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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
GEORGE Wins
MEXICO TITLE
Brownsville Golf Shooter
Takes TamPico Match
In Amateur Play

J. M. George, Brownsville, won
the international amateur golf
championship OF Mexico by taking
first place at the Tampico tour
nament which came to a close Mon
day.
Mr.. George, accompanied BY q.
c. Richardson, returned to Browns
vile by plane at ! p. m. today.
He won the championship by de-
feating j. II. Miller, Tampico, In
the finals 2 up and ] TO 90.
The local man was presented with
a silver cup as q token OF his VIC
tory, 1t Is said.
The match at Tampico was mark
ed by an intense rivalry between
|Tampico and Monterrey. During
the tournament between Browns
vile country club and Monterrey
recently, Mr.. George was invited tc
participate in the Tampico play
under the coIors Of the Monterrey
club, but instead Tampico Officials
extended a special invitation to the
Brownsville club TO attend.
Mr.. George and @. G. Richardson
were the only two men from
Brownsville to travel SOUTH how
ever.
The winning Of this tournament
by Chief George means excellent
advertising for Brownsville and the
Valley" Mr.. Richardson said Mon
day. The reports will be circulat-
ed all over Mexico and the United
States"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
THREE VALLEY
TOWNS CENSUS
COUNT SHOWN
Work in Brownsville
20 Per Cent Done
AS to Area

With the first official report OF
the 1880 census Of this district made
by L. L. Bennett supervisor, three
towns are shown
These towns are La Feria. Edcouch
and Rio Grande City. La Feria.
which In 1920 showed a count or 23t
today is reported with 1894 persons.
Edcouch. which was not incorporat-
ed in 1920 today shows GA inhabi-
tants. Iio Grande City showed
500. Names which have been over
looked in this count can still be
added after checking with Mr.. Ben
nett. Ii was said. This can be done
by telephoning Brownsville 700, and
asking for the census bureau.
Brownsville 1900
III Brownsville. Mr.. Bennett eSti-
mates that the census Is about 70
per cent completed. 1t is estimated
that about $4,000 persons have been
counted. Whether the city will show
a total Of $4,000 was something for
reporters TO speculate, the census
takers not being permitted TO make
estimates. This. IL Is said, will de-
pend upon whether the remaining
districts are thinly or thickly popu-
lated.
Incomplete returns from various
parts OF the Valley made some time
ago and reported to Washington,
follow.
Cameron county - Brownsville.
section from NJ. p. railroad TO city
levee, city levee 70 city limits, 929:
section from Fourteenth street. ex-
tended to city limits. 1890; section
from Palm Boulevard to Arthur,
Fourteenth and Ringgold, $50.
Partial Counts
Hidalgo county :. Edinburg, from
Schunior to Fourth Avenue, 965:
McAIlen from TTenty-sixth avenue
to M. p. railroad and city limits,
$50: Weslaco. from Third to Mis-
| souri, avenue, l,006; Part of Justice
OF Peace precinct No. 8. outside
Pharr and San Juan, 8T6; part OF
! precinct No. z, outside Edcouch and
Weslaco. $40; part Of precinct No
2 north Of drainage district, run
ming north through Christensen tract
to NJ. p. railroad outside Donna
1.016.
Wlllacy County Justice Pre-
cinct No. 4, i,ll9.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
MaOal Farley Ends Greatest
Peace Gathering Euer Held

LONDON, April 22-CP-Repre-
sentatives of the five dominant
naval powers Of the world, Amer
lea. Great Britain. Japan, France
and Italy, this afternoon affixed
their signatures to an epoch-mak-
ing treaty, limiting and reducing
the navies of three Of them and
restricting the navies Of the other
two.
Colonel Henry T.. Stimson. Amer
lean Secretary Of State. and his COL
leagues on the American delegation,
were the first to sign the historic
document. NJ. BRAND, French For
eign Minister. j. Ramsay McDon-
aid. British Prime Minister and Ad-
miral Giuseppe Sirianni with their
delegations followed.
Retro Wakatsuki. former prime
minister OF Japan, and those OF the
Tokyo delegation who have worked
with him through the three months
and one day Of long and difficult
negotiations. were the last Of the
five power representatives to affix
their signatures
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

Fourteen weeks ago the confer
ence was ushered into being in the
midst Of a dense fog which pervaded
the House Of Lords In a ghoStlike
blanket. There was that same fog
early today, but shortly after the
plenary session convened, the April
sunshine burst through the mistS
and glinted from the golden trap
pings Of Queen Anne's favorite
room.
The treaty signed definitely limits
the navies, I'm all categories, OF
America, Great Britain and Japan,
and provides reduction in ships
already under construction in at
least one category. capital ships
France and Italy could not compose
their differences and so adhered
only to other sections OF the pact.
which important enough In them
selves. prescribe a capital ship holi-
day. limitation on sizes or submar-
ines, humanization OF their use.
and record agreement on other
technical phases OF the conference
work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Sharyland Winner
In State Contest

COLLEGE STATION, April a.
tPJ-Winning the sweepstakes for
the third consecutive ar without
scoring first or seconA any divi-
sion, the Sanger high school team
today possessed the Smith-Hughes
trophy permanently. The trophy
went to the judging team winning
the sweepstakes three consecutive
years.
Results announced at Texas A.
a. nj. college yesterday gave Ranger
second place.
The first place winners In var
ious contests were: poultry judging.
Taft: plant production, Cisco: live
stock judging. Sterling City: farm
shop, Comyn; entomology, Shary-
land; dairy judging. Rails: Angora
goat judging, Rock Springs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

The cells are so crowded on the
second and third floors that luna
tics. juveniles, and hardened crimi-
mails are by necessity thrown to-
gether in a hodge-podge Of unpleas-
ant intimacy.
The fourth floor, which was de-
signed as a "bull-pen" is without
hunks, cots, or seats. On this floor
around IS or 40 priSones are sleep
ing on the floor and In roughly
constructed wooden tiers OF hunks.
A haSty glance at the prisoners in
their box-like quarters reminds one
Of canned sardines.
Jailers Deplore Conditions
-Ine women's quarters at the jal.
are built TO take care Of but around
8 prisoners. There are 3 cells, In
which there are 10 women. OF this
number, 4 are mentally deficient.
There are S men. lunatics, on the
first floor. 2 on the 3rd floor and
2 more on the top floor.
The Jail has been stuffed with
20S prisoners in my knowledge"
OAACAAAA o4ONn SdNQ AuCSOdy HULL
ing.
you can see for yourself the
conditions that exist" jailer A. w.
Shannon said.
One Of the most glaring deficien-
cies, In the opinion Of the reporter,
was the absolute absence Of an en-
closed yard in which the prisoners
might exercise.
AT one time, there was a high
wall which surrounded the grounds,
but this was torn down during
Sheriff Sam Robertson's regime.
Flowers were planted in the front
yard, and grass laid out" Mr.. Shan
non explained.
Sleep Anywhere
The grass and the flowers remain
but this does not improve the con-
dition Of the prisoners, who are
unable TO get out in the sunshine
and walk around.
On the second and third floors
there are hunks and cells TO accom-
odate 81 men. Instead Of this num-
Der. almost 100 are confined there.
and r forced to sleep on the floor.
two in some of the narrow hunks,
and others actually sleep on top OF
the iron bunk-racks.
The conditions are inhumane,
especially in respect to the mentally
deficient and sick.
This Is the phase OF the Situa-
ton that I am most interested in"
Sheriff Brown continued. "Juve-
niles, the lunatics and the mentally
sick are forced to occupy the same
cells with hardened criminals. This
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
BROWNSVILLE
is CENTER OF
AIR SERVICE
Friday Will Witness
Opening of New
Plane Lines

Brownsville will participate Fri
day, April Is, in an event Of ma
tion-wide international significance
as air mail out Of the city speeds
southwark, simultaneously with mail
v c the entire United States. to
inaugurate the first through seven
day service TO Buenos Aires and
Latin America.
The service will be operated by
Domestic Air Mail Contractors and
the Pan-American Anyways System,
with this city linked in the vast
system through the service Of q
mail-carrying subsidiary Of the
Southern Air Transport division Of
American Anyways, Inc.
The inaugural flight assumes an
international diplomatic signiIi-
canoe as President Hoover sets the
example for municipal heads OF
governments In writing letters to
the presidents Of the Latin repu-
blics. Greetings for mayors OF all
leading cities TO the mayors Of
Buenos Aires and Montevideo will
go forward with the first ccnsign-
ment Of United States mail TO our
Latin-American neighbors.
Brownsville Center
Most Texas mail will 20 by way
Of Brownsville. Letters mailed in
Texas cities In time to be placed
aboard the Texas Air Transport Is.
A. +. subsidiary plane Friday, leav-
ing Dallas at 7:45 and Fort Worth
at BIS. with stops at Waco, Austin,
and San Antonio, will be included
in the first cargo that flies across
the Caribbean Sea, down through
Mexico and Central America to
the Canal Zone, thence down the
shorter west coast Of South America
TO Santiago, Chile, and over the
Andes to Buenos Aires and the
Atlantic shores Of Uruguay.
Letters mailed in Houston and
Galveston will 60 by way Of New
Orleans to Miami, being carried as
far as Atlanta by the Gulf Coast
Always. another 5. A. T. subsidiary.
Mail posted in Galveston in time TO
catch the 4 o'clock plane Thursday
afternoon. or in Houston for an
8:45 a. m friday departure, will
leave New Orleans with the consign-
ment for that city at I O'Clock.
With a stop at Mobile and Birming-
ham, the plane will arrive in Allan
Ia, where lines from the eastern
part OF the country converge at
$50 o'clock. Mail will continue TO
Miami Saturday morning, departing
for Latin America at las.
Pilots Named
Pilots on the amphibian that will
make the first flight will be Basil
Rowe and Edward Schultz, seasoned
sea fliers and veterans in the Unit
ed States Air Mail Foreign Service.
They will carry a radio operator to
help them cut their lonely way
across the blue Caribbean through
contacts with the Panair radio sta
tons which circle that vast semi
tropic sea. In the tanks OF their
plane will be AIS gallons of gasoline
a reserve Of fifty per cent against
the accuracy Of their navigating.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
CHARGE THEFT
Fort Worth Bank Officials
Held for Big Sum

FORT WORTH. April 22-tR-
Charges Of misapplication Of s1,2s7-
1853 in Texas National Bank funds
and Of false entry in an individual
account were filed today In federal
court against B. B. Samuels, presi-
dent. and "A. l.. Baker. vice-presi-
dent, Of the defunct institution by
Norman a.. Dodge. United States
district attorney.
Warrants were issued for their
arrest. Samuels has been in st.
Luke's hospital In New York since
about April IS. Service ON him will
be obtained by the United States
Marshal's office in New York.
Baker Is in Fort Worth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

The youth was fishintg on the
steep banks OF the reSaca with sew
eral other boys. According TO re-
ports he went in the water after a
dog, sinking from sight a short dis
lance from the shore. The other
boys became excited and ran TO the
nearest houses to call for aid When
they returned no trace could be
found of Daniel
A large party OF soldiers and
civilians Joined In the search.
The boy l. survived by several
sisters and his mother. Mrs. Maria
Silva de Garcia. His father, Ern-
este Garcia, q World War veteran,
died about a year ago.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction Of w. A. Darling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Parkers Are
Given Police Tags

War has been declared on alley
parkers by the fire department and
the police department. Tickets are
being handed out regularly and
prosecutions will be begun In the
near future II has been announced.
damned alleys might prove a
severe handicap in case Of fire.
Often the firenen have to enter
blazing buildings from the rear
r. r. Serran, fire chief says.
Parking in the alleys will be al
lowed only for loading and un-
loading purposes, u has been an
nounced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Parker May Address
Senate Committee

WASHINGTON. April 22-LP-
Judge John j. Parker has informed
his friends here he has no intention
Of Withdrawing as a nominee for
the Supreme Court because of the
opposition Of labor and negro or
CARNATIONS or because OF the Sen
ate Judiciary committees action in
opposing his confirmation.
He Is considering the advisable
ity Of requesting that the COM
mittee give him an opportunity TO
appear before il and answer OBJ
jections raised against him. His
supporters In the Senate believe
such a course will be followed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Booze Bond Placed
For Harrington Man

Manuel Garcia OF Harrington was
bound over to the federal grand
jury in $3.50 bond Monday attire
pleading guilty to liquor charges
before u. 8. Commissioner =. X.
Goodrich.
Garcia confessed ownership OF
three gallons and 40 pints OF mes
cal found IN an orchard nea Har-
lingen recently by customs officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Tomatoes Movement
Opens at Harrington
tSnecinl tn Nae Herald.'

HARLINGEN. April % Move
ment Of the Viley's tomato crop
seems to be getting well under way
with the shipments Of a second or
der today by the J. Roy Hand
Produce company Of Harrington. Ten
Tugs were sent by express to the
Texas Produce company OF Dallas.
The tomatoes were grown by z.
A. Grassland Of Stuart Place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
w NG ? 'T4
HOW ABOUT ]?
azzzzsB BY CHARLES HALL

HOW ABOUT III?
anything founded on the idea
aol the greatest good for the
greatest number viii win In the
Henry Ford.
=, Drink no intoxicating liquors:
m these days Of keen competition
whisky and business won't mix
you can't do both"
Captain Robert Dollar.
4 ship owner.
Il don't believe in men waiting
until they are ready to die before
using any Of their money for
lnelpfm purposes"
George Eastman, ko-
OAK manufacturer.
The long skirts are Just fine
they give the teacher dignity in
me classroom. and you won't con-
fuse her with the pupils"
-E. Ruth Pyrtle, edu-
Gator.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
new TELEGRAPH
SERVICE Is SEEN
Westerr Union Chiefs In
Valley for Survey
OF Situation

An extensive development cam
paign for Western Union in the
Valley is seen In the visit 70
Brownsville Monday night OF New
comb Carlton. president Of the tele-
graph corporation and three vice.
presidents Of the company.
The business condition or every
Valley town was studied by Mr..
Carlton, who expressed himself as
amazed at the possibilities of this
section for future development and
its present sound business founda-
ton. Extensions OF service all over
the Valley are likely.
Came BY Auto
The Western Union party arrived
In Brownsville at $40 in automo-
bile. leaving their private car In
McAllen that they might get a
better view or the Valley. They left
here at $50 70 continue on their
tour OF the company's holdings
throughout the nation.
The vice-presidents accompanying
Mr.. Carlton here were "A. @. Cronk-
hite. J. j. WEIGH. and q. M. Yorke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Cattle Crossed

a herd Of $50 cattle was crossed
into the United States az the Gavitos
ford Tuesday morning for II. Nc
Campbell. well known rancher.
The crossing was supervised by
American and Mexican customs Of
ficers. The cattle were dipped on
the Mexican side Of the river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Hat and Pearls May
Lead to Arrests

WASHINGTON. April 22.-tP1-
A string Of coral beads. found in a
sewer along with the hat and coat
OF Mary Baker. young government
clerk. a week after she was slain
and her body stuffed into a culvert
near Washington. were discovered
by police today to have been stolen
property. which they believe leads
to two negroes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
PRISON FLAME
TAKE 317 LIVES
Chastity Scenes of Mutiny and Death Make
Tragedy Resemble Field Of Battle
$50 Sent to Hospital

COLUMBUS. o. April 2-CF-Lives OF 3l7 Ohio pententary conv1cts
we're snuffed out by flame and smoke while they we're locked in their
cells last night. according to the official casualty count made today hy
state officials.
More than $50 other prisoners were IN the penientary hospital and
from sixty to seventy Of these were in a critical condition from burns
and from smoke they inhaled while fire ragged In parts or four cell blocks.
The penitentiary housed 1900 eonvcts. some $500 above the ca
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

pdClLN luz WllCIl III WAS
when the fire, believed Of incen-
diary origin, and famed by a stiff
wind. swept through the upper
tiers OF the four blocks. spree ~
death and suffering in its wake.
The flames were discovered
shortly before $50 .. III. Within
several hours the fire had been
brought under control, but the suf-
locating SNAKE continued 70 take its
toll among the convicts. I'm the adj
joining cell blocks men screamed to
be released. And when the prison
officials capitulated TO their de-
mands the wide ~penitentiary yard
became a streaming mass Of gray
clothed men.
Prisoners GO Mad
Before two hours had passed this
mass OF men. picking their way
among countless bodies spread over
the ward. became n threatening
menace. Some or them cut the fire
hose which continued TO play upon
flames that spread Co the prison
cotton and wooden mills. Others
hurled stones and slugged the
guards that were trying Co main
tain order. In the dining hall dish
es and tables yer upset.
Every available policeman I'm
Columbus was summoned for duty
both within the prison and on the
outside. A sub-machine gun IN the
$1,000 ----r w~1@n~+nI NNm n~kwm-mm
to the prison yard.
Two companies Of regular army
troops and $500 Ohio national
guardsmen were stationed at stra-
teric places about the penitentlarv.
Every guard on both day and
night shifts was on duty.
When the thousands on prisoners
IN the yards were ordered 70 as
semble in the dining room MANY
refused. Later they were ordered
into the remaining cell blocks and
dormitories. but they insisted upon
staying IN the yard, cTowding about
the bodies arranged in long rows
five and SIX deep.
Flames TncendVary
Scenes or confusion and terror
accompanied the cutburst OF the
flames. They started III the north
west corner Of a new building OF
cell blocks. part OF which still was
under construction. not more than
half an hour after prisoners work
inE Oh the Job returned 20 their
cells.
Apparently the flames broke out
in several places simultaneously,
officials said Everything pointed
TO incendiarism. they indicated.
Liston G. SchooIey. Cleveland
councilman serving "a term for
participation In a playground fraud.
was al work in the deputy warden'S
office on the opposite side or the
prison yard. He saw smoke rising
from the cell blocks.
About the same time Charley
Smokey. reported the fire. Sholkey,
a practical joker, was not taken
seriously by his fellow convicts un-
TIL they saw the red reflection in
the windows OF a manufacturing
plant near the penitentiary.
Then "a great scream enanated
from sections G and II. IN each
there were six ranreS OF seventeen
cells. housing four prisoners 70 the
cell. The flames and the smoke
were eating toward them rapidly.
William e. Baldwin and Tom
Little, guard captains. dashed 10
the flaming building with keys ~
the cells.
al the same time other guards
ran 70 the deputies office where
Schooley. I'm the absence OF off
GERS. began handing ont orders and
issued all the keys he had.
CHASTITY Scenes
Afe- ne had unlocked the Ia~e
cell on the fourth range Littls
collapsed. Four inmates carried him
Continued Oh page TWo)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Fire Destroys z Rio
Grande City Stores
CSpeciaI ~ T1e Herald

RIO GRANDE CITY. April %
A fire Of unknown origin last night
destroyed two grocery stores here
with a loss Of approximately SIS 900.
Fixtures and stock were only par
italy covered by insurance.
The blaze was first discovered in
the store Of G.. Tijerina and rapidly
spread to the Humpty Dumpty,
operated by Ellsworth Moore. before
it was brought under control.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Mrs. Stoddard Dies
At Harlingen Home

HARLINGEN. April 22- Mrs.
Mabel J. Stoddard, wife of j. T.
Stoddard. died this morning about
4 o'clock at the family home one
mile north OF the city. Announce
ment Of funeral services Is being
held up, pending arrival OF advice
from n daughter IN Oklahoma.
Burial win in Combs cemetery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Boy browns Saving Dog
Body of Daniel Garcia Found After Search
Of Four Hours: Funeral Today

Funeral services for Daniel Garcia, 13-year-old youth who was drowned
in the Joe Wells resaca while fishing Monday, will be held al the Inn
macuate Conception church 430 p. m. Tuesday. Interment will be IN
the old city cemetery.
Young Garcias body was located in l6 feet Of water late Monday after
noon after a four-hour search by a large party OF divers. The body was
first struck by graphing hooks from a pontoon boat. Cesareo Leal
BROUGHT il to the TOP.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Grand Jury? Report
Exposes County Jail

Following q report Of the grand jury Monday in which il urgently
advised and recommended that immediate steps be taken to provide
additional jail facilities. an inspection Of the Cameron county jail b.
q Herald reporter Tuesday morning revealed that 1t was at present in
hunanely crowded and insuficiently equipped.
The building was originally designed to accommodate approximately
rs prisoners, according TO Sheriff Brown. The present rolls disclose that
about 100 men and 10 women N confined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day; not much change III tempera-
trre- Light 70 moderate southeast
erly winds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Increasing cloudis
ness tonight and Wednesday: not
much change In temperature. Light
to moderate easterly to southerly
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN

The river will begin falling slow
~ at San Benito and Brownsville
during the next "a to 80 hours. and
continue TO fall all along thereafter
IN the absence OF rains In the water
shed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
E1ARl A#0a A. 49,
Low ........ 6.03 "a. m.; 8.2T p- m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

Repair Bills Cost SSS-Insure
Rio Crande Valley Trust Cos-Adv-