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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
SHEPHERD TRIAL
BEGINS MONDAY
Jury to Try McClintock
Poison Case to Be
Chosen Quickly
(By The Associated Press. ,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May l6-With both
prosecution and defense predicting lit
tie difficulty in selecting a jury and
disposing of other preiiminaries. Will
Fan DAZZLING Shepherd will go on trial
for his life before Judge Thomas J.
Lynch Monday morning on charge Of
numbering his foster-son, William Mel
son McC!intock, to obtain his fortune,
estimated at over $l,000,O0O.
Several witnesses whose names have
not been connected with the case pre-
viously were questioned at the office Of
the states attorney today, and it was
announced that an additional list would
probably be submitted by the prosecu-
tioE at the opening of court Monday.
At least &C witne: ses will be heard at
the trial, it was said, the defense hav-
ing announced that it would call &c, and
the prosecution 40 or more.
The exact number summoned by the
prosecution will depned upon how deep
ly it is allowed to go into the death OF
young McClintock's mother IS yeals ago,
for which a coroner's jury recently held
Shepherd responsible, Assistant States
Attorney George E. German said to-
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17

the Associated Advertising Clubs Of
the World at Houston reached the Val
ley Saturday morning. Quitting their
sleeping cars at Mission, they were
served breakfast at Sharyland by the
ladies of Mission after which came an
automobile tour of the Valley.
Brief stops were made at the various
towns, which lunch at Stuart Place and
r. 7. Stuart the host, the trip conclud-
ing with dinner at o'clock Saturday
evening at the Brownsville Country
club.
In the Valley tour also were party
of 80 members o. the American Rail-
road Development Association, an or
ganization of industrial and agricultural
agent, Of American railroads, all of
whom were particularly interested in
the development they saw here. This
party, which attended a convention last
week at San Antonio, is en- route to
Mexican city. From Monterrey they re-
Sunday morning by special train for the
Mexican cit. From Monterrey they re-
turn to the United States by way of
Laredo.
The Valley Chamber of Commerce act
ed as hosts to the visitors on the tour
Of the Valley.
William S. West Of Brownsville was
toastmaster at the dinner at the Coun-
try Club last evening. Some $50 guests
were served, including the visitors, Val
ley people who had loaned their cars for
the trip and a number of Brownsville
people.
Norman Cats, from Sidney, Aus
tralia, the advertising delegate who
came the longest distance to the con-
vention at Houston, was the first speak
er of the evening.
n envy you Texans one thing-that
is the quality of patriotism that in
spires your people," Mr. Cats said
You never fail to boost your state.
And I envy, too, the tremendous possi-
bilities, not only in Texas but the mar
kets that are afforded to you by the
great country to the north of you"
After which Mr.. Cats proceeded to
talk interestingly of Australia, how New
South Wales ships apples to the London
market, how Australia is taking to the
planting of cotton and his prediction
that in ten years that great southern
country will match Texas in production
He said that Australia is the greatest
wool producing country in the world,
with 85,00O,000 sheep, and that the
country, which has a population Of
100000, little more than many of the
individual states of the United States,
produces l5O,OOO,OOO bushesl Of
annually
Followed Mr.. Cats, Toastmaster
West introduced Russell G. East, agri-
cultural agent of the Pennsylvania
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
First Radio Program Oh
Local Station Is Success

With the call letters KWWG, and
sending at wave length of 27S me-
tres, Brownsville's radio station went
on the air last night. and the opening
program was complete success, judg-
ed from the number of kilograms and
telephone calls that came in compli-
menting the new station.
At the eleventh hour a telegram
from Washington settled the diff
Guilty of call signal, and wave length,
temporary permit being secured to
go on the air with the letters KWWG,
Kun to the Worlds Winter Garden.
instead of the simple WWG, which
the station has applied for. The wave
length, at first announced at 258. was
changed to 278 for the sending last
hight.
People in every part of the Valley
from Brownsville to Mission, residents
of Corpus Christi, Station WOAI Of
San Antonio, and others ftelegraphed
and telephoned to the station here thot
the program was success. Dozens
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
DREDCE TO
CUT CHANNEL IN
BRAzOS PASS
Jacobson Contract Can
celled by Gen. Taylor;
Re-survey Of Inner
Harbor to Be Delayed

Major General H. Taylor. chief Of en-,
gineers. United States army board Of en-
gineers, believes an examination and
re-survey of Brazos Santiago harbor.
Point Isabel, will be premature until it
has been determined that the channel
now authorized can be completed with
out the construction Of jetties.
This statement by General Taylor Is
made in letter to United States Sen
ator Morris Sheppard, copies of which
have been received in Brownsville from
Senator Sheppard.
General Taylor states that he has re-
Gently taken steps to cancel the existing
contract with Contractor John jacobson
of Galveston, whose plant is not adapt.
able for the work on the outer bar
channel. The army officer states that
the work will be done with a govern
ment plant.
General Taylor's letter, dated at
Washington May s, says: r
I'm reply to your letter of MAY 2,
1925, in regard to the preliminary ex-
animation and survey Of Brazos Island
Harbor, ! may advise you that it il still
my opiHIOH. dh StdtSu IN my lepIer o.
April 20, that it would be premature ia
make any examination with a view to
revising the existing project, until if
has been found out whether the channel
now authorized can be completed with
out the construction of jetties. ] have
recently taken steps to cancels the exist
ing contract for work on the bar chan
mel, as the contractor Is clearly unable
to do the work with any plant at his
disposal This does not mean. that the
government cannot. do the work, and
it is expected to start work on it this
summer with government plant.
"This work will enable US to make
accurate estimates as to the costs Of
any depth channel that may be consid,
cred advisable. No such estimates can
be made until this has been ascertained,
and the department. could not of course
submit a report to congress until these
data have been secured.
Consequently / think it would be
better, in fact practically necessary, to
delay the examination. until we have
found out the possibility of completing
the present authorized channel"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
RIO GRANDE VALLEY ONE OF GREATEST
AND RICHEST COUNTRIES IN WORLD


Valley visitors you this morning in one OF the lacnest
the world with great future IN store Tor IT,
some of the features being:
Thirteen irrigation districts, including pumping plants
and canals, valued at total of $14755yO00.
soil which will yield truck and citrus for the present
year to the extent of $4,000 carloads.
banks with total deposits of than $15
100000 and total resources of than 0O against
two banks 20 years with total deposits of 932 and
total resources of $3O9276
The Valley in 1920 produced 9128 bales of cotton In
1924 produced $780, In 1923 produced 9O513 Value
of the 1923 and 1924 is estimated than $l2
100000 each
Eightythr miles of permanent hardsuraced highway
in addition to feeder roads to all parts of the Valley
Sixty cotton gins and two congresses representing
vestment of approximately S1750000.
total population in the Valley counties of 10000.
total valuation in the Valley of $65 OOO according to
tax rolls.
Four hundred thousand of land under irrigation of
which about 100000 is in cultivation.
Citrus fruit shipments for the past year of than 700
carloads, against PIP for the previous year.
drainage districts with systems representing value of
more than $1,000,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
SOLON SELDOM
dies SUDDENLY
Missouri Senator in Hos
pital at Washington
Was Recovering

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 16.-Sen-
ator Seldom P. Spencer of st. Louis,
died suddenly here tonight at Walter
Reed hospital.
The death of the senator, who was SO
years of age, came as a shock as he had
been in good spirits today and his early
recovery, had been expected. He was
operated on about ten days ago for
hernia.
Only the attending physicians and
a nurse were at the bedside when death
came. At noon, his secretary said to-
night, Mr.. Spencer was well enough to
dictate and sign some mail
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Senator Spencer was serving his sec
ond term in congress, having been
elected in 1918 over Joseph w. Folk,
democrat, by majority of $4,000 to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of William J. Stone. He was reelected
in 1920 by a majority of III 900 over
Breckenridge Long.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17

of kilograms came in from all parts
of the Valley. San Benito, Harlingen.
Mercedes, Donna, McAllen, Mission,
Edinburg and other Valley cities were
represented in the list.
A telegram from Corpus Christi
stated that the program was heard
clearly there. Station WOAI wired
from San Antonio that thei program
was coming in without any trouble.
kilograms from more distant points
are expected by the station today or
later, L. c. Parker of the Southern
Radio Corporation of San Antonio,
who was in charge Of the sending last
night, announced.
In addition to the kilograms from
more distant points, telephone calls
were received from all parts of the
city expressing satisfaction with the
program. The Southern Equipment
Co., with big super radiola receiv-
ing set sitting in the lobby Of the
Travellers hotel, entertained among
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
AMERICA READY
TOFUND DEBTS
NATIONS TOLD
Business-Like A gr ee-
ments Sought, Debtor
Countries Inf o r m e d
by American ENJOYS
(Bv The Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 16-After
more than three years of waiting, the
United States government has initiated
steps to obtain funding settlements
from its foreign debtors. The powers
to whom this nation made war, OF post
war loans. have been made acquainted
with American opinion that some move
should be made by them toward liqui,
dation.
Although officials of this government
insisted today that they held no desire
TO press undufy for payments, they feel,
and France, Italy. Belgium, Rumani:.
and Czecho Slovakia. have been so ad-
vised THAI the American government is
mitted.
The other principal debtors, Jugo
Slavia, Esthonia, Latvia and Greece, are
aware OF the Washington view also, but
it was not made clear tonigt whether
American diplomatic officials in those
countries have been asked to carry
settlement suggestions directly to them.
France Gets Special Attention
In addition to the diplomatic maneu
vers made with respect to the debts
generally, France has been informed by
Ambassador. Herrick that the American
government would be pleased if a French
commission would be sent there to dis
cuss funding proposal. Inasmuch as
France is the largest debtor among
these countries whose obligations re-
main unpaid, this phase of the general
debt move was regarded as not without
some significance. The French debt APP
peared to be the hub about which gi-
gantic debt wheel revolved.
simultaneously with the disclosure o.
the move to develop action on the part
of the foreign nations. an expression
emanated from official sources that the
American government could not permit
distinction to be made between loans
made for prosecution of the world war,
those for postwar relief or unpaid
bills on the sale of surplus supplies.
This was regarded as an answer to the
several statements in European capitOls
in which mention was made and differ
ences set down between the various
kinds of loans. The American govern
ment. it was explained, can not recog.
nize any so-called political loan as be-
ing different from a loan covering the
purchase of war supplies or for use in
relief work.
While details of the government
move remained undisclOsed, there was
(CoHtinued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
BACCALAUREATE
SERMON TODAY
Rev. E. w. Marshall to
Speak; Churches in
City Cooperate

Four churches in Brownsville will dis
pense<with the regular morning services
today and urge all the members to at
tend the baccalaureate sermon and
services at the Brownsvill high school,
the sermon to be delivered by Rev.
E. w. Marshall, pastor of the First
Baptist church.
These churches are the Central
Christian, eMthodist, First Presbyterian
and First Baptist.
The progfam Of the bacccalaureate
services shows several unusual features,
among them being the fact that the
Brownsville boys and girls glee clubs
will furnish music for the occasion,
whereas heretofore outside organiza-
tions have furnished the music.
The high school auditorium, in which
the program will be held this morning,
has been decorated by members of the
senior class.
Commencement exercises at the
Brownsville high school will be held
Friday night of this week, at which time
the diplomas will be presented by S. c.
Tucker, president of the school board,
and the graduation address will be de-
livered by Rev. McGlelland of San An
tonic.
The senior class play, A Full House, .
is to be staged Thursday night, before
the graduation exercises.
The lprogram of the lbaccalaureate
services follows:
Professional, "On to Victory, boys
and Girls Glee Clubs and Senior Class
| Hymn, Come, Thou Almighty King :,
! Congregation.
| Invocation, Rev. R. o. Macintosh.
Soldiers Chorus, Gounod, Boys and
| Girls Clubs.
Scripture Reading, Rev. Emmett P.
! Day.
| Anthem, Send Out Thy Light,
Gounod, Girls Glee Club.
| Sermon, The Architecture of Life =
Rev. Z. w. Marshall.
! Hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name" Congregation.
Benediction. Rev. o. C. Crow.
! Ed Shumway, Director Of Glee Clubs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
OFFICER shot
BY NEGRO dies
Alleged Slayer Of Sheriff
at Coleman Is Spir-
tied Away

COLEMAN, Texas, May l6- Sheriff
Dick Pauley, who was shot yesterday
by negro, died at $50 p. m. today at
Overall memorial hospital here.
The negro who shot Sheriff Pauley
was spirited away early this morning
by Sheriff McWilliams of Ballinger and
Detective Fuch of Coleman, who are be-
lieved to have taken him to Brentwood
where they turned him over to other Of
ficels who transferred him elsewhere,
it is believed.
Pauley was shot as he was trying to
arrest the negro on a freight train yes
terday afternoon. THE bullet lodged in
his right shoulder, causing paralysis
from the shoulders down. Pauley was
thought this morning, to be improved,
but he sank rapidly to his death this
afternoon.
The negro was captured two hours
after the shooting, When he was corn
cred ina field by bloodhounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
j. S.-MEXICAN
CONFERENCE TO
MEET MONDAY
Eight Problems to Be
Discussed at Confer
ence in Ell Paso, Sec.
Andrews Announces
fBy The Associated Press.)


Ell PASO, Tex. May 16-Athough
refusing to say what they are, Lincoln
c. Andrews. assistant secretary of the
treasury, said the American Mexican
conference which will get down to work
here Monday, will discuss eight prob
lens. 1t is expected that the following
will be among the topics of discus
sion:
Lifting of the SO head tax required
of Mexicans who enter the United States
and fail to return at the end of six
months.
2-The charging of a $40 visa on
Mexican immigrants.
3-A proposal to exchange smugglers.
4-Ways and means to stop smuggling
of liquor, narcotics and other contra
band.
frightening of the border to pre-
vent European aliens from entering the
United States through Mexico.
6-Ciandestine fishing off the coas.
of Lower California.
THE proposal of Americans to
erect a $4,000 fence on Cordoba "cut
Off" Mexican territory on the Amer
lean side of the river, caused by a
change of the Rio Grande's course.
Representatives from the two nations
played golf and visited local historical:
places today, and will be guests at a.
officers dance tonight at Fort Bliss.
The conference was organized, ami
the meeting wound up with banquet
at which Andrews, who is head of the
American delegation. was the principal
speaker.
Andrews, who has charge of prohibi-
tion enforcement, made the guests
laugh when he told of violating the IL
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
PROPOSE JULY A FOR TESTS

WASHINGTON. D. c., May 16.-Pres-
ident Cooldge's expressed preference
for July as the day on which the pro-
posed national defense test could be
most appropriately held has aroused
doubt in war department headquarters
as to whether plans can be reconstruct
ed in time to hold the test on independ-
ence day or whether they must be scrap
ped for this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
GLACIER TO GULF
HEAD VISITOR HERE

Austin North president of the Glacier
to Gulf Motorway Association, who with
his family arrived in Brownsville last
night. saws that road is being rapidly
completed. 1t is to run from Calgary,
Canada to Tampico, Mexico, crossing
the river here.
As an indication of how good the road
is he said he had come to Brownsville
from Billings, Montana, in six days,
stopping in Austin long enough to pick
up his family, who are living there
The party will go into Mexico today
and start the return trip Monday.
His association is striving to aid
South Texas to realize her ambition to
become the next great winter resort
country, Mr.. North said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
AMUNDSEN AWAITS
PERFECT WEATHER
(By The Associated Press.1

OSLO, Norway, May 16.-The Ship
ping Gazette published here in the Nor
wegian capitol, states that Roald
Amundsen, the explorer. will start his
air dash to the North Pole whenever
meteorologists think that a period OF
good weather has set in. Amundsen
will not wait until the end of May or
the beginning of June, as he previously
planned. but will start direct for the
pole from Spitzbergen without landing
at Danes island.
His airplanes are in perfect condition
and are being tested daily, the journal
states, but weather conditions still are
troubling the explorer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
THE WEATHER

EAST TEXAS: Sunday partly cloudy,
showers in north portion, colder in
north portion, Monday partly cloudy,
warmer in northwest portion.
WEST TEXAS: Sunday partly cloudy,
showers in north portion; Monday gen
orally fair.
LOUISIANA: Sunday partly cloudy.
probably scattered showers, colder in
rorth lortion, Monday generally fair.
ARKANSAS: Sunday partly cloudy,
colder; Monday fair, warmer
OKLAHOMA: Sunday fair, colder in
east portion; Monday fair, warmer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
ARBUCKLE, DORIS
DEANE ARE MARRIED

PASADENA, Calf, May 16.---In the
presence of large company of guests,
many Of them prominent in the motion
picture world. Roscoe Fatty" Arbuckle,
former film comedian and Doris Deane,
film actress, were married shortly after
o'clock tonight at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Charles B. DibbIe,
in San Mari9o, suburb. Judge Hugh
J. Crawford of the Los Angeles county
superior court officiated
Buster Keaton, comedian, acted as
best man and his wife, Natalie Tai
madge Keaton was matron Of honor.
At the Dibble home tonight, it was said
that the bride, was graduate of an ex-
elusive school for girls here, met Ar
buckle two years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
Governor Ferguson
Picks Legion Week

AUSTIN. Tex. May 16.--In the name
of the innocent victims of the world
war, the orphans and widows Of heroes
who met death on the battlefield" and
the invalid veterans, Governor Miriam
A. Ferguson designated the week OF
June l to 6 as American Legion en-
dowment week, and Sunday. May 81, ms
American Legion endowment Sunday, in
proclamation issued otday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
NEGROES IDENTIFIED

DALLAS, Tex, May .16.-Officers were
unanimous tonight in the belief that the
two negroes who slew Ryan Adkins and
w. L. Milstead and then attacked their
women companions several weeks ago,
are in custody The accused negroes are
brothers, Frank and Lorenza Noell
Frank NOEL was identified today by
Mrs. Mable Berry as the negro who
killed Milstead and then attacked her.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
Ad Experts of World
See Valley Wonders
In Long Motor Trip

From London, from far away Aus
tralia, from South Carolina, from New
York, from Missouri, from Florida, from
the far west
Advertising experts from almost every
corner of the. English speaking world
took in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Saturday-and were sold, thoroughly
sold on the proposition.
Eighty-five of the delegates who at
tended the twenty-first convention of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
ONE KILLED IN EXPLOSION

BERLIN, May 16-An explosion oc-
Cured today in pit five Of the Derts-
field mine, near Dortmund, which sub
sequently spread to pits and 8. Late
adviees from the scene report that one
man was dead and twenty five injured,
have been brought up from the pits.
Thirty are still unaccounted for.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
State Seeks to Sell
Legion Sanitariurn
fBy The Associated Press)

AUSTIN, Tex. May 16.-Chairman
S. B. Cowell of the state board Of con-
troll leaves Austin for Washington Mon
day night to open negotiations with
General Frank Hines, director Of the
veterans bureau for sale to the gov
ernment of the legion memorial santa
rum at Kerrville. as provided by the
thirty-ninth legislature
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
ELEVATOR BOY INMATE
OF FLOP HOUSE, PITIED
X x X
BY FRIENDS, DIES RICH
(By The Associated Press )

CHICAGO, H., May 16.-For 80
years Andrew Long, who died yester-
day at the age of "a, ran hotel
freight elevator and had the SYM
pathy of fellow employees because Of
his bed into flop house, they found
taches of the public administrators
office yesterday rummaged through
his bed ma flop house, they found
$4,000 worth of mail orddr COM
pany bonds, bank account of $1,000
and keys to two safe deposit boxes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-17
IN OUR
VALLEY

WANTED-In the Lower Rio Grande
" Valley of Texas, an advertising
Moses to lead the Worlds Winter Gar
den out of the shadows Of almost Sc
clusion.
Mr.. Advertising Man, if you had a
Florida, California, in the making,
what would you do with it in the way
of selling your country to the world?
That's the problem that is now be-
fore the people of the Lower Rio
GTande Valley.
We produce better grapefruit and
oranges than, Florida. That's a fact,
not boast.
We have better soil than either Calf
ornia or Florida.
We have a better winter climate than
either, and a more enjoyable summer
climate.
We have beaches--in the making.
Here is our story: