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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
POLICE THINK
MANPLACED ON
Rail BY ENEMY.
Ironworker Is Hospi-
tai Still Uncons-
cious; F ather Advan-
ces Attack Motive
(Snecial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, July 10-The the
ory that Marcus Lopez, 21-year-old
iron worker of this city, was beaten
into unconsciousness and thrown
onto the railroad track in hopes
that his expected death would be
attributed to an accident was being
investigated today in connection
with the finding of the young man
in critical condition on the track
Sunday morning.
Lopez is still in a serious condi-
ton, and has been able to give Of
ficerS no information, as he has
been unconscious most of the time.
The theory Of an attack was ad
vanced by the boys father, and was
given some credence by officers
when it was revealed that Lopez
and his brother only a week before
were involved in a fight with others.
Man Questioned
Police Chief Luke Waters of San
Benito arrested a young man here,
and took him to the station for
questioning Of Lopez father.
The officers found the youth ar
rested in such bad shape from a
beating administered to him the
previous week that they returned
him to his house. He had been
beaten about the head and face,
and a stick had been thrust down
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
PRINCE CAROL
NAMED IN PLOT
Rumanian Government Has
Documents Signed BY
ExiIed Ruler

BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 10.
-(P)-Documents allegedly confis-
Gated by the government in its
roundup Of military conspirators
against the present regime have
definitely implicated the exiled
Prince Carol in a projected coup
d'etat.
The documents comprised procla-
nations to the people and to the
army, all bearing the signature, In
the name of His Majesty, King
Carol II" 1t was said it appeared
the exiled prince was fully aware
of the preparations for the plot and
gave his consent to it.
Several more arrests were made
today, and it was said the investi-
cation was proceeding along lines
which might implicate various i'm
portant political personageS.
Premier Juliu Manu- sent a mes
Senger to Queen Marie requesting
her to shorten her sojourn at Bled,
where she attended her daughter,
the queen of Jugoslavia, at her re-
cent accouchement.
Complete quiet reigned here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Released On
Bond After Jewel
Theft Accusation

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 10.-(P)
-(P)-Alma Lee Couch, University
of Oklahoma coed, today was at
liberty on bond following her arrest
in connection with the theft Of
$4,000 in jewels from an Oklahoma
City home last April.
Miss Couch, who graduated from
the university in 1926, and who re-
turned to school this summer to
take advanced work, was arrested
after the missing gems were found
in a public check stand here. w. E.
Davidson, in charge of the stand,
identified her as the girl who had
left the bag containing the jewels.
Miss COUGHS arrest brought many
of the business and religious leaders
of Norman to her aid. Jack Foster,
city councilman, and Charles Rich
ardson, leading merchant. signed
her bond, and Judge James A.
Gresham, Dean ]. H. ReaveS, head
of the school of arts and sciences at
the university, and several ministers,
also offered to help the girl.
Miss Couch was working as a
nurse maid inthe home of John B.
Frederickson April II, when she told
police robber attacked her, knock
ed her unconscious and shut her in
a closet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Franklin Irrigation
Petition Arguments
TOStart Wednesday
(SpeciaI to The Heraldl


AUSTIN, July 10.-Arguments by
attorneys for both sides in the
hearing of the 8O,OO0-acre irriga-
ton project in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley planned by j. T..
Franklin Of Edinourg, and others,
were scheduled to open today be-
fore the state board Of water engi-
neers, probably consuming the en-
tire day.
Testimony as to the feasibility of
the irrigation plan was offered yes
terday, proponents of the scheme
refuting the declaration Of various
irrigation districts that impractical
b1lity characterized the district as
planned by Franklin.
opponents endeavored to show
that the cost Of the project was
prohibitive. E. M. Card of Meal
len, appearing as a witness for op-
ponentS, related to the board his
knowledge of lands in the district,
stating that survey made by him
IN the past two months showed only
10000 acres suitable for irrigation
IN the district under consideration.
Attorneys for j. I. Franklin had
their inning Tuesday afternoon in
his application for a water board
permit, when they put on testimony
OF M. G. Hansen of Pharr- San Juan,
engineer for Franklin, and counter
ed testimony of Engineers w. E
Anderson and E. M. Card, adduced
by attorneys for contestants chaI-
lenging feasibility of tn eproposes
88,000-acre irrigation project in Hi
dalgo county. Attorney z. r. Smith
also drew from Anderson admis-
sion that nearly ree-fourths Of the
water diverted from the Rio Grande
never reaches irrigated farms.
He estimated approximately 90
per cent of the water taken actually
goes to irrigation, the rest evapor-
Continued on page 80
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TORRID WAVE
BRINGS DEATH
Toll Continues Mounting
Throughout Country;
Drownings Reported

NEW YORK, July 10.-(P)-A
mounting death list today marked
the continuation of the relentless
heat under which most Of the
country has suffered since Sunday.
Added to deaths attributed di-
rectly to the heat were several
drownings and scores Of prostra-
tionS.
-Four persons Succumbed to the
heat here yesterday and one death
occurred at Wilmington, Del Sew
en- heat fatalities were previously
reported.
Excessively high temperatures
prevailed along the Atlantic coast
and as far west as the Rocky
mountains. Phoenix, Ariz., contin-
ued to hold its place as the hottest
spot in the country with maxi
mum of 110.
Washington and Baltimore had
temperatures of Sc. At Philadelphia
it was SO. New York, with a maxi
mum of 88, was one degree cooler
than the previous day.
Brief thundershowers brought
little relief in the metropolitan
area, but caused two fires when
lightning struck dwellings near AL
bion and Magnolia, N. J.
Bathing resorts near here at
tracted hundreds of thousands
seeking refuge from the heat.
Lack of rain not only precluded
relief from the heat, but at Holy
oke, Mass, threatened to cause the
closing Of mills for want of water
power. The Connecticut river level
dropped nearly foot in "a hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
PILOTS STILL
GOING STRONG
RECORD TRY
Airport Officials Say
Flyers Mig hit Re-
main In Air For 400
Hours

CULVER CITY, Cal, July 1t.-CP)
Having set a new worlds record
for endurance flight, L. w. Mendell
and r. B. Reinhart continued cir
cling above Culver City in the BIZ
plane Angeleno today, determined
to stay aloft until their motor fails.
At $3.50 a. m, they passed their 188th
hour in the air.
When the fliers would come down
remained question. Originally
they hoped to remain up 400 hours
Airport officials conceded them a
chance Of stretching the time to 200
hours OF more when they passed the
former record Of 174 hours SO sec
ondS, established in Cleveland, four
days ago, without showing any
marked signs of physical exhaustion.
Before taking on a full nights
Eupply of fuel last night the pilots
dropped a note reiterating they
would continue the record smashing
flight until their engine falls apart
A. E. McNIanus, chief backer of the
enterprise, declared then that 'a
true endurance test, to determine
how long the motor would rum" was
the object Of the continued flight.
The Cleveland Record, made by
Roy L. Mitchell and Byron K New
comb, was broken by Mendell and
Reinhart at 2:30:29 p. m. yesterday.
The fine physical conditions of the
fliers then was evidenced by their
joyous antics. Reinhart stood in the
rear cockpit waving iubilantly to
the cheering crowd below. Mendell,
chief pilot, dipped the plane low
over the field, also raising his head
tqa display a wide grin. The biplane
Ven was spiralled high.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Convicted Laredo
Men Brought to
Bexar County Jail

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 10
(P)-Raymond j. West and Tomas
Hernandez, convicted last Wednes-
day of choking to death Harry Will
liams, newspaper reporter, and
throwing his body into the Rio
Grande, were held in the Bexar
county jail today.
The men were spirited out of La
redo yesterday and brought here
in an automobile by Laredo officers.
West is under a life sentence, and
Hernandez faces 20 years in the
penitentiary.
Appeals to the criminal court of
appeals are pending.
Sheriff Joe Condren who brought
them here said the Laredo Jail was
none too sanitary or safe, and he
simply moved them as a precaution-
ary measure. He said he did not
believe West or Hernandez, both Of
whom were former Laredo peace Of
ficers, would have tried to escape,
but Laredo was in a state of ex-
citement over the affair and the
prisoners had many friends there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Mission Man Shot
Fighting For Life
In Valley Hospital
Especial to The Herald)

McALLEN, July 10.-Clyde La
than, 42, was in a critical condi-
ton at the hospital here Wednes-
day morning with death imminent,
attaches said, as the result Of a
gun shot wound.
Latham was shot last Saturday
when he engaged in argument with
Eph Deckard, pound master at Mis-
sion over the price to be paid for
the release Of a dog.
Latham was rushed to the hos
pital here and Deckard was arrest
ed and confined in the Mission city
jail on an assault to murder charge.
He was taken late Monday to the
county jail at Edinburg and Dis
trict Attorney Aldridge said further
developments awaited the outcome
of injuries sustained by Latham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
PILOT TELLS OF
TRIP OVER SEA
By Captain Lewis A. Yancey

AS 10 The Associated Press correspondent
SANTANDER 10-(AP)-Untl near the
Azores not able to the
the controls from Williams VINO nad Deh
slightly and to sleep
morning when about ESQ
cleared somewhat and ship
beneath
its nationality but dropped down
vertically letting its know
wanted them broadcast position
would be waiting to hear from
awoke Williams who told not to do that
since it might cost dear.
experienced
Tuesday, and the other at Both drove
somewhat off and the Of the latter
its full by climbing altitude which at times
passed Oporo
Ortega the field much
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DALLAS MAYOR WOULD
PROTECT CAR WORKERS

DALLAS, Tex, July 10.-(P)-The
knitting of an operator of one man
street car, and recent hijacking
Of another here recently, led Mayor
j. Waddy Tate of Dallas to an
nounce Dallas street car men would
be empowered to carry pistols CT
otherwise be put into position to de-
fend themselves. He also said he
would take steps to do away with
one man operation of street cars
where feasible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
I'm OUR r
VALLEY

WHY DOES a cotton buyer wielc
q sharp knife on cotton bagging
expose the lint, take out a handful
and after the sampling throw the
handful of cotton on the conven-
lent floor?
Perhaps many cotton farmer
has wondered about this.
And the man not interested in
the cotton business, except as it
might affect general economic con-
ditions, wonders too.
This happens in every cotton
y2rd, or on the floor of every
warehouse.
Each prospective buyer feels that
he must open the bale at a differ
ent place. Soon that bale gets into
such condition as to cause cur
iostiy as to what the buyer thinks
the farmer paid out cash money
to have his bale well covered.
And there arouses the suspicion
that in the course Of a season a
quite considerable amount of sup
rosedly wasted cotton is gathered
by someone.
THE LOWER Rio Grande Valley
"a on the opening end of what
promises to be a fairly good cotton
season.
Gins throughout the section are
busy. Everywhere the fields are
filled with cotton pickers.
The highways are lined with
wagons and trucks carrying the
Ssed cotton to the gins. Traffic is
slowed down, especially on the
narrower paved roads.
Indications are for a hundred
IN zDusand bale crop. That will be
slightly more than the crop of last
year.
But still short Of the bumper
crops Of 1924, 1925 and 1926.
Even so the present crop promises
to yield to Valley growers the
municifent sum of $4,000. 900.
FIRE INSPECTOR o. E. Finley
was In Brownsville Tuesday for the
purpose of accepting the fire alarm
system recently installed. While
Finley is not authorized to reveal
what his recommendations to the
state department will be, he ap-
peared well satisfied with the local
system. If he reports fayorablv
this will mean that Brownsville viii
obtain one of the lowest fire in
gurance key rates in the state.
A rate of 16 cents on the $1O0
valuation is expected. This would
be the fourth lowest in the state.
only surpassed by Fort Worth, Dali
las and San Antonio.
Inspector Finley also noted the
Standardization work being done on
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
TEXAS FLYER DIES
IN AIRPLANE CRASH

QUINCY, Mass, July 10.-tP)-
Second Lieutenant George B. Ste
phens, "a, u. S. marine corps, and
Gunnery Sergeant Ernest D. Jones:
81, we're killed here yesterday when
their plane plunged from an alti-
tude Of nearly 1000 feet into the
waters of Squantum Bay, directly
eff the Squantum naval base.
Both men were dead when eXtri-
Gated from the cockpit.
Jones, unmarried, was native OF
Maypearl, near Dallas, Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Ah ERICAN FLYERS Leave SPAIN
ON SECOND LAP OF ROME TRIP
Submarine Diues IN Try to Saue Trapped CretU
Bleacher Section At
State Fair Collapses;
$50 Spectators Hurt

FARGO, N. d., July 10.-(P)-
More than $50 persons were injured,
IA seriously, as a bleacher section
collapsed at the North Dakota State
fair last night.
Twelve hundred persons we're in
the stands that fell, and it was es-
timated one-third of them were
precipitated into a heap. Fair Of
ficials said rotted timber supports
were responsible for the accident.
Police and volunteer workers aid
ed in extricating the injured from
the wreckage and in calming occu-
pants Of other stands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Two Men Arrested,
48 Quarts Mescal
Seized By Deputy

Captured just as they were coming
out of a boat, according to the Of
ficer's report, two men we're arrested
and 43 quarts Of mescalu seized, by
Deputy Sheriff S. M. Jester below
Los IndioS Tuesday afternoon.
The liquor was in sacks and the
men, unarmed, offered no resist
ance, Jester said. He was alone
when he came on the men moving
the cargo, Jester reported.
Charges Of violating the Dean act
were filed against Francisco Cannas
and Porfirio MataS.
Preliminary hearing has not been
set
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SANDING SENDS ENVOY

MEXICO CITY. July 10.-(P-A
dispatch to Excelsior from Vera
Cruz says Constantine Gonzales
sailed for Europe as special envoy
of the Nicaraguan rebel chief Au-
gusto Sandino to the second world
congress of the Anti-ImperialiStic
league, to be held in Frankfort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
WOULD BAR ARMS

MEXICO CITY, July 10.-(P)-
Chief of Police Valente Quintana
has asked President Portes Gil for
authority to "depistolize" Mexico
City.
He would deprive the inhabitants
of their right to carry pistols, knives
or other weapons, a privilege the
public in general has not failed to
take advantage of.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
REPORT REBELS TAKEN

MEXICO CITY, July 10.-[P)-A
band of 43 rebels of the forces for
merly commanded by the late Gen.
eral Enrique Gtroztieta, killed in
combat in June, has surrendered to
federal troops at Arandas, Jal.sco,
says an announcement by the war
department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Thirty Die When
Landslide Sends
Village Into Sea

TOKYO, July 10. -(P)- Thirty
deaths were reported today from
KagoShima Prefecture where there
was a landslide during the night
which precipitated an entire fishing
village into the sea. 1t was due to
excessive rains.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
LAND AFTER
STORMY HOP
over OCEAN
Lack of Fuel Cause of
Stop; Journey Is
Resumed AS All
Rome Expectant

ROME, July Warned by
the delayed departure Of the Amer
ican aviators, Captain Lewis "A.
Yancey and Roger @. Williams at
Santander today that they probably
would not arrive here until after
dark Italian government authori-
ties switched their preparations to!
receive them from Littorio airdrome
to that at Ciampino.
Littorio is the commercial air
drOme, and the more suitable for
their arrival, but the military field
at Ciampino is the only one that
can be lighted for landing at night.
The field being a military estab-
lishment, however, crowds which
otherwise would witness the arrival
Of the Pathfinder will be excluded.
From Santander to Rome is $50
miles, almost due east, with the
route extending the full length OF
the Pyrenees, across the Mediter-
ranean sea, above Corsica-Napo-
Icons birthplace-and the Tyrrhen-
ian sea to the Eternal City. Pos
sibly ten hours, or even more, was
expected to be consumed in the
flight
The air ministry ordered all air
dromes along the west coast to keep
a sharp lookout for the aviators,
with 20 military planes taking the
air along the proposed route as soon
as announcement was made Of the
departure from Santander.
Premer Mussolini, notified late
last night Of the safe landing, ex-
pressed keen pleasure and asked TO
be kept in touch with the news
throughout the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; local thundershowers near
east coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday; local thunder
showers near east coast.
Light to moderate easterly winds
on west coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ........ 8:06 a. m; $50 p. m.
Low ..... 12:46 a. M; 2:55 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
NO REPLY TO
CODE SIGNALS
UNDER WATER
Navy's Best Diver Will
Try to Reach Ocean
Floor; Hope Dwin-
dies

PEMBROKE, Wales, July 10-tP)
The British submarine L-69 today
dived in the vicinity of the stricken
HAT and tried to communicate with
the 81 men trapped within her. but
without avail.
The L-69 tried to communicate
with the HAT by sound telegraphy,
using bell with Morse code, but
there have been no answering sig
nails.
Diver Bell, reputed to be the most
experienced in the navy, was taken
from the cruiser Renown and
equipped with a special German
diving suit in which he will try to
locate the missing men.
1t was considered doubtful, how
ever, that he would be able to des-
cend to the $50 feet depth in which
the HAT lies.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today .............. 7.25
Sunrise tomorrow .......... 5:45
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PEMBROKE, Wales, July 10.-(P)
An impressive array of lite-saving
apparatus-the most elaborate the
British navy could muster-was in
position today over the spot where
the submarine HAT went down yes
Continued on page -
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SANTANDER, Spain, July 10.-(P)
-Undaunted by fatigue and illness,
the American aviators, Captain
Lewis A. Yancey and Roger @. Will
liams, set out to finish today what
they could not quite conclude yes
terday-their flight from Old Orch
ard, Me-, to Rome.
Lifting their plane from the aban-
doned airdrome at Albericia, near
here, at 11:20 a. m, (5:20 a. m, T..
S. IT, they dipped once in salute
and headed due east along the $50
mile route to the Italian capital.
They hoped to take less than ten
hours for the trip, arriving at Clam
pino airfield, south of the city, be-
fore dark.
They we're two tired and weary
aviators, during their long flight
from Old Orchard to Albericia,
which ended in a landing forced by
Continued on page 7)
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RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
slowly during the next few days.
I11ood prnepr7t Dd-Er 04-Hr
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Inspector Finley also noted the
Standardization work being done on
Continued on page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

the Farragut, q trustee Of the local
Optometric Society, have been elected
to the American Academy of OptoInetry,
1t was announced today.
Other Washington members Of the
organization include Dr. Edwin H. Silver,
chairman of the Motor Vision Commits
sion, and DR.. Lewis H. Kraskin, presi-
dent Of the District of Columbia Optic
metric Society. which will hold Its an
nual elections tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
SERVED BY ARCHBISHOP.
Royal Pair of England Partake Of
Easter Communion.

BOGNOR, Sussex. England, April
I (P).-The Archbishop of Canterbury
administered holy communion to King
George and Queen Mary at noon yes
terday in the Kings room at Craigweil
House This is the first time in II
years the King and Queen have not
taken Easter communion in the royal
chapel at Windsor Castle.
His majesty was astir early today,
spending most Of the morning walking
in the brilliant sunshine about the
gardens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
Oven DAINTY Silks
%M>uzluh MzQmhntzhu Amzuzm1aa

tanning your things alone. Hot suds of pure Palm
Oil soap and filtered water swish through the Nets
and loosen every particle of dirt. Many rinsings
in fresh hot water carry it all away. No rubbing
No scrubbing No metal comes in contact with
your clothes. 1.-THE Nets Get the Wear and the
Clothes Get the Wash.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
D. c. Woman Delegate to Berlin.

Delegates from the United States to
the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting of
the International Alliance of Women
for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, con-
vening in Berlin, Germany. June II, for
a six-day session, will include Wash
ington woman, Mrs. Ann Webster,
chairman of the social hygiene COM
mittee. National League of Woman
Voters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
Officers Ordered to West Point.

Several officers statipaed|in this city
have been ordered to WEI Point for
duty at the Military Academy, includ-
ing Maj Montgomery T. Lego Finance
Department; Mai. Ralph I. Sasse, Cav
airy: Capt. Louis L. Shook, Veterinary
Corps; Capt. Miles a Cowles.' Field
Artillery, and First Lieut. Patrick H.
Timothy. IT,, Corps of Engineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

tan Association by the business and
professional women's department. The
revue will be the feature of the monthly
dinner held by this group of business
women.
The speakers will be Miss Eleanor
Eckhardt. Miss Ellen j. Keiser and
Miss Bernice Chambers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
CLOTHES TO BE TOPIC.

Fashion Review Will Be Held at
Y. w. c. A. Wednesday Night.
CLOTHES, a Business Asset" will be
the theme of the Spring fashion revue
to be held Wednesday evening at Z
o'clock at the Young Women's Chris