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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23

OHAS wear Nv
These popular coats are
tailored Of genuine Dupont
leatherette, plain or en-
bossed. Lined with thick,
f1eecy Sheepskin, with COR
duroy or leatherette facing.
Large wombat (fur fabric)
collar. Knitted wristlets.
Reinforced pockets. All
sizes 4 to 18.-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
SHOT IN EYE
Eight-Year-old Boy Accidentally
Wounded at Staunton.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
STANTON. Va, November a.
Frank Allen FiShburne, 8-year-old son
of Z. Frank Fishburne, commander of
the local post Of the American Legion,
was the victim of a gun accident here
yesterday, when q high powered air
rife IN the hands Of a youthful COM
panian went on, the shot striking him
In the left eye.
The boy was rushed to the local hos
pital where physicians expressed the
belief that the sight Of the lads eye
could be saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
Mrs. J. Kyle Gilbert, ", Dies.

sTAUNTON, Va, November % (Spe-
slab Mrs. j. Kyle Gilbert, aged n,
3 widow Of Rev. j. Kyle Gilbert, died
Thursday at her home 1T nearby
Churchville,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
TAME GUSHER
"Wild Mary" Frets Against
Barrier to Energy

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. April
7@F-Outsmarted by the ingenuity
OF man, the crafty No. / Mary
Sudik, outlaw gusher Of the south
Oklahoma City oil field. today
fumed and fretted against the
steel barrier that held her giant
energy IN check.
The well was placed under con-
troll late yesterday after IL days OF
liberty. During that time the gusher
showered the countryside for miles
around with an estimated daily
average OF $4,000 barrels OF petrol
cum.
With the petroleum geyser halt
ed. operators in the field drew
signs of relief. Because OF the dan
ger that the spraying gas and oil
would catch fire, al other activi-
ties ia the district had been halt
ed. A spray Spark from two clang-
Ing pieces 0f steel and the territory
might have become a raging In
fernO.
II the wild Mary" remains un-
der control Flows tomorrow will
start turning under the oil soaked
terrain. Once the oil has been COW
cred up or drained off all OF the
lat active operations In the field
VIII bs resumed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
RESERVE BANK
CHIEFTAIN DIES

BOSTON, April 7.=Fl-Willlan
r. @. Harding, IS, governor Of the
Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston and
former governor OF the Federal Re
serve Board, died here at 4:30 q. m.
today.
He bad been in poor health for
more than a year and had been
confined to his bed for three weeks.
He made his home at the Alonquin
Club.
Mr.. Harding had been governor
Of the Federal Reserve Bank OF
Boston since January. 1928. He was
appointed a member OF the Federal
Reserve Board at its formation in
1914 by President Wilson and In
1916 was made governor Of the
board. He served until 1922.
He was managing director OF the
War Finance Corporation IN 1918
and 1919.
Born In Green County. Alabama,
on March 5, 1864. he graduated from
the University of Alabama in 1881,
the youngest full graduate IN the
history OF the University.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
CENSUS HITS
1920 TOTAL
HERE, BELIEF
Cameron County List
Should Be Nearing
$4,000 Names

With but seven days work re-
corded by census enumerators To
date. the names already taken in
Brownsville amount to almost the
1920 total.
Cameron county, not including
Brownsville. has been listed to the
extent of approximately $4,000
names. With Brownsville's $3.50. the
total for the county is 1888.
Enumerators In Laredo. Browns
vile, and Corpus Christi are averag-
ing around 100 names a day. it is
said. Those in the less thickly
settled districts average approxim-
ately SO.
The commercial census began
Monday in Brownsville, with Aug
Justine Brown and Milton Rogers
covering the city. The dividing line
Is 18th street.
L. 4. Bennett, census chief. is ex-
pected to leave for Corpus Christ
1QtoQdN W cLNlt lsC IuiilA4AlANA go
census in that city. Sunday. Apri
Is, he will so TO Laredo. for the
same purpose.
Census enumerators ne averag-
ing $50 a day salary. IL was stat
ed Monday afternoon.
The highest salaries are around
So or 50 per day. The largest num-
Der OF names turned in for one day
was around 225. and out Of 2OS
enumerators in district 20, 8 have
failed 10 qualify and will have to be
released.
Those in the farming districts
are averaging 7 farms a day.
The total population in Browns
ellie for 1880 can not be estimated
correctly. but a total OF $4,000 will
be reached. II is said. If the work
continues at the present pace, the
total will reach better than 10000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
78- Year, Old Man Wanders Two
Nights and Day Without Food

sense OF direction, was unable 70
relocate his party. He was the i'm
mediate object Of an all-night and
all-day search Sunday by Boy
Scouts, his sen, and friends.
He was discovered early this
morning by Uvalde Garcia, Saliva
dor Montalbo and Gumercindo Sails.
The mar was coatless and had been
unable to find source OF food or
drink during the time he was lost,
he said. He appeared 20 be In fair
condition when his reScuers found
him this morning.
A generous reward was given the
three finding his father By A. l.
Bundy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07

ON BORDER
INCREASED
All Ports OF Entry
Get Additional
Workers

A hundred per cent increase In
the number OF inspectors placed in
the border was announced BY o. q.
Deputy. chief inspector. Monday.
Every port Of entry from here TO
Laredo Is being guarded every min
ute the bridges are open" he said.
Is Workers
The actual number Of bridge
workers from here to Laredo, but
not including the latter port Of
entry, totals Is. or almost twice as
many as heretofore, he stated.
Mr.. Deputy explained that q per-
Sonal inspection of everything that
enters the United States Is imper-
alive, and that much Of the fruit
that Is being found contains weevilS
and other pests.
AS ar example, a sample Of cot
ton from Torreon that had already
been inspected and ginned, and was
for sale, contained q pink boil wee
vii" he continued.
Part OF Farm Bill
An agricultural appropriation bill
recently passed carries an item oi
$4,000 for additional inspectors or
the Mexican border up TO July i
and $4,000 for the fiscal year
July !. 1880. to June 80. 1891, q let
ter from Harry Sexton. Washington
discloses.
The success Of an infant indus
try is being ieiopardized by snug
Cling and consequent planting Of
the wrong kinds or seeds, and seeds
that are at times infested with
weevils." Q. d. Deputy, chief inspec-
tor Of the border inspection corps
announced Monday.
Aguacate seeds are being snug
gied into the United States from
Mexico in large numbers. he said
and a large acreage Is being plant
ed in the fruit In the Valley.
Future Bright
There Is a brilliant future for
this crop II care IS exercised. but
II Valley planters continue to SNUG
Gle the Mexican fruit. the result Is
liable to be disastrous. Not only are
weevils found in the seed being
Tmuggled. but the seeds themselves
are not true" he explained.
He said that Miller Brothers. Nc
Allen. are spending approximately
$4,000 on an aEuacate experiment
importing the best OF seeds from
California.
In a seizure Of aguacates here
recently. almost IS per cent were
found 70 contain weevils. The man
BRINGING the fruit into the VALLEY
admitted that he was going to plant
the seeds.
WeeviI Hardy
This weevil Is the hardest OF in
sects. and multiDlies raDidlv. III II
Gains a foothold IN the Valiev. strin-
gent quarantine viii be imposed
and the industry viii probably die"
he explained.
In PLANTING seeds obtained from
fruit and without the aid az exDert
advice. the outcome IS doubtful. and
The percentage Is against the growth
Heing n female tree bearing quality
fruit. il is said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
MURDER ATTEMPT Is
CHARGED @. VALDERAS

Guadalupe Valderas Is In jail In
Brownsville charged with attempt
TO murder as the result of a shoot
ing last night In which Francisco
de los Santos was wounded IN the
arm and LETT knee, on a road one
mile north ri the San Benito-H ar-
lingen highway, near the home OF
de los Santos.
Valderas was arrested today at
noon in Los Fresnos by deputy
sheriffs r. L. Longoria and r.. O.
Delaney. and examining trial will
probably be held for him tomorrow
before Judge Valdatero In San Be-
nito.
De los Santos was treated for his
wounds al his home. Personal diff
ficulty between the two men Is
said 20 have given rise to the shoot
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
LEGAL ACTION
Seen TO GET
COUNTY FUND
Audit Shows Big
Amount Is Due
From Fees

Rumblings of possible legal actor
against several unnamed county Of
ficials to recover large sums Of
money due Cameron county under
the fee bill and otherwise" were
heard in the county commissioners
court Monday morning.
The fees allegedly due the coun-
~. but not paid, we're uncovered BY
an audit of county books by j. j
Bishop. The audit covers a ten
year period.
County Judge Q. G. Dancy was
authorized to make demand fol
the immediate return Of such
amounts due in the name OF Cam
eron county"
NO inkling as TO whom the Of
ficialS are was given in the order
authorizing Dancy TO make the de-
mands.
The audit showed large sums OF
money due to Cameron county un-
der the fee bill and otherwise.
witch should be collected and on
which legal demands sfGuld be
made ON the rincipals and sure
ties for immediate settlement" &C
cording 10 the order entered by the
commissioners.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
WHO DID IT?


In answer TO a recent article which
appeared in The Brownsville Herald
with reference TO ascertaining the
name of the government employe
who supplied information concern
ing the Valley to the Better Bust
ness Bureau OF Detroit. a letter was
received today by the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce from Harry
Sexton. minority clerk Of the house
offering assistance in the matter.
Mr.. Sexton asked for all details
OF the matter, and advised that this
information be asked of the bureau.
itself. This has already been done
by the chamber of commerce, and
the information has been refused.
Secretary 9. G. Richardson will ask
that Sexton or Representative Gar
ner ascertain in Washington who
represented the government in the
matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
10000 Persons Flock
To PIT. Isabel Waters

With a crowd estimated AK 10000
persons tn Point Isabel Sunday.
the summer season In definitely
opened, according TO Point Isabel
resort officials.
Parking space waE nc u premium.
and the crowd was the largest That
has been registered IT, the town tn
two years.
It Is predicted that the 1890
summer season At the Point will
be the largest I'm history. Putut
Isabel authorities said Monday.
Fishing was reported as excellent
over the weekend. DR.. y. a. Hook
aday, with 6 J. Carson. j. Gull
foile. and Don Eeitx. caught "a
jack fish averaging 3 feet I'm length
in two days.
The same party caught . tarp0n
Sunday afternoon, the shortest be-
ing 4 feet, The longest = feet.
Parties In rovboats caught sew
eral long strings OK trout.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
IL PRISONERS
saw FROM JAIL
Houston Sheriff Starts
Posse After Fleeing
Criminals

HOUSTON. April 7-tR- From
the seventh floor OF the county jail.
u prisoners, 4 number Of them
under penitentiary sentences. es-
capped today by climbing down an
improvised rope OF fire hose. They
had attacked and tied UP night
Waterman w. A. McClinton after
saving a hole one-foot square in
the bars OF their cell block.
The other IA men in the same
tier refused TO leave and united
McClinton after their mates had
fled.
Sheriff r. A. Binford, who said
he could not understand how such
a modern jail" was broken. or
gauized a posse, which set out on
a search in and about Houston.
An examination OF the cell block
showed that the saving probably
had been going on for a day or
two. perhaps longer. Two hackSaws
we're found. They presumably were
smuggled in on visitors day.
The night Waterman said he re-
manned trusSed up for nearly two
hours. A Mexican was left to guard
him while the other IL went down
the hose. Then the Mexican fol-
lowed.
j.. r. Cavness. under a four year
sentence for burglary, and J.. <.
Nelson, sentenced TO eight years
for robbery by assault, united Nc
Clinton and helped him spread the
alarm.
Early this morning a mar called
ouJ from his darkened cell, come
on back. I'm sick" II was the
signal for the outbreak.
McClinton said he looked through
a peep hole" and saw four men
crouched and ready TO spring. He
switched on the light. and they
bounced upon him.
Those missing, none OF whom Of
ficers said could be called desper-
ate, we're: Murray Holloway, Ed
ward Seymour. Elmo Wright. Joe
Janeke. w. c. Johnson, G. j. Lewis.
John Garcia, Bryan OFNeal, j. M.
Salmon. Jim Carson. Frank Barnes
and William Penny.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Eight on Trial For
Prisoners Murder

IRVINE. KY, April 7-P-Eight
men, indicted in connection with
the mob Staying Of Chester Fugate.
went on trial here today. six
charged with murder and two ~ith
accessory to murder. Fugate. held
in the Breathitt county Jail at
Jackson charged with the murder
Of Clay Watkins. attorney. was abb
Quoted by a mob last Christmas day,
His body was found in a ditch.
riddled with bullets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
NO FAT SUGAR

ATLANTA. April 7-P-Straw-
stacks and cottonseed r full OF
a new sugar secret which was given
70 the 18th meeting Of the American
Chemical Society here today.
A formula for making II at about
five cents a pound. a gift BY the
u. S. government TO industry. was
presented by DR.. w. 7. Schneider Of
the bureau Of standards.
The sweet Is Xylose pronounced
Zi-los. Trees and many kinds OF
plants abound with it.
Little is yet known Of its food val
ues. Possibly persons with a sweet
tooth may eat all they wish, Tor pre-
liminarv experiments indicate u Is
not assimilated. but passes through
the digestive system without appar-
ent effect. A statement from the
news service OF the society calls i
a mountaineering" sugar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Condemnation Case
Is Reset for Friday

The case Of condemnation pro-
ceedings on Padre Island was reset
today for Friday, April IL, at 10
n. m. The postpOnement was agreed
upon by attorneys for both parties.
The commission to decide the is
sue is composed Of J. S. Ford. Z. j.
Wells. and John T. Champion.
Representing Brownsville naviga-
ton district were Fl. II. Yates and
Rentfro and Cole. A. X. Black and
Davenport. West and Ransom repre-
sented South Padre Island. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Raskob's Wet Stand
Hit by Carolinan

WASHINGTON. April 7-F=
Senator Simmons. Democrat. North
Carolina asserted I'm the senate TO-
day his population" OF chairman
RaSkob or the Democratic National
committee in behalf or the Dem
ocratic party or his state. for cnn-
tributing money to the Association
against the Prohibition Amendment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Especial 10 The Herald)

RIO HONDO, April 7-After wan
dering In the brush for a day and
two nights without food a 78-year-
old man was found early Monday
morning by a trio OF searchers as
leep in q grove Of the ALISON ranch.
about seven miles from the Boy
Scout camp.
The lost man. j. <. Bundy Of
Harrington. father of A. l.. Bundy,
Harrington photographer. had been
fishing with a party W friends
Saturday afternoon or the banks
OF the arroyo. He wandered away
from the group and losing his
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Unemployment March
To Miss Consulate

AUSTIN, April T-H1-Acting on
request OF J.. p. Cotton. under Sec
rotary OF the state department at
washington, Governor Moody today
asked Mayor @. NJ. Chambers Of
san Antonio to see that an un-
employment parade scheduled there
be routed so it would not pass the
Mexican consulate
The Governor received a telegram
from Secretary Cotton advising
that the Mexican ambassador had
informed him a communist demon
s.ration was TO be held in front
at the Mexican consulate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Oil Firms Boycott
Texas Oil Land, Claim

AUSTIN. April 7-tR-Claims OF
Ed Crane OF Dallas. member Of the
University Of Texas land leasing
board. that oil companies have CON-
bined to boycott sale of oil and gas
leases in west Texas state lands
will be investigated by the Attor-
ney Generals department
Governor Moody said he had re-
ferred to Attorney General r. L.
Bobbitt the letter Of Crane COM
planning that the companies had
agreed not TO bid so long as the
state insisted on r~eserving more
than one-eight royalty. The board
had fixed a minimum royalty Of
one-sixth OF the production on lands
regarded as proven territory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07

department OF agriculture Is In
charge OF the work.
A squad Of men went Saturday
afternoon to the residence Of Sra.
Dolores Galindo. independence and
7th streets, and asked permission
TO spray the trees. Instead OF an
answer, the squad is alleged 70 havt
received a volley Of bricks and a
shower from a hose. The spraying
squad reported the matter to Sr.
Jimnez. Another Ease came to light
when the inspectors visited the home
OF ST.. GonZalo Gonzalez. who. 1t Is
alleged. received them with a show
e. from a hose.
The facts were given 10 Ladislao
Cano. state agricultural chief. Sr.
Cano will make an investigation OF
the affair. According to a late re-
port, the parties charged with inter-
fering with the fruit squad had ap-
pealed their cases to the Judge OF the
district court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Bandits Hike Ransom
Demand to $4,000

MEXICO CITY. April I'D
Dispatches from Topic today said
that the bandits holding J. <. Bris-
tow. American oil operator, had
raried their demands Of ransom to
10000 pesos (s20,0e0.)
Federal troops reported the ban
dits had reached mountain country
. inaccessible that the troops were
no longer able TO use horses In their
search.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Lamar Gill to Speak
At Trade Meeting

Especial 70 The Herald
SAN BENITO, April Lamar
Gill, manager OF the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, Inc, IS to have a
place on the program Of the South
western Foreign Trade conferences
to be held at Houston April IA.
j r. Bell, chamber Of commerce
secretary, has beer advised. Gill
viii speak on immigration. Bell
received the information in a let
ter from Z. L. Tut Of Houston, IN
charge or the convention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07

feet from where the patrol auto
mobile had stopped on the flcod con
troll levee.
Shots we're returned hy the pma
troll men, who were able To- nee IN
man fleeing through the brush. bul
he was evidently not wounded The
officers returned this morning w
the scene Or the shooting. but found
no clues and Ii Is thought that thn
man firing the shots escaped across
the river.
F~erguSon's hand II 70 be x-rRyed
today 70 determine the exact Knturs
les. His wound was caused apnmr@
emily BY a bullet from "a small cali
hre rifle OF pistol.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Officers Seize Man
And Liquor Supply

A man and 81 bottles OF liquor
were taken into custody at Santa
Rosa Sunday evening BY a party
Of officers headed BY J. II. Collins.
mounted customs inspector.
The man was brought to Browns
vile Monday and charges will like
ly be filed Tuesday, officers state.
The liquor was found in the mans
home, 1t was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07

The report OF the committee was
submitted BY its chairman, Repre-
sentative Haugen, Iowa. The re-
port says:
After rather extensive hearings,
1t was developed before the COM
mlttee that each year the shippers
and growers OF such commodities
suffer severe losses due to unfair
practices on the part OF commits
sion merchants. dealers and brok-
ers. The practice on the part of
irresponsible dealers OF rejecting
purchases or such commodities on
a declining market Is reported Il
the committee as causing heavy
losses to the grower and shipper
annually. particularly in the fruit
and vegetable industry.
Recourse TO Courts
while recourse can be had 70
the courts for most, II not all, oil
the practices declared 70 be un-
fair by this bill, litigation IS but
seldom resorted TO except In case:
involving large sums. Litigation i:
frequently unsatisfactory as a prac-
teal matter. The commodities are
highly perishable. In case OF dis
pute immediate disposition must bs
made OF them. Buyers and Ilers
are often hundreds and frequent
ly thousands Of miles apart. Ir
such circumstances litigation Is ex.
penSive.
ut Is believed that the regulaaior
OF interstate commerce transaction
Of commission merchants, dealers
and brokers as provided I'm this bill
will provide an effective means D
suppression and control or TIL
Continued On page Tenl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Matamoros Mayor
To Sign Sewer Papers

Guillerno Shears. presidente MT
nicipal OF MatamCros. left EMS
morning for Cludad Victoria. with IA
body OF government engineers
Shears journey To Victoria is for
the purpose of signing. together with
Francisco Castellanos. Jr-. governor
OF Tamaulipas, the contracts OF sew
er installation.
He Is expected TO return Tuesday,
az which time the installation OF the
sewer system will start.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
S. p. Train Wrecks
Out of New Orleans

MORGAN CITY. La, April L.
Ry-Southern Pacific passenger
train number i03. westbound from
New Orleans TO California, was de-
rallied at Lake Bridge. La, about II
miles East of here today.
Persons returning from the scene
Of the wreck said only a few pas
sengers received minor bruises.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Washer Bros. Store
Head Gravely Ill

SAN ANTONIO. April 7.-tPl--
Nat Washer. member Of the state
text book board and member al
the board OF trustees OF the Ma
sonic home az Arlington, today was
in a critical condition, two days
after an emergency operation for
appendicitis. With his brother, the
late Jake Washer of Fort Worth
he founded the firm Of Washer
Bros, operating mems clothing
stores in San Antonio and Fort
Worth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
"Any Alligators?"
Not Many, Saws Clerk

Please let us know II alligator
hunters must have trapping licen-
ses In Cameron county" reads a
letter from the Mutual Fur Sales
company Of New Orleans to II. ID.
Seago, county clerk.
The firm further wishes to know
If a special license Is required 10
hunt alligators in Cameron county.
Seago will answer that the Valley
has some very nice game and that
even a badger was killed here re-
Gently. but few alligators. II any,
have ever been sighted IN these
parts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-07
Real Estate Man Is
CHARGED With Murder

BENTONvILLE. Ark. April T.
pa fugitive warrant was issued
and forwarded 10 Kansas City to-
day for the arrest Of S. x. johnson,
Kansas City real estate operator,
on a charge OF murder in connec-
ton with the deC'~ Of William Rob-
ert Pearman OF Columbia, 10,
whose Staying allegedly grew out 4
an insurance conspiracy. The mu--
der charge was contained in an IN
dictment returned by the grand ju-
~ here last week. but was not made
public until today.