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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
EXPENSE FUND
FOR CHAMBERS
BEGINS TODAY
Also Pass Appropri-
alton Of $75CO For
Public Health Work
In Cameron County

Application Of the Harlingen
chamber of commerce for $500 a
month salary and excuses for the
chairman of the Arroyo Colorado
navigation district, was granted
Wednesday afternoon by the Cam
eron county commissioners court, to
60 into effect Immediately.
The action was taken by the COM
missioners following receipt Of a
communication from Myron F.
Ward, secretary Of the Harlingen
chamber, in which he notified the
commissioners that at the last meet
ing of the navigation committee, it
was decided that J. :. Chambers,
chairman Of the navigation district,
needs that sum to carry cn his
duties.
Little discussion marked the &C
ton Of the commissioners in grant
ing the request.
After the letter was presented, the
motion was made by Commissioner
j. f. Baughn, and the order was
signed by County Judge Oscar Q.
Dancy, Commissioners Bauglln, A.
". Logan, Sam Bell and H. M. Pat
tee.
The meeting Of the commissioners
canvassed the returns Of the recent
constitutional election.
The commissioners also passed an
order appropriating $500 Of the
county funds to match $12,676 OF the
United States public health service
for rural sanitation demonstration.
The $500 will go towards the sup
port Of the work for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Bridge to Reopen AS
Soon AS Orders Come

MEXICO CITY, July 25.-P)-
Renewal Immediately of foot and
automobile traffic over the Browns
vile and Matamoros Bridge COM
pany's bridge connecting the two
border towns was authorized by the
Mexican department Of communi-
cations today. immigration and
sanitary inspectors and the customs
service will be installed at once.
M. Verdugo, chief Of Mexican
customs told the Brownsville Her
aid Thursday morning that he had
not yet received official orders from
Mexico City for the opening of the
bridge
Verdugo said he had a force of
men prepared to take their posts at
the bridge as soon as the orders are
received.
General Agent A. S. Gimble of
the St. Louis. Brownsville and Mex
leo railway stated Thursday morn
ing ne had not received further in
formation. since the message We'd
nesday notifying him that the de-
partment Of communications had
ordered the bridge re-opened to
foot and vehicle traffic.
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Man Shoots Self AS
Girl Charges Attack

ST. LOUIS, July 25.-(P)-Jack
Cans, 29, former Little Rock, Ark,
broker, shot and killed himself in a
hotel room last night as police at
tempted to enter to arrest him on a
charge preferred by a 17-year-old
former beauty contest winner and
chorus girl at the Garden theater.
Fifteen minutes before the shoot
ing, the girl, Miss Murial Doherty,
appeared at a police station with a
tale Of being lured into Cans room,
struck with rolling pin, trussed to
bed and attacked.
She exhibited bruises to substan-
tiate her statement of being struck
on the head and marks on her
wrists Of adhesive tape She tod
police Cans offered to accompany
her on a shopping trip but instead
asked to 60 to his hotel room to re-
-Ceive a book.
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NEW GRAVE MAY
= s y
BE DUG ON OLD
= y X
SITE, is RULING

A person can remove an en-
closure around a grave in order
to dig another grave, provided he
replaces it to the best of his abil-
ity, and not be guilty of malicious
mischief, Judge B. L. Cain held
in Justice Of the Peace court We'd
nesday.
The complaint was filed by FL
vira A. de Castillo against Cata-
rina r. de Olvera.
Testimony revealed that a plot
Of ground in the old city cemetery
had been bequeathed to the de-
fendant by her grandfather, and
the plaintiff came in for half ol
the plot also through kinship.
The latter alleged that improve
mentS made by her willfully and
maliciously were destroyed by the
defendant, who ordered the new
grave dug where one person al
ready had been buried
r. Munoz, sexton at the ceme-
terry, testified it is not unusual to
dig a new grave where an old one
has been. and that his men had
restored the enclosure in almost
as good condition as it was before.
Il see no intentional wrong here
Gnd find the defendant not guilty."
Judge Cain said.
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ROBIN IN AIR
29O HOURS
Plane Still Going With An
geleno Record Bettered
BY 30 Hours

ST. LOUIS, July 25.-(P)-Dale
Red" Jackson and Forest O'Brine
spent another night aloft in the
ST. Louis Robin and at GIT a. m.
today had passed the 287-hOur
makr.
1t exceeded the former record for
sustained flight by more than 40
hours. Preparations were under way
for refueling.
Only the wearing out of the mo-
tor will cause Jackson and OBrine
to descend from the atmosphere
which has been their home for ap-
proXimately II days and which has
brought them at least temporary
fame as the pair who set a new en-
durance flight record. They eclipsed
the old mark Of more than 246
hours set by the Angeleno Tuesday.
While Jackson had been conf
dent before the flight started that
if they set a new record they would
go on and double the old mark, Ma
jor William B. Robertson of the
CurtiSs-Robertson company, spon-
SorS of the flight, was not so opti-
mistic. Yesterday he remarked On
the increased life of an airplane
motor compared with ten years ago
and said. 1T looks now as if the
motor Will function well up to 900
hours, maybe longer. hope iC does,
but l shall not be surprised if it
reaches its limit around that fig
ure."
Lose Weight
That the men would lose weight
on the long flight seemed fOregone.
DR.. A. c. Leggatt, flight surgeon at
the field, said he expected Jackson
to lose 20 pounds and O'Brine about
10. The latter weighed 138 IL at
the examination before taking off
while jackson tipped the scales at
154.
In note asking about the sound
o. the motor, Jackson said he
couldn't tell how it sounded. we
sleep by it, eat by it, wake up by it,
and oh, do everything by it ana
around it and behind it. When we
get through up here we will need a
motor at home to sleep by"
Ask for Newspapers
Congratulatory messages poured
in at the field at such rate two
StenographerS were assigned to weed
it out as all of it couldn't be taken
aloft. The fliers demanded newSpa-
pers, however, when the refueling
plane failed to carry them along on
onetrip.
The flight has cost more than
$4,000, it was estimated yesterday,
including more than 2400 gallons Of
gasoline and ITO gallons of oil. The
mileage mark was around 1900.
Good flying weather has been the
Robins part since being aloft, one
shower of about minutes duration
being the only unfavorable period.
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WINDOWS
GLASS; MOTIVE
PUZZLES COPS
Thousands Of Persons
In Business Area
Escape Unhurt In
Mystery Explosion

CHICAGO, July 25.-tP)-The
Loop, billion dollar heart Of Chica-
go business, was rocked shortly be-
fore last midnight by bomb ex-
plosion.
No one among the thousands Of
persons who were in the south end
of t. Loop at the time was hurt,
a circur-tance which police re-
garded as miraculous, for glass
rained from upper story windows
for many minutes.
The bomb had been placed in an
alley entrance of the Davis COM
pany department store, less than 35
feet from Jackson boulevard
Swarming with homebound motor
lists, and about midway between
two Loop arteries, Wabash and
State streets.
Philip Iwanski, garbage collector,
came upon the bomb, so neatly
paeksged- believed it to be a
bundle someone had dropped. He
picked it up and one end Of it was
warm. He thought it contained
sandwiches, and he put 1t carefully
back where he found it, and walked
away a moment later, he told po-
lice. he decided to retrieve the
package before someone else Gid. n
AS he turned, the bomb exploded.
Only q few minutes later a Domn
exploded on Twenty-second street,
between Michigan and Wabash
avenues. Windows in the Equitable
Trust company building on Michi-
gan were broken, and 20 operators
in the Calumet Exchange of the
Illinois Bell Telephone company
were momentarily panic-stricken
There was no motive for either
bombing apparent to police.
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FIX $500 Month Salary for Arroyo District Head
NOW THEY EVEN
y = y
GET SENTENCED
4 y =
BY MAIL ORDER

A system whereby violators of
section two, immigration act Of
March 4, 1929, who plead guilty
may be sentenced without actu-
ally appearing before him, was
been instituted by Judge j. @.
Hutcheson, Jr., of the federal dis
trict court.
He has distributed blank forms
to .. .. commissioners in his dis
trict for taking Of these written
pleas of guilty. These forms are
used only in cases where the de-
fendant pleads guilty to entering
the United States at a time or
place other than as designated by
u. S. immigration officials.
After taking the plea, the COM
missioner makes a. recommended
ton to the judge as to what the
sentence Should be. The papers
are mailed to The judge and he
passes sentence.
1t has been enormously report
ed that the commissioners pass
sentence on the immigration Of
tenders.
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Rural Aid Bill Is
Signed; Trip Vetoed

AUSTIN, July 25.- -(P)-'The S.
100000 rural aid bill was signed, and
the resolution proposing a trip of
legislators to Washington in an eff
fort to obtain veterans bureau
hospital for Texas was vetoed by
Governor Moody yesterday.
He filed without his signature the
Veatch bill appropriating S2,500 to
rebuild school building in Cuba
common school district, Johnson
county, destroyed by tornado.
The rural aid bill was $500 900 less
than one vetoed by the governor,
with all toher money bills. at the
conclusion Of the second called ses-
sion.
In disapproving the Washington
Junket trip the governor said he
did not believe Texas should Off
cially, from public funds, send men
to Washington to lobby before con-
greSS.
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STATETOOPEN
TESTIMONY AT
SANITY TRIAL
Sister of Defendant
Only Witness Called
Thursday Morning;
Fires Attorneys

GEORGETOWN, Tex, July 25.-
R)-After calling one witness, Mrs.
J. r. Sullivan Of Corpus Christi,
sister of the defendant, the defense
in the Harry J. Leahy sanity trial
rested this morning, and a recess
was granted states attorneys that
they might arrange their list Of wit
nesses.
Mrs. Sullivan, who followed tc
the stand several witnesses Of yes
terday who testified regarding
Leahy's condition. said that at the
age of 90 the defendant suffered g
severe case Of fever and was deli
rious and highly nervous. In DC
tober of last year she testified tha'
she noticed a change had come Over
him and this had Increased hl'
nervousness.
On eros seXamination Mrs. Sulll-
van said her father and mother
were old an dvery feeble ana were
unable to attend the trial.
A brief, but turbulent fist 1lght
and a dramatic moment in which
the defendant sought to discharge
his attorneys marked the tlrSC teS-
timony in the sanity hearing OF
Harry j. Leahy, under sentence o.
death for the Staying OF DR.. j. "A
Ramsey of Mathis.
The fist fight occurred While at
torneys were examining the flrSl
witness, Miss Amarda Davidson q
TAYLOR. whose affidavit that she
believed Leahy insane won the de-
fendant a stay of execution and a
sanity trial.
Miss Davidson, an attractive
smartly dressed woman of 80, testl-
fled she had known Leahy fol
eight or nine years and that his
acts since his conviction. as we'll as
his letters, had indicated his mind
was unbalanced.
H. N. Graves. Of the prosecution
on cross examination asked Miss
Davidson whether she knew that
Leahy vas married and yet received
lc.1erS |-o-n him and went on tC
ask Il6T WHO Ildu GOlQ Il6I WIldG u
say from the stand. A carbon copy
was produced which Miss Davidson
identified as a transcript of what
she had told defense attorneys she
would testify.
E. B. Simmons of San Antonio
then took the witness on redirect
examination and attempted to show
that the paper in question was q
transcript of what she had told at
torneys she would testify and that
the woman declared that "she hac
a right to tell the attorneys what
she would testify and to refute the
dirty inSinUations made here"
Every attorney in the case wa,
on his feet instantly and Grave.
advanced upon Simmons.
If the court cannot control thi'
man." he said. Il can," and III
swung vigorously at Simmons Jaw
In the melee that followed many
glancing blows were struck, but nC
damage was done and Sheriff,
Louis Lowe soon had order restored
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Five Injured In
Taxi Explosion

SAN ANTONIO, July 25.-CP)-
Five persons were in hospitals today
suffering from burns, as a result Of
the explosion of a taXicab. following
collision.
The injured were:
Fred Fest, city motorcycle police
man.
Harold Owens.
David Rodriguez.
N. z. Todd, driver Of the taXicab.
Eddie Cara.
Todd's injuries, hospital attend
ants said, were serious.
The taxicab and another car, po-
lice said, collided at a street inter
section, and the taxi turned over.
A small crowd gathered, and
Motorcycle Officer Fest responsed to
a call
Suddenly there was an explosion,
and burning gasoline was thrown
over the officer, the driver Of the
car and three bystanders.
Police advanced the theory that
some one struck match
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FAMILY PERIsHEs IN DESERT

BLYTHE, Calf, July 25.-(Pl-
How family of seven perished of
thirst on the scorching desert south
Of here after having drunk the wa
ter from the radiator of their dis
abled motor car has been revealed
to the police Of Blythe by six Mex
lean youths.
The I oys reported the bodies of
the victims, believed to be Mr.. and
Mrs. Enrique Armenia and their
five children, were found scattered
in the vicinity Of a disabled auto
mobile near a seldom used desert
road 33 miles south of Blythe.
Nine heat deaths in four days
were reported from the Imperial
Valley
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they would provide suitable field
for the government to use and i'm
prove.
Today members of the commits
sion started a tour of the proposed
sites. Before night an option VIII
be closed on the site which is con-
sidered preferable, and steps will
be taken at once to purchase It.
The city commission will proba-
bly, issue warrants to secure funds
with which to purchase the field
and later will replace these war
rants with bonds, bearing a lower
rate Of interest. Such action was
recommended at a chamber of COM
merce open meeting held earlier in
the week At that meeting resi-
dents Of the city recommended that
the commission take whatever steps
necessary to take advantage Of the
government offer.
Mayor j. Scott Brown explained
that all that is required Of the city
In the deal IS to furnish a suitable
airplane landing field site. and
lease it to the department of COM
merce at nominal sum. The de-
partment will put in two airways
and light the field, at no expense to
the city.
The airfield will be maintained
as municipal landing field, and
be taken over at any time by the
city, provided the government is
still given use of it.
A tract of about $50 acres of land
VIII be purchased for the field.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
RED CROSS TO HOLD
LIFE SAVING SCHOOL
Especial to The Herald)

MERCEDES, July 25.-A school of
instruction in life saving will be
conducted at the Cascade Pool. Nc
Allen, July 20, August 1, and August
A, by the Hidalgo County chapter of
the American Red Cross, according
to announcement of Mrs. j. ]. Muir
ray Of Mercedes, secretay-treasurer
of the Hidalgo County chapter
Glasses will be supervised by Tom
Murray, Valley Boy Scout executive.
assisted by Miss Yula Mighell Of
San Juan. They will be held at 7:30
p. m. on the first two DAYS of the
school
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Point Isabel Man
Bound Over to Jury
In Rum Seizure Case

Segundo Vasquez Of Point Isabel
was bound over to the federal grand
jury on a $3.50 bond following his
hearing before u. S. Commissioner
z. K. Goodrich Wednesday on liquor
charges.
Vasquez' home, near the old radio
towers at the Point, was searched
last Saturday and a quantity Of
mescaI and home brew was found.
according to testimony of officers in
the raiding party.
Customs Inspectors James H. Col
lins. "A. a. Champion and Ed r..
McNabb were the officers in the
case
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Doctors Concerned
Over German Leader

HEIDELBERG, Germany, July Is
[P)-Although an official bulletin
tonight stated the condition of
Chancellor Hermann Mueller, who
recently underwent an operation for
gall bladder trouble, was satiSfac-
tory, The Associated Press learned
from attaches of the hospital that
the doctors we're much worried
about the condition Of the German
cabinet leader.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Divorced Wife, In
Jail For Perjury,
Ends Hunger Strike

BORGER, Texas, July 25.-CR-
A hunger strike, started after she
had been arrested on a charge of
perjury, was ended today by the
divorced wife of Berger physi-
clan after one-day duration.
The woman continued in iail.
however, in default Of $500 bond
on the charge which grew out of
her refusal to give up property
gained in a partition suit from her
former husband to a receiver ap-
pointed by the court. She was ar
rested Monday in Amarillo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
RODDY NAMED HEAD
OF LAND COMPANY
Especial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, July 25-H. n.
Roddy has been named president of
Valley Developments, Inc, local
land development organization, to
succeed Wimberly Mcleod, re-
signed.
Roddy has been vice president OF
the organization for some time.
Mcleod announced he would be
connected with the McLeod-Hood
company Of Harlingen.
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TILDEN AND COCHET
PAIR IN CUP MATCH

PARIS, July 25-(P)- Staged
with all solemnity in the presence
OF diplomats, the draw for the
Davis Cup challenge round between
France and America resulted today
in George Lott being paired with
Jean Borotra and Big Bill Tilden
with Henri Cochet for the opening
two singles matches tomorrow at
Roland GarroS stadium.
There was a slight tendency to
lengthen the odds but with plenty
of American money in evidence,
the figures were no more than 2 to
l against the chances Of the United
States.
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BITTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, July 25.-(P)-Butter
higher; creamery extras AZ IL;
standards 42 IA; extra firsts 10
1-2@41 1-2; firsts 5000 1-2; sec
onds 37639 IL.
Eggs higher; extra firsts 33Q33
IL; firsts 32Q32 1-2; ordinary
t1r5tS 29Q 3l
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LONDON, July 25.-(P--Reuter's
dispatches from Tokyo today quoted
a telegram from Manchuli, Manchu-
ria, saying Chinese troops had fired
on five Soviet airplanes which ap-
peared over the border town about z
a. m. Later in the morning distant
sounds of firing we're heard, but
they died down shortly afterward.
The shooting was believed to have
been caused merely BIZ the eXcita-
bility and nervousness Of the Chi
nese troops. The newspaper Nichi
in a special dispatch from Manchuli
said Russian and Chinese troops
had opened fire on each other when
sixteen Russian airplanes appeared
over the city.
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SAN NBENITO WILL
BUYPLANE FIELD:
CLOSE IT, S. PACT
Special to The Heraldl

25-Members the commission
Wednesday aiways
department intermediate airplane
landing field
Although contract signed time members Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
WAIT PARLEY
IN FAR EAST
Definite Peace Move Seen
Imminent; Skirmishes
On Border Continue

LONDON, July 25.-(P)-Official
quarters today awaited definite
word of opening of direct negotia-
tions between Soviet Russia and
Nationalist China for solution of
the Chinese Eastern controversy
they felt all but certain hostilities
between the two nations have been
averted.
1t was believed possible the direct
negotiations, following preliminary
meetings of which first notice was
received yesterday, had already be-
gun either at Harbin Or Mukden,
seat Of the Manchurial capital.
The Russian ple:npotentiary, it
was believed, would be either L. B.
Serebriakov, member Of the ra1-
road commissariat who was said to
have proceeded 10 Hardin, or B. N.
Meinikov, Soviet consul general at
Harbin, or both. General Chang
Tso Hsiang, governor OF kirin pro-
vince, Manchuria, was the only Chi
messed mentioned in connection with
the negotiations.
While this hopeful prospect DOM
mated interest in the situation Rus
sian and Chinese news sources con-
tinued accusations of OffenseS
against the territory Of each nation.
The Chinese most recently charged
seizure of automobiles belonging to
Urga, Mongolia, Chinese, and the
Russians alleged Chinese employ
ment of white Russian emigreS for
destructive work over the Russian
frontier.
Moscow official reports said 16
of these white enfigres had beer eX-
ecuted Tuesday in tine political de-
partment Of Khabarovsk, adjoining
Manchuria.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight
and Friday, probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday, scattered show
ers in the southeast portion.
Light to moderate southerlY
winds on the coast.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
High ........ 7:24 a. m; 6:24 p. m.
Low ................. 2:22 .. ri.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

BOWLING AT los
BOURNEMOUTH, Eng.-Bening
Arnold engaged in bowling match
on his 105th birthday.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today ............... 7:21
Sunrise tomorrow ......... 5:53
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RIVER FORECAST

RIVER FORECAST
There will be slight rise in the
river from Mission down during the
next II to "a hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-f1r.