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PIONEER OF VALLEY DIES J. F. Lynch, Well Known on Border and In Mexico, Expires At Sea A cablegram received by T. J. Nye announces the death of Jasper F. Lynch, well remembered by older resident* of Brownsville and a!sc • of Matamoros. where he formerly resided. He died at sea Jan. 31. as he wag en route from England to J&nacia to visit relatives. Mr. Lynch was aged 66. being the son of an Anglican clergyman, and was born in Jamaica, where his father was stationed as a mis sionary at the time. He went to England in early youth, being ed ucated at Rugby. At eighteen, he came to Matamoros. joining his un cle. Jasper A. I nch, who was a leading merchant there during and subsequent to the Civil war period and also for years was British con sul at Matamoros. Later he moved to Saltillo, where he was associated in business with Wm. Purcell, for many years a very wealthy banker and mine owner of that city. On the latter's retirement, Mr. Lynch became managing partner, which i>osit ion he held for twenty years. He ac quired extensive banking, railroad, and mining interests in Mexico. leaving that country at the begin ning of the late revolutionary' per iod to make his home again in England, where he owned an es tate. Mr. Lynch married his cousin. Miss Augustina Lynch, daughter of the former British consul in Mat amoros. who died a number of years ago. Surviving him is his son Hilton, who won the Victoria Cross In the World war. a daughter, who is the wife of a Britrsh army offi cer, and a niece living in Jamaica. Hts son married Miss Rowena Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs T. J. Nye of Brownsville. News of the death of Mr. Lynch is received with much regret by old friends here and in Matamoros. He was a popular figure in the so cial life of the Twin Cities in his younger days, while in later life he was known and highly esteemed as a leading capitalist and business man in Mexico. BILL WOULD (Continued from page 1) have a real significance, Hopkins said. “A very distinct dissatisfaction with our present primary election laws has developed in the public mind,” the Gonzales senator stated. “Restoration of the old democratic convention system of nominating candidates—modified and properly safeguarded—would be welcomed by a large number of our people who lecl that the time has arrived for a change. During the quarter of a century in which the Terrell election laws have been in effect the voter has been casting, not- an affirmative vote, but a negative vote; all due to the fact that the candidates be fore him do not represent the type of man he conceives to be the prop er material for public office and he votes for the lesser of several evils, as he sees them." NEW ZEALAND (Continued from page 1) were asked to arrange appropriate services. NAPIER. New Zealand, Feb. 5.1 (A*»—Remarkable incidents of the earthquake which virtually destroy ed this New Zealand city are com ing to light as the population, al though still dazed by the shock, gained poise enough to recount some of their experiences. The first shock threw the whole front out of the Masonic hotel,! laying the interior bare. The crowd in the street saw a woman seated in an armchair near the edge of the third story. As the celling above started to sag sh<* made as if to jump, but the crowd dissuaded her and the woman sat in terror until rescued by firemen. Tuesday night, that after the earthquake, was one of terror for everyone. Although bitterly cold no one slept indoors. For compan ionship people sat in little commun- i ities around common fires. The earth was shaking continually and a gale sprang up, throwing dust ev erywhere and spreading the ftre which broke out in the town throughout the ruins. Between 9 p. m. and 5 a. m. Wed nesday there were 55 distinct shocks In two cases babies wetc born to refugees in the street. Situation Under Control LONDON. Feb. 5. f/T*—Lord Bledi soe. governor general of New Zea land. today cabled the dominion’s office here that the situation in the earthquake zone about the city of Napier was under complete con trol and that it might be found unnecessary to evacuate the town. I Earlier reports of heavy damage and loss of life in Napier and the nearby town of Hastings had been1 confirmed, he said, and the death total “as at present ascertained” Ls approximately 140. A complete list i of the dead is not available “be-j cause some of those who were in the larger buildings are still buried in the wreckage.” he said. Damage in the residential areas | was not extensive, and sanitary precautions were taken in time to1 prevent any serious outbreak of disease. WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. UP-—The American consulate at Wellington. New Zealand, reported to the state department todav that no names of Americans have yet aoepared in the casualty list of the New Zealand earthquake. JOINS CATERPILLAR CLUB BIGSPRING. Tex.. Feb. 4— Cadet H. W. Regan of Kelly Field a* San Antonio joined the Cater pillar club late yesterday when he was forced to make a narachutc lump from an airplane near Big Spring. The plane was demolished. Regan was unhurt. ‘NO LIMIT’ WITH CLARA Harry Orecn. Clara Bow Norman Foster in a scene from the Para mount picture. “No Limit.” current attraction at the Capitol theatre. TODAY’S MARKETS X. Y. STOCKS NEW YORK. Feb. 5—*/P)—‘Three consecutive days of rising stock 1 prices were followed by an abrupt reversal of the trend in today's market. A rather sharp decline in the early trading gave way to an inter val of dullness but when the list | failed to show much recuperative I power selling was resumed, al though in light volume. Some of the recent pool favorites were weak, Eastman and Auburn Auto losing 4 each while air re duction dropped 3. U. S. Steel, al lied Chemical, Case. Loew's West inghouse, Johns Manville. Vulcan Detinning and American Telephone Housebreakers Are Surprised By Law TULSA, Okla., Feb. 5—One man was dead today and another! was iu jail here as a result of their j attempt to flee from officers who surprised them after they were alleged to have looted a Skiatook heme. i Tlie dead man was idenfified as Charles Blair, about 30. Hb com panion rave the name of Arthur Jones, 28. of Hominy. Mrs. Caleb Corey, wife of a Skiatook merchant, said she found the two men escaping from her home. She called officers. The men I started .running after their auto mobile broke down. Biair was brought down by a bullet from the rifle of W. A. Roach, Skiatook mar shal, who said the fleeing men failed to heed his commands to halt. Jones was captured by W. R. Moseley, Skiatook chief of police. Orchestra Member Dies In Accident MCALLEN. Feb. 5—The death of Mike Hinnant, member of a Cor pus Christi orchestra which has been playing an engagement at a local dance place, was related in a message received here Wednes-j day. The message was brief and gave little details, stating that a party of four were riding in a car on thej highway near Corpus Christi when| the accident occured and that the, one youth was killed and the auto-; mobile demolished. The four hadI gone to Corpus Christi after anoth er member of the orchestra. All Exchange Plants Are Receiving Fruit • Special to Tlie Herald.) MISSION. Feb. 5.—All packing plants of tlie Texas Citrus Grow ers Exchange are in operation to day. Ted Meldon, exchange secre tary*. announced at noon Thurs day. Price remains steady at from $1.75 to $2 50. Meldon states, with approximately 250 cars to roll aft er this week. The exchange has shipped to date 525 cars, he reported. D. C. Education Head Dies Today JACKSONVILLE. FLA., Feb.5-I Charles F. Carusi. 58. president of; the board of education of the Dis trict of Columbia, and Chancellor of National University of law, Wash ington. died here today. He was stricken Saturday with influenza and bronchial pneumonia while on a tour of Florida. A chronic heart condition Hastened his death Mrs. Carusi was with him. Carusi. a native of Washington, practiced law for a time in New i York City, but returned to the capi-j tol. He was the author of numer ous articles on legal subjects. ~ ■ ""1 1 •— Great Basketball Tilt on Tap Here Soaring ahead on the crest of a scoring wave furnished by John Sylvester and Charles Puckett, the Model Laundry quint is expected to play its greatest game of the season here tonight against the Harlingen Methodists, defending Valley champions. The gam? will be played on the Fort Brown court beginning at 8 p m. After a slow start, the Clean ers are going great guns now and they will make the Methodist Jam the gas if they hope to win. EASY COME—EASY GO MONTREAL—A robber broke into the house of F. X Genereux while the family slept. He managed to find $4 before a noise caused him to beat a hasty retreat. Yet when an accounting w*as made. It was: found that while the robber had stolen $4. he only got away with $3.50. In his haste to leave he1 dropped 50 cents in small change, probably stolen from another house on the floor. TOO MUCH FAITH TORONTO—Doctors, thought j Andrew Czurnow, were the bunk. He was a believer in home remedies.j So when a friend told him of a remedy to rid himself of a cold, j he tried it. It consisted of putting j alcohol on his chest and lighting It. Andrew finally wound up in a j hospital in a doctor * carte I --I were down 2 to 2 1-2. American Can. Bethlehem Steel, Consolidated Gas and Anaconda slipped off 1 to 1 3-4. Rails were dull, but most ly lower. Independent strength appeared in Baldwin Locomotive and Gillette, up 1 1-2 each. Call money renewed at 1 1-2 per cent. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK KANSAS CITY. Peb. 5—<T>—(U S. D. A.)—Hogs. 5,000; steady to 1C higher; top. 7.60; packing sows. 5.40-6.10; stock pigs, 7.00-7.85. Cattle, 2,500; calves, 400; killing classes mostly steady; Stockers and feeders weak; steers, good and choice 7.75-12.00; common and medium 600 lbs. up 5.00-8.25; heif ers. good and choice 550-850 lbs. 6.50- 10.00 ; 550-850 lbs. 4 25-6.75; cows good and choice 4.50-6.50: vealers (milk-fed > medium to choice 5.50- 10.00; stocker and feedee steers, god and choice (all-weights) 6.50- 9 25. Sheep. 8.000; killing classes 15-25 lower, lambs, good and choice 90 lbs. down 7.50-8.20; medium 90 lbs. down 6.50-7.50; common all weights 5.25-6.50; etves medium to choice 150 lbs. down 2.75-4 15. N. O. COTTON NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 5. Mb— Cotton had an active opening. Liv erpool came in much better than due, and first trades here showed gains of nine to ten points, wfnh May at 10.92 and October at 11.40. This initial advance brought out selling by ring traders, which caus ed prices to react to 10.84 for May and 11.33 for October, or seven to eight points down from the open ing highs. There was active trade buying, however and at the end of the first hour the market showed a dis position to rally again. N. Y. COTTON NEW YORK. Feb. 5—(A*>—Cot ton opened steady at an advance of 6 to 10 points. Buying was stimulated by firm Liverpool cables and included some trade demand as well as covering and a little commission house buying. Business was fairly active and the advance met increased offer ings with spot houses sellers of May around 10.90 while there was a good deal of realizing in the later positions. This was sufficient to check the advance and prices showed reactions of 4 to ix>ints from the best at the end of the first half hour. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO. Feb. 5—*^— Fore casts of rain or snow likely to af ford widespread relief from drought ir. domestic winter wheat territory turned grain prices downward early today. A reduction of 20.000.000 bushels in estimates of the Argen tine wheat exportable surplus, how ever, tended to check selling pres sure. Opening unchanged to l-4c low er. wheat afterward underwent an additional sag. Corn started l-4o olf to l-8c up, and subsequently showed declines all around. CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO. Feb. 5. (/Pi—(U. S D. A.»—Potatoes, steady; sacked per cwt. Wisconsin round whites, 1.40 1.45; Idaho russets. 1.70-1.75; Colo rado McClures. 1.75-190. Ketired Banker Dies At Harlingen (Bv The Associated Press* HARLINGEN. Jan. 5—The bodv of Mrs L. L. Allen, retired banker of Pierce City. Mo., who died here yesterday morning, was forwarded to her home city last night. A daughter, Elizabeth, accompanied the body. Mrs. Allen, aged 74, retired from the business world about six months ago to make her borne at Harlin gen. Funeral arrangements were made by Thomoson's Mortuary. » Retail Group To Hear Dallas Man •By Staff Correspondent * SAN BENITO. Feb. 5—Alfonso Johnson, retail trade director of the i Dallas Chamber of Commerce, will deliver the principal address at the annual meeting of the Retail Mer chants association here on the night of February 23. a communication addressed to J. E. Be^ pf the cl»v* ber of commerce received today stated. City Briefs I — Listen in—McKesson Hour. Spe cial Music, KPRC Tuesday, 8 p. m. Becker s Drug Store sells McKesson goods. Phbne 711. Adv. Only 5 daya more. Pottery Sale Reduction on all items. 745 Eliz atxth, corner Eighth. Moved—A. R. Foster Realty Company has moved from their Levee Street loc>Uon to 213 Mer chants National Bank Building. See them for bargains in real estate. Adv, 54 CASES ARE SET FOR TRIAL Judge Yates Rearranges Schedule Of Court At Law The Cameron county court at law will get into action late this week with 54 cases before it. The term was opened Monday, and Judge E. T. Yates called the dock et Tuesday, setting 40 civil suits over the eight-week span. There are 14 criminal cases before the court also. Non-jury civil suits will be tried r the first and second weeks. The j third week has been designated as j '•riminal week. The fourth, fiftl and sixth weeks will be devoted to jury civil suits. The seventh and eighth will be non-jury civil week-;. This Is a somewhat new arrange ment w hich has been placed into, eiiect by Judge Yates. Following are the cases which have been set for this week: Friday, Feb. 6 Geo. White vs. Geo. A. Gordon, suit for rent. Geo. White vs. B C. Newman, et a! garnishee, garnishment beforv judgement. Saturday, |>b. 7 Grace Walley vs. Citrus Develop ment Co.. Inc., suit on contract. First National Bank or Rio Hon do vs. J. A. Morton, suit on prom issory note. Valley State Bank vs. H. L. Hun ter ct al. suit on promissory note. Homer R. Maxwell vs. Geo. P. McAuliffe, suit on promissory note. Carl E. Bloch vs. R. M. Bratt. suit on debt and foreclosure chat tel mortgage. Deadlock Cause Is Explained <Bv Staff Correspondent.) EDINBURG. Feb. 5. — Deadlock existing between District Attorney Laurence Broeter and the commis sioners court of Hidalgo county over the appointment of an assist ant to Broeter is due to the fact that the commissioners court will not approve any one frots the list of Democrats submitted by the district attorney and he in' turn will not accept an yonc from the list of Good Government party at torneys submitted by the court. Cause of the deadlock as given in an item in Wednesdays Herald was incorrect and came from an unauthorized source, and the Her ald gladly makes this correction. Vida Farmer Buried At Harlingen Today (By Staff Correspondent.) HARLINGEN. Feb. 5.— Funeral services for Vida Alice Farmer, aged nine, were held at . the Baptist church here Thursday morning by Rev. W. W. Lee. The decedent, the young daugh ter of Mrs. J. A. Farmer who lived here up until about six months ago. died at Del Rio Tuesday Burial was in the Harlingen cemetery with arrangements by Thompsons Mor tuary. Richmond Business Men Are Visitors George E. Kemper, furniture manufacturer of Richmond, Ind and darence Jessup, business man o the same city, were visitors in the Valley this week. Both men own several large tracts of land in the Valley, ac cording to Gordon P. Street, pres Joent of the Rio Grande Valley Trust company, and are highly en thusiastic over conditions here. Valley Newspaper Folk Will Meet 'Special to The Herald.) MISSION. F*b 5,—A. W. Grant, editor of the San Antonio Express will address editors and publishers of the Valley who will meet at the Cortez Hotel in Weslaco on Frida-, night. J K W Hood, manager of the Val ley Better Business Bureau, 'will also be a speaker. The newspaper folk will also en joy a dance, following the dinner. San Benito Firemen To Have Drill Tower (By Staff Correspondent) SAN BENITO. Jan. 5.—Construc tion of a drill tower for the San Benito fire department was author ized at n meeting of the city com mission held here Wednesday night Outside of this, little other than routine business was conducted. Today and Tomorrow 1 11 : 1 |! 1 * < GENEVIEVE TOBIN CONRAD NAGEL ZASU PITTS SELECihP SHORTS — STARTING FRIDAY — BUFFALO BILL. Jr. — In — “Pueblo Terror” R IN-TIN-TIN — In — “The Lone Defender” No. 7 ■ LOVERS Kenneth MacKenna and Con stance Bennett in “Sin Takes a Holiday," a Pathe feature, show ing today and tomorrow at the Rivoli theatre. San Benito. Kansas Publisher For 55 Years, Dies Tues. HOLTON. Kas . Peb. 4——M M Beck, 92, dean of Kansas news papermen and for 55 years pub lisher of the Holton Recorder, died here last night. The oldest Kansas newspaper man. Beck continued active in his irofession until death. He founded the Recorder in 1875. Six yew* after settling in Jackson countv wt^h his wife and son, Edward C. Beck, who later became managing editor of the Chicago Tribune. Liquor Seizure Made Near Here Two men were taken into cus tody by customs officers and De puty Sheriff E. Cavazos. Jr., at the San Pedro rench and charges of liquor violation were pected to be filed upon them Wednesday before U. S. Commissioner E. K Goodrich. The two men, who were afoot, were said to have had a five gallon can and a jug of liquor when ar rested. Ed McNabb and Fergus Groves were the customs officers in the seizure. San Benito Loading Car for Drouth Area fRv Ft’ff Corespondent) SAN BENITO. Feb. 5.-A car of cabbage and potatoes for resi dents of the drought stricken area is being loaded here todav by the Etchison Produce Co., the vege tables beinsr donated by farmers of the Carricitos community. Arrangements for the car are being handled by J. E. Bell of the San Benito Chamber of Commerce in coopeartlon with the local Red Cross chapter. Free transportation is being given by the Missouri Pacific and ice is being furnished by the Central Power & Light Co. 666 LIQUID or TABLETS Cure Colds. Headaches. Fever 6 6 6 SALVE CURES BABY’S COLD ---- ... _ EPISCOPALIANS HOLD MISSION Biahop Capers Delivers Third Sermon of Series A splendid congregation greeted j I Bishop Capers at the Episcopal; | church Tuesday night, at which i time he delivered the third of a J series of sermons he is giving in i Brownsville, ending Peb. 8 He took as his text the eighteenth ; verse of the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mat thew: “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against It.” Bishop Capers compared the early building of the church, its humble start with the lowly birth of Jesus in a manger, and discuss ed its growth until the present day. He said that »be church is the expression of God's will and that I the progress of civilization for the I last nineteen hundred years is due to its influence. “Christian men and women are j the world's foreirost leaders in j every field of constructive thought ” j he said. “The church is the citadel j of every community and city; It is! back of every investment and every bank; it Is the ultimate resort of city or nation in the hour of need and calamity." -—. —. Drug Store Bought By Edinburg Man (Special to The Herald.) ELSA. Feb. 4.-L. I. Wilson of Ed inburg. has bought the Elsa drug store, formerly owned and operated by G. L. Scoggins. Mr. Wilson, to gether with his family is moving this week to Elsa, and is painting, decorating, and restocking the drug! store. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have lived In Edinburg for the past three years, he having served as deputy tax as sessor. while Mrs. Wilson has been | assistant county superintendent of schools for two years. Mrs. Wilson has been appointed to assist Mrs. A. P. Miller In the Elsa Mexican j school for the remainder of the ! term. Two Sentenced Juan Riveria pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol unlawfully and was sentenced t6 thirty days in Jail early this week in the Cameron county court at law. Refugio Perez pleaded guilty to aggravated as sault and was fined $25. iff f f f ff f f f vs Blue Mediterranean Loses; Valley Preferred The blue Mediterranean Is all right for those who like the blue Mediterranean, but one northern couple now visiting in the Val ley Interrupted a Mediterranean tour in order to spend the winter here. The tourists explained to the hostess of the chamber of com merce tourists department, Mrs. Ralph A. Warden, that they had visited here for two consecutive winters, but this winter they had planned on speeding in Europe. They departed for Europe in August, but by the middle of October they were homesick for j the Valley. They left the Mediterranean and are now in the Valley, where they plan to retrain until spring. Is A.*. *.<*.*. Jk. JLJk. J WuiiaM — TODAY — “The Squealers” with JACK HOLT DOROTHY REVIER Educational Comedy FAMILY NIGHT Admission 20c — 10c QUAKE HELPS OIL 1 MEXICO CITY, Teb. 4.—<AV-Thi earthquake of Jan. 14 has proved m boon to oil operators In Vera Crua. Advices from the oil fields stata that an Increase of from S to 10 per cent in production was noticed in some of the wells after the quake. Today Only! CLARA BOW — In — “No Limit” Starts Tomorrow “AFRICA SPEAKS” The Strangest Romance Ever Filmed! The Jungle Brought to You! The Black Heart of Equatorial Africa — The Belgian and French Con go — The Duck-Billed Women — The Pygmies — The Most Amazing Lion Fights Ever Screen ed ! The Primitive Pas sion of the Jungle! ( Colds and Coughs Yield to Calotabs Medical writers agree that the important point in the treatment of a cold, or cough due to a cold, ?s to relieve the congestion tn the nose and throat, thereby preventing se rious complications which may fol low a neglected cold. To stop this congestion calomel was the accepted and standard remedy until Calotabs. the improved calomel compound tablet was introduced. Now that science i*as robbed calo mel of its nausea and danger, mak ing it pleasant to take and perfect ly safe for general use. over forty million Calotabs are consumed in the U. S. yearly with only the most pleasant and satisfactory results. In millions of homes Calotabs have proven their superiority in thf prompt relief of colds and cough! due to colds. One or two Calotabs at bed-time with a glass of sweet millr or water. No salts necessary. No nausea noi , the slightest interference with youi eating, work or pleasure. Nexl morning the congesticn has sub sided. your cold or cough is relieved, your system is thoroughly purified and you are feeling fine with s hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what you wish,—no dagger. Get a family package of Calotabs, containing full directions, only thirty-five cents Trial size, ten cents. At any drug store. (adv.i j|- Don’t Fail To Hear BISHOP CAPERS AT 1 THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH On the Subject “WHY I AM A CHRISTIAN” A HEARTY WELCOME TONIGHT 7:30 YOU CALL FRIENDS : Y THEIR NAMES CONFIDENCE breed* cordiality. WHen you Have Iis8> ciated with a person and formed a relationship of friend ly understanding, he is no longer just an acquaintance or a business associate • •. He’s “Bill” or “Tom” or some other intimate name to you. He assumes a fixed place in your regard. No one can take his place. This same attitude of cordiality exists toward the products advertised in this newspaper. Having been in troduced to them through advertising, you and your neighbors, by repeated purchases, have given them pres tige in return for quality. You buy them by name ... • show friendly and emphatic preferences in their favor. 1 Every day you can meet products of quality and valu? —old and new—in the advertising columns of this news paper. They come to you with authentic credentials . . ♦ introduced by manufacturers and distributors who spon sor them with pride and faith. The names of these products represent definite busi less ideals. Trust them as you would a friend. J dfc? BuramsmBe Herald