THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY’—LEASED WIRE SERVIfHE ASSOCIATED PRESS—W BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 19} t&o ^rti% {Hy ro&klufg ^umtfftt progress sS^Hwssi ej®' jjj dmrge of tlio various phases • • • This is a continuation ol a pro gram which has been carried on at Mercedes^by^the^same organisation Mu know About beautification, in command and the men doing the work-some of it at least. • • • w. O. WASHINGTON. county en gineer and right hand man to Coun ty Judge O. C. Dancy in the con struction of Cameron County's ex tensive concrete highway system Is ixiawmtng famous as an authority The Texas section of the Amer ican Association of Civil Engineers will meet in Corpus Christi October \ ly? to 19. There Washington will JKucidate on what he has earned 1 about the peculiarities of concrete In his several years of experience. Then next February at Atlantic Road ^BuUdenTh^scheduled to hold a national convention. At that time Washington will be nominated as first vice president and nomination is equivalent to election. Word that his name ras to be presented re centy was received freon headquart ers of the organisation. • • • This makes two experts on road building the Cameron county pav ing program has developed. County Judge O. C. Dancy is in great de mand wherever highways—either financing or building—are to be dis • • « HERE'S ONE from the Mission "Popularity of fruit juice drinks appears to be sweeping the country. Vernon Hill returned last week from Chicago and said that everywhere he found orange and grapefruit drinks being served over the counters. They serve grapefruit drinks now from fountains in syrup form, and it seems to make an ideal mixer. People are using it where they form erly used ginger ale. "The question Is being asked. When is the Valley going to get into thi* new business and bring new capital and industry to the section?" This to a question In Our Valley has been asking with great regular ity for the past several months. Orapefruit Juice is becoming one of the moat popular beverages of the country. The demand for it far exceeds the supply, according to re PtTMg offers a splendid outlet for culls—it means larger profits from each crop. Somebody to going to make a good thing of bottled grapefruit Juice in VaUey. • * * THE MUCHLY advertised —and worthily so— climate of Miami. Florida, to no more pleasant than that of Brownsville, in the Lower jUo Grande Valley of Texas, if chamber of commerce literature from the Florida city is correct. About the only difference is that averages a few degrees hot ter for the entire year and lacks variety, which it has truly been •aid to be "the spice of life." Ilere are comparative figures for ‘ taerace temperatures taken from ■cords of the United States weath btoeau at Miami and Browns Miami Brownsville 68 50.5 88 63.7 71 681 74 73.8 78 78.3 80 82.3 82 83.6 87 83.7 81 80.2 78 74.7 73 67.2 68 61.4 ^ ^j'rbeptocipal difference to that fammif by hundreds of thousands of CHECK SHOWS BDT5KILLED IN BAHAMAS Alabama and Missis sippi in Storm’s Way As It Moves Slowly Westward PENSACOLA, Fla.. Sept. 30—UP) —Wind velocity at Pensacola reach ed 90 miles an hour for a period of two minute., shortly before 1 o’clock this uteraoon, the Pensa cola weather bureau announced. Velocity for a five minute period was 68 miles an hour. The baro meter at 12:30 o’clock had fallen to 29.23 and was still falling. The West Indian hurricane, with estimates of its intensity lowered by revised reports of damage to the Bahamas, whirled northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico today and caused moderate gale winds to be felt as far inland as Tallahassee, Florida's capital city. The Washington weather bureau placed the storm at 8 a m., about 75 miles southeast of Pensacola and warned that indications were the disturbance would cross the coast line near that city this after noon attended by winds of hurri cane force. Storm warnings were changed to hurricane warnings along the Alabama and Mslsisstppl coasts. A wind which attained a maxi- | mum velocity of 53 miles an hour was reported at Pensacola at 8 a. m., today, but absence of telephone or telegraph communications pre 1 vented the transmission of news regarding conditions at Apalachi cola, fixed as the eastern terminus of the hurricane warned area in thee weather bureau's advisory of yesterday. Bales, however, were re- 1 parted at Apalachicola as early as midnight. The Miami Dally News announced 1 receipt of a wlriess dispatch from Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, saying property damage wrought by the high winds of last week which were experienced over a 48 hour period, was not as severe as was i first thought and that there were i only six known deaths in Nassau ! instead of 20 as previous msesages | had said. Nassau utilities again ; were functioning normally, it was said. NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 30— (AKBY Radio)—CP)—A final check up of storm casualties on New Pro- I vldence Island this morning re- ] vealed five persons lost their lives ] in the tropical hurricane that rag ed for nearly 30 hours over the capital of the Bahamas beginning Wednesday. Property damage tc the tourist hotels was not great. WASHINGTON .Sept. 36— (AP)—The weather bareaa to day issued the 'oil owing warn ing: "Advisory. Storm warn ings changed to hurricane 9 a. m., a Alabama and Mississippi coast. Tropical storm Central 8 a. about 75 miles south east of Pensacola moving north westward ter to twelve miles per hour. In absence Apalachi cola report indications are cen ter will cross coast line near Pensacola this af ternoon at tended by winds hurricane force.” Hearing on County Irrigation It Set (Special to The Herald) AUSTIN, Sept. 30. — {ft—Applica tions of Edward Roos, New York, for water permit to irrigate 2400 acres in Cameron county, and of A. F. Parker. San Benito, to irrigate 7000 acres In Cameron county, today were reset by the State Water Board tor hearing Oct. 28. Alleged Box Car Looter on Trial The trial of Pedro Garcia, char ged with looting box cars, began in the criminal district court Monday morning. The case had not gone to the jury at noon. The trial of Santiago Casares, charged with the murders of Frank Stanner and Bob Brown, deputy constables, will probably get under way Tuesday, it was said. Wants Air Commerce Federal Controlled WASHINGTON, SEPT. 30.—OP) —Senator Bratton. Democrat, new Mexico, announced in the senate today he was preparing, and would shortly introduce, legislation to place at rcommerce under super vision of interstate commons * “RANKING LADY” ' Vice-president Curtis has waived Drecedence of his sister. Mrs. Dolly Gann, in favor of Ladv Isabella Howard, wife of the British ambaaador, to be hostess to Prime Minister Mac Donald and his daughter Ishbel when they arrive in Washington She will be ranking British lady at the state dinner to be given in MacDonald's honor. FALL TO SLiK HIS DISMISSAL Former Secretary of Interior Says Double Jeopardy In Charge WASHINGTON. Sept 30 —<*V Former Secretary of ^Interior Albert B. Fall, who faces trial Oct. 7 on the charge of receiving a bribe in connection with the Elk Hills. Calif, naval oil lease will ask the district of Columbia supreme court to dismiss the indictment as one constituting double Jeopardy. Fall will appear personally before Justice William Hits on Wednesday to make the motion, his counsel, Frank J. Hogan, said today. The indictment charges Fall re ceived a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny for negotiating the Elk Hills lease to the wealthy oil man. Both fall and Doheny were acquitted at their Joint trial for conspiracy which was based on the $100,000 transaction between them. Hogan said today the acquittal on the conspiracy charge should carry with it of the bribery in dictment as it would be a violation of his constitutional rights to be again subjected to trial for the same thing. Trial of Hamilton Is Set For Oct. 28 WEATHERFORD. Tex, Sept. 30. CPI—R. H. Hamilton, attorney of Amarillo, will go on trial here on Oct. 28 on a charge of slaying his son-in-law, Tom Walton, Jr, on May 4. The date was set today by District Judge J. E. Carter, who ordered a special venire of 150 be drawn. Walton who had secretly married Hamilton's daughter, was shot to death In Hamilton’s office in Amarillo. HELEN HICKS LEADS WOMEN’S GOLF MEET OAKLAND HILLS Country Club Birmingham, Mich, Sept. 30.—(P)— Breezing over the championship Oakland Hills Country Club course with a record-fracturing 36. five under Par, Helen Hicks, Long Island, N. V, star grabbed the lead over the field at the half way mark of the 18-hole flight for medalist hon ors in the National Women’s Golf tournament today. HEARING ON RAIL APPLICATION OPENS SAN ANTONIO. Sept. $0. —UPh The Interstate Commerce Commis sion hearing on an application for a permit of convenience and neces sity to construct the Gulf and West Texas railroad at cost of $5,552,665 was opened today in the Pan-Amer ican room of the Punter. Was For Program Shearer said he himself Was for the American program for parity with the British navy; that if he had not been, he would have been with the Brtiish, who wanted 750, 000 tom of cruisers. Shearer testified that after he had made a speech at a “marine dinner” in November, 1926, he was “approached by all of the chipping industry.” On November 30, he continued, he received a letter from a Mr. Hornor, whom he described as a “handy man of Wakeman, vice-president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor poration.” Shearer said Charles M. Schwab had referred him to Horner. Wien he was before the committee Mr. Schwab said he did not recall the meetings which Shearer said took place in the Ritx Carlton and that be did not even know Mr. Homer. Then Shearer said he saw Fre derick P. Palen, vice-president of the - Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation. Did Publicity Shearer said he was employed for $7,500 for tl.e marine publicity work and to cover the period of the short session of congress. He ad ded he did not recall how he was paid. The witness said he was hired for the merchant marine campaign and cruiser program in December 1926 by Palen, Wakemar. and Henry C. Hunger, counsel for the national council of American shipbuilders. He said “it wasn't necessary to con sult Bardo for it was understood his New York shipbuilding corpo ration would trail dong and share its third of the $7,500.” After the $7,500 Job was over in March, 1927, Shearer related, he met in Hunter's office with the shipbuilders and arranged to go to Geneva. He said Hunter, Palen, Wakeman and Bardo were there. 100 GOLFERS OPEN SAN ANGELO COURSE SAN ANGELO, Tex., Sept. 30 (Jp)—More than one hundred Texas golfers teed off today on the new 19-hole course of the San Angelo Country club, opening the first an nual invitation tournament. Dennis Lavender. State Amateur champion, was a slight favorite, al though A1 Badger of Abilene and Ossie Carleton of Houston, former state champions, were considered dangerous contenders. 50,000 Assemble As Legion Meet Opens LOUISVILLE. Ky., Sep.t 30 —UP) —The eleventh annual convention of the National Amercian Legion was called to order at the Jeffer son County Armory here today by Commander Paul V. McNutt of Tmllint Approximately 50,000 Legionnaires members of their families and visi tors were assembled In Louisville as the convention opened, and ad ditional thousands continued to pour into the city. TRUCK PARKED WITHOUT TAIL LIGHT CAUSES AUTO WRECK light Sunday evening is mM to hate camion traveling south just this side of the parked truck. The driver of the large car, traveling north, did not see the truck until he was does upon it. Be cut sharply to the left to avoid it and struck the left rear wheel of the camion. The auto con tinued into the ditch shaving a tele phone post off smoothly and rolling over several times ^PoUoe were working on the ease ‘-HOW"preTO STORMS SWEPT FLORIDA | ( I I I ^ - vim-id*, (tm which suffered from September hurricanes^ in Danger now «« ih* We«t coast around Pensacola was being watch 1018 and 1828. In _ '<*}■ Tbf wea on the west cm^arouno^ ed today as the storm >ulf of Mexico toward the Alabama coast.___ M. P. GRAN BUS manda| Injunction Prohibit* i Lines Operating Untv Hearing Oct. 4 (Special to The Herald) AUSTIN. Sept. 30.— Injund restraining Joel Johnson and . Baker f om oper ating motorbusi in the Rio Grande Valley wit state transportation permits. | hearing of their cases Oct 4 > granted Monday by District A J. D. Moore. Injunction suits agt these and five other Valley * a tors were filed by Missouri Pd transportation company. Student Improving At Mercy Hospl Thurman Marque, Port Art, medical student who was fount a critical dazed condition on) highway Sunday night a week) is continuing to improve at Ml hospital and officials state that may be able to leave by the enf the week. He has been in touch with > tives and friends in Port Art; and will probably return tfc within a few days. Marque’s identity remained a n> tery to police here for some tt, his name being ascertained thro telephone calls to physicians wk names he mumbled in sub-conscs talk. Chambers to Hear Publicity Repos A special meeting of the VSP chamber of commerce secretes' association Is being called for Frty evening In Sebastian by O. C. Rj ardson, president. Whit Rogers, McAllen, chalrm of the radio advertising comrade will give a report on their worto regard to a program and the p rating of expense in the 13-wk campaign to be put on over WtT. Cincinnati. Richardson la to report on the k* migration meet held recently InB Paso. It Is probably that a new presidd will be elected at the session. I Richardson’s term expires wlthtrt *bort“D,j_ REGENTS STUDY PLANS FOR T. U. BUILDING AUSTIN. Sept. SO—UP)—T3 board of regents of the Unlverslr of Tens met today to consid' plans for the proposed 1900,00 chemisrty building and to bear i committee report on the advisa ■ lllty of constructing boys' dome • lories. CHAMBER RECOMMENDS1 RAISE IN ARMY PAY SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Seit. 30.—An increase in pay far officers of the United 8tates Amy is urged in a resolution adopted ty the San Antonio Chamber of Com merce. The raaoluUon set forth that many of the efficient officer* of the army leave the service each | year because erf opportunities of them in private itfe » WOMAN ARRIVES * * * FROM HOLLAND * * * IN TWELVE DAYS Twelve days by boat and plane from Amsterdam, Hol land, to Brownsville that was the time made by Mrs. V. V. Smits, of Amsterdam, who pas sed through here 8unday on her wav to Mexico City. She arriv ed on a T. A. T. ship Sunday, and took passage on a Mexican aviation company plane lor ner destination. The object of her trip was not learned, but it is understood that she expects to remain there only a short time. This is her first trip to the United States._ Elk* Begin Plan* For Benefit Show Preliminary plans for a benefit minstrel were l*d by the Elks club at a called meeting Sunday after noon. Approximately 30 tag” 1 Elks were present at the meeting. John Fanning, wno will direct the minstrel, outlined plans anddis tributed several parts. xt that rehearsals will bebegunw.Ui in the next ten days. The bodyjrtfl meet again next Monday evening at be for the beorflto' the Elks’ building and site f — " .. * eg- •" ..- . .. a Curtis Waives Kight Of Sister At Dinner WASHINGTON, Sept. 36—<£>■— Vice-President Curtis has the rights of precedence for hw sister end official hostess, Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann at Restate din ner to be held at the White house in honor of Prime Minister Ram. say MacDonald. GERMAN PRESS CLUB ASKS VALLEY PHOTOS That fame of the Lower Rio Grande Valley is spreading over continental Euwpe.is e^denced by a request from the Prease Photo as sociation of Berlin. Germany, for photograph of i que types, and anything journalistic interest in ti\t> section. A collection of photopapha will be sent bv the Brownsville chamber oi commerce. _ CHARGE CO-ED * SLEW HUSBANDi Dellas Girl, Former Student Of S. M. U., Keep* Si lence in Jail DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 30. —tfj— Mn. Marjorie McCormick. 23, *tu i dent at Southern Methodist Univer-1 | aity last year, maintained silence in j SwntTjail here today whUe officers endeavored to piece together ai ipoed facts in her story of | which led to the fatal shooting bld Ifeo^re^ejr^ of her parent*. Toe 5^p]?0^2™by rt«d in Denton on Oct. 30, i»so, y to £v Fred Galbraith, accordh* to the woman. Officers said Cormick apartment had the appear rr!r „rr rtP,nerate Struggle, the furniture walls and floors being furniture ** Playing cardi £JS» kSSS «« » hall J*r P«t ly filled with liquor. * Attorney’* Illne** # Halt* Woman’* Trial GEORGETOWN •fT^ASineJePof 30.——Because * STtfSSSS: — SBkWJiW* til November 4. CATTLEMAN dies DALLAS. Sept. 80.—m—In ms JwTSrtr. to which hcrrtom ed after making an outstanding success in the cattle operations of west Texas, John William Chalke died here yesterday at the age of 64.__ Persecuted Camion Leads Enemies to Police Station "If your enemy persecutes you. let him—hut retreat around in the di rection of the police station.” This piece of home-spun phfloao I phy was evolved here Sunday by a camion driver, and as a ««uB four San Benito men paid a fine of tie Monday morning altera tr^lbefove Justice of the Peace Pred Kowauun Sunday four of the men, Bwnon Eziquiel Hernandez, Jews Pena Hilarlo Noyola in a San Benito car, began following* camion, ramming Its rear at every opportune and eapreesing their jMdsgs canataUy, The camion dzhr er drove around to the police station with the San Benitana continuing 1 to ram the rear. 80 ebiortedwere they to ttidr task that ttwy failed to note where they w«e They were arrested oy dty officer* who found a pistol under the seat « the car. The men were then turned over to the sheriff's department who placed them in jail. . Trial on charges of dnmkeness followed Monday mosning. it » probable that charges <* canylnflf a butol mu be filde In the county court* attkom* ENEMY OURS ■ SAYS WIRE TO ■ GOV. MOODY if Stinnett, County Sent Also Taken Over by State Troopers Urt der Gen. Wolters 4 BOROHER. Tcx., Sept. SO.-'*!— -The enemy are ours" was th%way Brigadier General Jacob Welters described the advent of martial law in Hutchinson county today In a telegram to Governor Dan Moody. The terse message was fexA the Jfc: chief executive after th* j.ftneral and arrived in Borger early W»f with three rifle detachment* *pd a machine gvm detachmej* W too »5 Texas National guard to make ef- I fective the governors prodamauon of martial law for Hutchinson coun Enter Stinnett, Ala® * Immediately upon arriving, the guardsmen detrained, were given orders and started out to ridth® H county of lawlessness, climaxed Sept. 13 by the assassination of District Attorney John A. Holmes. _ * While one detachment of trapper* went to the Borger city haa ana took cliarge of affairs there, another j detachment of 10 followed Coy. U 3. Davidson of Dallas to Stinnett, the county seat of Hutchinson coun ty 12 miles away, and relieved civil officer* there of their duties. Ranger J. W. Aldrich waa ap pointed acting cWef J* ppMg of 1 Borger- while Ranger Ser|ent»y. m u Whcatifiy was named SherHI pro tem at Stinnett. , Pace Waive* Mayor Glenn A. Pace of Borger. arrested by rangers on a chaff* MV' which it was alleged he caiaed a state witness In a murder case to leave Borger. waivedjjjpreluw»ry hearing before CauntywUdge T». M- * Hood at Stinnett and vmt continued * at liberty under gSABfebouf. Although law enforcement gffte*P and other officials were bdSJedlf their duties for the present w*n t» arrival of troops, the county* judi cial system continued to .function.' General Wolters announced toe would form a work gm ao that any law violator arrested and un able to pay hia fine might wbi» n out. The first duty of the troops was to co to the city hall and disarm all civil authorities. The fttit «ma if- j rested was Clint Melhollnhd, police- j man. who was held for investigation. General Wolters established Ms headquarters at the city hall build ing, which also housed the city Jan and a fire station. Shortly after the troops took over the seat of the city government, con stable Sam Jones arrived and a pair of brass knock* was taken from him. Ranger M. B. Gaut then accompa nied the constable from the city hall to get his guns. Ranger J. W. Aid rich was appointed actlnf chief of police of Borger. Six guardwnen were detailed to police duty and placed on main street. Valley Resident It Dead in San Antonio (Special to The Herald) SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 30.—lira. George Duff of San Juan died here Sunday afternoon following an operation at the Santa Rosa In firmary Tuesday. She was well known in the Vju Icy and was prominently Identified with social and welfare activitUwat San Juan. Her husband and fw* children survive. Fear for batety of Coste and Mecliswcf PARIS. Sept SO. — was ff/t in some quarters today for Dleudonne Coste, French aviailoot ace and his mechanic, Jacques lonte, missing more ihan. alter leaving le Bourgetln an at tempt to reach Vladi vistocR* eria. _____ j THE WEATHER 1 Lm i i i 11111 ———— 11 RIVER FORECAST The river will continue to fall slowly practically all along during the next few days. _ Sunday, September sstra. Flood Frwwsnt 34-®. bu«« #«•§• can*. *•“ Eagle Paea ..1« « 2 ? 2 Laredo .27 -JJ ®*° Bio Grande ..21 J O 4j»l Mission .22 7.1 -60 San Benito ..23 120 -60 OO Brownsville ..1® 7.7 -6J 60 Monday* September ww Eagle Pass ...16 20 -0.1 Laredo.27 -60 -0.1 60 Rio Grande ..21 0.4 06 60 Mission ... .*22 7.1 OO San Benito ...2* 126 -66 M Brownsville .*16 76 *6J JO tide table _ . ! High and tow tide at Point toahel tomorrowt iixmIci* ^ xicwtiemm i oloilcftl conditions. 4 M High.....2:5# a. m.*. »:» P* »• Low.*:» »* “-i 8:51 * *• MISCELLANEOUS DATA , 1# .... •***.»•**•» * * • *6 ■ •* jj