The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 346, Ed. 2 Friday, June 12, 1931 Page: 1 of 12
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> THE WEATHER I FINAL I
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy and occasionally mmm ■ bbmb ■ «
somewhat unsettled Friday night I I I
__THE VALLEY FIRST-FIRST IN THE VALLEY-LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR—NO. 346 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 12 1931 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPX
[flN OUR
I [VALLEY I
THE FIRST ONE day flight
from the Canal Zone to Brownsville
has been made. Piloting the ship
* was none other than Te..as' own
Capt. Ira Eaker Passenger list was
•mall In numbers but large in im-
portance. composed of Major Gen-
i oral J. E. Fechet chief of the army
air corps.
• • •
Pilot is a native Texan. Passenger
la a native Vaiieyite. Born at Fort
Ringgold.
• • •
• Bet a cookie the general would
hate to see Fort Brown and its
aister post of Ringgold abandoned.
• • •
SENTIMENT PROBABLY has no
place in the make-up of a soldier
out there is many a man of high
Mhnk in the United States Army
18Who looks back with pleasure on
the days he spent on the Texas
border in and around Brownsville.
• • •
And there is a tinge of romance
that clings around Brown and
f Ringgold that should be allowed to
* • Unger not be summarily removed
through temporary exigencies.
• • •
History of the Valley history of
Texas history of the United States
was made by soldiers garrisoned at
these forts We need the tfispir-
! ation of the deeds of these men
I we need to be constantly reminded
of those deeds.
• •
. ALARMISTS WHO would have
l this country maintain a good sized
Chip on each shoulder should have
been at Fort Brown the other day
\ when due respect and honor was
* paid to General Ortiz of the Mex-
f lean army by Col. Francis Glover.
commander of Fort Brown
• • •
F Soldier met soldier and a mutual
pllking and respect was evident in
the mak ing.
TUfl general will carry the sabre
worn V> the colonel during the
Spanish American War. The col-
el was already the pr ud pos-
r of a horse and accoutrements
tely presented to him by the gen-
i.
• • •
To know is to like.
• • •
VALLEY SHIPPERS are going to
Bt. Louis in force next month to
‘ present their pleas for what they
consider the proper sort of charge
on vegetable Icing.
\ • • •
Valley shippers want * hold the
rates down.
• » •
The entire Valley wishes the ship-
Ers luck. Every advance in charge
ts the producer in the long run
rAnd as the producer is hit. so are
ffe all and we don't mean maybe.
• - •
RAILROADS ARE naturally fight
ing for increases wherever possible.
Just yesterday a group of railroads
t decided to asjc for a 15 per cent
I horizontal increase in freight rates
• • •
They claim the roads are having
a hard time of It.
• • •
They are.
• . .
' Competition is hitting them from
’ all sides. Meeting that competition
roads operating in the Valley an-
nounce a pick-up and delivery ser-
vice probably to be effective July 1.
• • •
L General public is getting more
1 conveniences all the time. Some-
•f body is paying for these mveni-
ences. probably the same general
public.
It’s the spirit of the times Things
: we took for granted t?n years ago
| loom as hardships today.
• • •
Thai's.all right. Let's have a few
more conveniences a few more com-
forts of life. We can stand them.
1 Oil Men Disagree
On Special Session
* AUSTIN June 12—.4’—Governor
. Sterling was considering conflict-
ing pleas from two groups of oil
; men today one opposing and the
other demanding a special session
of the legislate.
A group meeting at Tyler told the
governor late yesterday it had
j evolved a plan to stabilizing con-
4 ditions in the East Texas field and
f asked him not to call a special
' session until the plan could be
4 tried'Jf^fhan Adams of Dallas who
ptesMfd over the meeting said
the p$a was agreeable to 30 of the
33 violators of proration ar.d to the
If Humble and Gulf companies two
rDf the major purchasers. As soon
is the plan becomes operative the
price of oil will be increased mem-
oers of the group.said.
Under the plan the potential pro-
duction basis of proration would be
sliminated and each 20 acres would
ye allowed a run of 300 barrels a
1 lay. An operators arbitration com-
. nittee of seven would enforce the
! dan.
l-
WINDS CAUSE DAMAGE
CLARKSVILLE. Tex . June 12—
! AV-High winds accompanied by
.■tin and an electrical storm
•aused damages to a number of
! homes and several business build -
l tags ta Clarksville last night. Two
persons were reported slightly in-
jured by shattered glass.
DEDICATION
CEREMONIES
ON MONDAY
!
Monument At Battle
Site Will Be
Unveiled
A complete program for the dedi-
cation of the monument to be
erected at the site of the historic
battle of Resaca de la Palma near
Brownsville has been arranged it
was announced today.
The Lieutenant Thomas Barlow
chapter of the National Society
I of the Daughters of the American
Revolution has charge of ceremo-
nies.
The dedication takes place Mon-
day. June 15. and the day's activ-
i ities will start with a breakfast at
the El Jardtn hotel at 9 a. m. All
service clubs of Brownsville are to
attend the breakfast in a body and
i various women's clubs will also be
represented. Everyone is invited by
those in charge.
Dedication at the site near the
old Sugar Mill will take place
about 11 oclock. Mrs. J L Bruce
chaplain of the local chapter will
deliver the Invocation.
Mrs. Walter O. Weaver will in-
troduce the speakers. Mrs. Weaver
is regent.
Mrs William Perry Herring Mc-
Padden. Texas State Regent will
| deliver greetings.
Addresses will be made by Walter
G. Weaver. Donna and Col. Fran-
cks Glover. Fort Brown commander.
Unveiling of the monument will
be by the Haynes Ritch Society.
National Society qf the Children of
the American Revolution.
The Fort Brown band will fur-
nish music.
The batt'e of Res&ca rie la Palma
! took place May 9. 1846 General
j Zachary Taylor was in command o 1
the American troop*.
Decision Expected
In Fox Case Appeal
The suit of Cameron county vs.
J. J. Pox. tax collector is now up
on appeal before the Fourth Court
of Civil Appeals 1 1 San Antonio
A decision is expected m the future
Tlte county is seeking to recover
certain moneys which it claims is
I due it from the collector's office.
When tried previously before a
special Judge neither the county
nor Pox recovered on their claims
j and the county was ordered to pay
court costs. Fox had filed cross ac-
tion to recover money from the
j county.
Book Thefts Make
Front Page News
NEW YORK. June 12—<A*— A
$50000 theft made first pages
.throughout the land this week.
Bonds were not involved nor
money nor any of the valuables
which ordinarily figure in the news
of robberies.
The thievery involved books—
rare and costly first editions.
Book thievery however is as old
as books themselves—the perpe-
trators ranging from friendly bor-
rowers who forget to return valued
bibelots to those who go into the
business in a large and thoroughly
I organized way.
Pope Answers Note
Settlement Forecast
VATICAN CITY. June 12—>$»>—
Pope Piiis XI today handed his
reply to the Italian government s
recent note in the church-state
controversy to Papal Nuncio Bor-
gongini-Duca and instructed him'to
take it to Foreign Minister Dino
| Grandi.
Although the details were not
made public the message is be-
lieved to adopt a conciliatory tone
toward the government and is said
I to be considerably milder than
previous Vatican notes. A high
Vatican official said "within a
week now everything will be set-
tled.”
Grandson of Texas
Pioneer Is Dead
TEMPLE. June 12—-P—Funeral
services remained to be arranged
today for Huling P Robertson. 74
I grandson of Sterling C Robertson.
who colonired Bell. Milan. Falls
j and Robertson counties a century
I ago under a concession from the
Mexican government. He died at
his home here vesterday after a
six-year illness. He had served in
the state legislature 12 years.
BUILD NEW JAIL
NACOGDOCHES June 12——
The commissioners’ court of Nac-
ogdoches county today awarded a
contract for construction of a new
iail. to replace one built in 1912.
The new building will cost $11690
and will be completed in 90 days
under terms of the contract.
INAUGURATE DOUMER
PARIS June 12. —Paul Dou-
mer will be inaugurated as the
thirteenth president of the third
republic of France tomorrow seven
: vears to a day from the election
of Gaston Doumergue the outgoing
uresidenk
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ r V- v v T v v ~<r
Miami Too
Cold Coming
To Valley
"We spent last winter iA
Miami but it is too cold; we
have decided to come to
Brownsville this w*lnter.■
So read a letter from Earl G.
Long Indiana. Pa. received at
tne Chamber of Commerce here.
Mi Long said he and a group
of a dozen or more friends spent
the winter in Florida but it was
disagreeable. -There were only
about two warm days each
week" he said.
He sends along a list of
names of his friends and half
a dozen other persons whom he
says may come to Brownsville
this winter instead of going to
Florida.
TEXAS CO-OPS
INCORPORATE
ORGANIZATION
60000 Growers Are
Represented In
Group
—
DALLAS June 12.-h/Pi—Perman-
ent organization cf the Texas Co-
Operative Council to be composed
oi representatives of the various
commodity co-operative associa-
tions in the state will be effected
at a special meeting here Monday
according to B. C. Pittuck. acting
chairman.
me liuuai meeting or uie giuup
was held several weeks ago and a
charter was applied for. At. the
meeting Monday officers and di-
rectors will be elected by-laws ad-
apted and piinB^T flttdvity form-
ulated. The incorporating group re-
presents more than 6.000 Texas
growers.
Incorporating directors are: Fritz
Enge:hard. Texas Farm Bureau
Watermelon Association Eagle
Lake; B. A Stufflebeme. Texas
Certified Cottonseed Breeders1 As-
sociation. Dallas: E S Meyer. Lone
Star Wool A Mohair Association
San Angelo; A. C. Reed Poultry
Producers1 Association of Texas.
San Antonio; John C. Bums Texas
Livestock Marketing Association.
Port Worth; B C. Ptttuck. Texas
Cotton Co-operative Association.
Dallas; H G. Lucas National Pe-
can Marketing Association. Brown-
wood: E. L. Boston. Mag-Tex Mig
Association Houston. C. K. Bullard
of Dallas is counsel and O. M Low-
ry. of Dallas temporary secretary.
Texas Pioneer Is
Dead At Ft. Worth
FORT WORTH. June 12. —
Funeral services were planned this
i atternoon for P. W. Hunt. 78. na-
1 the of Ireland and resident of
Fort Worth for 36 years who died
yesterday.
I Educated in Ireland and employ-
ed by the National Bank of Ireland
before he came to the United
Sta'es. Hunt came to Texas in 1682
when he was employed by the
Santa Fe Railway and later was a
stock raircr in Childress county.
He was president of the Texas
| Mi-k Goat Breeders' Association.
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Convicted Of
Killing Fiancee
HOUSTON. June 12—Luther
Berwick today was under r 20-year
sentence for killing Miss Belle
Crowe his fiancee at Port Arthur
In. 1929. He already had received a
three-year sentence for killing
William Byrd. Berwick said he shot
Byrd when he found him with the
girl la his arms and Byrd made
a threatening motion. A motion for
o new trial was filed yesterday after
the verdict was returned.
IT MAY BE HOT
* * * * *
HERE BUT IT’S
*****
HOTTER THERE
You may be perspiring but *:m
ought to be glad you're not in
Phoenix. New York City. Detroit.
Washington Oklahoma City or
even over in Florida or out in
California.
Temperatures in the Valley
Thursday did not pass the 88 de-
gree mark and lowest temperature
was 77 degrees in Brownsville.
Other sections reported as high ms
102 degrees. Phoenix. Ariz.. was
the hottest. Many cities reported
in the 90s.
Boston was the coolest in the na-
tion last night with 62 degrees and
Helena reported equal tempera-
ture.
Partly cloudy weather somewhat
unsettled is the prediction for to-
night and Saturday.
There will be no material change
m river. At present the Rio
j Grande is 6 9 feet in Brownsville.
' Flood stage here is 18 feeU
DENY MEXICO
WILL CLOSE
GAMEHALLS
Explanation Decree
Is Made By Gov’t
Official
MEXICO CITY. June 12—i/P)—A
denial that the government would
take immediate steps to close gam-
bling establishments in Mexican
cities located along the American
border was made today by acting
Minister of the Interior Octavio
Mendoza Gonzalez.
He exp'/ ned that a decree is-
sued several aarys ago was intend-
ed to prepare the way for legisla-
tion to control gaming establish-
ments. Once the legislation is en-
acted. roulette baccarat and other
games prohibited by law would be
barred he indicated but this will
not be for some time.
The decree returns the right of
granting concessions to the federal
district and aspects of the conces-
sions affecting taxation will be re-
ferred to the treasury department.
NOT GUILTY
PLEA ENTERED
Guess and Crosby Trial
Date To Be Set
Saturday
I *
ARDMORE. OkU.. June 12. tJP.—
Deputy Sheriffs W. E. Guess and
Cecil Crosby pleaded not guilty at
district court arraignment today
on murder charges for the slaving
here last Monday of Emilio Cor-
tes Rubio young cousin of the
Mexican president and his col-
lege chum. Manuel Gomez
District Judge John B. Ogden
said he would set the date for their
i trial tomorrow. He said it would
begin during the week of June 22.
County Attorney Marvin Shilling
asked that trial be set ior the
24th and counsel for the defense
requested that It start on the 25th.
The prosecutor said he would
seek to try the case in which dep-
uties are charged wijh the slaying
of young Cortes Rubio first. The
deputies are named jointly in two
murder charges.
J. B. Champion defense counsel
said that to the best of his knowl-
edge a severance would not be
sought and that the officers would
be tried at the sam** time.
The officers are free on $25000
j bond each.
GETTING BIG
BOYS IN JAIL
Figures Show Enforcement
Getting Better Says
Woodcock
_
WASHINGTON. June 12—•*».—
Prohibition Director Woodcock said
today an increase in the average
jail sentence given dry law offend-
ers during May showed major vio-
lators wire being reached by fed-
eral agents.
Statistics issued by the prohibi-
! tion bureau showed that last month
the average sentence was 243.5
days an increase of 34 days over
April. In the eleven months since
■ prohibition enforcement mas trans.
1 ferred to the Justice department
the average Jail sentence mas 222 6
days.
Fines meted out in May decreased
$34 under the preceding month to
$154.46. against an average of
$151.28 for the eleven months pe-
j nod.
While there mere 100 less arrests
; in May than in April. Woodcock
l said the number of seizures in-
creased and the percentage of con-
i' victions showed a sharp gain.
Use of the padlock as an enforce-
ment weapon also was more wide-
spread in May. and Woodcock cited
that for the first time this in-
strument was used successfully in
Connecticut. New Hampshire east-
ern North Carolina and western
| Louisiana.
Prison Guard Is
Killed With Own Gun
MADISONVILLE Tex.. June 12.
\JP>—Tommie Starnes. 23. guard on
the Ferguson state prison farm mho
was accidenta% killed yesterday
J by the discharge of his own gun.
mas to be buried today in the fam-
; ily plot near Huntsville.
Starnes was on duty at a state
| ferry and maJ killed when his gun
fell from a table in the guard-
• house and m as discharged .
Tornadoes in Texas
And Oklahoma Kill
One—Injure Four
—
KANSAS CITY. June 12.—«A>*—
The southwest today was facing the
prospect of showers and cloudy
weather following rainstorms and
tornadoes the latter of which took
one life in Oklahoma and caused
injuries to four persons in Texas.
Mamie Landrum. 16. was killed
and her mother. Mrs. Donie Me-
FEAR SECOND
ATTACK TODAY
COUNTY JAIL
—
Deputies Mobilized To
Thwart Miners
And Cohorts
ST. CLAIRSVILLE O June 12
—</P>— More than 40 deputies were
held in readiness today for a sec-
ond attack threatened by leaders of
a crowd of 2000 striking coal min*
| ers and women sympathizers who
| were beaten away from the Bel-
mont county jail last night Seven
persons were arrested and 12 over-
I come by tear gas.
it was the urn serious outorcaK
of the week-old strike in Eastern
Ohio which has affected approxim-
ately 1.000 workers. Prosecutor Paul
Waddel and R. A. Ireland manager
of the M. A. Hanna Coal Company
of Cleveland said they would ask
oorwnor CffO'il Wh V for state
aid unless the oituatlon is brought
under control.
The attack on the jail followed
the -irrest of 11 men a few hours
i earlier when Sheriff Howard Duff
and his deputies broke up a march
on the new Laffcrty mine of the
Hanna company. The crowd de-
manded the release of the prisoners
j but the shenfft 40 of his men and
members of the American Legion
surrounded the jail arming them-
selves with tear gas bombs and
machine guns.
Seven women and five men were
overcome by gas wlien a deputy
tessed one of the bombs to rescue
the sheriff who was struck by
demonstrators. Leo Thompson.
Pittsburgh reputed leader of the
crowd and six others were arrest-
ed
The crowd growing to 4.000. mill-
ed about the jail for some time
but scattered with their leaders'
announcement that they would re-
turn today.
The disorders followed the dyna-
miting of Itie home of one miner
and an attack on workers near the
Fairpcint mine of the Hanna Com-
pany m Belmont county.
Weather Hinders
Submarine Salvage
WEIHEIWEI. China. June 12. </P)
—Efforts to sahage the British
submarine Poseidon sunk off the
Shantung peninsula were hinder-
ed today by stormy weather on the
Yellow Sea.
British and Japanese vessels are
working steadily in attempts to
raise the craft but their divers are
in constant danger of losing the
wreck because of the elements. The
arrival of the American salvage
ship Pigeon was awaited eagerly.
; for the British naval commander
’ fears the task will be long and ar-
| duous.
Eighteen members of the crew
went down with the Poseidon after
a collision with a Chinese coastal
steamer Tuesday. Thirty-five oth-
ers were rescued.
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I. C. C. Sets Time
Limit For Railroad
WASHINGTON. June 12—'^—
The interstate commerce comnus-
sion today granted the Dervcr and
Rio Grande Western Railroad com-
pany until July 31 to accept un-
conditionally the terms of its order
authorizing acquisition of the
Denver and Salt Lake Rail^iy
I company. '
The railroad was granted permis-
sion to acquire control on the
condition that it start within a
specified period construction of
what is known as the Dotsero cut-
off and that it purchase outstand-
ing stock of the Denver and Salt
Lake at not to exceed $155 a share.
U. S. Mayors See
Historic Versailles
VERSAILLES. Prance. June 12.
1 UP'—America's visiting mayors stood
m the treaties hall of the munici-
pal library today and saw the place
where the peace treaty ending the
American revolution was signed.
They examined a book containing
episodes of the revolution which
Beniamin Frank.m gave to King
Louis XIV and later they wera the
i city’s guests at luncheon.
Uowan was injured when a tornado
struck their nome in Fort Gibson
osla. last nignu Several houses
were uni oof cd and windows in the
pest ofnee and other buildings were
oroken.
Neai- Brady Tex. a small tornado
demolished tne larrn house ol Jack
Whitehead injuring Mrs. White
head and her three young children
none dangerously.
Kansas City received .93 ineh
of rain yesterday. St. Joseph Mo.
reported .78 and Spring! lcld .22.
The forecast lor tne southwest
territory was “rain on hand or in
prospect’* for today.
‘By The Associated Press*
Two tornadoes arrived in Texas
yesterday with a considerable scat-
tering of rain hail and high winds.
Four persons were injured gram
crops were ruined in several com-
munities and barns were unrooted
in widely separated sections.
The larger of the tornadoes car-
ried away the home of Jack White-
head near Rochelle in McCulloch
county as he watched it from a
field nearby. Mrs Whitehead suf-
fered a broken leg and internal in-
juries and three children were less
seriously hurt. They were taken to
a hospital at Brady. Three other
children were unhurt.
The other tornado struck near
Enms. lifting two farmhouses off
the blocks but injuring no one
and doing little damage.
High winds with rain and some
; hail caused damage at Paris.
Cooper Deport and Greenville. At
Cooper an oil derrick was blown
and several houses were unroofed.
There was much damage to ripe
| gram crops.
P.O. MOVES TO
NEW QUARTERS
First Steps Taken In Line
With New Federal
Building
The moving of post office equip-
ment into the temuorary quarters
at the corner of Tenth and Wash-
I mgton started Friday morning it
was announced today by Post-
master G. W. Dennett. *
The large safe and other heavy
equipment were first transferred
from the old building to the new.
and five sections of post office box-
es. money orders and C. O. D. cages
and other equipment will be moved
as soon as possible.
"We are going to make every ef-
fort possible to maintain efficient
service but if this is not possible
we ask the public to beftr with us
j a few days." Postmaster Dennett
raid Friday. "Be as patient as pos-
/cle."
i The federal employes will move
I to their temporary quarters at a
i later date doubtless before the
month is over it was said. The post
; master will remain in las old office
for a few days more.
I The new building on the corner
of Tenth and Washington has bern
completely remodeled inside in
order to fulfill postal requirements.
Exactly how long these tempor-
ary quarters will be used is not
known as it depends entirely upon
I how long it will be before actual
construction of the new $450000 edi-
: fice commences. Plans and spetifi-
[ cations have bern completed and
1 approved and it is hoped that ras-
l tag of the old building will start in
July or early August.
Bandits Holding
Man For Teaching
PEIPING June 12. (-Pv—Bandits
who abducted the Rev. Bert Nelson
American Missionary last October
have decided to hold him indefin-
itely while he teaches them Eng-
lish. a letter fro *i the captive which
reafrhed friends here today indi-
cates.
His captors are demanding 360.-
000 feet of telephone wire a grand
piano a battery of printing presses
and a quantity of airplane thermo-
meters is ransom but these de-
mands are not taken seriously. The
\ missionary's friends believe they
have been put fbrward only as a
j pretext for keepng the clergyman in
their hands.
N. B. C. Fail* To
Halt Radio Heads
WASHINGTON. June 12 —*P —
An application by the National
Broadcasting Ccmpany for an in-
junction to restrain the radio
commission from holding hearings
as a possible step toward revoca-
tion of licenses was denied today m
the District of Co’umbia Supreme
Court.
The case had it« origin in a
Delaware Federal Court decision
which held thatthe radio corpor-
ation had violated the anti-trust
laws ui a radio tube contract it
made with dealers.
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POSED AS BOY
"I'm through with being a boy
—know anybody who's got a job
for a girl?" says Frances Jenkins
22. above who shipped as a
messboy aboard the 8. 8. Mun-
delta at New York and continued
the deception during a voyage to
New Orleans via Havana. An
approaching physical examina-
tion of the crew by the ship's
doctor In preparation for a trip
to South America on used Fran-
ces to disclose her sex.
PUBLIC MET ”
FOR ZONING
Residents To Be Heard By
City Commission
July 14
A public hearing on the proposed
city zoning measure was set July
14 at 7:30 p. m by the city com-
mission at a regular meeting Fri-
day morning.
Residents objecting to the pro-
posed plan will be allowed to ap-
pear before the commission and set
out reasons for their objections.
Final recommendations of the city
zoning commission were handed the
city heads Friday morning by B M.
Crcmack. member of the commis-
sion. The recommendations were
received but not discussed at the
meeting.
The city commissioners Informal-
ly discussed the question of filling
stations locating near schois.
churches and similar institutions
A petition will likely be handed
the commission In the near future
requesting that restrictions be plac-
ed on filling stations in vicinities
of schools it was indicated. The
city heads seemed favorable to-
ward such a restriction.
A slightly reduced rate on electri-
city was granted large power users
manulactuiing ice.
The city manager was authorized
to rename continuations of streets
into West Brov nsville. recently an-
nexed by the city. These streets will
bear the same names in West
Brownsville as they do within the
city proper.
An application for a franchise on
a city bus line was briefly discuss-
ed but no action taken.
Oiled Road Halts
Inroads of Pests
OWENSBORO. Ky.. June 12.—
—Army worms which have dam-
aged crops in various counties of
Kentucky made their appearance
in Davies county yesterday but
met their match in the person of S
R Ewing banker-farmer.
Mr. Ewing who is president of
the Owensboro Deposit Bank and
owns a farm remembered that
whenever he walked across an oiled
road his feet stuck in the prepara-
tion. so he obtained a quantity o!
the road oil.
The werms were devastating a 15-
acre wheat field at the time and
Mr. Ewing believed their next move
would be toward a larger field
across the road. WhereuDon he had
oil spread along the edge of the
I infested field.
Sure enough the worms started
across the road became 'tuck in
I the ribbon of oil. and perished.
Boy World Bicycle
Tourists Are Found
EL PASO. June 12—(.P>— Two
boys who set out to tour the world
on a bicycle were safe at their
I homes here today after the eighth
cavalry and two fliers from the
! municipal airport had done con-
siderable touring in search of them
K D Franklin son of Corporal
G D Franklin. Troon E. Eighth
Cavalry and Jack White son of
V. C. White fared into the desert
with the bicycle Wednesday. They
I lost their way and became separ-
ated When they failed to come
h-me for supper parents and
friends began the search that fin-
j ally enlisted the entire cavalry
regiment.
APPEAL MADE
FROM RULING
BY DEFENSE
Judge Rojas Holds
Testimony Is Con-
flicting
Holding that conflicting testimony
left a reasonable doubt as to hit
responsibility for the death of Misa
Mina Clark. Judge Jesus Rojas this
morning ordered Dee Ham Weslaco
youth held for trial.
Ham will not be admitted to bail
as according to the laws of Mexico
a punishment of from 5 to 20 years
imprisonment may bp assessed for
conviction of the offense with which
he is charged.
If conviction carried a penalty of
less than five years’ imprisonment
bail would be allow* 1.
An appeal to the highest tribunal
of the state of Tamauhpas at Vic-
toria was immediately entered by
attorneys representing Ham.
The testimony which has been
given in the preliminary hearing be-
I fore Judge Rojas will be reviewed
| by this court. «an<i a decision may
i be expected by the middle of next
| week it was thought in Matamoma
! this morning.
In event the Supreme Tribunal
over-rules the judge's decision. Ham
will be released. Otherwise he will
be held for trial on a charge of
i being allegedly responsible for the
death of Miss Clark.
In Matamoro* this morning It
was thought that the actual trial
would get under way some time
| next week in ev:nt the higher court
; sustains the ruling of Judge Rojai.
HAM IS MOVED
BV COURT DECISION
When Dee Ham waa told by Judge
Jesus Rojas of his formal arrest
which aHeee* Ham to be the per-
son responsible for the death of
Miss Mina Clark. Ham’s face be-
came drawn tears rolled down nil
checks and he bowed his head.
When askd by the Herald repre-
sentative what he had to say. Ham
declared: 'I will have to talk
through my attorneys and I have
nothing Inore to say."
Cross examination of the witnesses
in the case was conducted this J
morning by Judge Jesus Rojas Dan- *
id Olivares. Rio Rico chief of pol-
ice was the first to testify. His
main point was that soldiers had
been placed on the gate of the
enclosure where the guests cars are
parked in Rio Rico preventing any-
body from leaving the place ^mtU
after the Special Investigator had
arrived tending to contradict Miss
Holloway s testimony that she had
left with her escort after the shoot-
ing and gone to another cafe.
Under direct questioning by Judge
Rojas Olivares admitted that there
were women wiihin the enclosure
which testimony •» tea not agree with
that of the night watchman Rog-
erio Olivares who contends that
there was nobody Inside the enclos-
ure or in the cars that wete parkc<f
there when the scuffle between de
la Rosa and Ham took place.
Chief Olivares stated that after
the shooting he had asked persona
if anybody had witnessed the shoot-
ing. and that no one had answered
him affirmatively.
Dr. R. T. Bolyn of Wesla:o waa
cross examined with Arnulfo de la
Rosa and to direct questioning by
Judge Rojas stated that he had
seen de la Rosa strike at Ham but
that he could not say what de la
Rosa held in his hand. De la
Rom denied the testimony of Dr.
ouiyn.
Dr. Bolyn was also crow examin-
ed with Rogeno Olivares tha
night watchman and he declared
that he could not identify the man
that he had not seen Olivares go
to the aid of de la Rosa and that
he stood by his former statement*.
Olivares declared that he did not
see Dr. Bolyn around and that he
did not go Inside the dance hall
after the shooting.
So far none of the wttneaae*
placed on the stand have denied
that Ham was drinking on the
night that the shooting took place
all agreeing In that respect. Wit-
nesses disagree in one point de la
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A T GLANCE
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NEW YORK
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1 gam.
Bonds: Irregular; German is-
sues weak.
Curb: easy; pivotal shares
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Cotton: steady; steadier spot
situation.
Sugar: steady; trade buying.
Coffee: lower; easier Brasilian
markets.
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Wheat: firm; insufficient rain
in Canada.
Corn: steady; unfavorable
weather southwest.
Cattle; Strong to higher.
Hogs; higher.
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