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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 235 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930 TEN PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
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| IN OUR
VALLEY
■ BY THE FIREMAN
CAMERON county with the three
largest cities in the Valley will
show a population in excess of
75.000. That is the biggest and best
scoop this column has to offer to
day on the rest of the paper.
Tomorrow The Brownsville Herald
will print the total, accurate fig
ures on the county, which will be
furnished it by L. E. Bennett, super
visor of the census for this district.
Other counties will be reported
soon, which will swell the Valley's
population to more than 180.000.
fcwrh popularity must be deserved.
• • •
MR BENNETT first supervised
census taking down here twenty
years ago and here is no one
who feels more pride in the Val
ley's magical growth than this
handsome silver-haired man who,
with his force, has been working
day and night to see that the Val
lay has a complete and accurate
count. He must feel like he has
helped to bring up the Valley from
a mere infant to the sturdiest,
fastest growing youth in the world.
Who wouldn't be proud of that?
• • •
ALL danger of any real flood
damage, if there ever was any,
has passed. The river is reced
ing rapidly and some of the people
are rejoicing loudly, particularly on
the Matamoros side, where it look
ed for a while yesterday like the
town might be flooded.
The Latin temperament of the ci
tizens of that city helped them to
make an adventure out of the fight
against the onrushing waters. At
first there was panic, but this soon
gave way to the fatalist attitude
which mo6t Latins have. They were
doing the best they could do and if
that was not enough, well, let the
waters come. They had survived
worse calamities than that. There
is a lot to be admired in such a
philosophy.
COUNTY engineers got to work j
at once on the south side of
1 Brownsville, just north of the
Brulay Mills, erecting temporary
dikes against the flood waters.
They lost no time in getting busy,
working hard in the rain and mud
yesterday to prevent that rich
l farming section from being dam
aged by an overflow. Judge Oscar
"| DMpry announced today that rights
gflfvty for levees in that section
hB-f been granted and that levees
will be built at once. It i.% a pity
this could not have been done be
fore water seeped over about 400
acres down there.
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rr also is a shame that there are
no facilities now to care for the
flood waters, to impound them
somehow for irrigation purposes.
Boon there will be a series of stor
age dams all along the Rio Grande,
ready always to furnish water for
power and irrigation. The Valley is
asking permission W> do this. They
have a right to the sites for them
and, of dDurse. right will prevail.
• • •
r[E county officials are to be
congratulated that not one of
the leyees built by Cameron
county were weakened to any ex
tent by the pounding of the flood
waters. The only place where the
water came in was in sections
where no levees had been built.
Land owners in these regions have
learned valuable lessons. The levee
system ought to and soon will be
completed.
HOW fortunate la is that the Valley
is so well equipped with levees
and floodways. The flood con
trol system is so complete that
these is virtually no danger of real
damage. This is but another exam
ple of the far-sightedness and en
terprise of the pioneers down here
who made a wonderful, glorious
dream come true.
British Approval Of
Naval Treaty Near
LONDON, June 3—The Lon
don naval treaty today seemed well j
.•ft its way toward final British
Sttorov&l. A conservative motion
Which, if passed, at least would have
oelayed approval, was beaten last
night in the House of Commons by
a vote of 282 tc 201.
The liberals voted with the gov
ernment. The motion was presented
hr Stanley Baldwin, former con
seivative prime minister, who asked !
that the treat\ be subjected to rigid
inquiry by an especially appointed
board of 11 house members.
Student Shoots Two
And Wounds Himself
CAMBRIDGE. England. June 3—
a sensational shooting tra
gedy in historic Cambridge Uni
versity this afternoon. D N. Potts,
a first vear student at King's col
lege, was alleged by police to have
shot and killed his tutor. A. F. R.
Wollaston
Potts also was charged with hav
ing shot and wounded detective
sergeant Wilson of the Cambridge
jolice force before turning his re
volver on himself.
Potts died later In a hospital.
Fijrhts Break Out
In Honan Province
SHANGHAI. June S—After
an apparently brief cessation of
hostilities between the nationalist
government and the northern al
liance. which is seeking to create an
independent government in north
China centering at Peiping, advices
Jrc.71 the Honan prvince zone of
•>*ce tod a indicated renewed
*4£bting was imminent.
Dispatches indicated that at least
400,000 troops might oppose each
other on the Honan front .
BIG CLEAN-UP
DRIVE FOLLOWS
GANG MURDERS
More Than 200 Bad
Men Arrested By
Chicago Cops
CHICAGO. June 3.—MV- An
epidemic of murder—eight in three
days, with six persons dangerously
wounded—today was treated with
the police Panacea—a city roundup
of bad men.
More than 200 persons, including
three who are listed among the
crime commissioner s "public enem
ies,” had been arrested at dawn,
with police squads still deployed
throughout the city. Even as the
squade spread over the city, guns
blazed again; this time at the rear
of the fashionable Belmont Hotel,
Belmont and Sheridan road.
Several persons saw the flash of
the guns in the north side alley
and heard the shots. Guests In the
hotel were awakened by the roar
of the guns; but no victim was
found. It was a gun attack like the
one last week in which the victim,
after being shot down, was carted
away by his attackers. A policeman
reported seeing an automobile
racing down Belmont avenue short
ly after the shots were heard last
night, a mans form slumped in
the seat beside the driver, and the
tonneau filled wuth other men.
Mostly Sicilians
Police Commissioner Russell, ord
ering the round of gangsters, hood
lums and suspicious characters,
concentrated his men in the Sicilian
section. Two of the eight gun vic
tims in the last three days have
been Sicilians, and several others
have been wounded. The commis
sioner also believes that in the
Sicilian colonies will be found men
allied with the beer rings which
are blamed lor the outbreak of
gunnery.
Among the 200 arrested at first
fruits of the roundup were Jack Mc
Gurn (called the machine gunner
of the Capone Gang); James Bel
castro, and Rocco Fanelli—three
"public enemies.”
Deputy Commissioner Stege's in
vestigation of the gun outbreak
led to the discovery that gang
leaders recently have been tapping
the telephone wires of each other,
listening In on each other's plans
and thus being able to "get the
jump” on their rivals.
Wires Tapped
They read about the State’s
Attorney's men tapping wires,” said
Stege. "and they thought it would
work for them, too.” *
Stage said he had learned that a
duel to the death between Capone
men and cohorts of George 'Bugs)
Moran was in the making. It was
this knowledge, he said, that
prompted the police roundup.
In the Deputy Commissioner's
opinion, the recent slaying were
traceable to the murder May 25 of
Peter Plescia. That slaying, he said,
broke the peace between the gangs,
and war w’as renewed.
At the bottom of most of the
gunnery, however, is beer. Stege
believes; the conflict between rival
beer rings to gain control of
lucrative territory.
The condition of George Drug
gan and his companion, Mrs. Vivian
McGinnies, wounded in the "Little
Massacre" at Fox Lake Sunday
when three men were killed, re
mained critical. Each refused to
talk.
Attempt Is Made To
Kill Wealthy Woman
CHICAGO, June 3—i>P)—An at
tempt was made early today upon
ihe life of Mrs. Lottie Brenner
Dechow, the wealthy and elderly
woman who recently divorced the
young, self-styled ‘ Count Von Bar
low."
The assassin fired two shots
through her bedroom window. The
bullets pierced the coverlet of her
bed
Mrs. Dechow, 55 years old and
possessor of a fortune left her by
the late alderman Nate Brenner,
had arisen five minutes earlier to
go to the chamber of her sister,
Mrs. May Gross, whose husband
was buried yesterday. It was while
in her sister's room that she heard
the shots and hurried back to her
own.
‘Bad Man’ Arrested
Asking to Enter Pen
HUNTSVILLE. June 3—(IP—Ar
rested here yesterday as he was
seeking admittance to the state
penitentiary. Yancey Storey, Den
son county “bad man.'* was en route
to Denton today In the custody of
two rangers.
Yancey was taken into custody at
Warden Harrell's office, where he
had gone on a second quest to ob
tain entrance to the state peniten
tiary. presumably to serve a five
year term assessed him for robbery
of the Krum State Bank.
Police Chief Killed
While Raiding House
ABSECON. N. J.. June 3—OPv—
Chief of Police William M. Schoet
flin 41, of Absecon. was shot and
killed today when he was mistaken
for an intruder while investigatng
an alleged disorderly house.
George Howard Much. 31. of
Ventnor, N. J.. was arrested, charg
ed with the shooting. Three others,
including two women, were held as
material witnesses.
Insurance a Timely Godsend
Rio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adr.
GRAF ZEPPELIN LANDS AT LAKEHURST
The dirigible Graf Zeppelin is shown In this Associ ated Press telephoto entering the hangar at Lafcehurst.
N. J., after completing its 4.500-mile flight from Perna mbuco, Brazil. The huge craft now is over the At
lantic on its homeward Journey, having left last night.
DRIVER DENIES
HIT-RUN ROLE
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La Feria Man Says He Was
Dazed by Crash Which
Killed Woman
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(Special to The Herald .)
MERCEDES. June 3.—Testifying
on the witness stand m examining
trial this morning that he was
knocked partially unconscious in a
collision last night with an auto
mobile in which Mrs. Jose Guzman =
was killed, B. Davis of La Feria was
granted release from Jail under
$1,000 bond.
He is said to have denied that be ,
Intended to run away from the
scene of the crash without offering
aid. He said he was not in a dazed
i condition when arrested some time
: after the accident bv Jim Bazar, i
assistant city marshal of Mercedes,
in Mexiquita.
According to reports made to of
ficers. A1 Robinson, who resided
near the spot wrhere the accident
occurred, and Jim Bazar gave chase
to the car for some time, losing
track of It for a while. Davis was
later arrested in Mexiquita as he
passed the car carrying Bazar and
Robinson, officers were informed.
Mrs. Guzman died almost Instant
ly after her husband's car was
struck. Two children of the family,
eight-months-old twins, were in
jured but are expected to recover.
The Injured children were taken
to the hospital by Dan Moody of
Harlingen who was driving on the
highway at the time of the acci
dent.
Funeral is to be held this after
noon for Mrs. Guzman at the home ;
of her parents, near Bixby.
Hurt in Freak Crash
SAN ANTONIO. June 3.—</P—
Master Sergeant Pete R Belstot.
Kelly Field enlisted pilot, is in the
Fort Sam Houston hospital today
suffering from injuries received at
Dryden yesterday in a freak ac
cident. Physicians believe he has a
broken back.
Sergeant Biesiot. landed at Dry
den. en route from El Paso to San
Antonio. While his ship was at a
standstill, a sudden gust of wind
flopped It over on its back with
such force that the plane was
wrecked. Sergeant Biesiot was
caught between the center section
of the wing and another part of the
ship.
Three passengers in the plane es
caped injury.
One-Time Subchaser
NORFOLK. Va , June 3. -tAV
Laden with whiskey, a one-time
American sub chaser seized off the
Virginia coast was tied up at the
Coast Guard base here today atv!
her crew of 12 were in custody,
pending federal investigation.
The vessel, now' named the
••Methmuser, w*as believed to be of
French registry. One thousand cases
of liquor was aboard.
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End of Zep’s Career Near
As It Starts on Trip Home
Motors of Grey Veteran of Far-Flung Trails
Sing Deep and Perhaps Their Last
Farewell to America
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LAKEHURST, N. J., June 3.—iJP)—Grey veteran of far-flung trails
through the sky, the Graf Zeppelin, the motors singing a deep farewell,
was headed out over the Atlantic ocean today for the seventh tune.
The giant ship started on her homeward journey a 9:12 p. m. (E. S. T.)
and at 10 o'clock was passing over New York CTTy. At 1:10 a. m.. she
reported in a radio message, she was passing over Nantucket Lightship,
off the Massachusetts coast, about 215 miles from New York. Nantucket
Light is the last marker off the American coast for tran-Atlantlc ships.
BANDIT HUNT
Troops .. Trail Slat ers. QL
American Citizen
BISBEE, Ariz., June 3.— Pi
Federal troops today were report
ed in the mountains near Canadea.
Mexico, seeking 20 bandits who yes
terday killed Charles Koehler, 50
year old American, and a Mexican
policeman, and later burned Koehl
er’s home.
Koehler was slain at the Silver
Plume Mine. 25 miles south of
Cananea. E. Howells. Superintend
ent. said that he believed the raid
ers were former employees of the
Manzane! mine, where the American
victim formerly was foreman, and
were actuated by a desire for
revenge.
In a brisk skirmish with the
troops one of the outlaws was
killed. Koehler's body was found a
short distance from the ruins of
his home. Howells residence and
the home of Frank Whalen, mine
official, were not molested.
Stealing Into the small camp,
the outlaws first went to the police
man’s house, killing the officer and
seizing his ammunition.
Aggie Halfback Hurt
By Hit-Run Driver
COLLEGE STATION. Tex.. June
3.—ifri—Nelson Rees, of Dallas, one
of the most promising young half
backs on the 1929 Texas Aggie Grid
iron squad, was in a hospital here
today with a broken leg.
While changing a tire. Rees was
struck by a hit and run driver near
Navasota. After commencement ex
ercises he and a group of other
students had started to Navasota.
Rees was expected to be in the
hospital for a month or six weeks.
Secretaries Leave
< Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN. June 3.—S. M Pat
terson of the Weslaco Chamber of
Commerce. John T. Floore of Har
lingen and J. E. Bell of San Benito
are en route to San Antonio to at
tend the Texas Commercial Exec
utives’ convention to be held in
Pla inview.
Texas' Political Free-for-All
Is Called a Chinese Puzzle
DALLAS. June 3—i.Tj—Still bear
ing all the earmarks of a Chinese
puzzle, the political situation as it
involved Texas democrats was lit
tle clearer today, although the dead
line for filing applications for a
place on the democratic ballot was
passed last midnight.
Thirteen candidates for governor
tad been definitely placed In the
race, subjectionly to their refusal.
A half dozen or more others, who
announced earlier in the campaign,
may have their applications in the
mail, and if they were mailed be
fore last midnight, the executive
committee will accept them.
Instead of clarifying the situation,
the last day for filing added to
the confusion when the name of
Senator Pink L. Parrish of Lubbock,
one of the strongest political fig
ure® in West Texas, was mailed in
by Crosby county friends.
The enforced candidacy of Par
rish placed three of the admittedly
stronger candidates—Parish. Gover
nor Dan Moody, and Lynch David
son of Houston—in the command
ing position of taking their time
about making known their decision
as to participating in the race.
Both Moody and Davidson allow
ed June 2 to pass without commlting
themselves on their candidacies,
tbo submitted by friends.
Others whose applications were
in the hands of the committee were
Earie By Mayfield of Austin. C. E.
Walker of Grapevine; Frank Put- j
n?m of Houston. Barry Miller of I
Dallas. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson
of Austin; James Young of Kauf
men Senator Thomas B Love of
Dallas, R. S. Sterling of Houston,
and C. C. Moody of Fort Worth.
me zeppenn on ner trip 10
Friedrichshafcn. Germany, plans a
stop at Sevtll, Spain, which her
commander exacted to reach in fif
ty hours. She also stopped at Se
ville on her llighi. to this country
via Brazil.
A few minutes before she rose
gently last night into a sky so blue
and spangled with stars so golden
that the effect was like a back drop
in a theater, her commander in
dicated that the end of the Graf's
career was in sight.
By a year from next fall, said
Dr. Hugo Eckener. he hopes to have
three big ships, each able to carry
24 passengers and 20 tons of mail
and freight, sailing on schedule
across the Atlantic. And by that
time, he added, the Graf Zeppelin
“can be put in alcohol and pre
served."
He said it with a smile on his
weatherbeaten face and a shrug of
his broad, heavy shoulders. And
then he went down to march ahead
of his ship as they wheeled her
out of the hangar.
Of the twenty-two passengers
aboard, four were women. One of
the women. Mrs. John H. Greaves
of New York, had never been up In
any kind of aircraft before. Two
more. Mrs Mart' Pierce of New
York, and Mrs. Charles B. Parker
of Cleveland, set out last night to
cross the Atlantic aboard the Graf
Zeppelin for the second time. Two
other passengers were Sir Hubert
Wilkins, the explorer, and Lady
Wilkins.
Local Man's Parents
Injured in Wreck
Receiving a telegram that his
mother and father were injured in
an automobile accident near Gains
ville. Joe Lindaberry, Brownsville,
manager of the Model Laundry,
left here Monday night to go to
their bedside.
The accident occured near Gains
ville as the parents were driving to
Brownsville to visit the Lindaber
ry s. It was said today that Mrs.
Lindaberry suffered a broken col
lar-bone and Mr. Lindaberry a
broken leg when the car over
turned.
As soon as they are able to be
moved, they will return to Wichita.
Kans., their home.
San Benito School
Bonds Sold to Banks
SAN BENITO, June 3—San Be
nito school board last night com
pleted the sale of $80,000 school
bonds to the San Benito State
Bank and Trust company and
Farmers' State Bank for $40,000
each. The bonds wfere sold at par.
They have been sent to Austin
for signature of the state comptrol
ler. and upon their return, work is
to start on the first unit of the
San Benito school buildings.
Contract has been let to Meri
wether and Sauers of Harlingen.
MANY STILLS SEIZED
WASHINGTON. June 3.—
Prohibition Commissioner Doran
announced today that 2.074 stills
had been seized by bureau agents
in April as compared to 1,947 In
March.
JAIL QUARANTINED
AMARILLO. Tex., June 3.—
County and city health officers to
day established for an indefinite
period quarantine on the Potter
county jail here as a result of two
prisoners breaking out with small-i
pox.
FLOOD DANGER
IS ALL OVER,
OFFICIAL SAYS
Waters Receding Fast
At Rio Grande City
And Mission
The Rio Grande crept another
fraction of a foot higher Monday
night, bringing the height to a
flood stage of 18.3 feet, being .5 foot
higher than the 1928 record and
but .1 foot lower than the height
of 1927. The highest mark the river
has ever risen to is 18.6 around
June 4. 1925, according to W. J.
Schnurbusch. government weather
bureau official here Tuesday morn
ing.
The average length of time that
the river remains at flood stage is
between 36 to 60 hours. Mr. Schnur
busch said. This time it has been
at flood stage slightly over three
days, and is expected to remain
over the 18 foot mark for another j
24 hours. The known record for
duration is five days, in 1927.
“We can not account for the
river remaining up for so long,'’ the
wether bureau disclosed. “It is
NO DANGER
Gradual recession of the river
Monday night eliminated all
danger of Matamoros being in
nundated, a telephone cal! to
Matamoros authorities revealed
Tuesday morning.
Levees broke near Las Huas
tecas doing minor damag to a
small area planted in corn and
cotton, it was said, but no break
near the city proper was big
enough to cause any real danger
of the town being flooded.
Hundreds of soldiers and volun*
teer workers labored on levees
all Monday night, and all danger
is now considered past.
doubtless because the mouth is
blocked to a certain extent, holding
the waters back.’’
The Rio Grande was falling
moderately fast at Mission and Rio
Grande City, it was explained
Tuesday, the fall at Mission being
5.3 feet since Monday morning. AT
San Benito, the mark now is 22.8
feet, a drop of slightly better than
7 feet. The river is predieted to
fall at Brownsville before night,
and continue to fall indefinitely.
One pecularity of the river which
is not generally understood in the
Valley was explained by Mr. Schnur
busch Tuesday.
’When the Rio Grande is at
flood stage at Rio Grande City, it
is not as dangerous to the lower
Valley as it would be if the river
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INSANE CONVICTS
ESCAPE ASYLUM
Night Superintendent Imprisoned by Inmated
Convicted Murderer Recaptured—
Twelve Others Still at Large
IONIA, Mich., June 8.—t/T*)—Thirteen inmates of the "bad wards" es
caped from the Ionia state hospital for the criminal Insane today after
making a prisoner of the night superlntendc*.
The inmates forced the night door guard to release them by threaten
n.sj to kill the superintendent. Gene Owen. One of the fugitives was
recaptured three hours after the break. The others were the object of a
widespread search.
The capture of night Superintendent Owen was effected by a ruse.
One of the eighteen men in the
CENSUS WOULD
EFFECT WAGES
If County !• Over 75,000,
Officials Will Have
$8,000 Maximum
If the federal census shows Cam
eron county with a population of
over 75,000. which seems likely from
present Indications, county officials
will be eligible for a maximum an
nual salary of $8,000 under a new
state law which becomes effective
Jan. 1. 1931.
If the population does not reach
75,000, they will be eligible for a
maximum of wily $5,500.
The offices have to earn these
maximums over and above all ex
penses before they are paid. This
maximum Includes every kind of
fee. delinquent tax fees as well.
Judging from past records, the
$8,000 maxmum would only affect
two or three offices and would re
present a cut to them. In the past
the other offices have not earned
near the $3,000 maximum and pre
sent officials do not believe the
maximum will affect them this
coming year.
Bodies of Wreck
Victims Forwarded
The bodies of ©haries Kunsch
and J. H. Hays, Brownsville men
killed yesterday in Indianapolis.
Ind., when their automobile was
struck by an intemrban. are to be
forwarded from Indianapolis this
afternoon in care of HViMeys
mortuary.
Arrival here will probably be
Thursday night or Friday morning.
Funeral arrangements are to be
announced later. _
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Citrus Test Case Awaited
Valley Interests Want to Know Whether
Florida Injunction Will Hold
< Special to The Herald )
HARLINGEN, June 3.—Valley Interests are watching for an oppor
tunity to test in court the effectiveness of the new state citrus fruit
stock quarantine against Florida promulgated shortly after a meeting
held in Austin last week and attended by about 60 persons from inter
ested sections of the state.
They wish to determine whether the Malone and Glenn 8t Mary nur
series of Florida will be able to ship citrus stock into Texas because the
federal restraining order against George B. Terrell, state commissioner
--- «af ariculture keeping him from in
HOOVER LOSES
Pension Bill Enacted Over
President’s Veto
WASHINGTON, June 3—f-TV—En
acted over the veto of President
Hoover, a new law for the payment
of pensions to veterans of the
Spanish-Araerican war today took
Its place upon the statute books of
the nation.
Substantial majorities in both i
branches of congress voted late yes
terday to pass the measure in spite
of the chief executive's disapproval.
The Senate vote was 61 and that
of the Houte 298 to 14.
On both roll calls the democrats
voted solidly against the President
while a group of administration de
pendable* supported his position.
The Western independent republi
cans joined the democrats of the
serate in approving the bill.
Senator Connally, democrat. Tex
as. himself a Spanish-American
war veteran, argued in favor of
overriding the veto and was Joined
in debate by speakers of both poli
tical parties.
‘Old Pete’ Let Out
PHILADELPHIA. June 3
Grover Cleveland Alexander, veter
an pitcher and on® of tha great
est in the National league in hts
best days, had probably come to
the end of his major league career.
Announcement was made today by
the Philadelphia National duo
management that "Old Pete" had
been unconditionally released.
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Blast Kills Three
TAMAQUA, Pa.. June 3——
Three men were killed when the
mixing house of the Atlas Powder
company plant at Mix town, seven
miles south of here, was wrecked
by an explosion today. The victims
were the only men employed in the
mixing house, which was blown to
piece*.
terfering with Florida shipments,
was handed down before promulga
tion of the new’ state quarantine.
If Florida interests do attempt to
ship nursery stock into this state,
the Valley interests, prompted by
the belief that such importations!
carry with them the danger of pest j
and disease infestations, will take
further steps to prevent it. accord
ing to W. R. Gwathmey of Donna,
secretary-treasurer of the Valley
chapter. Society of Sub-tropical;
Horticulturists.
At the meetin in Austin last
week, Valley interests organized a
committee and petitioned Mr. Ter- J
rell to put on a permanent quaran- j
tine against Florida stock. The com
missioner called for any protests'
against putting on a quarantine
and then promulgated it under pro
visions of a new state law.
Contempt proceedings again* Mr.
Terrell and a hearing on making ;
the federal injunction restraining j
him from Interfering with Florida j
shipments permanent, have been
postponed indefinitely. It is likely 1
that the contempt proceedings, filed
because Mr. Terrell is said to have!
violated the injunction, will not be i
heard until after the injunction
hearing.
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Bolt Strikes Children
BLATTNITZ Chechoslovakia,1
June 3—<!?)—'Ten boys and girls
were struck by lightning while seek- j
tag shelter today under a tree from j
a downpour of rain.
Two boys, fifteen and sixteen
years old, and two girls, eighteen
years old, were killed instantly. I
The others, it was feared, were
burned fatally.
Ship Sinks
BOGOTA. Colombia, June 3.—UPs
—Many passengers aboard the
steamer Goenaga were believed to
day to have lost their lives when
the boat sank in the Magdalena
River yesterday after an explosion.
The accident happened near the
port of Tenrife.
ward stopped a guard on his rounds
at 2:30 a. m.. and told him that
another inmate was crawling out
at the rear of the ward. The guard
called Owen, and the two unlocked
the door of the ward.
Owen and the guard were set up
on by the Inmates, who were armed
with Improvised knives and some of
whom had razors. They submitted
as they saw that fight was hope
less. Owen was taken to front door,
where the Inmates told the guard
that they would kill the night su
perintendent unless they were let
out of the building. Meanwhile
some of the 13 had cut telephone
wires and opened doors of other
wards. Five of the men in the ward
from which the escape was effected
remained with the 150 from other
wards. As soon as the 13 were out
side they scattered.
Sheriff William French was noti
fied. and he and his deputies took
immediate steps to round up the
fugitives.
Istvan Caordaw. ?9, sentenced
from Detroit for murder, was re
captured on state highway seven
miles south of the hospital.
Of the other twelve prisoners, five
were under prison sentence for mur
der or assault with intent to mur
der. The remainder were robbers
or housebreakers.
Superintendent Robinson com
mended the action of the guard in
allowing the men to escape rather
than run the risk of precipitating a
riot in which employes might have
been seriously injured or killed.
He expressed the opinion that the
fugitives would be captured with
in a short time.
Engineers to Talk
Admission of Pilots
CLEVELAND. June 3.—(/TV—Ad
mission of airplane pilots and
motor transportation drivers may
be discussed at the convention of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers. in session here.
Spoken for the convention, con
ducted in closed sessions, said that
while there was no definite program
to enlarge the brotherhood and that
no action will be taken at the pre
sent gathering, some of the deleg
ates have considered the possibility
of taking in pilots and interstate
and cross country bus and truck
drivers.
Move Movie Taxes
MEXICO CITY, J une 8.—tfv
The government has decided to levy
a double tax on talking movies in
English In an attempt to encour
age more Spanish talkies ai\d put
a stop to the Incursion of talking
pictures in the foreign Idion.
Chairman Elected
EDINBURG. June 3—</P;—Newly
elected precinct chairmen of Hi
dalgo conuty were called to meet
today to reorganize the county
democratic executive committee.
The chairmen were elected yes
terday, the first timein Hidalgo
county's history that election of of
ficials have been selected by voters
in each precinct.
Donna took no chances In choos
ing its personnel for yesterday's
election, selecting five ministers to
act as Judge and clerks.
“"weather" "I
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, probably occasionally
unsettled.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy
and locally unsettled.
Light to fresh southeast winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river has been falling moder
ately fast at Mission and Rio
Grande City during the last 28 to
48 hours, and will begin falling at
San Benito and Brownsville today
and continue to fall thereafter for
several days or indefinitely.
Flood Present is-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Sure Chng. Bain
Eagle Pas* 16 21 401 .00
Laredo 27 -1.7 0.0 .00
Rio Grande 21 8 9 -5.3 M
Mission 22 123 -5.3 .00
San Benito 23 22.8 -0 7 .00
Brownsville 18 18.3 *03 ,i\
Tfnr taut r
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorol
ogical conditons:
High.10:50 a. m.; 10:53 p. m.
Low ....4... 3:32 a. m.; 5:43 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ... 7:19
Sunrise tomorrow