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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 235 * BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930 TEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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IN OUR
VALLEY
BY THE FIREMAN wm*
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 j
scoop this column has to offer to- j
day on the rest of the paper.
Tomorrow The Brownsville Herald
will print the total, accurate fig-1
ures on the county, which will be j
furnished it by L. E. Bennett, super- i
visor of the census for this district.
Other counties will be '.reported
soon, which will swell the Valley s
!>pulation to more than 180,000.
uch popularity must be deserved.
r • • •
|R BENNETT first supervised j
I 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 I
handsome silver-haired man who. j
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 w’orld.
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 most 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
at once on the south side of
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
fanning section from being dam
aged by an overflow. Judge Oscar
Dancy announced today that rights
»ay for levees In that section
been granted and that levees
be built at once. It i* a pity
this could not have been done be
fore water seeped over about 400
acres down there.
rr also is a shame that there are
no facilities now to care for the
flood waters, to impound them
somehow for irrigation purposes.
Soon 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 to do this. They
have a right to the sites for them
and, of axirse. right will prevail.
• • •
r[E county officials are to be
congratulated that not one of
the levees 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 is is that the Valley
is so well equipped with levees
and Xloodwavs. The flood con
trol system is so complete that
these is virtually no danger of real
damage. This ss 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 The Lon
don naval treaty today seemed well
ea its way toward final British
Htjiprovwl. / 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 w'as presented
hv 8tanley Baldwin, former con- !
servative prime minister, who asked
that the treaty be subjected to rigid
inquiry by an especially appointed j
board of 11 house members.
Student Shoot# Two
And Wound# Him*elf
CAMBRIDGE, England. June 3—
(/p)—In a sensational shooting tra
gedy In historic Cambridge Uni
versity this afternoon. D. N. Potts,
a first year 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
police force before turning his re
volver on himself.
Potts died later In a hospital.
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.—{IP—
County and city health officers to
4 fay established for an Indefinite
V*-iod quarantine on the Potter
county Jail here as a result of two
prisoners breaking out with small
pox.
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BIG CLEAN-UP
DRIVE FOLLOWS
GANG MURDERS
More Than 200 Bad
Men Arrested By
Chicago Cops
CHICAGO. June 3.—</Pj—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 ro^d.
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 man's form slumped in
the seat beside the driver, and the
tonneau filled with 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 for the outbreak of
gunnery.
Among the 200 arrested at first
fruits of the roundup were Jack Mc
Gum (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 was 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—(JPh-An at
tempt was made early today upon
the life of Mrs. Lottie Brenner
Dechow, the wealthy and elderly
woman who recently divorced the
young, self-styled "Count Von Bue
low."
The assassin fired two shots
through her bedroom window. 'Hie
bullets pierced the coverlet of her
bed
Mrs. Dechow. 55 yews 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
tue shots and hurried back to her
own.
‘Bad Man’ Arrested
Asking to Enter Pen
HUNTSVILLE. June 3—Ar
rested here yesterday as he was
seeking admittance to the state
penitentiary. Yancey Storey. Den
son county “bad man.” was en route
♦o 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——
Chief of Police William M. Schoet
flin 41. of Absecon. was shot and
killed today when he was mistaken
for an intruder while lnvestigatng
an alleged disorderly house.
George Howard Much. 31, of
Ventnor. N. was arrested, charg
ed with the shooting. Three others,
including two women, were held as
material witnesses.
Insurance a Timely Godsend
Bio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adr.
GRAF ZEPPELIN LANDS AT LAKEHURST
The dirigible Graf Zeppelin is shown in this Associ atcd Press telephoto entering the hangar at Lafrehurst.
N. J., after completing its 4,500-mile flight from Pema mbuco, Brazil. The huge craft now is over the At
lantic on its homeward Journey, having left last night.
DRIVER DENIES
HIT-RUN ROLE
—
La Feria Man Saya He Was
Dazed by Crash Which
Killed Woman
(Special to The Herald.)
MERCEDES, June 3.—Testifying
on the witness stand in 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 he
Intended to run away from the '
scene of the crash without offering j
aid. He said he was not in a dazed !
condition when arrested some time
after the accident by Jim Bazar,
as'lstant city marshal of Mercedes,
in Mexiquita.
According to reports made to of
ficers. A1 Robinson, who resided
near the spot where the accident
occurred, and Jim Bazar gave chase j
to the car for some time, losing '
track of it for a while. Davis was j
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.—<*><—
Master Sergeant Pete R. Beisiot.
Kellv Field enlisted pilot, is in the
Fort'Sam Houston hospital today
suffering from injuries received at
Drvden yesterday in a freak ac
cident. Physicians believe he has a j
broken back. j
Sergeant Biesiot. landed at Dry
den. en route from El Paso to San
Antonio. While his ship was at a
standstill, a sudden gtist of wind
flopped it over on Its back with
such force that the plane was
wrecked, {/ergeant 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
Becomes Rum Runner
NORFOLK. Va.. June 3. — <.fV
Laden with whiskey, a one-time
American sub chaser seized off the
Virginia coast was tied up at the
Coast Guard base here today ar*J
her crew of 12 were in custody,
pending federal investigation.
The vessel, now named the
‘•MethmuseP, was believed to be of
French registry. One thousand cases
of liquor was aboard.
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
LAKEHURST, N. J., June 3.—(/Pi—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 time.
The giant ship started on her homeward journey a 9:12 p. m. (E. 8. T.)
and at 10 o'clock was passing over New York C!?y. 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-Atlantic ships.
BANDIT HUNT
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Troop* Trail Slayer* Of
American Citizen
BISBEE, Ariz., June 3.——
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
Manzar.el 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. Howell's 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.—f/P/—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
arc en route to San Antonio to at
tend the Texas Commercial Exec
utives’ convention to be held in
Piainview.
Texas’ Political Free-for-All
Is Called a Chinese Puzzle
DALLAS. June 3—VP)—Still bear- |
lng 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
parsed last midnight.
Thirteen candidates for governor
had 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
ihe confusion when the name of
Senator Pink L. Parrish of Lubbock,
one of the strongest political fig
ures In West Texas, was mailed in
by Crosby county friends.
The enforced candidacy of Par- j
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.
Eoth Moody and Davidson allow
ed June 2 to pass without commiting
themselves on their candidacies,
al.’o submitted by friends.
Others whose applications were
in the hands of the committee were
Earle By Mayfield of Austin. C. E.
Walker of Grapevine; Frank Put
nrm of Houston, Barry Miller of
Dallas. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson
of Austin; James Young of Kauf
men Senator Thomas B Love of
Dellas. R. S. Sterling of Houston, j
and C. C. Moody of Fort Worth,
me £tcppeun uu iici «v
Friedrichshafen. Germany, plans a
stop at Sevill, Spam, which her
commander expected to reach in fif
ty hours. She also stopped at Se
ville on her flight 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 Grafs
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. Mary 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 Ladv
Wilkins.
French Rail Heads
Here on Valley Tour
A group of distinguished French
rail officials arrived in Brownsville
late Monday evening after a tour
of the Valley and left here last night
over the Southern Pacific for Cali
fornia.
The visitors were L. F. Merou,
commercial agent of the P. L. & M.
railway in France; Alfonse Loubet,
chief agronomist and inspector of
the lines, and owner of one of the
largest nurseries in France; and
Francisque Lacarelle, technical ad
tisor.
The Frenchmen were in the Val
iev studying the citrus industry
and packing and shipping of vege
taoles. They made a similar survey
m Florida and will do the same in
California, after which they will
leturn to France.
Docket Called
The docket was cai.ed in the
Cameron county court at law Tues
day. Barristers from all portions of
the county was present as the
cases were set down for trial.
One case is set for Wednesday.
It is that of Theodor Demetrt vs
John Gregg as administrator of
the H. J. Kirk estate.
SPANKIN’
“Gimme a good, hard spanking
and lemme go—at's the onlyiest
thing whichll do me any good,” a
dusky gal in the clutches of the
law begged Monday night.
“I know I done wrong, but a fine
won't help any. Jus’ gimme a good
spanking. Mr. Armstrong,” she
pleaded.
However, the stern law could
not bring itself around to this un
conventional form of dispensing
Justice and the negress and a
feminine companion were lodged in
JalL
FLOOD DANGER
IS ALL OVER,
OFFICIAL SAYS
Waters Receding Fast
At Rio Grande C»ty
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
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 ln
nundated. a telephone call 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 predicted 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 C( INVICTS
ESCAPE ASYLUM
Night Superintendent Imprisoned by Inmated
Convicted Murderer Recaptured—
Twelve Others Still at Large
IONIA, Mich., June 3.—(Jf*>—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 superintende r.
The Inmates forced the night door guard to release them by threaten
ing to kill the superintendent, Oene Owen. One of the fugitive* 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.
CENSUS WOULD
EFFECT WAGES
If County Is 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 only $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 Fo.’warded
The bodies of Charles Kunsch
and J. H. Hays. Brownsville men
killed vesterday In Indianapolis.
Ind., when their automobile was
struck by an lnterurban. are to be
forwarded from Indianapolis this
afternoon in care of Htikley's
mortuary.
Arrival here will probably be
Thursday night or Friday morning.
Funeral arrangements are to be
announced later.
Citrus Test Case Awaited
Valley Interests Want to Know Whether
Florida Injunction Will Hold
(Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. June 3—Valley Interest* 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 St. 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—(JFi—En
acted over the veto of President
Hoover, a new law for the payment
of pensions to veterans of the
Snanlsh-American war today took
Its place upon the statute books of
the nation.
Substantial majorities in both
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
pcndables 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._
401d Pete’ Let Out
PHILADELPHIA. June 3.—</Pi—
Orover Cleveland Alexander, veter
an pitcher and one of the great
est in the National league in his
best days, had probably come to
the end of his major league career.
Announcement was made today by
the Philadelphia National club
management that “Old Pete" had
been unconditionally released.
Blast Kills Three I
TAMAQUA, Pa.. June 3—</P>—
Three men were killed when the
mixing house of the Atlas Powder
company plant at Mixtown, seven
miles south of here, was wrecked
cv 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
th« belief that such importations
carry with them the dapger of pest
and disease infestations, will take
further steps to prevent it, accord
ing to W. R. Gwathmey of Donng.
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
rell to put on a permanent quaran
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 agains Mr.
Terrell and a hearing on making
the federal injunction restraining
him from interfering with Florida
shipments permanent, have been
postponed indefinitely. It is likely
that the contempt proceedings, filed
because Mr. Terrell is said to have
violated the injunction, will not be
heard until after the injunction
hearing.
Bolt Strikes Children
BLATTNITZ Chechoslovakia,
June 3—W7)—Ten boys and girls
were struck by lightning while seek
ing shelter today under a tree from
a downpour of rain.
Two boys, fifteen and sixteen
years old, and two girls, eighteen
years old. were killed instantly.
The others, it was feared, were
burned fatally.
Ship Sinks
BOGOTA. Colombia, June 3.—<A*i
—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 Tenrlfe.
une oi me eigmeen men m me
ward stopped a guard on his round!
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.
Dancy Speaks On
Paving Projects
Judge Oscar C. Dancy was the
principal speaker at the Lion's club
meeting Tuesday in the El Jardin.
The county judge spoke on the
necessity of the completion of the
paving of the Military highway and
the paving of the Rangerville road.
He also pointed out during his
speech that there are no gates in
the flood control, as was said re
cently.
Ernest Armstrong offered several
selections on the piano as entertain
ment.
Guests Tuesday were L. H. War
burton. San Benito. G. W. Haas;
man: Charles Stewart; and L A.
Hightower.
Ralph Dunkelburg vas named
chairman of the committee to sug
gest protection for Boca Chica
bathers In the way of life guards
c-r ropes. Mr. Dunkelberg replaced
the former chairman. Alonzo Fos
ter. who became ill. Ed Box was also
named as an addition to the com
mittee.
Chairman Elected
EDINBURG, June 3.—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
.lection, selecting five ministers to
act as judge and clerks.
j WEATHER 1
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 ha6 been falling moder
ately last at Mission and Rio
<5rande 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. 14-Hr.
Stage Stage Cbng. Bain
I Eagle Pass 16 21 -01 .00
Laredo 27 -1.7 00 .00
Rio Grande 21 8.9 -5 3 .00
Mission 22 12.3 -5 3 .00
San Benito 23 22.8 -0.7 .00
Brownsville 18 18.3 *0.2 .11
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorol
ogical condifons;
High.r10:50 a. m.; 10:53 p. m.
Low .3:32 a. m.; 5:43 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7 H
Sunrise tomorrow .. 5.31
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