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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 208 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,1930 TEN PAGES TODAY • 6c A COPY
IN OUR
VALLEY
^■saBj CHARLES HALL r'1
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HOW ABOUT IT?
"The right use of leisure time
is the key to happiness."
—Mrs. Mary Sherman, president
of the Federation of Women's
Clubs.
• • •
"So long as the human appetite
for stimulants on one side and
|! tor money on the other remain
what they are, there are likely
to be some violations of the
! prohibion law."
—Calvin CooLd";.
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"If I were given the oppor
i' tunlty to exchange my own period
of time for any other. I would
choose the next three-quarters
of a century."
—Secretary of Treasury Andrew
Mellon.
THE last member of the Granc
Army of the Republic jn Browns
ville has passed on to join his
comrades of the army of the blue
now marching in phantom land.
In the death of F. A. H. Sanborn
, many will pause for a moment tc
i* took back, despite the mad rush ol
progress. Chief among these will
be those remaining, who were in
another army. That of the grey
His enemies of long years ago will
gather at his graveside to pav theii
last respects. Proof that time does
heal all wounds.
All over the country the last ol
the veterans of one army or the
other, are quietly dropping out ol
the march of life. At this late day
they pass at an age that makes theii
going like the dropping of ripe fruit
In everything else there is a satis
faction over good work completed
The engineer of this column cannot
but think that the same is true ol
death.
• • •
r MORROW concrete is t c
be poured on the Boca Chica
road to open the work there or
a project long sought by the Vallej
wellwishers. Of chief importance
is this roadway in that it will give
a hardsurfaced road to the beach.
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SOME time ago we told you it wa;
time to take 'em off. Now we
feel as if the men should be
given a few style hints to compete
with those for -- -
women which are
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vaAiug ufi av iuutu
space In the news
papers these days.
Today we offer
the following sug
gestions to the
tougher members
of the specie. Men
usually all dress
alike, you know.
The more formal
the occasion the
things dress alike.( ft fiTTiF E
We have never^^^- —
been able to figure out this hand
cuffing of individuality, but per
force we must do likewise.
• • •
JUDGE Oscar Dancy is up and at
it again today, with a proposal
to close the gaps on the mili
tary road, and cffer the Valley an
ther paved outlet. At the same
time he offers to give Rangerville
a road, and says that another high
way should be erected between San
Benito and Harlingen.
He feels as if the military high
way and the Rangerville roads can
be financed without issuing time
warrants, or bonds. As we sum it
up. Judge Dancy would delay pay
ment of other debts now pressing
and keep the roadways in step with
progress.
k He offers figures of deaths on the
* highways to show the pressing need
and figuers to show where he will
get the money. It Is something to
be well considered and then acted
upon as the findings warrant. That
we need the military road paved
offers no argument nnd Rangerville
should have a road.
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HAVE at hand a letter today from :
R. D Howard, manager of the |
Gateway Bridge explaining how
it happened that the bridges were !
closed, and many had to spend the
night in Matamoros on May 4 and
5.
When It is desired to have the
bridge remain open application must
be made to government representa
ti/es on both skies by interested
persons, or organizations, other than
that of the bridge companies. In the
instances mentioned permission was
obtained from the Mexican govern
ment to open that end of the bridge,
but no action was ever taken on the
American side. This caused the an
nouncement.
It was simply an oversight on the
part of those, who should have been
interested. But a bridge half open
will not let people across, hence the
sojourns in Matamoros over night, i
We gotta get together on these mat- j
ters.
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rOSE interested in the continued !
story "High Hat" will find it i
missing today. The other in- I
stallments have been delayed in the ]
mail. But if the readers will kindly
bear with us w’e hope to get it with
rti a few days, when it will be con
tinued.
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FOUND ON THE WIRES
WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam has
saved $140 a month since he
abolished free cheese with pie
and charged five cents for it. Rep
resentative Underhill, who runs the
House restaurant, revealed this in
debate.
NEW YORK — In intelligence
/ tests at James Madison high school
L In Brooklyn, athletes have been
^rated higher than honor students,
the latter are below normal physi
cally,
CITRUS SHED
ERECTION TO
BEGIN SOON
Brownsville Packing
Plant to Cost
j $70,000
1 Work on the $70,000 citrus pack
ing shed to be erected by the Texas
Citrus Fruit exchange in Browns
ville wili begin immediately, it was
. announced Tuesday night at the
meeting of the board of directors
! of the local chamber of commerce
! Announcement was made several
, weeks ago that the Texas fruit ex
change contemplated the erection of
a packing shed in Brownsville but
no definite information had been
disclosed. It is said that the plant
will be built on 14th street In the
vicinity ci the McDavitt Bros, shed
in Victoria Colonia.
Road Signs Planned
At the meeting last night plans
for installing several large road signs
between here and San Antonio were
discussed. G. C. Richardson, secre
tary of the chamber of commerce,
said. The signs will be scattered
along the road to San Antonio, and
will advertise Brownsville. Some of
them will be electrically illuminated,
he explained
The board went on record as fa
voring the closing of the gaps in
the military road, and paving the
remaining dirt sections.
Tourists Sought
It was also reported that exten
sive plans were being formulated for
handling both summer and winter
tourists to the Valley, and the com
mittee in charge of this phase of
work will present definite sugges
tions later.
Mr Richardson explained to the
directors the work being done by
volunteer census enumerators in
Brownsville, and stated that work
was progressing rapidly. He asked
for additional workers to assist in
the rechecking of the city.
Eight of the 12 directors were
present at the meeting, Mr. Richard
son said, some being out of town
, and others being ill.
I -
Herbert Weinert Is
Named Rotary Chief
Reports of the delegate* to the
Corpus Christi convention and the
announcement of elected officers
was the chief business before mem
bers of the Brown iville Rotary club
Wednesday noon at El Jardin hotel.
Herbert Weinert was elected pre
sident. S. A. Caldwell, vice presi
dent, Matthew Love, secretary, A.
Wayne Wood, treasurer, R. D.
Howard, sergeant at arms, A. M.
Reed, corresponding secretary: and
Mrs. Cleve Tandy, pianist. These
officers were elected by the board
of directors following their ap
pointment a week or so ago.
Reports of the meeting at Corpus
Christi were made by Owen Wash
ington and W. S. West, retiring
president, who reported about 500
present, and one of the greatest
meetings the 47th district has ever
held.
Delegates will be selected in the
near future to attend the interna
tional meeting at Chicago. Follow
ing the meeting today the members
visited George White, who is ill
at Mercy hospital.
Avocado Plantation
Planned for Valley
A large avocado plantation for the
Valley is seen in a letter from A. B.
Gigax. Encinitas. Cal., to the local
chamber of commerce.
Mr. Gigax requested Information
on the Valley, and stated that he
was interested In starting a large
avocado plantation If the situation
here was favorable. He added that
Valley soil was excellent for the
fruit, and that the market was
large.
Case Affirmed
During the proceedings of the
court of criminal appeals at Austin
Wednesday, the case of Felipe Zun
iga. Webb county, was affirmed.
Appellant's motion for rehearing
was overruled In the case of Mose
Marls Ygleclas. Willacy county.
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AND THE PLAY GOES ON
Miss Elsa Shelley Is "the crew and the captain bold and the mate of
the Nancy brig.'' That is to say she is the first "one character cast ’
to appear on Broadway. This drama. "Courtesan." requires but one
performer during its three acts, and Miss Shelley is that one.
65 Killed by Texas Twister
Tornado Lays Waste Property Valued At
More Than Half Million Dollars
DALLAS, May 7—{/P)—Sixty-five persons were killed, manj were in
jured, and property damage estimated at more than $500,000 was caused
by a tornado which struck in Central and 3outh Texas late yesterday,
a partial check revealed today.
The death hat included the following:
Twenty-five men, a woman and three children near Runge.
Seven men, three women, four children, and ten negroes near Frost.
Two persons near Waco.
_« A fifteen-year-old boy and a child
Sidelights Of
(By The Associated Press)
Eight members of a Mexican fa
mily of nine were killed when the
tornado that struck the Runge
Nordheim community swooped down
suddenly on their little hut.
A negro baby w-as wrenched from
its mothers arms at Frost by the
winds, and the pickaninny had not
been found by searchers. The moth
er held on for dear life, she told
rescuers, and could not account for
the prank of the wind in releasing
her hold. She had hoped that her
baby could be found alive, she said.
Fire drill practiced by children
in the Frost school under training
of their teachers probably saved
them their lifes. Seventy-five little
boys and girls marched from their
school building when the storm
cloud was seen approaching. They
went a j^iort distance away, and
at the command of their teachers
got down flat along the plowed
rows. The building was splintered
by the hurricane.
The wind picked out the "West
Point of the Air” near San An
tonio as a likely target, and the
life of a workman was snuffed out.
A score of men working on the bar
racks there were Injured. Seven
buildings were damaged. Capt. A.
W. Parker, construction quarter
master at the field, said the mate
rial damage was negligible.
Military and Rangerville Road
Plan Offered by Judge Dancy
In an effort to start a movement
to complete the paving of the mil
itary highway and the Kangerville
road. Judge Oscar Dancy has ad
dressed a letter to the commission
er’s court setting forth his idea of
how this may be done. This letter is
as followrs:
“While I hate the idea of a new
bond issue before the six million
is spent, seeing no other wav to
break the deadlock and do justice
to Rangerville as well as to the two
gaps in the Military road. I hare
been giving such bond issue serious
consideration, even if I was one of
the three million crowd when the six
million program was launched.
Way Out Seen
“In getting some figures from the
auditors office this morning. I
obtained figures that show a way to
break the deadlock and do justice
to these three stretches of country
without a bond issue, and most like
ly without even a time warrant
issue, and I want you all to know
that I am just as opposed as any of
you to time warrants, except in case
of emergencies, but I believe that
getting these three stretches of road
paved is such an emergency, and if
no other way can be figured out.
that we would be perfectly justified
in issuing and even marketing time
warrants. But if time warrants were
issued, we would by special Legis
lative Act in January next year get
the 42nd Legislature to refund or
rather to authorize refunding of the
time warrants into bonds at a
lower rate of interest before they
ever went on the open market.
^"Figures furnished by the audi
tor show that we have in the gen
eral road and bridge fund, consist
ing of moneys received from fines
and automobile license fees $60,846,
450.00.
"We have advanced out of said
fund for the account of the avail
able road fund the further sum of
$38,832,310.00 to be paid back out of
the fifth or sixth million, making a
(Continued on page 10)
near tnnis.
Two men, two women and three
negroes at Bynum.
Two men at San Antonio and
Bronson.
Kenedy, 10 miles from Runge. re
ported 12 deaths, but it was believed
some, at least, of the fatalities
there were accounted for in the
Runge list.
Frost Hard Hit
Striking yesterday afternoon, the
tornado took the greatest toll ol life
at Frost, in the east central Texas
and at Runge in south central Tex
as. The fcrc* of the storm was
felt in practically all sections of the
state. Navarro, Hill, McClennan,
and Ellis counties in central Texas
and Karnes in the southern part of
the state bore the brunt of the
storm.
National guardsmen, firemen and
volunteers were working early to
day in the debris at Frost, where
it was feared the death list would
mount higher. Nearly every build
ing in the town was demolished.
Descending on Frost from a south
westerly direction, the tornado pass
ed over a residential section, sailed
over a schoolhouse and then razed
practically every one of about 30
business houses. Telegraph, tele*
phone and electric wires were torn
down by the wind, which was ac
companied by a driving rain, ac
centuating the terror of the surviv
ors. *
Children Saved
Sensing unusual danger when the
swishing of the tornado sounded
over the droning of school children
at their recitations, Superintendent
Harrison of the Frost public schools
ordered the children to march to
the basement. Hardly had the pupils
reached the lower floor when the
storm struck, tearing off the school
house roof and scattering it over
the countryside.
Of three churches in the town,
one remained—the Presbyterian, the
Baptist and Methodist churches
were destoryed.
Employes and customers in the
two Frost banks saved themselves
when they ran Into an open vault
and closed the door. Both buildings
were wrecked.
Of Frost's population of six hun
dred. half were homeless. Streets
were blocked with debris torn from
wooden and brick buildings. Auto
mobiles were tossed about like toys.
One street was almost blocked with
automobiles that had been In a
dealer s window.
Bodies in Rows
Most of the white dead at Frost
were taken to Hillsboro and Corsi
cana as fast as ambulances could
reach them over black land roads.
One wrecked building was cleared
and bodies of negroes, wrapped in
sheets, were laid in rows to await
burial.
Throughout the night, the Corsi
cana Salvation Army and women
from that city served coffee and
sandwiches to the rescue workers.
Many of the dead in the southern
part of the state were believed to
be Mexican farmers. The twister
(Continued on page 6)
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YOUNG NEGRO
IS BOUND OVER
TO GRAND JURY
$5,0G0 Bond Placed
Against Woman In
Murder Case
Arrietta Price, 22-year-old negress
charged with the murder of Isabel
Bankston, another young negress,
was bound over to the grand jury
In $5,000 bond Tuesday afternoon
following a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace B. L. Cain.
Up until noon Wednesday the
bond had not been made. Indica
tions were that the young negress
would have to remain in jail until
the next term of the criminal dis
trict court.
The defense put on no testimony,
while the state, represented by As
sistant District Attorney Milton
West, rounded out its case with
eye-witnesses of the shooting, which
occurred Sunday before last in the
negro section of town, near the
Missouri Pacific freight yards.
Jim Parker, negro Tarmer. proved
the state's star witness. He testified
to standing next to the Bankston
woman when the shooting occurred
and to seeing the accused woman
fire two shoes.
The Price women seemed collect
ed enough and showed little signs
of being under mental stress as she
listened to the witnesses tell of the
shooting and the circumstances
surrounding It.
Valley Secretaries
To Attend State Meet
Secretaries of all Valley chambers
of commerce plan to attend the an
nual state convention of Texas
Commercial Executives in a body,
: G. C. Richardson disclosed Wed
; nesday morning.
! The convention will be held in
Plainview on June 6-7. and it is es
timated that approximately 20 state
I secretaries will be present.
The Valley delegates will prob
ably take two Mexican singers,
dressed in native costumes, to adver
tise this section, it was said. The
singers will offer Mexican ballads
and other songs at the convention,
Mr. Richardson said.
The secretary of the local cham
ber was president of the organiza
tion two years ago. the present
president being J. E. Bell of San
Benito.
‘All Valley full-time secretaries
are members of the organization."
the local man said.
Chamber of commerce activities
I will be discussed, and a program
j has already been prepared.
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Contractors Parley
Set in Mission, June 3
Contractor's sales conferences
sponsored by the Portland Cement
association of Chicago, will be held
at Mission June 3 and at Browns
ville June 4, it has been announced
These conferences, looking toward
I increased business, are being held
in all parts of the country. Find
ings of a nation wlde-survey of
the best business methods in con
! tracting are studied at these con
i ferences.
All general contractors are invited
to attend.
Ruling Awaited In
2 Baker Demurrers
HOUSTON, May 7.—(JPh-Ruling
by the court was awaited today on
two demurrers, one seeking a change
of venue and the other asking the
Indictment to be quashed, in the
case of A. Y. Baker and seven co
1 defendants, charged in federal court
! with conspiracy to Intimidate voters
■ in Hidalgo county.
Those named as defendants were
Sheriff A. Y. Baker. County Judge
Alan W. Cameron. William D. Chad
wick. Marvin Evans. Sam M. Har
grove. Cam E. Hill, Tom J. Buckow,
and Edmund T. Williams.
Fire Chief Bringing
Family Here to Live
Fire chief T. P. Serran of Browns
ville is expected to arrive here
Thursday night with his family from
San Antonio.
Chief Serran is bringing his wife
and children here to live, it is said
He Is a former resident of San
Antonio, and recently took over
| the duties of fire chief here.
Memorial Day Plans
To Be Made by Legion
Plans for proper observation of
Memorial day will be made by the
American Legion at its regular
meeting Thursday evening, it has
been announced by W, 6. Wash
ington. post commander.
Graves of all veterans will be
decorated on that day, according to
present plans.
BEACH ROAD
First concrete on the long-sought
highway to Boca Chica beach wil
be poured Thursday, according tc
announcement of County Judge
Oscar C. Dancy. The exact hour is
to be set later.
Work on the 16-mile stretch t<
the beach is to be rushed in ordei
to have the highway ready for use
this summer, if possible. Dodd anc
Wedegartner of San Benito are
contractors for the paving Job.
The beach highway will represent
the victory of Brownsville's fight
over a period of several years U
obtain the paved road which wil
make the Gulf coast more accessible
to pleasure-seekers from this vidn
ltjr,
FIRST WITNESS TAKES
STAND IN LIBEL TRIAL
DEATH TAKES
LAST MEIER
OF GAR. POST
F rederick Sanborn
Dies in Brownsville
Tuesday
Ranks of “wearers of the blue."
thinned already to a pitable hand
ful of silver-haired veterans, lost
th r lone survivor in Brownsville
in the death yesterday afternoon
of Frederick A. H. Sanborn. The
“last man" of A. M. Barney Post,
No. 81. G. A. R. in Brownsville, for
many years he carried alone the
colors of a long-departed regiment’
Succumbing finally to an illness
of many years. Mr. Sanborn, almost
90. ended a life that was at once
adventurous and full of service to
his country and those about him.
He had become a fimiliar figure in
Brownsville, and during his early
years here was prominently identi
fied with the progress of this section
of the Valley. He arrived soon
after the cessation of hostilities of
the Civil War. and finding a number
of oilier Union soldiers later made
up the Brownsville G. A. R. post.
Mr. Sanborn was a pioneer mana
ger of the Western Union telegraph
company here.
After some years he went to Mex
ico City staying there four yea~s
as manager of the English Cable
company. He returned to Browns
ville and resumed his office with
the telegraph company, remaining
there until his retirement from ac
tive business some years ago. His
death ended a residence of almost
50 years in the city.
Without Relatives Here
The veteran was without relatives
in the South. Sun-Ivors in his fam
ily are a sister. Mrs. Mary Burril,
and a niece. Mrs. Annie Green, both !
of Bangor, Me.
He died at the home of Mr. and j
Mrs. I. R. Clark, on Washington j
street. Near to him, almost, as j
members of his own family would
have been were Miss Dora Kimble
of Brownsville and her late brother.
William Kimble, who were practic
ally reared by Mr. Sanborn. When
William Kimble died a number of |
years ago, and the veteran purchas-!
ed a lot for his burial, it was with
the understanding that he wa^ to
be buried by his side. And he will j
be.
Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held at i
5 o'clock this afternoon from Sacred
Heart cburch, with interment in the |
City cemetery-. The American Legion!
will conduct military funeral and i
burial rites.
Active pallbearers will be Hilliard j
Smith, Emmett Dodd, Wilbur Den- j
(Continued on page 2) !
Deny Citizenship
To Nurse of Vets
NEW YORK, May 7.—(AV-Miss
Marie Averill Bland, Canadian,
who nursed American soldiers in
the war, has been denied citizen
ship because she refused to bear
arms for the United States if
need be.
She said religious convictions
forbade it,
COASMTRACT
SALE IS MADE
Development May Follow
Purchase of Large
Acreage
Development of an immense tract
of coastal land is promised in a deal
closed here yesterday, to involve
expenditure of a million dollars or
more on the 28.000 acre Nells Esper
son tract between Brownsville and
Boca Chica.
In addition to the Esperson land.
about 12.000 more acres near that
section are included, and 250 acres
on Brazos Island, which will be the
center of the coast developments.
The Esperson tract was owned by
Mrs. Nellie Stuart Esperson of Hous
ton and purchased by a syndicate
of Oklahoma City capitalists, who
were in Brownsville recently trans
acting the deal. J. B. Jones of
Brownsville handled the interests
of the Esperson tract. The other
land involved in the deal adjoins
the Esperson section.
The proposed Bnwnsville channel
right-of-way will cross the new
development, which it is planned,
will include all the attractions and
facilities of an up-to-date coast
resort.
Ferguson Mandamus
Dismissal Is Asked
AUSTIN, May 7—<JP)—Claiming
that the amnesty bill, enacted by
the legislature in 1925, wai void
and unconstitutional, the state de
mocratic committee today filed a
motion m supreme court to dismiss
the mandamus action of former
Governor James E. Ferguson. The
motion to dismiss was filed by D.
W. Wilcox, chairman of the state
democratic committee.
Flash Burns Woman
ARDMORE. Okla., May 7.—UP)—
Mrs. L. McLennan. Ardmore, was
painfully burned about the arms
when lightning struck her house
Tuesday afternoon.
JOFFRE CONFIDENT
PARIS. Mav 7. — f/PV—Marshall
Joffre. hero of the Marne, about
whose health his friends have shown
concern, insisted today he was
feeling quite all right. >
Senate Rejects Parker
Hoover Nominee As Supreme Court Justice
Defeated—First Since 1894
WASHINGTON. May 7—(ffy— The Senate today rejected John J.
Parker as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The vote was 41 to
39.
The North Carolina Judge missed confirmation after ten days of de
bate concerning his attitude toward organized labor and the negro.
It was the first Supreme Court nomination to be rejected since 1894.
The Senate's decision left vacant the seat of the late Justice Sanford.
The roll call follows:
BULL RIDER
San Benito Man Will Leave
Monday for Gotham
It’3 ft long ways from Brownsville
to New York but Ralph Sanders.
San Benito, doesn't think it’s too
far for him and his Mexican bull.
Next Monday Sanders will mount
his 5-year old steed from the wilds
of Mexico, wave gootiby to friends
here in Brownsville with the avow
ed Intention of looking over Goth
am Christmas or shortly there
after.
Sanders has spent six months
training his bull to the ways of the
Texas stock saddle. He does not
know of any other person who has
started cm such a long Journey via
bull.
Ten miles daily is the stretch the
San Benito cowpuncher hopes to
make with his bovine steed. The
animal has only one gait—a walk.
Prom here Sanders will go via
Houston, Shreveport, Little Rock.
Memphis, and Chicago.
The far-flung traveler has spent
all his life on the border, he says.
After New York his plans are in
definite.
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Mississippi Society
To Meet in Harlingen
HARLINGEN, May 7.—The Mis
; sissippl society of the Valley will
hold a meeting at Fair Park here
i on May 18. Mrs. M. L. Dew of Wes
laco is chairman of arrangements.
The Indiana society is scheduled
to meet on June 1. F. A. Clevenger
of Sebastian Is In charge.
r (vr vviiiii i— —w
Republican: Allen. Baird. Bing
ham. Dale. Fee Gillett Goldsborough.
Gould, Greene Hale. Hastings. Hat
field. Hebert. Jones. Kean, Keyes,
McCuloch, Metcalf. Oddie, Patter
son. Reed. Shortridge, Smoot. Sul
livan, Thomas of Idaho. Townsend.
Walcott, Waterman and Watson
29.
Democrats:
Blease, Broussard, Glass. Harri
son. Overman. Ransdcll, Simmons.
Steck. Stephens and Swanson—10.
Total 39.
Against Confirmation
Republicans: Blaine. Borah Cap
per. Couzens, Cutting. Dcneen, Fra
zier. Howell, Johnson. LaFollette.
Norris. Nve Pine. Robinson of In
diana, Schall, Steiwer and Vanden
berg—17. . . . .
Farmer-Labor—Shipstead—1.
Democrats: Ashurst, Barkley.
Black. Bratton. Brock. Caraway,
Connally. Copeland. Dill. Harris.
Hawes. Hayden. Kendrick. McKel
lac. Pittman. Robinson of Arkan
sas. Sheppard. Trammell. Tydings,
Wagner, Walsh of Mass., Walsh of
Mont., and Wheeler—23.
Total 41.
Barbecue Heralds
Mexico Swim Season
Celebrating the opening of the
bathing season In Mexico, a free
barbecue will be give at Washington
beach Sunday, it has been an
nounced by Miguel Cardenas, Mat
amoros chief of traffic.
"We cordially invite Valley res
idents and visitors to participate in
the beach festivities." Sr. Cardenas
says.
Formalties on the Mexican side
; of the bridge will be waived for
i persons attending the beach barbe
cue. It has been announced.
ESTES RULES
STORY WITHIN
LIBEL LAWS
Shades of Meaning
Brought Into
Hearing
Preliminaries of the R. B. Creag*
er-Collier’s libel suit were still oft
st the noon recess today with the
first witness taking the stand.
D. O. Ellis, young manager of
the ‘ Womans Haoie Companion
Reading club” claimed to be a
Crowell branch office, in Houston
was questioned as to the Crowell
operations in Texas.
George Hill of Houston, Creager
lawyer, first started to read Ellis'
deposition but a disagreement arose
and he announced that it would sava
time to let Ellis tell what he knew,
The manager, seaming a bit shy,
said he paid the office rental out
of a “personal account belonging t«
Crowell.”
“Why don't you put the CrowelT
name on the door,” Hill asked.
•Well, I don't know. I cant an
swer that.”
Art Pointed Oat
"Did you ever hear of the state
assumed name act <a state law
regulating corporations In the mat
ter of nomenclature).”
"Yes. in the trial >hearing of a
motion) at Houston.”
C. A. Cline, manager of the West
ern Union sta*!on at McAllen, and
E. T. Pirtle. an assistant, testified.
They identified tel'grams from the
Crowell company to news agencies
at Brownsville Informing then* of
the White article and suggesting
that local sales of Colliers would
be stimulated. One Brownsville news
agent. A A. Hargrove, said he
circulated about 445 copies of the
Issue containing High-Handed and
Hell-Bent.
During the morning session a
stocky lawyer read to the Jury
"High-Handed and Hell Bent,” an
article in the magazine which
mentioned Creager six times and
dealt especially with political con
ditions In Hidalgo county.
It signalized the beginning of
the direct phase of the suit and the
magazine actuallv was the first
and perhaps most important 'wit
ness. though It was a witness unable
to speak except by proxy.
George Hill. Jr., of Houston, chief
of the Creager staff of lawyer*,
seated comfortably in the witness
stand near a window, his legs cross
ed and the weekly open before him,
read off thus paragraph as per
haps more than any other, char
acteristic of the article:
Article Quoted
"Ambitious political machinists
should observe these successful
methods of conducting affairs of y
a county where the tartness of th«
native grapefruit vies with the bit
ter feeling in the hearts of tha
taxpayers. This advanced course in
vote switching. Jail dodging, plain
and fancy grafting is offered free
of charge and very little home
study is necessary.”
Creager sat, during all the read#
ing. close to a window, out oI
which he glanced occasionally as
the story went on
Mention of him was made six
times in the article. Colliers, in
arguing demurrers yesterday, had
Insisted that he was charged only
with helping keep the democratic
A. Y. Baker administration in pow
er and that lie did this only as a
republican official anxious only for
the larger success of his party.
Judge W. Lee Estes ruled, however,
that the article c’early was within
the purview of the libel statutes
and that Mr. Creager was connect
ed. in the story, with the demo
cratic group’s alleged activities, in
the view’ of the average reader
Details Explained
Hill set out by carefully ex#
plaining to the Jury, in a rathef
(Continued on page 5)
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j WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valleyf
Cloudy, unsettled and cooler thii
afternoon and tonight with rains and
probably thundersqualls; Thursday
partly cloudy.
For East Texas; Mostly fair to
night except unsettled on the west
coast; wanner in west portion;
Thursday partly cloudy.
Moderate variable winds on the
coast mostly westerly to southerly.
* DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
The river will remain practically
stationary all along during the next
24 to 48 hours.
nood Present 24-Hr. 34-Rr.
StsKo 8taro Chun. Ra n
Eagle Pass 16 19 .0.0 .00
Laredo 27 -1.3 -O.i .00
Rio Grande 21 6 0 40.1 .04
Mission 22 6 3 -1.1 .00
San Benito 23
Brownsville 18 7.2 40.1 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa#
bcl tomorrow, under normal meteb
orological conditions:
High . 12:45 p. m.
Low.6:31 a. m.; 7:20 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .,v.,...... 7 04
Sunrise tomorrow .. 3:4|