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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
APPLY TORCH
TOU.S. ORDER
Strikers Seek to Burn In
junction Paper At New
Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, July 13.-(P)-
While conciliators were expressing
hope over the prospect Of negotiat-
ing and end Of the street railway
strike another overt act was COM
mitted by incendiaries today.
Three men were seen by the night
watchman at tee old Gentilly car
barn to drive up and soak with an
inflammable liquid a wall bearing
a copy of the federal injunction pro-
tecting the public service company
property from violence.
The watchman hurried1y sum-
moned the fire department as the
men applied a torch and sped away,
and the building where old cars are
stored was saved from destruction.
Today the citizens advisory COM
mittee seeking to bring the $500
striking union men and the COM
pany into negotiations planend an
other meeting with the board Of di-
rectors Of the car company.
Repairs we're being completed on
stretches Of trackage torn up in the
sabotage Of a week ago. for a re-
sumption Of street car service by to-
morrow under the protection Of
United States deputies and police
men armed with Shotguns.
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Officers Probing
Mysterious Blaze
AtHonne In McAllen
fSneciaI to The Herald

MALLEN, Texas, July 13.-C1ty
and fire department officials were
probing the origin of a conflagra-
fion which totally destroyed one resi-
dence here early Friday and which
for a time threatened other homes
in the vicinity. ,
A general fire alarm was sounded
at 1:25 Friday morning when neigh
bors discovered a five-room partial
" furnished residence on West Jas
mine avenue in flames. Despite
quick work on the part of firemen,
the structure was totally destroyed
with a loss of about $4,000.
Officers are investigating origin
of the blaze as the result Of reports
that an automobile was heard to
leave the vicinity shortly before an
alarm was turned in
Tenants of the house were said
TO have been absent when the blaze
started.
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group wobbling badly, slipped away
and landed sharply before the 5000
persons who we're watching the re-
fueling attempt were aware the
hardy adventurers had come to the
end Of their flight.
Mrs. Ila Reinhart greeted her hus-
band with a vigorous embrace before
the pilots, in the face Of protests,
were whisked away to a hospital for
the physical examination and a rest.
Proud
I'VE are awfully proud Of having
the honor to hold the endurance
record for refuelling," the airmen
said in a statement. 1--WE wish to
take this opportunity to express our
thanks and appreciation for all the
help and encouragement rendered
us during this flight"
1t was estimated that the An
geleno had flown approximately
1880 miles in the journey which
had taken It only a few miles from
the airport. The average speed was
80 miles an hour, with the motor
consuming 3,035 gallons Of gasoline.
A new Buhl Airsedan today was
en- route here, a gift to the fliers
from the makers Of the plane An
geleno. 1t is powered with a Wright
whirlwfnd motor, gift Of the Wright
Aeronautical corporation.
Cash contributions amounting 10
more than three thousand dollars.
and possible contracts for screen
and stage appearances, as well as for
newspaper and magazine articles,
awaited the pair when they had
completed their rest
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CHARGE FILED
AFTER CRASH
ON HIGHWAY
Brownsville Ex-Grid
Star Places Reckless
Driving Case Again
st Edinburg Man
Especial to The Herald


SAN BENITO, July 13.-W. o
Weller. Jr., Friday afternoon filed a
complaint in Justice Of the Peace
Valdetero's office here charging
reckless driving against George
Schunior of Edinburg after cars
driven by Weller and Schunior
crashed on the highway just at the
end of the wide pavement south Of
here Thursday night. Weller lives
at Brownsville.
Miss Bernice Many suffered
bruises and another young man
whose identity has not been learned
received cuts on the forehead.
The two cars were said to be 60
ing in the same direction and the
impact Of the collision practically
demolished both. 1t is believed that
the wheels of one slipped off the
pavement and the crash occurred
when an attempt was made to bring
the car back onto the road, al
though Traffic Officer E. E. Sadler
said he had no definite information
on the accident at noon Saturday.
In addition to Weller and Miss
Many, six or eight other people
were said to have been riding in the
Brownsville car. None Of them was
hrSt.
The Scfunior car also carried
Misses Cuca Montemayor, Herminia
de Ia Cara, Emilia de Ia Cara,
sisters; Esteban de la Cara and
Jovencio Retama, all said to be San
Benito residents. The girls were
injured in the crash.
Weller was a football star on the
Brownsville high school team last
year.
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81 SeCOI1QS-a marx lar UGyOIlQ UlG
174 hours SO seconds established by
Byron Z. Newcomb and Roy L..
Mitchell Of Cleveland.
An examination Of the flierS and
their second hand 200 horsepower
Wright wtirlwind motor Immediate
" after the flights end disclosed
that both men and engine were In
good condition and might have con-
tinued indefinitely had not the flut-
ter developed.
1--WE have to give the engine credit
for everything said Mendell. Never
before has an airplane engine done
anything like this"
So it was with the f1iers them
selves. A physician who examined
them indicated the long grind had
not greatly harmed them. Thus
the flight, which after breaking all
existing endurance records turned
into a duel between man and motor,
ended in a draw so far as that angle
was concerned.
Second Hand
The plane, a second hand Buhl
Airsedan, touched the landing field
at 2:13:02 p. m. The take off was
at 7:29:30 a. m, July 2.
Debris which collected on the
stabilizer of the plane, coupled with
blow from a hatch cover torn off
the cabin Of the Angeleno all but
forced the endurance craft out Of
control and abruptly ended its un-
precedented flight.
The end came shortly after Men
dell and Reinhart had messaged re-
questing a 37th refueling contat. As
the auxiliary ship took the air and
gained its position over the endur-
ance plane, the Angeleno with tail
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SHOOTING VICTIM IN
CRITICAL CONDITION

HARLINGEN, July 13.-Little
Elias Guardiola, II, was making a
desperate fight for his life with a
slim chance for victory in the VAL
ley Baptist hospital here today as
the result Of a hunting party trag-
edy.
The boy has a % caliber rifle
bullet embedded in his right lung,
the result of playful scuffle over
the rifle, which was discharged as
he and Joe Montalvo wrestled for
possession of it near Combes late
Thursday. Apolinar Casas, about
80, was with the boys at the time,
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Examining Trial
In Stabbing Fray
Set For Monday
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENTTO, July 13.-Examin-
ing trial for FREDERICK Gonzales, Sc,
charged with assault with intent to
murder, as the outgrowth Of cut
ting Scrape on the Browne tract
near last Sunday, was set today for
2 o. m. Monday by Justice OF the
Peace Valdetero, before whom the
trial will be conducted.
In a statement made to officers
after the affair, Gonzales alleged he
returned to his home after feeding
his stock to find his wife and Cres-
cencio Herrera, 35, in close embrace.
He said he then forced the door
oDen and taking out a knife, the
cutting followed.
Herrera was taken to the valley
Baptist hospital at Harlingen in a
critical condition with knife wounds
In the neck and body. Gonzales wife
also was treated there for minor
knife wounds and was released.
The complaint was filed by
Deputy Sheriff S. M. Jester, who
said the men we're reported to have
had previous disputes over Herrera s
alleged attentions to Gonzales wife.
Herrera, it was said, has lived at the
Gonzales home since he was a child
Of eight.
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Nebenzahl Better;
No Trace Found Of
Hit and Run Auto
Especial to The Herald

HARLINGEN, July 13.-Ben Neb-
enzahl, 81, Mercedes merchant, was
recovering here Saturday from II
juries received when he was pinned
beneath his auto after a collision
early Friday on the highway be-
tween this city and Mercedes. No
fractures were discovered and ap-
parently no internal injuries have
resulted.
City officers In San Benito, Har-
lingen, and Brownsville were, on the
lookout for the car which struck
Nebenzahl, but the sheriff's depart
ment Saturday said no report Of the
accident had been made.
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MANS CHARRED BODY
FOUND IN FURNACE

CHICAGO, July 13-K-The body
of Theodore Hammel, so, was found
last night in a furnace, burned
beyond recognition.
Police were unable to determine
whether it was murder or suicide.
Hammel's wrists had been bound
loosely together with telephone wire
and his body wrapped in burlap,
which had been soaked with kero-
sene. Unburned shreds and charred
bits of the burlap were found in
the ashes of the furnace.
The body was found by Hammels
niece, Miss Carmen Hammel, and a
friend, James Gregg, who had been
requested by Mrs. Hammel, the
mans wife, to look for him when
he failed to return home last eve
ming. ~
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375 PERISH IN
PERSIAN FLOODS

TEHERAN, Persia, July 13-(P
at least 375 persons were killed and
several villages wiped out in floods
at Tabriz on Thursday, understood
to have been caused by cloud
burst.
Inasmuch as the number Of dead
reported represented the number OF
bodies recovered there were fears
the loss might be greater.
Roads were destroyed, and 1t was
stated 1000 houses collapsed, with
others still falling.
Crops were seriously damaged.
Tabriz, next to Teheran, Is the
largest city in Persia, and has
population Of about 10000.
Tabriz was once much more pop
ulous, but has had a long history OF
misfortune, including earthquakes
At one time it was a flourishing
trading point between Persia, India
and the Russian and Turkish do
minions but lost much business
when the Caspian sea became 9
great highway Of commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Control of Brazos
River Flood Water
Being Considered

AUSTIN, Juy 13.-(P)-Plans for
controlling the Brazos river, always
a serious problem to central Texas
during the rainy season, today
claimed the attention of representa-
tives of dozen counties bordering
on the stream who gathered here for
a conference.
John M. Lawren Of Bryan Is presi-
dent Of the Brazos river conserva-
ton and reclamation association.
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British Cabinet
Official Guarded
After Attack Threat

LONDON, July 13.-(P-Heavy
armed guards have been placed
around the residence of Arthur Hen
derson, British foreign minister in
the new labor government, after
what police considered probable at
tempts to do him harm.
A man came yesterday to the
secretary's flat and demanded to
see him. When he was asked to
leave and did depart he produced a
pistol and shouted, 'I'll get him yet. =
Shortly afterwards two well dress
ed men called to see Mr.. Henderson.
They also we're asked to leave and
uttered threats against him as they
departed. Police we're silent as to
their identity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
VALLEY GETS
LIGHT RAINS
Brisk Shower in Browns
vile; Weather Con-
tinues Cloudy

A brisk shower about 10 a. m. Sat-
urday filled downtown cutters and
brought rainfall in Brownsville up
to So inch for the preceding twenty
four hours. A fall Of so inches was
reported from San Benito and Los
Indios up to 8 a. m. Saturday, and
light showers from other Valley
points.
Light showers were reported scat
tered over Willacy and Hidalgo
counties Saturday morning.
Indications we're that the weather
will continue cloudy.
Rains were reported falling at all
points between Harlingen and Pharr
about noon.
Heavy precipitation was recorded
at Hidalgo during the morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
IL PER CENT MALT
TONICS ARE BANNED

MILWAUKEE, July 13.-R- -
James M. Doran, u. S. prohibition
commissioner, has ordered Milwau-
kee brewers to discontinue at once
the manufacture Of "12 per cent
malt tonics. Brewers spoke of the
order today as the most severe blow
to the industry since passage Of the
18th amendment.
The order, delivered through E. G.
Yellowley, prohibition enforcement
chief at Chicago, stated that effec-
tive Immediately malt tonicS must
contain a minimum Of Is per cent
solids derived from malt, and not
more than two per cent alcohol by
volume.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Flood Sweeps Into
Hutchinson Doing
$250,000 Damage

HUTCHINSON, Kas., July 13.-
R)-Flood waters pouring into
Hutchinson from two directions
had inundated the city today, cauS-
ing damage estimated at $25O,0OO.
Members of the first battalion Of
the 130th field artillery, Kansas
national guard, have been ordered
into action to protect lives and
property. No loss Of life had been
reported this morning.
Cow creek, ordinarily placid
stream ten feet wide, transformed
into a raging torrent by recent
rains, swept through the business
district shortly after midnight.
Merchants avoided heavy damage
to their stocks by moving them
from Easements and low shelves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Old Florida Bank
In Celery Region
Closes Its Doors

SANFORD, Fla, July 13.-P)-
The First National bank, Oldest
banking institution in Seminole
county, was closed today.
A notice on the door said its af-
fairs had been placed IN the hands
Of the comptroller.
The First National bank was
more than forty years old. It had
resources of $2,2OO0OO and deposits
Of $1,8OO,0O0. Only one other bank
remains here, the Sanford Atlantic
National bank.
Sanford is in the heart of the
celery growing belt.
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Steep Liverpool
Advance Followed
By Wheat Upturns

CHICAGO, July 13.-(P)-Abrupt
new upturnS here in wheat prices
today resulted from an unexpected
steep advance in Liverpool quota
tionS and from persistent unfavor-
able crop reports. In some quarters
it was contended the crop situation
is not unlike that of 1924-25, when
wheat brought more than 50 per
bushel in Chicago.
Opening at / cent to 1-8c rise.
wheat afterward continued to climb
Corn, oats and provisions went
higher also, corn starting at 1-8c to
half cent advance and subse-
quently further.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
TWO KILLED IN CLUB
FIGHT AT NEW YORK

NEW YORK, July 13.-(P)-Two
men were killed and another wound
ed today in gun fight at the Hotsy
Totsy club, Broadway resort. Cause
Of the shooting was unknown.
The body Of an unidentified man
with three bullet wounds in the
body was found by police on the
floor of the barroom. Half an hour
later three men left a wounded
man at a hospital and departed.
The wounded man died an hour Ia
ter. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
SEEK RANCHER AFTER
ENCLISHMAN is SHOT

LAREDO. July 13.-(P)-Officers
today sought a rancher reported to
nave shot Phil Messenger. British
subject, after Messenger drove his
automobile through a herd Of cat
tie on the San Antonio highway.
Messengers condition was not
considered critical. He was struck
hv spatters of the bullet which was
fiattened as it entered the rear win
dow of Messengers closed car yes
terday after the machine passed the
rancher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Permit Is Granted
For New Air Line
To Reach Matamoros

MEXICO CITY, July 13.-(P)-A
concession for establishment and
operation of three air lines connect
ing San Luis Potosi with Mata-
moros, and Piedras Negras, Unit
ed States Mexico border towns, and
Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast, has
been granted by the government to
Edward Meade, Mexican citizen
who said he would have the lines
IN operation within two motnhs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Houston Taxi Driver
Charged With Murder
After Fare Argument

HOUSTON, July 13.-(P)-A
charge of murder was filed against
j. A. Flanagan, taxi driver, in the
fatal Slugging today of Robert L.
Casteel, 27-year-old bookkeeper.
The taxi driver admitted hitting
the youth. He said he hit Casteel
after an argument over a $3.50 debt.
CasteeTs companion owed tn e
money, the man said, but he ran,
and Casteel espoused his cause.
Casteel was struck on the side
Of the nose, the blow causing a
fracture of the nose and cerebral
hemorrhage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
PLANES RACING ACROSS OCEAN
KING ANGERED
BY THEFTS AS
HE TOOK SWIM

BRUSSELS, j uly 13.-R-
King Albert was robbed of his
gold watch, a pocketbook contain
ing 500 francs and a gold pen
knife while having a swim in the
sea at Mariakerke and today re-
turned to Brussels anything but
pleased about it.
The king did not conceal his Ill
humor at the robbery and the
fact that Belgium'S first sea re-
sort did not enjoy better super
visory service while the Ostend
authorities hastened to offer
apologies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
NAMEOFFICER
In COMPLAINT
FOR FORGERY
Cameron County Dep
uty Sheriff Charged
IN Paper Filed By
Hide Inspector
Especial to The HeraIdl

SAN BENITO, July 13.-Com-
plant charging the passage of a
forged instrument was filed Satur-
day morning by j. E. Scrivner, Cam
eron county cattle hide inspector,
against S. M. Jester, Cameron coun-
ty deputy sheriff, before Justice of
the Peace E. M. Valdetero here.
Hearing in the case, Justice Valid
etero said, will be set after Jester
is arrested.
The sheriff's department here
had not been notified that the
charge had been filed and Jester
denied any knowledge of the case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
CREW ABANDONS SHIP

DURHAM, Natal, July 13.-P)-
The British steamer King Cadwal-
lon, bound from Durham to Ade-
laide, Australia, has been abandon
ed by its crew, who have been TAX
en- aboard the steamer Ardenhall.
The King Cadwallon caught fire
when the ship was 500 miles out.
1t burned quickly. They opened the
sea cocks before abandoning it to
prevent its becoming a menace to
shipping.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

LIE BOURGET, France. JuIv r.
R)-Two giant airplanes. Construct
ed for use over land. headed o,,+
across the Atlantic today in the first
transoceanic air race from Paris to
New York.
One Of the planes was a single
motored Amiot bipIane, manned bv
two Poles, Major Ludwik Idzikowsli
and Major Casimir KubaIa. who
lifted the large craft-named the
Marshall Pilsudskie" - from the
field here at 4:47 a. m. GOAT D. m,
Friday z. 5. I'd and pointed its nose
westward.
The other plane was the "7"-
question Mark - single motored
Breguet sesquiplane OF CAPTAIN
D1eudonne Coste, who once flew the
South Atlantic with Joseph Lebrix.
Captain CoSte got his heavily loaded
plane in the air at 5:32 a. m. 11:32
p. m, Friday E. S. T) He was ac-
companied by his mechanic and
navigator, jacques BelIonte. He had
been mysterious as to his destina-
tion, letting 1t be known as Tokyo.
but this was accepted generally as
deception necessary to evade French
transoceanic flying restrictions.
When he had departed the makers
Of his plane and its motor an
nounced his destination as New
York.
Only Once Before
The North Atlantic has been
crossed but once before from east to
west by heavier than air craft.
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther Won
Huenefeld, Captain Herman Koehl
and Captain James @. Fitzmaur1ce
in the airplane Bremen, crossed from
Ba1donnel air field, Irish Free State,
to Greenley Island, Labrador, last
year.
Captain Coste had planned orig
inally to take of before the Poles,
but he deferred his own start IS
minutes in view OF the greater speed
of his plane, which is capable of 125
CONTINUED on page two.)
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CHURCH NEAR COMPLETION

SAN PERLITA, July 13.-The new
Methodist church here, Of which the
Rev. Davis is pastor, will be COM
pleted in about two weeks, it was
announced Saturday.
The church will have q seating
capacity of 200 and will have three
rooms in the rear Of the building
for the pastor and his family.
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Flyers And Engines
In Good Condition
After 246 Hour Hop

13-(P-The flight T.. Mnden
afternoon
futer
and forcing them to land.
endurance flying Of 26 43 minutes
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; "Untln" bowler waited faVOrabla
weather to continue it's flight from
Chicago to Berlin via Iceland.
Captain Albin Ahrenberg, Swed-
ish flier, was at Ivigtut, Greenland,
intending to take off probably to-
day for New York on the last leg
Of flight from Stockholm.
In Los Angeles, Herbert Fahy
planned to take off at midnight for
flight to New York and back to-
the Pacific coast in SO hours.
Meanwhile, in California, r. B,
Reinhart and i. w. MendeI were
relaxing after spending 246 hours,
43 minutes and 80 seconds In the
air for new re-fueling endurance
record. The old record, made a few
Gays ago, was little over 174 hours.
From San Francisco came word
that three new attempts to estab-
Ilsh records were being planned.
The reports said that Erik w. Fri
man expected to fly from Hawaii to
San Francisco, and thence to Los
angeles and New York: the RUS
sian governments advance party
was mapping out plans for a worIcJ'
hight to start in Moscow: and Lieut.
harold Bromley was making plans
Tor nonstop flight from Tacoma,
to Tokyo. --'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Spurned Indian Stays
Omen WithAxe, Then
Shoots Girl TODeath

13F-Angered the white girl
refused to leave house where staying,
crippled killed
sshed Indian girl with yesterday He under guard here
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(By The Associated Press)

spotlight
Two winging
the
flying fields.
At Port Buwe the Hudson Straits the anhian
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Flyers On Way To
u. S.; Other Ships
Making Long Hops

PARIS, 13.(AP)E dispatch Madrid the
Question Gjon Northern Spain, at
1890 today Greenwich time Eastern Standard time)
The weather cloudy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

PARIS, July 13(AP)The air ministry announced this after
the British steamer Eserane Bay then off Fnir
heard the French transatlantic Question 1908
Greenwich time 7:OS a. Eastern Standard time).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ............... $40 a. m.
Low .......... 4:O3 a. m; .. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a TO
48 hours.
w~n @a-.u...L a. " "a ~
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight
and Sunday with local thunder
showers.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Sunday; scattered
thundershowers In the southeast
portion.
Light to moderate east 10 south
east winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

Valley Agency for Bulova Watches
with the new sealed dust-proof
Aaa.L- movement.