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, THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 34 NOOII Edition BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. TUESDAY. AUGUST S. 1929 NOOII Edition 6c A COPY
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THE VALLEY probably is obtain
ing less than one per cent of the
tourist business coming to the
8outh annually and the South Is
obtaining only about 40 per cent
of the possible revenue from tour
ists.
The last part of that statement
« comes from an editorial in Manu
facturers Record.
That publication says about $200,
000,000 is being spent in the South
annually by tourists at the present
time and that it is estimated this
could be increased easily to $700,
000,000 per year.
Tourists from the United States
now are spending about $3,$00.000,
000 each year in Canada. Roger
Babson, noted statistician, esti
mates.
Practically no point to the above,
(except that it once more points out
how much money tourists spend—
Annually.
And the Valley really can get a
big portion, comparatively speaking,
(of that business.
‘‘With comparatively few excep
tions, however, the states of the
South have failed to tell the world
the points of interest and beauty
| that are to be seen within our
boundaries,'' continues that editor
Iial.
That's the Valley exactly.
The finest climate, wonderful
fishing, boating, hunting, bathing
and Mexico Just across the Rio
Grande.
It’s about time the Valley "let its
light shine."
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■>,8YDNEY C. LACKLAND, editor
ne Hargill Progress and lead
*ihg citizen of Hargill was in
Brownsville Monday afternoon do
ing some efficient boosting for his
town.
The editor pointed out that Har
gill has ginned more cotton than
many larger towns in the Valley
and that conditions are good and
getting better. More than 1000 bales
ginned there.
He had a good word for the en
!! tire section, but pointed out that
Hargill rapidly was becoming the
center of activity.
Work on the irrigation project
near there has been a great boost
to Hargill, Mr. Lackland said.
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CROQUET enthusiasts of the
Valley prepare to be challenged by
Edcouch.
A professional croquet set has
been purchased by popular sub
scription, two lots cleared and
lighted and a modern croquet court
constructed.
And the court is lighted for night
playing.
So there are going to be some
croquet widows in Edcouch.
I With an unlighted croquet couit,
darkness puts a stop to play just
about the time the evening meal is
on the table and the players are
forced to return home.
But with light
some Edcouch wives are going to
have their dispositions sorely tried
Igvt&e next few weeks.
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Tmcwnxville is to have a couple of
croquet courts this winter for the
gitertalnment of tourists. Some of
the locals are likely to get in some
I play and possibly a Valley croquet
I league could be formed.
Possibly other Valley towns al
ready have croquet fans. By bring
ing in several teams quite a tourna
ment could be staged.
Would a croquet league be some
thing new under the sun?
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WITH THE CLOSE of the cotton
picking season only a few weeks
away, Valley farmers are turning
their attention to planting fall
truck crops.
And tomatoes seem to be destined
to lead all plantings this year.
There are several reasons. The
if5 Florida crop will be greatly curtail
ed. if marketed at all. on account
of the Mediterranean fruit fly in
festation in that state. Plantings
to Mexico likely will be greatly re
duced on account of the United
States threat to apply a 3-cents
per-pound tariff.
Indications are that other truck
plantings will be heavier than usual.
The carlot shipment record has
taan set at a higher figure each
0$ n for several years past.
^S^ere is every reason to believe
jtbia will be done again during the
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ORGANIZATION
FAKED SCHOOL
CERTIFICATES
More Than 1000 False
Licenses For Prac
tice of Medicine Had
Been Sold
CHICAGO. Aug. 6.—<JP\—The in
i side story of ho / a diploma and li
cense mill printed spurious certifi
cates and state seals was told last
night by a man who admitted,
state's attorney's investigators said,
that he had made photostatlcc oples
of the originals for counterfeit
plates.
The story, Patrick Roche, chief
investigator, said, would result In
new arrests and indictments imme
diately. Several Chicago printing
and engraving firms were said to
have been named.
Jacob Crane, formerly a printer
of Springfield, 111., was seized upon
information supplied by Albert Carl
Barron, one of seven men already
in dieted in the case.
Crane, according to Roche, said
that diplomas of the Rush Medical
college, the Northwestern University
medical school and the University
of Wiscorsi* medical school were
forged, as well as interne's certifi
cates from the Cook County (Chi
cago) hospital, and Illinois state
licenses and seals.
So thorough was the mill, Roche
said, that applicants without col
lege education could purchase di
plomas and state licenses, botn ap
parently bona fide, to practice in
Illinois and elsewhere. More than
I, 000 fake licenses are said to have
been sold for approximately $2,000
each, and diplomas at a still higher
price.
Three Arrested In
Chicago Arson Plot
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 6.—(flV
Durwood M. Dailey, operator of a
drug store mysteriously blown up
during a fire yesterday, supported
the police theory today that an ar
son plot was responsible by giving
five names to the police.
The blast took the lives of three
firemen and injured eleven others.
Three of the men named are un
der arrest with Dailey and two. one
believed to be loader in the plot,
are being sought. The alleged
leader. Dailey said, financed the
drug store for him and instructed
him. when he opened it, to take out
$5,000 insurance.
Broker Sought
On Embezzlement
CHICAGO. Aug. 6.—(£*>—J. B.
Greenfield, Chicago stock and bond
broker, was sought in Detroit today
on a warrant charging embezzle
ment.
The warrant for his arrest was is
sued last night when records of the
J. B. Greenfield and company of
fices were seized by Assistant
State's Attorney Arthur Carlsten
after investigation of complaints
that the concern defraunded cus
tomers of more than $500,000.
The warrant was sworn out by
Miss Anna Horner, niece of Judge
Henry Horner, who said she was
one of the victims of the alleged
fraud. i
COMMITTEES TO
PRESENT TEXAS
FRUIT FL Y PLEA
Laredo Meeting Results in Co-operation Of
fered By Other Citrus Growing Sections
Of Texas in Valley Protection Move
(Special to The Herald)
LAREDO, Aug. 6.—Appointment of committees of three growers from
each of the citrus producing sections to prepare data relative to the Texas
citrus fruit situation was authorized at the meeting of Texas citrus fruit
growers held here Monday night. Committees will be named by the
chairman of the association.
VIRGINIA OEMS
CHOOSELEADER
Southern Stronghold Seeks
Governor- U Ckoipion
Republican Fight
RICHMOND. Va.. Aug. 6.——
Virginia's embattled democratic
hosts were choosing a champion to
day to lead them in an effort to
drive the republicans beyond the
Potomac.
Factional differences, character
istic of southern states in which
democratic nomination is equvalent
to electon, was conspcuous by its ab
sence in the democratc primary
campaign that closed last night, the
three candidates for nomination for
governor calling upon the voters to
participate in todays primary re
gardless of their choice for party
nominee.
John Garland Pollard, a William
and Mary College professor: G.
Walter Mapp. a former state sen
ator. and Rosewell Page, brother of
the late Thomas Nelson Page, were
the candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination. James H. Price for
lieutenant governor and John R.
Saunders for renomination as attor
nev general, had no opposition.
While democratic leaders declared
a somewhat general apathy would
prevent the primary becoming a
test of democratic strength, local
elections in several sections were ex
pected to aid in bringing out a vote
of close to 150.000. Several cities
had large local tickets, about 50
names appearing on the ballots in
Richmond. Nominations were to be
made for four vacant state senate
seats as well as for the entire house
of delegates.
The anti-Smith democrats, who
refused support of the party's na
tional ticket last year, made a vig
orous effort to keep last year's
anti-Smith democrats from entering
the primary so that they might be
morally fre to supnort in the general
election. Dr. William Moseley
Brown, nominated for governor by
both anti-Smith democrats and re
publicans. Dr. Brown began his
campaign before the primarv and in
addresses in the past week has vig
orously denonunced "Raskoblsm" in
the democratic party.
BOMB EXPLODES AT
UNION HEAD’S HOME
CHICAGO. Aug. 6.—(A*—A bomb
exploded last night in front of the
home of John Sheridan, secretary
and treasurer of the Chicago Team
sters. Chauffeurs and Helpers'
union. Damage was slight and no
one was injured. Internal strife in
the union was blamed by police.
TV TOJiUlI HttiU, OCUCUU y U1 bUU
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce,
presided at the meeting which was
attended by fourteen representa
tives of the Valley, and other rep
resentatives from the Laredo and
Winter Garden areas.
L. E. Snavely Of Harlingen out
lined the present situation regard
ing citrus fruit, pointing out that
the larvae of the Morelos fruit fly
had been found frequently in fruit
secured in Nuevo Laredo, and that
ripe sour oranges, peaches -and
plums hanging on trees In and
around Laredo were a direct men
ace to the fruit industry of south
Texas.
Congress Willing
Congressman John N. Garner de
clared that he was convinced that
C. L. Marlatt, head of the plant
quarantine board, realized that
more Inspectors and more rigid in
spection are necessary to protect the
citrus fruit belt of Texas against i
the Morelos and Mediterranean
fruit flies, and that congress would
assuredly appropriate all the money
necessary for the fight.
He pointed out that extension of;
the quarantined area was purely a
function of the state department of
agriculture, and that congress had
appropriated four and one half mil
lion acres to eradicate the Medi
terranean fly. this fund to be ex
pended by the plant quarantine*
board in any sate the board deem
ed necessary.
Inspectors Scored
Congressman Garner assured the
group of growers that he would
present the matter to the federal
plant quarantine board and urged
that it comply with the request of
the Texas interests.
Methods of inspection on the bor
der and on trains and highways
were criticized, growers stating that
the present mode of inspection is
wholly inadequate and urging that
a sufficient corps of inspectors be
secured to prevent fruit crossing the
border from Mexico or coming in by
train, highway or boat from Flor
ida.
A proposal was made that the en
tire Mexican border from San
Diego. Calif., to Brownsville, be in
cluded in the quarantined areas.
Laredo and Winter Garden repre
sentatives volunteered their co
operation with the Valley in secur- i
ing extension of the quarantine
area to include those sections.
Chinese-Russian
Demands Deadlock
NANKING, China, Aug. 6.—(A»>
The foreign office of the nationalist
government announced today there
was a deadlock at the conference
between Russia and China, over
seizure of the Chinese Eastern rail
way, which has been in progress at
Manchull, Manchuria.
The nationalist authorities were
unable to accept the Russian de
mand for reinstatement of the Rus
sian associate managers on the rail
way before the opening of formal
negotiations.
The foreign office instructed Chi
nese Minister Wu at Washington to
notify sgnatories of Kellogg pact as
to the discussion n ful detail.
Golfing Youngsters
Seek Junior Title
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—(JP)—A rec
ord entry of 245 golfing youngsters
today was to battle over the La
grange Country club course for
qualifying places in the western Ju
nior championship tournament.
Dick Mullin of the Lagrane club,
defending champion, was favored to
qualify among the championship 32.
The age limit for the tournament is
from 15 to 19 years, making Tom
Cooley of Kankakee, 111., runner-up
last year, Ineligible as he has pass
ed ibt maximum limit.
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Man Awakened By Fire
Leaps Through Window
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Aug. 6.—Awaken
ed by the noise of a china closet
which crashed, J. A. Pray, whose
home is located on the highway
south of here, barely escaped with
his life late Monday night as he
Jumped through a window from a
blazing house.
The cause of the fire, which de
stroyed the house, with a damage
estimated at about $5,000. has not
been Ascertained* Th*. lira depart
ment made a run but the blase was
too far underway to battle with
chemical equipment. The house is
outside the city limits and no water
was a valla ole. Fire Chief I. A. Ted
der is investigating to determine
the cause of the blr^e.
The fire, burning the legs of the
china cabinet, caused It to fall with
a resounding crash which awakened
Pray, who found the entire house
sheathed in a mass of flames.
The house was a one-story frame
structure, ,
CUSTOMS MAN
DISAPPEARS
FROMCRUISER
Expect Boat Owner to
Surrender; Says He
Thought Officer
Was Hijacker
DETROIT. Aug. 6.—UP)—Object
of an Intensive three day search
over the entire region of the Great
Lakes and faced with a possible
federal cAarge of murder on the
high seas, John M. Heath, wealthy
elevator engineer and his wife, Mrs.
Maxine Heath, were expected to
surrender to federal athorities to
day for questioning in connection
with the disappearance early Sat
urday of Richard J. Sandlands, cus
toms inspector who boarded their
luxurious cabin cruiser because of
violation of navigation laws.
Heath communicated with federal
officers through his attorney last
night and admitted that he left the
customs agent floundering in the
swift current of Detroit river after
a fight during which both men fell
into the water from the deck of
Heath s boat.
Heath swam back to his craft,
the “Maxine," he said, and he saw
no more of Sandlands.
Stories Differ
A report made to Walter 8. Petty,
acting collector of customs, by a
companion officer of Sandlands,
Milton Larsen, differed from the
story related by Heath through his
attorney, however, and the customs
office today still listed the absent
patrolman only as “missing.*'
Max H. Finkelston, Heath's at
torney, said Sandlands boarded the
Heath crafl in mid-stream without
identifying himself, attempted to
force Heath to dock at an East Side
mooring port. Because of the pres
ence of several men on the dock,
Finkelston said. Heath feared he
was to be hi-jacked or his wife
harmed, and after Sandlands and
his companion in a speedboat alor.g
the Maxine had refused for the
third time to show their badges
Heath grappled with the boarder.
Fall Into Water
Both men fell into the water, ac
cording to Heath's account, and
when Sandlands loostened his grasp
the yachtsman swam back to his
craft and speeded out of range of
possible gunfire.
Larsen, in a report to Petty, said
Sandlands boarded the Maxine be
cause Heath was known to have
left a Canadian port without clear
ance papers. The Maxine was tied
up at a dock on the east side of
the city, Larsen declared, and Sand
lands remained aboard the craft
with Mr. and Mrs. Heath while Lar
sen went to telephone the customs
base for instructions.
When he returned a few minutes
later Larsen said the boat was gone.
KING OF EGYPT
LEAVES LONDON
LONDON, Aug. 6— UP) —King
Fuad of Egypt with his suite and
Premier Mohammed Pasha Mah
moud left here today for Paris en
route to Egypt. Representatives of
King George and the foreign of
fice bade him farewell at the sta
tion.
She’s the Apj
This Negro Ji
“Did you beat your wife?" Judge
A. A. Browne of the city corpora
tion court asked a negro man
Monday afternoon.
“Yes. suh,” he answered frankly.
Somewhat taken aback, the
Judge asked: "Were you drunk?”
“No. suh.” the darkey answered.
“Well, what sort of an excuse
have you?” the Judge pursued.
“1 dunno, judge. There’s some
thing funny about It. I’m a hard
working nigger and get along fine
with everybody but my wife.”
“Has she done anything to you?
11 HE MAY BE ANOTHER EDISON j
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Wilbur B. Huston. 16 of Seattle, Wash., the son of an Episcopal
bishop, won the Edison scholarship contest at West Orange. N. J„ in
which selected high school graduates from every state in the union
participated. His scholarship will be used to cover expenses at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he will have the
opportunity to enter the Edison laboratory in hopes of succeeding
Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wlsar:!.
Hague Parley Would
End Post-War Issues
THE HAGUE. NETHERLANDS, Aug. 6.—(/P>—Statesmen of twelve
countries, including Great Britain. Prance. Germany and Japan, met here
today to formulate methods of applying the Young reparations plan and
to liquidate the last outstanding problems of the World war.
The conference which is to put into effect the recommendations made
METEOR SHOWER
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TO VISIT EARTH
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SUNDAY NIGHT
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6.—<AV
The beautiful -Tears of St. Law
rence.” as the perse kl meteor
showers sometimes are called, are
due for*their annual visitation to
earth Sunday night, Aug. 11.
The best time to look for them
is between midnight and dawn, in
the direction of the constellation
perseus. Their “radiant.” the
position from which they come,
rises in the northeast shortly after
dark, and is not far from directly
overhead at dawn.
“Of all the annual showers they
are the mo6t certain to return
with average richness.’ said Dr.
Charles P. Oliver, professor of as
tronomy at the University of
Pennsylvania and president of the
American Meteor Society. “Also,
as they come in August, when
nights are still comfortably warm,
they furnish the most excellent
opportunity for a person casually
interested in meteors to see a
good shower. While quite num
erous from Aug. 5 to 15. yet from
Aug. 10 to 13 one is certain to see
large numbers, particularly after
midnight. Many of the perseids
leave very bright and enduring
trains, which being beautiful
phenomena, add to the interest.”
it>y the recent reparations confer
ence under chairmanship of Owen
D. Young at Paris, was convened at
eleven o’clock this morning in the
hall of the first chamber of the
Dutch states general in Medieval
Blnnenhof.
Bellaarts von Blokland. Dutch
prime minister, welcomed the 38
principal delegates and their 40 sub
ordinates after which Premier
Briand of Prance. Foreign Minister
Stresemann of Germany and Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Snowden of
Oreat Britain replied.
The first meeting, which probably
will be the last public session until
decisions are reached, consisted
chiefly of formalities. A second
meeting was called for this after
noon at which the delegates will get
down to the work at hand.
The United 8tates has no dele
gate. but Is represented by an ob
server. Edwin C. Wilson, first sec
retary of the embassy at Paris.
In their speeches of reply the
British. French and German dele
gates all recognized that difficul
ties were ahead of the conference
and all expressed determination to
do everything possible to put an end
to international misunderstanding.
Foreign Minister Stresemann went
further and indirectly expressed a
favorable attitude toward Premier
Briand’s proposed “United States of
Europe.” The German minister
recalled the time when the states
composing Germany were all di
vided by customs barriers which
were now recalled with laughter.
“I hope the time will come.” he
added, “when in all the countries
of Europe the time when customs
frontiers existed between them will
be recalled with the same amuse
ment.”
pie of His Eye, She Is--Not!
ist Can’t Help Beating Wife
Whose fault Is It that you have
these quarrels?”
“No, suh, she ain’t done nothing
to me but when I see her I get
mad. It's all my fault but I can't
help getting mad when I see her.”
The Judge asked the negress if
he had beaten her severely.
“Yes. suh. Judge, he nearly
about killed me," she said as she
displayed a large assortment of
scratches and bruises.
“Does he do that often?” the
Judge asked.
“Do he? He beats me all the
time. I fight him back, but no
woman can whip a mao. I’m sick
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a .. :1| .
and tired of it. I'm going to get
a divorce. My friends won't let
me visit them because they are
afraid my husband will come and
raise a roc*us. That am' no way
to live."
Judge Browne fined the man
$100 and suspended $75 of it
pending good behavior. He as
sured the judge that he wouldn't
bother his wife any more, agree
ing that they would separate.
As he (^parted he said: “She
was a good wife. Judge.—nothing
wrong at all—but I just can’t help
getting mad when I see her;*
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LIQUOR TRADE
FIGHT BLAMED
FOR OUTBREAK
U. S. Attorney Warn*
Leaders of Tongs,
But Laundryman Is
Shot Shortly After
NEW YORK. Aug. Pros
pects of one of the bloodiest tong
wars in years were seen today by
additional killings both in this city
and Boston, bringing the dead to
five in two days in addition to sev
eral wounded.
A few hours after U. 8. Attor
ney Charles H. Tuttle and Samuel
Sung Young. Chinese consul gen
eral, had warned tong leaders here
that no violence would be tolerated
pending a peace conference today, a
Harlem laundryman was shot and
killed at his ironing board.
Similarly in Boston two Chinese
were shot and killed within a few
hours after tong leaders had as
sured police there would be no tong
warfare in that city. Police offi
cials said it was the first time tong
leaders had deliberately deceived *
them and expressed belief the kill
ings would result in the bloodiest
tong war ever seen in New England.
In Chicago and Newark. N. J.,
where the killings started with ono
death each on Sunday, a tensa
quiet prevailed. Police maintained
close watch on the Chinese sections
but no attempts at violence occur
red.
The cause of the renewed ton*
outbreak remained in mystery. Ona
theory upon which New York po
lice were working was that it was
over the rice liquor trade which
was said to have become quits
profitable with the deteriorating
quality of other bootleg liquor.
Search For Addict* ' !
Still At Liberty
LOS ANGELES. Calif., Aug.
(JP)—Deputy sheriffs and other
l peace officers were making an ex
i tensive search today for 11 or 18
narcotic addicts who escaped from
j a state hospital at Spadra near hve
during a riot Sunday night.
Three were in the county Jai|
here and pnother was In custody of
his father, while the fifth was cap
tured in a rood near the hoapital
shortly after the inmates, outnum
bering the unarmed guards, forced
the doors of their dormitories, sur
mounted a 10-foot wire fence and
escaped.
Theoutbreak started soon after*
the order of "lights out" for the
night had been given. The rioting
spread fram ward to ward until
hospital authorities were forced to
call for help.
Deputy sheriffs responded and
soon quieted the rioters. The out-!
break was said to have been caused'
by the intense craving for narcotics
by the ring leaders They failed to
! break into the hospital stores, how
ever. it was reported.
DAWES AND PREMIER
RESUME NAVAL TALKS
LONDON. Aug. 6.—(VP)—New steps
in the series of Anglo-American
conversations on naval disarma
ment were taken today when Am
bassador Charles O. Dawes and .
Prime Minfcter MacDonald confer
red at No. 10 Downing street.
Two attaches from the American
j embassy accompanied the ambas
| sador to the prime minister's offi
cial residence.
I During the morning Premier Mac
Donald ha da talk with First Lord
of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander.
He also received Lord Thompson,
minister for air.
j THE WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday. Light to moderate
southerly winds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Not received In
time.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
, Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
8tags 8tags Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass ..16 31 -0.2 00
Laredo . 27 0.1 0 0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 5.8 40.2 .00
Mission. 22 6.3 -0.3 .00
San Benito . 23 11.0 -1.0 .00
Brownsville . 18 6.8 r0.2 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa*
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High.6:15 a. m.; 4:28 p. m.
Low.11:28 a. m.; 11:35 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ... 7:12
Sunrise tomorrow ..*•»••••••• 8:5$
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