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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
ENVOYSSCAN
FOCHS REPORT
Action on Treaty Viola
ton Planned to Stop
German Reaction
tBy The Associated Press.

PARIS, April 28-The allied council
of ambassadors, at its meeting tomorrow
will, it is understood, give Marshal
Foch's report on Germany's violations
of the Versailles treaty quick scrutiny
and will then await further study of the
situation by the chancellors of the vari-
Gus interested powers before taking ac-
tion.
This policy, it was said in official
circles, will be pursued because the
allies desire above all to avoid anything
that might provoke further reaction in
Germany such as was -manifastsa-iiss-ttssfe
election Of Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg to the presidency.
Continued occupation of the Cologne
area presents no urgent problem to the
allies, it was pointed out and they can
without Inconvenience go slow.
Negotiations concerning the German
security pact offer will be conducted on
the same policy of avoiding anything
that could be used for fuel for the re-
dictionary campaign in Germany. For
eign Minister BRAND will soon reply to
the, offer of DR.. Stresemann, German
foreign minister, in such a way as to
encourage possible continuation Of the
efforts toward an agreement, it was in
dicated, but without giving the hope
that France will abandon her allies,
Poland and Czecho- Slovakia, with their
vital interest in the question of Ger
many's eastern border which that ma
tion desires to reopen eventually.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity: Unsettled
tonight and Wednesday; not much
change in temperature.
East Texas: Unsettled tonight and
Wednesday; probably showers in west
portion; cooler in north portion We'd
nesday. Gentle to fresh southerly to
easterly winds on the coast.
Weather. Conditions
A high pressure area of considerable
intensity was central over the northern
Rocky Mountain states at the morning
observation, attended by general cloudy
conditions and unseasonably low temp
eratures throughout the MOI thwestern
and north-central States. A disturb
ance over the south Atlantic states is
causing unsettled weather and rains
throughout the eastern one-third of the
country. Scattered showers occurred
also since last report in Missouri, Tex
as. and the Plains states. 1t was con-
siderably colder this morning through
out the Ohio and middle and lower Mis-
sissippi Valleys.
The lowest temperature last night at
Texas stations ranged from So at ANA
rillo to n at Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
ASK VOTEFOR
SCHOOL BONDS
New Building Will Not
Cause Tax Value
Increase

.."The fact that the $4,000 school
bond issue to be voted on here Satur-
day will result in alleviation of the
crowded condition of Brownsville
schools, without resulting in any in,
crease in the tax values or the tax rate
is ample reason WHY every voter of the
city should cast his ballot for the bond
issue" Sherwood Bishop, member of the
board, said this morning.
The new bond issue is being voted to
provide for the construction of First
Ward school building, 20 be located a
short distance west of the railway spu,
track. two blocks from Elizabeth street.
and additions to the West Brownsville
and junior high schools.
"The tax rate canont be raised" Mr..
Bishop said, as it is at the limit now.
The tax values will not be raised, as it
is not necessary, sufficient revenue for
the increase in buildings being provided
by the rapid growth of Brownsville.
In carrying out this arrangement
members of the school board have found
they will be able to cut the percentage
of the total tax set aside for mainte-
nance, without decreasing the mainte-
nance, and will be able to add the diff
ference to the interest and sinking fund,
to care for the new bond issue, without
any change in valuations.
The construction of the new ward
school, and the additions planned to
two school buildings in the city viii
solve the crowded conditions in all the
school buildings of the city, it was
pointed out.
The eighth grade. now in the senior
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
BODY
BATTLES POLICE
OF TWOSTATES
Mystery Call Purports
to Identify Girl; Is
Unf oun ded; Many
Clues Are Followed
fBv The Associated Press,

GARY, Ind, April 28.-A va
rlety of theories today guided
police of two states in their eff
forts to identify the charred,
bullet-riddled and dismembered
body of girl found Sunday
near Cheston, Ind, and to find
her slayer.
While the body with one leg and one
arm missing lay in Chesterton morgue
early today, H. A. Flynn, the under
taker received a telephone call purport-
ing to come from Captain William Linn
of the Gary police saying he had infor
nation that the girl was Grace Dixon of
Gary. Later Captain Linn denied he
had made such a call or that he had
such information, and pronounced it a
hoax. Attempts to trace the call were
made.
The telephone cal was only one of a
mass of tiny clues being developed by
investigators. One theory held that the
girl was the wife of Henry j. Saunders,
now in the penitentiary, member of
the band of Henry j. Ferneckes, the
midget" robber held here on mur,
der charge.
The only tangible clues were partly
burned pair of eye glasses, bits Of a
dress. string of beads, a powder box
and Pennsylvania railroad employees
card. Opticians who measured the eye
glasses said they were only slightly off
a certain standard and would be diff
cult to trace.
Belief that the girl was from Gar.'
and that she had been killed here was
expressed by DR.. A. o. Dobbins of Val
paraiso. Porter county coroner.
A report from Evansville, Ind, said
the girl might be Smith Alstadt Yketb
who disappeared from Murfreesboro,
Tenn, last January. The girls mother
who said she feared the body was that
of her daughter, said she had been mar
ried last June to Yketb.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Riding Fast Train Safer
Than Crossing City Street

traffic on railroads was handled in
1924. there was decrease in the
number Of fatal accidents to en-
ployees, fewer losing their lives than
during any one year since records
were started in 1883. Also fewer en-
ployes were injured, Mr.. Ashton
added.
Elimination Of grade crossing he es-
timated" would cost twenty billion
dollars, or nearly the same amount
fixed by the interstate commerce COM
mission as the tentative valuation of
the railroad properties.
AS a, result of campaigns conducted
by the railroads, some Improvement
has resulted. in grade crossing acci-
dents, which decreased fifteen per
cent in 1924 as compared with the
yearly average for the years 1920 to
1923, he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
TRUCK MARKETS
rNnAN Via Naval Radio
1ODA Fort Brown

AUSTIN. Tex. April 2s.--Carlot ship
ments Of fruits end vegetables. spinach,
Texas, 0; Virginia, AZ; others, o; cab
bage Texas, O.; Florida. @; South Caro-
lima, 55; others. 49,; mixed vegetables,
Texas, 2: others, 106; cucumbers, Tex
as, !; total, %; potatoes, Texas, 2; total.
AL; total, 421; onions, Texas, 81; total.
81, beets and carrots, Texas, Il; total. 8.
Shipments by districts of origin, Tex
as-Lower Valley, beets and carrots, l..
Shipping point nformation-P Potatoes,
stronger. carrots usual terms, S2.95;
string beans, dull, mostly s1.00.
Onions--Kansas City. one Texas, IL
track steady, unchanged; Chicago, nine
Texas IS track stronger yellaws, $500
to s2.25; whites. mostly $3.50; St. Louis,
18 Texas, az track. steady, yellows.
$2.25; whites $3.50 to $2.75: Cincinnati,
one Texas, six track, firm, yellows,
$2.25; whites, $3.50; eDtroit two Texas,
seven track, firm, $500 to s2.75 for
yellows; whites. s2.75; Denver, no ar
rivals, one track, dull. s2.25 to $3.50 for
yellows; whites, 1855 to $4,000; New
York, 80 Texas, three others, two track,
yellows, $500 to s210; whites, $500 to
$2.25; Philadelphia, no arrivals, 80
track, firm, $2.10 to $2.25 for yellows;
Pittsburgh one Texas. steady, yellows.
Pittsburgh, one Texas, steady, yellows.
$2.25 to $500; whites. $2.25 to $3.50.
Potatoes-Kansas City. four Texas, 25
others. SO track, steady, unchangeds. !.
Chicago, IL Texas, 46 others, 256 track.
weaker. s3,25 to $3.50; st. Louis four
Texas, 10 others, 36 track, steady, $3.75:
Cincinnati one Texas. 10 Others, ~
track, steady, k3.75 to $40O; Fort
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
England Adopts
Wait and See Policy
fBy THE Asscc,ated Press.l

LONDON. April 28.-With Hinden-
burg at the head of the German state
and new government in power in
France, the British have fallen back on
a polic yof swat and see' so far as
the European security situation is con
cerned.
British officials presume that Ger
many will stand by her security pro
posals. which on this side of the chan
mel at any rate were adopted as the
basis of negotiations for the building
Of permanent peace I'M Europe.
They further -presnme -that---Hindsn-
burg vii lconfirm and continue the pre-
sent German cabinet. which is the gov
ernmeht that made the recent proposal.
accepted by Foreign Secretary Cham
berlain as "horest and sincere"
British officialdom takes the view
that what the further developments are
depends largely on France. In fort
night or so, it is thought, Foreign Min
lister BRAND will visit London and con-
tinue the conversations begun by NJ
Herrot as premier with Mr.. Chamber
lain in an effort to reach some basis
for assuring the security of Western
Europe. 1t is felt that the 4 FFrencf
government is not taking what is re
garded in London as such an "unreason
able view" of Hindenburg's triumph az
have the Paris press and apparently tn
French people.
The men who now rule Great Britain
do not share the presumption of par
Of the British press that his election
signifies a general German tendency to
ward the state of mind known as "Prus
sianism" 1t is pointed out that yer!
likely many Germans voted for name
they knew in preference to one the!
did not know: that perhaps the hap
penings in Sofia swung some votes t
a mcandidate known to oppose radical
ism and communism, and that there
were MANY other factors in the election
to prevent it being regarded as any
thing like straight out fight betweei
monarchism and democracy.
All these views. however, are conced
ed to be merely presumptions. and TO-
the moment the British intend merel!
to swat and see" wAht turns up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Rio Grande Water Body
To Meet in September

WASHINGTON, D. G., April a. Sec
retary Hooevr, who has been asked BY
Texas, New Mexico and Colorado state
governments to head commission OF
inquiry which will lay out plan for
better utilization Of Rio Grande water,
announced today that the hearing in the
matter would begin in the southwest
some time next September.
1t has been hoped by some partici-
pants that the commission might get
into operation in May. Mr.. Hoover said
today that while he expected to visit
the southwestern territory within a
few weeks, the commission would have
to wait until later 20 begin its work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
LUXURY IMPORT
DUTIES URGED
churchill
Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer Ann ounces
Arrangements for 800
Million Credit in u. S.
(By The Associated Press.l y

LONDON, April %. - The
gold standard in England will be
restored dating from today by
a special license to the Bank Of
England to export gold bullion.
t was announced by Winston
Churchill, chancellor Of the ex-
,hequer, in his budget speech in
the house of commons this after
noon. The banks special license,
Mr.. Churchill said, would oper-
ate from today pending the for
NAL lapsing on December 81
next of the 1920 act prohibiting
the export Of gold bullion.
Mr.. Churchill characterized the yield
from internal revenue as satisfactory
Excess profits and corporation and prof.
it taxes showed deficit of 100000
pounds sterling, but these were mort
fund" taxes and were more than coun-
terbalanced by the yield from income
tax, super and death taxes.
Mr.. Churchill said he was making ar
rangements to obtain credits in the
United States for not less than $780,
100000 with possible expansion.
The American credits being arranged
for, FIR. Churchill said, would be used
only if and when required and he did
not expect that it would be necessary
to use them.
Mr.. Churchill proposed the re-imposi-
tion of the McKenna duties upon inn
ported Injuries.
The accumulated gold reserve was
153.O0O,000 pounds sterling, part OF
which was in dollars, to the amount of
S166, 100000, the chancellor announced.
This dollar reserve, he said, would be
required for the June and December
American debt funding.
The interest on the British national
debt Churchill announced, has been re-
duced since 1920, by more than TO-
100000 pounds. 1t was most important
he said, that the policy of debt repay
ment should continue.
The chancellor announced that sugar
would be restored to the list of COM
modities under the imperial preference
plan. Preference would also be applied
to dried fruits and heavy and sparkling
wines.
The standard rate Of the income tax
will be reduced by six pence in the
pound sterling, Mr.. Churchill announced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Crow Migration FAILS;
Birds Found are RnUenS

stance they had ever seen crows in
the Valley.
The danger of the crow was brought
out. The fable remembered by users
of the old-time second-grade readers
wherein the crow drops pebbles into
a pitcher to get drink was recited as
an instance of the birds intelligence.
All the more reason he would be likely
to eat up the oranges and other fruit.
THE crow has proved great mem
ace in Florida County Agent Lonis
H. Alsmeyer. who was one of those
viewing the birds, said. There they
eat oranges. pulling the fruit off the
tree and greatly damaging this crop,
as we'll as Others"
But the crows here, which are only
ravens, are more sentimental than
dangerous and appear more often in
poems than in orange orchards They
are not menace to any Valley crops.
citrus or vegetables, Mr.. Camp said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
MANY KILLED in
SONORA VOTING
Deaths in State During
Election Sunday, Re-
ported at 81

NOGALES, Ariz., April 2S.--Clashes
between armed factions in cities
throuhgout the state of Sonora. Mex
leo, where municipal elections were held
last Sunday, caused total of 81
deaths, it was announced in reports re-
ceived by officials here last night. Con-
firmation Of the reports is lacking.
Two men were killed in Nogales. So
nora. opposite here. when mob plum
dered the polls two blocks from the
international boundary. Sixteen were
reported killed in Cananea, a town
which has hardly recovered from the
effects Of disastrous fire which left
1000 homeless there last week. Several
deaths also are reported to have occur
red in Magdalene.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28

The crow migration has failed.
Probably the Valley is too far south.
Perhaps the rich fields in this sec
tion of the world would be fatal to
the greedy appetite of the crow, and
that wise bird realizes this. Perhaps
competition is too great. At any
rate the migration has failed to ma
terialize.
And the crows here are not crows
at all but ravens.
So said r. d. Camp. federal game
warden, this morning. Il have been
in among them" Mr.. Camp said.
They are not crows hut ravens.
The crow fright was brought to
the attention of some Valley resi-
dents recently by persons who went
to Point Isabel, and returned, declaring
that they saw ~hundfeds and hun
dreds Of crows on the way down.
They said that this was the first in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
BULGARIA FRIENDLY,
JUCO SLAVIA TOLD
(Bv The Associated Press.)

BELGRADE, April TheBulgarian
minister. NJ. Vakarelski, called today
at the ministry of Foreign affairs and
expressed the desire Of his government
that the relations of the two countries
should be most friendly He will re-
new these declarations to Premier Pach-
itch tomorrow.
The gesture of the Bulgarian minister
is an effort to counteract feeling be-
tween Jugo Slavia and Bulgaria caused
by charges of Bulgarian officials that
Jugo Slavia had countenanced plotting
against Bulgaria by Bulgarian refugees
in Jugo Slavia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
WOMAN BETTER
AS DALLAS MAN
HUNT CONTINUES
Officers Believe Slayer
of Man and Attacker
of Woman May Have
Been White Disguised
fBv The Associated sPress.)

DALLAS, Tex, April 28.-The condi
tion of Mrs. Mabel Berry of Austin,
mlstreated by man who killed her es-
cort, w. Larry Milstead Saturday night
was reported slightly improved today.
Officers are unable to talk to her to
get more details. however. Her physi-
clans say her condition is serious bui
they hope for her recovery
The man hunt for those who have
robbed several couples recently, and II
cases killed man and mistreated his
woman companion continued with hun
dreds Of persons taking part. The po
lice let it become known today that they
are considering a theory that the mar
who attacked Mrs. Berry may have beer
white but had blackened his face, handa
and chest as a disguise. Mrs Berry
says her abductor remarked "they
think ! am negro, but my hair il
straight" and raised his cap, displaying
long thick black hair. His chest was
black, she said. where it showed at the
open neck Of his shirt. Officers say
the clcverness with which those making
the attacks have covered their tracks
would indicate the minds of white
criminals.
A number of negroes answering in a
general way the description given by
Mrs. Berry were picked up late yester-
day for questioning. Information to
connect them with the case is lacking
officers say.sgr v-'s
Rewards posted totalled $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the man who
killed Milstead, of which $3.50 has been
offered by Governor Miriam A. Fergu-
son. and $3.50 by Dallas citizens. A re
ward of $1,000 was offered by cousin
of Ryan Adkins, killed two weeks ago
after being forced to leave an automo-
bile in which he was riding with wo-
man. and robbed.
The Dallas Ku Klux Klan has offered
a detail of thirty special men to Sheriff
Schuyler Marshall to help in the mar
hunt. The sheriff called on fifty spe-
cial deputies to report for duty
The entire police force remained on
duty last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
(By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April 2S.-The
outcome of Germany's experiment in
elevating Won Hindenburg to the presi-
dency continues subject of very Sc
rious thought in Washington.
The state department remained abb
solutely~ silent on the question today
and no official elsewhere. authorized TO
speak for the American government,
would express any opinion.
Nevertheless it was learned that some
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
ENGLAND RETURNS TO GOLD BASIS
CABARET SINGER UNFIT
X X X
TO REAR CHILD, WOMAN
SEEKING GIRL ASSERTS
(By The Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 28.-Miss Flor
ence Whitman, cafe singer, told Judge
John r. Caverly today that for nine
years she had supported thirteen
year old Catherine McCuller and the
child's mother. but Mrs. B. E. Gray,
of Quanah. Texas, demanded custody
of the child and insisted cabaret
entertainer was an improper person
to be charged with rearing a girl.
GATHERINGS mother. Mrs. Nellie
Sandlin, died a week ago. She re-
quested that Miss Whitman retain
custody Of Catherine and begged tn:
child to remain with the singer. Miss
Whitman told Judge Caverly.
The court took the case under ad-
visement and said he would make a
personal investigation.
Mrs. Gray will return to Quanah
with eleven year old Frances, sister
of Catherine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
FARMER HELD FOR
SLAYINC GETS BAIL
fBy The Associated Press.)

ABILENE, Texas, April 28.-Ed Rob-
erts, farmer, living 13 miles southwest
of Tahoka in Lynn county who is
charged with murder in connection with
the fatal shooting of Calvin Petty,
March 81, at Roberts farm, has been
granted bail in the sum Of $500.
Roberts had been held in the jail at
Tahoka since the shooting. The trouble
arose when Petty went to Roberts home
asking him to withdraw complaint
against Petty's brother Of alleged mis-
conduct with Roberts sister-in-law.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
fBy The Associated Press.l


CHICAGO, Ill, April pa person
today is in far less danger speeding
across the country at so miles an hour
on railway train than he is crossing
a street in any of the principal cities
of the United States. declared r. H.
Ashton, president of the American
Railway Association in an address
prepared for delivery at the annual
meeting of the safety section of the
organization today.
Although the railways in 1924 trans
ported 931. 100000 persons. nearly
nine times the population Of the
United States, only 149 fatalities oc-
Cured and the number of injured was
fifteen per cent less than the average
for the four years previous and the
smallest since 1901, he said.
Despite the fact that the greatest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
REORGANIZATION OF
DRY UNIT PROPOSED

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 28.-The
reorganization of the prohibition unit
is in prospect Assistant Secretary An
drews announced today as the result
of the months study he has given the
bureau.
Secretary Andrews did not disclose
the nature of the changes but reiterated
that Commissioner Haynes will remain
for the present in charge OF enforce
ment. There was every reason to pre-
dict satisfactory coordination between
Mr.. Haynes anu his own office, the as
sistant secretary said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Two New Homes for
West Brownsville

Announcement was made today of two
new cottages to be erected at once in
West Brownsville.
Manuel Guarra will erect a $4,000
home on West Levee street.
Paco Betancourt, manager of the
Queen Theatre, will erect $500 resi-
dence on Elizabeth street two blocks
west Of the belt line track.
Contract for both houses has been let
to Guadalupe Saenz. R
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
r. p. EARNINGS GAIN

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 28.-The
Texas and Pacific railway company
earned $694 share on the common
stock in 1924 after preferred dividends
compared with $5.67 share in 1923
after allowing for five per cent inter-
est on the second mortgage bonds which
have been exchanged for preferred
stock. The pamphlet report showed net
income of $3.s7S,591 against s3,433,111
the year before.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Arms Meet Unlikely
British Premier Says
BY The Associated Press.)

LONDON, April 28.-Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin, replying to question
in the house Of commons today regard
ing the possible summoning of another
disarmament conference declared he did
not see any sign of an early call OF
such conference from any quarter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
AUSTIN MAN APPOINTED

AUSTIN, Tex. April 28.-R. J. Hank
of Austin, assistant highway engineer.
was today named state highway en-
gineer, was today named state highway
engineer at the regular meeting OF the
commission.
L. S. All ison Of Graham. was elected
assistant. Both will assume office Msv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-28
Washington Lauds
England for Move

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2s.-An-
nouncement that gold basis had been
restored in England was acclaimed at
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