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IN OUR
VALLEY
W=b By CHARLES HALL mmrr''
rERE are two big enterprises in
the air in Valley flying circles.
These are the proposed airport
at Matamoroa and Harlingen.
Matamoros is getting busy im
mediately to build a landing field
and accomodations similar to that
of the Brownsville port. On next
Wednesday the Harlingen city fath
ers will meet with a petition before
them to set a date for voting on a
proposed $150,000 bond Issue for an
airport.
It Is now said it will not be long
before citrus fruits and Valley
truck will be moving by airplane.
That is easy to believe. It is also
easy to foresee that some day a
city without an airport will be In
the same category as one without
a railway station would be today.
Furthermore, chances arc that
the day is not far distant when the
big rai!/ay corporations will buy
out and merge into two or three
big systems all the airlines in the
country.
This will probably be bc^t. The
present railway organizations have
always handled the transportation
of the country, the officers have
had the experience and the com
. panics have the capital. Then the
cities that have built their ports
W will get their money back, if they do
not realize a profit. It is said that
railway circles are thinking about
this very thing.
Wonder if that is what is hold
ing up a line from the border into
Mexico by the Southern or Mis
souri Pacific?
FINAL census returns for San Ben
ito. Brownsville. Harlingen, Mc
Allen are still awaiting further
checking. That of McAllen is ex
pected to be made within a day or
two, but on the other three, it is
said it will take more time. Mc
Allen is joyfuUy reporting she will
show at least 3.000.
Up state both Houston and Dal
las. with all counted, have made
their final announcements, and are
sitting back waiting for word from
San Antonio. It has already been
announced that the Alamo City will
show more than the 260,000 shown
by Dallas. Now Houston is won
dering if Santone will beat her
290,000. Houston papers are already
paving the way editorially, should
San Antonio show more than that,
by saving that the Bayou City at
least is the big business center of
Texas That is what deep-water
shipping does for a city.
• • •
Everything possible is being
done for the comfort of the jury
in the Creager case. Judge Es
tes has issued instructions to the
deputies to take the members wher
ever they want to go.
Sunday thy wanted to go to Point
Isabel and have a fish dinner, a boat
ride. etc. Jnd they didn’t do any
thing else but. Prom such obser
vations. it seems it Is not so hard
to be on a jury after all.
• •
ANENT deep-water shipping, the
engineer of this column, after
listening to rumblings coming
out of Washington since Mr. Cham
bers appeared before the senate
committee and asked that all our
efforts have accomplished be recon
sidered. is constrained to say he will
wager toe family fur lined bath tub
that the bill goes right ahead so
far as any issue on the Valley pro
tect is concerned.
There will be more hot discussion
over the Erie canal project, but
chances are we will ge ta vote on
the omnibus bUl. which carries these
projects before congress adjourns in
June.
• • •
SPEAKING of taking coals to
Newcastle, Ralph Sanders, of
San Benito today mounted a
bull and started taking it to New
York
• • •
ANIMATED Annie of The Browns
ville Herald office says that the
only real hard man for her to
meet Is Old Man Par.
• • •
ONE of the most difficult things
for salaried people to ascertain
is what goes with the extra
check when five pay days come in
one moi^h.
• • •
FOUND ON THF. 1WRFS
NEW YORK — An orphan adopt
ed fifteen years ago by a child
less couple of wealth and high
est social position commands a lead
ing position in society news in to
day's New York papers. Mr and
Mrs. Pin ley J. Shepard announce the
engagement of their daughter. Oliv
ia Margaret, to John Read Burr.
Mrs. Shepard is the former Helen
Gould.
WASHINGTON — A new harm
less gas for re'^igerators, the bur
eau of mines has found, at the worst
can only cause a sensation of al
coholic intoxication.
DAWSON. Y. T. — Through good
guesses Francis J. Burton and W. R.
Sherwin split $5*70. They won a
sweepstakes on the time the ice of
the Yukon river would break. They
guessed 6:42 p. nu Ma. 10 and were
a minute out of the w-ay. <
WASHINGTON — Bandless band
music for sundry bandVess army
posts is proposed. A mechanical
substitute is to be tried out. It de
velops volume equivalent to that of
two bands.
Quake Death Toll Is
Near 3,000 in Persia
TEHERAN. Persia. May 12.—
The death toll In recent earthquakes
in Persia today was stated to be
nearing 3,000 persons. The shocks
are continuing but have lessened in
intensity at Tabriz. They still are
very severe around Salmas. The hor
ror of the situation In that district
today was heightened by terrific
thunderstorms whose rumble added
panic to the already terrified In
habitants.
VALLEY BAND
HONOR GROUP
AT TOURNEY
Red Shirts Will Play
Before Secretary
Hyde at Reception
(Special to The Herald)
PORT ARTHUR. May 12 —The
Edinburg Red Shirt band was se
lected today to play at a reception
of United States Secretary of Ag
riculture Hyde. Backers of the
band here are confident the Ed
inburg group will win prizes in the
band class in which it is entered.
CHARTER TRAIN
(Special to The Herald1
EDINBURG. May 12.—The Ed
inburg Red Shirt band left here for
Port Arthur Sunday afternoon at
5:15 o'clock on a special train
chartered for the purpose. The
band will enter a contest in which
there will be approximately 20 en
trants. the winner going to tihe
Dallas state fair this ummer as
the official band for the Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
A large crowd estimated at ap
proximately 350 people saw the
band off. and formed an apprecia
tive audience while the Red Shirts
played several farewell numbers be
fore leaving.
The band consists of around 65
Edinburg students, and recently
won the championship of southwest
Texas at Kingsville.
WEATHER BAD
PORT ARTHUR. May 12—‘.V\—
Wet weather had a big day of it
yesterday and continued this morn
ing. the second day of the fourth
annual East Texas Chamber of
Commerce convention here.
The first business session of the
convention opened with an address
of welcome by Judg>- Raymond L.
Murray. Port Arthur. with re
sponse by former Governor W. P.
Hobby, Houston. Reports of various
committees was to be followed to- j
day by an address by Arthur M. I
Hyde, secretary’ ot agriculture.
Women Score Again
In Fight For Rights
PHILADELPHIA. May 12—</Pi
Women, In their long fight for
equal rights, have won another
victory. They will have an equal
voice with men In the government
of the Presbyterian church in the
United States of America.
Announcement was made at the
offices of the Presbyterian general
assembly today that the overture
permitting women to be elected rul-,
ing elders had been approved bv
a majority of the 293 Presbyteries
in the denomination
London Naval Pact
Hearings Opened
WASHINGTON. May 12—<;p>—
The London naval treaty became
the focal point for inquiring sen
atorial eyes today as the foreign
relations committee opened public
hearings with Secretary Stimson as
i its first witness.
Before a crowded room, the sec
retary of state, who was head of
the American delegation to London,
described the treaty as a long
forward step toward peace.
Alleged Hit-and-Run
Driver Is Arrested
'Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. May 12—An al
leged hit-run driver was arrested
here today by police and held for
preliminary hearing in connection
with an accident about 10 days ago
in which a three-vear-old girl in
Mexiquita was hurt
The child has been removed from
the hospital and is recovering from
injuries.
Ice Chief Dies
KANSAS CITY. May 12.—</P>—
Charles H. Kretz, 56, vice-president
of the City Ice company, died at
his home here last night. He came
here three years ago from Okmulgee,
Okla.. where he had been vice-pres
ident and general manager of the
Oklahoma Power company. He also
was affiliated with other Oklahoma
and Texas interests.
Utilities Sold
DALLAS. May 2.—<JP^— Properties
of the Southern and Utilities Ice
company, value at marly *14,000.000
and serving 300 communities in the
southwest, have been acquired by
the Associated Gas and Electric
company through exchange of secur
ities. officials announced here yes
terday.
PISTOLS RULE
IN SHERMAN
SHERMAN, May 12.—(ff»—Ruled
by National Guardsmen and Texas
Rangers, business in Sherman was
resuming its normal pulse today af
ter last week's mob disorders in
which the Grayson county court
house was burned and George
Hughes, negro accused of assault
ing a white woman, was killed and
burned.
Col. Lawrence E. McGee, com
mander of Guardsmen who took
charge Saturday night under Gov
ernor Dan Moody's martial law
proclamation. prepared today to
conduct a military court of inquiry
into the disturbances
Sixteen men were held in jail
last night awaiting action of this
court today. Fourteen of them
also were charged by federal of
ficers with violation of the prohi
bition laws.
Press Reprimanded
At Methodist Meet
DALLAS. May 12 —The gen
eral conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. South, today ex
pressed a virtual vote of confidence
m its Bishops in the form of an
unqualified reprimand of the press
which has been giving publicity to
charges against general superinten
dents.
The action was taken on a mo
tion of Dr. G. C. French of Denton
who said, like his friend. Andy, he
was ‘ regusted” with the treatment
accorded the bishops since the gen
eral conference began.
Alleged Rustlers
Held in Matamoros
Four men. arrest’d near El Capote
ranch on the Mexican side of the
river, are being held in the Mata
moros Jail pending investigation of
alleged cattle rustling and slaugh
tering. Several ca' tie owners have
complained to the police that their
cattle are being killed and stolen.
The men will oe questioned to
day.
Steak Sans Gravy Makes Girl,
Usually Tolerant, ‘Just Mad*
DETROIT. May 12. — </Pv- Miss
Hazel Chapman admitted she is
quite a tolerant young lady, except
in the matter of steak without
gravy, and Michael Sarkeriosan's
black eye is fine testimony of Miss
Chapman's strong feelings in the
matter.
Miss Chapman came to Michael's
restaurant at 3 a. m, demanding
steak and gravy. Michael brought
forth a fine steak.
“Where.” said Miss Chapman,
with lifted eye-brows, “is the gra
vy?"
Michael was apologetic. The gravy
department, he explained, closed at
midnight. There could be no gravy.
Whereupon Miss Chapman hurled
the steak full into Michael’s face,
following with a few swift rights and
lefts. Chairs were overturned Mich
ael yelled, and a policeman came.
Miss Chapman went to jail.
"Nothing makes me madder.” Miss
Chapman told the judge as she paid
a $25 fine, “than to order steak and
gravy and get nothing but steak.’'
Meanwhile Michael wears a beef
steak ooultice on his damaged eye.
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POINT ISABEL TENTH GRADERS
—Photo by Holm's Studio
Students In the tenth grade at Point Isabel are seen above. They
are Ethel Mahurin. Iris Lass well and Consuelo Aguilar.
Baker Venue Change Motion
Is Deferred Until Friday
Action on a motion for change of venue, filed by attorneys for Sher
iff A. Y. Baker and others of Hidalgo county charged with conspiracy
to deprive certain individuals of their civil rights, was deferred until
Friday morning by Federal Judge J. C. Hutcheson. Jr., at 1 p. m. today.
The motion pleaded that partisanship and ill feeling against the Bakcr
ites was so strong that a fair and impartial trial could not be obtained
in the Brownsville division. The motion said that even if the Jurors were
obtained from other divisions of the southern district that feeling was
,m> strong umt it piouamj
seep into the jury. The motion men
tioned specifically various flare-ups
of feeling in Hidalgo county, par
ticularly the parade through Hidal
go county when Sheriff Baker was
indicted.
Spealang from the bench. Judge
Hutcheson said he felt conlident
the court could be kept free from
“mob rule."
liorowiti Absent
SpiVal U. S. Attorne;. Genera
Fred Horowitz, who was to Handle
the prosecution did not put in his
appearance and Assistant U. 8. At
torney Curios Watson answered for
the government in the case.
Attorneys for Sheriff Baker and
the others are to confer with U. S.
District Attorney H. M. Holden at
Houston in the matter ot the
change of venue.
The defendants also entered de
murrers to their indictments which
were returned by a federal grand
Jury in Houston some time ago.
The defendants are: Sheriff A.
Y. Baker, Cam Hill, A. W. Cameron.
8. M. Hargrove. W. D. Chadick.
Marvin Evans, Tom J. Buckow anp
Edmund P. Williams. Most of them
are Hidalgo county officials. They
are represented by James R.
Daugherty of Beeville, B. D. Tarle
ton of Corpus Christi and E. F.
Smith and E. H. McDaniels of Hi
dalgo county. All of the defend
ants were in court. They had
been in the small courtroom si«ce
early morning while the court
ground away over a list of liquor
and immigration cases.
Sheriff Baker arrived early and
chatted with his friends. The Hi
dalgo county case was not called
until 1 o’clock.
Jury Empanelled
The court opened at 10 a. m
when Judge Hutcheson empanel
led a grand jury. One man drawn
from Hidalgo county was excused
because of the fact that he wa
under indictment for a felony. Af
i ter getting the organization lined
(Continued on page 10)
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Letters “To John” In
Brady Case Shown
DALLAS. May 12—(fl*)—Mrs Jew
el Crider, proprietress of the Austin
rooming house where Miss Lehlia
Highsmith. for whose death John
W. Brady is on trial here, resided
and who was used as a state wit
ness last week was recalled as the
first defense witness in the trial
today.
Letters exhibited were addressed
to her and were postmarked from
Baytown, the witness admitted
Mrs. Crider would not swear she
received them because the content!
were not exhibited to her by the
attorney. Each of the letters con
tained enclosures, two of them ad
dressed “To John” and the third
“For you know who.”
Census Extended
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. May 12— Supervisor
L. E. Bennett in charge of the tak
ing of the census in the South Tex
as district has granted a two-das
extension on the time-limit of Mc
Allen enumerators, according U
! Secretary Whit Rogers of the cham
ber of commerce.
The McAllen count for 1930 will
. be between 8300 and 9,000, It wa!
1 predicted.
THREE KILLED
IN CHICAGO
LIQUOR WAR
State Investigator
Seriously Wounded
In Battle
CHICAGO, May 12—(JP)— Three
men were shot dead in a trap laid
by police officers in a North Clark
street beer flat earlv today.
The proprietor of the place. Jack
Hayes, and two of the four gunmen
who attempted to rob him. were
the men killed. Joseph Altmeier,
special investigator for the state’s
attorney's office was seriously
wounded.
Altmeier said the two robbers who
escaped also had been struck by
bullets
Officer Hidden
The beer flat is at 3258 N. Clark
street. Altmeier, who specializes In
extortion cases for the state’s at
torney. was hidden in the flat with
four other officers.
The robbers, posing as policemen,
were admitted to the flat by Mrs.
Hayes, who with a niece was in the
room with the officers. The police
suddenly emerged from their hid
ing place and opened fire on the
robbers. One of them darted into
the bedroom where Hayes was hid
ing. Apparently thinking Hayes was
another officer, the robber shot him
and then himself v»s shot as he
turned back.
Robber Identified
One of the slain robbers was
identified by his fingerprints as
Harry White, 38. alleged killer and
robber.
Although scores of shots were
fired, the action took place so
quickly it was over in less than a
minute.
Witnesses said that the shooting
began almost as soon as the four
men entered. The condition of
Altmeier was too serious to permit
questioning, but police believe he
was present in the beer flat with
an aide to prevent a threatened ex
tortion.
Roads Impassable
After Texas Floods
(By The Associated Press.)
Highways In many parts of Tex
as were in Impassable condition to
day from the heavy general rains
of Saturday, despite sunshine yes
terday.
The weather bureau predicted the
Trinity river at Dallas would be
at the bank full stage today.
All highways out of Waco were
! reported open to traffic for the
first time in 24 nours.
Travel on highways leading to
Corsicana. Temple Austin. San
Antonio. Belton, Malakoff, Gates
i ville, Georgetown. Mexia. San Mar
cos. Grand Saline, Rosebud, Chilton,
and other towns m south, central
and east Texas was still hampered
by mud and high waters.
Deweese Deplores
Fire Hazards at Pen
AUSTIN, May 12.—Recommenda
tion that immediate steps be taken
by the prison board to eliminate
fire hazards at the state peniten
tiary was made yesterday in a re
port of the investigation of the
Huntsville plant by J W. Deweese.
state fire marshal. He declared
the prison the worst fire hazard
ever to come under his observa
tion.
Although he condemned the
plant generally. Deweese placed
particular emphasis on the hazards
of the hospital, cell blocks and ad
ministration buildings.
Houston Jumps Many
In Population Race
WASHINGTON. May 12—<A*>—In
creasing by 110.3 per cent since 1920.
Houston, the forty-fifth American
city in 1920. Jumped Into the 200.000
class in the 1930 census, passing sev
eral cities on her way up.
Houston's population was an
nounced today as 290.811 as against
260,397 for Dallas, fort ysecond city
in 1920.
Houston played leap-frog over
Akron. Birmingham. Memphis. Syra
cuse and Worcester in returns al
ready in.
Aggies to Play Iowa
COLLEGE STATION. May 12—
<7Pt—Texas A. & M.’s football team
will meet the University of Iowa
in 1931 and 1932, James Sullivan,
business manager of athletics of the
Aggies, announced today.
\_CENSUS__
Aransas Pass, Aransas county,
2,460. increase of 815.
Justice precinct 8 San Patricio
county, including Taft, 3,922. in
crease of 1,470.
Taft. San Patricio county, 1,841,
no comparative figures.
Meridian, Miss.. 32,357. increase
9,128, or 39.9 per cent
Lynn, Mass—102.293, increase
3.145, or 3.1 per cent
Rochester. N. Y.—325,019. increase
29,269, or 9.9 per cent.
Chester. Pa—58 35C, increase 320.
or .55 per cent.
Daytona Beach, Fla.. 16,761, in
crease 9.920. or 145 per cent,
i San Angelo. 25.304, Increase 15,
254. or 151.8 per cent.
Shackelford county 6.688 increase
1,728. or 34.8 per cent.
Taylor county 40,980, increase 16,
899, or 70.1 (er cent.
Strong Arm Herb
Deft With Ball
WASHINGTON. May 12.—<JPh
President Hoover’s play In the
morning medicine ball game Is to
catch the weighty sphere on his
chest, with arms closing In quick
ly, and to snap it back with a
right overhand stroke.
Hoover seemed the most prac
ticed. seldom missing, and more
often than not causing opponents
to miss with the strength of that
lone arm swing. Watched from
the distance, the group looked
like schoolboys at play.
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BAKER KILLING
IS CONFESSED
Matamoros Officials Hold
Man Sought For Death
Of Sam Shong
’ Nicolas Moran, sought by the
Matamoros police In connection
with the brutal slaying of Samuel
Shong. Matamoros Chinese baker
who was murdered some days ago,
was arrested in the early hours
Sunday morning by a posse headed
by Corporal Erasmo Blanco of the
Matamoros police department.
Moran was arrested when the in
vestigation of Shong's death start
ed, but later was released together
with other suspects after the twen
ty-four hours required by the Mexi
can law. As soon as he was re
leased he disappeared from Mata
moros. A passport and other pa
pers were, taken out, believed to be
a ruse to make officers think he
had crossed to the United States.
Telegraphic orders were issued all
police departments of the states of
Tamaullpas and Nuevo Leon. A
telegram to Matamoros police stat
ed that Moran had been seen near
Mendoza. Tamaulipas. Thursday.
Corporal Blanco with a posse left
immediately and caught him at
Linares just as he was boarding a
freight train into the interior of
Mexico.
Moran, according to reports, ad
mitted his guilt. He was brought
to Matamoros yesterday noon.
After preliminary statements by
Moran to officers Jesus Arredondo
and a women were arrested in
connection with the slaying.
Felipe Davila was exonerated of
all blame by Moran. Davila had
been held in the Matamoros Jail
pending investigation of the slay
ing. Francisco Estrada and Jose
Ramos. Sra. Crus Teran de Moran,
and Jesus Arredondo will be
taken before Judge Jesus Rojas
this morning for preliminary hear
ings.
Shone was murdered in his baker
shop at Fourteenth and Bravo Sts.,
and his body thrown into an out
house. His hands and feet were
bound with wire, another wire was
twisted around his neck, and a tow
el stuck into his mouth. Four
hundred pesos were missing from
Shong’s safe deposit box.
Llbrado Salinas. Matamoros po
lice chief personally conducted the
investigation. He was aided by
Ferr.ando Legorreta. Mammoros
special Investigator, and Corporal
Blanco.
SCOUT BURIED
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“Deadwood Dick" Rests By
Pioneer Western Dead
DEADWOOD, S. D., May 12.—(VP)
—Atop a mountain overlooking the
black hills he helped civilize “Dead
. wood Dick.” one of the last of the
, romantic figures of the old west,
t has been buried in a rock-hewn
grave.
Military honors, an Episcopa
service, and the last respects of the
handful of survivors of gold rush
days marked the funeral late yes
terday In a raging May blizzard.
Hundreds climbed nearly a mile
to the top of Sun Rise Peak, for
the burial of the frontiersman,
- prospector, Indian scout, and stage
coach guard.
To one side of the grave is Mount
Roosevelt, on which is a monument
to the former president. On the
• other is Mountain Moriah, where
are buried Wild Bill Hickok. Ca
! lamity Jane. Seth Bullock, and
, other western characters.
Hangar To Go Up
, McALLEN May 12.— Work on
erecting the all-steel six-plane
- hangar purchased recently for the
McAllen-Hklalgo airport by the
• McAllen Chamber of Commerce will
begin shortly, according to word
‘ from that body following receipt
of materials the utter part of the
■ week. A factory erector will arrive
soon to assemble the steel hangar.
CORNERSTONE
LAID SUNDAY
The laying of the cornerstone of
the Central Christian church was
performed with appropriate cer
emonies Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
Approximately 500 attended the
ceremonies. S. K. Hallam said, and
pastors from all over the Valley
were present and delivered brief
addresses.
The church, a structure costing
around $50 000, will be completed
and realy for occupancy early In
July Mr. Hallam explained. Walls
of the worship room ire being erect
ed at present.
The pastors present during the
meeting Sunday afternoon included
Rev. Fox. Brownsville; Rev. Pace.
Mission; Rev. Farmer, Donna; R«v.
Harrison. Harlingen: Rev. Oliver,
San Benito: Judge Meyrick. Har
lingen; and Ramsey and Hawkins,
evangelists.
The principle sDeaker on the
program was Rev. N. W. Evans, of
McAllen. He spoke on “The Value
of a Church.”
The new church is located at
Fourth and Levee.
Ex-U. S. Attorney Is
Charged With Fraud
PORT WORTH. May 12—0P>—
Warrant for the arrest of J. For
rest McCutcheon, former assistant
United States district attorney here
and now a practicing attorney, was
Issued by U. S. Commissioner New
am today. McCutcheon Is wanted
in San Antonio on a mail fraud
Indictment. United States District
Attorney Dodge set hi* bond at $10,
000.
Rain Hits Houston
HOUSTON. May 12-/,^—Tor
rential rain interrupted traffic for
a time in some parts of the city
here early today. At 9 a. m.. when
the rain ceased. -• total of 3.15
inches was reported, more than one
inch of it falling m about two
hours today.
13 Fined”
SAN BENITO. May 12—Eleven
men were fined over the weekend
in Justice of the Peace L. M. Val
detero’s court for disturbing the
peace. A speeder also drew a fine
and another man was fined for the
use of abusive language.
Mexican Ace’s Body Found
Sidar and Co-Pilot Killed in Electrical Storm
—Long Distance Hop Ends in Tragedy
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 12—(&)—'The bodies of two Mexican airmen,
who survived bullet* but died in an electrical storm, lay today in a morgue
at the Atlantic coast town. Porto Limon, after a gallant but futile attempt
to break the world's long distance flight record.
Colonel Pablo Sidar, ace of the Mexican aviation corps, and his co
pilot and mechanic. Captain Carlo* Rovlrosa. fell into the sea about three
miles south of Porto Limon about 5 p. m., yesterday while flying to escape
i an electrical and hail storm.
I wun tnetr crasn, iar on uie plan
ned course down the American Paci
fic coast to Chile and across the Ar
gentine, a distance of 6,000 miles,
they had traveled about 1.000 miles.
They left Cerro Loco near San Ger
onimo, Oaxaca, Mexico, at 5:21 a.
m., almost twelve hours before the
disaster.
Boats from Porto Limon recovered
the bodies of the two men, that ol
Colonel Sidar being dashed into the
fragments. The monoplane, of Am
erican make, and known as the
‘Morelos,’ alter the Mexican inde
pendence hero, was smashed to bits
Cause oi the accident was unde
termined, but it was believed to bt
the unusual weight of the plant
together with hazardous atmospheru
conditions brought on by the ap
proaching storm caused the crash
The accident recalled the deatl
of Captain Emilio Carranza, at Mt
Holly, New Jersey two years ago
after he had set out from New York
cm a non-stop flight to Mexlct
City. Lightning was believed t<
have struck the plane.
Colonel Sidar largely had taker
the place in Mexican affection lef
vacant with the death of Carranza
Just 27 years old, he had earned s
name for daring and skill. Durinj
the revolution of a year ago hi:
observer once was shot dead in thi
plane beside him.
Rovirosa also was a member of th<
Mexican air corps and fought ii
the last revolution. He participate
in the Mexico City to Kansas Cit;
air race last year.
FIERRO CARRIES ON
The death of Sidar will not altei
Col. Roberto Flerrcf plans for i
non-stop flight from New Yorl
(Continued on page 10)
CREAGER TAKES
STAND IN SUIT
Colliers Attorney Calls Committeeman To
Ask Concerning Political Letter—
Libel Interpreted
For hardly more than a minute today R. B. Creager, republican nation
al committeemen for Texas testified in his libel suit against Colliers Week
ly. Counsel for the magazine called him to the stand - called him suddenly
and unexpectedly.
On direct examination he was asked only one question and that was a
request.
• Mr. Creager,” said V. W. Taylor, one of the Colliers lawyers, “was this
letter written by you.” * .
II u is a copy oi one written ana
signed by my authority.”
"That's all, Mr. Creager.”
George Hill. Jr., chief of the com
mitteeman's legal staff, insisted on
seeing the letter but Taylor, saying
he wasn’t offering it in evidence a*
yet, refused until the court told him
"Let Mr. Hill see it.”
Hill read it and then had Creager
identify some other letters-corres
pondence between Creager and Wil
lard Ferguson, former Hidalgo
county republican chairman and
now bitter foe of the party head.
These were not introduced In evi
dence, either.
The letter held bv the defense
was understood unoflicially to have
been a delineation oy Mr. Creager
of his method of operations in Tex
as.
Creager stepped from the stand
having said hardly more than twen
ty words.
"We re set.” said Charles E. Kel
ley. New York generalissimo of the
magazine’s legal forces, "to bring
them in here in droves.”
May Bring Many
If Judge Estes rules that Collier s
, may attempt to prove everything
lit said in the article “High-Handed
and Hell-Bent.” n the absence of a
specific denial by Creager counsel
of the charges as affecting the
Baker democratic administration
Kelley will bring in his vast num
ber of people to testify.
If the Judge affirms his holding
that the weekly need try to estab
lish the veracity of nothing more
than charges made in the article
against Creager, Kelley will pro
ceed for some time in his effort to
show that there was a political al
liance between the state’s republi
can leader and Hidalgo county's
democratic chieftain.
After Judge Estes had announced
that he thought Collier’s need con
cern itself only with the commit
teeman's connection with the ar
ticle, Kelley arose to Insist that in
that event the Jury must be In
structed that In its deliberations it
must proceed on the basis that the
allegations as affecting the demo
cratic administration were true.
Jack Berry, a big Edinburg frotl
grower who looked indignant wheh
Baker s faction was mentioned, wag
quite testy on cross examination by
J. A. Graham for the plaintiff.
Identifying himself as an inde
pendent. he said, in response to on0
of Graham’s questions, "We've been
trying to get a bunch of thieves
out up there.”
‘ In other words,” Graham said
loudly, "your idea is that everybody
in office up there is a thief?”
‘‘Self-confossed and proved be
yond doubt,” said the witness, com
pressing his libs and looking about.
“Who has confessed it?”
"Well, they haven't denied it.”
"Just the same, every time your
group goes into court you lose, don’t
you?”
"No, sir. we set aside a three hun
dred thousand dollar contract a few
weeks ago that wouldn't have been
of a nickel's service to the county.”
Chronicle Shown
Beforehand, articles printed in
The Houston Chronicle in Nov
ember 1928 were submitted by Col
liers under the court’s interpreta
tion of the last Texas libel law
amendment to the tffect that when
more than one publication of al
leged libelous matter had occurred,
a publisher sued cculd plead -this
in determining whether its par
ticular story had caused any dam
age. Colliers contends that news
papers had made the same charges
In effect that It had—that Creager
aided the A. Y. Baker democratic
Hidalgo county regime to keep in
power.
i WEATHER
i-_
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Tuesday.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with local showers.
Light to fresh east to southeast
winds on the coast.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
There will be a slight rise in the
river from Mission down, and no
material change above Rio Grande
City during the next 24 to 36 hours.
IHood Present <M-Hr. 44-Hi.
Stage Stage Chug. Rain
Sunday. May Ilth
Eagle Pass 16 1.7 -0.1 40
1 Laredo 27 -1.5 0.0 .00
1 Rio Grande 21 4.3 -0.6 40
Mission 22 5.5 -14 40
1 San Benito 23 11.8 -0.6 40
* Brownsville 18 7.0 -M) 3 40
Monday. May 12th
1 Eagle Pass 16 1.6 -0.1 43
E Laredo 27 -16 -0.1 .05
> Rio Grande 21 5 8 41.5 J3
f Mission 22 5.4 -0.1 40
San Benito 23 10.4 -1.4 40
i Brownsville 18 6.5 -04 40
i ...
I TIDE TABLE
' High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal mete
orological conditions:
High . !H39 a. m.
’ Low .. 9:53 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Wuncet. today —mm-Lip
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