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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
EXPLAINSPAY
FOR CHAMBERS
Dancy Says $500 a Month
Is To Be Paid From
District Funds

The $500 per month allowed j.. B
Chambers, chairman of the Arroyo
Colorado Navigation District OF
Cameron and Willacy counties, by
the Cameron county commissioners
court Is to cover salary and expenses
of the chairman and the money IS
to cover salary and expenses OF the
chairman and the money is to be
paid out of the funds of the navl-
CATION district, County Judge Q.
Dancy explains in a communlca-
ton he has addressed to the news
papers of the county.
Judge Dancy states:
There seems to be some m1sun-
derstanding regarding salary OF MI
j. B. Chambers, chairman OF the
Harrington navigation district. TO
clear the situation, I am enclos-
ing a certified copy Of the order OF
the commissioners court allowing
said salary. Said salary is paid by
said navigation district and does
not effect any other part OF the
county and as you will note from
the certified copy of the order COW
ers both salary and expenses. II
was explained to me by leading CIT
liens urging this salary, that among
other things might be expenses OF
trip of Mr.. Chambers to washington
for the purpose Of trying to secure
reversal Of adverse ruling OF n
board Of army engineers, IN case such
ruling was adverse.
CAT the time Of entering order no
member of the court knew that
such adverse ruling had been hand
ed down but had W. known OF such
ruling I rather think the order
would have been passed, anyway, IN
view Of giving the district the OPP
portunity of trying to secure a re-
hearing and reversal OF SAID adverse
ruling.
"We could of course set that or
der aside but I am in favor OF CIV
ing the district the chance to secure
q reversal Of said ruling II tney
ian and to permit the district to
pay the salary and expenses OF us
chairman in SO doing" 49,
After publishing the letter sent 10
the commissioners court by the
Harrington chamber of commerce
requesting that the sum be set
aside, the order entered by the
court, and which was adopted:
reads:
And said communication being
duly considered, it is upon motion
duly made, seconded and unanl-
mously carried ordered by the court
that said request be granted and
that beginning Oh this date, the
said J.. B. Chambers Chairman OF
the Navigation Commissioners OF
the Arroyo Colorado Navigation Dis
trict of Cameron and Willacy Coun-
ties, effective from this date be and
is allowed the sum Of Three Hun
dred Dollars per month, covering
salary and expenses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
BRICK PLANT WILL
ADD NEW EQUIPMENT

EDINBURG, July 30.-Machinery
for the manufacture Of tile and
face brick has arrived here for in
stalIation in the Edinburg Brick
and Tile company's manufacturing
plant. The machinery will be in
place within two weeks, according
to A. j. Ross, Jr., president Of the
company.
The plant, when completed, will
be able to turn out 4 10000 face brick
and about 10000 building tile a
day, as well as 10000 common
brick which it can now produce.
Drying sheds will hold SOC, 1000 brick,
and the two kilns have a capacity
Of 100000 brick each. About 80 men
will be employed when the plant is
in operation, Ross stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
TRIKERSAR
FIRM In STAND
English Textile Workers
Continue Protest On
Wage Cut

MANCHESTER, Eng, July 30-(P
A half million Lancashire textile
strikers entered the second day Of
self-imposed idlenesS today as
firm as ever in their determination
not to accept the Y IL per cent re-
duction in their wages which the
cotton mill owners imposed last Sat-
urday.
The mills were open, if the work.
ers wanted to come to work, and in
some few Of the mills, where the
wage reduction was not made i'm
mediately effective, a few thousand
spinners and weavers followed their
usual routine.
Contrary to the usual case in
British trade disputes of such mag
nitude, bitterness of feeling has not
vet developed, and there was in
many quarters a firm belief the
dispute would be settled amicably
before it reached a more serious as
pect, or the stoppage> in wages
among the none too well-off work
ers began to be felt greatly.
OF the 100000 strikers, all but 15O-
600 are union members and provid-
ed for by an unemployment wage or
dole having an American equivalent
Of from $I.92 a week for young girls
to S4.80 a week from men in the
cardrooms; or from $1.64 to $500
for spinning operatives with Y cents
extra for every child in the family
under Is; and of from $3.50 to $720
for weavers, according to the grades
of their work.
There are 10000 workers not
union members and who conceiva-
bly, will be compelled to seek relief
from the public authorities before
many days.
While the unionists will be far
from destitute, they will be far short
of normal income, which, although
a complicated system Of piece work
prevails, has been estimated at AZ
shillings ($11.08) weekly for men
and 80 shillings ($7.20) for women.
The reductions which the en-
pIoyers proposed to make effective
would have reduced the averages
to about Al shillings ($9.84) for men
and q shillings (S6.48) for women.
1t was held generally the present
labor government would be much
more likely to find a way Of settl-
ing the dispute than would have a
complexion, and both operators and
! operatives look to Miss Margaret
Bondfield, minister Of labor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
Forestry Head Asks
Fire Prevention Aid

WASHINGTON, July 3O.|R)-
Characterizing the present forest
fire situation as the most critical
the nation has known in many
years." George D. Pratt, president
of the American Forestry assocl-
alton, today urged government, state
and private agencies to drastic &C
ton to prevent what might become
a national catastrophe.
Mr.. Pratt said present means for
prevention and protection are
"hopelessly inadequate" and point
ed to fires sweeping over thousands
of acres in California and the Pa
cific northwest with little relief in
sight. He cited that in the Modoc
National forest in California more
than 50,000, 900 board feet of lum-
Der have been burned and more
than 5000 acre of forest land
burned over. Other fires are raging
in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
Weekly Is
Sold at Edinburg
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG, July 3o.-The Hidal-
go County Independent, a weekly
publication, has been sold to a
group Of Hidalgo county indepen-
dnets headed by Fred Flanders of
Edinburg, it is announced.
The paper, established here a year
ago to fight the present democratic
county administration, was owned
by Harry Wilcox of Edinburg, for
merly county surveyor, and Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Armstrong, also Of Edin-
burg. Consideration was announced
as $4,000.
The Independent is the official
organ Of the Hidalgo Citizens indie
pendent Republican faction, and ex-
change Of the paper is said to have
come about as the result of dis
agreement as to the policy being
followed. The new owners, who as
sumed charge of the plant Mon
day, plan to reopen the fight on the
county administration, according to
Mr.. -landerS and j. E. Perry of Ed
inburg, n Of the stockholders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
VALLEY WRECK
VICTIM dies
San Benito Laborer Was
Hurt In Crash Mon
day Afternoon
Especial to The Heraldl

HARLINGEN, July 3O.-Poncianc
Gonzales, about 81, day laborer Of
San Benito, rushed to the Valley
Baptist hospital here Monday after
noon after a crash at San Benito
died at 5:15 p. m, the first fatality
as a result of a series of weekend
collisions which injured 16 people
and sent four of them to hospitals.
Gonzales skull was fractured, and
he was badly mangled as the car
in which he was riding crashed in
to another carrying Fred Wede-
gartner, well-known San Benitc
contractor and his son, Sanborne
10.
Wedegartner suffered a broken
left arm, and severe scalp lacera-
lions, but no internal injuries de-
veloped as first was feared, advices
from San Benito this morning said.
Young Wedegartner was bruised.
The name of an other man riding
with Gonzales was Ia1t learned. The
Wedegartner a was turned over
and the Gonzales machine, although
it remained upright, was almost de-
moliShed by the crash.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
TAX BOARD SI1TINCS
NEARING CONCLUSION

Taxpayers whose surnames begin
with S. T, u. and v, were calling at
the office of the tax assessor Mon
day to show cause why increased
valuations should not be placed on
their property, in answer to notifi-
cation cards mailed out several
weeks ago.
Wednesday, w, x, Y, and z,
names will be heard, and Friday the
hearings will be wound up in a ses-
sion with railroads.
The commissioners court was sit
ting as a board of equalization, but
up to noon Monday, it had not been
required to vote on an appeal by a
property owner. This IS unusual
considering that the hearings prac-
tically are over, Judge o. c. Dancy
said.
The court authorized the payment
of several bills presented by the
auditor. but passed no orders in the
forenoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
Will Hear
Brands Program

PARIS, July 30.-(P)-The French
parliament will convene tomorrow
and hear the program speech Of the
new government of Aristide BRAND,
premier, the same government mi
nus Raymond Poincare, which M.
Poincare steered past so many dan
gerous shoals in the eight months
of its life.
On a vote after the program
speech the chamber is expected to
express its confidence in the new
cabinet. The opposition, practically
the same as the opposition to the
Poincare government, is SO split it
hardly could force no-confidence
without q measure on which to
unite.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
Coroner Studying
Murders Threatened

LONDON, July 3O.-(P-Londoa
police threw a guard today about
the home Of Coroner Doctor Jack
son Of Croydon after the coroner
and his wife received letters threat
ening them for his investigation OF
the death Of Vera Sidney, one OF
three of a prominent Croydon fam
lily to die of poison.
While some OF the police con-
coded the letters might be the
work Of an insane individual they
were determined to take no chances
in what is regarded now as the
most mysterious major crime il
England in recent years.
While it was the verdict Of the
coroner's jury yesterday that Vera
Sidney had been murdered wilfully
by administration Of poison, prob
ably in her soup, inquests over the
40-year-old spinster's mother, Mrs.
Violet Amelia Sidney, who died two
months later, April 5, and Edmond
Creighton Duff, son-in-law Of Mrs.
Sidney, must be carried to their fin
iSh.
The evidence has shown that Mrs
Sidney died of poison administered
in a, medicine which she alone of
the family took, while Duff, who
died a year preceding Vera Sidney,
was given a potion in a glass Of
beer. He was the only member Of
the family who drank beer.
The murder mystery suddenly has
come to the forefront of English
public notice, the prominence Of
the family, its wealth, and the mys-
terry and apparent lack of motive
of a triple killer giving it unusual
interest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
CAPITOL

Well known for his two-fisted yet
kindly roles, George Bancroft. who
starred in such well-remembered
pictures as underworld" Drag
net" and 1.-THE Wolf Of Wall
Street." is again ideally cast in
Paramount's powerful all-dialogue
drama. "Thunderbolt," which is
now playing at the Capitol Theater.
Supporting this popular star in ex-
cellent fashion are two Of Holly
woods youngest and most capable
players, Richard Arlen, the hero
aviator of Wings" and Fay Wray,
the beautiful leading lady Of THE
Wedding March"
Richard Arlen as the boy upon
whom Thunderbolt plans to take his
revenge and FAY Wray as the girl
who forsakes Thunderbolt in her
great love for Allen, give what many
consider to be the finest perform
ances of their careers. Others in
the cast who give capable portray
ais are Tully Marshall, James
Spottswood and Fred Kohler.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
RECOMMENDS u. S.
FARM

BATON ROUGE, La, July 49,
REORGANIZATION Of a national
chamber to represent agricultural
cooperatives in washington, D. c.,
was recommended to the American
Institute Of Cooperation, in SEES
sion here by G. G. Moser of Dallas,
Texas, president Of the American
Cotton Growers Exchange and
chairman Of the institute.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
DEPUTY ON
C. D IN 27 YEARS
Especial to The Herald

NOP1(AlA w AAAS
EDINBURG, July 30.-Andre E.
Chavez, ST., deputy in the county
clerks office here, is taking his va
cation on a ranch north of Edin-
burg, his second in q years Of SER
vice as a member Of the county
clerks office Of Hidalgo county. His
first vacation was Immediately aft
er the war, when he attended a
Citizens Military Training Camp.
Chavez is the Oldest man in point
of service connected with the Hi
dalgo county courthouse, having
been elected county clerk in 1902,
when the courthouse was located in
Hidalgo. He held this position until
1916, and has served as deputy in
the clerks office since.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
MRS. KIEKEL
LEAVES HOSPITAL

Mrs. W. r. Kiekel was released
from the Mercy hospital Monday
after treatment for minor injuries
received in a head-on collision on
the Boca Chica highway early Sun
day morning.
Eugene Hallacy, 81, San Benito
man, remained at the hospital with
a fractured leg.
MI. Kiekel, who was driving the
car coming toward Brownsville, is
listing freight and passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific lines here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
TEXAS SOLON URGES
PROTEST ON TARIFF

WASHINGTON, July 30.-@-
Persons Of average means who wish
to build homes were urged to pro-
test Immediately against the Hawley
tariff bill in a statement Congress-
man Williams, democrat, Texas,
sent to his constituency.
Congressman Williams pointed
out that under the proposed rates
brick would pay a duty Of SIPS per
cent and a duty of eight cents per
hundred pounds would be levied on
cement.
He said his constituents would be
much better off if the HaWley bill
were forgotten and the old rates
allowed to stand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
MISSION
COUPLE IMPROVES
(SDeciaI "a The Herald)

Especial to The Herald)
MISSION, July 30.-Mr. and Mrs
w. 0. Brown, injured as their car
left the highway and was wrecked
near the Brownsville Country club
Sunday, were considerably improv-
ed today. Mrs. Brown has a badly
sprained wrist and ankle. MI
Brown suffered cuts about the head.
Both were treated at the Browns
vile Mercy hospital.
Ansuncio Lugo, who sustained
back injuries when the WACO nhe
was driving was crashed into by q
truck three miles north of here on
the pavement Sunday night, was
resting comfortably today at the
home of a friend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
CONDITION OF KING
FURTHER IMPROVED

LONDON, July 30.-P-An Off
cial bulletin issued at Buckingham
Palace today said there had been a
further improvement in the condi-
ton of King George.
The bulletin said: THE condition
of his majesty, the king, has fur
ther improved during the past week.
The abscesS cavity remains free
from purulent discharge, the pro-
cess Of healing has now begun, but
must Of necessity be gradual"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
RAYMONDVILLE
FAMILIES BETTER

RAYMONDVILLE. July 30.-Mr
and Mrs. L. H. Manning, their
baby, Lester, 10-months-old, MI
and Mrs. Lou Piper and their six
year-old son, Bruce, all were recov-
ering Tuesday from slight injuries
received when the car in which
they were riding swerved into a
ditch and was overturned to avoid
colliding with a car driven by Jose
Angel Escobedo.
The accident occurred at 10 p. m
Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
WOMAN RESIGNS AS
COMPENSATION HEAD

AUSTIN, July 3d. (P Miss
Elizabeth Walker, for five years
head of the workmen's compensa-
ton department of the state board
of insurance commissioners, has de-
signed, effective August /, to be-
come assistant manager of a Dali
las insurance company.
She will be succeeded by Stod-
dard Smith Of Dallas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
DRUG FIRM
TWO NEW

NEW YORK, July 3O.-(P-Drug,
Inc, which owns the UniteN Drug
Co., and the Liggett chain of stores,
has acquired Bristol Myers Co,
manufacturers of pharmaceutical
products, and the 3-in-1 Oil COM
pany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
PREMIER's MOTHER DIES

BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 80.
5(P-Clara Manu-, 86, mother of
the premier of Rumania, died to-
day. She was a pioneer in the Ma
tionalist movement in Rumania.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30

Austin has produced the most am
bilious boy. He learned telegraphy
by ~practicing Morse code on the
doorbell.
Bone-hunters of Michigan uni
versity in a scientific, expedition
came to Texas and gathered Speci-
mems and data near Spur, where
rich archaeological deposits have
been found.
The city of Lockney has convert
ed a defunct school into a city au-
ditorium and its grounds into a
park.
T. j. Mayfield, Jr., Smithville boy,
won a recommendation for admis-
sion to West Point by attending the
citizens military training camp.
Now he will take examinations in
September for admission as a cadet.
W. w. Nipper was reelected head
Of the Angora Goat Raisers associ-
alton at its meeting in Rock
Springs.
A group Of San Angelo negroes
paid in cash fines aggregating $572
when they were arrested in a raid
On a crap game.
A Corpus Christi Mexican woman
called the police when a couple OF
home brew customers got drunk
and refused to pay her. She was
arrested.
Greenville has been having it;
strangest robberies. Pipes anc
plumbing fixtures have been stoler
out Of several houses. Recently
some one stole a big freight truck
while it was being driven to Green.
vile and threw off 80 automobile
castings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30
TEXAS TOPICS

Most Ambitious Boy-Lots OF
CaSh-Fails to Collect-Pen-
chant for Plumbing-Use for
DeIunct ScnOOlS-bOne-Hunt-
erS' Paradise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30

Austin has produced the most am
bilious boy. He learned biography
by ~practicing Morse code on the
doorbell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-30

The city Of Lockney has convert
ed a defunct school into a city au-
ditorium and its grounds into a
park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
RlGHTS-EXPIRE

OF :teeE pays6e in stock psysSe pT.erse oe
Dividend rates in dollars based last quarterly SEMI
annual payment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1929 TO DATE

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Scrap Iron Dumped Into Riuer
To Check Treacherous Waters

There's a reason for the dumping
Of WORKOUT ears and other scrap
iron along the bank of the Rio
Grande, even beside the Chamber
Of Commerce park, and the curve OF
the river down to the international
bridges.
Many new corners have wondered
why this should be allowed in the
vicinity Of what Is being developed
into a beauty spot. 1t Is not care
lessness but deliberate intention.
The explanation Is given by @. w.
Rogers, city engineer.
Years ago the river started eat
ing into the bank along this Gee
ton Of its course. The treacherous
yellow waters which wind SO quietly
along are notorious for their habit
Of changing the course Of the
stream. Cracks on the upper end
OF Levee street were appearing and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Associcted Press Photo

the SAND Of the banks alone was
insufficient to hold.
II was then that dumping Of the
old cars and the like into the river
began. The scrap iron binds the
sand, Rogers explains. and furnish
ed mean Of reinforcing the bank at
little cost. If this had not been
done, the city would have been
forced to take expensive engineering
measures to stop the encroachments
Of the river. At one time all the
strapped cars and other such mat
trial were gathered up around the
city and thrown into the river.
Rogers states that within a COM
~paratively short time the danger
spots will be completely filled, and
sand will be packed in the rubbish
until its Is completely hidden. The
banks OF the river can then be beau
titled just as though the spot were
not the graveyaSel for dozens OF dis
carded LiZzies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
Spanish Methodist
Church Dedicated

Members OF the congregation and
visitors packed the auditorium of
the new Methodist church for
Spanish-speaking people at the
special dedication service Sunday
evening. The Rev. F. S. Onderdonk.
Of San Antonio, preached the ser
mon.
Special music was given by the
choir and a quartet composed of
the Rev. de Ia Cara. Benjamin
Trevino. Miss Carlota Villareal and
Miss Belen Gutierrez sang. d. L.
Parker and Miss S. Martinez rem
dered a duet. The church was bank
ed with floral offerings.
Services are to continue through
out the week. The Rev. Rodolfo
Jones Of the Presbyterian church Of
Mercedes will speak Monday eve
ming, while the American Method
list choir is to render special music.
The Epworth league from this
church will visit the new church in
a body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
MEN FACE !
CHARGES ON
MINOR CASES
Eighteen Are Not On
Criminal Docket
For Present

OF the 20 men charged with
various offenses when the criminal
docket was called in the Cameron
county court at law Monday morn
ing. ten will face trial Monday af-
ternoon and Tuesday. The remain
der Of the cases were either con-
tinued. dismissed. or demanded to
justice Of the TIE courts.
Matias Ortega and Alfredo Leal,
charged with aggravated assault.
were TO be tried 2 p. m. Monday.
John w. Rattan will face a similar
charge the same afternoon. Rattan
is alleged to have cut another car
nival negro last week.
Guadalupe Estrada. Jesus Mar
tinez, Baldomero Martinez, Juan
Enriquez and Edward Valente will
be given hearings on charges Of ag-
gravated assault Tuesday. lose An
gel Leal and Epifanio Perez will
face the judge the same day. They
RI charged OF carrying pistols Il
legally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
LIQUOR TAKEN
Driver Surprised To See
Officers Find Hcotch

What Liquor ON my running
bOard2 Don't know ia thing about Id"
It's an old gag. but they continue
to pull It at the bridge on American
customs officers. The last presenta-
ton on this little tatleaux was err
acted Sunday evening.
A car glided up 70 the customs Of
flee and came t0 N stop. The off
GERS we're flashed an over-friendHv
smile. Straight away they walked
around to the opposite side Of the
automobile. There they lay. TWO bot
ties Of hO0tch.
Somebody must have put them
there on the other side OF the river.
\ don't know n thing about III" tho
driver protested.
The officers smiled. took the boot
ch and the drivers name, and tad
"a drove off.