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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 71 * BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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VALLEY
Valley winter vegetable*, with
Valiev citrus and Valley vlimate
make this the winter paradise,
but winter hunting, fishing and
boating add the attractiveness to
make it supreme.
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“BURY YOUR HAMMER art?
buy a horn!”
Tom Phillips suggests that the
above be 'used in the Valley cam
paign to educate boasters.
Tne suggestion is relayed to The
Herald and other Valley newspapers
by Jim D. Ramsey who is secretary
of the La Feria Booster club. Ram
sey says;
-Tom Phillips, general counselor
for Santa Rosa, La Feria’s largest
suburb, has suggested a slogan for
all newspapers of the Valley to use
in their campaign against knockers.
We pass it on to you for whatever
It may be worth.
•T agree with Mr. Phillips that
the way to eliminate the knocker
Is to blow the “horn of accomplish
ment” so loud that the hammer-like
croaking of the knocker will be bur
led m disgrace."
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CREDITS of the Brownsville
Junior College are acceptable at
face value at the leading educa
tional institutions in the land.
That statement, made before the
Rotary club Wednesday by Dean S
A. Caldwell, brought home to
Brownsville citizens just what sort
of an institution the four-year-old!
college has come to be
Even two years ago the actual
value of the work being done here,
was not established. Then the(
credits were at least under a cloud, j
That day has passed.
. A faculty of 12 teachers all hold
ing masters degrees has placed the
college on a firm foundation.
And the fruits are beginning to,
appear. An enrollment of 112 regu
larAftudents to noon the second!
d~^lnd these including honor stu- j
dents from many Valley high;
schools is proof that the work being (
done has merit.
Dean Caldwell in his address said j
"the junior college soon will become,
an institution of which Brownsville,
and the entire Valley will be proud.",
Dean Caldwell was overly modest.
That tune has arrived.
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DID YOU EVER eat an oyster 12
inches long?
Of course not. but you might have
had you lived at the right time, i
There have been oysters that
large—so large that "oyster steaks"
and “oyster roasts" might have
been advertised
Proof is in the large number of,
monster shells in the petrified for
est north of Roma. Starr county.
One of the huge shells was
brought to The Herald office by
Ed Monsees.
There are hundreds and thou
sands of them to be found.
And there are petrified trees—but
no petrified birds.
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This petrified forest should be
one of the show places of the Val- j
ley. Every tourist which comes this
way should pay a visit to It.
All chambers of commerce should i
include it in any list of Interesting
things to be seen.
Roads to the forest are only fair
and impassable after a rain. Some- j
thing should be done about this to
popularize the place.
• • •
TWO WEEKS.
Thursday, Sept. 26. Valley fans
will have their first opportunity to
witness a grid team in action—at
least It is the first scheduled game.
Brownsville junior college team to
meet San Benito high school in San
Bent io.
Right now the whack and thud.!
the groan and grunt, the crash and j
Siam of irresistible forces meeting
immovable objects is being heard
daily on the athletic fields of Val
ley schools.
Brain and brawn are being train-*
ed to function properly under firt i
and in the meantime sport fans are!
trying to siae up the situation from j
meagre reports of progress eminat-’
ing from the various fields of bat-.
tie.
But It won’t be long now.
Just two weeks.
DISCRIMINATIO N
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OF 'HE-MAN' IN
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PERFUMERY TOLD
rtttr AGO, Sept. 12—The
Natilvtal Barber and Beauty Sup
ply Men’s association boldly an
nounced todav the American he
man is secretly very fond of per
fumery.
Lilac is the scent that sends
man on his way rejoicing. He
likes it on his face and his hair
Its popularity, the association
agreed, is based on its reputation
as being “mannish."
The gentle scent of violet is in
bad odor with males, the barbers
said, classifying it as too dainty.”
l ut rose in hair tonic goes over
big. Men-about-town whatever
thev are, have a leaning toward
jasmine; and ordinary fellows,
untutored In the art of personal
perfuming, prefer the potpourri
of scents provided by bouquet
Gardener Slays Diebolt Heiress
ANGERED MAN
GIVES HIMSELF
UP TOPOUCL
Shooting Takes Place
After Woman Had
Dismissed Man In
Employ 17 Years
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. 12.—
Mrs. Barbara Diebolt Irr. 62. heiress
of the Diebolt brewing fortune,
was shot and killed at her euclid
village home today by a gardener
angered because he had been dis
missed. police said.
Michael dl Tirro. the gardener,
walked into the village police sta
tion shortly after the killing and
admitted shooting the aged woman.
Employed 17 Years
He had been employed at the
home for 17 years prior to his dis
missal two weeks ago. Servants
said he became disgruntled at his
discharge.
Di Tirro said he went to the
home today, found Mrs. Irr seated
at • kitchen table and asked for
nis job again. The woman threat
ened to call police to remove him.
He then shot three times.
Mrs. Irr was the wife of Joseph
Irr. of the Cleveland Billard Sup
ply House. She was a member of
the Diebolt family which long
owned the Diebold Brewing com
pany.
Blaze Threatening
Compress Put Out
• Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Sept. 12—Fire
broke out in the sample room 6t
the Harlingen compress at 8:30 a.
m. but was extinguished with little
loss by the fire department after a
fast run. The blaze was of unde
termined origin.
The fire threatened to spread
quickly and doubtless would have
resulted in considerable loss had
the fire department not made a last
run. it was said.
The compress was almost com
pletely destroyed by flames several
years ago.
Mrs. Rogers* Trial
Delayed By State
NEW GRAUNFELS. Texas. Sept.
12.—OF’—The trial here of Mrs Re
becca Bradley Rogers was delayed
almost two hours today that state
attorneys might confer with wit
nesses from Buda. They were to
detail circumstances of the robbery
of the Farmers National bank there
by the defendant.
Leo Brewster of defense counspl.
said today that if the state rested
its case today, transcript testimony
by Dr. K P. Barton. Austin preach
er. would be offered first in behalf
of the former University of Texas
co-ed.
Sub-Committee For
Ship Probe Named
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.—(/Ft—A
sub-committee of three members
headed by Senator'Shortridge. re
publican. California, was appointed
today by the senate naval commit
tee to inquire into the activities of
American shipbuilding corpora
tions at the unsuccess||il 1927 Gen
eva naval limitations conference.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
democratic leader, and Senator Al
len. republican. Kansas, are the
other members of the sub-commit
tee which will meet later to determ
ine its program for open hearings.
Soviet Plane Lands
In Siberian City
NIKOLAYEVSK-ON-AMUR. Si
beria. Sept. 12.— JP)—Equipped with
pontoons for her transpacific flight
to the United States, the airplane,
‘ Land of the Soviets.” piloted by
the Russian ace. Semyon Shestakov,
landed at this far Siberian city on
the Tartar straits today. The next
stop of the all-Soviet constricted
plane on her flight from Moscow
to New York is at Petropavlovsk.
Kamchatka.
Speed Demon Fails
To Set New Record
CALSHOT, Eng.. Sept. 12.—v/P>—
Attaining practically the same
speed of 355.8 miles an hour estab
lished as a world's stralght-away
record Tuesday. 8quadron Leader
Orlebar. captain of the British
Schneider trophy team, today
equalled his record but failed to set
a new one.
Santa Rosa Paving
Awaits Bond Issue
• Special to The Herald)
SANTA ROSA. Sept. 12 — As soon
as bonds voted Tuesday can be
sold to advantage contract is to be
let for paving six blocks In the busi
ness district of Santa Rosa. Hie
bond issue was for $15,000,
CHARGES GRAFT
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Police Wednesday were
guarding J. P. Westman. alias
Henry McDonald, self-styled
bootleg king, who bared de
tails of an alleged shakedown
ring in Los Angeles in which
policemen were being paid
large sums. As a result, two
officers were arrested Wednes
day and nine more were in
dicted.
‘SHAKE-DOWN’
: PROBE JAILS 2
Los Angeles Sergeants Held
After Investigation of
Bribery
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 12.—<JP)—
Two police sergeants and a patrol
man were under arrest, nine war
rants were waiting to be served and
another was withheld here today as
the result of a grand Jury investi
gation of charges that a ‘ shake
down ring” composed of police of
ficers had collected thousands of
dollars In bribes from one Los An
geles bootlegger in five years.
The investigation was undertaken
i ten days ago by District Attorney
Buron Fitts, upon information fur
nished by J. B. Westman. alias
Harry D. MacDonald, confessed
bootlegger and police “payoff man."
Three Others Indicted
Sergeants Harry M. Hill, and
Leonard S. Sale, and Patrolman
Thomas B. Washburn of the vice
detail, were arrested last night.
Washburn later was released on
$10,000 bond.
At least three other officers were
indicted, one of them a former po
lice captain Their names were not
divulged, but it was understood
they would surrender today.
Westman Guarded
Westman was under special guard
of two deputy sheriffs in the Los
Angeles county jail last night, and
: an armed squad of deputies was
thrown about his home in White*
tier. Calif., during the night, after
Frank DeWar. chief of the sheriff s
criminal investigation detail, had
received a report that three men
in an automobile, armed with ma
chine guns, had been seen twice hi
the downtown district.
Westman. when arrested ten days
ago„ confessed to bootlegging ac
tivities over a period of six years,
during which time his business to
talled. he said, more than half a
million dollars. He told District
Attorney Fitts he was “sick and
tired of being shaken down” by the
police.
Trash Dump Cache of
32 Pints of Liquor
Wednesday. customs officers
swooped down on Ramlrenia. stop
ping at a trash dump across the
M. P. tracks A few cans and cat
sup bottles were scraped aside and
there was a sack of liquor—32
pints.
Two other small seizures were
made and the violators paid their
fines.
MacDonald to Sail
For U. S. Sept. 28
LONDON. Sept. 12.—<JPV—It was
officially announced at number 10
Downing street late this afternoon
that the British prime minister,
Ramsay MacDonald, would sail for
the United States on September 28.
Announcement followed a confer
ence between Mr. MacDonald and
Ambassador Dawes.
BORDER BRIDGES TO
STAY OPEN FOR FETE
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 12.—<A>>—
The department of the interior has
instructed border authorities to
keep the international brdiges open
day and night Sept 14. 15 and 16.
to give persons on the American
side opportunity to participate In
the independence anniversary cele
brations in Mexico.
Recover Thru Insurance.
Rio Grande •Valley Trust Co.
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SAN BENITO
BUYS PLANE
LANDING SITE
120 Acres East of City
To Be Used By Gov
ernment In Night
Flying
(Special to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. Sept. 12.—Follow
ing purchase of a 130-acre site
Wednesday night, the city commis
sion Thursday signed a contract
with the federal government for
establishment of an intermediate
flying field here, work to be start
ed immediately.
The site is to cost $21,000 for
which warrants will be Issued im
mediately. It is located one quar
ter of a mile east of San Benito,
one half mile from the paved
highway. City officials expressed i
belief the dirt road which now
passes the location soon would be
hards urfaced.
Install Huge Beacon
Under the contract signed with
L. C. Elliott, representing the gov
ernment. 100 of the 120 acres is
transferred to the department of
commerce for use as a flying field,
the city retaining the remaining 20
acres as a site for hangars or other
buildings should they become
necessary by reason of development
of the airport.
The government will install a 2.
000.000 candlepower beacon here
and will put in field lights. The
field is to be available to all fliers.
The location of the site came as
surprise to San Benito citizens as
a tract south of the city had been
under consideration. Some of the
owners asked more for the property
south of town than the city offl
cial^ thought it was worth, accord
ing to reports, causing the other
Idcation to be purchased.
For Night Hying
Elliot, representing the depart
ment of commerce, who has bee.;
making surveys of the lighted air
route between Brownsville and
Houston for the past several months
announced this located the last of
the intermediate airports and that
only the beacon to be placed near
Olmlto remained to be fixed before
the roire survey would be complete.
Construction work on the fields
and beacons between Houston and
Brownsville will begin in October
Elliot said. A night-flying air mail
route between the two cities will be
started as soon as the lighting in
stallations are completed.
Officers Testify
Mrs. Pantages Drunk
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 12.——
Pour persons, two of them described
as able to give surprise testimony,
today remained on the list of prose
cution witnesses in the trial of Mrs.
Alexander Pantages on charges of
second degree murder growing out
of the death of Juro Rokumoto after
an accident involving Mrs. Pan
tages’ car.
Attorney W. I. Gilbert for the de
fense. protested the prosecution was
not acting in good faith in placing
police officers and other persons on
the stand to testify that Mrs. Pan
tages was intoxicated at the time
her limousine crashed into a small
car driven by Rokumoto.
K vale’s Death Is
Held Accidental
FERGUS FALLS. Minn.. Sept. 12.
——Death of Congressman O. J.
Kvale. 60, of the seventh Minne
sota district, was accidental, coun
ty authorities said today No in
quest will be held.
Mr Kvale's charred oody was
found in the ruins of his cottage
near Battle Lake. Minn, yesterday.
The cottage had been destroyed by
fire, believed to have been started
by the explosion of a gasoline lamp.
Mexico Plans Events
For Aviation Week*
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 12.—OPh
The program for “Aviation Week"
here Dec. 10-16, includes a recep
tion at Valbuena military field, ex
hibition of visiting airplanes, taxi
flights and other demonstrations,
closed circuit races for civil planes,
demonstrations by Mexican army
fliers, closed circuit races for civil
and army planes, a bull fight in
honor of visitors.
CAUSES FOR WHEAT
PRICE RANGE CITED
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.—<A>»—
The high p.otein content of Cana
dian wheat, adequate storage facili
ties and favorable transportation
rates were cited today by officials
of the bureau of agricultural eco
nomics as important factors con
tributing to the disparity between
Canadian and American wheat
price*.
1 WON’T QUIT j
' Is
Janet Gaynor. petite film star
who becomes Mrs Lydell Peck,
wife of a San Francisco attor
ney. announces she will remain
in the movies with Charles
Farrell continuing to hero for
her.
BUS WAR CASE
UP NEXT WEEK
—
Austin Judge Says He Will
Make Ruling In Injunc
tion Next Thursday
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. Sept. 12.—Dist. Judge
J. D. Moore Thursday heard appli
cation of Missouri Pacific Trans
: portalion company for injunction
against Julio Rodriguez, alleging
i operation of motorbus line uithou‘
a state certificate. He dismissed
the case as to W. M. Bland, who
was shown to have no connection
with the sendee, and announced
that the seven injunction suits by
the company against Valley inde
pendent operators will be acted
upon by him next Thursday. Cases
are all alike, and Rep. Polk Homa
day of Harlingen, retained by de
fendant operators, has attacked
the motorbus law so far as it inter
! feres with operations under motor
bus and chauffeurs licenses for this
year, already sold operators by the
state.
N. Y. Girl Winner of
72-Hole Medal Play
CHICAGO. Sept. 12.-4PV—Helen
Hicks of Inwood. Long Island. N. Y..
easily captured the first womens
72-hole medal play golf champion
ship today with a total of 320. 14
strokes better than her closest rival.
Virginia Van Wie of Chicago. Mau
reen Orcutt of White Beaches. N.
Y.. and Mrs Lee Mida of Chicago
| tied for third place with 336.
Doukbobors In Jail
After Parading Nude
CANORA, Sask.. Sept. 12.—(/Pi
Three score men and women Douk
hobors were under Jail sentence to
day for holding another nude pa
rade. Thirty-seven children amon3
the paraders were held for the
Child Welfare Bureau.
The parade was staged yesterday,
and was the first since that two
weeks ago for which 103 Douk
hobors were sentenced to six
months in Jail from Nelson. B. C.
San Benito Doctor
Released on Bond
Dr. Pedro M. Hernandez of San
Benito was released on $3,000 bond
Thursday after having been in
dicted by the grand Jury.
He is held in connection with an
alleged illegal operation.
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Big Rise In River
Fails to Develop
No unusual rise occurred in the
Rio Grande during the past 24
hours, according to river reports
received by W. 3. Schnurbusch.
chief of the weather bureau, al
though messages from Monterrey
Wednesday stated there had been
2.32 inches rainfall at that point,
rains had been general over the
San Juan watershed.
There are no indications of a
rise within the next day or two.
Schnurbusch saitL
THREE BANDITS
PLEAD GUILTY
TO KILLINGS
Trial Date Set For
October 1 for Lamar
Thugs; Jake Fleagle
Still Missing
LAMAR. Colo.. Sept. 12.—(JP>—
Three members of the Fleagle gang
of bank bandits who held up th**
First National Bank here Mav 23.
1928. pleaded guilty to charges of
first degree murder, kidnaping and
robbery with a gun when arraigned
here today.
Under the Colorado statutes a
person found guilty of. or pleading
guilty to a charge of first degree
murder, is sentenced by the jury
trying him or the judge hearing his
plea. The death penalty is not man
datory-.
•Knew Too Mach*
The trio who pleaded guilty are
W. C. Messick. Ralph Fleagle and
Herbert L. Royston. After a na
tion-wide search lasting for more
than a year the three men were ar
rested and confessed to participa
tion in the Lamar robbery. A fourth
member of the gang. Jake Fleagle.
is still sought by authorities.
A. N. Parris. 74-year-old president
of ihe bank, and his son. John Par
rish, 35, resisted the holdup and
were shot to death. E. A. Kes
singer. bank teller, was taken with
the gang as a hostage.
He later was killed because he
"knew too much." Dr. W. W. Wine
inger. Dighton. Kas physician, was
murdered after he was called to
treat Royston.
All contended that Fleagle did the
shooting.
Trial date has been set for Oc
tober 1.
Jackets of Legion
Uniform Arrive
Jackets to the new uniforms or- j
dered by the American Legion bugle I
and drum corps arrived Thursday
morning, and the remainder of the •
outfit, including capes, trousers and '
caps are expected in some time Fri- j
day. |
Thirty-two unifroms were ordered j
for the trip to the national conven- I
tion at Louisville Sept. 31 through
Oct. 3, where the corps will com- >
pete in the national contests. The
outfits are of the same type as those i
of last year, with the exception of
blue frogs, cape linings, and striping I
on the trousers, instead of the red. I
A red sash will be worn.
The corps will leave Browmsville
on a special train Sept 27. and will
be joined by the Austin corps ne
route. The party is scheduled to
spend half a day in St. Louis, where
they will parade, and visit points of
interest. The chamber of commerce
there is to entertain them with a
banquet In the evening. A number
of Valley legionnaires have signed
up for the trip.
Mexico Sponsors
Films In Schools
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 12 —<A»t-i
The department of public instruc- j
tion has set aside $121,000 annually !
for education by means of motion J
pictures.
The films of educational nature
are to be acquired each month and j
distributed through the country by
means of a circuit to be managed
by the department. Portable pro
jecting machines will be taken to
the villages w here no regular mo
tion picture apparatus exists.
ROADSUFILE NEW*"
RATES FOR GRAIN
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.—(AV- j
The Missouri Pacific and Wabash j
railroads today filed with the Inter- j
state Commerce Commission revised !
rates on grain and grain products
providing for reductions of 7 cents
per 100 pounds from Kansas City to j
gulf ports.
ENGINE PUTS OUT
BLAZE FROM IRON
A small blaze caused by an over- i
heated electric iron was extinguish
ed at 1111 West St. Charles street
by Engine No. 2 Wednesday.
Little or no damage was done. 1
DIRIGIBLE IS FIRED UPON
EN ROUTE TO NAVAL FIELD
LAKEHURST. N. J.. Sept. 12.—(JP)
—The metal dirigible ZMC-2. being
delivered to the navy department
from Detroit, arrived shortly be
fore noon today with a bullet hola
in its main helium gas chamber.
Capt. William Kepner of the
army, who flew the ship from De
troit. was unaware that he had
been shot at until the ship was
safely in the hangar and the bullet
hole was discovered by a member of
the landing crew.
The hole was Immediately plug
; ged to prevent further loss of th*
valuable helium until permanent
repairs could be made.
It will be recalled that on the
last leg of the Graf Zeppelin, a
bullet hole was found in the fabric
covering when the ship landed at
Lakehurst from Los Angeles.
The navy dirigible Los Angeles
also has been fired at upon sev
eral occasions.
Captain Kepner said he thought
it probable it had happened some
where in Pennsylvania.
PRESIDENT WILL
NOT VISIT HERE
SOON, HE SAYS
Proposed Visit of Premier MacDonald anil
Tariff Deliberations In Senate Make
, Early Trip Impossible r '
W ASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—(/P)—R. B. Creager*
republican national committeeman for Texas, said today
after a call at the White House that President Hoover had
informed him it probably would be impossible for him tq
visit Texas next month.
Creager said he regarded the1
i statement as definitely closing the
i possibility that the president might
extend his trip to Cincinnati and
Louisville to include a visit to the
Lone Star State.
However, he added, the president
had expressed a determination to
visit Texas during his administra
tion.
Creager continued Mr. Hoover
had explained because of the pro
posed visit of Premier MacDonald
and the tariff deliberations in the
senate, it would be impossible for
him to be away from Washington
for an extended period in October.
Officer*’ U*e of
Bombs Criticized
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 12.—<>F,—
Use of tear gas bombs by police
and a United States deputy mar
shal in dispersing a crowd at the
scene of a street car dynamited
last night three hours after the
local carmen s union rejected a ten
tative strike settlement today,
brought sharp criticism from Act
ing Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, a
victim of the gas.
“The bombing was outrageous,
and under no condition will we tol
erate such affairs." he declared,
“but I consider the conduct of the
United States marshal and the po
lice just as reprehensivle in throw
ing tear gas bombs into the crowd.
One landed within two or three
feet of me. I saw one thrown at
the feet of a woman with a baby
in her arms."
Field* Unpicked A*
Result of Labor Law
LAREDO. Sept. 12.—Thousands of
acres of cotton in Webb. Duval. Jim
Hogg and Jim Wells counties re
main unpicked, according to a sur
vey of cotton conditions between
Laredo and Corpus Christl.
In many fields the cotton crop
has been picked but in ofhers the
fields have been only partly cleared
and still others have not been
touched by pickers.
Restrictions on laborers from
Mexico are largely responsible for
the dearth in cotton pickers in the
southern portion of Texas and. It |
is said, unless sufficient pickers can
be had before the rainy season
thousands of acres of cotton will go
to waste.
Russians Repulsed
At Chinese Terminal
MUKDEN. Manchuria. Sept. 12.
—<£*>—A Chinese official commn
ique stated fighting was resumed
today at Pogranichnaya, eastern
terminal of the Chinese Eastern
railway. Russian forces were re
pulsed. it was stated.
BRIAND’S PLAN FOR
UNION IS APPROVED
RAMBOUILLET. France. Sept. 12
Premier Briand’s idea of a
"United States of Europe'* was ap
proved by the French cabinet today
at its first meeting since the Hague
reparations conference began on
August 3.
GENEVA. Sept. 12—^.—Ger
many's ideas regarding the reorgan
ization of Europe into a "United
States’’ were outlined before the ec
onomic committee of the league of
nations today by Dr Rudolph Breit
scheid. leader of the social demo
crats. largest German political
party.
NEGRO CONFESSES
SHOOTING PREACHER
HOUSTON. Sept. 12.—(JP>—Rev.
Cuney Jefferson. negro Baptist
preacher, died here today of a gun
shot wound. A charge of murder
was filed against John Raymond
Thomas, another negro, who ad
mitted shooting the preacher Mon
day because he was “courtin’ too
many members of mah family.”
$2,000 PLEDGED
FOR ELKS’ CLUB
Proposed New Building Will
Await Growth ef
Needed Fund
More than $2,000 toward sn Elk
building and site fund was pledged
by a gathering of some 80 members
Wednesday night at the regular
meeting of the club.
After a talk by Jesse Denett. it
was decided to raise a fund before
definite steps were taken toward
obtaining a site for the proposed
club house. Twenty-five or 30 sites
are under consideration a t present
but no action will be taken until
the fund attains size sufficient to
guarantee success of the project.
Met hews of obtaining this fund
were discussed by Dennett, Joe Ce
laya. Robin Pate and Joe CoboUni.
At the conclusion of the talks It
was decided that donations would
be used. The Elks present imme
diately pledged $2,100.
$10,000 Sought
The site and building committee
composed of Robin Pate, chairman*
Jesse Dennett. Joe Celaya. Joe Col
billni. Ted Toothman, Sam Perr
and Charles Reid was made a per
manent organization. They will sen
the remainder of the 200 Elks and
secure donations from them.
Pate stated that he hoped tho
committee would be able to rats*
$10,000 within the next six months.
If it is found that the plan is
not feasible the money will be re
turned to the donors, it was stated.
T ubercularTest~Is
Given Dairy Cattle
Testing of dairy cattle in tho
county for tuberculosis began Mon
day, with a local veterinarian as
sisting J. E Graham, sanitary in
spector. In the work. It is expect
ed that nearly two thousand cat
tle in the Srownsville territory will
be examined in the next few week;.
The testing of the dairy cattle is
an annual affair, to assure cattle
that are free of tuberculosis.
Dairymen who wish can make ar
rangements with Graham for their
stock to be inspected at the time
mast convenient for them.
All cattle passed are marked with
metal tags, and herds are checked
throughout the year.
MOODY TO PASS ON
NEGRO’S DEATH PLEA
AUSTIN, Sept. 12.—(Jpy—Governor
Moody will act before tomorrow
night on the recommendation of the
board of pardons to commute the
death sentence of Jesse Charles, ne
gro, whose execution date is set for
Saturday.
Those who have asked the gover
nor to commute the sentence have
presented affidavits which show
doubt Charles committed the crime.
PACKER'S SON DIES
CHICAGO. Sept. 12.— (/P> —
Through issuance yesterday of a
burial permit, the death at Dwight,
111.. Monday of John R. Cudahy,
son of the late John Cudahy, mil
lionaire packer, became known
here.
| THE WEATHER j
Por Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
Light variable winds on the west
coast.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Friday. Light #to mod
erate mostly northerly winds on the
coast becoming variable.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next 24 to
48 hours, and probably a slight or
moderate rise at Rio Grande City.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.6 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.2 +0.5 .00
Rto Grande . 21 4.7 +43 .00
Mission . 22 4.2 0.0 .01
San Benito . 23
Brownsville . 18 2.8 -0.2 ill
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 2:22 a. m.
Low .. 5:57 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .6; 33
Sunrise tomorrow . 6: La