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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
SEEKS TO
PRICE
Woodruff Introduces Meas
ure To Put Teeth In
Antitrust Law

AUSTIN, Feb. 3-Pj- Stating
that his central shot" was aimed
at large refineries in their attack
on independent oil operators and
the chain stores competition again
81 the independent merchants, SEN
ator Woodruff Of Decatur today
introduced a competition control
bill.
Woodruff said the bill would put
teeth" in the law and give the
attorney general a club with which
to enforce the antitrust law. He
said another major aim Of his bill
was to abolish the fallacy "of one
price for a commodity in one place
and another price elsewhere"
The bill would empower the at
torney generals department to in
yestigate and require a uniformity
Of prices.
Texas A. and M. college would
receive 5000. 900 a year for three
years from the University OF Texas
available fund under provisions OF
a bill introduced by Senator Gainor
OF Bryan.
Additional emergency a~ppropria-
tons totaling SOS. 908.65 we're asked
In a bill introduced BY DR.. Beck
Of De Kalb. chairman Of the senate
finance committee. The appropria-
tons we're TO cover deficiencies in
the state colleges and institutions.
The senate passed six bills pro-
viding for the establishing OF six
drainage districts in jackson county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
FALLS TO DEATH
FROM TRAPEZE
10000 Children, Guests
AT Shrine Circus,
See Accident

DETROIT, Feb. 3.-R-While
10000 children watched. Catherine
Solt. "a. trapeze artist. fell to her
death yesterday at the matinee per-
Torrance Of the annual Shrine cir
Gus here.
Mrs. Solt had been paired for u
years with her husband. Carl SUlt.
in a flying trapeze act featured by
leading circuses. Between circus
engagements she and her husband
made" their home in Denver, Ind.
Yesterday. when Mrs. Solt leaped
from her trapeze toward the out
stretched hands Of her husband,
who was suspended from his own
trapeze. the timing was faulty and
Solt missed his wife's wrists. seizing
only her fingers. He held her for
a moment. then his hold broke and
she fell 30 feet to the heavy net.
Her skull was fractured.
The youthful spectators. guests
from the city's homes. did not re-
alize she had been Seriously in
jured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Can Solve Theory
\ 4 + y
OF Relatively, But
y = 4
Can't Find Auto

PASADENA. Calf. Feb. 8. Up
Charles E. st. John. astrono-
mer credited with making n or
four proofs of Einstein's theory Of
relatively. asked himself a question
yesterday he could not answer.
Nov. where In the dickens" he
pondered. did I park my carp"
The problem presented itself as
he emerged from a store after a
fifteen minute shopping trip.
From a period OF study he for
INFLATED the hypothesis that his car
had been stolen.
Police however. exploded the
thief theory in less than half an
hour, finding the motor car parked
just as DR.. st. John had left it two
blocks from the store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Twelve Injured In
Submarine Explosion

CHATHAM. Eng. Feb. 3ZP-
Twelve men were injured. two or
them critically. today when an ex-
ploSion Of undetermined origin
wrecked an internal combustion
engine OF the submarine XII. one
OF the largest under-sea boats in
the British navy.
The injured men were treated on
the ship and the submarine came
back to Chatham on one engine.
The extent OF the damage was not
Immediately determined.
The XII. or exceptionally strong
construction, IS designed for deep
Giving and can reri2in submerged
for two and q hall days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
BELOW in
new ENGLAND
Record Cold Wave Hits
Eastern States This
Morning

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-tP)-The
most severe cold wave Of the season
swept over New York state and New
England last night and made this
mornings thermometers read as low
as IS degrees below zero.
Many cites experienced the cold
est temperatures In the memory OF
old inhabitants.
Pittsfield, Mass. led the plunge
with a mark IS degrees below zero.
A few places in Maine found the
top at 3 above. Other points in the
same state registered as far down
as 30.
Northfield. VT. reported % de-
grees below. Rochester, N. H,
shivered at % below and Lowell.
Mass. with 10 below. suffered the
coolest February 3 since 1885.
Coast cities Jared slightly better.
Boston and New Haven. Conn.
basked in the gentle side Of the
snap with 10 above.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Senate Committee In
Session Hears
Arguments
JOHN GARNER
Says Unusual Help For
MELONS Views Is
Summoned

WASHINGTON. FEB. 3. Up
Agitation over veterans cash pay
ment legislation whirled with re-
newed fury today before senate and
house committee.
A warning that I'VE have reach
ed q point In connection with vet
Grams relief when we must give
serious consideration 10 where we
are going" was laid before the SEN
ate finance committee by Veterans
Administrator Hines
AT the other end OF the capitol,
Representative Garner OF Texas,
the minority leader, called atten-
ton to unusual "reinforcements'
for Secretary Melons economic
views as the ways and means COM
mittee called z. d. Duffield. presi-
dent Of the Prudential Life Insur-
ance company, to testify on plans
to cash adjusted compensation GER
tificates.
General Hines cited a danger OF
having public opinion turned
against relief measures for disabled
veterans because Of any unwlse
legislation for the able bodied
Pointing out that appropriations
approved by the house recently for
veterans relief during 1892 called
for an outlay or nearly $780, 900 900
he said these expenditures will
undoubtedly increase under ex-
isting law and additional costly
legislation viii be needed later.
1T seems To me we should pause
and think OF the possible effect the
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Byrd Capitulates, May
Buy Valley Citrus Grove

flight over the South Pole. Illus
trated with moving pictures.
The famous explorer was given \
welcome Monday morning by the
recruiting officer, served as Ad-
guard Of Is Sea Scouts and Boy
Scouts.
George A. Kramer, Valley naval
recruiting officer. served Is Ad-
miral Byrd's aide, and First Mate
Adolphus Rabei OF the Sea Scouts.
acted as orderly and refused TO be
relieved In favor or anyone else.
When Admiral Byrd left Monday
night the Scout guard was again
present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Motorcade Lists Are
FuH--May Stage Second

With 73 Valley residents already
registered for the mCtorcade which
will leave Feb. z for Monterrey
and Saltillo. no further applica-
tons can be received, q. G. Rich
ardson OF the Brownsville Cham
Der OF Commerce stated this morn
ing.
Response 10 the trip has been
most gratifying the commercial
executive stated, "and we are more
than glad that the excursion has
met with such popular favor III
all sections Of the Valley
"A possibility that another motor
cade would leave the Valley for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Strickland Will Head
Committee To Go
To kustin
ONLY ONE
District Court Would Serve
County For Two
Years
Especial to The Herald.J


EDINBURG, Feb. Sd. T. Strick-
land Of Mission will head a commit
tee of Hidalgo county attorneys who
will 20 to Austin this week to appear
before the judicial district commit
tee Of the house regarding the Parr
bin which would remove Hidalgo
county from the 18th judicial dis
trict.
The bill is expected to come up
In the house the latter part Of the
week, and is being opposed by the
Hidalgo county bar as it passed the
senate.
An amendment proposed by II. T..
Leonard, representative from Hidal-
20 county, would leave Hidalgo
county in the 18th district until
June /. 1892, the time set in the
Parr bin for the formation Of a
new district to include Hidalgo,
Cameron and Willacy counties.
In event his amendment Is not adj
opted, Leonard stated here late
Monday. Hidalgo will be left with
only one district court. the 93rd.
until June !. 1892. and the crowded
condition of the court docketS in
the county would be made still worse
by leaving the county only the one
court.
Other members OF the Hidalgo
county bar who will appear before
the house committee are r. "A. Nc
noofo1 Go~dop Griffin McAlien.
Neal Brown. George r.. Brown, Ed
inburg: S. l.. Hardin. Mission, ana
Oliver G. Aldrich, San Juan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
GANG KILLING
PUZZLES COPS
Machine Guns Take Lives
OF Three In St. Louis
Mystery Fight

EAST ST. LOUIS, III, FEB. s.
DEMONSTRATION today strove TO
sort tangible clews from a maze
OF rumors in their effort TO pierce
the mystery surrounding the STAY
ing Of three men. one Of them a
well-known business man, appar-
emily by machine guns.
The bodies, each containing sew
eral bullet wounds. YER found in
Lovers Lane, three miles east Of
Granite City. late yesterday. Sub
sequent Investigation fixed the
scene Of the triple Staying at $50 A
East Broadway. East st. Louis,
and the time early Sunday morn
ing. The place Is said by police to
be a hideaway for gangsters.
st. Louis police said last night
two OF the victims. j. p. Carroll.
connected lately with the operation
o. a handbook here, and Theodore
Kaminski, "a. also OF So. Louis. a
former chauffeur, recently had
been engaged in the East S..
Louis kidnapping racket" The third
victim was David Hoffman, 80. who
conducted a woman's apparel store
and ~pawnshop here. and Is said
TO have sold gangsters guns at
times. Later Sheriff Jerome Munie
or st. Louis county said he was
considering a possible motive the
reputed connection OF Carroll and
Kaminski with a kidnapping ring.
Friends OF Adam (Muleshoe)
Fritz. wealthy proprietor OF East
side handbook establishments. said
the description OF Kaminski fitted
that OF the driver OF the motor
car in which Fritz was kidnapped
q year ago. and that the descrip-
ton OF Carol tailed with that or
the kidnap gang leader.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Monterrey and SaItillo In the near
future was expressed By Mr.. Rich
ardson when ne stated that IN "a
sufficient number or registrations
we're received, arrangements would
be made for such a trip. !.
IF anyone who was too late ~
act I'm on the mOtOrcade which
leaves Saturday win register AZ the
office Of his chamber Of commerce
and IA sufficient number or such
registrations are made. the Valley
secretaries Will be glad 10 make
immediate arrangements for the
second excursion" he stated,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Port Isabel Bond
Issue Is Approved

AUSTIN, Feb. 3.-Py-Bonds ap-
proved BY the attorney generals
Port Isabel. sewer series 1890,
1-2 per cent. $48. 500: street inn
provement, series 1890, Sig per
cent, $4,000; city hall and Jail Sc
ries 1880. ) liz per cent. $500; side
walk and curb. series 1880. Sig
per cent, SIS. $780,: ~waterworks. Sc
ries 1880. 51-2 per cent. s139. $50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Somebody Lied, Says
Crarnton OF Michigan

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3-lP-The
house was thrown into an uproar
today when Representative Cram
ton. OF Michigan, declared that
anybody III the senate who charged
he was seeking a federal job is
@ plain, unadulterated liar"
Efforts had been made BY Rep
resenfntive Treadway OF Massa-
chusetts and Cramton 70 answer
assertions by Senator Caraway OF
Arkansas. and Senator Borah OF
Idaho IN the Senate yesterday
against Cramton and majority
leader Tilson when the turmoil be-
gan.
Rising to a point Of personal
privilege. but adhering to the house
rules Of not mentioning names.
Cramton made his liar" decIara-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Criminal District
Court Opens Feb. is

Preparations are now being made
here for the opening Of criminal
district court Feb. 10. The civil dis
trict court will open q new term at
the same time.
Judge Geo. Westervelt. former dis
trict attorney. will sit on the bench
for the first time here at this term
Of court. A fairly heavy docket will
confront him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Riots Feature
Colombia Election

BOGOTA. Colombia, Feb. 3. Ll
-Thirty-seven persons were killed
and seventy-five were wounded In
Colombia in disorders incident to
the congressional elections held
Sunday.
Ten persons we're killed and fiji
ty we're wounded In the Caribbean
coastal village Of Monteria, between
Cartagena and the Panama border.
Fire. believed to have been Of in
cendlary origin. destroyed the bust
ness section Of the town.
The liberals. party OF President
Enrique Olaya Herrera. claimed to
have won 26 senate seats against
80 for the conservatives, who &C
present are in power in congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Speed Trial Is Set
Back Due to Weather

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. FEB. 3
7P-Poor visibility and a strong
wind today prevented Captain
Malcolm Campbell British race car
driver. from mating an official at
tempt TO. lower the worlds land
speed record % 23i miles AZ hour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Military Commander
Named In Chihuahua

MEXICO CITY Feb. 3. R-Gen-
eral Miguel Gonzalez. former head
Of the artillery department at army
headquarters here, has been APP
pointed military commander in
Chihuahua and will ieave TO take
charge or his new post next week.
He succeeds General Francisco
del Arco. who will be assigned 10
another command.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
(By stail correspondentl

u UIaII
HARLTNGEN. Feb. 3.-After hav-
ing eaten five halves OF luscious
Valley grapefruit for breakfast and
later inspected an orchard Rear
Admiral Richard Byrd announced
at his closing lecture Monday night
at Fair Park auditorium that he
had capitulated to the charms Of
this section and was on the verge
Of purchasing a citrus grove.
The visitor thanked the Harlin-
gen Chamber Of Commerce and 9TH
ers who extended their hospitality
during his stay before he launch
ed into q description Of his epic
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Will Rogers Makes
New Criminal Code

GREENSBORO. Ca. Feb. 3-Pi
VIII Rogers remarks on the sub
Iect OF COWS has been made an UNI
official supplement 70 the Georgia
criminal code in n trial here.
"A white man was convicted az
malicious mischief for Staying a
negro woman'S mr.cn COW.
Judge James B. Park lectIred the
defendant in passing sentence and
quoted printed remarks or the cow
boy humorist 10 the effect that v
cows I'm the United States all fall
ed % come ND some night 10 ha
MIXED. the failure would cause
more suffering than the stock ex-
change crash or October 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE.
Ohio, Feb. SPINAL s. Daugh-
erty. former president Of the now
defunct Ohio state Bank here.
pleaded not guilty today before
Judge Charles Bell to the is in
dictmentS charging him with mis-
handling OF the banks funds.
The trial Is set for Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

CHEROKEE, Ia. Feb. 3. u
John Pearson Is "ticklish.v
He was standing with a rifle in
his hands when willard Johnson,
is. his companion tickled him. He
swung suddenly and the gun was
accidentally discharged.
johnson was killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
YETERAN EnIrnR DIES

HOUSTON. Feb. 3--tPl-Timothy
John Sullivan. 70. retired New York
newspaperman. died here today
from automobile accident injuries
suffered Saturday. The Sullivan
machine was in collision with a
milk truck. Mrs. Sullivan remained
In a hospital today. Mr.. Sullivan
came here about four years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Docket Called In
Cameron Law Court

Judge z. T. Yates called the
docket in the Cameron county court
at law Tuesday morning, setting
cases down for trial.
A large portion or the Cameron
county bar was present at the ses-
sion. The court viii get down to
trials the latter part OF this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Fort East Texas: Fair; some
what colder in north portion. Light
TO moderate northerlS winds on the
coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
Shocks Continue Thru
Day After Night
OF Terror
WATER SUPPLY
Gives Out and Firemen
Are Helpless AS
Towns Burn

WELLINGTON, Nv. ~. Wednesday.
Feb. 4. R9-Three towns were in
ruins today. more than 100 per-
sons we're dead and upwards Of
1000 injured, as the result Of n
of the most terrible earthquakes
that ever struck New Zealand.
It began un North Island early
Yesterday. bringing stone and brick
buildings topping about the heads
III their occupants and pedestrians
In the streets, and setting fire 70
hundreds OF frame structures
Then the water supply, wrecked
by the shocks. gave out and the
firemen were helpless.
In q series Of recurring shocks
the seaport Of Napier was laid
waste. the flOurishing town or Has
tings twelve miles away was devas-
tated. and buildings came tumbling
down by the dozen in the town OK
Wairoa.
The shocks we're still continuing
today and the population was stun
ned and helpless in the face OF the
disaster.
Oil tanks exploded and spread
flaming horris through Napier.
I'm that city alone the dead were
estimated at 100 and the injured
mic 1000. What the total would be
from all three towns and other set
Elements IN the Hawke Bay dis
trict, IN was impossible 10 fore
tell.
Rescue Parties Tim Danger
AS the houses began topping
hundreds OF occupants ran I'm ter
rOr to the streets and when the
streets became unsafe because or
falling buildings they sought shell
ter iii parked automobiles.
Then in several places walls tip
ped oyer crafty to crash on the
cars. killing ATT those within.
First aid was offered by the Of
ficers and crew of the naval SlOop
Veronica to which homeless and
destitute women and children we're
taken.
Despite the constant menace OF
death. rescue parties entered the
top heavy ruins or half demolished
buildings searching the debris for
any who might have been buried
alive in the wreckage.
In a Hastings department store
the searchers found 16 prisoners
pinned under the masonry and
work began immediately 10 free
them before the remaining walls
could fall in.
One man finally was rescued aft
er having been trapped for nine
hours but a weakened wall fell on
another, breaking both legE and his
back.
AUCKLAND. ~ Z. Feb. 3.-lPi-
Earthquake ami fire lcvelled the
city Of Napier, nv. Z. today leaving
a casualty list reported At 100 dead
and 1000 injured. and wrecked four
nearby towns. causing an undeter-
mined number OF fatalities ri in
juries.
Napier was still ablaze and vir-
tually helpless tonight, THE quake
having cut OF It's water supply. It's
stunned populace stood by. unable 20
count itS dead and without effective
means Of fighting the fire. Dyna-
hitting was reSOrted to in am at-
tempt tO check the flames.
The first shock came shortly be-
fore IA a- I'M. shaking IA large pos
tion or the coastal region NJ Hawkes.
Bay province, Of which Napier lis
the capital. Hastings. "A town I'D
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
DIRECTORS MEET

AUSTIN. Feb. 3-iP-The board
OF directors OF the Texas Federation
or women's club opened its annual
midwinter session here today. Mrs.
r.. r. Lindsay OF Mount Pleasant.
state president. presided.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

RIVER FORECAST
The river will fall slowly practi-
cally all along during the next "a
TO 50 hours.
Flood Present 1H-FF. 9a~FEr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide 40 Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal mete0rc-
logical conditions:
High ........ 2:55 .. m 5:54 .. n.
Low ....... 1888 IA. m.; 1864 p. Urn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

III II did not rain 20 make the
roads impossible, the chug holes
and dust made a journey from n
end or the county 10 another an
adventure OF a par with a trip to
darkest Africa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Those we're the days when q
would have been possible TO get an
almost unanimous vote TO cut
Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
either or both. up into half a dozen
counties, so that che could get
from one end OF the county 70 an
other in a day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
THE T

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy or fail; not much
cnange In temperature. Light TO
moderate northerly winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Speaking OF rain again. do you
remember when those old wooden
paving blocks which lined some
of the main business streets OF
Brownsville used to swell up 70
mountainous proportions every time
three drops OF rain hit the city
Iimits7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

II may be that too many OF us
can remember back when q couple
OF inches Of rain put the automo-
bile in the garage to stay until
the sun had shone for a couple OF
Gays. III our memories are not SO
good, maybe fewer OF us would
curl I'D at the sight and thought
Of rain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

And It viii go on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

They may talk OF the good old
favsr to their hearts content-but
looking back over the past IS years
CT the Valleys history. We are
lad that the good old days have
ken succeeded by better ones.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

One thing about It. when one
Of these rainy spells does hit the
Valley. II fails to spell the gries
and gloom Of a few years ago.
when rain meant the actual ces-
sation Of all forms of activity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Paved roads connecting Valley
cities enable the city dweller to
fare forth during any kind OF
weather, and the network OF con-
crete Is being gradually extended
to bring all weather transportation
10 the door OF the farmer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Disagreeable as It was. or per-
haps we should say SIS. 1t may be
raining again as you read this
disagreeable as Ii was or is.
the rain seemed 10 have more ef-
feet on the limitation OF cabbage
cutting than all Of the agreements
&c stop ting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

In our Valley dominates Louis
witte Of San Benito for the job
not that he knows any more about
truck acreage and conditions than
any one OF six or a dozen others
We might name, but-his max
haustible supply OF stories would
keep everybody In good humor and
give them something to use for
money when the price was down.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

Back home again in three weeks.
and asked why the hurry, she came
home 10 get warm!
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

No section anywhere can be cited
which has shown a growth as
rapid. vet rs orderly. as that en-
toyed hy the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. and may the good work 90
oni
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

And We have no doubt that the
native sons told her the weather
she encountered in Southern Cali
fornia was unusual"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

IN OUR
VALLEY

Speaking OF the unusual wea-
Their" OF the past month reminds
us OF one Of our favorite aunts who
became all excited over the palm
trees and roses displayed in one
OF those Southern California ad-
vertisementS some years back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-03

FOR RENT Furnished heated rooms for gentlemen. Inquire 115 West 9th St. or telephone 330.