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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-
nails are by necessity thrown to-
gether In a ho~dge-podge Of unpleaS-
ant intimacy.
The fourth floor. which was de-
signed as q "bull-pen" is without
hunks, cots, or seats. On this floor
around 50 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
rne women's quarters at the jan.
are built to take care OF but around
6 prisoners. There are 3 cells, In
which there arc 10 women. OF this
number. 4 are mentally deficient.
There r 5 men, lunaticS. on the
first floor, 2 on the 3rd floor and
2 more on the top floor.
The Jail has been stuffed with
206 prisoners in my knowledge"
Sheriff Brown said Tuesday morn
ing.
You can see for yourself the
conditions that exist" jailer "A. w.
Shannon said.
One OF the most glazing deficien-
cieS, in the opinion Of the reporter,
was the absolute absence Of an en-
closed yard in which the prisoners
might exercise.
AT n time. there was a high
wall which surrounded the grounds.
but this was torn down during
Sheriff Sam Robertson's regime.
Flowers we're 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 are 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 e 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 Always System,
with this city linked in the vast
system through the service Of a
mail-carrying subsidiary OF the
Southern Air Transport divisios OF
American Always. 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 consign-
ment OF United States mail to our
Latin-American neighbors.
Brownsville Center
Most Texas mail will 60 by way
Of Brownsville. Letters mailed in
Texas cities IN time TO be placed
aboard the Texas Air Transport Is.
A. T. 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 s. 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 / o'clock.
With a stop at Mobile and Blrming-
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
tions 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
THREE VALLEY
TOWNS CENSUS
COUNT SHOWN
Work in Brownsville
70 Per Cent Done
AS to Area

With the first official report Of
the 1880 census OF this district made
by L. E. Bennett. supervisor. two
towns are shown complete.
These towns are La Feria and Ed
couch. Rio Grande City Is shown
but incomplete.
La Feria, which In 1920 showed
a count OF 236 persons, today ~
reported with 1894 persons. Ed
couch which was not incorparat-
ed in 1920 today shows GA inhabi-
tants. Rio Grande City showed
622. Names which have been over
looked in this count can still be
added after checking with Mr.. Ben
nett, il was said. This can be done
by telephoning Brownsville 700, and
asking for the census bureau.
Brownsville $4,000
In Brownsville, Mr.. Bennett esti-
mates that the census Is about 10
per cent completed. II Is estimated
that about 10000 persons have been
counted. Whether the city viii show
a total Of $4,000 was something for
reporters to speculate. the census
takers not being permitted to make
estimates. This, it 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 TO city limits, 929;
section from Fourteenth street, ex-
| tended to city limits, 1890: section
from Palm Boulevard TO Arthur.
Fourteenth and Ringgold, 800.
Partial Counts
Hidalgo county :. Edinburg, from
| Schunior to Fourth Avenue, $685.;
McAllen from TEenty-sixth avenue
To NJ. p. railroad and city limits,
$50; Weslaco. from Third 70 Mis-
souri, avenue, 1,006; Part OF Justice
OF Peace precinct No. 8, outside
Pharr and San Juan. 676; part Of
precinct No. z, outside Edcouch and
Weslaco, $40; part OF precinct No
2 north of drainage district, run
lining north through Christensen tract
to NJ. p. railroad outside Donna
1,0l6.
Willacy County Justice Pre-
/ cinct No. 4, 1,1i9.
Fort Brown Loses
Fort Brown on April I, 1880, in
Guided a population Of 6l9, accord
ing to report Of the Federal census
bureau in a preliminary complete
count, which is subject to correc-
ton.
The figures for Jan. /. 1920. are
given as $40.
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, in 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 Of 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
CHARGE THEFT
Fort Worth Bank Officials
Held for Big Sum

FORT WORTH. April 22-P,-
Charges Of misapplication Of sl,297-
1863 in Texas National Bank funds
and Of false entry in an individual
account we're filed today in federal
court against 3. 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 fishing on the
steep banks or the resaca with sew
eral other boys. According to re-
ports he went In the water after %
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 III the search.
The boy is survived by several
sisters and his mother, Mrs Maria
Silva de Garcia. His father. Ern-
este Garcia, a World War veteran,
died about q year ago.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction Of w. A. Darling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
new TELEGRAPH
SERVICE IS SEEN
Western Union Chiefs I'm
Valley for Survey
OF Situation

An extensive development cam
paign for Western Union in the
Valley is seen in the visit TO
Brownsville Monday night Of New
comb Carlton. president Of the tele-
graph corporation and three vice
presidents OF the company.
The business condition OF 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 az $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 TO 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 G. NJ. Yorke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Parker May Address
Senate

WASHINGTON, April 22.-CR-
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 OF 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 it and answer OBJ
iections 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 Harlingen was
bound over 10 the federal grand
jury in $3.50 bond Monday attire
pleading guilty to liquor charges
before u. S. Commissioner =. X.
Goodrich.
Garcia confessed ownership OF
three gallons and a. pints OF mes
cal found in an orchard near Har-
lingen recently by customs officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Tomatoes Movement
Opens at Harlingen
ESPECIAL TO The Herald

HARLTNGEN. April % Move
ment of the Valleys tomato crop
seems TO be getting we'll 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 K.
A. Grassland OF Stuart Place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Cattle Crossed

A herd Of $50 cattle was crossed
into the United States al the Cavities
ford Tuesday morning for H Me-
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
Valley Lawyers Here
For District Court

Judge A. M. Kent opened the civil
district court term Tuesday evening
setting the docket and calling or
ders.
Lawyers from all over the Valley
we're present at the opening Of court
arranging their cases for trial
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Mrs. Stoddard Dies
At Harrington Home

NJNNNNNN " - NNw~|"-N
HARLINGEN, April % Mrs.
Mabel j. Stoddard. wife Of ]. T..
Stoddard, died this morning about
4 o'clock at the family home one
mile north Of the city. Announce
ment OF funeral services ~ being
held up. pending arrival OF advice
from a daughter In Oklahoma
Burial will In Combs cemetery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Grand jury Report
Exposes County Jail
BY JACK RUTLEDGE

Following a report Of the grand jury Monday in which it urgently
advised and recommended that immediate steps be taken to provide
additional Jail facilities, an inspection Of the Cameron county jail By
a Herald reporter Tuesday morning revealed that it was at present in
humanely crowded and insufnciently equipped.
The building was originally designed to accommodate approximately
rs prisoners. according to Sheriff Brown. The present rolls disclose that
about $50 men and 10 women are confined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
PRISON FLAMES
TAKE 317 LIVES
Chastity Scenes of Mutiny and Death Make
Tragedy Resemble Field of Battle
$50 Sent to Hospital

COLUMBUS o, April 2-R-Liv Of s17 Ohio penitentary convicts
were snuned out BY flame and smoke while they we're locked in their
cells last night, according to the official casualty count made today by
state officials.
More than $50 other prisoners were IN the penitentlary hospital, and
from sixty 70 seventy OF these were I'm q critical condition from burns
and from smoke they inhaled while fire ragged in parts Of four cell blocks.
The penMentay housed 1900 convtcts. some $500 above the ca
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. l3-year-old youth Who was drowned
in the Joe Wells resaLA while fishing Monday. will be held at the I'm
maculate Conception church 4:O p. m Tuesday. Intermcnt will be In
the old city cemetery.
Young Gardas body was located In 16 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
Fire Destroys z Rio
Grande City Stores
fSnecial "a The Herald \

RIO GRANDE CITY, April 22-
"A fire Of unknown origin last night
destroyed two grocery stores here
with q loss of approximately $4,000.
Fixtures and stock were only par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The blaze was first discovered in
the store Of O.. 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

lSnecial 70 The Heraidl

CINCINNATI. Ohio. April a.
Official statement was made here
by President Newcomb Carlton Of
the Western Union Telegraph cor
poration when Mr.. Carlton and
several associate officials of that
corporation passed through this
city to the effect that his corpora
ton was actively preparing 70 at
once make extensive improvements
in It's facilities at Brownsville, Tex
as. as a result of the recent great
advance made bv Brownsville a. "a
city in a business way and on ac-
count Of q recent large agricultural
Improvement in the Brownsville
district which would eventually re-
suit in much great importance for
Brownsville as a leading Texas state
city.
Nation Wide Tour
Mr.. Cartons visit here was made
during his usual annual nationwide
INSPECTION OF the Western Union
Telegraph compay lines and offices
in preparation for great increase Of
business expected by this corpora
ton. The increasing importance OF
Texas as n state and Brownsville
as a business center. was emphaslz-
ed BY the Western Union wire chief
during this interview here.
MI. Carlton deprecated the idea
that wireless communication cor
~porations' future nationwide inter-
state operation would likely inter-
fere with the advance OF the wire
telegraph business or income-there-
fore the Brownsville and other ex-
tensions TO prepare for additional
and better traffic facilities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
OUR
VALLEY
HOW ABOUT II?
- BY CHARLES HALL =

HOW ABOUT ITO
Anything founded on the idea
oI the greatest good for the
sreatest number will win in the
Henry Ford.
Drink no intoxicating liquors:
~ these days OF keen competition
whisky and business won't mix
you can't do both"
Captain Robert Dollar.
ship owner.
7 don't believe in men waiting
until they are ready to die before
using any OF their money for
neipful purposes"
George Eastman,
Kodak manufacturer.
The long skirts are just fine
tney give the teacher dignity in
Itne classroom, and you won't con-
'iuse her with the pupils"
e. Ruth Pyrtle.
educator.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the VALLEY:
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day; not mucn change n tempera-
ture. Light 70 moderate southeast
erly winds or the west coast.
For East Texas: Increasing cioudi-
ness tonight and wednesday: not
much change In temperature. Light
70 moderate eaSterly 70 sousherly
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

" t4@ANE A1@ $4,000 ~ WA2 AAAN%AA4EAN
when the fire. believed Of incen-
diary origin. and famed by a stiff
wind. swept through the upper
tiers Of the four blocks. spre- T
death and suffering III It's wake.
The flames were discovered
shortly before $50 ID. m. Within
several hours the fire had been
brought under control. but the SUI
locating SNAKE continued 20 take its
toll among the convicts. IN the ad-
joining cell blocks men screamed 10
be released. And when the prison
officials capitulated 70 their de-
mands the wide -1enitentiary yard
became a streaming mass OF gray
clothed men.
Prisoners GO Mad
Before two hours ha6 passed this
mass Of men. pick1ns tsetr way
among countless bodiee spTcad over
the yard, became . threatening
menace Some OF them cut the fire
hose which continued 20 play upon
flames that spread 20 the prison
cotton ard wooden mills Others
hurlec stones and Slnggsd the
guards that were trying 20 main
tain order. In Tire dining har dish
es and tables were urSet.
Every available policeman IN
Columbus was summoned for duty
both within the prison and on the
outside. A sub-machine gun I'm the
guard room protected the entrance
TO the prison yard.
Two companies Of regular army
troops and 1900 Ohio national
guardsmen were stationed at stra-
teEic places about the penitentiary.
Every guard on both day and
night shifts vas on duty.
When the thousands of prisoners
IN the yards were ordered 70 as
semhle 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. crowding about
the bodies arranged IN long rows
five and six deep.
Flames Incendtary
Scenes OF confusion and terror
accompanied the cutburst or the
flames. They stated In the north
west corner OF n new building or
cell blocks. part OF which still was
under construction. not more than
half an hour after prisoners work
ing on the job returned TO their
cells.
Apparently the flames broke out
in several places simultaneously,
officials said. Everything pointed
to incendiarism. they indicated.
Liston c.. Schooley. Cleveland
councilman serving a term for
participation in a playground fraud.
was at work in the deputy warden's
office on the opposite side OF the
prison yard. He saw smoke rising
from the cell blocks.
About the same time Charley
Smokey. reported the fire. Smokey.
a practical Joker. was not taken
seriously by his fellow conv1cts TN
I'll they saw the red reflection ~
the windows Of a manufacturing
plant near the penfUentiAry.
Then a great scream esnarated
from sections @ and H. II zach
there were six ranges OF seventeen
cells, housing four prisoners % the
cell The flames and the smoke
We're eating toward them rarddy.
William c. Baldwin and Tom
Little. guard captains. daEned tn
the flaming building with nsys 70
the cells.
AT the same time ccaer RVnmrAm
ran 20 the deputies 1ffSca where
Schooley. in the absence OF or
GERS, began handing cart orders mT,d
issued al the keys he hAc.
CHASTITY Scenes
After he had unlocked rre la-t
cell on the fourth range Little
collapsed. -Four inmates carried hFr1
Continued OF page Two
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
DAILY RIVER BT1IETIN

The river viii begin falling SLOW
IN at San 3enlto And Brownsville
during the next - 20 Sc hcuA and
continue 70 fall g. A1ong thereafter
In the absence u rains IN the water
shed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide nc Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
High 1877 p. m.
Low ......-. sos a. m; 5.27 ~ IN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

CORSICANA. April 22- Up -
Fire Of undetermined origin in the
downtown district caused an esti-
mated loss Of $1,000 today. Places
damaged included the r. l.. Reese
and Son Jewelry company. DR.. II.
B. Loves office. Ruth Brooks Beau
ty Shop, G. j. Resins studio and q
building owned by Mrs. Frank King.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22
Texas Reports Two
Losses From Fire

HEARNE. Tex, April 22.-CP)-
Fire believed TO have been caused
by defective wiring destroyed the
home OF Herman Wilkers-l here to-
day. The family Of six escaped In
night clothes. Loss was placed at
$1,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

Repair Bills Cost $SS--Tnsure
Rio Crande Valley Trust Co.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

.rYARM days for bathing. with
I'M blankets piled up at night. II
Il all a mistake about this win
f. resort business. The Valley Is
foth A winter and spring resort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

hrrR port bill has been reported
n the house. and a vote on i
Y q now expected Friday, instead
l. "wednesday. II still looks like
[,,yr for the work TO start.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

river is spreading ont like a
r5yantic adder: another rain is
! being promised by the weather
-.rnst. potatoes and tomatoes are
LING with beans sprinkled in be-
,sssn. oil IS to be sought near Rey-
49, looks like TO us that If signs
-od times were any better We
could not stand it that is al.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

IA ~ account OF the expectation OF
III Irwin Cobb. noted writer, to visit
y South Texas appeared in yester-
laws Herald. II MI. Cobb ever
homes to Houston every citizen and
Ihamber az commerce in the Valley
Eould ioin forces with Captain
Eiu Sterling in getting him down
lere.
| Cobb will probably crack many
Joke about ii all when he goes
Iack east. but some Of the best ad-
.lerfising the Ford car ever had
Eas the horde OF Jokes about it,
Ihich spread over the nation like
lid fire.