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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
AGRICULTURAL
FUND BILL IS
Sent TOULOUSE
Appropriations Asked
Total 143 Million;
About S500,000 Un-
der Last Year Act

WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-(Pl-
The house received from its appro-
priations committee today the third
Of the nine big annual supply meas
ures, that for the agricultural de-
partment, providing s143, 3,14s,047, a
decrease of S565,246 from the total
Of the current year.
In looping off S535,64s from bud
get estimates for next fiscal year,
the committee adhered to its policy
Of trimming original recommenda-
tions as it did in both the treasury
postoffice and interior bills.
Among the important items in the
bill are $74,000,000 for federal high
ways; $S9s.000 for corn borer con-
troll; $S,000,000 for forest roads and
trails; S567 800 for gypsy and brown
tail moth control; a reappropriation
Of S97, ,l20 of an available unexpended
balance from pink boil worm Grad
ication, and $l,440,000 for agricultu-
raj experiment stations.
A total of $2,7s0,000 is provided
ARA
sion work; 100000 for investigation
by the weather bureau of atmos-
pheric phenomena; S736,000 for Grad
icating the cattle tick; S497 900 for
eradicating hog cholera; $685., 900 for
administration Of the packers and
stockyards act, and S454,7O0 for
blister-rust control in the wheat
areas.
The bureau Of entomology Is Civ
en- S352,790 for studying deciduous
fruit insects; $130,5O0 for tropical
and sub-tropical insects; $27S,560 for
truck crop insects; $4,000 for for
est insects, and $i70,620 for cereal
and forage insects.
The bill carries s267. 900 for Jap
anese and Asiatic beetle control;
$27 600 for white pine blister-rust
eradication, and $s5,000 for control
Of the Mexican fruit worm. A total
Of $39,500 is included for enforce
ment of the naval stores act.
Although the bill increases the
budget estimates for federal aid
highways by $3,000,000 the commit
tee said that expenditures for the
current year would reach $50, 3,O00, 900
making IT necessary to draw on the
1880 appropriation to the extent Of
$25.500,000.
The department had assured IL.
the committees report added, that
the remaining S4s.5O0,0 of the 1880
appropriation would be sufficient
until the next appropriates addi-
tional fund.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14

urging her TO get we'll in time for
his visit on Christmas eve. Packages
followed.
But search by the men who help
Santa Claus distribute his gifts and
messages of good cheer failed to To-
cate the poor little girl, and The
Associated Press, which had accepted
the original story in good faith, in
stituted a separate investigation,
sending a reporter out among the to-
bacco farms to find little Tillie.
She wasn't there. She never had
been there SO far as any resident
could remember. There may be a
Santa Claus, and likewise there may
be a Tillie Oakley, but Of the two
IL would be easier 20 establish the
existence Of Saint Nick.
Postmaster Wilmot now has n
dozen packages, more than 125 let
ters, many of them air mailed and
registered. for Tillie, and there are
score OF kilograms. From is states
and several parts Of Canada these
kindly messages have come, and they
are coming still
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
GOLD SEIZED
AGENTS
$4,000 Gold Pesos Are
Found Going Into
Bank at Laredo

LAREDO, Tex, Dec. 14.-(R)-
Seventy-five thousand gold pesos,
the largest seizure in the history
of the United States customs office
here, were seized today when officers
arrested two men said to have been
transferring the gold from an auto
mobile to a bank.
Officers said they believed the
gold had been brought across the
Rio Grandc at Eagle Pass. The held
the two men. asserting they operated
in Eagle Pass and San Luis Potosi.
The transfer to the bank was be-
ing made after banking hours. No
charges were filed.
The largest seizure of gold here
tofore had been $4,000 pesos.
There is no duty on gold imports,
according to W. A. Neale, inspector
in charge of United States customs
service here, but importers are re-
quired to declare 70 at customs Off
ccs. Shipments brought in without
complying with this rule are subject
to seizure and forfeiture, Inspector
Neale said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
King Passes Crisis But
Is Said Still IN Danger

you, Mr.. President, for your kind
message of which his majesty will
in due course be informed as soon
as his strength permits. Though
the recent operation successfully
treated one phase of the kings Sc
rious illness, the consequence of the
general infection will entail many
weeks Of slow and anxious progress
before convalescence can be reached"
An air of slightly greater conf
dence prevailed among household Of
ficials at the palace today. IL was
emphasized. however, that consider
able anxiety for the king must con-
tinue. The general infection of his
system was understood to be the
cause of this concern which il was
felt would continue until IL was def
initely known whether the kings
strength was sufficient to Danish the
microbes from his body.
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GROUP
GIVES 0. K. TO
HARRIS BILL
Proposes to Reduce
immigration Down
To 1900 a Year;
Vote Unanimous

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ia.
-(P)-The Harris bill to
apply the quota provisions
Of the immigration law to
Mexico was approved un-
animously today by the sem
ate committee on immigra-
ton.
Last year, Mexican immi-
grants numbered $1,000 and
the year previous to that
$4,000, but under the bill
Mexican immigration would
be restricted to 1900.
Senator Harris, democrat,
Georgia, sponsor of the bill,
declared that immigrants
from that country were the
least desirable" of any
country in the western
hemisphere.
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LATE BULLETINS

BILLION ANNUAL HIGHWAY u.
WASHINGTON, Dec 14LFDurng the eight
whole has spent from and half billion dollars annually
but
H. Macdonald chief Of the public roads,
house appropriations agriculture subcommittee
MAN CoNFEssEs sLAYING AGED WOMAN
DAYTON, o. Dec 14F-Fern Garwood 33 Pyrmont today
feed staying
home the night Of Robbery
stated in confession police in which he implicated
wood traced by bloody police said
II REPORTED RESCUED FROM ISLAND; SHIP IN DISTRESS
in
the Alameda The Starr broke propeller shaft
IFS miles from Seward last Wednesday when
n gale
DENIES REAPPoINTED
WASHINGTON De- 14L1-Current
Hoover had asked Secretary Mellon
and that Mr. Mellon had accepted today by
lacking authority.
BEAUMONT HOME
BEAUMONT Tex Dee 14l-Sa
here last night Of
the Beaumont schools for is widely
Gator and author Of books in historical subjects
to be held
FORD ABANDONED PLANE" SAYS
WASHINGTON Dec HOF1Henry Ford said here today
abandoned his with light which
commonly automobiles because he believed impractical this
public
will
adding that he believed this would be accomplished the
enough.
SHOuP TO BE s. r. PRESIDENT AFTER JAM
NEW YORK, Dec 14tF-The
William
Dec 81 which he will
tive committee He succeeds
created position of chairman the
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Postpone Action
On Kellogg War
Pact Third Time

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-CP)-For
the third time, the senate foreign
relations committee postponed action
today on the Kellogg treaty to out
law war.
Although Chairman Borah had
hoped that vote could be taken on
the treaty, several senator's, includ-
ing Reed of Missouri, and Shipstead
of Minnesota, desired to discuss the
treaty's relation with the Monroe
Doctr.ae and in general more fully
go over all of the documents which
figured in the negotiations.
There also was some discussion of
the possibility Of offering a resolu-
tfon in the senate. merely as an ex-
preston that IL was the sense Of the
senate that the treaty in no way i'm
piled the sanction that it had any
effect upon the Monroe Doctrine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
RUM RUNNERS
ADMIT ALIASES
BEFORE COURT
Appeal Bond in Sum
OF $4,000 Demand
ed; Three Get Peni-
tentiary Sentences

An appeal bond of $4,000 each
was demanded by the federal court
in the case Of Frank Gates, alias A.
w. Collier, and Even Gates, alias
Arthur Seward, sentenced by Judge
J. c. Huteheson to terms of four and
two years, respectively, in con-
nection with the seizure Of n large
quantity OF liquor near Brownsville
on the night of December 8.
The two men, who hail from Fort
Worth, gave their names as A. W.
Collier and Arthur Seward when
placed under arrest by federal and
county officers. They were captured
near the Rio Grande while engaged
in transporting a cargo composed OF
6l0 gallons Of alcohol and a large
quantity of assorted liquors.
Federal officers eventually ascer-
tanned the men were brothers; that
the elder, who gave his name as Col
lier, had been convicted under the
Dean Act in the district court at
Corsicana and the case is on appeal
and had also served 90-day SEN
tence imposed in federal court at
Fort Worth. The younger, who gave
his name as Seward, had been be-
fore the district court in McLennan
county but had not been convicted.
Jose Casillas, Of Brownsville, who
was one of the quintet captured
when the liquor cargo was seized,
had previously been convicted in fed
eral court here, and was also given
a two-ycar sentence in Leavenworth.
Another member Of the party, who
gave his name as John Smith and his
home as Sweetwater, Texas, is be-
ing Investigated by the department
Of justice. Inquiries at Sweetwater
and other points failed to substan-
tiate statements made TO officers
and Judge Hutcheson announced that
sentence would be suspended pend
ing the investigation. Smith alleged
that he is 10 years of age; that he
had never previously engaged in rum
running. and that he had Joined the
Gates expedition to the border ito
pick up a little money"
Arturo Cara of Brownsville, who
plead guilty and testified for the
government. stated he had been en-
ployed to pilot the party to the point
on the American side where the liq-
uor cargo was to be landed. He ad-
mitted that he was under a charge
of smuggling at Corpus Christi, and
Judge Hutcheson suspended SEN
tence pending trial Of the Corpus
Christi case.
Both Frank and Even Gates admit
ted, when arraigned before Judge
Hutcheson to receive sentence, that
each had given the officers an alias
stating that their mother was i'll and
that they desired to keep the fact
from her that they were in trouble
The appeal bond demanded by the
court had not been made Friday.
The Gates brothers were convicted
on four counts: possession, trans
porting, smuggling and conspiracy
to violate the prohibition and Gus
toms acts. Casillas was convicted
on all four counts, his previous con-
viction adding another count. Smith
was convicted on three counts, no
evidence being submitted to connect
him with smuggling of the liquor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
Pink Bollworn,
Called Constant
Border Menace

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-CP-
Testimony that the pink bollworm
problem cotton growers on the Mex
lean border will be a continuing one
until the pest is driven out of Mexico
through cooperative efforts on the
part Of both countries was made pub
lie along with the report or the arri-
culture department appropriation bill
to the house.
DR.. c. l.. Marlatt. chief of the
plant quarantine and control admin-
istration Of the department, testify
ing before the committee that framed
the bill. predicted that the cost 10 this
country if the pest remains. even il
IL were halted BY increased appro-
nriations for eradication work. would
be vastly greater in n fairly few
years than real eradication effort
that would include Mexico"
Mexico, he said, for the first time
was evincing a keen interest in such
n possibility OF eradication.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14

LONDON. Dec. 14.-tPl-It was
authoritatively stated at Buckingham
Palace at 3 o'clock this afternoon
that there was no change in King
Georges condition.
LONDON. Dec. i.-(Pl-Although
King George has successfully pass
cd through a very critical phase Of
his illness, latest official word from
Buckingham Palace today indicated
there was a long and difficult strug-
gle ahead Of him before the danger
point was passed and he reached a
convalescent stage.
The latest official word was con-
tanned in a message sent by Lord
Stamfordham, the kings private Sec
retary. on behalf of Queen Mary =
reply 70 President Coolidge's cordial
message to the king. This message
said:
"The queen is most grateful to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
Furlough Convict
Gather Crops

AUSTIN. Dec. 14.-(P)-Ray Young,
serving four years in the peniten-
tisry from Collingsworth county for
burglary and theft, was granted 80
day furlough today to help gather
the crop on his mothers farm near
Mobeetie. on which seven persons are
dependent for a living.
The proclamation said that the
mother. VINO has been taking care Of
the mans wife and two children, Is
unable to harvest the crop because
her brother-in-law. who has been as
sisting her, has gone totally blind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
Flu Stops Adams Jury; Three Members Hi1
Valley Man Among
10 Master Farmers
Selected in Texas

Of full bearing citrus and so more
acres Of trees that have not reached
the bearing stage. Corns keeps up n
rotation of cover crops. He has
raised nearly all kinds Of Valley
fruits and vegetables but ut the
present is specializing in tomatoes.
cabbage and carrots. Neatness and
quality product are said to be out
standing characteristics Of the tract.
Community Worth
The awards are not made solely
on the mems abilities as farmers.
Their influence for the general up
building of their community is TAX
en- into consideration.
Corns is a member of the Kiwanis
club Of Harlingen and sings in the
choir OF the Methodist church Of
that city.
The awards are made on a basis
of farm methods, farm life, quality
Of products, worth Of the farmer to
the community, progressiveness, etc.
Corns is so years old and was
reared on a farm in Indiana, his
udllNe STATE. ne aIleHucu the UNI
versity Of Purdue and graduated
from the school OF engineering. Aft
er following this vocation for sew
eral fears, the lure of the soil be-
came too much for the Indianian,
and he went to Oklahoma and began
farming. He remained on his Okla
homa farm for a number Of years,
keeping abreast of the times, study
ing farming as a science.
Later he saw an opportunity in
the fast developing Valley and he
came here nine years ago settling
on an undeveloped tract l 1-2 miles
off the highway at Stuart Place.
Thrives on 40 Acres
He has made a comfortable living
from his 30 acres, sent one son
through college, has another in col
Continued on page eleven.)
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Body St00d9 To
3F0yAcqmitaI
Judge Informed

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 14.-(P-Ill-
ness of three jurors, and an appar-
ent inability to agree on a verdict
soon, today led to the discharge of
a jury which had been celebrating
in the trial of v. Ray Adams. Bart
lett farmer, charged with Staying
Orville L. Mathews, bank employe,
here on Sept. /, after a disagreement
over n $1,000 election bet.
The jury began celebrating at
2:40 p. m, yesterday and was dis
charged at 9:55 a. m, today.
j. b. Ford. foreman of the jury,
told District Judge c. A. Pippen that
from the first to the last poll taken
the jury had stood nine for acquit-
tai to three for conviction.
Judge Pippen told jurymen that
they would not have been discharged
at this time but for the illness of
three of their number, stricken with
influenza.
Paid TO Vest
The three i'll jurymen were taken
to their homes by deputy sheriffs.
Adams bet $1,000 on the Earle b.
Mayfield- Connally senatorial
election. testimony at the trial show
ed. with Ben C. Richards, Dallas
county Ku Klux Khan leader. With
the stakes which Mathews held, was
posted signed agreement that the
money should not be paid until all
parties to the bet were present.
One day before the bet was TO be
paid, Adams went to the bank, where
Mathews was new accounts manager,
and asked that the $4,000 be given
to him, since his man, Connally, ap-
parently had an overwhelming lead.
Mathews told him, Adams testified.
that the money had been paid to a
"Clyde r. Vest" as yet unidentified.
who had been introduced to Mathews
by Richards.
Vest also presented letter GER
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
Anti-Japs Raid
Minister S Home

NANKlNG, Dec. 14.-(Pp-A demon
stration under the auspices Of the
anti-Japanese association yesterday
got out of hand and the residence of
the foreign minister was raided and
his furniture smashed. Chinese auth
critics called out troops and gen.
darmes to maintain order and spe-
cial guard was posted sround the
ministries of finance, and foreign af-
fairs and the Japanese consulate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
VEGETABLE PEDDLER
KILLED AT HOUSTON

HOUSTON, Dec. 14.-LP)-B. J.
Curtis, 53. vegetable peddler, was
shot TO death today near his home
here.
Police believed Curtis was killed
in an attempted holdup. Officers
said screams of the wounded man
probably scared away the robber.
Neighbors said Curtis vas reput-
ed to be wealthy and his rumored
wealth probably caused some one to
waylay him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
CIRL-KILLER
OF COAL MAN
STAYS SELF
Pretty Miss Sought
In Lorain Murder
Confesses to Mate,
Commits Suicide

CANTON. Ohio, Dec. 1i.-(Fl-Mrs.
Margaret Heldman, 21, Of Lorain,
Ohio. last night fired bullet into
her heart. A week ago she called
Vernard Z. Fearn, 35-year-old coal
dealer. TO the door OF his home and
shot him to death in the presence Of
his wife anl child.
The young woman's husband, W.
Continued on page eleven.)
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Scientific Body
Stranded; Broke

RIO JANEIRO. Dec. 14.-(PD-The
Brizilian-American scientific mission
to the Amazon Valley was stated to-
day to be stranded in Rio Janeiro
because of financial difficulties. The
statement announcing this was signed
by these British and American mem
bers of the expeditions: Norman
Taylor. G.. W. Carr. Eric Palmer, and
Roman Poznansky.
The expedition. which was headed
by Jose Tozzi Calvao, was dissolved
today.
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Especial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, Dec. 14.-Marking
the second time within two years
that Valley growers have been sig
nally honored, /. B. Corns Of Stuart
Place has been named among the
first ten Master Farmers Of Texas
by the Progressive Farmer in con-
junction with A. & NJ. college.
Corns has operated 40-acrc tract
at Stuart Place for the past nine
years aided by his wife and three
sons. The track contains five acres
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
BOLIVIAN TO
REMAIN AWAY;
HASNOORDER
Delegate Announce e 5
Decision; Peaceful
Settlement Believed
Possible

WASHINGTON. Dec. H.-(AP)
With Bolivia absent and Paraguay
refraining from voting. the Pam
American conference decided today
ia offer its good offices to the
two countries to conciliate their
boundary dispute.
With the exception of the two
nations. the vote was unanimous.
The conciliation proposal was pre-
sented by Victor Mautua of Peru,
and seconded by Ambassador Fer
rara of Cuba, its author. IL pro-
vides that the special conference
committee constituted 10 look into
the controversy should be main
tanned to render whatever services
are accepted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
DAWES NAMED HEAD
OF BIG BANK MERGER

CHICAGO. Dec. 14-vice president
Charles G. Dawes will be chairman
OF the joint board OF directors Of
the combined Central Trust COM
pany and the Bank OF America,
whose merger was announced yes
terday.
Assets totaling s160.O00,0n were
listed by the two banks. The new
bank. the latest of series Of con-
solidations among Chicago banks.
will retain the name of the Central
Trust company. with which Mr..
Dawes has long been identified.
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GIANT INDUSTRIAL
MERGER ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-LP)-Amer-
ican Radiator company officials to-
day disclosed that negotiations were
under way for n merger with STAN
dard Sanitary Manufacturing com
pany of Pittsburgh, Pa, one of the
leading manufacturers of plumbing
supplies.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday
partly cloudy with moderate tenn
perature. Light to moderate south
erly winds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Increasing cloud
mess tonight and Saturday becoming
unsettled; possibly rain on the west
coast and in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley; semev,hat warner tonight
in south portion. Light to moder-
ate easterly to southerly winds on
the coast.
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GANGSTER Is ELECTROCUTED

OSSINING. N. T., Dec. 1i.-(P)-
Thomas RED" Moran, 22-year-old
Brooklyn gangster who killed two po-
licemen. was electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison this morning after gain
ing two hours of life because the
prison inmates we're giving their an
nual comedy show. The execution
was delayed till visitors to the show
had left the grounds. His last hours
were spent playing cards with his
guard. Moran reaching through the
bars to play his cards on the table
outside.
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J. NJ DICKINSON DIES

CHICAGO. Dec. 14.-Pt-Jacob M.
Dickinson. democratic secretary OF
war in President Taft's administra-
tion. died late yesterday following
an operation and several weeks i'll
ness. He was rs years old.
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titled TO by a Waco notary public,
and signed by "W. Tom Ramsey"
authorizing "Vest" to collect the
money. Investigation showed. wit
nesses declared. that the name of
the notary public was fictitious, and
that there was no hotel in Waco by
the name Of the Worth" where the
letter said Ramsey" resided.
Ramsey, in whose name Adams
posted the bet, testified that his
Continued on page eleven.)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.--(Pp-The
Bolivian delegate to the Pan-Ameri-
can conference on arbitration not to
nounced today his decision not to
attend today's sessions dealing with
the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute be-
cause he lacked specific instructions
to attend.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-tP)-As
has been the case ever since the
present dispute between Bolivia and
Paraguay reached the danger stage.
late developments can be taken to
indicate both a peaceful settlement
Of the difficulty, or a continuation
of the crisis.
On the whole, however, those work
Continued on page eleven.)
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MISSISSIPPI SLAYER HANGED

MAGNOLIA. Miss. Dec. I4.-CRl-
Robert Percy Lotion was hanged
here today for the murder of J. Z.
Westbrook. McComb police chief.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorologi-
cal conditions:
High ................. 1856 p. m.
Low 1886 a. nis
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RIVER FORECAST
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.

lnere viii be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.