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THIRTY^-NINTH YrEAR NO 39 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1930 EIGHT PAGES TODAY * » ^ 6c A COPY,
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IN OUR 1
VALLEY
'■i ii BY C. M. HALL «=■=*
WITH the Democrats neetmg in
Dallas and the Republicans at
Brownsville, Texas and the Val- I
ley again go a bit politically minded. I
especially as candidates in the,
Democratic run-off take the field
in the last two weeks stretch.
Republicans meeting here said
this morning that a quiet, peaceful j
meeting looms with little Ilfferences |
of opinion in their ranks . The main
question before those present seems
how best to proceed to have Mr.
Butte succeed Dan Mood, rather j
than Ross Sterling or Miriam Fer
guson.
Valley Democrats have many
friends in the gathering today and j
many more in Valley Republican ,
ranks, but they cannot help but fee!
that vhen the final vote count is
taken it will be Ross Sterling. After j
all Is said and done, you know, the
best wray, and in fact the only way.
to get anyone elected to office is
to get more votes for them than
their opponent receives.
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HEAT wave over nation is broken, j
headlines in today's paper de-1
clare. Had it not been for the
newspapers Valley dwellers would
never have known when the record
heat wave for the United States
started nor when it ended.
All during the time others have
suffered under abnormal tempera
tures Valleyites have gone the even
tenor of their ways, little bothered
bv excesses cf heat. There has not
been a single heat prostration re
corded in the Valley thus ummer.
That is something to offer to the
remainder of the world.
Then anyone going out to our
beaches over the week-end did not
have to go through any great men
tal gymnastics to decide that the
Valley has another great asset In
escape from the summer's sun.
There were solid lines of cars coming
and going,
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ON top of this there is a general
development in the offing, the
like of which the Valley has
rarely seen before. One of the lat
est of these is the taking over of
the Barreda tract by the James
Dickinson company. A. D. Dickin
son. Jr., said today that before the
development of that track for which
C. P. Barreda has often refused
$1,000,000. ten millions will have been
expended.
Two highways are now being con
structed to our beaches. The port
money has been appropriated and
preliminary work is now under way
toward opening deep water ship
ping *o Brow’nsville. A causeway
to Padre Island ia now proposed with
millions to be expended at Port
Isabel an-' on Padre Island.
Never before in the history of the
Valley ht it been faced with so
great a development.
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Looking over ail of which it
seems that with the remainder
of the country dried out from
long droughts, it remains for us only
to plant our winter vegetable crop
and reap another reward
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PORT Isabel is being besieged by
persons seeking labor. Reports :
from here today say they are
coming in in flocks with ‘he idea j
that 500 laborers are neede there. (
This was branded as untrue, and
others who contemplate coming are
w amed that the many improvements ,
soon t > open there are not yet under
way. Great hann can ccme to a
community from reports that ‘here
is work where none exists. Some- j
times one thinks all north Texas is
looking for a Job. especially if it |
is labor.
FOUND ON THE WIRES
NEW’ YORK — Just another myth
-those stories of the former
kaiser's wood chopping. On the
word of T. St. John Gaffney, for
merly of the United States consular
service, who has just returned from
a visit to Doom, it's the guests who
chop the wood while Willielm tosses
it into a barn loft. And tea is serv
ed throughout.
WASHINGTON — No longer will
the red man bite the dust in the big '■
top for the edification of t small i
bov — that is. if the bureau of In
dian affairs can prevent it. The
government hopes to direct the In
dian's steps to a more permanent ,
nieans of livelihood.
RAMAPO. N. Y. — Tills thing of
getting a tan can be carried too far.
So deeded some shocked residents
of Pomona when they came upon
four voting ncmen and seven young
men who had carried the idea quite
far indeed. As a result a fine of
$5 was levied on each.
MARION. 111. — Times do change.
Shady Rest, one-time hangout for
the Charlie Birger gangsters where
the cily rest was brief In Is between
shootings, is now an evangelists'
stamping grounds. Farmers peti
tioned for the services to "redeem
the place.'*
NEW YORK — j Everyone — which
means approximately 10.000 men.
women and child — turned beach
comber at Rockaway Park, Long
Island. * hen a $100 reward :as of- j
fered dr the finding of a $1200 dia
mond ri\g Over three and one
half aero of sand was turned over
before James N. Feelev found it
with a borrowed ash sifter.
TAMPICO. Mexico — Locking of
ihe jail doors, in the belief of 300 ,
prisoners at the civil jail here, is
going just a little too far. So they j
have expressed their pleasure by
voing on a hunger strike.
NEW YORK — No wonder the
/ought! Captain A Winter of the
liner Stuttgart arrived w ith the news
that he "encountered all the rain
there is in the world since sailing
from Queenstown.'*
MONTREAL — Man a better run
ner than a horse? Five teams ?f
men finished ahead of six teams of
horses in a 26-hour rela- race here.
The winners. H. B McNamara of
Australia and Ollie Wanttinen of i
Finland, beat the nearest team of
horses ty 11 miles in the 211 1-4
mile race
MASS MEETING
AT HARLINGEN
IS DENOUNCED
Cameron Commission
Cuts Salary Of
Chambers
(Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. Aug. ll.-Just
when it looked as if warring fac
tions would get together to bring
the Intracoastal canal to Harlingen,
a lengthy circular has been prepar
ed and distributed urging the dred
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CHAMBER'S SALARY CLT
The salary of J. B. Chambers
most active member of the
Arroyo Navigation district cam
mission, was cut from $300 a
month to $1 a year by the
Cameron county commissioner's
court Monday morning. Tyre H.
Brown and J. R. George, the
other two district commissioners
who have been serving without
salary, will receive a dollar a
year also. The resolution, in
troduced by County Commis
sioner J. F. Baughn, was passed
unanimously.
ging of the Arroyo Colorado, through
Laguna Madre and cutting Padre
Island to reach deep water. The
document was signed by 20 Har
lingen citizens, including five at
torneys and two doctors.
Calling of a mass meeting was
condemned as “an antiquated
method of steam roller politics."
The circular set forth that the Ar
royo could be dredged and the Island
cut for about $400,000. pointing out
that $500,000 is available for the
project.
The circular stated that no one
is fighting bringing the Intra-Coast
al canal to Harlingen, but contend- i
ed that it would not reach here
during this generation, while the
Arroyo project could be pushed at
once.
Mass Meeting Opposed
"The voters and taxpayers of the
Arroyo Navigation district are not
going to be herded into a mass
meeting where carefully selected
speakers, with carefully dictated
speeches will endeavor to befog the
issue and railroad them into any
program of action or inaction
which will sound the death knell of
the Ajroyo project. Why should we
have a mass meeting anyhow? It is
only an antiquated method of steam
roller polities.'*
Twenty Names Attached
“The people have already spoken.
Thev have said yes with such em
phasis about 1200 times on the pe
titions being circulated for the pur
pose of further testing the senti
ments of the people that it has set
special Interests quaking in their
boots. Why should the board ask
the voters and the taxpayers to
listen to the same old windjamming,
flnger-hair-combing, double-fisted
air beating, soap-box oratory? Their
minds are made up. They want the
board to do what it was elected to
do, and what they are paying them
to do. Dredge the Arroyo.’’
The following names were at the
foot of the petition: Chas. R. May
field. L. M Davis. Cox & Harrison,
attorneys, W. T. Carlton. C. C. Bry
an. R. E. Ewing, John B. Fowler.
A C. Moody. M. Rychener, Arthur
J. Mays, J. A. Palmer. Jr.. W. D.
Newman. H. McFarland. W. L. Par
ker. F. C. Ingram. S. A Ingram.
E. B. Thompson, B. N. Decker, B
Levy. L. S. Bobo.
An additional circular was dis
tributed throughout the city, con
taining names of men advocating
the canal and accusing them of en
tering into collusion to kill the Ar
royo project, described by it as
“the only prop>osed project in the
Valley that cap possibly cut the
exhorbitant railway freight rates."
Nine prominent citizens of Harlingen
were singled out for attack.
Tunnel Landslide
Holds Up Trains
TEPIC. Mexico. Aug. 11.—UP)—A
landslide caused by recent heavy
rains has choked tunnel 19 on the
Southern Pacific Railroad eight
miles southeast of here, stopping
all traffic.
Two passengers trains met. on
each side of the obstruction, and
exchange passengers, who were
forced to crawl through a narrow
opening over the rocks and mud
Several days will be required to
clear the derbis.
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Nation Rests in Cooler Wave
CHICAGO. Aug. 11—m—It fi
nally cooled off.
After weeks and weeks of swelter
ing. stifling heat, the nation laid
aside its fan. breathed deeply and
smiled once more.
Week-end showers and cooler
breezes brought temperature drops
of 10 and even 20 degrees over most
of the country-. Although in most
instances the precipitation was not
heavy enough to bring the drought
stricken crops out of danger, at
least no mo*e damage was done.
Only in the southern tier of states
were there temperature readings
yesterday that approximated those
of a few days ago. Of the dozens
of stations reporting to the Chica
go headquarters of the weather bu
reau, only two had temperatures of
over 100 degrees—they were Little
Rock and Oklahoma City. Both 102.
Other southern points to report
high readings were Shreveport. La,
and Fort W’orth. Tex., 98; Raleigh.
N. C., Abilene. Tex., and San An
tonio, Tex., 98; Charleston, 8. C.,
■ Vicksburg. Miss. and Birmingham.
Ala.. 94.
Parts of Kansas were none too
comfortable. Dodge City and Wichi
ta recording 98 degrees and Con
cordia 96. but the temperatures In
the other central states were near
normal for the season, most of them
in the 70s and 80s. Chicago's high
for the day was 72. Cleveland's 70
and Minneapolis’ 74.
New Yorkers enjoyed the coolest
day in ten days with an early morn
ing rain and a northwest breeze
keeping thermometers at 83 and
lower. Louisville's maximum was
also 83 and Kentucky as a whole
was much cooler. A heavy wind
storm injured seven persons and
caused extensive property damage
in the Louisville vicinity but
brought only a little rain.
Th« most unusual bit of weather
news came from Plattsburgh. N. Y.
Travelers arriving there after trav
eling through the eastern Adiron
I dacks reported extreme cold In the
mountains and a flurry of snow.
NEW MERCHANT SHIP CHRISTENED BY MRS. HOOVER
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A splash of cool spring water from the hand of Mrs. Herbert Hoover christened the new 8.000-ton
merchant marine ship Excalibur at the shipyards in Camden. N. J. The sponsoring group shows 'left
to right) Ruth Fessler. Secretary’ to Mrs. Hoover: Robert Workman, ship official; Mrs. Stark McMillen,
Mrs. Edgar Rickard. Mrs. Hoover and Rep. J. Q Tilson.
Seven Texans Auto Victims
Nearly Hundred Injured in Hospitals As
Result of Week-End Accidents
'By The Associated Press'
Seven persons were killed in Texas Saturday night and Sunday in au
tomobile accidents and it was estimated that nearly a hundred injured
persons were being cared for in hospitals or by private physicians.
The dead:
Curtis Lawrence, 22, Dawson.
Nell Chilton, 23, Luling, killed at Corsicana
Mary Griffin, 23, Corsicana.
O. G. Silverton, 53. Beaumont, killed at Fort Worth.
NO, YES-WHAT?!
Creager Evades an Answer
On Morrow Successor
R. B. Creager. following his re
turn from Mexico City, where he
visited with Dwight Morrow, U. 8.|
ambassador to that republic, laugh-1
ed today when asked by a repre- ;
sentative of The Brownsville Herald ,
as to whether his vtsft had to do1
with the appointment of a successor
to Mr. Morrow.
When asked if It was in the
political cards for him to be named
to succeed Mr. Morrow, he said
that it might be said that he laugh- ;
ed.
"Then you neither confirm nor i
deny the statement that you may be
named to succeed Mr. Morrow?" he
was asked.
"You mav say that T propose to
live in the United States for some
time to come." he added.
Following reports from the White
House that a successor to Mr. Mor
row is being sought. Mr. Creager
left for Mexico City and many con
jectured it was in connection with
• Vile matter
Auto Association
President Killed
CHICAGO. Aug. 11.-4**—Robert
Whalon of Chicago, president of
the National Automobile Racing
Association, was killed yesterday
at a race track in Sterling. 111.
Teveral hours later, his sister-in
law. Mrs. Bernice Whalon. under
treatment for heart trouble at the
German Deaconess hospital, was
informed of the accident. She col
lapsed and died.
Whalon. solicitous for the spec
tators. was on the outside of the
track, trying to keep the crowd
back from the fence. One of the
racing cars, rounding the curve in
a cloud of dust, swerved close to
the fence and struck and killed him
Banker Found Dead
GARY. Ind. Aug 11—f/T*—The
body of Albert de Pries. 42. pres
ident of the American State bank
of Gary, was found tn the gas
filled kitchen of his home today.
Apparently he had committed
suicide, although his wife could
suggest no motive.
The American State hank, sixth
largest in Gan with total resources
July 1 of $886,000. opened as usual
today.
peter poppier. zz, si. Paul. Minn,
killed near El Paso.
D. H. Hays. 56. Nacogdoches.
BUI Trout, 23. Borger, killed near
Amarillo.
Unidentified young woman, kill
ed at Houston.
Lawrence was lulled instantly
and Dwight Hill was seriously
Injured early Sunday when the au
tomobile in which they were rid
ing o-ertumed on the highway be
tween Axtell and Mount CaJm. J,
W. Keeton and Velma Champion,
other occupants of the car. were
slightly hurt. All resided at
Dawson.
Mary Griffin. 23. and Nell
Chilton. 23. died Sunday of In- I
Juries suffered Saturday night when
the automobile in which they were
riding with OUie Prince and A. Z.
Elkins collided with another car
at a street intersection in Corsi
cana and turned over several times.
The two youths were badly bruised.
Silverton, a resident of Beau
mont. was killed Sunday when the
coupe in which he and his wife
were traveling was demolished in a
collision with a Fort Worth-Dallas
limited interurban at a grade cross
ing in the outskirts of Fort Worth.
Mrs. Silverton suffered only minor
hurts.
Peter Poppier 22 of St. Paul.
Minn., died Sunday in an El Paso
hospital of injuries suffered when
he was thrown from his motorcycle
near Las Cruces. N. M.
D. H. Hayes was killed Saturday
night when a passing automobUe
struck him and collided with a car
parked by the roadside near Nacog
doches. Ernest Arrant, Curtis Ar
rant. Garrett Holcomb and Ezell
Jones, all of Alto, occupants of the
car which struck Hayes, were se
riously hurt but were expected to
recover.
Bill Trout, oil field worker of Bor
der, was killed and Jess Harrison,
23. of Plainview. J. B. Gillispie, 22.
of Panhandle. Bill Holmes. 22. of
Amarillo and James Kennon. 23. of
Plainview. were injured when their
automobile sideswiped another car
Saturday night on the highway near
Panhandle.
An unidentified young white wo
man was killed and three com
j inions seriously injured when their
roadster overturned at a railroad
grade crossing in Houston, late Sun
day. The injured were Miss Doris
Bates. 21; Samuel Mann. 23. driver
of the car, and Jimmy Melot. 24.
All were unconscious, early today.
Five Burn to Death
In Tennessee Fire
JOHNSON CITY. Tenn. Aug. It.
——Five persons were burned to
death and two others suffered se
rious Injuries in a fire that destroy
ed a six-room cottage located in an
amusement park near here early to
day.
The dead are Mrs. Hugh Lee
Witt. 25. her two children. Hugh
Lee Witt. Jr.. 2. and Marie Witt. 3;
Iva WTitt. 16. Her brother-in-law.
and Paul Reeder, 25. an employe at
the park.
Hugh Lee Witt. 26. and his father.
Charles Witt, 50. were taken to a
hospital in a serious condition.
Charles Witt had concessions at
the park, known as Cox's Lake, and
Hugh Lee Witt had charge of fire
works displays. Officers investigat
ed to determine whether fireworks
had been stored in the cottage.
The fire occurred about daylight
and the victims were burned in
their beds
Mexicans Hold Ship
On Low Flight Charge
SAN DIEGO. Calif.. Aug. 11.—m
—An armed Mexican sentinel stood
tuard over an American airplane in
TiaJuana today while authorities
■nvestigated a report that Its pilot.
W. D. Wood. Bloomington. 111., had
flown at a low altitude over the
rlty.
LABOR FLOCKS 1
TO PT. 1SABE
City Officials Declare No
Work Is to Be Found
At Present
Besieged with persons seeking
labor, chamber of commerce and
business circles of Port Isabel to
day are wondering what to do with
the many who are flocking to the
Cameron county port site.
It was said today that many are
coming and bringing with them
only about enough gasoline to reach
the port city, and are becoming a
problem when they find there is
no work neither can they get out ;
of town.
Recently It was announced that
500 laborers were needed to pick
cotton in the Valley. This was con
fused with work on the deep water
port proposition, although correc
tions have been made by radio and
the press But it seems many heard
rumors that work was in store and
made no further investigation ex- j
cept to crank up a car and set
forth.
It w#is said today that while much
development is expected in Port
Isabel at a later date, there is now
no unusual amount of work, and
none at all for the large number
invading the town.
It was added that when the de
velopment work opens in full blast
Valley laborers will be used in pre
ference to thase from other points, j
Miss Givens Leads
In Beauty Contest
Ernestine Givens with 6,772 votes
was leading late Sunday night ui (
the beauty contest bemg staged by
the Immaculate Conception church,
it was announced.
Herminia Garib^y was second
with 6,702, Elisa Barreda third with
6.537, and Graciela Blake fourth
with 2.537.
The contest is attaching unusual
Interest, and the kermesse being
held on the Immaculate college '
grounds on Jefferson has been well
attended during the two days it
has been staged.
The contest is scheduled to come
to a close Monday night at 11
©clock. Money raised is to go to
wards defraying expenses of the
new church in West Brownsville.
In the popularity contest being
held in conjunction with the
other, Irene C. Lapierre is leading
with 1.625 votes, with Consuelo
Garza second with 1.540. Lilly
Baker Is third with 948.
Four Dead; Eight
Injured at Corpus
CORPUS CHRISTI. Aug. 11.—>JP)
, —Four dead and eight injured, in
cluding one probably fatally hurt,
was the toll of tragedies in the
; Corpus Christi section over the
week-end.
W. M. Garrett of Petronila com
' munity near here ended his own
life Sunday with a revolver. Clyde
Cobb. 16, was drowned yesterday
after saving the life of his 10-year
old brother. Irvin. Pete Moreno of
Austin was shot and killed on the
Morris farm at London. Ysiddro
Martinez was killed in an automo
bile wreck on the Robstown road
and Tomas Tijarina was probably
fatally injured in the same acci
dent. Four others in the car were
hurt. Nesbitt Cumlngs. A1 McElwe
and a third man were injured in a
head-on collision near the cause
way. Mrs. N. R. Gramukos of Hous
ton. here visiting a daughter, re
ceived a crushed arm in an auto
mobile accident.
Endurance Fliers
Approaching Record
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11.—(&)— Less
{than fifty hours separated Dale
Jackson and Forest O'Brine from a
new world's endurance refueling
flight record as they began their
fourth week aloft here today.
At 7; 11 a. m. <C S. T.) Jackson
and O'Brine had been in the air
504 hours and their motor was run
ning smoothlv. If they are still up
Wednesday, they will pass the rec
ord of 554 hours set by the Hunter
brothers at Chicago last month.
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Republicans Flay Demos
In State Meeting Here
BUREAU HEADS
VIEW VALLEY
RESACA LAND
Barnard Refuses To
Reopen Recent
Controversy
(Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. Aug. 11.—Five re
presentatives of the Affiliated Bet
ter Business Bureau are spending
their second day touring the Valley.
They are to cover the territory
between Harlingen and Brownsville
as thoroughly as possible Monday.
Sunday they were taken on an
intensive tour of the upper end
of the Valley.
The visitors appeared to be
pleased at the opportunity to 'et
a complete view of the Valley.
However they carefully pointed out
that they do not intend at any
time while here to enter Into any
controversies which have grown
out of attacks by the bureaus on
certain land sales methods in the
v auey.
Monday the delegates had lunch
eon at El Jardin hotel, and in the
evening they are to be entertained
at a banquet at the Port Isabel
Yacht club. Directors of the
proposed Valley Better Business
bureau will also be present at the
banquet. Only a few short speeches
are on the evening’s program, the
aim being to allow the visitors and
the local men to become better
acquainted.
On Tuesday, the visitors will
spend the day seeing the Valley In
their own way by themselves.
The party is made up of Kenneth
Barnard, national president, of
Detroit: H. W. Riehl, St. Louis,
vice president: Stephen P. Toad
wine. manager of the Syracuse
Better Business bureau. A. L. Col
lins. head of the Houston bureau,
and Karl T. Finn, of the Cincln
nattl bureau.
Two Hats and Shoe
Await Owner’s Call
Two hats and one shoe repose
in the Brownsville police station.
Owners may have same by calling
and idenltfying same.
But—Lieutenant John Armstrong
does not guarantee the customary
"no questions asked".
It seems there were three gentle
men from Matamoros In Browns
ville Saturday. Two of them hailed
the third near the courthouse and
began a friendly conversation. One
of them was passing the time of the
day when the third man discovered
the second was attempting to pick
his pockets.
With a yelp, he lunged at the of
fender and then the race was on.
The two culprits ran out from under
their hats and one of them lost a
shoe in the heated chase.
Said third party gathered up the
hats and shoe and reported the in
cident to the police.
NEW ARMY CHIEF
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General Douglas MacArthur,
above. Is the new chief of staff of
the U. S. army. His appointment |
was announced by President ;
Hoover. i
TWO ARE DEAD
IN RUM FIGHT
LA FERIA. Tex.. Aug. 11.—/*»>—
A fresh outbreak of gun fighting
between border patrolmen and ;
liquor smugglers has accounted
for the death of an officer, and
alleged rum runners and the
probable fatal wounding of ano
ther.
Margarito Rodriguez. 20. was
shot to death and his brother Vic
tor. 23. wounded by a Sheriff!
posse yesterday searching for the
slayers of Burt Ellis, customs ins
pector slain Saturday night by
seven bootleggers he surprised un
crating liquor near a dance hall
at Hargill, Hidalgo county.
The posse encountered the men
in a cotton field near La Feria.
Rodriguez was killed and his
brother wounded in an exchange j
of shots. The officers said they
j were fired upon first by the I
Mexicans.
At an inquest into Rodriguez
i death, a verdict was returned that i
j 'death was due to gunshot wounds
j inflicted in a gunfight with of- ]
fleers of the law.”
Passenger Air Line
Opens at Dallas
DALLA8. Aug. 11.—Passen- j
cer airplane service between Dallas j
j and Denver was planned to start i
operation today by the mid-contin
| ent Air Express, a subsidiary of
j Western Air Express. The first
I plane from Denver was due to ar
rive here at 7:45 p m. <C. S T >
Stops will be made at Fort Worth.
Wichita Falls. Amarillo. Pueblo and
Colorado Springs I
Gil Takes Rap at Morones
Former President Blames Labor Leader For
Share in Obregon’s Death
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 11.—UP>—Luis Morones. Mexican labor leader and
former minister, was charged with a share of responsibility for the as
sassination of General Alvaro Obregon by former President Emilio Portes
Gil in a political broadside published In today’s papers.
The former president spoke to a large crowd outside his home, urging
the opportunity to answer accusations of Morones that he had plot
ted to have Pascual Ortiz Rubio, the present president of Mexico, as
sassinated during his tour of the United States prior to his inauguration.
U.S DERIDED
Vera Cruz Workmen Hold
Parade Against Customs
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 11.—{-Pi—
Dispatches to La Prensa from
Irzaba. State of Vera Cruz, say that
a demonstration of 20.000 working
men took place there yesterday,
during which the United States,
and particularly the customs and
dress of the neighbor republic,
were denounced by speakers.
The crowd carried banners read
ing: “We should continue our
national customs, not those of the
United States. Being Mexicans, we
should not consume yankee
products. If the yankee senate calls
us undesirables we respond in the
same terms.”
The Mexican government came
in for its share of criticism, the
dispatch stated, when Ricardo Tre
vino. head of the labor party. In
Orizaba, charged Luis Leon. Sec
retary of Labor, with being res
ponsible for throwing many miners
out of work.
Julio Lopez Silva in a fiery
oration on the prevalence of ' Bal
loon trousers” In Mexico declared
the custom came from the United
States and was abhorrent.
• Tnc speecn tnat Morones maae
in the Hidalgo theater of Orizaba
April 30. 1928, fanned the spirit
that moved the hand of the assas
sin. Jose de Leon Torah" Sr. Portes
Gil said. "False labor leaders sow
ed an atmosphere of assassination
during General Obregon's political
campaign. • • • • They continue to
sow’ seeds of hate and tragedy now.
But it w’as the weight of Obregon's
body which sank them indefinitely
from power."
Sr. Portes Gil termed the charges
that he had plotted against Presi
dent Ortiz Rubio a calumny. "I
can proclaim proudly to the Na
tion." he said, "that I have never
soiled my hands with blood."
The former president has just
returned from a trip to Cuba and
the United States. He is resuming
his work immediately as head of the
national revolutionary party. Up
on his departure recently Morones
charged that he was fleeing the
country.
Man Shot, Constable
Knifed at Corsicana
CORSICANA. Aug. 11.—<4»>—Alvin
Pullln of Blooming Grove was in a
hospital here today suffering from
four pistol wounds and L. W.
Thrash, deputy constable at Bloom
ing Grove, suffered slight knife
wounds as the result of an alterca
tion Sunday when Thrash arrested
Pullln.
BUTTE LEADER
IN RACE FOR
STATE CHIEF
Foolish Move Will
Elect Candidate,
Speaker Says
"The Republican party in Texas
has always stood for honesty and
decency, and we cannot say this
about our opponents.'* Dr. George
W. Butte, Republican nominee for
governor, said in a speech during
the meeting held Monday morning
in the El Jardin to canvass votes of
the recent primary.
"As we look back over the years
and see the steady progress the
party has made in Texas, we cannot
help but rejoice. * he continued. "I
am proud to be in this meeting,
and wish our friend the enemy
could look in on us. This conven
tion would be a credit to any or
ganization. It is going to take a lot
of hard work to make a good show
ing in the race this fall, but that is
what w*e are going to do.’*
"Prior to the last presidential
election, I predicted that the state
would go Republicah because of
some damn fool stunt the Demo
crats would pull, and I was right.**
H. H. Haines of Port Arthur, and
the Republican nominee for gover
nor in 1926. said *1 say this again
in connection with the coming gov
ernor’s race- They are going to do
some fool thing and we will elect a
Republican governor."
He added that Texas must be a *
two party state in case of emer
gency.
Emergency Is Seen
"This emergency has arisen now,
and we are going to step into the
breach, ’ he said. "The people of
Texas are thinking these days, and
this was proven beyond doubt in
the recent primaries. Take, for ex
ample. the Democratic candidates.
The old-time war horses who relied
on hot air and bombastic speeches,
were left far behind In the voting. 1
heard one man speak three times,
and he made the same speech each
time. He ran for governor and gave
as reasons for being elected three
points: first, he said because he
was born In Texas: second, because
his father was a demo- at and third
because he was a farmer. He finish
ed a? the bottom. Other noliticians
fto merely boasted and made mud
slinging speeches were last in the
primaries For this reason, with
Texas really thinking at last. I be
lieve that the Republicans will
stand a good chance for electing a
governor this year."
He added that when democrat*
(Continued on Page Two)
Valleyl»ubli*her
Goes Under Knife
P E. "Monty" Montgomery un
derwent. an operation at Mercy
hospital Monday. His condition at
noon could not be learned as the
operation had not been completed
He became ill three days ago. and
his condition Is believed to >
quite serious.
Montgomery lives In McAllen,
and Is publisher of "Monty’s
Monthly"
Home Brew f iezed
In Brownsville Home
Thirty-four pints of home brew,
eight gallons of mash and a com
plete brewing outfit were captured
in a Brownsville residence Saturday.
Charges will not be filed until the
brew is analysed for alcoholic con
tent.
INFLUENCE ALLEGED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.——
Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam
paign Funds Committee --lid in a
statement todav he expected to
prove that Influence was brought
to bear on George W. Norris,
grocery cleric, to file as a candidate
in Nebraska against Senator George
W. Norris.
' WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Tuesday; local thunder
showers on the east coast.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change.
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stas* Stas* Chne Rain
Eagle Pass 16 3.5 420 .00
Laredo 27 -<?.8 406 .00
Rio Grande 21 4.5 -0.3 .00
Mission 22 5.1 -0J .00
San Benito 23 91 -0.5 .00
Brownsville 18 4.2 . t0.6 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorol
ogical conditions:
High . 6:08 a. m ; 5:03 p. m
Low.12:13 p. m.; 11:20 p. m
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7:01
Sunrise tomorrow . 6:01