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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
CANAL CLAIMS
ALAMO CHILD
Boy Scout Finds Body of
Two-Year Old Child
Floating On Water
Especial to The HeraldD

McALLEN, July 27-Funeral SER
vices are to be held at p. m. Sun
day for Alan Robert Swanson, q
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Swanson, who was drowned in an
irrigation canal near the family
home on Morningside boulevard
north of Alamo early Saturday.
The funeral services will be held
either at San Juan community
church or at Kreidler undertaking
establishment here. Rev. j. M.
James, pastor of the San Juan
church, will conduct the services.
The body was found about three
quarters of mile from the family
home floating in an irrigation ca
nal by Thurman Duff, San Juan
Boy Scout.
The mother had missed the baby
early in the morning and when the
first search failed to reveal it she
gave the alarm. Friends and neigh
bors from every direction joined in
the hunt until more than 100 per-
sons were seeking the baby.
Finally a small bucket with which
the child often played was found
on the banks Of canal which is
directly in front of the home. TAX
ing this as clue searchers follow
ed down the canal until the body
was found.
The body is at Kreidler's here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
south TEXAN
FACING CHAIR
EARLYFRIDAY
Attorneys Give Notice
Of Appeal Which
May Stay Final Re-
suit Until October

GEORGETOWN, Tex,
July .27. - (P) - Harry j.
Leahy, condemned to cleo
trocution for the murder Of
DR.. J. A. Ramsey of Mathis,
tonight lost his fight to es-
cape the electric chair
through insanity, when a
jury declared him sane. He
then heard his motion for a
new trial overruled by Judge
J. D. Moore. His attorneys
Immediately gave notice OF
an appeal to the court OF
criminal appeals.
Ieahy sat unmoved and appar-
ently little interested in the pro-
ceedings as the jury and the Judge
crumbled the barriers with which
he had sought to ward off his exc
cution.
The elderly south Texas cattle
man, who used every recourse OF
law for two and one-half years to
evade the electric chair, is sched-
uled to die early Friday morning.
That is the date upon which his
last reprieve expires.
Some lawyers doubted whether
the case could be placed before the
court Of criminal appeals. That
body is at present in vacation and
it is doubtful whether it could re-
view the case before October.
Judge Moore turned Leahy over
to the sheriff with orders to de-
liver him to prison authorities, but
it was thought he would be kept
in the jail here, or at Austin until
the result of his appeal is known.
Two Claims
Counsel Immediately began ar
guing the motion the time of its
decision was indefinite.
Attorneys for Leahy, under
death sentence for the Staying of
DR.. j. A. Ramsey of Mathis, based
their action on two claims. One
was that Judge j. D. Moore erred
in not quashing the jury because
it was drawn through a commits
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AMERICANCO.
PROPOSAL UP
BY SEPT. |
Farmers Of District
Nine to Accept Or
Reject Irri g alton
Works In Vote
(Special to The Herald)

MERCEDES, July 81
An election will be called
during the present week at
which farmers living in
Hidalgo and G a m r Q n
Counties Water Control and
Improvement District No. 8
will vote on a proposal to
pay the American Rio Gran
de Land and Irrigation Co.
50, 2,472,068 for the irrigation
and drainage works on that
system, according to F. 0,
Richcreek, chairman of the
board of directors.
The valuation Of $2,472,068 was
announced Saturday by a board Of
five prominent Valley engineers
after about three weeks of consid-
Grafton of data and testimony sub
mitted by officers Of the American
Co. and engineers and officers Of
the district.
Members of The valuation board
were w. E. Anderson, president,
San Benito, z. M. Card, secretary,
McAllen, A. Tamm, Harlingen, A.
w. Amthor, La Feria and E. B.
Gore, Brownsville.
When the board of Valley en-
gineers were named officers of the
American Rio Grande Land and Ir-
rigation Co. agreed to abide by the
valuation set by th-.t group and dt-
rectors of the district said they
would call an election mad recon-
mend to the farmers that the valu-
alton named be accepted as the
purchase price.
A bond attorney will be consult
ed before the election call is is
sued, Richcreek said Saturday
night. He expects the election to
be held by September l. Legal no
tice of the election call for 80 days
is required by law, he said.
Largest Private System
The board of Valley engineers
was named after directors Of the
water district and officers of the
American Co. had failed to get to-
gether on the price to be paid tor
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{ Remus, who shot his pretty wife,
Imogene, to death, was acquitted at
Cincinnati after convincing the jury
he was temporarily insane. He was
confined to the state hospital for
the crininally insane at Lima, sew
eral months and then was declared
sane and freed by the appellate
court.
Temporary Insanity
Shocks defense, his counsel in
dicated in three days of examiaa-
ton of prospective jurors, will be
temporary insanity, induced by the
use Of narcotics allegedly given him
secretly by Miss Hix to experiment
with their relations.
Attorneys for Shook acquired the
RemuS sanity trial records today
and spent the week end adjourn
ment Of court studying them. John
F. Seidel and E. o. Ricketts,, the at
torneyS, however, would admit no
use of the records further than to
show insufficient tirne was granted
to have alienistS examine the for
mer veterinary professor before GO
ing to trial. They were denied a
60-day period for examination. Re-
mus was under observation six
months.
The fourth day Of examination of
veniremen will begin at the opening
Of court Monday with ahree women
and eight men seated tentatively in
the jury box. An extra venire Of
so was summoned for emergency
use
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Brownsville to Get NetU
Lou Fire Rate August I

cent. Ell Paso has key rate Of
Is cents and a credit Of IS per
cent. Dallas has the lowest key
rate in the state, 13 cents, but
has only a six per cent good
record credit. Houston has
key rate of 19 cents and a credit
of II per cent. Corpus Christi
key rate of % cents and Is per
cent credit.
The new reduction will not af-
feet insurance policies now in eff
feet. Only policies issued on and
after Aug. / will benefit by it.
The last reduction was granted
when standard building code
was adopted. The next possible
steps in obtaining further rate re-
ductions would be the erection Of
a stand pipe in Victoria Heights
and the elimination of frame
dwellings in the mercantile dis
tric%
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

Effective Aug. /, Brownsville's
fire insurance key rate will be
lowered five cents to 16 cents,
giving this city the third lowest
net fire insurance rate in the
state. San Antonio and El Paso
are the only towns with lower net
rates.
The reduction was granted by
the state fire insurance commits
sion due to the recent installa-
ton Of a standard fire alarm
system and the elimination of
the penalty for not sufficient
paving.
Two factors are taken into con-
sideration in arriving at the net
rate. These are the key rate and
the good fire record credit.
BrownSville's good fire record
credit is Is per cent.
San Antonio has a key rate of
14 cents and a credit of is per
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
BRAND TAKING
POINCARE POST
Noted French Statesman Ac-
cepts Ministry AS Prem
ier Resigns

PARIS, July 81 LP9 -Aristide
BRAND, noted French statesman
frequently foreign minister and
nine times premier. today agreed
to form a cabinet to succeed that
of Raymond Pojncare which resign
ed this morning.
The former foreign minister, noted
for his policy Of impeachment with
Germany, was summoned to the
Elysee Palace by President Dou-
mergue and invited to form min
istry after Premier Poincare had
definitely decided to retire IN view
of the state of his health.
NJ. BRAND was foreign minister IN
the Poincare cabinet.
Virtually all the parties repre-
sented in the chamber Of deputies
with the exception Of the extreme
left were unanimous in deciding M
BRAND Is the man to carry on the
work left off by Premier Poincare
who definitely retired this morning
because Of the condition of his
health.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

Houston, Texas, endurance plane,
Billion Dollar City," which was
forced down this morning, but this
appeared to spur them on rather
than to tempt them to land.
One of the largest crowds that
has gathered at Lambert-St. Louis
field since the fliers broke the rec
ord of the "Angeleno" last Tuesday
watched the plane circle gracefully
above the airport tonight. Special
traffic and policing arrangements
we're made for what Is expected to
be a record crowd tomorrow.
If they are still up tomorrow, it
will be their third Sunday for Jack
son and O'Brine in the air above
the field.
In a note dropped from the plane
today, the fliers said:
I'VE are sorry we are keeping the
people of ST. Louis waiting so long,
but we are trying to put the record
where the people of st. Louis will
gbe proud of it for some time-same
as Spirit Of st. Louis which will
always stand. May your patience
be fully rewarded"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
WEATHER

OKLAHONTA-Increasing cloudi-
ness, thundershowers and cooler
in northeast portion Sunday; Mon
day, thundershoWers, cooler in East
and south portions.
EAST TEXAS - Partly cloudy
Sunday and Monday, probably
showers in north portion Monday.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
WEST TEXAS-Partly cloudy;
thundershower and cooler in the
Panhandle Sunday; Monday, partly
cloudy, showers and cooler in north
portion.
NEW MEXICO-Unsettled Sun
day and Monday, probably showers
and thunderstorms north portion,
little change IN temperature.
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37-Story Building At
Houston Opens TODAY

HOUSTON, Tex, July 27-(P)-
The 81 story Gulf building, erected
here by Jesse H. Jones, will be open
ed formally to the public Sunday,
although some sections of the struc-
ture have already been put in use.
This skyscraper, the tallest office
building south Of Chicago, is 428.6
feet high.
There are 1000 Offices in it, and
its estimated population is $500,
with a daily lobby flow of approx
mately $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
LIQUOR LADEN BRITISH
BOAT is CAPTURED

FERNANDINA, Fla, July 27-(P
Coast guard officials here tonight
announced the capture Of the Brit
ish boat Betty and Billy" laden
with approximately $500 cases Of
liquor, within the treaty limits of
the United States about 80 miles
south Of Fernandina bar. The
British craft was brought here and
is being held under guard, coast
guard officials saiG, pending deci-
sion of special investigating agents
Of the treasury department as to its
disposition.
The liquor was not molested
coast guard officials said, and none
of the three men aboard was ar
rested.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
Officers Reinstated In
Dallas Police Shake-Up

DALLAS, Tex, July 27.-P)-
A lull, if not a complete cessa-
ton, in the storm that stirred
the Dallas police department
since the suspension Of two mem
bers was seen today in the re-
instatement of the officers. A
public hearing for the men, A. B.
FarroW and Mike F. Higgins,
scheduled for Monday automati-
cally was called off. The charge
against them was conduct unbe-
coming officers.
The announcement was made
by w C. Graves, police commits
sioner, who paid q fine of SO on
a charge of assault and battery
following fist fight with w. j.
Reid, a former radio station
operator.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

II am not satisfied in the least
with what has taken place"
Graves said, "but at the insist
ence Of the mayor and other city
commissioners I consented to re-
instate the officers"
Regarding his encounter with
Reid, the commissioner told the
corporation judge:
"I want to pay a fine. I struck
the man. I don't want to pay the
minimum fine, either; I think the
beating gave him was worth
more"
The fight, in which Reid lost
three Of his teeth, was said to
have resulted from remarks made
by the former radio operator
regarding the suspension Of Far
row and Higgins.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
ABILENE CHIEF OF
POLICE is KILLED

ABILENE, July 27.-(P)-R. E.
Burch, II, Abilene police chief, lost
his life today in the performance
of duty similar to those that had
occupied him during most Of half
a century.
His automobile, pursuing another
carrying a man suspected Of lifting
a money purse, overturned on the
Merkel-Trent road, injuring him
fatally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
Rio Rico Collector
Held At Matanoros

Charged with having permitted
certain irregularities in connection
with the operation of the customs
office at Rio Rico, Mexican border
port, opposite Mercedes, Taurino
Ramos, collector of customs, is be-
ing held in the Matamoros jail
pending the arrest Of Joaquin 2.
Castellanos, who is believed to be
in Nogales, Sonora. A warrant has
been issued for the latter, also a
former customs collector at Rio
Rico.
The alleged irregularities we're
discovered during an inspection Of
the border ports by Nelson Galvan,
auditor for Northern Tamaulipas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
HALF MILLION COTTON
OPERATIVES ON STRIKE

MANCHESTER, England, July
29.-(P)-Half a million cotton op-
eratives will be idle on Monday un-
less the unforeseen happens before
Negotiations for settlement Of the
wage dispute in the Lancashire cot
ton trade ended in failure today.
The weaver's amalgamation refus-
ed to continue negotiations With
the employers which lasted through
the week and the latter'S notice of
reduction of wages by II IL per
cent became effective tdday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
kilauea Continues to
Spit LIQUID Fire

VOLCANO HOUSE, Island of
Hawaii, July 27.-P)-The great
volcano Kilauea, which began
erupting Thursday continued today
to spout liquid fire with unabated
activity. Prof. Thomas A. Jaggar,
for many years guardian of Kilnuea,
said there was no evidence Of cessa-
ton of the eruption and he could
not predict definitely how long it
would last.
The volcanologist estimated the
lava pool within the Halemaumau
fire pit was sixty feet deep. 1t was
more than 1000 feet below the pit
rim.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
UNION
OUIZZES CANDIDATES

AUSTIN, Tex, July 27.-(R)-Let-
ters were sent today by Mrs.
Claude De Van Watts, president OF
the Texas Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, to candidates who
have announced for governor, ask
ing pointed questions as to their
attitude on Tammany Hall, liquor,
and the threatened barring Of per-
sons who deserted the democratic
ranks to vote for Herbert Hoover
last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
MEXICO TO RETURN
PROPERTY TO CHURCH

MEXICO CITY, July 27.-(P)-
The department of interior today
instructed governors Of all states
to return to the federal government
church property and buildings now
in state use so it may be returned
to the church.
Many municipal and state gov
ernments converted various church
buildings into schools during their
period Of disuse by the clergy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
BILLION DOLLAR CITY
TO TRY AGAIN

HOUSTON, Texas. July 27.-P)-
Houston's twice downed endurance
fliers whose crippled engine early
Saturday morning brought them
down after 233 hours and IL seconds
in the air, will make a third try
for world record within two weeks.
They plan to use the same mono
Continued on page ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
INLAND SEAPORT

BUCHAREST, Rumania, July q
-(P)-A bill was presented to par
lament today to transform Buch-
Arrest into an inland seaport at a
cost of about $10,000,0O0. Work
would begin shortly on construction
ia navigable canal to connect the
capital with the Danube river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
SAY CUT WILL.
WEAKEN PADRE.
ISLAND TIDES.
Cost Of Maintenance
Would Be Increased
With Reduced Wind
And Tidal Forces

Application Of the Arroyo
Colorado Navigation district
for permission to cut a
channel through Padre Is
land to the Gulf Of Mexico
opposite the mouth of the
arroyo has been disapprov-t
ed by the United States
board Of army engineers.
Information to this effect
was contained in a telegram
sent Saturday from Wash,
ington by Maj. Gen. Edgar
Jadwin, chief of the army
engineers.
The application was denied on
the grounds that another cut
through Padre Island would weaken
tidal and wind forces at Brazos
Santiago and increase the cost OF
maintenance Of a channel at that
point.
The Arroyo Navigation District
was notified the application had
been disapproved on July s, ac-
cording to Gen. Jadwin.
The telegram from Gen. Jadwi1
said:
Application Of Arroyo Colorado
Navigation district disapproved on
eighth instant for reason opening
another cut through Padre Island
VII weaken tidal and wind forces at
Brazos Santiago and increase cost of
channel maintenance at that point"
Timmons Wire
Bascom N. TimmonS, special cor
respondent in Washington, notified
The Herald Saturday afternoon in
another telegram that the permit
had been denied.
Timmons wired:
"The war department stated to-
day that it had disapproved the
application of the Harlingen Navi-
cation district to cut Padre Island.
''The board Of engineers lseld that
to open up another cut through the
island would weaken the tidal
forces now available at Brazos San
tiago pass and '7ould increase the.
cost of maintenance of a channel
at that point and serve adversely
the interests of navigation"
$5OO,000 Bc1d Issue
The Arroyo Colorado Navigation
district was originally formed to cut
channel from point in the ar
royo near the Missouri Pacific rail-
road bridge down that stream where
it would have joined the proposed
intracoastal canal.
The petition under which the dis
trict was created and the bonds
voted also provided for cutting a
channel across Padre Island.
A bond issue Of S500,O0O was voted
and it was proposed to use this sum
| in dredging nine-fOOt channel
down the arroyo and across the
island to the gulf. This was to be
deepened later to accommodate sea
! going 'essels.
n 4yvard Reelected
An election was held July In
which members of the old board
were reelected over opposition Of
two other candidates. The cid board
was composed of J. B. Chambers,
chairman, Lyre Brown and j. r.
George. The opponents we're H. J..
Goetzke and @. G. Howell, who
sought election on I plea they
would invest the funds Of the dis
trict in readily negotiable securities
until they were needed for the pro-
ject and that they would publish
detailed financial ctatements.
Following the election, the Cam
eron county commissioners court
last Thursday voted to pay Chair
man Chambers salary OF 300 per
month. This action W taken on
recommendation Of the navigation
committee of the Harlingen cham
ber Of commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
SEES SLIDING SCALE
FOR SUGAR TARIFF

WASHINGTON, July 27.-(P)-
Confidence was expressed today by
Chairman Smoot of the senate fl
nance committee that the proposed
sliding scale sugar tariff would be
substituted for the house provision
carrying a flat increase in the
sugar duty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
VAN ZANT COUNTY
VOTES FOR HIGHWAY

GRAND SALINE, Tex, July 81
R)-Van Zandt county today voted
2,2f3 to 962, a $1,50O,0OO bond issue
to build highways. Three outlying
boxes had not been heard from to-
night, but their combined strength,
if solidly negative, could not defeat
the issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
TEXAS FARMER NEAR
DEATH IN SHOOTING

DALLAS, July 27-(P)-Lloyd
CIaunch, Mabank, Tex, farmer,
shot today in an argument said to
have concerned turkeys which ran
about in his fields, was in a criti-
cal condition at hospital here to-
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
POLICE PUT BAN
= s y
ON RADIOS FOR
y y ~
NEW YORK CABS

NEW YORK, July 27.-P)-
New York taxi passengers will
just have to get along without
radio music while they're riding.
Police Commissioner Grover A.
Whalen today vetoed radio sets
as a feature Of the new cabs de-
vised by General Motors.
THE streets are noisy enough
right now" he said firmly,
without adding any more"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
Robin Pilots Happy
AS 35Oth Hour Passed

ST LOUIS July 2Q-Sl resolved fly their monoplane
Louis Robin until the motor quits Dale Jackson and Forest OBrne
night the fifteenth
showing signs Of giving At
The ers ubant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
SNOOKLAWYERS
STUDYRECORDS
OFREMUS TRIAL
Veterinary Professor Will Follow in Steps Of
Bootleg King in Effort to Escape Chair
For Killing Of Coed Mistress

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27The legal paths which led Geog
Cincinnati bootleg king freedom after Staying nj
followed dismissed Ohio State uni
professor effort the electric chair for the KILN
of "a his ed mistress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
GIRL, UNCONSCIOUS
14OHOURS, GAINING
Doctors Expect Change for
Better-Iniured in Practice
for Basket Ball Game.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., February 15.-
Physicians were expecting today to see
a Change for the better in the condition
OF Miss Nell Fincher, II, Derita High
School basket ball team captain, who
late yesterday began to regain con-
seriousness after more than 140 hours in
a state of coma.
The girl was injured week ago to-
day, when she fell while practicing in
the Y w. c. A. here and struck the
back of her head on the hardwood floor.
Yesterday, she seemed slowly shaking
off the coma. She has opened her
eyes and appeared to be cognizant of
her surroundings. Except for opening
her mouth slightly when nurses fed her,
she has not moved, however. Her
physicians said she would be able to
talk today if her condition continued to
show improvement.
The girls condition, while serious,
has never been such that her life was
deSpaired of. After an X-ray last
week. it was announced her skull was
not fractured She was said to have
conclusion Of the brain.
Wednesday her condition was re-
ported as some better, although she was
still unconscious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
SCARFACE AL CAPONE
0UIZZED In FLORIDA
Chicago Gangster, Questioned
About frankie Uale Staying,
Refuses to Comment.
BY the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla, February 15.-"Scar-
face" Al Capone, Chicago racketeer, left
his palatial Miami Beach home long
enough yesterday to answer questions by
Acting District Attorney Louis Gold
stein of New York aid to assert to
newspaper men that he intended to stay
IN Florida indefinitely.
The nature of Capones conference
with GoldStein was not disclosed, al
though it was learned unoff1cially that
New York authorities considered the
conference of great Importance in their
investigation of the killing of frankie
Uale, or Yale, in Brooklyn July /, 1928.
Capone has been questioned before
regarding his knowledge of the death of
Uale. who was said to have been a lieu
tenant of the Chicago gang leader be-
fore reported break between the two
shortly before his death.
Capone refused to discuss the confer
ence with Goldstein. II was unable to
find out what it was all about he said,
"All did was answer q lot of questions
that probably wouldn't interest any,
body"
Italy has set aside $4,000 to be adj
vanced to agriculturists for purchas-