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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No 41 " BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 6e A COP* I
J. A. ROETZEL IS
HEAD OF BONDED
WAREHOUSE HERE
Company Organized With Paid Lp Capital
Stock of $100,000 Includes Nix, Wheeler,
Gill, and John Gregg As Directors
Headed by John A. Roetzel. the Fidelity Bonded Warehouse and Stor
age Company has been organized with a paid up capital stock of $100,000
and in the future will operate a complete warehousing service, including
storage, packing, crating, moving and hauling, it was announced heie
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT. the Val
ley. with from 83 to 90 per cent of
the cotton crop gathered, for the
first time this season is suffering
a shortage of pickers.
^.Men in touch with the industry
■Lay pickers are streaming out >f
Valley to the Robstown-Corpus
Christ! area and other sections
where the cotton is at its best.
Only the poorest pickers—the
aged and the very young—are left
in the Valley.
It is predicted there will be real
difficulty in getting the remaining
cotton gathered and hauled to the
gin.
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H. P. BOYD, vice president of the
Valley Gin company, believes 85 to
90 per cent of the Valley cotton crop
is gathered.
Between 85,000 and 90,000 bales
have been ginned.
There are between 15,000 and 25,
000 bales still in the field, he thinks
after a survey.
The cotton crop for 1929 is
••made,” in the opinion of Mr.
Boyd.
There may be a few scattering
fields of late cotton which will yield
some lint, but very few.
There is not a chance for a top
crop—weevils and other pests have
attended to that.
• • •
But between $11,000,000 and $12.
000,000 will have been put into cir
culation in Cameron, Hidalgo, Wil
lacy and Starr counties by the
crop.
And that means a wonderful
boost to the financial condition of
this section.
THERE IS *a grapefruit famine
abroad in the land and nothing can
be done about it for two months.
This famine is all brought about
>v the 18-day avoirdupois-paring
ft’ called “Hollywood diet" which
■'cuts 18 pounds from the anatomy
in 18 days.
Just listen to the wail of the
Chicago Tribune:
• • •
“Chicago is facing a shortage of
grapefruit. This may be useless in
formation to those who consider the
grapefruit nothing more than a
lemon that saw an opportunity and
made the best of it. But it has
caused a crisis in the ranks of the
eighteen-day dieters comparable to
the usual comparisons in crises. It
seems that nude, or raw grapefruit
is the paring knife that cuts down
the avoirdupois and without it
thousands of lady-like ambtiions io
attain sylph-like proportions are
dashed.
••A check today with grapefruit
purveyors showed that the citrus
exchange, which this year shipped
150 cars more than ever before, has
exhausted its supply long before
schedule. The new crop will not be
ready until October 1. The condi
tion in the canned grapefruit in
dustry is equally hopeless. De
cember Is the date of the next pack
cf grapefruit and the wails of
grapefruit-conscious females echo
from empty shelves.
“The very condition which threat
ens to wreck the eighteen-day diet,
is saving it. silly as it may sound.
The worry of having to go without
grapefruit, combined with the exer
lioflf entailed in running from stoic
toUj re seeking It, is keeping the
girts reduced to the shadow-like
contours they crave.'
VALLEY land developers, on their
tours up and down the United
States, find an intense interest in
this section.
Publicity given the section
through activities of the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific rail
roads, the various chambers of com
merce and the land companies is
bearing fruit.
Because of this Interest the de
velopers are predicting 50,000
homeseekers will be brought to the
Valley during the coming winter
and spring.
This will be practically double
the number of persons who were
brought to the Valley during the
past season.
The Southern Pacific reports 7,000
homeseekers handled for land com
panies and the Missouri Pacific
23,403.
These do not include the thou
sands of persons who had heard of
the Valley and came here "on their
own” to investigate.
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Bona fide tourists by the thou
mnds will be here this winter.
fJist as word of the opportunities
for agricultural and business invest
ment are being noised about over
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the fireproof warehouse on the
Southern Pacific railway tracks in
Los Ebanos formerly known as the
Valley bonded warehouse.
Other officers of the new com
pany are J. M. Nix of San An
tonio. vice president; Winston
Wheeler, vice president; Richard
Gill, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, and B. E. Taylor, assist
ant secretary and treasurer.
Directors Named
The directors are Roetzel, Nix,
Wheeler. Gill and John Gregg,
president of the Merchants Na
tional Bank of Brownsville.
Nix is well known in Brownsville
as builder and operator of the fci
Jardin hotel and builder of the
Capitol theater. He operates San
Antonio hotels and is heavily inter
ested in San Antonio real estate.
Wheeler and Gill are members of
the firm of Wheeler-Gill Co., in
vestment bankers at San Antonio.
Roetzel is well known in Browns
ville, having lived here for many
years. He was connected with the
Ohio and Texas Sugar Co. heie
during the days wen sugar cane was
grown in the Valley. Later he was
connected with The Brownsville
Herald and with the Southern Irri
gation and Sugar company.
Roetzel Experienced
While connected with the Border
land Sugar corporation at Llano
Grande he joined the army and be
came an officer. At the end of
the World war he resigned to ac
cept an executive position with
American Factors, Ltd., of Hono
lulu, Hawaii.
Roetzel was for a time manager
for the Hershey Corporation in
Cuba, this firm manufacturing
sugar and chocolate.
He also was manager of ware
houses for the Independent Ware
houses, Inc., of Cuba, an auxiliary
of the Guarantee Trust Co. After
this he became president of Cuban
Bonded Warehouses, Habana, San
tiago de Cuba.
Because of his wide experience
with bonded warehouses he was se
lected to head the new organiza
tion here.
Bonded in Every Sense
The warehouse will be a bonded
warehouse in every sense of the
word. Roetzel said,- being operated
under bond to the United States
and Texas. It is insured against
fire and tornado damage.
"The reputation of every officer
and director of the company to
gether with th efinancial responsi
bility makes a Fidelity Bonded
Warehouse negotiable certificate a
desirable collateral to banks and
we are in position to secure loaas
at moderate interest rates,” Roetzel
said.
Louisiana Wreck
Kills Two Women
BATON ROUGE. La., Aug. 13.—
(JPi—Two women were killed In
stantly and three other persons
were seriously injured in a collision
of two automobiles near Norwood,
La . today.
The dead were: Mrs. A. J. Ritter
of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Dick
Reid, who was vsiiting in Norwood
A negro woman reported the cars
crashed at the top of a hill and
one caught fire and burned.
Texan Reappointed
To Farm Loan Board
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (^—Re
appointment of Albert C. Williams
of Texas as a member of the fed
' eral farm loan board was announ
ced today by President Hoover.
Williams has served on the fed
eral farm board for a number of
years. His resignation will be sent
to the senate after it convenes this
month.
Explosion Kills
One; 5 May Die
WILMINGTON. Calif.. Aug. 13.—
UP)—Breakage of a gasoline pipe in
a room of a shell oil company
cracking still here today caused a
terrific explosion which killed one
man and burned five others so bad
ly they may die.
COLLEGES MAY CUT
DOWN SUMMER TERMS
A summer sessioi. shortened from
12 to six weeks faces state teachers
colleges under the present approp
riation if no other source of funds
can be found before next summer,
the board of regents of the institu
tions decided here in its annual
business meeting. Presidents of the
colleges also attended the confer
ence.
PREDICT SMALL UNITS
FOR FUTURE FIGHTING
CAMP PALACIOS. Texas, Aug 13.
—<jp)—Prediction that any wars of
the future would be fought by
small, highly mobile units was made
by Major General William Lassiter,
eighth corps area commander, in
an address to officers of the 36th
division. Texas national guard, en
camped here.
TWO HURT AS NEW ORLEANS
CITY COUNCIL IS ATTACKED
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TEST COMPLETED'
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BY FLYING BOAT
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FOR OCEAN TRIP
NEW YORK. Aug 13.—(AV
Miss Mildred Johnson of Phila
delphia was informed by cable
today that the giant Rohrbach
Rostra flying boat in which she
expects to fly from Europe to
America early in September had
completed its semi-final test
flight.
She was informed the plane, in
which it is planned to bring 10
passengers across the ocean, had
flown non-stop with that number
from Tavemunde, on the Baltic
sea. to Stockholm and return, a
distance of 1.100 miles, in 11 hours
and 20 minutes.
The route to be followed is Lis
bon, Canary Islands. Cape Verde
Islands, Fernando Noronha, West
Indies and New York, with other
possible stops at Para. Trinidad,
Porto Rico, Miami and Hampton
Roads.
STEEL STOCKS
PUSH MARKET
U. S. Common Leads Bull
Movement Selling Up
$11 a Share
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—(A5)—The
“buir movement on the New York i
stock exchange was pressed forwaid
in aggressive fashion under the
leadership of United States Steel
common today, which sold up $11 a
the break last Friday. The stock
sold off a little in profit-taking in
the last hour, but again turned up
ward before the close. Bethlehem
and Crucible Steels also reached
new high ground with more moder
ate advances.
The rapid rise in U. S. Steel has
been connected with unconfirmed
rumors of a stock split up and an
extra dividend. The finance com
mittee met today, but any such ac
tion probably would not be an
nounced at least until the direc
tors meet on August 27.
The rest of the stock market was
somewhat irregular, many traders
taking profits on yesterday’s ad
vances. Aviation stocks were strong,
United Aircraft advancing nearly
$5, and Wright Aeronautical nearly
$4. American Telephone and West
inghouse Electric made moderate
gains. Radio, however, slipped back
about $2.
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Industrial Growth Is
Seen as Texas’ Need
AMARILLO, Tex.. Aug. 13.—(>P>—
“What Texas needs is not to put
less stress on agriculture, but to put
far more stress on industrial de
velopment.” Dr. J. S. Thomas, head
of the extension department of the
University of Alabama, declared to
day at the second day session of
the Texas Realtors' convention here.
A. S. Stinnett, Texas flood wa
ters commissioner, predicted the
Texas Panhandle would lead in
wheat production within the next
few years, and pointed out that
thousands of acres of prairie land
was being broken up for the first
time and planted in grain.
“Bush Man” Taken
In Pallas Suburb
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 13.—(/P)—A
man who had been hiding in the
brush near a Dallas suburb and
who had terrorized women and chil
dren of the vicinity for several
weeks, was captured yesterday by
a city employe while on his way
home. Physicians said the man was
suffering from diseases that had af
fected his brain. He was carrying
a large knife when accosted by the
city employe, who persuaded the
man to put on some clothes he had
in the brush and come with him to
a restaurant where the police were
notified.
Houston Driller
Falls to Death
HOUSTON, Tex.. Aug. 13.—<>P>—
James Horace Davidson. 26. driller,
fell to his death today while work
ing near the top of an 85-foot oil
derrick in the Pierce Junction field.
Davidson had lived here about a
year, having moved to Houston
from Corpus Christi. Witnesses
said his foot slipped as he started
to come down the derrick.
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POLICE SEARCHING
FOR HOUSE LOOTERS
Police were continuing to search
for thieves Tuesday who looted the
home of Gus Bouvis, 715 Second
street, of clothing articles valued at
about <200, Sunday evening. Sev
eral suspects are being watched.
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AID ASKED IN
MARKETING BY
conmiES
Farm Board Indicates
It Will Try to Bring
Cooperatives Into
Closer Union
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—^—
The federal farm board was asked
today by a group representing the
American Cotton Growers Exchange
to authorize the formation of an
advisory commodity council to as
sist the orderly marketing of cot
ton.
Information at the board's offices
Indicated that before acting an in
quiry w’ould be made into the pos
sibilities of bringing all of the co
operatives marketing cotton into a
closer union.
The group which presented a plan
for a commodity council included
C. O. Moser, of Dallas, president
of the American Cotton Growers'
Exchange. A. D. Waldauer of Mem
phis, Sam Morley of Oklahoma, C.
G. Henry of Arkansas and U. B.
Blalock of North Carolina, all rep
resentatives of the state coopera
tives affiliated with the American
Cotton Growers Exchange.
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Hague Experts Seek
To Break Deadlock1
THE HAGUE, Aug. 13. (A*)—The
great statesmen of six powers this
afternoon took up their efforts tc
reach a compromise on disputed
prortsiww of the Yoons' plan in the
privacy of their hotel apartments.
While the financial experts of the
conference attempted to break the
deadlock between Great Britain and
her allies over British demands for
increased share of German repara
tions. the heads of the French.
British, Belgian and German dele
gations met to talk over the date
for evacuation of the Rhineland.
Gossip at The Hague persistently
mentions Christmas as the date on
which the German will be able to
celebrate the final freedom of their
territory from foreign occupation.
Watson Receives
U. S. Appointment
Carlos G. Watson, local attorney.!
received notice Tuesday from the
United States attorney general’s of
fice of his appointment as assist
ant United States attorney for the
southern district of Texas. He will
be under H. M. Holden. U. S at
torney. whose headquarters are at
Houston.
Brownsville will be resident head
quarters for Watson and his duties
will be largely in connection with
federal cases which develop in and
around this city.
The appointment was made ne
cessary by the large increase in the
number of cases in the local court.
Watson said.
Goodrich Commends
New Mexico Roads
Judge and Mrs. E. K Goodrich
and family returned Monday from
an automobile trip which took them
to see their son. George, in San An
tonio and to Laredo. Monterrey and
Saltillo.
Judge Goodrich was especially
impressed with the good roads be
tween Laredo and Monterrey and
the road now under construction be
tween Monterrey and Saltillo. The
partv made the trip from Laredo
to Monterrey in four hours.
This loop will prove a favorite
with American tourists when com
pleted. Judge Goodrich believes.
CLARENCE COLE GAME
WARDEN IN DISTRICT
Clarence Cole has been appointed
to fill the position of district game
warden, following the recent death
of John Coffee.
Cole has had previous experience
as game warden in the Valley. He
recently returned here.
ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING
DETROIT. Aug. 13. —UP)— Ac
cused of kidnaping his 15-year-old
brother. Frank, of Homewood, 111.,
Peter Yosek. 24. was arrested early
today with his wife, Rose, for Illi
nois authorities.
The charge was made against the
couple by Frank Yosek. Sr., of
Homewood, father of the two boys,
who told Homewood police his
younger son was kidnaped from the
Ravieloc country club near Home
wood, thrown into an automobile
and driven to Chicago.
Both Peter and Frank have de
nied any kidnaping attempts. The
boy is held at the juvenile detention
home here pending arrival of
Homewood detectives who will re
turn him to Illinois with his broth
er and his brother’s wife.
j ENDURANCE PLANE TO SHUTTLE CONTINENT TWICE
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Captain Ira Eaker, Texas flyer
and famous as the army's "iron
man" endurance pilot, will take off
from Oakland for two round trips
from coast to coast In a standard
Boeing air mail biplane, refueling
| In flight. Thence the flight would
j proceed to Cleveland to stay up as
long as possible. The army air
corps and post office department
are cooperating with Capt. Eaker
(inset». Lower plane is the flight
ship. Upper is one of the four re
fueling craft. Map shows route
and gefueling points for non-stop !
plane. Eaker is well known here,
having spent some time here in
connection with a dawn-to-dusk
attempt to link Panama with the !'
United States. j
Rains Only Hope for Halting
Forest Fires Over Wide Area
CUT IN SCHOOL
LEVY IS RUMOR
Moody May Lower Tax A*
State Automatic Board
Resumes Computing
AUSTIN. Aug. 13. UP)—Work of
computing the state tax rate was
resumed by the automatic tax board
today Gov. Moody. Comptroller
Terrell and Treasurer Hatcher
studied figures to determine how
much money the state would have
unappropriated n Sept. 1, when the
new biennium begins.
Gov. Moody said the rate might
not be adopte here tomorrow.
The board met on July 20. the date
fixed by law. and recessed until
yesterday when it failed to deter
mine the rate.
The consensus of opinion was It
would be 72 cents, as follows: ad
valoren, from which general fund
is derived. 30 cents; tax for school
purposes, 35 cents, and confederate
pensions, seven c-'nts. The present
rate is 64 cents, the ad valorem levy
being 22 cents, with the others 35
cents and 7 cents.
It was reported the Gov. was con
sidering the advisability of reducing
the 35 cent l:vy for school pur
poses. It was stated the cash left
in the schopl fund from the gasoline
tax might make this possible. The
35 cent school levy is the constitu
tional limit, and it has remained
undisturbed since it was fixed.
County Attorney
Back From Trip
Expressing gladness at being back
in the Valley. County Attorney M
R. Hall returned Tuesday after a
trip to California.
“The gulf breeze here sure is a
contrast to the sweltering weather
I encountered on the trip,” Hall
said. “People are inclined to be
lieve that the Valley has hot wea
ther due to its southerly position,
but I found almost every place I
visited was hotter than the Valley.”
Mrs. Hall accompanied the coun
ty attorney on the trip but will visit
her parents before returning.
Many Attend Burial
of Wreck Victim*
MESQUITE. Texas, Aug. 13.—UP)
—Attended by many residents of
this little Dallas county town, fu
neral services were held today in
the small cemetery near here for
Mrs. Iva Badgett and her seven
children who were killed Sunday in
one of Texas’ worst grade crossing
accidents.
After the services, the bodies
were placed alongside each other in
a huge grave dug by volunteer
workers.
Late today the cemetery will be
the scene of another similar cere
mony. when the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. McHenry and their three
children, victims of the same crash,
will be laid to rest in another grave.
ACCUSED MURDERER
CAPTURED IN FLAT
CHICAGO. Aug. 13.—UP)—“Baby
Pace” Willie Doody. accused mur
derer fugitive, was captured at noon
today by detectives who stormed his
flat where he lived under an as
| sumed name. He gave up without
a struggle.
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SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 13.—<JP)—
Menacing condit.ons caused by high
winds and lo v humidity today aided
old and slumbering forest fires to
flame into renewed activity. Many
new blazes also were reported
throughout the Northwest.
In Canada, Washington. Oregon.
Idaho and Montana, conflagrations
were eating rapidly through thous
ands of acres of for 'St land, causing
losses which may run into millions
of dollars.
Rangers were unable to predict
when the thousands of men fighting
the fires could r i them under con
trol.
Eight hundred men were working
in north central Washington. This
conflagration, roaring through yel
low pine timber, had levelled nearly
12.000 acres.
Other fires in that region, some of
which had been reported under con
trol, flamed with renewed vigor. The
obstinate Ch:lan forest fire had
covered a thousand acres more,
bringing the total to 11,500,
In Idaho. Canada, provincial for
estry officials r ported major fires
beyond control, with little relief in
prospect from the weather. Rains
were said to be the only means by
which the flames could 'ye quench
ed.
In Manitoba. Canada, provincial
forestry officials reported the most
serious fire conditions in many
years. A last minute shift in the
wind saved the town of DuBois
which for a time was thought to be
doomed. The town of Rennie was
reported to be out danger from a
huge fire in that district.
SKULL INJURY
MAY BE FATAL
Employe of Construction
Company Is Caught In
Dredge Near Mercedes
(Special to The Herald*
MERCEDES. Aug. 13—Thurman
Long. 25. employe of the J. D.
George Construction company, is in
the Mercedes hospital with the base
of his skull fractured, with little
hope held for his recovery’. as a re
sult of injuries received last night
in a dredging machine.
The accident occurred south of
Mercedes about 9:30 p. m.. near Rio
Rita. Members of the road crew
stated that Long was caught in the
machine while working.
Long's home is said to be in Al
bertsvllle. Ala.
REPORT VILLAGE LOOTED
TOKYO, Aug. 13.—(/P)—A Rengo
news agency dispatch from Man
chull, Manchuria, today said 30
Russian cavalrymen had crossed the
river Argun on Aug. 11 and looted
a village called Jarainor. Pive of
the inhabitants were said to have
been drowned.
The Argun is a tributary to the
Amur river and forms part of the
boundary between Siberia and
northwestern Manchuria.
The Rengo dispatch added that
60 Russian employes of the Chinese
railway collier at Jarainor were ar
rested on Monday for having flood
ed some mines.
Insure Parcel Post Packages
Rio Grande Valley Trust Companj
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BOY IS BURIED
AT INGLESIDE
Brownaville Youth Killed
Under Car Driven By
His Mother
^Special to The Herald)
INGLESIDE. Texas. Aug. 13.—
Farrell Pearson. 14. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Pearson, who was kill
ed Monday when he was run over
by an automobile driven by his
mother was to be burled here late
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson and child
ren. who live In Brownsville, had
been to Galveston to visit friends
and stopped over here for a day
or two with friends. The boy was
riding on the bumper of the auto
when it hit a rough place in the
road. He was thrown to the ground
and the car ran over him before
It could be stopped.
Claude Pearson, father of Farrell.
Pearson, has been employed by
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District. No. 6. as a construc
tloon foreman for the past several
years.
He telephoned to W I. Ollson.
manager of the district, from Ingle
side this morning that the boy
would be buried there lite today.
Lions 'Take Stock'
At Weekly Meeting
A general stock-taking of club
work occupied the Lions at their
weekly meeting Tuesday. Routine
work in the club was discussed, and
membership and prospects checked
up. as well as work of the variuos
committees. Phil Boeye was ap
pointed chairman of a committee to
care for the Lion sign on the high
way.
Some discussion of plans for fall
work was held, but no definite steps
were taken. Bascom Cox. president
of the club, who is leaving on a va
cation trip, reviewed possible activ
ities to be taken up later. No spe
cial program had been arranged for
the meeting.
TWO KILLED IN FALL
FROM ROLLER COASTER
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13. </P)—A 15
year-old girl and a man. 23. were
killed In an amusement park here
last night when they were thrown
from a car on a roller coaster as
It made a turn at the top of the
an Incline, 40 feet above ground
Two employes of the device were
arrested.
SPANISH SHIP SINKS
UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL
LISBON, Portugal. Aug. 13. MV
The Spanish Merchant-ship Eo.
which left here yesterday with a
cargo of ore for La Palllce. collided
with an unidentified vessel at dawn,
four miles off Cape Rocca.
The unidentified vessel sank Im
mediately. presumably with all
hands.
BANDITS GET $7000
IN S. D. BANK HOLDUP
REDFIELD, S. Aug. 13.—(VPl
—Three men held up the Redfield.
8. D., American Exchange bank at
the point of revolvers at noon to
cash. They were reported to have
fled by automobile in the direction
of the Twin Cities.
POLICE QUELL
RIOTS AFTER
BOY IS SHOT
Union Labor Commit*
tee Starts Riot Aftef
Presenting Petitiort
On Jitneys
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 13.—(/P>—
Open fighting broke out in the citf
council chamber this morning
when a union labor committee pre
sented to the body a petition sign
ed by thousands asking that the or
dinance placing a ban on jitmyg
in the street par strike be revoked.
The fight started over remarks
made t oa policeman who directed
tear bombs at a mob that stoned
street cars last night near a mass
meeting of union sympathizers.
The policeman fired several shots
on the corridor floor during thd
height of the disturbance, and a bojf
bystander was hit in the foot.
Members of the commission coun-*
cil were Jostled In the melee and
furnished targets for fist blows on*
the Jaws.
Police reserves restored order.
After the mob had been quelled'
scores continued to mill about tha*
corridors, and several hundred who'
collected on the outside attempted
a second storming of the buildimil
but were driven off by police with
tear bombs.
Two Victims
The victims were Irwin Durver
nay. 15, shot in the foot, and Dannyt
Young. 50. striking motorman. hitT
In the body but not believed aerlA
ously hurt. They were carried to rf
hospital.
None of the commissioners was •
seriously hurt.
Acting Mayor Wa 1msley a*,
spokesman for the council, told thW*
delegation of more than 200 labo/1
men who presented the petition]
that the body would give due con-1
sideration.
The session became noisy, an . tha
acting mayor ad jour net’ the meet
ing. As the commission council be
gan to file out of the chamber of
their offices, a woman stopped
Walmsiey with a remark, and *
crowd of men rushed him. He wa*
struck a blow in the abdomen.
Commissioners Struck
Commissioners Paul B. Haban*
and W. T. Hall were struck before
police could rescue them from th^
crowd of men and women.
During the pandemonium of
shouts, booes. fist-flying and shots,*
a dozen policemen were assaulted
by the mob.
Captain Henry Nelson of the po
lice department was set upon.'
stamped and beaten about the he A
before other officers could break ui
the mob.
With the commissioners safely in
their offices, Detective Fred Wil-l
llams Jumped on a counter in tha
corridor with levelled guns and'
succeeded In q> eting the enragetf
crowd for a time.
Rioting i.rsumed
Miss Ida Giefers. a school teacher,
mounted on a platform and ad-!
dressed the rioters, persuading
many to leave the building.
Rioting then was resumed on tha
outside and a cordon of police with
shotguns and pistols held off tha’
second assault.
Superintendent of Police Theo
dore Ray, who arrived on the scene
during the major disorders sum
moned heavy guards from all pre
cincts in the city to break up tha
rioters in fro. t of the building.
With the rioters virtually dis
persed small crowds gathered about
the section and sporadic attacks on
street cars operated by pubUc ser
vice with non-union men and sag
ging of car crews continued.
j THE WEATHER
I.— .— — . — ■ .J
For Brownsville and the Valle/,
Fair to partly cloudy tonight ana
Wednesday.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday. Light to
moderate variable winds on the
coast, mostly southerly.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr.
Stags Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 3.1 +0.2 -0G
Laredo . 27 -0.3 +0.1 .00
Rio Grande • 21 4.5 -0.2 .00
Mission ..... 22 5.0 40.1 .00
San Benito . 23 9 0 -0.6 .00
Brownsville . 18 4.3 -0.5 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High .2:12 a. m.
Low .. 5:42 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7 08
Sunrise tomorrow .6.84