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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
VALLEY WOMAN
dies AT Home
Mrs. j. E. Wedegartner
Passes In San Ben
ito Thursday
Especial to The Heraldl

SAN BENITO, May 11.-Mrs. Ella
Hall Wedegartner. 35. wife of J. 4.
Wedegartner Of the San Benito water
district office, died at the family
home here at 1880 p. m. Thursday
night. She had been in i'll health
for the past two years, and her con-
dition had been considered serious
for 10 days.
Funeral services are to be con-
6Ueted at the First Baptist church
here Saturday afternoon, with Rev.
Jefferson Davis officiating. Final
arrangements for burial are being
WITHHELD pending word from relatives.
There is a possibility that the body
will be shipped to Dallas for inter-
ment, il was said. Thompson's NOR
tuary here is to have charge Of the
arrangements when they are made.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Wede-
garsner is survived by one son, J. F.
Wtdegartner. Jr.; her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J.. +. Hall, Of lawson; three
brothers, Graham. Richard and J. Z.
Hall, Jr.; and two sisters. Mrs. Betty
Wilson and Mrs. j. Z. Goskins.
Pallbearers for the funeral Satur-
day afternoon are:
Col. Sam Robertson, OF Browns
vile; +. S. Robertson, Fred Wede-
gartner, Raymond Smith, r. w. Mill
er and Mnrray Higgins, all of San
Benito.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
Victim of Knife
Attack at Dance
Dies AT Hospital

Clavio Blanco, victim of n knife
fray last Saturday evening. died mt
Mercy hospital this morning about
10 o'clock and the body is being held
at the Morris Mortuary pending the
funeral. Coban Vidal is held at the
county Jail on charges OF assault
with intent to murder.
The two men were near n dance
hall close TO the Piper plantation sc-
companied by two others when
found BY III. u. Pope. deputy consta-
bic. Blanco was suffering from =
deep knife wound across the abdo-
men and accused Vidal or the attack.
As the officer led Vidal away. Blan-
co stabbed the man in custody just
below the heart, according 20 Mr..
Pope.
Vidal was in a serious condition
for several days, but as his wound
healed he was transferred to the
jail 20 await further acton.
Funeral services will be held for
the dead man this afternoon mt 3
o'clock with burial at the City ceme-
terry. He is survived by one broth
er. Juan. OF Brownsville and hy pa
rents who reside in Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
TOCLAMP ON
CHICAGO Lid
Police Told to Make
City SO Tight She
Will Squeak

CHICAGO. May 11.-(P)-Commis-
sioner of Police Hughes has decreed
a curfew on the city's night life at
/ a. m.
Since his return Wednesday from a
vacation in Missouri, "Go-get-'em
Mike" Hughes has issued ultimatums
and orders with gattling gun rapidi-
ty.
His first was to clean up gambling
and vice conditions. Then followed
instructions to clamp the lid on tight
at l a. m.
Unless his orders we're obeyed. he
told deputy commissioners, thew
would face charges before the police
trial board.
His specific orders were:
Enforce the ] a. m. closing Law
for poolrooms and soft drink par
lors.
Halt all rumrunning vehicles and
turn liquor and prisoners over to the
government authorities.
Jail all racketeers on sight and
keep jailing them as frequently as
they are released.
stop all open gambling"
Those are your instructions" said
the commissioner, "snd they can't be
misunderstood. See that they are
followed to the letter. There will be
no buck passing to the captains or
subordinates. II is up to you to see
that these orders are followed. II
they aren't, you'll go before the
board"
Reports that Commissi oner
Hughes would resign have been de-
nicd repeatedly.
He told subord;nates the results of
the recent primary election indicated
the voters wanted reform. We'll
give them REFORM" he said. "Close
everything. Make a house-to-house
canvas in the hunt for beer flats.
Watch for slot machines and any
other form Of gambling. We are go
ing to make this town 50 tight il
squeaks."
Frank J. Loesch, president Of the
Chicago crime commission, has been
ordered to appear before six Judges
Of the circuit and superior courts
Monday and explain what he meant
recently when he charged three Grim
inal court judges with leniency to-
ward criminals.
The six judges, selected BY their
bench colleagues, will sit en- banc, as
members Of a court, unparalleled in
Cook county Jurisprudence. Judge
Thomas Taylor will preside.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
Mother Day Is
Proclaimed By
Texas Governor

AUSTIN. Tex. May -1.-(PD-Sun-
day, May l3. was officially proclaim
ed as Mothers Day" by Governor
Moody Thursday, in accordance with
the american custom and in recog-
milton of the act of the national con-
gress and the resolution Of the legis-
lation Of Texas"
"It is beautiful custom that one
day OF the year is set aside on which
those of us whose mothers no longer
live may in the sacred memory Of
them offer a tribute Of love for all
that they did for US, FOR all the love
they had for US. and for all that they
meant to us. Those whose mothers
still live may embrace the opportun-
ity to cheer their mothers hearts BY
making known 10 them the love which
motherhood has inspired"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
CHURCH union
IS ENDORSED
Commission Is Named
BY Methodists For
Discussions

KANSAS CITY. May 1I.-CP,-
Sweeping aside all existing commits
sions the quadrennial general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church today endorsed organic
church union by a vote Of s52 to 3
and authorized a single commission
Of 81 members to act for the church
IN all unification discussions.
The commission to he appointed bv
the board of bishops oy May 2l, was
authorized to initiate cvertures and
receive overtures from "like-minded
churches looking toward closer CO.
operation and union"
The action was regarded as the
most significant in Methodist church
history toward union with the Pres
byterian, congregational and other
churches.
1t carried particular significance
because similar proposal will Be
made to the general assembly Of the
Presbyterian church IN the u. S. A.
at Tulsa, Okla. late this month.
The Methodist commission will be
composed Of seven bishops, is min
listers and is laymen. It's expenses
will be borne by the general confer
ence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
LAND BANKERS
VISIT VALLEY
Party Stops Here On
State Tour; Find
Prosperity
Especial to The Heraldl


SAN BENIT0, Nav I'm. n. Cos
sett. president Of the Federal Land
bank at Houston, Friday led a party
of eight directors and officers of the
bank into the Valley for a brief tour
Of inspection OF this region. that is
scheduled to conclude Friday night.
The bankers, representing the only
bank Of its kind in Texas, doing bus
mess on long-term farm loan ba-
sis, are concluding a tour of practi-
cally the entire state, which began
three weeks ago. They spent Thurs
day night in Alice and were expect
ed to leave the Valley for Corpus
Christi Friday afternoon. From
there they will return to Houston
Saturday.
The tour has been made by auto
mobile, four cars being used 70
transport the part from town to
town.
Although they have been making
a survey of the territory served by
the institution, the Valley trip was
made purely for pleasure, Mr.. Cos
sett declared. The Federal Land
bank does no business in the Valley
at the present time, the farmers in
this region negotiating their loans in
different manner from the meth
DDS in use by the Houston bank.
However, his organization is keep
ing in close touch with the sgricul-
tural situation here following a COM
plete survey made about a year ago,
and the time will come when the
banks operations will be extended
into this territory. he said.
A settlement of the international
water controversy, which seems
about TO be effected. will do much
TO smooth the path Of Valley farm
ers toward doing business with his
institution, Mr.. Gossett indicated.
FROM their brief and informal in
spection, the Valley Is the most pros
porous section of the state. members
Of the party say. Although they are
making no detailed survey at this
time a general impression of pros
perity seems to prevail ever this re-
gion, prosperity that is in evidence
IN no other section Of the state.
Lack of rains and suffering wheat
crops tend to put a pessimistic note
IN most regions, they say.
Members of the party were:
;. A. Lindsay of Tyler. chairman
OF the board of directors; F. z.
Churchill, of Jacksonville, director;
J. N. Neeley. Of Amarillo, director;
A. n. Short, of Houston, head Of the
conservation and terracing depart
ment; A. G. Hargis, Of Houston. as
slstant secretary; G. F. Shropshire,
Of Houston, chief appraiser; and w.
j. McAnnally, of Houston, federal
appraiser; and Mr.. Gossett.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
Soviet Gold In
London Moved
Without Guards

LONDON, Englsnd-CP)-A motor
truck has travelled through London
carrying five tons Of gold, with no
armed escort, no fixed bayonets, not
even squad of detectives.
This was the compliment which
soviet Russia paid to the honesty of
the Londoner.
The s529,600 worth Of precious
metal was a consignment of bullion
from Russia to one Of London's
banks. From the State bank. Moscow.
to Windau, soldiers had guarded it.
A. MIndau IT was shipped on an
English vessel and the matches were
sealed. On arrival at London docks
the seals were broken BY customs
officials. the valuable cargo unship-
ped, and without protection Of any
kind. loaded onto trucks that convey
Cd Il to its destination in Thread
needle street, the home Of British
banks.
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RELATIVE SLAIN;
* + +
WOMAN TOO ILL
r y y
TO MOVE is HELD

I0WNNILLE, s. o., May 11.-tPD
A woman, so i'll she could not be
moved, was accused today of kill
ing her stepmother with a gun she
had concealed in her bed.
The prisoner, Mrs. Mae Richard
son, remained under guard at her
home, unable even 10 discuss the
shooting. A coroner's jury found
that she fired on Mrs. Elizabeth
Parker yesterday after threatening
TO shoot If the older woman did
not "stay on her side OF the hill"
A daughter-in-law .: Mrs. Parker
said she was outside the Richard
son home when the step-mother
entered. A moment later she said,
the sick woman screamed, "I1l
shoot you"
SHOOT" was the reply.
There were no eye-witnesses.
The cause Of the family quarrel
has not been explained.
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TWOFARMERS
GIVEN HONORS
Corns, Stuart Place,
kretz, Los Fresnos,
'Caneron's Best
Especial 10 The Herald)

SAN BENlTO, May Ill. B.
Corns, Stuart Place farmer, and
Frank kretz, Los Fresnos farmer,
will represent Csmeron county this
year in the competition for distinc-
tion OF being a master farmer of
Texas, according to members of the
judging committee which recently
looked over these farms.
After looking over n number of
farms in the county, the committee
decided to score these two, as being
the nearest to perfect in the county.
Members of the committee are
County Agents Henry Alsmeyer and
Miss Kate Adele Hill, Mrs. ]. X.
Siderius of Los Fresnos, J. Z. Bell
and Myron +. Ward, secretaries Of
the chambers Of commerce at San
Benito and Harlingen, respectively.
These two farmers will be scored
again in June by the district COM
mittee, composed of district agents,
and will be visited again by the
same committee in the fall. After
that scoring two farmers are to be
selected to represent the district.
The final scoring will be done by
a state COMMITTEES, which will pick
ten men to be known as Master
Farmers" of Texas.
Last year Mitchell Orr Of Los
Fresnos was one of the fifteen Mas
ter Farmers of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
OWSLEY tours
VALLEY SOON
Speech Series Carded
Next Week; To Be
In City Saturday

Alvin Owsley Of Dallas. Texas
senatorial candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket. II scheduled TO arrive
in the Valley Thursday for a three
day series of addresses that will
take him from Rio Grande City TO
Brownsville.
The first speech is scheduled to be
made at Edinburg at II a. m. Thurs
day and from there the candidate
will jump to Rio Grande for an ad-
dress at $3.50 p. m, coming back TO
McAllen for a talk that night.
Friday Mr.. Owsley will speak in
Raymondville at 2:30 p. M; Harlin-
gen at 5 p. m; and deliver a gradu-
alton address at the La Feria high
school at s p. IN. On Saturday the
candidate will end his Valley tour
at Brownsville with an address there
at .. m. following a talk at San
Benito at 9 o'clock in the afternoon.
The speaker will come to the Val
ley from Falfurrias and will 70
from here to San Antonio for an
address the following Monday at
the State Labor Union convention
there.
He is expected to spend Sunday
in the Valley resting, and plans for
his entertainment are now being
worked out BY his supporters here.
He will stress in his speech,
among other things, the past eight
years or republican national admin
istration, states rights, democracy
and its meaning. enforcement Of all
laws, honesty a2d responsibility in
office, economy in government and
in government expenses. co-opera-
tion among nations TO prevent wars,
highways, foreign credits, farm re-
lief as proposed by himself and that
as proposed by his opponents, and
the tariff.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
Mariner Adds
Another Kayo
ToLong String

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, May 1I.-P)
With another knocAcut added to
his collection, Les Mariner, Univer-
sity of Illinois heavyweight and stu
dent, laid aside his gloves TODAY to
train for several harder opponents
semester examinations.
Displaying his now famous one-two
punch, Mariner won his thirteenth
knockout in Ii attempts last night
when he .stopped the veteran Joe
Burke of Detroit in two minutes and
p seconds Of fighting in the first
round of their scheduled ten round
bout.
Burke, who was no match for the
student, went down and was counted
out while Referee Dave Barry
thought he was taking. A medical
examination. however, showed he was
badly stunned and unable 10 con-
tinue. He was given his purse and
Mariner was awarded the fight on
knockout.
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Durance
Plane Is Wrecked

SEVILLE, Spsin, May 1l.-CR)-At-
tempting to take off On a flight to
break duration and distance records.
the airplane Jesus del Gran Poder
crashed into an automobile today.
The lower right wing was consider
ably damaged making a flight i'm
possible.
The plane started dcwn the run
way with Captains Ignacio Jiminez
and Francisco Iglesias for an unan-
nounced destination at 6:l5 a. m. The
airdrome was crowded with people
who cheered the fliers.
Suddenly the plane plunged into a
military automobile in its path pre-
venting the flight.
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RELATIVE OF
One OF dead
FILESCHARCE
Murder Hearing To Be
Held In Seym our
For Wichita Falls
Pair; Make Bond

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, May H.
PD-Woody Tarkentol and Alvin
Stewart tof Wichits Fails have beer
charged with murder at Seymour in
connection with the drowning at
Lake Kemp last Saturday OF r. G.
Irvine, a brick layer.
The complaint was filed before
Nat 6. Mitchell, justice of the peace
az Seymour by George ". Preston. n
brother in law of Irvine. Preston
gave his home rs AmarillO, the jus
tice said.
Earl Kuntz, attorney for Tarking-
ton and Stewart announced Friday
that Baylor county officers who had
come here earlier in the day to take
the men into custody had departed
without them. The officers agreed,
he said. to allow the attorney TO ac-
company them TO Seymour where
they expect to receivs a preliminary
hearing before Judge Mitchell.
Meanwhile kuntz said the two ara
at liberty under BONDS OF 81 s00e fixed
for their release after habeas corpus
proceedings had beea filed before
Judge ". A. Martin. ir S9th district
court Thursday afternoon.
Tarkenton and Stewart we're quoted
by the attorney as insisting that the
death OF Irwin eand ~ Bill Whitted.
negro. was the result of an acci-
dent and will urge that plea in ask
ing the dismissal OF TIE charge grow
ing out of Irvine's death. Irvine's
body was sent to Sherman for burial.
The negro's body has not been re-
covered.
The four men. they related. were
fishing from a boat. some distance
from the banks or Lake Kemp when
some one stood up. The boat over
turned. they said. All four clug 60
the unturned boat a. they cried for
help. Irvine and Whitted becams
exhausted and drowned. Tarkenton
and Stewart still were clinging Ia
their hold at the point of exhaustion
when they were rescued.
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FUND
NOT S25O,OOO
PROBERS TOLD
Headquarters Office
Has Spent $4,000
In Aiding Campaign
Of Secretary

WASHINGTON, May II. -lP)-
James w. Good, directing head Of the
Hoover organization, told the senate
campaign funds committed today
that the Washington headquarters of
the commerce secretary had received
contributions totaling $50,150 and had
spent $42,O32.16.
OF the amount received, Good said
81 1000 had come in currency in an
unmarked envelope. This sum had
been deposited in a bank and would
not be expended until the donor had
been established.
All Expenses Given
Good listed expenditures as fol-
lows:
Telephone and telegraph. 81 ,925.ss;
advance to Kansas City headquarters,
$3,94s.l3; postage, printing, litho-
graphing and mailing, $5.417.T9;
headquarters expenses. including rent
and office supplies, $13,422.04; sal
aries, S4,072; travelling expenses,
$5,676.S2; speakers bureau, $2,250;
stenographic services, $2,432.25; pri-
mary filing fee, S270; clipping bu-
reau and newspaper subscriptions,
$62s.75; editorial research, $1,7S7.50.
Good said that in his opinion the
aggregate of expenditures of the
various state Hoover clubs which he
mentioned would be less than $780,
600. Considering the scope Of the
campaign and the issues involved. he
said, the expenditure was very
modest indeed being less than any
similar campaign expenditures with
which / am familiar"
Reads Report
He read into the record reports
from various state campaign man
ayers which showed $500 had been
expended in Michigan; $4,000 in Min
nesota; about $500 in Arkansas; not
to exceed 27.000 in California; So
512-54 in Oregon; about $1,000 in
Continued on page twoD
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FINESSED LEAD IN
* + =
BRIDGE TILT ENDS
r. y =
IN COURT BATTLE

Los ANGELES, Calf, May H.
R)-Bridge players knew this was
certain to happen so ne time.
Mrs. Gena Robinson, according 10
testimony yesterday in superior
court here in the trial of the suit
brought against her by Mrs. Esther
Lyon, finessed her partners spade
lead Mrs. Lyon was the partner.
Then the battle started. First il
was a battle of words, words that
kept flowing until the hand was
played.
"Then she jumped up and /
pushed her back" testified Mrs.
Robinson. Mrs. Lyon declared her
face was cut in that push" by the
diamonds on Mrs. Robins fingers.
So she sued for S21, ,c10 damages.
The court agreed tnat il prob
ably was more than a push" and
awarded Mrs. Lyon $500.
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adventure in the arctic with his
master.
General Mobile il planning to use
Vsdsoe as an auxiliary base in the
event that he should be forced
South on one Of his expeditions
across the Arctic regions. He tele-
graphed to his representative there
telling him to remain and prepare
everything for mooring the airship
in case Of necessity.
Before starting out General No
bile sent his will to Rome and it
revealed that outside of his share
Of the $3l 500 blanket policy on the
Italia's crew and $l1,0 900 life policy
on himself and his government pen
sion that the general has no prop
erty of his own. His estate is di-
vided into three equal parts for
his wife, daughter and niece.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday.
probably with local showers; not
much change in temperature.
For East Texas: Local thunder
storms tonight and Saturday; cool
er in north portion tonight; cooler
in interior Saturday except in north
west portion.
Moderate 10 fresh southerly TO
easterly winds on the coast.
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Missing Mail
Pilot Is Found

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Nav
11.-CRl-Lieut. Eddie Eshleman. o.
year-old air mail pilot, who had been
missing fifteen hours after hopping
off yesterday from Denver for this
place, was located at Hilltop, near
Elizabeth, Colo, early today, accord
ing to telephone message to the
Colorado Springs Gazette te-Telegraph.
Eshleman. when found. said he had
been forced down shortly before 8
o'clock last night because Of a heavy
fog.
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by Russian explorers travelling in
ice breakers in September 1918.
They only observed the eastern and
southern coasts of the land which
was found to extend to the north
northwest as a continuation of the
eastern coasts Of the Taimir penin-
sula and the Chelyuskin peninsula.
General Mobile also intended TO
land il possible, at the pole, plant
ing there a cross given him by Pope
Plus. He hoped to check on previ-
Gus expeditions Of Peary and Mac
MILAN in polar regions. A compan-
ion of General Mobile on his polar
expeditions has been his dog Ii
tiana, who seemed reluctant 10
leave Vadsoe. Norway. when the
Italia left there for Spitzbergen,
but finally decided to risk another
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Owsley For Senate
Club To Be Formed

HARLINGEN. May 11.-An "AIvin
Owsley for Senator" club is 10 be
formed here at p. m. Saturday in
meeting to be held at the city
hall, according to ocie Frisbie, local
attorney.
The call for the meeting was sent
out by Mr.. Fristoe, Mrs. F. ". Hardin
and Glen G. Farris. The club is to
embrace Harlingen only but the move
is to be spread over the Valley in the
future, Mr.. Frisbie said.
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WOMAN BADLY BURNED

SAN ANGELO. Tex, May 11.-lP,
Mrs. J. A. Brasfield received severe
burns today while attempting to save
from her blazing home the clothing
Of an infant child that died recently.
The cottage, two miles west Of San
Angelo, was destroyed by the fire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
G. OF G.. ELECTS

WASHINGTON. May 1I.-tFl-
William Butterworth, Of Moline. III.
was elected president of the cham
ber of commerce Of the United States
today, and Joseph Fl. Defrees, or
Chicago, was elected chairman of the
board OF directors.
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RAIN FALLS ON PLAINS

FAMFA, Tex, May 11.-tPl-A
steady drizzle on the north plains Of
Texas today followed half an inch
OF rain late yesterday and last night.
The moisture and cooler weather led
to predictions Of a bumper wheat
crop in this vicinity.
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WOULD BAR PRICE REPORTS

WASHINGTON. May 1I.-CFy-A
bill fixing a penalty Of $4,000 fine
or five years Imprisonment for gov
ernment officers who publish or
authorize publication Of price predic-
tions OF cotton was passed today by
the senate and sent to the house.
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Woman Missionary From u. S. Slain In China
Mobile Starts On First
Voyage In Drigible OUey
UmknO1Uu Land In AYtiCS

KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May II.
-tP1-The Italian dirigible Italia
started on its first voyage of dis
covery into the polar regions at
7:45 o'clock this morning.
The Italia has been at Kings Bay
since May s waiting for favorable
weather and being prepared for a
series of trips over north polar re-
glons under General Umberto No
bile. General Mobile has made one
previous flight over the pole in
1925 with Roald Amundsen and
Lincoln Ellsworth in the dirigible
Norge.
The present undertaking intends
to explore many regions about
which little is known. These in
clude Lenin Land. formerly Mich
olas ii land which was discovered