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equip vessels, to share in the expense and profits
distribute lands, and several letters from the
Spanish sovereignS expressing indebtedness for
his service. Included also was his pathetic le:-
ter written in 1900 on his arrival from the
Indies in chains, to the nurse of Prince Don
Juan, beginning, Most Honorable Madam: If
my complaint against the world is new its GUS
tom Of ill-treating me is DID," and proceeding
with full recital of the wrong he had suf-
fered.
THE documents make it clear that there were,
in all, four sets Of transcripts The orig
inals were deposited in the monastery of Las
Cuevas near Seville, and today are in the pos
session of the Duke of Veragua. One copy was
for Don Alonzo Sanchez de Carvajal, factor Of
Columbus, who sailed for HiSpaniola in 1902
carrying the order of the Sovereigns for the
restitution of the property uSurped by BOba-
dilla and presumably the copy of the Codex
The exact fate of that copy is unknown.
OF the three other copies, two were intended
for the Republic of Genoa, to which Columbus
turned in his dependency at his treatment by
the Spanish court. They remained in the hands
of the Oderigo family of Genoa until 1910,
when they were turned over to the public au-
thorities of Genoa. One of them seemed to have
escaped from the government archives, for in
1916 it was offered for sale in Turin with the
library of Count CambiaSo. 1t was bought
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IId the recurrence Oh columbus
day. october IL, which will be
VIII the 437th anniversary Of the
~ discoveries first landfan IF
America the American who
would stand very close to the shade of the great
Gsenoese could not do better than look over his
Wwn collection of priceless books and original
documents, dating back to the lifetime OF
Christopher Columbus
True, they are not gathering dust on the
bookshelves of his home, but the collection is
mis- none the less for it reposes securely guarded
from vandal hands and the corruption Of age.
I'm his country's mammoth treasure house of
Che printed word the Library Of Congress at
Washington.
Incunabula concerning the discovery of the
New World are extremely rare, of course, and
Che choicest items are still owned in Spain. Most
Of the letters actually written by Columbus are
IN the archives of the Spanish government or
in the possession of the Duke of Veragua of
Madrid, who holds the Unbeatable property
rights OF Columbus while there are few in
Genoa.
The closest documentary link between the
lknerican people and the actual presence of the
discoverer is the Columbus Codex, which is per-
haps the most interesting OF the treasures O.
the Library of Congress relating to the naviga-
Tor. Carefully preserved in the manuscripts di-
vision of the Library it has been the object of
universally regarded as one of the three sur
viving copies of an instrument made at the be-
hest and perhaps in the presence of Columbus,
when he saw his dearly won rights imperiled by
the Vaccinations of his enemies.
History has established that there were only
four copies of this document made. One cannot
be found and is supposed by some to have been
destroyed in the West Indies. Two others, on
parchment. are, respectively, in Paris and
Genoa The Washington COdeX is also on
parchment and is perfectly preserved.
ITO convey an understanding of the impor-
u lance of this document, it is necessary to
recall briefly the episode in Columbus stormy
life which called it into being In 1889, while
the discoverer was contending with diSaffection
and conspiracy at Hspaniola, his foes in Spain
were leaving no stone unturned in their ambi-
tton to undermine his favor with King Ferdi-
nand and Queen Isabella. How well they sue
ceeded is seen from the fact that he and his
brother were brought back to Cadiz in chains.
In November, 1900, a pitiful conclusion of his
third voyage, which has never failed to awaken
compassion in the hearts of American school,
rs
The Spanish sovereigns gave orders for the
brothers' instant liberation and babe the &C
clsed admiral to come to Granada, where he
was received by them with great courtesy and
lair words His effort to secure substantial
restitution of his rights and property was not,
however, so successful. At the end of 10
months he did secure declaration in which
Ferdinand and Isabella fixed the extent and
manner OF restitution, but in many respects this
1el short of what he felt to be his rights and
privileges. as embodied in the various grants
Ind charters previously made to him
Delays and repeated disappointments threw
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with Columbus day October ~ legal holiday majority Of the States the
most communities the anniversary the discovery America by public
in
Of the soul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
BY WILLIAM S. ODLIN.

/ II p ITH the recurrence Of Columbus
lI day, october IL, which will be
u" the 437th anniversary of the
discoveries first landfal nf
q Alan MI,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Selecting Slogan
Is Topic at Meet
OF Chamber Scribes
Especial to The HERALD

NSpeCla1 20 Inc HeTa1Ql
SAN BENTTO, July 1.-THE ex-
act method to be used in selecting
a winning slogan for the Lower Rio
Grande Valley in the present slo-
gan contest viii be discussed at the
meeting Of Valley Chamber Of Com
merce secretaries Friday Of this
week at Donna, according to J. Z.
Bell, chairman OF the slogan COM
mittee.
Bell said that the committee Of
bankers and chamber of commerce
secretaries has never worked out in
detail the method Of selecting the
prize winning slogan, and that the
secretaries will discuss 1t, and later
the committee Of secretaries will
discuss with the bankers the mat
ter.
The secretaries also will take I'D
the suggestion of placing a Valley
exhibit at the State Fair in Dallas
in order to compete with the Flor
ida and California exhibits.
The meeting Of secretaries was
scheduled for last week, but was
delayed until this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
SOLONS' WORK
IS COMPLETED
Third Special Session of
Legislature to End Sat-
urday Noon

AUSTIN, July 17.-Although sine
die adjournment has been put off
until Saturday noon, the third Spe-
ciAl session of the 41st legislature
had virtually completed its work
today.
with all appropriation bills, to-
falling SAT, 792, 1896, having gone tc
the governor, as well as the measure
withdrawing from the market TN
surveyeL public school lands and
beds and channels of rivers, only
miner business remained unfin-
ished.
The senate had the Coltrin house
bill making 1t more difficult Tor
condemned prisoners to obtain a
hearing before q district court on
a plea CT insanity. Under its pro-
visions an affidavit Of a sheriff,
county physician or warden or ply
sician of the penitentiary would be
necessary to obtain q sanity trial
for a prisoner. Under the present
law any individual could make oath
that he had reason to believe the
prisoner insane and the court be
compelled to order a hearing.
The house had cleared its deck
and adjourned until 2 D. m. today
It will be almost solely a matter
Of adjourning from day to day until
Saturday in order to save bills in
troduced yesterday and today from
the constitutional inhibition that
they be not considered If introduced
within three days of fiAal adjourn
ment.
Governor Moody has indicated he
would accept the appropriation bills
as repassed with totals more thar
$3,000,000 under the measures dis.
approved by him at the end Of thu
second special session on July q. III
intimated he would veto some item.
from the bills to reduce the tota,
Of all appropriations authorized by
the regular and special sessions Of
the 41st legislature to approximate
ly $780, 900 1000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
ENGINEERS TO
RESUME STUDY
Valley Experts VIII Fix
Price For American
Company System
fspeciai to The Herald)

Especial to The Herald)
SAN 3ENTTO, July 17.-HearingS
BY the board of the Valley engineers
named to help arrive at a valua-
ton for irrigation properties Of the
American Rio Grande Land 81 Ir-
rigation company at Mercedes and
Weslaco will be resumed today or
tomorrow, according to w. Z. An
derson, chairman of the board.
Anderson returned to San Benito
yesterday from Austin and other
points. He had been in Austin to
attend the hearing before the state
board Of water engineers on the j..
T. Franklin application in Hidalgo
county.
Frank Robertson, manager of the
local irrigation district, and chair
man Of the committee Of Valley
engineers which conducted the fight
on the Franklin application, re-
turned yesterday also.
The board of engineers had been
sitting at Mercedes for several
days, when the sittings were dis
continued so that members could
go to Austin for the hearing. Con-
siderable evidence has been pre-
Sented already by both the Ameri-
can company, and the district.
The American company has held
out for a price of $4,000, 900 for the
irrigation system. The property own
ers have offered 81, TOO 900 Cor it.
Both sides have agreed to accept
the compromise value placed on
the district by the board of five
Valley engineers, it is understood.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
VETS SEE HOPE
In PROHI NOTE
Enforcement Message Gives
Hope to Both Sides
Liquor Question

WASHINGTON, July 17.-P)-
Proponents of both the wet and the
dry viewpoints have found some
thing to their liking in the sugges-
lions bearing on prohibition con-
tanned in the letter Of George w.
Wickersham, chairman of PreSi-
dent Hoover's law enforcement
commission, as read to the COVER
nors' conference at New London,
Conn.
Comment was withheld In some
quarters pending a clearer interpre-
tation of his remarks on the sub
ject. Among the dry spokesman
who did comment, the suggestion
that prohibition enforcement re-
sponsibility be divided between the
state and federal governments re-
ceived the greater emphasis, while
the vets apparently were more i'm
pressed by his remark about the
possibility Of modification.
The sentence in his letter which
thus proved at least partially pleas
ingto both groups read:
IF the national government we're
to attend to preventing importation,
manufacture and shipment in in
terState commerce Of intoxicantS
the states undertaking internal po-
lice regulations to prevent sale, Sa-
looms, Speakeasies and so forth, the
national and state laws nights be
modified so as to become reasonably
enforceable, and MI great source
Of demoralizing and pecuniarily
profitable crime removed"
The sentiment contained in that
and preceding sentences favoring
more cooperation in enforcement
efforts by the states brought prompt
expressions Of approval from As
Sistant Secretary Lowman Of the
treasury, and Commissioner Doran
Of the prohibition bureau, but they
declined to comment on other as
poets of the letter without further
examination.
AT the same time, the letter was
hailed by Senator Walsh, democrat,
Massachusetts,, a wet, as IAN en-
~couraging sign" that "a new leader
ship may arise which will substitute
a sane rather than an unreasonable
and purblind attitude toward the
prohibition question"
DR.. Clarence True Wilson, gen
eral secretary of the Methodist
Board of Temperance, Prohibition
and Public Morals. was absent, but
DeetS Pickett of that organization.
said "our own opinion for years and
our statements have been in. agree
ment with MI. Understands pro-
poSal that the detailed police work
should be done by the states and
the municipalities"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Furnished by Valley Abstract Co.

~ GC NSf1kN6E EkGO
Furnished by Valley Abstract Co.
Cameron County
Harrington Orchards Co., to Valley
Properties, Inc. east 10 acres. block
II, Briggs e. Coleman subdivision,
survey %. plat 4-6S, $40, etc.
Valley Properties, Inc. TO Cam
eron County Water Improvement
District 1, east 10 acres. block IA,
Briggs & Coleman subdivision, sur
vey %, plat 4-68, $4,000.
Valley Dev. Inc. to Geo. r. Ward.
ct ux, south 5 acres Of north 10
acres, block 81, Kempner Citrus
Grove subdivision, $3,450.
r. Lee Kempner to Valley De-
velopment, Inc, south 5 acres Of
north 10 acres, block 81, Kempner
Citrus Grove subdivision, SO. etc.
I. L. Vincent to Talmadge Vim
cent. 40 acres, lot 8, Patrick Jones
subdivision. 81, etc.
j. E. HibbetS ct ux by Constable
to Jas. Dick. Farm Mtge. Co.. south
2o.87 acres farm block 1873. share %,
FL Jardin re-sXb, plat 4-48. $3.50.
w. d. Hale ct al by sheriff to @. R.
Smith, lots 6 and Z. block 206, San
Benito Land and Water Co., sub
division. containing Is acres, plat
LIS, $500.
Cuates Dev. Co.. to Edith M. Alb
bott ct al, west 10 acres, block 2l9,
San Benito Irrigation. Co., Espiritu
Santo grant, $4,000, etc.
fedora D. Vida. de Moreno To
w. G.. Mathes, lot IL, block Is, Co
lonia La Palma shown OF map Of
Combe Reserve, plat 7-20, $40, etc.
w. @. Mathes ct al to Mrs. Teo-
dora d. Vida. to Moreno. lot IL, block
is. CoIonia La Palma Map of Combe
Reserve in and adjoining San Benitc
plat tbs, $40, etc.
HidalgO County
S. M. Martin to Peter Voth, west
5 acres, west 10 acres, lot 2, block
A. Alamo tract, 1925.
Progreso Development Co., to
LLOYD c. Daley, north 5 acres. lot
lO4, Llano Grande subdivision, $6250,
Stewart Van Berschot ct ux 70
John Van BerSchot. Jr.. lots 8 and
10. block 80, Capisallo district. $500.
K. M. Goodwin to Rose Wandeil,
lot 30. block 3. Goodwin tract, sub
division I, $7471.5O.
ProCreso Development Co.. TO Eric
ID. Lindberg ct ux, east 4.93 acres,
west $50 acres, lot rs, Liano Grande
subdivision.
Progreso DEVELOPMENT Co. to Eric
ID Ltndberg, ct ux, west 4.96 acres,
Pat Joy ct ux to Laurie Ttmmons
Callicutt, lot 2. resubdivtsior. lots
Is and is, block 2, Hammond SUD-
division, $500.
Mrs. G.. M. Terrell to J. L. Erwin
lot 4 and north one-half lot 3, c.. nj.
Terrell subdivision, $4,000.
]. L. Erwin to L. B. Ogden, lot 4
and north one-half lot 8, Mrs. G.. M.
Terrell subdivision, $4,000.
Mrs. z. @. Holmes, ct vir TO 9. o.
Bayless, ct ux, lots I and 2, block 2,
McColl subdivision. $10.750.
L. r. Walker to South Texas
Lumber Co., lot 5, block 4, McColl
subdivision, $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
DIVORCE
PLEAS GRANTED
Judge Kent Disposes of
Seven Cases In Rap
Id Succession

Judge "A. M. Kent Tuesday after
noon cleared the district court dock
ct Of seven cases, four of them df-
vorce suits, In less than TIM = hours.
The decree was granted as prayed
by plaintiff in each Of the divorce
suits styeled as aJllows:
Matilde Ochoa versus MARCUS II.
Ochoa, j. w. Goodykoontz versus
Irene Goodykoontz, Ruth Lemons
versus j. w. Lemons, and Cor
rine Young Keane versus Dan ~
Keane.
Dean was formerly a captain "
the United States army and vas
adjutant at Fort Brown for two
years. The Keanes were married
here in 1922, testimony at the hear
ing revealed.
Other cases disposed Of:
@. "A. Brown versus M. G. Conklin,
debt and foreclosure, dismissed at
defendants request.
Mrs. @. Q. Hines ct vir. versus
V. L. Jeffrey ct al, debt, judgment
by default for plaintiff for debt,
principal, interest, attorneys fees
and costs.
Lucille Cook ct al versus Thos-
G, Sampson, damages, dismissed by
plaintiffs and costs paid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Baptist Churches
OF Edinburg Vote
To Unite Members

EDINBURG, July 17.-By vote of
the Central Baptist church here
Tuesday night, union of that or
ganization and the First Baptist
church was assured, the latter
church having accepted the resolu-
ton for joining the two bodies last
week.
Dr.. Judd B. Holt will serve as
pastor of the united church for the
remainder of the aSsociational
year. The deacCns and trustees OF
each church will be retained, con-
shutting the officials Of the new
church.
At a prayer meeting and general
get-together Wednesday night,
plans for Sunday church services
will be discussed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17

- LAA0 4RR0AAASACAAS
to the foreign auditing staff of the
National City bank Of New York,
one of the worlds largest financial
institutions, was received by Celaya
tiis week. He expects to assume his
AoR duties about August Is sailing
from New York on that date for
Cuba and South America.
He resigned effective July Is from
the First State Bank and Trust COM
pany Of Rio Grande City, where he
held the position Of vice president
since January 1, 1928.
Started in Brownsville
Celaya began his banking career
in Brownsville as collector and as
sistant in the transit department of
the Merchants National bank. He
left that bank in 1919 to finish his
high school course and continued
working during the summer months
for the Merchants bank and the
First National. He attended the
University of Texas until 1925 when
he returned to become a teller after
helping organize the Texas State
Bank and Trust company, Of which
his brother, Joe Celaya, Jr., is
cashier.
In June, 1926, he was appointed
state bank examiner by Charles o.
Austin and was assigned to the Fort
Worth district where he examined
banks for two years. He left the de-
partment in November, 1927 to &C
cept the position with the Rio
Grande City institution.
The foreign inspection and audit
ing staff of the National City bank,
which has branches in all the prin-
cipal cities of the. world, consists of
a group Of experts who periodically
inspect and report the conditions Of
the branches to the home bank in
New York City.
VIII Get Foreign Port
After his assignment Of about one
year as auditor on the inspection
staff Of the bank, Celaya will be as
signed to a foreign post, probably
in Spain. according to advices re-
ceived from the officials Of the home
institution. At his foreign post he
will be trained as a foreign exchange
expert, which will place him in po-
sition for further rapid advance
ment.
Celaya expects to remain in
Brownsville until August I, when he
viii depart for New York. His first
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
headquarters For
Tourists With Paid
Hostess Suggested

A communication urging Browns
vile to establish a tourist headquar-
tiers with a paid hostess, has been
received by the chamber Of commerce
from Lee B. James, realtor, who is
now doing land party work In New
York and Pennsylvania.
He states that he has interviewed
about so families who have ex-
pressed intention of wintering In
Brownsville. James says that many
Of the families ask If there is a tour
ist headquarters here.
The realtor writes that Browns
vile is obtaining much publicity
from the airport and that this Is re-
Elected In the number Of inquiries
received by his concern.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17

here, died the victim Of an acct
dent and not at the hands Of O rob-
Der was generally accepted today by
the authorities.
O'Keefe's body, mAngled, was
found yesterday on an interurban
railway right of way near Dallas
His incoherent remarks Just prior
to his death first caused officers TO
suspect he had been murdered, but
later indications were he probably
fell beneath q moving freight train.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Court-At-Law July
Term Nears Closing
As All Cases Moved

The last case. remaining on the
criminal docket Of the June term of
the county court Of Cameron
county at law was dismissed at 2
p. m. Tuesday by Judge John I
Kleiber at the direction Of the
county attorney because of lack of
sufficient evidence to convict.
w The case was that Of Antonio
Cara and JoSefina Jamka, arrest
ed on q statutory charge. Very lit
tie additional business remains to
be attended to in this term, and it
Is likely that after the court has
dealt with recent motions entered,
the court will be adjourned until
the August term.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17

stop after sailing viii be in the
Caribbean district. His visits of in
spection will carry him to all the
principal Spanish-speaking countries
of Central and South America,
thence to Spain and other Old
World Spanish-countries in which
the Spanish language is spoken.
Il owe this advancement princi-
pally to the careful training which I
received while employed in the
Brownsville banks, as well as to the
experience gained while state bank
examiner and as an executive IN
the Rio Grande City bank Celaya
said.
Celaya is a son of the late Jose
Celaya, ST., and a member OF a
pioneer family. of this region.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Two Cameron Boys
Will Be Taken To
Reformatory Soon

Emelio Sanchez, is, and Arnulfo
Torres, II, Harrington boys recently
tried In Judge Dancy's juvenile
court and ordered to the state train
ing school for boys, probably will
be taken to Gainesville some time
this week, it was announced from
the sheriff's department.
Two more boys in the same a
which was on a charge Of burglar
1zing stores in Harrington, were re-
leased on probation to their par
ents, and a fifth, over the Juvenile
age limit, was tried in justin of
the Peace court and bound over
to the action Of the grand jury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
San Perlita to Have
Express, Telegraph
Office In Few DAYS
Especial TO The HeraId>

RAYMONDVILLE, July 17.-San'
Perlita residents, who have had to
come to Raymondville to express
packages and send kilograms, will
be able to do these things at home,
as plans announced here call for
the establishment Of an express Of
flee and q telegraph office.
Owen johnson has been appoint
ed the new station agent at San
Perlita. =
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
RECEIVE
DELINQUENT T

EDINBURG, July f7.--Delinquent
tax statements for 1923 are being
mailed from the Edinburg court
house this week, County Tax Col
lector o. En- Jones has announced.
He states that the law provides that
those persons not paying delinquent
taxes within 80 days after receiving
notice r subject to suit for coli
lection.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
FATHER OF AZ
DIES AT DEL RIO

DEL RIO, Texas, July 17.-F-
j. H. Wilcox, rs. who adopted and
reared to maturity AZ boys and girls,
has ended his long sponsorship Of
youth.
He died yesterday with one Of his
foster sons, Cecil Wilcox, 81, at his
bedside. Cecil had been caring for
the aged man, whose marriage had
been childleSS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Cameron Courts

Suits filed. in the District Courts
First National Bank VS.. G. M
ct al; suit on note.
18TH DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. w. Cunningham, Judge
No orders.
1OSRD DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. M. Kent, Judge
Setting docket, July term.
COUNTY COURT
Hon. Oscar Dancy, Judge
Suits filed: None.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Ground Broken For
New Canning Plant
In Willacy County
Especial to The Herald)

NOpeCIdI 20 TIC HtTaIuJ
SAN PERLITA, July 17.-Ground
was broken here Tuesday afternoon
for the new $4,000 canning plant.
G. A. Austin of Springfield, Mo-,
has the contract for construction
which calls for completion in 90
days. Carl Hitchcock of Springfield
will be plant superintendent.
The plant will employ SO to IS
hands in the canning Of vegetables.
picking and probably preserving Of
onions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Name Charles Celaya
To Foreign Post With
Big New York Bank

Charles Celaya, former Brownsville high school football star, and well
known throughout Texas banking circles S a result of recent positions
he has held, has been named to a post which will probably place him
among the youngest men in the United States to hold an important po-
stion with a bank of major Importance
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17

Whiskery, winner Of the 1927 Ken
lucky derby, will come out Of re-
tirement for a shot at the American
National at Arlington park In July.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
BELIEVE A WAS
ACCIDENT VICTIM

DALLAS, July 17.-P-The the
DRY that John O'Keefe, carpenter
and ball player of Hutohins, near