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and ts effect upon the St. Lawrence system, Dean Corbett said:
 "The rights of Americans to use the St. Lawrence and St. Regis. where the. river leaves United States territory, to the sea, as an avenue Of commerce. depends solely upon series of treaties between Canada and the United States, guaranteeing unimpeded navigation to Americans and Canadians alike in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system.
 Canada does not admit that there is any rule of international law apart from treaty, giving an upper riparian
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HEATH HUNTED IN CANADIAN TOWNS
Man Wanted in Federal Agents
 Death Once Arrested
CARRIED CASE OF BEER
Wife Held As Witness Until Facts in Case Are Known - Officers Neck Broken, Autopsy Shows in Detroit Death.

Detroit, Aug. s LR,-Federal anG local authorities today redoublcd their efforts 10 find John M. Heath whose struggle with Richard J Sandlands. federal prohibition agents, aboard a cruiser in the De- troit river early Saturday is be- lieved to have caused the agents death.
 Another step taken by federal officers was the detention of Heath's wife, Maxine, as a witness. She is held at the women's detention home.
 Mans Neck Broken
 SIndIands' death was found to have been caused by q broken neck, according to Dr. Frederick D. New barr. Wayne county medical eN- aminer. who performed an autopsy yesterday after the body was found floating in the Dctroit river.
 Heath. through his attorney, Max H. FinkelSton. has related how he struggled with Sandlands aboard the Heath cruiser, Maxine. when the agent refused to show his creden- tials. Mrs. Heath has gone before federal authorities and related sub stantially the same story Heath, however. continues in hiding, hav- ing failed to keep appointments to appear before federal authorities for questioning.
 Heath. a Detroit elevator ou- aineer was being sought along the Canadian side of the border today.
 District Inspector Sidney Oliver of the Provincial police said he be- lieved Heath was in hiding in on Of the border communities. He said Heath was arrested several weeks 2go by Provincial officers off Riverside. Ont, and fined $2O0 for having case of beer aboard his power cruiser.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Seen hY Roosevelt

New York. Aug. s tPt--The liner President Roosevelt wirelessed the United States lines today that it had sighted the dirigible Graf Zeppelin at 1885 E. s. T. this morning. At that time the President Roosevelt, which is due here tomorrow, was at posi- ton 5O:55 north 64:33 west and the dirigible was 80 miles to the south of her.
 The report from the President Roosevelt indicated that the Graf was making very fast time, having
 Continued on Page Two)
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THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Increasing Cloudiness tonight followed by showers Friday. Not much change in temper. t, aturc. ~. t.f.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-11

PEACE TREATY
COPIESSICNED
Mussolini Represents
King; Caspari, the
Pope In Colorf u |
Roman Ceremony

ROME, Feb. H. (P) Treaties
bringing to an end the sixty-year-old
Roman question were signed by rep
resentatives Of the pope and the king
Of Italy at 1917 p. m, today.
Shortly afterward an official COM
munique was posted declaring the
Roman question had been settled and
the agreement between vatican and
Italian government signed.
The signatories were gathered for
the ceremony in the papal council
hall of the lateran palace.
The treaties, written in Italian,
were read aloud.
There followed a solemn and dra-
matte moment when Cardinal Gas
parri signed the documents with a
quill pen mounted in gold. Premier
Mussolini then took the pen and
signed
Despite a light rain the immense
square Of st. John Lateran had the
aspect Of pretty scene at noon when
the momentous treaty and concordat
was signed. Students from the COL
lege of Propaganda. dressed in their
ecclesiastical cassocks. lined up on
both sides Of the entrance to the
palace adding to the imphessiveness
Of the scene. They represented all
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GIL IS UNDER
GUARD AFTER
TRAIN BOMBED
Three Killed, 80 Hurt
In Rioting During
Burial of Toral; 9th
er Bombs Found

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 11.-P)-The
greatest excitement Mexico City has
known since the assassination Of
President-elect Alvaro Obregon pre-
vailed today.
Police guards were doubled be-
cause Of dynamiting Of the train on
which President Emilio Portes Gil
was returning here yesterday, and
because of discovery shortly before
midnight of an unexploded bomb in
the campaign headquarters of Ar
ron Saenz. presidential candidate.
Saenz is governor Of the state of
Nuevo Leon. the candidate Of the
national revolutionary party for the
presidency, and a son-in-law Of Ex-
President Gales.
Shot at Toral Funeral
President Portes Gil arrived
here today aboard a special train
which had been the object OF bomb
attack in the state of Guanajuato,
between the stations Of Comonfort
and Rineon.
Adding to the Sabbath excitement
were demonstrations accompanying
the funeral Of General Obregon's
assassin, Jose de Leon Toral, who
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BOBBY TROUT
STAYS IN AIR
Betters Elinor Smith
Endurance Record;
Night Flying Prize
Also Falls to Her

MINES FIELD. Los Angeles, Feb.
I1.-tPp-Miss Bobby Trout, Los
Angeles girl aviator, landed here at
10:19:30 o'clock this morning in her
Golden Eagle monoplane, setting a
new worlds endurance flight record
for women, of is hours and 80 min.
utes.
Together with her endurance rec
ord, the pretty flier had brought
down two other marks, the night
flying record and the distance flight
mark for women.
Miss Trout regained the women's
endurance record at 1880 o'clock
this morning BY remaining me hour
longer in the air than Miss Elinor
Smith of New York. who a few days
ago established a mark of Is hours,
Is minutes and IS seconds.
The girl aviator. who held the en-
durance record before Miss Smith
made her attempt. broke by a wide
margin the women's night flying rec
ord of eight hours. The third rec
ord, for distance covered by a wom-
an in a plane such as Miss Trout
is flying. was broken when she
passed the 932 mile mark.
The triple victory Of Miss Trout,
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horsepower. The cabin is equipped
with seats for IA passengers, with
a baggage compartment in the rear,
and the pilot house arranged for two
pilots.
The plane left the Ford factories
at Detroit Thursday. making the trip
py easy stages with stops at st.
Louis and Fort Worth. Encounter
ing the worst weather conditions of
the winter, the huge machine plow-
ed through sleet and snow storms
until central Texas was reached, ar
irving at the Brownsville airport in
perfect condition.
Lindy May Fly II
The plane was scheduled 10 leave
Monday afternoon for the Mexican
Aviation company's field at Tam
pico. and will 20 into commission
Tuesday. IL will be piloted by Col.
Charles Lindbergh when the first
flight from Mexico City to Browns
villo is made with the Mexican air
mail on February %, IL the flying
ace consents to open the line.
Another plane ordered by the
Mexican Aviation company, 7-pas-
senger Fairchild, equipped with a
Wasp motor, is expected to arrive
hero this week from New York,
and will be placed Immediately in
the passenger and mail service, rep
Tesentatives Of the company said.
The huge tri-motored plane was
constructed by the Ford factories
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Los Angeles Girl Breaks 3 Flying Marks
EDISON, NOW 81,
x + -
GREETS HOOVER
i 4 =
AND THE PRESS

FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. 1l.-P)
Thomas A. Edison, observing his
S2nd birthday at his winter home
here, received congratulations to-
day from President-elect Herbert
Hoover and Mrs. Hoover who came
here by boat from Belle Isle. Miami
Beach.
Hello fisherman" Mr.. Edison
exclaimed with a smile as Mr..
Hoover advanced to shake hands
with him.
Previously Mr.. Edison had had
his annual birthday interview with
the press. All but two of the ques-
tions were answered in writing.
In answer to a question on prog
ress during the next fifty years,
Mr.. Edison declared:
"It's impossible to tell anything
about il. We don't know a mil
lionth OF one per cent about any
thing. Sound is the only feature
that has been revealing TO the men
who have studied it,"
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FROST IS Seen
over VALLEY
MONDAY NIGHT
First Freeze In Over
Year Reported To
Have Done Slight
Damage Sunday

Frost over the Valley, probably
heavy in the upper (western) por-
tion, was predicted for Monday night
by U. s. Meteorologist w. ]. Schnur-
busch. The temperature was to be
from 81 to 40 degrees.
Temperatures were slated to begin
slowly rising Tuesday. Predictions
were for the skies to remain clear
tonight and for light to moderate
winds, mostly northerly. Freezing
temperatures reached in some parts
Of the Valley Sunday night we're the
first recorded since Jan. 9, 1923.
Conflicting reports with respect to
crop damage resulting from the
freezing temperature Sunday night
were received in Brownsville Mon
day, and according to experienced
growers no definite estimate can be
made until the weather has returned
TO normal.
Mercedes reported considerable
damage to beans and tomatoes, and
both Mission and Hidalgo reported
practically no damage. Raymondville
reported no damage to the onion
crop, with damage to truck indefi-
mite.
In the Los Fresnos section, farm
ers reported that ice formed where
water in receptaeles was sheltered
from the wind, but the potato, bean
and tomato crops showed no material
damage. From the Southwest sec
ton came reports to the effect that
the bean crop may be reduced, and
similar reports were received from
Ell Jardin.
Experienced growers stated Mon
day morning that it would be i'm
possible to form an accurate esti-
mate of the bean damage until the
weather moderates and the sun has
been out several hours. That the
cold north wind has hurt the beans
is evident. but the extent of the
damage will depend to a great ex-
tent upon future weather conditions.
II the weather moderates slowly, as
forecast by the weather bureau, the
damage is not expected to be heavy.
Samples of beans brought to the
office Of w. +. McDavitt in Browns
vile Monday showed very little i'll
effects from the freezing tempera-
ture. Growers generally agreed that
potatoes and tomatoes were not ma
terially damaged.
The weather bureau at Brownsville
reported a minimum of 33 degrees.
The wind velocity during the night
varied from s to ~ miles an hour.
and this is what saved the Valley
crop, growers said. The sky was
clear most of the night, but the wind
prevented frost from accumulating.
Cabbage growers asserted the crop
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JOKESMITHS LAY
= y y
ON; WALES WILL
r j. y
SELL HIS MACS

LONDON, Feb. 11.-(Pl-Surprise
and disappointment prevailed in
English circles today after pub
lication in the Express of a story
that the Prince of Wales had de-
cided to abandon huiting and
point-to-point racing.
The story said a hunting stable
Of fifteen horses, among them
Degomme, favorite, would be sold
within a fortnight, the decision
being due to rapidly increasing
duties Of the Prince because of the
illness of his father.
The Express story, which lacked
confirmation, emphasized, howev-
er, that he was giving up the sport
''for the time being" only, and did
not intend to abandon it perma-
nently.
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.FAVORS NEFF
APPOINTMENT
Senate Committee Re-
ports Favorably On
Re-Nomination

WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.-CR-A
favorable report on the nomination
of Pat NJ. Neff of Texas, to be a
member of the United States board
Of mediation was made to the SEN
ate today by its interstate ctm-
merce committee over the protest
of Senator Msyfield of Texas.
Opposition t. the appointment was
voiced by labor organizations on the
ground that Neff was not "tempera-
mentally" suited TO act as a medi-
ator in labor disputes. Neff him
self testified that in the past he had
always sought TO exercise fair judi
cial demeanor.
Chairman Watson announced the
vote as Sc TO s in favor OF con-
firmation but did not make the pub
lie committee roll call.
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FAMILY DREW
State FUNDS,
BANKER SAYS
Land Commissioner Is
Said to Have Check
ed On Retaliation
Account; is Denied

AUSTIN. Feb. 1i.-CR)-J. T. RObi-
son, land commissioner, issued
checks drawn in favor Of members
OF mis- family on the special account
representing the one cent an acre
fund for revaluation Of state lands,
y. J. Anthony, former teller for the
Texas Bank and Trust company, tes-
titled before the committee investi-
eating the land office, governor.
attorney generals department and
regents OF the University OF Texas,
today.
Pressed by Representative Petsch
70 state the amounts Of some OF
these checks, Anthony said his
memory was probably faulty after
a year or two but said he could
recoliect cashing one for $40 10 $50
payable TO Robert. son OF the COM
missioner. and probably one for $500
or $3.50 payable to Mrs. Robson.
He said he eashed many checks
drawn on the account over the win
dow for Robson.
Robson Objects
What did you think about Mr..
Robison's practice with reference To
drawing on this account?" Petsch
asked Anthony.
i thought he was getting him
self Into" Anthony started To
answer before u. r. Smith. repre-
senting Robson, stopped him.
Great Scotti There ought to be
a limit somewhere" Smith complain
ed. and Petsch withdrew his queB-
ton.
DO YOU know that this account
owed him money for funds he mad
expended in west Texas while on
business in connection with reyalu.
ing the lands 7" was the only aues-
tion asked bv Smith on cross-exam-
ination.
Checks Were Gifts
Anthony said he did not know.
l.. ". Carroll. formerly assistant
cashier Of the bank. now vice-presi-
dent Of the University Bank, said ha
had cashed many checks on the fund
for Robson and remembered the
land commissioner remarking that
he had 70 take the money since
expenses were heavy travelling
around reappraising land"
He said he could not recall cash
ing any checks in favor OF Mrs.
Robson or other relatives.
=. w. Earl OF I'll Paso, said he
made Robson a present OF the
amount Of the refund coming 10 him
on his section OF school land after
the reappraisement expenses had
been paid. He said the check for
"only 81 and something" was hand
cd back to Robson. and that hc told
Robson he did not want II.
III understood other people were
rettrning the refunds prorated to
them" Earl said.
Gifts Defended
Pressed by Petsch to tell how he
knew this. he said Judge Durrell Of
Culbertson county had been TO his
office with "some kind or q paper"
and tcld him that all the large
landowners in west Texas were re-
funding to Robson whatever was
left after the rearpraisemert cE-
perses Ind been paid.
"Hs said that Robson had al
ways been friend of the cattlamen.
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Democrats And
Liberal Clash
On Loyalty Bill

AUSTIN, Feb. 11.-tPl-Echoes of
Texas political strife dating back
TO 1920 resounded today in the house
as simon-pure democrats and party
liberals clashed over passage of the
Mankin loyalty bill" which would
require that nominees furnish affi-
davits that they had not bolted the
previous general election.
Representative Mankin's bill is
admittedly aimed by Is author at
n Hoover democrat ready making
preparations to launch a fight for
the governors office"
Declaring that "Hoovercrats"
shot&d not be Disseminated against
and that IF we're going to clean up,
let's sweep the house." Representa-
tive Forbes of Weathe-ford sought
TO introduce an amendment which
would extend terms Of the bill 10 1919
when the American party offered
former Governor James +. Ferguson
as its candidate for president.
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HOOVER'S REIGN WILL BE
PROSPEROUS, EDISON SAYS
in BIRTHDAY INTERVIEW

FORT MYERS. Fla. Feb. 11.-C41
Thomas A. Edison, celebrating mis-
s2nd birthday here. believes the ad-
ministration of President-elect Her
bert Hoover will result in greater
prosperity to the nation. Ee gave
an affirmative answer to this, the
first question of the list submitted
for his written answers in his an
nual birthday interview.
Other questions submitted 10 Mr..
Edison, and his answers we're:
@: What are the dangers, il any.
Of the increasing stock speculation
A: Ultimate panic Loss Of con-
fideHSe.
@: How will the success of your
rubber experiments effect the fu-
ture agricultural prosperity OK Flor
ida.
A: believe those states border
ing on the Gulf of Mexico can grow
plant rubber with profit to the
farmer In case cf war prices, but II
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I'm OUR r
VALLEY

VALLEY radio fans soon will be
hearing q new radio station, a press
report of Saturday night indicates.
kGFI, 100-watt broadcaster
which has been operating at San
Angelo has changed hands and will
be removed to Corpus Christi. In
its present location it is doubtful il
it has ever been heard on Valley
radio sets, but at Corpus Christi il
should be in range.
Presume Corpus Christi is pre-
pairing to "tel. the world via the
pr about that fast-growing city's
fp'rtunitie'' +.
PLAN OF BRIDGE BUILDERS at
Eapata, Roma, Hidalgo and Thayer
to name the structures for heroes
OF the Mier expedition is a splen-
did one. The bridges are located
near the scene of the events. The
Roma structure is to become a
monument to Even Cameron, father
of Cameron county.
CONSTRUCTION of four. more
bridges across the Rio Grande was
authorized by action of the senate
Saturday. The bill, having already
passed the house, has been sent to
the president for his signature.
The bridges arc to be located on
the river south of San Benito, south
of Donna, at Los Indios and at Rio
Grande City.
IL bridge building continues at the
present rate, the list Of Texas
heroes may intime be exhausted.
IT NAY BE COLD in the Valley
but spring is just around the cor
ner. Good evidence of that fact is
revival of annual activity to beautify
cities and countryside.
Mercedes Business and Profess
sional Women's club has been sup
piled with details Of a plan for
Identification Of the highway
through that town from bridge to
bridge, and Texas avenue, the main
business thoroughfars, from the
highway south TO the city limits.
Plans were prepared by Maj. Edward
A. Wood, city planning engineer of
Dallas, who conducted a city beau
tificstin school at Mercedes a few
weeks ago.
The women have been pledged aid
of the city in carrying out the plan.
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IMPEACHERS
SCORE FIRST
IN OKLAHOMA
Defense Motion Over
ruled 29 to IL In
Senate Proceedings
On Gov. Johnston

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 1l.-tP)-
Prosecutors Of Governor Henry 8
Johnston won their point in the first
roll call vote Of the senate court OF
impeachment, which started his trial
today on II charges.
BY vote Of 20 TO IL, the senate
overruled defense objections to tes-
timony purporting TO reveal a con-
spiracy between Johnston and J. r.
Armstrong. an advisor.
The first testimony related 10 the
pardoning of Dewey Crossthwaite,
convicted murderer and fugiti'
from justice, although the senate
was trying Johnston on charge of
general incompetency and the pardon
matter is INCLUDED in separate
article alleging corruption.
r. G. Lovejoy, brother Of Thelma
Lovejoy, for whose murder Cross
thwaite was convicted about ten
years ago, repeated testimony ne
gave to the house investigating com
mittee several weeks ago. Charles
w. Mason. chief justice Of the state
supreme court, who il presiding over
the trial, overruled objection os
Johnston's counsel to Lovejoy's ae-
count of the Staying.
The roll call cme when Loyejoy
was called upon to repeat conver-
sation he said he had with ARM
strong after he had protested to
Johnston because of the pardon
granted last December.
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CROWD VALLEY
All Records Are To Be
Broken This Week
Railroads Say
fSpecial to The Hernldl

HARLINGEN, Feb. 11.-With a 70.
tai of 1850 tourists to rive in .he
Valley Monday morning and loo
more scheduled to come in Tuesday
anS Wednesday. for a grand toll 81
2.450, all records for movement Of
homeseekers to this section will be
broken this week, rail officials an.
rounced.
The Missouri Pacific brought !.
l.050 tourists Monday in seven spe-
cial trains, arriving at Edinburg
Harlingen and Brownsville, while
the Southern Pacific reported t~C
special trains in with 200 homs
seekers. The Missouri Pacific ex.
poets to bring in $50 more visitors
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
the Southern Pacific has $50 sche.i-
uled to arrive on special trains
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The schedule Of the Missouri Pa.
cific calls for two special trains
Tuesday, one Wednesday and one
Friday, while the Southern Pacific
will have one special train in Tues
dayand one Wednesday. This does
not include a number of tourist.
who Will come in on Pullmans at
taehed 70 the regular trains, it is
said.
The movement Of homeseekers e
the Valley this week is the larges:
IN the last eight years, that l know
Of. and believe the largest in the
history of the Valley for any ons
week" said L. II. Moore, division
passenger agent Of the Missouri Pa.
cific.
The extensive advertising the
valley has been receiving in the
north by the railroads and the land
companies, is bringing results, anc
! believe the movement to the Val
ley this winter will be the largest
ever noted" Mr.. Moore concluded.
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might be possible in the future to
grow rubber and compete with the
tropic.
q: Is il true that you have found
plant which promised 70 solve the
rubber production problem In the
United States, and do you hope to
develop il this winter?
A: / have found over twelve hun
dred plants to produce rubber. about
forty Of them will be cultivated on a
large scale.
@: Is it advisable to appropriate
an additional twenty four million
dollars at this time for prohibition
enforcement?
A: Yes.
@: Should the United States try
to have the most powerful navy In
the world7
A: u should build in parity with
England.
@: DO you believe that intelli-
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Mexican Service
Plane, Biggest In
Il. s, Lands Here

The largest commercial airplane
ever built in the United States ar
rived ut the Brownsville airport
Sunday afternoon, piloted by r. v.
Kent of Detroit. and was delivered
to the Mexican Aviation Co. to carry
the air mail between Brownsville
and Mexico City.
TIE giant of the air, a product of
the Ford factories, has q Widespread
Of s5 feet and Is equipped with three
Wasp motors, each generating 4I0
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i. 5. BANKS
using FORCE
Seeking to Withdraw
Loans Made Call
On NJ. 7. Mart

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-(Pl-Threc
federal reserve banks. those at Min
neapolis, Dallas and Kansas City
are reported to have taken steps to
compel member banks in those dis
tricts to withdraw loans made on call
in the New York market IL they
wish TO use their rediscount privi-
loges. Other banks are expected 10
take similar action in an attempt
to carry out the federal reserve
pcliey against speculative loans.
DALLAS, Texas. Feb. 11.-CPJ-
Colonel U. q. Walsh. federal reser-e
agent for the Eleventh district, re-
fused TO comment today on report
that the Dallas, Minneapolis and
Kansas City banks had taken steps
TO compel member banks to withdraw
loans made on call in the New York
market.
I'VE have nothing to say at this
time," Colonel Walsh declared.