Light to moderate southerly wind!
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be a slight to moderate
rise in the river from above Ril
Grande City down during the next
few days. «* „
Flood Preaent 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. RaU
Eagle Pass .. 16 3 3 -0.3 -0*
Laredo . 27 0.5 -1 1 0*
Rio Grande . 21 5.0 -0 6 .0?
Mission. 22 6.2 -0.3 M
San Benito . 23 10.0 +2 5 .M
Brownsville . 18 3 0 -0.4 Jm
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorolo
gical conditions:
High ... *• m'
EJJJ ....8:10 p. m,
miscellaneous data
Sunset today .
Sunrise tomorrow.
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