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Evening star., 1927-05-06
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

SACRAMENTO, Calf, May 6.-The
California acreage planted to cotton
will show a decrease of 5 to is per
cent this year, according to growers
in the San Joaquin Valley, although
the Mississippi flood may stimulate
some late planting.
NEW ORLEANS.-Mills of the
Southern Pine Association report an
increase in new business of 1885 per
cent to 54,905, 900 feet. Shipments
rose to 52,361, 900 and production ad-
vanced slightly to 47,20S,000. Untitled
orders total 93.165, 900 feet.
REGINA, Saskatchewan.--A chain
of grocery stores. to be known as the
Red and White, is being organized by
the Western Grocers with branches
at Yorktown, Saskatoon and Moose
jaw. These will handle whosesale
distribution to retail units. The
Western Grocers will have no interest
in the retail stores.
PITTSBURGH.-Se sheet mills
in this section have suspended opera
tions owing to the discouraging price
situation. Tin plate conditions have
bettered since orders accumulated
during the recent lull.
CHICAGO.-Exports of dairy prod
ucts have been decreasing during the
last month, while imports increased
sharply. Exports of butter for March
were 38S,366 pounds, against 575,6S8
last year, and of cheese, 345,00O
pounds against 1872 900 a year ago.
Imports of butter for March were
2,Ol1, 600 pounds, against 277,S71 last
wear. and of cheese, 1924, 900 pounds,
against 4,641 900 a year ago.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
MEYER OFF BOARD.

ST. LOUIS. May 6 Op.-Walter E.
Meyer of New York, who opposed
the Loree Southwestern Railroad
merger, has failed of reelection as
a director of the st. Louis South
western Cotton Belt) Railway Co.
Frank M. Gould of New York, in
favor of a merger of the Cotton Belt,
Kansas City Southern and Missouri
Kansas-Texas lines, was elected in
his place.
Evening star., 1927-05-06

from a bin. wrap it in the paper, put
it Just so in basket to hold 12O to
216, put six baskets into crate and
fill $50 or more crates day. That's
nothing less than a mans job.
The professional packer considers
himself a race apart. He may work
alongside local boys who are just as
skillful, but he does not mix with
them. They have not the wandering
foot. There are almost no surnames
among them. They go on the pay
rolls as Few Clothes Charlie" or
miami Slim and look with scorn on
the harvest hands, maintaining that
anybody strong in the back and weak
in the head can get job in the fields,
but that it takes more than that to
hold down bin in modern packing
house.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
INCOME rs SMALLER.

NEW YORK, May R.-Atlantic
Gulf and West Indies Steamship
Lines had net income Of S444,151 for
1926, including operations of the
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
Co. equal to 1928 a share on the
preferred. This compares with ST.
S71,49 in 1925, or $5.95 a share on
the common stock, including four
months operations of New York and
Cuba mail.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
LEADS IN IMMIGRANTS.
Michigan Sends More to Canada
Than Any other State.

OTTAWA, Ontario. May P9.-
Michigan led American States in the
number of emigrants going to Can
ada during the past fiscal year with
a total of 2,S61, according to a report
issued yesterday by the Canadian de-
partment of immigration. New York
and Washington were second with
1927 each. The total migration from
the United States to Canada during
the year was 21,025.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Suits of Italian ropica1s
TSs TSs ze%GtrSa' ze.s p@y $46

They're something new, and Monday morning they
will enter our regular stock at much higher prices.
Fine feather-weght Italian tropicals in plain blues
and stripes of blue, gray, tan or back-and-white.
Inimitably tailored to THE Washington Type.
THE ENGLISH SHOP SECOND FLOOR
Evening star., 1927-05-06
TRADE PICKING UP.

NEW ORLEANS, May (Spe-
ciaD Retail trade which fell off
during the flood anxiety is coming
back. The steady rise in the river
caused some apprehension, but the
pressure on the levees now has been
relieved and a steady improvement
in business is expected.
Evening star., 1927-05-06

In short for ST than you regularly pay for
Defiance Tire you get both tire and tube.
DEFIANCE CORD and BALLOON TIRES-aready,
probably the priced tires in popular guaranteed
to give 10000 miles of satisfactory service (12month
basis).
DEFIANCE TUBES-heavy duty, red rubber inner tubes
that tough and long lasting
Evening star., 1927-05-06
GETS FINANCING CONTRACT.

NEW YORK, May CP.-Reo Mo-
tor Car Co. has awarded a contract
to Commercial Investment Trust
Corporation to be it's official financ-
ing service for REQ motor cars.
trucks and busses on the deferred
payment plan.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
TRAMP FRU|T-PACK
WORKERS ON MOVE
Happy-Go-L Lucky Lot Earns
Good Money on Trek North
ward Every Spring.
BY ]. C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. May 6.-The fruit
packers who have been busily engaged
in the packing plants of the South,
which have been supplying the mar
kets of the country, commenced TO-
day to move northWard with the
weather and the crops. These packers
are highly skilled workingmen, but
are nomadic. following the fruit crops
as the harvest hands and wool shearers
of the West follow wheat and wool.
The tomato crops account for as
many or more of these workers as DO
the citrus fruit crops and the peach
and apple marketings.
Fruit tramps' they are called, but
their earnings frequently exceed those
of the highest paid artisans. For they
are paid on a piece work basis ana
some of them show almost uncanny
skill in Grating the products they
handle. They move from packing
house to packing house and the work
is such that few last more than few
years at it before they are burned
out"
Must Pack Much.
A fruit tramp must pack at least
$50 crates a day to hold a bin in the
modern packing plant. From that
point he can range as high as his
skill will permit. A squad of II men
under o. +. Drake, veteran packer,
who died but a few days ago, set a
record which has never been ap-
preached when they averaged 224
crates of tomatoes apiece for day,
leading nine freight cars. This spurt
was made to keep the fruit from
standing over Sunday in the bins. The
rate for tomatoes is cents a crate.
Along with the packers travel the
crate makers who nail up 1000 or
1900 crates, which come knocked down
TO the plant, a day. The rate for this
work is 81 a hundred crates.
Most of the packers who have been
working in Florida, Mississippi and
Louisiana are now headed for the
West Coast, where most of them will
arrive happy, broke and in debt to
their first employers there.
Georgia in June.
June will find many of them work
ing the peach crops of Georgia and
the Middle South. After that period
some will go to the melon fields of
Colorado and Arkansas. some to the
apple orchards of Delaware and Mary
land and Virginia, and others will
work north through California into
the Pacific Northwest. A few each
year save enough to start out as grow
ers on their own account. The pack
ers are not unioniZed, but there is
clannishness among them which an
swers much the same purpose.
''Fruit tramps" is only one of their
many names. Fruit tourists" and
fruit buzzards" are other names they
have for themselves. It is almost a
womanless business. The women
packers, as a rule, have far more dex-
terity than the men and many are
recruited locally to help out during
the rush shipments. But in most To-
calities the costs of the packing houses
are high, the season is short and the
crop punched, and workers are speeded
up to a point beyond the stamina of
most women.
Man-SiZed Job.
With each globule of fruit-apple,
peach, tomato, pear or plum-it is
necessary to reach for a piece of wrap
ping tissue and then pick the fruit
Evening star., 1927-05-06
UTILITIES MERGE.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, May (Spe-
ciaD.-The Springfield Traction Co.
and the Springfield Gas and Electric
Co, two of the largest corporations
here, have been merged under the
name of the Springfield Electric Co.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
GOULD COUPLER PROFIT.

NEW YORK, May R.-First
quarter net profit of Gould Coupler
Co. declined to $77,124, from S148.246
in the first quarter of 1926.
Evening star., 1927-05-06

The coat vest and trousers are "smartly comfort
able" even on the warmest Summer days. Five dit
ferent models in wide assortment of Summer
weight fabrics After tomorrow these se1f-same suits
will be marked up" for regular stock 1t is money
saving proposition to in tomorrow.
MEMS CLOTHES SECTION, SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
White Flannel Trousers
For T0m0rrOw, T7
The Last Day

This special lot of "Aannes" is superior to any
have ever offered in MEMS Week-superior in heavy
grade of flannel superior in styling and superior in
tailoring. To purchase pair or two tomorrow means
to greatly.
MEMS CLOTHES SECTION. Floor.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
ire and Tube---Pnced Together
At just ST than the tire alone Is regularly priced

32x41z S. S., with Tube. :. .$21.25
33x41A S. S., with Tube. =. .$21.75
34x41a S. S., with Tube. =. $3.50
33x5 S. S., with Tube. :. .$27.0O
35x5 S. S., with Tube. :. .$28.75
Evening star., 1927-05-06

2ox4.40 Balloon, with Tube. .$10.25
30x4.o5 Balloon, with Tube. .$16.25
30x5.25 Balloon, with Tube. $3.50
31x5.25 Balloon, with Tube. .$18.25
30x5.77 Balloon, with Tube. .$20.75
33x6.00 Balloon, with Tube. $3.50
Evening star., 1927-05-06

The cost of living in Greece is climb
ing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
BLOND HAIRED GIRL,
r = X
IS, ARRESTED VIII E N
i. y *
BANK ROBBERY FAILS

SAGINAW. Mich. July li.-dPl
Blonde. bobbed haired and de-
fiant, a 10 year old girl is being
held today following her unsue-
cessful attempt late yesterday to
gct $4,000 from the paying teller
AZ the peoples Saving Bank.
Cody pointing dccrepit re-
volver at r. r. Spcckhardt. teller
AT the bank. the girl showed
$4,000 check signed make il
snappy" through the window and
arily commanded the teller 10
give me $1,000"
Seckharit dropped 70 his knees
behind the counter ard pressed
the burglar alarm system. With
in a few seconds a policeman. sew
eral hundred pedestrians flOcking
around. rushed into the bank and
disarmed the girl She fell into
the natrolman's arms. and took
refuge in tears.
The you0E woman gave her
name rs Viola Harris. of Flint.
She Is unknown in that city.
II needed the money 20 pay of
"a MORTGAGE she told police and
thought thar would he an easy
way to ret IL"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14

Valley Free of
Fruit Fly Says
u. S. Inspector

There is not a Mexican fruit fly
left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
SO far as the inspectors have been
able % ascertain. was the statement
made Wednesday I'M VI Zctek. gov
ernment entomOIogist from the ca
nal zone, who came TO the Valley
with DR.. A. c. Baker. government
e. tomologist from Washington. 10
investigate conditions in the Valley.
Mr.. Zctck stressed the fact how
ever. that the fight to eradicate the
fruit fly has not been completed.
and that a thorough cleanup oi ~
guavas and peaches. both of which
have been designated by the ento-
mologists as preferred hosts" Of
the fly, IL necessary for the Valley
t0 escape a stringent quarantine
"Guavas and peaches are preferred
hosts Of the fly" Mr.. Zetck stated.
''and they now constitute the weak
link in the Valley cleanup. The in
specturs have even siftcd the ground
under hundreds uf citrus trees where
flies were originally found. without
finding evidence that the fly still
t1t@tFAF mint amy lANWNhNfF AHAF
may still exist in other host fruits
principally guavas and peaches. and
they must be destroyed III the clean
up IL 20 be thorough
III believe that in the interest of
the citrus industry. the guavas
should he eliminated. There are
comparatively few Of the plants i1
the Valley" he said. "The fruit
ripens at time when il serves 20
nroparatc the fruit fly. and the best
way 10 assure that thev will not
rrove \ menace to the citrus indus
try Is 10 cut them down. Local COM
mitteas have been nppoiated to han
die this, and believe the Valley
will cooperate as effectively as dur
ing the citrus cleanup"
Destruction Of Host Fruit Necessary.
Relative ~ such measures as may
hc deemed advisable Nv the federal
CContinued on mage twol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
OIL RESERVE
TRANSFERRED
Agreement Made Civ
ing Holdings To
Navy Dept.

WASHINGTON. d. C.. July IA
tF'-An agreement between the navy
and interior departments. under
which the navy after August will
take back administration of the navy
oil reserves and leases NJ land. was
ANNOUNCED today at the navy de-
partmcnt
Transfer Of these lands 70 tbs
interior departme was followed hv
the leases negotiated by Albert ~.
Fall, former interior secrctarr with
y. l.. Dohcny and Harry VI Sinclair
covering the EIk Hills ana Tea Pot
Dome reserve.
An agreement TO have the nav :
resume control is based upon inta I
pretation hy the court ~ the cxeeu-
tive order M March lT. last yr-'ing
iH the navy the administration WI a'l
leases wv all naval petroleum. rc-
serves.
The agreement is that the navy is
now responsible for administra; ,on
of all leases heretofore made. "x-
ccpting three. leasre ~ producing
wells in ieserve number IN Cali
f0rnia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
SILVER-WINCED
MONOPLANE IN
AIR AT lO:4O
First Attempt Today
Fails; Long Delay
ed Trip Started i'm
Second Dash
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
OAKLAND, Calf, July A.
tP)-1he silver-winged mono
plane City Of Oakland"
manned by Pilot Ernest l..
Smith and Navigator Emery
b. BrOnte, took off here at
l0:4O a. III. today for a 2.400
mile flight to Hawaii.
The plane left the runway
about $500 feet from the
starting point. on its second
take off attempt. the first
having gone amiSs when
Smith halted after veeIing to-
ward a crowd Of spectators.
a. IN arose slowly from the ground
the escort planes that had been
circling about during the delay AZ
ter the first hop off. fell ii behind.
The Smith plane headed due west
and disappeared in the low fog over
San Francisco bay.
Spectators who watched the ship
though field glasses expressed aR-
tonishment when Smith apparently
spurted UP and passed one Of the cs-
cort planes.
The plane appeared near the field
again but Captaia Roylc explained
that Smith was not going "a land.
that NV was merely gaining altitude.
Finally the man1plHnc straight
ened out and headed straight for the
Golden Gate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
BELATED REPORTS
TELL QUAKE HAVOC

LONDON. July 1+-tPI Reports
from the Holy Land earthquake zone
differ widely as 10 the number 81
persons killed and injured. The lat
est tend 20 discount the large fEg-
urcs given in some earliei dispatches
from Cairo of more than 1900 dead.
A Jerusalem report by Reuters
gives the following official figures
At Amman. . killed. 35 seriously in
jured: at Is Salt. 35 killed, - SER
ously injured; and in the remainder
Of Trans jordania, 20 killed. - .cri-
ously injuied.
The Haifa tSyrial correspor lent
of the Daily Mail says that III Pal
estine and sjordania 500 persons
were killed and that in Jerusalem
and the surrounding districts more
than TOO houses were damaged. The
damage in Jerusalem j. estimated PM
this dispatch Ak about S5u0.10U.
News from the stricken area con
tinues fragmcntary and 40 reliable
story covering the whole disaster is
available.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14

sof Levee and Eleventh streets,
TO cost approximately $780,
600.
Mr.. Dent said last night. accord
ing 70 Mrs. Morrow. that Browns
vile is big enough to support the
theater which he is to build. re-
gardless Of other new projects OF
this kind which are carried out in
the city. and declared that he will
proceed AZ once with the carrying
out Of his plans.
Sites Considered
Mrs. Morrow explained that sew
erai sites are being considered foi
the proposed building. and that 4
decision viii be reached some time
next week. when Dent will visit
Brownsville to complete arrange
ments for the location. The site is
10 include three lots. and the build
ing will cover the entire space, with
a frontage Of $50 feet, and extend
ing hack 40 feet
Definite plans for the building
have not been worked out Vet. al
though representative Of Mr.. Dent
left Brownsville Wednesday for Dal-
las with preliminary plans for the
building. 1t will be equivalent of
three stories. will have pipe or
gan costing approximately $50, ,uuu
she most attractive decorations
throughout. air cooling system. and
a stage especially arranged for
vaudeville programs and road shows
Has Chain of Shows
Dent announced recently that his
plans in placing theatre buildings IN
the Valley call for the booking of
vaudeville circuits III this section,
and he is building. or plans TO build,
theatres at Edinburg. Weslaco. and
Harlingen % complete his loop. as
he already has theatres az McAllen
and Mercedes
The plans for the structure here
will he completed Ill Dallas. and
VIII be given 10 contractors for bids
as soon as other arrangements are
worked out.
Mrs. Morrow explained that this
H. new project. and not the one
announced several months ago IN
which Dent was To ~ Interested
with several local men in the erect
ing and operation Of a theatre here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
ANTICIPATED
FIREWORKS AT
MEETLACKINC
Speeches at Plenary
Session of Geneva
Conference To d w
Are Calm

GENEVA. Switzerland. July IL
Ri-The p!enary session of the tri-
partite naval conference today.
which had been looked forward ID
with much speculation by observers,
came to an end tonight with no rup-
tuie of rCgotiations.
On the ~ontrary all the speeches,
made by .hc official REPRESENTATIVES,
of the Unit States. Great Britain
and Japsn altlough they unenuivo-
eally explained The various positions
on "" cruiser nrobiem. were dis
tinetiy temperate in tenor and
breathed note Of hope that the con
ference would eventually. succeed
Bridgeman Talks
" 4. Bridgaman. first lord Of the
British admiralty and head If the
British delegation to the conference
speaking ~ todav's plcnarv session.
declared that nothino had occurred
at the conference which imperiis the
good relations between the nations
rerresented
Mr.. Bria0eman said that the Brit
ish delegation bad aSL~l Cor y rlc-
nary session hccarse '4- believed that
the atmnsnhe-o of the conferet,cq
was heinP vitiated hv ososs mis-
representations of the british cas,
~ certain quarters He declared
that sore trouble had been can.,
~ nariips -ho Would rcioice al the
failure 80 the conference.
Even IL 10 agreement we~a nossi-
hle on "~uis""S. he decl"~ed il won 4
ha Worthwhile 10 reach - a~rer-
ment - do.trovers and submarines.
l.onypue on race twnl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
CASHIER Held
in HARLINCEN
Directors Take Care
Of Deficiency In
Bank Funds
Especial to The Heraid.)

HARLiNGEN. Tex. July l4.-H.
VI. Barton. former cashier III the
Valley State Bank. ~ out under
$4,000 bond facing blanket charge
of having embezzled the banks
funds TO the extent Of $2S.433.2L
Complaint was filed By County At
torney Harry l.. Faulk Of Cameron
county.
Barton was arrested Wednesday
night by Constable Jim Collins and
Joe Lucas ard was allowed bond be-
fore Justice of Peace Grover Reid.
An examining trial was to be acid
before the precinct judge at 2;30
O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
The alleged cmbezzlement Is said
have taktn place On Thursday. July
Z. after which Barton disappeared.
He was arrested upon his return TO
the city Nedncsday night
h. NJ. Holland. Weep esident of
the bank. called attention to Il dis
crcpancy IN the hanks accounts. ard
the board ~ directors. al mce.ilg
held Friday. July :, paid SZS.4i3. -
into IT'S funds after which Charles
{. le!aya. state banking exam .aer.
reported that the state banking com
missioner that the institution J. Ill
nancially sound.
Barion's note. secured by nj, VI
mis- real estate holdings. also Is "a
the hands Of the directors.
He had been cashier of the Valley
State Bank foi five years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
CREACER SILENT
ON MEXICO POST

Although refusing 10 comment on
the statement that the position of
American ambassador to Mexico
City might BE- his If he desired il.
K. B. Creager. national republican
committeeman from Texas. said
Thursday upon his return from a
business trip upstate. that Cool
idge probably will pick very good
man"
Mr.. Creager declined TO say any
thing about his own attitude on the
Mexico City portfolio.
IL is generally known that Mr..
Creager has been offered the pest
before and that he declined il but
recent Associated Press dispatche
from the capital presented the pos
sibili;y Of his again being ap
preached on the matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
TWO MEN FINED HERE
\ = X
IN MIXUP IN WHICH
!. y x
OFFICER LOSES Gu N

Two men, stopping over in
Brownsville for a few days were
arrested and charged with dis
orderly conduct Wednesday night.
but not until much commotion had
been raised and the men had tax
en- the gun OF the officer who
firsg sought To arrest them.
An argument beginning on Levee
street and growing louder and
more vehement as il progressed
was the immediate cause Of the
charges. The two men engaged in
heated discussion with the Of
ficer. the argument terminating IN
few lusty blows.
As soon as peace had been re-
stored cae Of the two men asked
the officer ii he might see his
gun. The officer laid the revolver
IN the street. whcreupon he was
Immediately pushed over and the
gun taken hy the man.
For some unknown reason the
man began 10 chase she cop in the
direction Of Fort Brow'7. hrandish-
ing the borrowed wcanon and me-
tering weird cries. The officer
soon disappeared and ncace was
restored after few shots had
been fired into the air One OF
tae men was arrested Wednesday
night while the other was taken
n custody this mcr7 ing. Both were
!.nad for d.sorleriy conlHet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
CUARDC GIVEN
U. S. CONSUL
Leonard Requests Pro.
lection; No Vio-
lence Likely

A guard Of Matamoros police has
been placed around the American
consulate in that city. at the re-
quest of American Consul NJ II.
Leonard in view of Saceo-Vanzetti
demonstrations in various parts of
Mexico, with the demonstrations
centering around u. :. consular Of
ficeS.
While no indications 0f demon
strations in Matamoros have been
received bv the consul. all American
consults in MatamOros have been
warned BY the United States to seek
protection. AS general threats have
Been made bv various organizations
and groups in Mexico obejcting to
the execution Of Sacco and Nanzetti,
scheduled for August 10.
The guard was given the consul
Wednesday. Immediately following
his request to the city officials for
protection against any possible vio-
lent demonstrations. and policemen
are stationed at several points in the
vicinity OF the consulte.
Matamoros officials stated that
thev did not anticipate any trouble.
n there have been no indications Of
demonstration IN that section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-14
four HURT IN
TRAIN CRASH
NJ. K. & T. Passenger
Train Hits Wash
out in Okla.

ATOKA. Okla., July l4.-Pi--
Three persons were injured seiior --
" early today when north boGhd
Missouri-kansas-Texas passeng :
train No struck washout near
Atoka and was wrecked. The in-
jured are:
Il. Hamilton. Atoka. baggageman.
Mrs. Rebe Merriman, Muskogee.
Matt Ward. Dallas.
Trairmen said the train was nio-
ceedlnE through heavy rain wnich
made visibility poor. when TX struck
slight grade washout that caused
the track 60 sag The locomotive
and tender crossed the spot safs! +.
but ten passenger coaches and enc
baggage car were deraiied.
AMARILLO, Texas. July li.-LPi--
Walter Pcack. lS. ~ Rochester. N.
". was killed early today near
Bodcn. % miles northwest OF ANA
rillo. when southhound Fort Worth
& Denver train Number struck
him a. be slept IN the track