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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23

many years Mr.. Coolidge has dis
approved farm plan embodying the
equalization fee machinery for sur
plus crop control.
Whether there will he any farm
relief enacted this season now is up
to congress. The house and senate
have a choice Of repassing the bill
without the equalization fee. in the
hope of winning presidential favor,
or Of attempting enactment Of the
measure as u stands by overriding
Mr.. Coolidge's veto.
There is much doubt that the lat
ter course would prove successful.
The president vetoed the bill on
the grounds Of constitutionality and
because the "so-called equalization
fee and other features Of the old
measure are still preiudicial in ny
opinion to sound public policy and
70 agriculture"
The veto draws the issue between
the president and the farm group in
congress more tightly than il ever
has been and, unless some further
action is taken az the capitol, will
place the agricultural question be-
fore the coming presidential con-
ventions as an outstanding contro-
versy.
Frank G. Lowden IL one OF the
bills most outspoken champions.
Vice President Dawes favors il and
Senator Curtis OF Kansas and SEN
ator Watson Of Indiana have voted
for IT,
Secretary Hoover has been regard
cd as standing with the president
on farm relief.
The senate would have to muster
two-thirds vote to pass the bill
over Mr.. Cpolidze's veto This ses-
sion the senate passed il by a vote
cf 81 10 %. or slightly more than
the necessary two-thirds. IN ths
house the measure was approved.
204s 70 12l, or slightly less than
two-thirds.
Its consideration in both houses
was enIivened BY discussion Of its
possible effect on the Forthcoming
presidential campaign. the names
Continued on page ten.l
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INSTRUCTIONS
AGAINST n. Y.
LEADER FAIL
Platform Amendment
Offered BY Oscar
Colquitt Is Voted
Down 51l to 203

BEAUMONT, Tex. May 23.-LP~
Radical anti-Smith forces OF TexaM
we're defeated Sill to 203 at the stat@
democratic convention Wednesday c.
n proposal 20 instruct the Texas Nap
tional delegation against Governc4
Smith for president.
The proposal was in an amendmen@
by former Gov. O. B. Colquitt. TO tho
majority platform, which declared
only for prohibition and presidenttsB
candidates in harmony with IL.
The convention defeated an anendm
ment by Cone Johnson, old dercA
cratic war horse. 20 instruct aEainsM
all wet" candidates.
Theconv ention had not yet reacha
ed the dispute over the method on
choosing the national delegates
Smith leaders are fighting to permits
each congressional district 70 choose
its own delegates for true test" GG
the popular will.
After an executive session or th@
Ball resolution the COMMITTEES pm
permanent organization returned m
report recommending that the tens
porary convention organization headh
ed BY Chairman w. L. Dean be- made
permanent, but withheld a report nra
the Ball resolution on the methcA
ready to select delegates.
The chairman of the committee, Er
N. Menefee OF jacksonville, said
the report would be made when ~
convention had heard the report u&
the platform committee and wnm
ready 10 select delegates.
Without n dissenting voice thM
convention then voted to make thu
temporary organization permanenfs
Richard Fleming. secretary or ttd
state executive committee, read A
communication from the national exc
ecutive committee fixing the nurbea
Of delegates at large 60 that TexnA
would have eight.
"A motion to elect an equal uurs.
Der Of men and women Hs delerateN
az large carried easily,
Tom Ball Of Houston then rnoxa9
that Texas elect IL men and IL wors-
en delegates at large with one-sixtHs
OF q vote each, instead OF four nnnh
and four women with n half votI
each. The motion was adoptad-
A substitute motion 10 limit Lha
delegate at large slate "a eight ~
the national body urEMd, was voted
down.
Colonel Ball moved that each dis
trict be represented BY two deIa.
gates and two nlternates or fons
delegates As the district mirhA
choose. "A storm or disapprovaA
from the floor led him 20 withdra@
the motion.
Myron Blalock then moved .haA
Continued on page ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
C.OF c. O.K.S
EXTENSION OF
CITY LIMITS
Commission Plan For
Taking In New Ter
ritory Presented To
Body BY Mayor

Plan Of the city commission to caii
election for the purpose Of extending
the boundaries of Brownsville TO IN
clude "about sl,CgU,O00 additional
property values and 1000 citizens
was approved at a meeting Of the
RrownSville Chamber Of Commerce
directorate Tuesday night and
committee OF five was named by
President z. A. Rosenthal TO confer
with the city commission N refer
ence to plans for the extension.
Mayor A. B. Cole appeared before
the meeting and presented n map
with possible boundaries Of the pro-
posed extension marked ont but eN-
planned that IL was merely sus
gestion and that the city commission
realized fixing Of the new line wouid
Be difficult and that they would wei
CONTINUED on page three.l
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PLAN BORDER
AIR SERVICE
Begin Northern Route
Soon; Rio Grande
Lane Later

ST. LOUIS. May 23.-lPl-Inaugu
ration of q twice-a-day passenger
service between st. Louis and Chica-
20, and later establishment Of routes
70 Omaha and the Mexican border,
was announced today by the Robert
son Aircraft corporation.
With four fourteen-passenger, all
metal. tri-motored airplanes ordered,
the corporation, which has expanded
its capitalization TO a million dollars,
expects TO start the Chicago service
about August ].
Service 70 Omaha will start rs soon
as the air mail route can he lighted,
probably about six months hence.
Negotiations are also going forward
to establish lire to Dallas and the
border. and the company hopes later
70 establish a line to Mexico City,
Arnold Stifel, who will head the com
pany. said.
The Omaha line will connect with
passenger lines 70 the Southwest at
Kansas City and the West al Omaha.
The Chicago route will link up with
passenger service east.
Waiting stations at each terminal
are planned, with restaurants for the
convenience cf the passengers. as
well as express, passenger and in
surance cfficeA
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SO.ACRE PATCH'N IN
X \ y
ASPARAGUS NEW
= y u
WILLACY STUNT

RAYMoNDVILLE, May 23.-W.
A. Harding is having eighty acres
planted in asparagus this week,
which is probably the biggest as
paragus patch in South Texas. The
patch il located seventeen miles
west of here. near Hargill. on what
Is known as the Mestenas tract.
Tom Ogilvie. a veteran asparagus
culturist. has charge Of the work.
and he states that conditions here
are better suited TO the culture OF
asparagus than in any place he has
ever seen.
The seed bed was put out last
July, and Mr.. Ogilvie states that he
expects to get good crop within
one year from this planting. Usual
Nv IL requires period of three
years between putting out the seed
bed and harvesting crop, but the
plants will continue TO grow for
years. Mr.. Ogilvie is now harvest
ing asparagus from small acreage
on the Mestenas tract, which he put
out last October, and his expert
ence with this small patch has
shown him what he may expect here
from his new venture.
W. A. Harding is enthusiastic
over the outlook for asparagus
here. and states that his big tractor
will be put to work this week pre-
pairing a 1OO0-acre tract, which VIII
Re planted 70 asparagus next Janu-
airy.
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40 GALLONS OF
LIQUOR
Customs Men Capture
Pack Train Near
Point Isabel

A pack train carrying cargo of 40
gallons Of liquor was captured early
Wednesday morning by Mounted In
spectors Of Customs II. l.. Campbell
Alphonso Champion and VIM. Shears
near the old wireless station on the
outskirts of Point Isabel.
Two Mexican nationals were placed
under arrest ard two others escaped.
The entire train, including four
horses with pack saddles, was cap
tured.
The cargo consisted Of four 5-gal-
lon carboys Of mescal. 2O5 pint bottles
Of mescal and "a quart bottles OF
habanero.
The Mexicans swan their horses
across the flooded Rio Grande at
some point near the old oil we'll, and
followed the trail over the sand
ridges to Point Isabel. The officers
surprised the train while the four
were unloading the cargo. Two of
the Mexicans jumped onto two of the
horses from which the liquor packs
had been unloaded and escaped into
the darkness.
Officers had received a tip that a
large consignment or liquor was to
he crossed to Point Isabel, and the
trio Of customs men left Brownsville
about g o'clock Tuesday night. They
knew the trail the smugglers gener-
ally followed and lay in wait for the
cargo rear the old wireless station.
The smugglers reached their destina-
ton about $3.50 Wednesday morning.
and were unloading the liquor when
the officers surprised them.
The Mexicans were brought 20
Brownsville and placed in the county
Jail. The horses were equipped with
he typical Mexican pack saddles. each
horse carrying approximately u gal
Ions of liquor. The haul was one OF
the largest made on the lower border
in recent months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
MOODY IDEAS
IN PLATFORM
OFFERED DEMS
Reports Are
Made By Johnson
And Colquitt; Toll
GRAFTON Included

BEAUMONT, Texas. May 23.-,E)
"A platform containing the prohi-
bition principles promulgated by
Governor Moody's harmony demo-
Gratis was reported to the state der--
ocratic convention Wednesday BY
the platform and resolutions COM
mittee, headed by r. s. Sterling Of
Houston. chairman of the state high
way commission.
Minority reports were prepared by
Highway Commissioner Gone John
son. who deserted the Tom Love
ultra dry camp yesterday for the
victorious Moody group. and by
former Governor q. p. Colquitt.
No action had been taken on the
reports.
Mr.. Johnson's report recommend
ed that the constitutional" or Love
democrats stand on prohibition be
adopted in preference 10 the Moody
principles.
Mr.. Colquitt's report contained a
resolution seeking 20 instruct the
Texas delegation 70 the national con-
vention against Governor Smith for
president.
The majority platform report
called for religious toleration and
freedom and urged that no person be
discriminated against because Of his
religion. The republican party was
scourged. especially for itS high
tariff policy. This report recon-
mended remedial agricultural legis-
lation.
Resolutions we're offered IN rlc-
moTiam to. William J. Bryan. com
mending Jesse II. Jones Of Houston
for his service in the national
councils and offering him as "suit-
able in every way for the highest
office within the gift Of the people,
lContinued on page temp
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
PAVING BIDS
ON MILITARY
ROADCALLED
Southmost Road Also
Included In Projects
Listed for Immediate
Construction

Contracts for paving the military
and Southwest roads will be award
ed Thursday. June 2l.
An order issued Tuesday hv the
Cameron county commissioners court
calls for bids on 4e.s miles or pav-
ing, including the projects in all
precincts Of the county. The notice
published on May II, calling for bids
on June I3 in all precincts other
than the Brownsville precinct was
formally rescinded, and ali projects
will be covered at one letting.
The military road from the
Brownsville city limits to the west
line Of precinct No. ,. approximate
ly "a miles, will be the first con
struction IN the Brownsville pre-
cinct. Completion OF this road will
be followed by paving Of the South
most road from Brownsville city
limits 10 Southpont, approximately
7.2 miles. The two projects maze
total Of 1876 miles in the Browns
vile precinct. The military road
will be Is feet in width, the South
most road Is feet.
Grades and structures on both
roads were completed several months
ago, and the grades are in excellent
shape for paving. As railway dumps
will be available in close proximity
20 both roads the paving i expect
ed TO be completed in record time.
Paving projects in other precincts
include:
Point Isabel-Los FresnoS Precinct
old Alice road from state highway
No. 100 10 the San Jose ranch roai.
approximately 4 miles: Paredss line
road from state highway No. 100 "a
San Jose ranch road, approximately
4 miles.
San Benito Decentralization
and military roads from end of pres
Continued on page three.)
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Rescue Work Is
Slowed In Mather

MATHER. Pa. May 23.-tP)-The
bodies Of 1G4 victims Of the Mather
mine disaster had been recovered
from the explosion-swept workings
today. as rescue men continued their
search for 80 missing men. One hun
dred and fifty two Of the bodies were
identified. five unidentified. and sew
en- held At the bottom Of the main
shaft to be brought to the surface
later in the day.
Rescue work was slowed up TO a
great extend when rescue men were
affected by odors in the underground
workings. Many OF the bodies recov-
Continued On page ten.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
San Benito Gets
Merchants Meet
Especial % The HeraldA

SAN BENITO. May 23.-This citw
was successful in its efforts To Gee
the 1929 state convention of Retail
Merchants association, w = teIes
gram received by J. #. BelT' here ah
noon today announced.
san Benito sent a large deIeraS
lion 70 the present convention, ~
wichita Falls. and was supported by
delegations from TAI the other cities
next meeting.
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NEW FIELD HONoRs FLIER

WASHINGTON. May 23.-tPv-Thc
new air corps training center at San
Antonio will be named Randolph
Field IN honor ~ Captain William W.
Randolph. native Of Texas. who lost
his life n an airplane crash az Cor
man. Texas. last February.
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BLASTS IN ;
OTHER Mines
ADD DTOTOTAL
l64 Bodies Taken Out
Of Mather Shaft;
Search Continues for
33 Still Lost

Indications were today that 22i
workers had lost their lives in four
mine accidents since Saturday, as
follows:
Mather. Pa.-Coal mine explosion; I;
l6i known dead: 80 missing.
Yukon, W. Na.-Coal mine explo-
sion: l3 known dead; 4 missing.
Harlan. ky.-Coal mine explosion I;
Z dead; missing.
Kimberly. Nev.-Copper mine cave
in; four dead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Vslleyf
rair tonight and Thursday; not much
enange IN temperature. Light Co
moderate northerly winds on the
coast.
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Leaders Doubt
Ability TOPdss
ACtIMCOmgYeSS

WASHINGTON. May 23.-tPl-r
President Coolidge today vetoed the
McNary-Haugen farm relief bill.
Thus for the second time in IA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
RIVER FORECAST

There will Be 4 slight to mcders
ate rise IN the river at San Benits
and Brownsville during the next "a
10 35 hours. but no material ehanga
elsewhere.
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TIDE TABLE 4

High and low tide al Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoroloTi-
cal conditions:
High .s.,-..s-..-H-----s-T lv.vv 4+ ms
Low Azsoo = ms
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Merchant Marine Act
Signed BY President

WASHINGTON. May 23. --(P)-
President Coolidge has signed the
Joncs-White marine bill.
The measure. which was sent 10
the White House in the same en-
velope with the McNary-Haugen
farm relief bill. authorizes a big re-
placement program for the govern
ment merchant marine, requires sane
tion of but five Of the seven members
Of the shipping board for the sale Of
vessels TO private operators, doubles
the existing Sl25,000.O00 construction
loan fund Of the board. and liberal
ICES the ocean contract mail system.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today ----.-n.... .w4.-..s 7s15
Sunrise tomorrow s............ b:tu
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PENSION INCREASE SIGNED

WASHINGTON. May 2S. -lPl-
President Coolidge signed today
bill raising the pension TO civil war
widows from $50 to $40 q month.
Evening star., 1928-03-30

The widow of a colored man who
died here on February -, and whose
body was identified by colorcd min-
lister of Columbia. S. c., and shipped to
that city for burial today wrote the
local police demanding that they repay
her the expenses of the transportation
Of the corpse since it was found, upon
arrival, that the dead man was not her
husband.
on February l6 a colored man giving
the name of Edward Robinson, ~, walk
ed into She eighth precinct station house
and said he was i'll and had no home
and no means of support. He was sent
to Freedmcns Hospital, being later
transferred to Galluger Hospital when
he became worse lie died February 90
A few days later police received a
wire from Carrie Robinson Of Coum~
bia. asking for description OF The
man. She thought he might be her
Evening star., 1928-03-30
Widow" Asks Refund When Husband,
Alive, Proves She Buried Wrong Body

husband Later Carries minister came
here and made positive identification of
the body. So sure was he that he super
vised the shipment to the South Caro-
lima city.
TWO days later the woman wired
that the body was not her husband.
lie had been located in Philadelphia
and was very much alive.
The letter today stated that the
body had been buried in that city and
that the woman thought the police
should repay her.
A part Of the letter stated:
You may excuse yourselves by say
ing that some one claimed the body,
which is true, but he failed to bring
back the one he thought he was"
The woman also offered to let the
LOCAL police have the body, but they
have declined the offer.
Evening star., 1928-03-30
THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY

friends and
officers and directors Of the Company cordially
invite visit inspect completed work Of
banking and addition
office building Ninth between the
O'Clock eight o'clock P NJ, Saturday,
March 81.
Company incorporated August 15, 1899. The
until the 'New Granite Building,
it then called, completed In 1891. Tt was
fire-proof office building in Wash
tngton, pioneer Of the
District.
Extensive remode11ng undertaken In 1912 which,
believed would provide ample accommodations for
However, constantly increasing
and in 1925 the
reconstruction commenced Nov
hav thoroughly equipped and
estab1i shment that provides ample acconmeda
growth The construction is the
o. bank specialists, Of New York
and Chicago, under the direction Of architect,
Arthur B. Heaton.
Our officers the opportunity to yea
estate offices floor; spacious
department massive deposit
vault; foreign department, with which is
Washington Of Thos Cook Son. Vhe
take OF all travel service and finally, the
floor, directors restaurant OF
the banks personnel.
fail view the striking painting In the
lobby by John Faed Of Washington receiving
battle of Trenton"
Evening star., 1928-03-30
Trio Held After Chase.

BLANDENSBURG, Md, March 30
Three colored men were arrested here
by state police last night after an eX-
citing chase OF their automobile from
Ammendale Driving while drunk, reck-
less driving and failing to stop after q
collision we're charged against /. y. K.
pushic, who gave his address as Wash
iDoton
Evening star., 1928-03-30
BANDITS RECORD
PUT UNDER PROBE
Authorities Holding Charles
A. Rhodes. Who Robbed
Bank Messengers.

Pending the result Of an inveStiga-
ton to determine whether he has been
connected with any other recent crimes,
Charles ASaph Rhodes. II 2l-year-old
bandit. who confessed yesterday 10 hold
ing up two Federal American Bank
messengers at Fourteenth and Column
hia road Tuesday forenoon, still Is held
at the tenth precinct charged with rob
berry in connection with the hold-up
Unless unexpected evidence is pro-
Cuced police indicated that he viii be
arraigned in Police Court tomorrow
morning.
A check-up Of the checks and bills
taken from the messengers Robert
Norris and Louis Fridinger, indicated
that all but Sl0203 Of the money had
boen recovered. Rhodes told detectives
this morning while being interrogate6
q, police headquarters. that he burned
Evening star., 1928-03-30

caught him, since he planned to go
West
Early in the afternoon of the robbery,
within a few hours after the hold-up, II
was disclosed he drove up in front OF
the house where he Toomcd and Went
in and changed his clothes. Later IN
the afternoon ha came back and
ChaDrCd them again.
Evening star., 1928-03-30

typical German father The figure
was nearly 10 feet high, and was deco
rated with hat, necktie and cane, while
tiny tot in snow stood beside it. IL
Evening star., 1928-03-30

was a work Of art and sightseers from
many parts Of Germany iourneyed b.
see IL. In spite of rain 1t lasted thre4
weeks
Evening star., 1928-03-30

making giant snowman in one of the
public squares. After six hours work
the two, one being an artist, completed
the modelling Of the head and bust of
Evening star., 1928-03-30

about so checks in the bathroom of
,hc house where he had occupied a
room since December They questioned
him in connection with the hold-up of
bank messenger last Winter at Eighth
and z streets, but he denied any knowl-
edge of that episode,
Regarded as Quiet Young Man"
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Thaler, 926
Fifth street northeast. at whose house
Young Rhodes rented a room. described
him as a quiet young man. neat and
mindng his own business"
They stated that they were thunder
struck when they learned of his arrest,
They did not know that their lodger
was a bandit until they read about il
ia the papers last night They thought
the police who arrested him early i'll
the morning were a party of friends.
Several weeks ago they stated, two
men came TO see him. They were dress
Cd rather tlaShily
THEY looked like race track men,"
Mr. Thaler said
After their departure Rhodes re-
marked TO the ThalcrS.
4 don't want to see those men
again, they are crooks"
Evening star., 1928-03-30
Always raid His Rent.

Mrs Thaler said that her lodger al
ways paid his rent in advance and paid
last week up to this Sunday. Wednes-
day night. the night after the robbery
and few hours before his arrest and
subsequent confession, he told her that
he was going away at the end of the
week" He told police that had they
come n day later they would never have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
while last year they had increased to

while last year they had increased TO
1880.
Incomes gained at rapid rate, the
survey pointed out, jumping from
81, 2s3, 900 in 1917 to $s,560,000 last
year, the financial support being ac-
corded colored higher education being
nearly four times what 1t was in 1917.
The immediate need of the race is
more education. the report asserts, bet
ter education and higher education and
the lack of, teachers Is serious, as there
are but $4,000 colored teachers in the
United States, including those teach
ing in elementary schools, high schools
and colleges.
"The economic salvation of the negro
Is dependent to q great degree upon
his training in the fields of agriculture,
mechanic arts and crafts" an Interior
Department announcement concerning
the survey said: National social and
economic life demands the training of
many more negro professional and
technical leaders. A serious lack OF
negro dentists prevails and there are
in the United States only so negro
architects. 1874 engineers, 145 design
ers. craftsmen and inventors and 207
chemists.
Although the number Of negro
clergymen serving as pastors OF churches
or preachers of the gospel is approx
mately 1850, the training of large
number is extremely limited. The
average number OF graduates from