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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
YANKS DEFEAT
AS II And 4
IN LAST GAME
Yanks Leading League
By 8 Games; Sena-
tors Beat Red Sox
In Pitching Duel
(By The Associated Preas)

The American leagues first, and
POSSIBLY last. crucial series or the
season proved serious only insofar
gs il concerned Connie Mack's Ath-
Ict.cs.
Before the tremendous hitting pow
or or the New York Yankees. the
Philadelphians could make no head
way and shared only one VICTORY in
the six-gane series that ended Mon
day. Consequently the Yankees are
leading the procession eight full
games in advance OF the second-place
Athletics.
The last engagement saw the cham
pioas steam-roller the Mackmen into
subniig sion, III TO q. For the second
time in the series. the famed speed
Of Lefty Grove failed to stop Babe
Ruth and company. Grove was meat
for the champions in the frs, game
last Thursday and IL was no differ
cnt Monday. After his teammates
had given him a four TO two lead in
the third inning when al Simmons hit
Y homer with two on base, Grove was
pounded for five runs IN the fifth,
Tory Lazzeri crashing one into the
grandstands. Orwell and Powers
finished the game. Henry Johnston
and Archie Campbell, recruits, held
the Athletics 20 eight hits.
III Morris. big right handler Of the
Boston Red SoX. saw a promising
winning streak snapped when Tom
Zachary and the Washington Sen
ators beat him > TO o. Each pitcher
allowed only five hits but the breaks
Of the game favored the Senators.
Walter Beck, former Western
league pitcher. struck out nine men
and allowing two hits as the st. Louis
Browns nosed out Chicago, = 10 /.
Only one game was on the National
league schedule but that saw the Gin
cinnati Reds strengthen their hold on
first place by beating their nearest
opposition, the Chicago Cubs, > to l..
Pete Donohue, pitching his first
game If the year. held the Cubs 20
five safeties. sensational fielding BY
the Reds cutting down the enemy
whenever they threatened. Don0hue's
single in the seventh scored the win
ming run.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

SAN BENiTO. May e9.-Mrs. Ar
thur Anderson Of this city has gone
q Nebraska. the old family home,
where her mother Is reported dan
r~eruUsly IN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
THREE HELD on RUM CHARGE

SAN BENITO. May 29.-The three
men arrested here Saturday by Chics
Of Police J.. q. Goolsby and held On
a liquor charge were bound over %
the grand jury Monday under i,onI
of, $500 each, following n prelimi-
nary hearing here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MONDAYS Results

New York IL. philadelphia 4,
Washington .. Boston o.
st. Louis 2, Chicago I.
Tuesdays Schedule
Chicago at ST. Louis.
Detroit ~ Cleveland.
Philadelnhia ~ Rnstnn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

TECHNICAL
over ]. REvIS
Towel Thrown In Aft
er 5 Knock Downs;
Aberzu, Monterrey
And Sada Winners

Jack Rcvis, we'll known Mercedes
lighter, showed gameness galore in
spite OF a IL pound handicap but
proved no match for Flor Navarro.
middleweight champion Of Mexico. in
their scheduled 10-round main event
~ promoter AL Robinson's arena Al
Mefceaes Monday night. Revis'
seconds threw IN the towel early in
tne sixth after he had taken an IN
merciful beating, going down for the
stanza.
JacA weighed in at 152 and Navarro
az lo1- vavar used mis- xuduIon.i
~eignt 10 good advantage IN the
fusnes that cnaracterlzeu his styl,
n 1erceo h Iignt most OF the WY.
Nost Oh Jaek 5 rusneS were enued b,
navarro beginning one. The plow )
began 10 tell about the third round
WIN Reyis SHOWING evidences Of nav
ing tough shedding.
an the fourth Navarro poured a
fusiiade OF blows on JACK and jack
retaiiated with several rushes but
they gained him little but expended
energy. AT n bell Jack appeared
very ulred ana haggard.
navarro came oLs in the fifth with
evident intentions OF ending the
night. He Iioored Jack tour times
during the round Tor counts OF nine.
navarro missed several neavy blow
at the beginning OF the sixth before
ianding. ne landed Jack went
down Tor n count OF eignt and see
onds neld a consultation near Jacks
corner. RevIs staggered YEARLY 70
MS ieet and Navarro missed Sc .eraI
let's IN a rusn. Seconds threw IN a
towel tor Jack.
Inc o-round semi-final between
Jesse Sada (i30) and NewebOy Reye-
tlZ6J turned out to be mostly JESSE
Sada. Sada forced the tight almos,
the entire time and punished the
phlegmatic newsboy almost from the
beginning bell to the finish. Reyes
was down for a count OF eight in the
titth round and did not snow much
Np until the last round. The last
round was fast with both BOYS mix
ing it up. Saoa drew the judges de-
cIsion.
Kid Monterrey of Laredo (I25)
took one Of the fastest and best
matched bouts Of the evening from
Gil Castillo of San Antonio (l27J.
The first three rounds were fast
moving with Monterrey holding a
slight edge. Both nearly fell OUT OF
the ring in a strenuous clineh in
the fourth and Castillo was bleeding
from the mouth. The fifth. found
Monterrey forcing the fight and Cas-
tillo hanging on. The sixth was a
fast fray, Castillo evidently trying 20
overcome the slight lead that Mon
terrey had built up.
In the Pedro Ab~erzu-Guiero Pena
bout, Promoter Robinson explained
that this VAS not a scheduled fight,
but he was putting il on in order 10
show his appreciation for the fair
aIed crowd that turned out for the
evening.
Pena was knocked out in the second
with a left to the nose. They weighed
143 each.
Two negroes put on a four round
SUGGEST that was ~adjudged a judge.
Tentative plans for a display Of
hunting dogs in the arena for next
Monday were announced. Robert
Snow challenged n dog in the Val
iey to show against one of his pack.
he claims the dog when muzzled can
kill a cat in three minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Mondays Results

Cincinnati 2, Chicago l..
Only game scheduled.
Tuesdays Schedule
st. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Boston at Philadelphia.
~. Xz-L n~-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
San Benito Wins
Edinburg Game
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, May 29.-With the
score tied at Sail in the ninth, Wal
lace. San Benito pitcher. won his
own game from Edinburg here Sun
DAY afternoon when he drove a long
one against the fence to score a run
ner from third in the FIRST game
between the two towns.
The Edinburg team. which has
been undefeated UP until this time,
has a crack batting list, and a good
battery. but fell under the steady
pitching Of Wallace. and the pound
ing Of heavy San Benito bats. Car
michael and Waitman, San Benito,
each knocked the ball out OF the lot
for circuit drives. and Wallace al
most sent il out in the hast of the
ninth.
Arrangements for scheduling an
other game for San Benito are be-
ing made now hy Wilbur Scholes.
manager.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
C%anzoneri Wins
For Home Friends

NEW ORLEANS, May 29.-tP1-
The home town admirers of Tony
Canzoner, featherweiGht boxing
champion Of the world. have seen
him in action and they are convinced
OF his fistic prowess.
IL took Tony, who years z was
a grocery's clerk in New Orleans,
less than a minute last night TO dis
pose of Claudio Wilton. pride OF
Birmingham. in what was the champ
ions first professional appearance
here.
The fight was scheduled to 20 ten
rounds but n few sledge hammer
blows from the Italians fists which
connected with Wilson's face term
mated it IN an abrupt manner before
the first count ended. Although the
Birmingham youth was not knocked
out, the referee saved him that fate
by raising Canzoneri's hand in token
Of victory.
The title was not al stake. Can
zoneri weighed 12s 81 and Wilson
l26 3-i. both slightly over the fea-
therweight limit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
ATzCATS WIN
TEXAS LEAD
over Bluffs
Down Houston BY a 3
To 2 Score; Bears,
Beaumont and the
Cubs Are Winners

The Fort Worth Panthers lead the
Texas league as a result of their
brilliant Z to 2 victory in ten in
nings over the Houston Bluffs Mon
day. The Bluffs had set the pace in
the loop for nine days.
The Bluffs outhit the Cats seven
to five and for eve innings chung
TO a small lead, but in the eighth
Atz's pupils pushed across the tying
run and in the tenth won the game
on singles by Moore and Lafayette
and Richardson's sacrifice.
Two other South Texas clubs Jared
better than Houston as San Antonio
beat Dallas, III to 8, and Beaumont
defeated Wichita Falls, 3 TO o.
The Spudders suffered no reverse
in the percentage column, however,
for President Doak Roberts announc-
ed a decision reversing the result Of
a game which the Shreveport Sports
won at Wichita Falls last week. The
Wichita Falls protest involved the
collision Of two players and the call
ing Of play by IN umpire.
The Dallas game was featured by
the hard hitting of both teams,
wretched fielding by the Steers and
fine relief hurting by Messenger Of
San Antonio. The Bears gathered
twelve safeties TO the Stee-s' nine.
but most or the San Ant MO runs
followed Dallas errors or which six
were recorded.
TIE Wichita Falls tilt saw Phil
lips of Beaumont in great form and
the ~Spudders unable to solve his Of
ferings in terms of runs. The Ex-
porters. on the other hEnd. jumped
on Payne in the second inning for
two runs and in the fifth for an
other. Payne was relieved BY Estell
after seven innings.
The Waco Cubs hammered two
Shreveport pitchers for fifteen hits
and easily defeated the Sports, 10 to
.. The loss was Shreveport's third
straight,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

The weather was mostly cloudy and
unsettled in the southern and east.
ern states this morning. Numerous
light 10 moderate showers and thun.
derstormS occurred within the last
"a hours from Texas rortheastward
into the middle Mississippi valley
and scattered shower in other sec.
tons Of the country. Temperatures
we're seasonable practically through.
out the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

HAAS LEAGUE
MnrdaY's Resullx

Fort Worth 2. Houston =.
Beaumont 3, Wichita Falls 0.
Waco 10, Shreveport ..
San Antonio II, Dallas 3.
Tuesdays Schedule
Houston at Fort Worth.
Beaumont at Wichita Falls.
San Antonio at Dallas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
A MOOT

PARISH. S. celebration Of fif-
tieth anniversary OF the incandes-
cent electric lamp wins no enthus-
iasm in France, which claims public
electric lighting was demonstrated
here before it was seen in Boston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29

Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
Red folding box. All druggists
Adv. (6)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
Senate Approves Of
Farrell For |. c. G.

WASHINGTON. May 2s.-LP-
The nomination of Patrick J. Farrell
of the District of Columbia to be a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was ordered favorably
reported Mondya BY the senate in
terstate commerce committee.
The vote was unanimous after half
an hours examination Of Mr.. Farrell
in executive SESSION.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
CONTINUANCE
SECOND CASE
IS ANNOUNCED
Revocation of License
To Practice Medi-
cine Is Mandatory
Upon Court

Dr. George s. Stell. convicted Of
murder in connection with the death
Of Mrs. Stella Jones. today informed
Judge A. ". Cunningham ne would
accept the verdict and would not ap-
peal.
Dr. Stell appeared before Judge
Cunningham in criminal district
court just prior 10 the noon recess
and received his sentence.
The second case against nr. Stell
charging murder in connection with
the death or Mrs. L. l.. Watkins in
Brownsville on December rs. 1927,
will be continued over the term. ac-
cordinE 70 announcement hy Judge
Cunningham.
Filing of application IN the is-
trict court for revocation Of Or
Stells license to practice medicine
rs mandatory upon the district at
torney, and this action will he taken
some time this week. Revoking al
a physicians license ~ mandatory
whenever the holder or such license
rs convicted Of a capital crime or
criminal abortion, the district sttor-
new said.
Dr Stell will Ne taken IL the pen
itentiary a. soon ~ the term of
court adjourns. and will Re held in
the county jail pending transfer to
the state institution. He has been
IN the county jaI since the verdict
was returned by the jury Sunday
afternoon.
nr. Stell is 81 years NJ age. and
has practiced medicine 80 wears, over
Continued on page eight)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
STATE TO ASK
FULLPENALTY
Ramon Cara, Charg-
ed With Murder
Goes on Trial

That the state will ask the death
penalty for Ramon Cara. charged
with the murder of Juana Panigua
at Harlingen on or about July &, was
indicated in interrogating of jurors
Tuesday morning.
Questions by defense counsel indi-
Gated the defendant would plead
self-defense.
Cara is alleged to have stabbed
and cut the woman whose decomposed
body was found in the brush near
the Arroyo on the edge Of the Har-
lingen airport.
Cara was placed under arrest, and
is alleged TO have made a confession
TO Grover Reid, Harlingen justice OF
the peace. and also admitted at the
preliminary hearing in Brownsville
he had slain the 19-year-old-girl.
The jury was completed prior to
the noon recess and hearing Of evil
dence started Al the opening of the
afternoon session. Trial Of the case
is expected to occupy the entire day.
Judge "A. W. Cunningham excusing
all jurors not selected for the trial.
When Cara was arraigned before
Judge Cunningham he stated II have
nothing to say and plea Of not
guilty was entered.
Witnesses for the state include Joe
Lucas. Grover Reid. z. J. Drake.
Pancho Fernandez and Susanes de
Cruz, all of Harlingen. Seven witnes-
ses were announced by the defense.
A verdict Of two years in the pen
itentiary vas returned hy the jury
IN the trial of Cipriano Morales. who
was arrested in the act Of burglariz-
ing the Eubanks filling station at
Harlingen. Morales plead guilty to
the charge and applied for suspend
ed sentence. stating he was drunk a:
the time and had been shot through
the right arm BY an officer while in
the filling station. The case went
TO the jury early Monday morning.
and the verdict was returned when
court opened Tuesday.
Octayio Marquee. charged with
statutory rape, was given five-year
suspended sentence.
Trial of Walter Hofer. charged
with highway robbery. was set for
Wednesday. and Judge Cunningham
announced that all cases on the dock
ct for Monday and Tuesday. other
than the Cara murder trial, would
be set for Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
LATE BULLETINS
ruBERCuLAR PRISONERS RuRN PRIsoN FARM BUnnINc

TUBERCULAR PRISONERS PRISON BUILDING
HUNTSVILLE, Oct 2F-n their eighth
buildings
today they fired the
housed flames other
burning the buildings the 70 the ground
~ the escaped
VIRTUAL PRISONER ALBANIA BLOOD FEUD RACES
the Abanians uncensored dispatches from the
be virtually palace
Albanian Italian
The
Of
TO FORCE APPROVAL. OF WATER DISTRICT BONDS
the generals department the $65ooeo
No on It's o tie
AND SOUTH PLANES MEET
LAREDO Oct 2PThe souhbond Mexican mail
SIt IL off shortly afterward for their
outhbond Kathleen Houston Laredo
@ith sacks mail
MACABEE HEAD REMOVED ON MISCONDUCT CHARGE
temporarily from office pending investigation OF
office D.
commander, announced today.
ATTACHMENT ADAMS WITNESSES
Oct eIAtaehments Witnesses failed
a.
e A. the Adams
of The
pear andfo others SlOO
TO HEARING NEGROES IN GUARDS DEATH
trial will held
alleged
have pistol and shot the guard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
PORT DECISION
EXPECTED AT
MASS MEETING
Committees Will Re-
port on Valley SEN
timent Relative to
Project

Definite decision relative to the
organization Of navigation district
or districts for development Of the
Brazos Santiago harbor project is ex-
pected 70 be reached at the Valley
wide mass meeting 10 be held AZ the
high school auditorium In Browns
vile Tuesday night.
X. r.. Creager. chairman of the
Valley port committee, who has been
absent in the East the past three
weeks arrived home Tuesday morn
ing. and will preside az the mass
meeting.
II sincerely hope the meeting will
be representative OF the Valley" Mr..
Creager said. II believe every part
Of the VALLEY is vitality interested in
this project"
The four committees appointed NJ
the meeting in Brownsville on Sep
tember III, to ascertain public senti-
ment in Hidslgo county. La Feria.
Harlingen and San Benito, are ev-
neeted % report. and from these re-
ports definite plans are expected ~
be formulated
A number Of conferences have been
held with Hidalgo county leaders.
and at mass meeting in San Benito
Monday night the Brazos Santiago
project was endorsed. Complete re-
ports IN All conferences and meetings
viii Ne rendered hy the committee
members
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02

LITTLE THEATRE
= = e
OF COURT TURNS
= = y
JOKE ON JOKE

CHICAGO. Oct. 2.-(Pl-Act i:
William De Simon. %, discovered
carolling on street corner. Po-
lice officer runs up TO see what
the riot is all about.
Officer (heavy broguel: I ar.
rest ye in the name Of the law.
De Simon with hauteur): You
can't arrest me.
tOfficer arrests him).
Act. 2: Courtroom. De Simon.
Judge Padden. bailiffs and merry
villagers in spectators seats
Judge; What did YOU mean by
telling the officer he could not
arrest you7 Are you n member of
the 4 Gotta Drag club, or some
thing?
De Simon: ] am a comedian on
the stage. your honor. | was Just
having my little joke.
Judge: Paw the clerk s. and
costs. Now laugh. Pagliacci,
laugh.
tExeunt merry villagers, hilar-
iouS).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
FARMER NEAR
FALLEN shot
EARLY TODAY
Woman Says She Was
Threatened With
Death; Preliminary
Trial To Be Held

M'ALLEN. Oct. &C. II. Fry. 50.
farmer who lives one mile north OF
this place. was shot and instantly
killed about y a. NJ. Tuesday and his
wife is being held in jail az Edin-
burg awaiting an examining trial
scheduled to begin at p. m.
Fry was shot In the chest ard
throat with charges ar shot from both
barrels Of douhle-barrel shot gun.
John Bale, deputy sheriff here, was
notified Of the mans death by neigh
bors, who were picking cotton in the
Fry field at the time of the shooting,
and with Dr. ". n. McGee went "a
the farm, where he placed the wo-
man under arrest and made a pre-
limInary examination.
Officers said Mrs. Fry told them
her husband stood over her all night
Monday with a knife threatening her
life and abusing her. Early this
morning he went into the yard. she
said. and started back towards the
screened porch on which the woman
said she was standing.
There was shot gun standing on
the porch loaded where my husband
kept ~ 20 shoot cattle belonging 10
the neighbors III they got into our
fields" Mrs. Fry said. according ~
the officers. "He was cursing me
and said 4 am going to kill YOU
now I"
Officers said Mrs. Fry told them
she picked I'D the gun and that n was
fired before she knew what was hap
pening.
The couple had been having almost
constant trouble for the past two
years. the woman is said 70 have told
officers.
They came to the Valley from Ohio
IN 1928 and have been living north az
McAllen since. They have lived 10
themselves largely and neighborS
professed 10 know little Of the fam
ily's history. Mrs. Fry was the sec
ond wife of Fry.
The hearing ~ 70 he held this aft
noon before r. n. Haley, justice Of
the peace at Edinburg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
v. B. SELLERS
OBTAINS BANK
AT HARLLNCEN
Bank Head and Asso-
ciates Purchase En-
ock Of First
National

". r. Sellers. active vice iden-
Of the First National Bank oi
Brownsville, announced Tuesday the
purchase, by him and his associatest
OF all stock in First National Bank
OF Harlingen, one Of the oldest bank.
ing institutions in that city.
In announcing the purchase, Sellers
stated that the present capital stock
Of the bank, which is $4,000 would
be materially increased as soon as
reorganization could be perfected.
A board of directors is TO be elect.
ed next week. Sellers said. after
which the new personnel for the bank
Will be announced.
Sellers stated that ne would Be the
only nonresident stock holder of the
institution, the balance being owned
in Harlincen.
AZ present. II. n. Thompson Il
president or the Harlingen institu-
ton.
Aside from his interest in the
brownsville and Harlingen banks.
Sellers owns controlling interest in
the First National Banks OF Pharr
and McAllen. These banks were TAX
en- over by him approximately six
months ago.
Sellers came TO Brownsville for the
first time IN 1923. At that time he
was a national bank examiner.
On December ]. 1925. nc became
associated with the First National
Bank as its first active vice-presi-
dent.
On June 80. 1925. the First Nation
al Bank Of HarlinEen had resources
amounting 20 Sai0.3S5.46 and deposits
amounting ~ S793.7Tg.5l. according
70 the last statement issued BY the
institution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
HARDIN VISITS
BROWNSVILLE
Rumors Says Garner
Opponent to Go Be-
fore Grant Jury

Sid Hardin az Mission. former can
dldate for congress against Repre-
sentative John N. Garner. was in
Brownsville Tuesday afternoon. ac-
companied by n. +. Strickland. at
torney of Mission.
u was rumored nj the courthouse
that Mr. Hardin had been called be-
fore the grand jury in connection with
an Investigation Of alleged irregu-
larities in the democratic primary
election in Cameron county.
u IS believed that the appearance
of Mr.. Hardin here ~ the outgrowth n
of charges made in a letter Hardin
wrote 70 the secretary or state AZ
Washington and to the chairman Of
the house Of representatives commit
tee on election Investigations. in
which he charged. among other
things. that 10000 Mexicans" had
voted IN the July primaries IN the
fifteenth district Ia violation ~ the
election laws.
District Judge A. ". Cunningham.
when he charged the grand jury at
the opening OF the present term al
the criminal district court. charged
II II investigate the urinary election
IN Cameron county TO determine III
the Hardin charges were true or un-
true.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-02
Anti-Smith Dems
TO Hold Rally In
Court House Here

Anti-Al Smith democrats will hold
= rally IN the district court room Of
the court house here beginning ~
1880 y. m. Thursday. Dr =. ". Hal
lam, local chairman announced TODAY.
j. q. Myrick Of HarIingen. leader
IN the movement 70 carry Cameron
county for Hoover, viii be the prin-
cipal speaker and others On the pro-
gram are 20 be announced probably
Wednesday. nr. HalIam will speak.
Other meetings will ~ arranged ~
various parts Of the county as soon
as roads are in fit condition 10 trav-
el. pr. Hallam sale. A number Of
such rallies are to be held.