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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
SEEKING Rate
COOPERATION
Southwest Roads Will
Be Asked to Adjust
Fruit Rate

Efforts TO secure the coopera-
ton Of all Southwestern railroads in
o citrus fruit rate reduction that
win place the Lower Rio Grande
Valley upon the same basis as
Florida. will be made by e.. III.
Guion. traffic manager for the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines. and Ed Byars Of
Fort Worth. secretary OF the Texas
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable
Dealers association and representa-
tive Of Valley interests
Guion and Byars left Fort Worth
Monday for st. Louis where they
will present the proposition to the
Southwest Freight Bureau.
In the event lines operating IN
the Southwest refuse TO accept the
proposed rate. they will &c To Wash
ington and request the Interstate
Commerce Commission TO establish
ON emergency rate that will relieve
the situation for the Valley ship
pers.
Valley growers ard shippers are
confident the Southwestern roads
viii accept the proposed rate, there
by establishing the Valley citrus
fruit rates upon the basis of The
Florida rate. Unless this is done,
they state. the Valley fruit will be
handicapped in many Of the central
and eastern markets. where excel
lent markets for the Valley pro-
duct have been established.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
7 die AS MAIL
PLANE Dives
Ship, Flying Low, Dips
To Ground in Try
AT Landing

P~OCATELLO. Idaho, Sept. 5.-(Pl
Seven persons, five passengers,
homeward bound from a Labor day
outing, were dead today as the re-
suit Of the crash here yesterday Of
the air mail plane Of National Parks
Anyways, Inc.
The dead were Mrs. Mona Schaper
and her two children, Car, 6, and
Ramona, Is months; Jesse S. Rich
ards, secretary Of the Ogden, Utah,
chamber Of commerce; Floyd "A. Tim
mer, an Ogden newspaper reporter;
w. A. MacLean, Portland, Ore, trav-
cling representative for a magazine
publishing company, and Paul v.
Wheatley, pilot.
The plane. a Universal-Ftkker
monoplane, flying low for a landing.
went into a nose dive when the pi-
lot headed into the wind, and crash
ed to the ground, rolling over sew
eral times and crushing the passen-
gers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
MOODY
smith SOON
Friend Says Governor
Will Campaign For
Dem Ticket

DALLAS, September 4.-tF1-C. c.
Renfro Of Dallas, local political lead
er and close personal friend Of Gov
ernor Dan Moody, declared today
Governor Moody was preparing to
begin mn active speaking campaign in
Texas for the democratic national
ticket.
Renfro said he did not know just
when Moody would make his first
speech for Smith and Robinson, but
intimated it would be at the demo-
cratic state convention here Septem-
Der IL, when Moody's nomination by
the primaries as democratic candi-
date for governor will be ratified.
Renfro declared the governors re-
fusal to address the Labor Day
gathering here yesterday after he had
been invited to do so by the celebrE-
ton committee was q matter of good
taste" on Moody's part.
Criticism of Governor Moody for
his refusal to speak yesterday is
unjustified and shows a lack of un-
Outstanding Of the facts" Renfro de-
clared. Before he takes the stump
for the ticket, the governor desires 10
explain his position in the light OF
his pre-convention campaign for in
struetions for the Texas delegation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Conference On
Strike Resumed

CHICAGO. Sept. 5.-P-The con-
ference between officials Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and the Order Of Railway Conductors
who are seking to evolve a peace plan
for settling their wage dispute with
So western railroads was resumed to-
day.
No announcement Of what the con-
ference has accomplished was made
but leaders said they might have a
statement to make tonight.
A strike vote taken among the
10000 members Of the two rail unions
is understood to have overwhelming
ly favored the strike, although def
mite announcement Of the result Of
the vote has not been made public.
After the conference Of the union
officials, a netting will be held with
representatives Of the railroads and
leaders Of both sides expressed hope
they would be abb etc settle their diff
f~erences by mediation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
STOCK OPENING
IS IRREGULAR
Selling Is Inspired BY
Exchange Member

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-R-Sell-
ing, inspired by the increase OF
$214,0OO,000 in stock exchange mem
Der loans last month, impaired an
irregular trend to opening prices in
today's stock market. u s. Steel
common fell back a point. Westing-
house Electric / 3-8, and General
Motors, Chrysler and Wright Aero
nautical yielded f~ractionally. On the
other hand, Lehn Fink and Magma
Copper advanced to new high levels,
buying OF the latter being influence
ed by the reported discovery Of a
rich ore body. Loose-Wiles Biscuit
advanced 2 points and American
Power and Light I.
Firmness of railroad shares fea-
tured early dealings Delaware a
Hudson ran up 2 points and North
ern Pacific and Great Northern
sold about a point higher.
Warner Bros. issues, the sensa-
tional advance in which featured
yesterdays market, broke about 3
liz points each on the first wave
Of selling then rallied to new high
records.
Pools provided strong support for
their favorites. Fox Fslm quickly
extended its gain to 4 points by
touching a new high record. Calu-
met 4 Hecla, American Radiator and
American & Foreign Power also
moved into new high ground.
Foreign exchange trading was
quiet with little change in rates.
Sterling cables were again quoted
around Sass Id.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
FUNERAL FOR

CONTINUED from page onel
Matamoros. A policeman was said
to have been killed by Rafael in a
fight in a Matamoros dance hall
shortly before his death.
1t is said that Pedro Benavidas is
still alive, but his whereabouts are
unknown TO Matamoros police Off
Gals, he having not been seen in
that city since the staying OF Jose
Cardenas. Charges are said to be
pending against him in the Staying
of Jose Cardenas.
Refugio Cardenas, the last Of his
line, was a prominent Matamoros
businessman and was said 70 own
the property occupied by the Oasis
dance hall, which was originally con-
structed and operated by his broth
er, Jose.
Aside from owning considerable
city property in Matamoros, Refugio
Cardenas was said To have owned =
large ranch a short distance from
the Mexican border city.
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mortal Woodrow Wilson when first
called to the presidency. 1t is much
more comprehensive than that Of
either Mr.. Harding or Mr.. Coolidge"
Uph0lds Tammany
Mr.. Robinson said that the South
should have no ground to fear Tam
many. He urged S~ontherners to re-
merber that in the "first big battle
recorded in this country" that Thorn
as Jefferson fought side by side with
Tammany against Alexander Hamil-
ton and added that Jefferson had Civ
en- Tammany Hall the credit for win
ming the fight.
1t was Charles O'Connor, a protege
of Tammany, he went on, who offered
his services without charge to JEFF
ferson Davis and il was Tammany
members Of congress who stood side
by side with southern members and
made possible the defeat Of the force
bill which would have enabled the
placing of federal troops at the ballot
box.
Mr.. Robinson was introduced By
Eugene T. Landlord, boyhood friend
who like himself was born in Lonoke,
Ark. Mayor J.. M. Williamson Of
Cisco, welcomed the senator to the
city, while Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sewer,
Texas democratic national committee
woman, and Representative Tom Con-
nally, democratic nominee for the
senate from Texas. and n. q. Lee,
democratic nominee for congress
from the seventeenth district ex-
tended the vice presidential nominee
a welcome to the state.
Told Txas Democratic
Both Mrs. Driscoli snd Dir. Con-
nally told the visitor he could leave
with assurance that Texas would be
in the democratic column this No
vember and that while they %appreci-
ated his trip into the state that IL
was unnecessary from q political
standpoint. Connally, one Of the
foremost debaters in the house OF
representatives, assailed what he said
was republican failure to enforce the
laws, declaring that il republicanism
had enforced the law against common
theft that the "main contributors 70
their campaign would all be in jail"
If the republican party had en-
forced the law against bribery, he
added, il would have been impossible
TO obtain a cabinet meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
YAQUICETS

CONTINUED from page one
III George Miller on August 26, sew
eral miles down the river on COM
plant filed BY the parents Of the
little girl. Roja resisted arrest but
W finally handcuffed by the deputy
and brought 20 Brownsville.
The crime was alleged to have been
committed in a cotton field after
Roja had volunteered to aid the par
ents and the little girl to pick cotton.
Roja is q ~full-blood Yaqui Indian.
In his statement he said he had en-
tered the United States only a week
previous TO his arrest. He stated he
had no designs upon the child and
that the testimony OF the parents was
false.
II am sorry I can not make the
penalty heavier" Judge Kleiber said.
1T IL impossible 10 conceive d more
bestial crime than such an attack
upon an innocent child. There is no
charity in my heart for q criminal Of
that stamp"
The sentence imposed by the court
Is the maximum under the low.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
PROBE PRICE
OF GASOLINE

AUSTIN. Tex. Sept. 5.-GF-First
Assistant Attorney General Galloway
Calhoun Is out on an extensive tour
Of the state, investigating the reason
for the recent increase in the retail
price Of gasoline, Attorney General
Claude Pollard said today.
Mr.. Calhoun will be gone about d
week.
Gasoline went up one rent a gallon
and two cents in some places, several
days before the state tax OF three
cents per gallon. reverted to two
cents, September !, as provided by the
levying act.
On Sept. / a general reduction Of
n cent. representing the decrease
in tax, was made over the state on
retail gasoline.
The result is that the price now Is
the same MS il was a few weeks be-
fore the a was cut, and in some
places, q cent higher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
viii Broadcast
Music to Beauty

Rosendo Diax OF Matamoros IL 20
render a march and a fox trot com
posed by him and dedicated to Miss
C~onsuelita Boledo ever radiophone
KWWG &C 8 .. m. Wednesday. IL
has been announced.
The compositions were written
following Miss Rolado's victory In
the la Prensa beauty contest Diaz
is . music teacher and plays the
violin.
The two pieces 70 be rendered Wed
nesday T "Su Majestad," fox traA
and "Triunfnl." march.
The rendition has been given wide
publicity among the Spanish speak
inR element Of the statas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Meet Death
When Home Burns

BRYAN, Tex, Sept. 5.-tR-Robert
feeling, IS, carpenter, of Hearne, and
patent medicine peddler named Cum
ningham were burned to death in d
fire which destroyed the E. d. Phil
lips residence here last night. Their
charred bodies were found In the
ashes today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips, a daughter
and a son, and a boy named Hubert
B~urkhalter who was spending the
night at the house barely escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

rute over vase increases and work.
ink conditions.
While X was understood the
unions had voted virtually unani-
mounIv for IA strike. heads of Che
two organizations were going ahead
with attempts to avert such action
Inv nmicmhln settlement
III was understood the union
would accept the 6 1-2 per cent in
creases offered providing tho rail-
roads would nrcede 40 the employees
stipuiations on working conditions
The unions originally sought In
crekseH of frcfn no t0 AN per cent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Plan to End
Rail Strike Talk

CHICAGO. Sept. 4-P-Repre-
sentatives or the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen and the Order OF
Railway Conductors today resumed
efforts toward developing n peace
plan for the consideration Of the
SIS western railroads in their dis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
INCUR

CONTINUED on page eight
tillo folks, who frequently yearn FOR
a bit of a salt bath. will take ad-
vantage Of that road, once built, to
visit the nearby seashore.
incidentally, that will give them
q first class road all the way
through the Valley.
Also. there's every chance that a
road will be built from Victoria,
capital Of ~Tamaulipas, to Mata-
moros.
That, too, will serve a very fine
purpose.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
COTTON OPENS
With ADVANCE
Buying Fairly Heavy
On Cables, Weather
Report In Belt

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5.-CP-
The cotton market opened steady in
sympathy with better Liverpool ca
bles than due. and first trades
showed gains Of 6 to Q points.
Unfavorable crop reports contin-
ued the advance and October went
up to 1888 and December TO 1888,
16 to Is points above yesterdays
close.
Near the end Of the first hour the
market was steady and only a few
points under the highs.
In the second hour the market
rallied moderately on the unfavor-
able weekly weather and crop report
which caused covering and trade buy
ing. October advanced to 1888 and
December 1s.43, Il to % points above
caused prices to decline about !
points.
Three additionaI crop estimates
were issued ranging from 100000
insurgents had been killed, including
bales to I5,0l6,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Witnesses Clear
Nun of Part in
Oregon Staying

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 4.-tP1-Re-
versing their former testimony that
Mother Superior Conception was in
yolved in plots to slay President
Gales and General Alvaro Obregon,
Senorita Maria Elena Manrano and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Dizziness Feature
Of Grain Market
In Early Trades

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-tR-Grain
trading was extremely dull on the
Chicago Board OF Trade today, with
scattered selling largely by local in
terest easing down at the start
Wheat was Use higher to l-2c lower
than yesterdays closing figures, and
corn opened Lie higher to lac low
er for the future months, while Sep
temhcr was l-2c to / l-Sc down.
Early quotations remained within the
initial narrow range and trading was
without any apparent ~incentiye TO
develop new activity. Oats were
steady to Use lower, with provisions
quiet &c to Ee higher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
E YORk COTTON

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.0tR-Ihe
cotton marked opened steady with
advances Of S TO 10 points, and after
some irregularity sold about 10 to
20 points above yesterdays closing
quotations. October advanced 20
1899 and March to 1877.
The buying was based on reports Of
rains in the South and relatively
steady cables. 1t increased on post
ing Of the weather report showing
light to heavy general rains in the
eastern part Of the belt with cloudy
and rainy conditions prevailing this
morning. Private cables reported q
quiet market in Liverpool with
prices steady.
Buying became more active after
the publication Of the weekly wea-
ther report. with prices selling up to
1906 for October and 1884 Tor
March. or "a to n points above yes
terday's closing quotations. Offer
ings increased at these figures,
however. and the market showed re-
actions of s or 10 points from the
best at midday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 5.-(P-Spot
fair demand; lower; American strict
good middling 1897; good middllng
1912: strict middling 1852; middling
1852: strict low middling 1887; low
middling 1922; strict good ordinary
1902; good ordinary 9.72. Sales 5000
bales. 1900 American. Receipts y,UOU;
American 1,S0c. FUTURES closed
steady; Sept. 1909; Oct 9-9l; Jan.
9.s6; March 9.SS; May $50; July s.S1.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
Hogs Slow In &c.
On Early Trades;
Cattle Are Down

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 5.-P1-
Hogs: 5000: slow: Toe lower than
Tuesdays average; top 1855 on 100
6210 l5s.: butchers. medium 70
choice 25O-350 lbs. 1l.f5@ 1915;
packing sows 9.75G11.00.
Cattle: 5000: calves: 1900; low
er grades grass steers slow; top
1855 on 1000 ID. steers: slaughter
steers. good and choice l50O-l5Oo
lbs. 13.75Tl6.5O: i1O0-1300 lbs.
13.75G17.O0; 95O-li00 lbs. 13.75G
1925: common and medium $50 lbs.
UP s.25@l3-75; fed yearlings 1850
1925: heifers 13.50G16.25; vealsrs
milk fed 9.O0Gf6.00; stoeker and
feeder steers 11.50G14.00.
sheep: 1000: killing classes
steady; top range lambs 1900;
lambs l3.75M15.00; ewes 4.5O4
TOO.
CHICAGO. Sept. 5.-tPl-Hogs:
$4,000: slow 10 to l5c lower; top
1900 for several choice 1eO-2l5 10.
weights. Butchers, medium 70
choice 25O-350 lbs. 11.65H12-7O; zoo
80 lbs. 1l.75013.00; 10000 lbs.
1lA0@l3.00; 1s0-i6o lbs. 1000
1915.
Cattle: 1900; calves: 5000;
rood and choice fed steers and
rcarIinrs strong TO 25c higher;
tor 1900: fat she stock and bulls
steady: slaughter steers l3CO-l5OO
lbs. f5.l5GlS.10: 1100-1300 lbs.
15.O0NiS.00; 950-1100 lbs. l5.25G
500. fed yearlings 750-95O lbs.
1540Hl7.9O: heifers $50 lbs. down
1435M17.50: cows 9.25613-25: bulls
e.s0Gi1.Oe: vcalers (milk fed 1915
G1S.00. -
sheer: 10000: fat lambs l5G25c
lower: sheep steady; lambs l4.OO0
1880: ewes 4.2507-25; feeder lambs
13.65G14.35.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 0.-tfJ
1tsrrrzions Of drilling problems IN
- I'll fields were the features Of
~ nrovram of the fall meeting Of
M Teras-Louisiana district Of \
sns .r;ran Petroleum Institute, which
ans nnder way here today for q two
dnT session
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
SO DIE i'm NINE FIGHT

TOBOLSK- SiberiM.-A battle be-
tween the miners far underground I'm
a mine near here resulted in 80 being
killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
WOMAN JUDGE SUICIDE

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng.-Mrs. Emily
Palmer, q woman magistrate, cut her
own throat with q rasor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-tR-Butter
higher; creamery extras AZ III ex-
traf irsts 46046 1-2; firsts ~ l-z@
45: seconds 4i642 L.
Eggs unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

Eulogio Gonzales today swore she
knew nothing Of that conspiracy or
OF the plot 20 dynamite the chamber
Of deputies and the Oregon head
quarters.
The senorita said she was 20
nervous she did not know what she
was saying when she testified on a
previous occasion. Gonzales made
no coherent explanation. but said
he must have been mistaken in the
first instance.
LAWYER SENT TO PRISON
BELFAST.-Joseph Campbell, q
lawyer. was sentenced to prison for
three years for embezzlement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

ruTcAGO, Sept. 5.-tPEPoultry
10 steady: fowls 21G2S lie;
A~s SOr: broilers soc; ROSTERS
spe. spring ducks l7@23e; spring
geese Ice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-tR-For-
eiqn exchanges steady; quotations
(in centsl: 80. -.
Great Britain demand 4s4 rs;
~.hTpx ASS IL: 6o-day bills on
hsrks zg1 1-f6. France demand
100 IA; cables SEQ IL. Italy b.zS
Releium 1890; Germany 2S.sl;
Two 45.7s: Montreal lo0.07 1916.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27
LOMAX WOULD
CHANGE PLAN
Wants Legion Specials
Split Between Here
And Edinburg

jain r.. Lomax. chairman M the
Valley American Legion entertain
ment committee. has requested the
~cooperation o the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce in an attempt
10 have the special trains. which viii
bring approximately 1000 Legion
naires on n side trip ~ the Valley
October 1S. following the close Of the
national convention NJ Sam Antonio.
split 10 that half will breakfast in
Brownsville and half in Edinburg.
Under present plans. the entire
delegation will be breakfasted in I'd
inburg and dined at Matamoros.
Lomax, IN attempting 70 obtain the
change in schedule. declared that ii
would h. far easier 10 handle the
crowd nv having half of them break
fast here and half in EdinhurE and
having them all meet at noon for the
barbecue 70 ~ given M W~cslaro by
the Progreso Development company.
Under Lomax's plan. the Edinburg
delegation would come to Matamoros
for the evening banquet and the
Brownsville crew would eat their
evening meal In Reynosa.
I'm an effort n carry out his plans.
Lomax announced that Nv had written
representatives vi both Missouri Pa
cific and Southern Pacific Lines in
San Antonio and Houston.
The delegates are coming 10 the
Valley in special trains over the Sou
thern Pacific Lines and leaving here
over the Missouri Pacific. Each train
will carry approximately ESQ legion
naires.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27
make PLANS
FOR navy DAY
Observance Program
Being Prepared BY
Navy Man Here

3. L. Jarvis. officer IN charge Of
NAY. Brownsville naval radio station.
has been delegated by Roy Miller or
Corpus Christi, state chairman for
Navy Day, TO prepare an appropriate
Navy Day program 10 be held in
Brownsville and broadcast over the
Brownsville radio station, kWNG.
October q.
In an announcement Thursday. Jar
Wis declared that the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce had offered
its services in the preparation az the
program and that John Tanning. one
ar the operators Of kNNG. had or
fered the services Of that station IN
the broadcast.
Although the program is still in
complete. Jarvis said that n. B. Cal
braith, city attorney; Oscar Dancy.
Cameron county judge. and VI. s.
West. attorney, would be among the
speakers on the program. III Is pos
sible that Milton III. West will also
deliver an address.
The speakers program ii ~ .fe in-
t~crspersed with music furnished BIZ
the 18th cavalry military band.
Jarvis declared that he would also
seek the cooperation of Brownsville
business men relative to the placing
Of national colors and other dccora.
tions throughout the downtown sec
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27
Rio Grande Falls
All Along Lower
Parts Thursday

slight drops in the Rio Grande
were recorded at an river points
south of Rio Grande City Thursday
morning following the recent rises
that sent the stream u near-flood
stage marks and over along It's lower
reaches.
4. S. Meteorologist ". J. Schnur-
busch forecasted a continued fall dur
ing the next - to - hours should no
further rains fall along the lower wa
tershed. The Valley forecast was FOR
cloudy and unsettled weather with
occasional rains.
Thursday mornings reading ~
Brownsville was III feet. ~ A drop
WA \ foot from the previous mark re-
corded Wednesday. Flood stage here
is Is feet. The river got back under
flood stage at San Benito with the
gauge reading 22.7. This was a drop
NJ ~ feet from the previous day.
Readings above the flood stage of 20
feet had been recorded previously.
Mission and Rio Grande CITY Re-
ported drops az 3.2 and Ills feet re-
spectivelv.
A slight rise Of A foot was record
fd at Laredo while the Eagle Pass
figures were not available in time
for the river forecast Thursday morn
ing.