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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

Captain Bishop was discharged
from the army here, and returned
to his home in Bell county, where
he remained for the next so years,
returning here in 1919 with his
son, where he died a few months
later.
The captain recalled. J. j.
Bishop related, the old church
spires in MatamoroS and the old
lighthouse at Point Isabel, but the
appearance of Brownsville was so
greatly changed that he could
not identify any of the scenes
here.
He estimated that his company
of cavalry on that first night here
camped near what is now the
home of DR.. w. E. Spivey on West
Levee street. Earlier in the day
Is federalS accommodating in
the vicinity of what is now La
Feria we're captured, and from
them it was learned that 5000
northerners already were en-.
camped at Brownsville and in full
possession of the town.
During the night, the south
erners built bonfires and man.
euvered around them, in order to
give the Yanks the impression
that their : rcos were far great
er than was apparent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

Fred P. Mann, Merchant Prince"
Of Devils Lake, N. D., owner of the
store which does the largest olume
Of business in any town under s.
600 in the United States, will be
in San Antonio the week Of July 90
to deliver a series of addresses to
Texas merchants. BY special ap-
pointment, he will talk with mer-
chants about any service advertis-
ing T. handise, urchase control,
display or delivery problems.
He has just completed a tour in
which he visited so Texas cities,
Analysing to Texas merchants me-
thods of getting more business.
Il find that q great many rler-
chants in this territory, probably
rs per cent, as rtartling as it may
seem, are not using newspaper adj
vertising," Mr.. Mann declared. THE
Is per cent that are advertising in
the newspapers are just using a
card, maybe two column five inches,
announcing the price.
But if the stores, in this territory,
would get activel. lohind an adver-
Using program for their own store,
and would advertise the merchan-
disc, properly described and prop
erly presented, in their home town
newspapers, the results would err
tie them.
THE people in this territory real
Iy prefer to trade with their own
home town merchants. That is evil
denced by the coz erative commu-
nifty spirit shown II all the towns
I have visited, but I do wish that,
in addition to my being able to COM
pliment the merchants on their very
attractive stores, and their custo-
mers upon wanting to give them
the preference, that I could truth
fully congratulate the stores upon
their very fine advertising depart
ment, or advertising programs.
Increase Sales
"The newspaper editors in this
territory evidently have not been
able to convince the dealers, in ev-
cry line of business, that newspa-
per advertising is the logical means
of increasing sales and profits.
I'VE do not think that we could
build u business without neWspa-
paper advertising. We do not be-
lieve that we could consistently in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

TOKYO OPERA THEME

TOKYO, July 27.-(P-Japanese
American opera woven around
the romance Of Townsend Harris.
first American minister to Japan,
and Okichi, a pretty girl of Shi-
moda. where the first legation was
established is promised the musical
world by the ned Of this year. The
composer is Kascak Yamada and
the librettist Percy Noel, an Amer
lean newspaper man.
The new opera will be called
"Okichi' andn will be the first full
length work of this sort by a Jap
anese musician. The libretto is in
English and runs through five acts,
with the scenes in the Shimoda of
seventy years ago, a beautiful sea-
side town on the Izu peninsula.
The authors hope to make the at
mosphere of the work vivid of old
Japan. They are trying ,a-ticularly
to achieve fidelity to historical fact.
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Especial to The Herald

SA NBENITO, July 27-The Low
er Rio Grande Valley Of Texas has
started taking steps to guarantee
sufficient business for a freight aer-
ial service which is contemplated
from this section to other parts Of
the country, according to j. E. Bell,
secretary of the San Benito Cham
Der of Commerce, and who has been
in communication for several
months with the Dallas Chamber o.
Commerce and an aerial concern
about this matter.
The Adams Aerial Transportation
company, of Hollywood, Calf, con-
templates establishment of such a
line, and was attracted to the Val
ley section by possibility of a con-
siderable amount of rare fruits and
vegetables of a tropical nature
which might be moved from this
section.
Bell has just completed a survey
Of possibilities in the Valley, and
said that he is convinced that the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
RUM SMUGGLING
u. S. PROBLEM
Government Official Says
Liquor Runners Are
Not Canadians

OTTAWA, Ont, July 27.-(P-
Solution of the problem of
liquor smuggled from Canada into
the United States, in the opinion of
w. D. Euler, minister of national
revenue, rests entirely with the
American government.
Declaring that virtually 100 per
cent of the smuggling is by United
States citizens in United States
boats, he suggested in a statement
published today that the most effec-
tive means of combating the stu
alton would be adopted by the
American government of clearance
regulations for all boats leaving the
United States shore.
If this were done, the Canadian
government would be quite ready
to consider any further reasonable
measure Of cooperation"
IF Canadian citizens and Cana
dian boats engaged in the traffic"
he said, "the Canadian government
would be prepared to enact legis-
lation dealing with the matter, but
surely some responsibility for the
actions Of their own citizens rests
with the government of the United
States"
He pointed out that all vessels
leaving Canadian ports carrying
merchandise, including liquor, must
obtain clearanceS and that clear
ance to liquor boats cannot be re-
fused except by act of parliament.
He declared he opposed the enact
ment Of such legislation as it would
not stop the smuggling but merely
tend to corrupt Canadians.
He asserted recent special en-
forcement efforts by the United
States government have resulted in
a marked reduction in liquor run
ming but asserted "it must be ap-
parent to every intelligent person
that it is not humanity possible to
entirely prevent the flow of liquor
to a dry neighbor whose territory
lies adjacent for thousands of
miles"
we are quite willing to keep
Canadians out Of the business Of
running liquor to the United
States" he concluded, "if the United
States authorities will insist on
clearances for their own boats to
enable them to check and control
their own people and the violation
Of the United States law, they will
probably have a very effective rem
edy. Moreover. in that event, the
Canadian government is quite ready
to consider any further reasonable
measure Of cooperation with them"
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all weather highway, and services
able to residents of the entire cour1-
ty as an outlet to the only beach
for fishing and bathing within a
reasonable distance OF the county.
Several months ago the Wing
ranch, through It's agents offered
to Willacy county a right-of-way
through the King ranch property
for an 80-foot road along the old
route.
Reservations
The ranch offered to provide the
right-of-Way free of cost. But the
offer contained reservations, among
them being a proviso that the right
of-way could be revoked any time
during 10 years if damage was done
to King ranch property. 1t also
called for fencing Of the pasture
by the district OF county.
There was considerable agitation
at the time concerning the matter,
and the commissioners court final
ly voted three to two to reject the
offer of the King ranch.
Remarks made then and soon aft
er have resulted in some division
in a $4,000 libel suit, and other
differences.
But the residents Of road district
No. 2 are still determined to carry
out the improvement Of their road
to the beach.
Soon after the King ranch offer
was made the commissioners court
named a jury of view to select a
route to Red fish bay and condemn
a road for it.
About that time announcement
was made that the King ranch Of
Continued on page ten.)
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CRACK ON JAW ENDS
s SUICIDE TRIALS

NICE, France, July 27.-tP1-To
an italian pianist, Antoine Gagliero,
goes the worlds record for perse-
yerance in trying to commit suicide.
He made eight attempts within
twelve hours but could not manage
TO kill himself.
Making three attempts to drown
himself. twice throwing himself be-
fore automobiles: once trying to
shoot himself with a water-logged
revolver, once trying to cut his
wrist with a dull table knife, Gag
Hero was saved by officious bystand-
ers every time.
taken to the police station, he
tried to obtain = detectives revolv-
i. The nearest he came to death
was when the officer floored him
with a right to the jaWs
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scale in various parts Of the
Valley now. The tree is much slow
er growing than the papaya, and
does not produce as much of the
year, but several different varieties
can be planted, to keep shipments
going during several months.
There are thousands of young
avocado plants in various parts of
the section, many of which will be
bearing by next year.
The varieties of the Valley are
mainly taken from seed from old
trees in Brownsville, and are OF the
Mexican variety, not Of the larger,
commonly called alligator pear. The
Mexican avocado is of much better
Equality than others. although it is
smaller, and more difficult to ship.
The fruit must be picked as it
ripens, or much of the rare taste
noticed in the fruit in Mexico, will
be lost. If picked too early it fails
to ripen properly. If picked later it
is difficult to ship, on account of
ripening.
Bell said he is reliably informed
that avocadoes Of the best quality
will bring from so cents to 81 each
in New York City and other mar
kets. This would be ample to JUS
tify shipping the fruit by air ex-
press.
The avocado could be cultivated
now, to follow up the papaya, and
fit in during another period of the
year, he said.
Persons no wgrowing a%vocadoes in
the Valley expressed the belief that
some study to avoid wind damage
must be made. Little attention has
been given the fruit in the past, be-
cause of inability to ship it any
distance.
Several other fruits of a tropical
nature, such as the guava, mango,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
MEN LEAVE WALES.
GIRLS TO PURSUE

ABERTILLERY, Wales, July 81
R)-The man problem has become
acute in many communities in this
South Wales mining district.
The youth of the country appar-
emily prefer to make their fortunes
in America or the Dominions, with
the result that hundreds of girls
are stranded.
Abertillery has been particularly
hard hit and the number Of maids
so far exceeds that of bachelors
that the girls themselves are con-
templating emigration to places
where positions and men IRE plenti-
full. In addition to the large num-
Der of unmarried girls there are 500
widows in Abertillery, the majority
under 80.
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setc., must be marked off the LIST,
Bell said, because they are host
fruits for the Morelos fruit fly, and
the quarantine regulations will pre-
vent shipping them, or permitting
them to ripen.
There are some other fruits which
are also host fruits for the Mexican
fruit fly, but which bear during tie
same time Of the year as citrus, and
hence al be grown. The mango
and guava bear during the off sea-
son, OF host FIRE period.
Among those bearing during the
same period as the citrus is the
loquat.
This is an Oriental fruit. of very
rare and delicious flavor. often
called a japanese plum. There are
hundreds Of large trees in the VAL
ley now, and thousands of small
ones are being planted in various
sections.
The fruit, however. can not be
shipped by rail. Hence the air ex-
press offers a great opportunity for
moving it. The fruit would bring a
high price as a delicacy. and in the
opinion of shippers would prove a
very profitable crop, Bell said. It
has many advantages yer other
tropical fruits in that it is not DAM
aged by a freeze Of ordinary sever
ity, such as would kill papayaS or
avocadoes.
Further investigation promises to
reveal more rare fruits of this kind.
Bell said, but they will not be Of
benefit until some time in the fu-
ture.
Citrus Fruit
The air express promises 2 con-
siderable business in one variety Of
citrus fruit, and possibly in several
others. There are a number of or
chards of the Temple orange in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
BANDIT TRIO
IS WIPED OUT
Bullets Of Revenge End Ca
reers Of Mexican Train
Desperadoes

MEXICO CITY, July 27.-(R@
Violent deaths marked the passing
of the three alleged leaders OF the
brutal train attack near Guadala-
lara April 20, 1927, the worst such
| attack in Mexican history and
which led to the redoubling Of arm
ed guards accompanying all tralnss
All three men charged With re-
sponsibility for that affair, in which,
approximately 100 men, women and
children met death, we're killed
shortly after the second anniversary
Of the outrage, and bullets Of VEN
geance brought each down. Two
| fell before firing squads, while the
third was assassinated by n OF
his own followers.
The three men were the priests
Vega and AriSteO Pedroza, and a
| bandit named Victoriano Ramirez,
| commonly known as "El Catorce"
or THE Fourteen"
Train Burned
On the night of April 20 the pass
senger train between G~uadalajar1
and Mexico City was attacked by
more than 100 men, who poured q
whitening and steady stream Of bull
lets into the cars which rendered
impotent the trains guard Of SOL
diery, and killed or wounded most
of the passengers and crew,
Then the bandits closed in, pourt
ed kerosene on the train and fired
| it, cremating the dead and wounded
together. Only a handful Of per-
sons escaped. Because of the holo-
cauSt il never was determined how
many died, but the number was
placed at more than 100, of whom
upwards Of 20 were women and
| children.
The survivors alleged that Vega,
Pedroza and Eel Catorce" were
leaders Of the attackers and that
the priests actually directed opera
tons.
The three men were often heard
from in the next two years and
were named almost weekly by the
government as leaders of attacks
on towns and ranches in Jalisco.
Vega and PedrOsa were reported
killed a dozen times, usually at the
hands Of a federal firing squad, but
later reports proved these inaccu-
rate.
Led Charmed Lives
They led almost charmed lives, it
seemed, defying every effort Of the
government to capture them, until
treachery made its first inroadS
into their ranks. Early in April
this year Vega accused lei C~atorce"
Of attempting to deliver Vega and
other leaders into the hands of fed
eral pursuers. He was subjected to
a midnight c~ourtmartial, convicted
and executed at dawn at the Ha-
cienda Guadalupe Arkansas, Jalisco,
Within a week Eel Catorce's"
death was avenged, however, by a
cousin who slipped up behind Vega
at night and emptied a pistol into
his back. The assassin fled on
horseback, despite rifle shots from
Vegas followers.
Pedroza continued to operate I'M
til early in July, when federal
troops, looking for forage for their
horses, suddenly came upon him
and thirty-five Of his followers near
Arkansas, scene Of the first leaders
death. Pedroza was taken and
sentenced to death.
Placed before the firing SQUAD. he
made an effort to escape but was
caught by Lieutenant Maurilio
Varela. He chung fiercely to the
OFFICER who was unable to shake
MN loose. Finally the lieutenant
drew his pistol and shot Pedroza
in the chest. Pedroza fell and
Varela fired the coup de grace,
writing fms to the story.
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URGE HUNGARIAN
EMIGRATION

BUDAPEST, July 27.-(P-Be-
cause Of farm distress and the I'M
employment situation the govern
ment is trying to find outlets for
surplus man power, especially in
the United States. Local newspapers
made much Of the fact that at a
farm Of exhibition in Louisiana this
spring Andras Szany, a Hungarian,
won first prize for early strawber-
rjoe
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ADDLSPUTE IN
W7LLACYFOUGHT
BYCOURT MOVES
BY III. G. JR.

RAYMONDVILLE, July 27-The battle of the ranchman against rn7
farmer and smal-tract developer is being re-enacted here. as the two
sides thrust and parry in the fight over opening of a road to Red Fish
Bay, the fishing and bathing resort of Wilacy county people.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29

gsthsr with every wave in it' place. The Questions And what's tho difference be- tween an egg and stone!" Mrs Mussls asked him. "A stone is red.' replied thu child upon whose shoulders judge and jury had imposed the full weight of moral and legal re- sponsibility.
 And what's the difference bs. tween | fly and butterfly" she inquired. "A butterfly has bis wings,' Carl answered.
 How many fingers have you on your left hand!"
 He counted them. "Five!" And on your right hand?" He counted again. "Five!"
 And on both hands?" He hesitated. 'Ten!" He was happy at hay. ing found the right answer. And what is . trial?" "A trial is when you shoot somebody" A Child Of Six
 He was presented with the fig. ure Of . triangle and asked to draw ono like it, and his clumsy little hands could do no better than | half circle. And 90 on foI an hour Mrs. Muegle continued with the questions and materials oi the Stanford -Binet test and in each instance getting tho result, to be expected from . child of si, who had not yet been to school. She interviewed the mother tt determine her fitness to be thu boys guardian. The mother tolt of small errands the boy used tt do for the judge who sentenced him to 1S years in the reforma tory.
 T let him do it because I be lieve a child should learn to earl money" she said. Tn that wa! he gets to know that the way t
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29

festaitat toe tAis bout. the ,aost n. peetAnt ettAse hAs had. sad nov Art eetttAs lswa te the lard lick1 en the Aems streteA.
 No bout scheduled for Hartford in many . ssaasn, Aas creatsd like interest Battalino has lont beea Hartford's outstanding boxer. TAs great lttls Ease oder made his ea- try inte tAe bedag sams n an am. ateur: hs dispossd Of all opposition in this section until Aie nalne vel known in amateur circles through. out New Ensiand aAA then hs step. ped up to Boston to win the national amateur fsatAerwsisAt title and te earn national famS aneas the simon pureA
 Thsn cams his crossing ever into tho professional end Of the sport and he has been sisnally suecsaeful in this mors sxactins hAld. Knockeuts have adorned his rec- ord from the early days n m am ateur right through to the present time and he il confident he will kAyo Lord.
 Lord. on the ether hand. is . greatly improved boxer. He defeated Tony Lsto. the only boy ever to drop Battalino and recently he scored a technical kayo over Pancho Villa of New Bedford. conausror of Chick" suses. Denny AcNahen h
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29
l|SlgR TELLS Of
 tHll|Y'S WEDDING
lIdasd Country Minister
 Rlnsal World Famous

s, Ntw York. May g = He was . bit hewildered to find himself tArust suddenly into the limelight. He sake smiling self-consciously, in a wide arm-chair--a stran nge new fame hia. ].
 \ fHttie while before he had been simpay the Rev. William Adams Brown, Professor of Systematic The6l6ky" at the Union Theological SeminAry-an elderly. quist- manner cd man distinguished in a quiet sort of way as a student of the church.
 But now he was he-Man- Who Married -Lindber9h.
 The doors had been shut tight at the biz house in Englewood. The lips Of the Morrows and the Lind ber8hs and their friends were sealed. The :newly-weds had vanished after the ceremony Not single picture had been taken But here was The Man. Who- Married Lindbergh. The Rev. Dr. Brownie saw it all. Of courte he would know
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29
Special Notice

Darber shops will be open We'd nse4ay evening until 5 o'clock. C11eed all day Decoration Day.-advt
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29

get money is py week."
 Nrs. Mu1Sls obs1rved tho taae- tjonal reactions of the boy. Sesns- one stepped accidentally on the sdsc of the flower bed.
 ':Look out!" hs exclaimed. You're gonna hurt them"
 She followed him to the court house, where he porsd over the celored pictures of . comic paSs while the judge of the circuit court set astdS the doom that had been placed upon the boy by the county judge.
 He had at no time been cen. scious of any shadow of doom. The court adjourned and Carl went homo to take up his almost life-sixe doll which As has not yet outGrown.
 Mrs. Muesls gavs her verdict. as presented here.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-29

Paintsville, Ky. May 29.-This town is rather ashamed of the no, toriety 1t has been getting recently More than 100 years Paintsville, lay i sequestered among these hills, un- known to front pages, save for the fame of its millionaire son. John C. c. Mayo. conferred upon it occa- sionally. Then that dreadful thing hap pened. and all the front pages were pointing scorn at Paints vile where a country judge had sentenced the 6-year-old boy, Carl Newton Mahan, to the reforma- tory for IS years for killing his s-year-old playmate, Cecil Van Hoose. They had quarreled over a piece of scrap iron.
 In all the centers of civilization, including the enlightened portion of Paintsville itself, this was re- garded as an unthinkable rever- sion to a dark time when children as young as seven were inn prisoned and even hanged for crime.
 A jury of farmers had found Carl Newton Mahan guilty and | county judge, who in private life is Baptist preacher. had inn posed upon him the sentence of IS years. -----------..~-
 Into the darkness that had fallen upon Paintsville there entered . woman bearing the torch of the sci- entific method of dealing with de- linquent children.
 Tried by Science
 She brought with her a portion of the laboratory of the most en-
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BOXERS ID MEET f()R STATE TITLE
Commisdoo9 Do1ohus Slnc
 tob LeltBlttllino Bltds

HartfArd. May st-The Eddie Lord. nat 1Attaline bout. which will headline the n4xt outdoor boxing show at tho DulkelAy Stadium, local EAstsrn ltatue bAAeball park. will be for the featherweisht championship of Connecticut.
 state Athletic Commissioner Thomas E. Donohus hes 1ivsn sanc- ton to designation of this battle aa |a title event.
 Commissioner Denehus says Lord and Battaline atAnd far out among the featherweishts of Connecticut and that the winner of this bout ii clearly entitled to wear the crown of state champion.
 Lord and BAttalino have started active training for this bout; both in fact have been in training for |