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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Cannon hcensed at Reporters

WASHINGTON. Sept 5O-lF-
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
va back in Washington today pre-
pairing TO defend himself against
accusations brought by four min
listers Of his church during his abb
sence In Brazil.
He returned to the city late last
night and left the station with
friends for an unannounced desti-
nation In the city after a heated
exchange between members Of his
famil- and newspapermsn who be-
seiged him for comment on the
charges which have not been made
public. The bishop Maintained q
steadfast refusal to answer ques-
tons.
i have nothing to say" he re-
peated over and over again. Fl
nally he added: You understand
the English language, don't your"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Differential Drive
Hits Rough Going

10 LIE herald
SAN BENITO, Sept. 30.-That
the irive for the removal OF the
differential Is In for some rough
going at the re-hearings Is the be-
lief Of those closely In touch with
the situation. Basis for the be-
lief Is the fact that many of the
railroads show smaller earnings
this year than last, and indications
a. that they will be able 70 pres
ent a stronger case before the IN
terstate Commerce Commission.
Re-hearing on the ~differential
case has been granted to several
railroads BY the commission. and
the case has been consolidated
with several others from the south
west on the docket OF the commits
SIGN, according to advices received
from u. S. Pawkett, traffic man
ager of the South Texas Chamber
Of Commerce. by the chamber or
commerce here.
Hearings will be held on the case
In St. Louis. Nov. 6, in Dallas No
vember II. and in Tulsa Nov. "a.
Pavkett stated that no indication
OF the consolidation Of the case
with others had been received un-
I'll notice Of the setting, and there
was no opportunity 70 enter pro-
test.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Day of Atonement
To Be Observed Here

ON klppur, the day OF atone
ment. will be observed by Jewish
people Of Brownsville. with services
beginning tomorrow night and ex-
tending through Thursday az the
Masonic hall.
This day marks the end or the
time the penitential period which
started vita Rosh Hoshonah, when
all Jewish people make peace with
their God. During the day Of atone
ment no food or drink is taken and
all worldly pleasures are foregone
The public Is invited TO the SER
vices here, a special invitation be-
ing extended TO all Jewish people
Of the Valley. These viii be at the
Masonic hall where Wednesday
night at 9 o'clock. Eli Roenigsberg
will be In charge. with music IA
Paul Kennard. Thursday continu-
u services viii be held beginning
at 10 o'clock with Sam Perl IL
charge, Mr.. Kennard at that time
will be assisted by Mrs. Northrop
Services beginning az 2 O'Clock win
again be conducted by Mr.. Roenigs-
berg and the conclusion services
beginning at ) o'clock Thursday
evening will be conducted by sam
Perl.
This Is the most sacred period
OF Jewish religious services.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
THUMBS DOWN
Hitch Hiker Flags His Own
Stolen Automobile

CHICAGO, Sept. 80. -tP- A
thumb-wagger. to coin e word, Is
a person who stands In the road
and yanks his thumb at passing
motorists in the hope that one Of
them will stop and give him q lift.
Harry w. Olson became a thumb
wager yesterday. not through
choice, but BY necessity.
Someone had stolen his auto
mobile. He decided TO stand out IN
the road and be a thumb-wagger.
After q while q car came along.
The driver seemed different than
the rest. a CHEEKY soul and kind
hearted He stopped the car and
Olson got in.
Olson dropped into the seat and
began twiddling his thumbs abs
tractedly. A thumb-wagger will do
that ahsent-mindedly nine times
out OF ten. He glanced down at the
instrument board. He was amazed.
As soon as they reached an in
t~ersectiton where there was a po-
liceman, Olson summoned the Of
ficer.
Arrest this man he said. point
ing 10 the driver. r Ralph King
enmaier.
Mr.. Olson. 1t seems. had thumb
wagged his own stolen automobile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
PLEA
OF FOX GETS
fine OF SlOO
Three Other Cases
Are Scheduled
Today

j. J. Fox. Cameron county tax
collector. pleaded guilty to not
making required financial reports
and was fined 500 In the criminal
district court Tuesday noon.
The cases Of three other indicted
Cameron county officials were
scheduled to be called Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Fox told OF extenuating circum-
stances on the witness stand. He
suffered a broken arm at the pre-
vious term OF court and vas unable
TO make the report at that time,
he said. The tax collector said he
had the report practically complete
for this term OF court, but was
suddenly called away on a trip. The
report was ready except for a two
hour job Of tipping, the county
official said.
His attorney. volney Taylor. ask
ed but one question 1t was: In
falling 20 make his report, were
you attempting to cover up corrup-
tion2"
Nothing to Hide
NO, was Fox answer.
The caSes scheduled TO come III
Tuesday afternoon were those
against District Clerk J. =. Scan
Ian. charged with falling 10 make
reports and with nisapplication OF
county money: Justice Of the Peace
Joe Cunningham Of Harlingen.
charged with failing to make re-
ports: ar Justice OF the -eace n
r. Watson or Los Fresnos, charged
with misapplication Of county
funds.
The two Justices have made
bonds Of $500 and are ready for
trial, while Seaman has not been
served because OF absence. There
are four cases against him. Up un-
til noon. no oe2ers had been serv-
ed on Seaman. according 10 word
in the sheriff's office.
One case was tried in the cour4
Tuesday morning. Antonio Marti-
neg and Tomas Silva were charged
with the theft OF an auto. Martinez
pleaded guilty. while Silva pleaded
not guilty. The jury was out at
noon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 3o-P)
Three tiny toads, said by j. q.
Thoburn, curator OF the Oklahoma
Historical society. to have been
buried for centuries in an indian
mound three miles from Gate,
Beaver county, appeared today 10
b changing shape In the sealed
fruit jar where they have made
their home since they were exea-
waited from a cavity five feet below
the earth's surface.
Huge eyes. sealed when the toads
we're taken from compact earth
BY Thoburn and two employees OF
the society. stared unblinkingly to-
day when the reptiles were shaken
from sand which half filled the
jar. Lips of two Of them remained
tightly seWed with q thin layer OF
skin, while the mouth Of the third
was slightly open. Removed from
the earth. the toads remain buried
most Of the time in the sand
When shaken to the top, they hor
hr1skly about.
Thoburn said the Jar is kept
closed SO that little air will reach
them. Museum employees. who have
kept close watch on the curiosities
since they were brought here, said
the toads have become larger and
their heads more round.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
,Willacy Permitted
To Cross Floodway

a Willacy county water district
was granted permission to cross
the Cameron county floodway sys-
tenn in the northern portion OF
Cameron county by the county
commissioners court in session here
Tuesday morning.
The district had previously been
enioined by court action from
crossing the floodway system.
Plans and specifications for the
crossing were approved by the state
reclamation engineer and the CAM
eron county engineer.
A number CT bills were APPROX
ed and the loan Of funds from one
county fund to another was ap-
proved also.
Harry Faux, special Cameron
county counsel in the civil action
against J. j.. Fox, County tax col
lector placed the matter OF retain
ing further counsel before the COM
missioners. but no action was taken.
As county counsel. Faux obtains a
commission Of Is per cent on
whatever he RECEIVERS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Guardsmen Charge
Mob i'm Alabama

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. Sept. 30
tPl-After the use Of tear gas and
bayonets by national guardsmen 10
protect a negro prisoner from q
mob, all was quiet at the county
jail today.
Guardsmen charged with fixed
bayonets as a crowd. estimated at
1000 persons. advanced last night
on a roped-off area around the
jail where @. z. Henderson, negro.
IS held as q suspect in the Staying
Of II. z. Ross. Huntsville business
man. Ross was shot 20 death in his
home Saturday night by a negro
intruder. Mrs. Ross. who also was
shot and slightly injured. has not
identified Henderson as the SLAYER.
Two units OF guardsmen we're
ordered out by Governor Bib
Graves. When the guardsmen hurl-
ed tear gas bombs. the wind was
blowing toward them and the gas
came t@ck on them. Then q bavonet
charge scattered the crowd. Mem
bers OF the crowd hurled stones as
they fled. and several soldiers were
struck.
Tommy Baker. local lightweight
boxer, was felled bv a blow from
the butt OF a churchman's gun and
sent to a hospital.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

TORONTO. Sept. 30-tP-Radi-
UNI deposits which give promise OF
exceeding that Of the Belgian Con-
90. now the worlds richest supply.
have been discovered near WILDER
force. Ontario.
DR.. c. =. Richards. head OF the
x-ray department or the Toronto
General hospital. said investiga-
uncovered an apparently extensive
tons W three or four years had
deposit which averaged 1856 MILL
gram OF radium per ton Of ore
This = "a higher average than
found in the Congo. lie said the
der its could be brought into pro-
duction within six months.
Or. Richards expressed the belief
that the deposits viii produce suf-
ficient radium to supply the entire
British empire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

But the questioning persisted and
he observed:
II don't see why q person can't
attend 10 his own business without
being harsssed by newspaper re-
porters."
His two sons, Edward and James
Cannon. 3rd., met their father az
the train and we're incensed at the
reporters. AT one time the bishop
had to step between one and q
newspaperman 10 avert trouble.
Mrs. Cannon, whom he married IN
Lonoon al the beginning Of his re-
cent South American trip. remained
on the train for q while and joined
her husband at an automobile by
another route.
AS they drove off, the sons fol-
lowing in another car, stopped
their machine in a narrow street 70
block a pursuit started by reporters
and the bishops machine disap-
peared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

1 The old water rate viii he liz af-
feet during this period. IL was said
Tuesday afternoon following the
meeting.
When the point that West
Brownsville was using Tplus wa
ter 'as suggested. city commission
erS explained that Brownsville had
no surplus water. and that the wa
ter plant was selling It's water at
a loss. The only reason that the
rate was hir ! outside the city limit
was to insure that water sold out
side the city would be sold at a
slight profit.
Tie meeting was entirely har-
monious, and the amicable setts1-
ment which was finally agreed up
on was al the suggestion OF VIM.
:. West. local attorney who restless
In West Brownsville.
AT a meeting OF West Brownsville
residents held in the district court
house Monday night a committee Of
five was named to meet with
- " AAMN LGMAAlAEEAGNAEG1
Tuesday morning nc the city hall
In an attempt 10 reach an amicable
agreement on the recent hike IN
water rates outside the city limits.
West Presides
VIM. >. West presided mt the
meeting last night, and every men,
Der present spoke briefly OH the
wNtnu#tnw~ uwNNwA ~~~ l4~mE Emm~~
many angles.
Although several Of the West
Brownsville residents are I'D IN
arms against what they term un-
fair discrimination, and although
opinions differ as 20 what should
be done about the problem, 10 was
said Tuesday morning by Jas. l..
Abney Of West Brownsville, that a
settlement satisfactory to both sides
could be reached at the city COM
missioners' meeting.
The committee named by west
Brownsville residents during the
mass meeting and instructed 70
meet az the city hall at 10 o'clock
this morning. are as follows: Fl. III.
Banker. chairman: wv. G.. Craig,
TED Nick. y. g. Bennett, and Jas.
Il. Abney.
Rate Held Excessive
&c was the unanimous sentiment
last night that those residing out
side the city limits were willing TO
pay . fair rate for water ronsum-
ed." Mr.. Abney said today. But ~
was also agreed that the present
rate was excessive. and should be
lowered"
No mention was made Of the sug-
gestion that q second vote Dc taken
to extend the city limits ~ as 10
include West Brownsville and other
outlying districts. This was at-
tempted recently and defeated by
those living in the suburbs. BY
doing this. the high water rates
would be automatically lowered.
and city rates be charged.
The meeting OF the West Browns
vile committee and the city Off
Gals was In progress at noon. and
up until that time City Manager z.
A. Rosenthal stated that nothing
definite In the way OF "a settlement
had been agreed upon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
CITRUS YIELD
GUESS VARIES
Crop Seems Bit Short But
Fruit Larger and Of
Better Quality

SAN BENTTO, Sept. 30.-With Of
fetal opening Of the citrus fruit
shipping season only a day away.
predictions as to production secur-
ed from widely diverging points
are in eject that the quantity will
be about the same as last season.
but that the size and quality will
be superior.
Davis Wade OF Wade and Newton
with headquarters here. says that
the crop probably will total about
1000 cars. He believes that the
quality Is better, due to increased
care OF trees.
G. "A Roeettle OF Mission. gen.
eral purchasing agent for the Texas
Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange and
Shary Products Co. says that the
Valley crop will be about IS per
cent normal.
He predicts . crop OF about so
per cent normal IN the upper end
and about IS per cent normal from
about Weslaco east.
The harvest will be smaller due
TO the unreasonable cold Of last
winter. Under normal conditions a
large number Of young trees would
have reached commercial bearing
stage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
WATER LANDS
May Be SOLD
BY GOVERNOR
Ruling at Austin Made
In Regard To
lana

AUSTIN, Sept. 30-F- Passing
upon q question which had never
before been passed upon by courts
or the attorney generals depart
ment. SO FIR as could be learned,
the attorney generals department
has ruled that lands included in
lakes and bays along the gulf with
In tide water limits may be sold by
the governor to the United States
government.
The question arose in connection
with the construction Of the inter
coastal canal. 1t was found that
certain lands had not been patent
eel and that these lands were nee
essary for construction Of the
canal.
To reach the conclusion that they
might be sold by the governor. the
attorney general found that the
lands were not public school lands,
sale OF which l. subject to certain
regulations.
The opinion. was written by W.
w. Caves, assistant attorney gen.
eral.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
President Abandons
Visit to Border

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 30-tP-
President Ortiz Ruhio. scheduled 10
leave today or q trip TO Northern
Mexico. abandoned his journey at
the last minute.
A presidential statement said he
suffering from q slight indis-
position" and desired 10 attend 10
urgent business III Mexico City. In
Guiding some details OF the next
years budget preparation.
The statement added that the
president had delegated General
Gales TO represent him at cere-
monies Of Inauguration OF roads and
irrigation works III Nor lern Maxi-
co which have been one az the pur-
poses OF the Protected trip.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
UP AND DOWN
Bar Proves Faster Than
Raiding Policemen

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Sept. 5o.-R
Police were positive there was q
bar at the Idlehour Inn.
A sleuth had seen It. and had
seen men leaning against IL fam
iliarly and drinking libatIcns Of un-
doubted ant.-prohibition potency.
The police raided the inn. There
no bar there.
Another sleuth reported seeing
the bar. Again the police ralded,
again they found no bar. And
again. And again.
This might have continued indef-
initely. Police Chief Morgan, how
ever, finally found out about Il.
The bar vas on q freight eleva-
tor. Every time the place was raid
ed. the bar and all the customers
we're simply hoisted above or
dropped below.
Even the police admitted IL was
a pretty slick trick.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

toads might be even greater.
Thoburn and two other archaelo-
gists made the discovery while ex-
cayating the mound. believed 10 be
the ruins OF an imitation pueblo.
The toads' lips and eyes were seal
ed, ThOburn said, but within a few
moments after being liberated. they
hoped about with the agility Of a
natural toad, their lips and eyes
open.
Each was In a small pit about
three or four feet below the sur
face OF the ground with no means
Of egressc or ingreSs. Above them
but still some distance below the
surface was the remains Of q sunk
en- fire pit Of a lodge believed u
have belonged to a band Of CON-
anche or Kiowa Indians who until
approximately so years ago roamed
the plains Of this section. The
curator pointed 10 this fact as proof
that the toads had lived in their
dormant position for centuries.
The discovery was made in
northeastern Beaver county, two
miles northeast Of Gate. The
hardened earth. caused by a long
drought, ~precluded further excava-
ton, Thoburn said. and mechanical
equipment will be needed to carry
on the work.
The toads probably will be turned
over TO biologists Of the University
Of Oklahoma for observation. Tho
burn said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Wounded Houston
Officer Succumbs

HOUSTON, Sept. 30-(P-Motor-
cycle Officer w. q Phares. shot ten
days ago by q confessed robber. died
at daybreak today.
The gallant officer was wound
ed the night of September 20 and
his companion. officer Edward
Fit erald, was killed. by J.. j.
Maple. who. with Z. r. Grimes Just
had robbed the Touchy- Furniture
Company. IT cost the officers their
lives 70 attempt the arrest OF
Maple.
Maple goes to trial tomorrow for
Fitzrerald's murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
in OUR

By C. NJ. HALL

HOW ABOUT IT?
TO my mind the old masters
are not art: their value is In
their scarcity"
Thomas a.. Edison.
Frankly, ! am quite discour-
aged about women In politics"
Mrs Emily Newell Blair.
we are building a hotel IN
Dearborn-for rurnors."
Henry Ford
Man will never be entirely
willing 70 give up this world for
the next, nor the next world for
this"
Dean Inge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

wv. a. Fasco. who suffered an at
tack or indigestion or the train
returning from the goodwill trip
70 Monterrey Sunday evening, Is
reported to be rapidly recovering
as his home here.
MI. Rasco took a months vaca-
ton during the summer for rest
and recuperation. but ne has not
been confined TO any hospital
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Shoppers Injured I'm
Dressrnakers Strike

NEW YORK. Sept. 3o.-iP-Sev-
eral shoppers IN the vicinity Of
Fifty Second Street and Fifth Ave.
were knocked down today when
police and striking dressfSakers
clashed.
Police used fists and clubs TO
'subdue the strikers. who have been
picketing fashionable dress shops
in the area for several days. When
the battle was over. fifteen women
and ten men were on their way to
jail on chargs of ~disorderly con-
duct. Thirty strikers we're arrested
Yesterday On similar charges.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Big Difference

HARLINGEN. Sept. SCATTER
having apparently lost re-nomina-
ton to the post Of tax assessor for
Calhoun county BY one vote, Miss
Helen Stiernberg. sister Of Lloyd
StiernberR. local attorney. contest
ed the primary with the result that
she won by one vote. Mr.. STERN
berg represented his sister in the
suits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
San Benitoan Files
Suit Against Mopac
Especial 70 The Heraldl

SAN BENrTO, Sept. 30.-5uit has
been filed In the 103rd judicial dis
trict court 90 Brownsville by i. III.
whittier against the Missouri Paci-
fic for s2e,170 IL damages as the
result Of injuries suffered while IN
the service of the railroad.
Written, q brakeman on a veSe-
table run between here and Mis-
sion. alleges that t. and IA conduc-
tor s.gnalled the enginssF TO stop
the train ~hen a mule appeared On
the track. He claims that the Sig
nails were not needed and that he
Jumped. tnjurinR himself. He claims
to be,in 4 disabled condition. he rs
operating q restaurant here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

flee with a brave
lattempt to smile
and the engineer
|of this column
asked her If she
did not know The
Herald came out
every day and not
once a week. Sill
ence and a doleful
stare. Who Is
! walking on your
sgrave?" ahe was
asked.
j II had such q
good time ! wish
y never had gone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
SIGNED
ON WATER RATE
Armistice Declared by West Brownsville And
City to Work Out Plan Agreeable
To Best Interests Of All

A thirty-day srnisice was the result Of the meeting Of the Browns
vile city commissioners with the committee of West Brownsville resi-
dents 70 discuss the water rate raise that was imposed upon those
residing outside the city limits.
The West Brownsville residents during this truce vl compile facts
and figures in a statistical petition which viii be presented to the city
commissioners Nov. ], and which will then be carefully studied and action
taken AZ that time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

IafFe necrOpOIlSes WlL0 O-InalItIIdI
monuments for the dead.
The forum has BEEN completely
uncovered. There are but a dozen
stones missing in the pavement.
Numerous Nosaics have been dug
up as well rs inscriptions with
dedications 10 various Gods. en-
perors and b~enefactors OF the city.
Lambese was situated in the CEN
ter OF a fertile region when Aug
ustuS quartered his soldiers there.
but since then the territory became
marshy and natives avoided Ii. New
life has come over the old place
nov that scientists are using their
shovels here. Lambese Is not far
distant from T1mgad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30
Old Rips LaureIs Fade
Three Live Toads Found in Oklahoma Make
Eastland's Frog Oply Spring Chicken

OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 3o-oP-Three live toads taken from an
Indian mound In the Oklahoma Panhandle which. scientists said. prob
ably was their home for three or four centuries, were on display at the
state historical society museum here today.
j. 3 Thobuun, curator of the historical society. said the age Of the
ampliabians depended largely upon the origin Of the mound. If the
elevation was made BY hand, he said. II y probable the frogs we're i'm
prlsonsd 300 D 400 years. and ~ 81 was Ct natural ORIGIN. the age Of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-30

AMITYVILLE. N. ". Sept. 80
G-Adella Barker. once one Of the
best known character actresses on
the American stage. died yesterday
at the Brunswick home of the Act
ors' Fund OF America. She was 73
years old.