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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Low RATES in
VALLEY, CLAIM
Especial to The He-ald)


McALLEN. Sept. a. McAllen
and Valley cities have average
power rates as cheap as cities gen.
orally over the United States, in
GLIDING larger cities, Z. 3. Neis-
wanger OF San Antonio, president
OF the Central Power and Light
company. told McAllen citizens at
the first OF a series OF rate meet
ings last night.
The meeting, attended by COM
pany officials. chamber OF COM
merce officials and citizens. was
the first Of three scheduled as
the outcome Of protests against
high utility rates by McAllen cit
fzens. A hearing has been arranged
with officials Of the Rio Grande
Valley Gas company Tuesday night
and one with officials Of the tele-
phone company Thursday night.
McAllen people protestel power
rates on grounds Of high rates,
deposits or meters and connection
charges. the latter Of which was
dispensed with several weeks ago.
Pres. Neiswanger told about IS
people present that rate re|u ions
have been made previously In the
Valley as business justified the
reduction. and future decreases
would also be made a. volume OF
business justified.
Among those who spoke we're G
j. Britton, r.. NJ Bounds. j. II
Smith, N. L. Moore and B. d
Kimbrough. all OF McAllen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
District Suit
Is Transferred

EDINBURG. Sept. 22.-Transfer
OF the sl75.O00 damage suit against
the Brown drummer Company
brought by Road District No. ! now
pending in the 18th district court to
the Federal court In Brownsville was
granted today.
Judge Hood Boone was asked to
act Immediately on the case, which
is scheduled for this term OF court.
The investment company gives as
reason fo- transfer OF the case to
the federal court that the con-
troversy is between people of differ
ent states. The B-own-C Drummer
company Is located in wichita, Kas
The damage suit was filed by
Road District No. / and Santiago
Guzman. county treasurer. August
20. alleging that payment OF interest
was due the road district since Dec
z, 1927.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Money Exchanging
Advised Tourists
fRu Staff Cnrresnnndentl

ADN 2baAA
HARLINGEN, Sept. 22.-Tourists
who 20 into Mexico are advised by
the Rio Grande Automobile club to
take their American money to Mex
lean banks to exchange for pesos.
Robert w. Pollock. manager Of
this club which Is seeking to pro-
mote automobile travel into Mexico
through the Valley, says that II
tourists insist on changing money
at hotels and other places they
should expect to allow the concern
a margin of safety. because OF the
steadily declining value OF the peso.
Tradespeople c-.nnot afford to
give full current rate Of exchange
and advise tourists to 60 to the
banks during he hours that they
are open.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
JAPAN READY
FOR CONFERENCE

TOKYO, Sept. 22zP-The jap
anese government today notified
Its minister to China hat 1t stood
ready to approve the proposal or
I. ". Soong. Chinese minister OF
finance, for the appointment of a
joint Sino-Japanese commission to
endeavor to solve the Manchurian
controversy.
While this definite step was be-
ing taken toward amelioration OF
the difficulties between China and
Japan, Rengo news agency here
received an unconfirmed report in
dicating the military invasion of
Manchuria BY Japan was spread
ing.
The report said Japanese military
authorities at Changchun, terminus
of the South Manchurian ilway.
had sent troops to Hardin. inland
metropolis Of Manchuria. In re-
Spouse to urgent appeals from Jap
anese residents there.
The war department in Tokyo
said IL had no information regard
ing the rumor. Rengo concluded
that the local military at Chang
chun might have acted on its own
initiative.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Grid Star Named
To Head Classes
(By Staff -Correypondent)

10y Stdll
SAN BENITO. Sept. 22.-Football
players won the office OF president
in all three classes Of San Benito
high school.
Paul Cocke was elected president
by the seniors. Hogan Billeu by the
juniors and Charles Peery by the
sophomores.
Seniors have not completed elect
ing officers but the juniors chose
Helen Harris, vice president: Mar
garet Love Yancey, secretary:
Carolyn Phillips. treasurer: Bruce
Gentry, reporter and Mrs. A. l..
-4arris. class mother.
In the sophomore election. Leon
I'd March became vice president,
Carolyn Cowgirl secretary and Mrs.
G. d. Cowgirl class mother.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
First Valley
Citrus Moves

SAN BENITO, Sept. a. With
first Valley citrus fruit moving by
trucks this morning and a carload
to move early tomorrow. Valley
citrus movement IS expected to be
well under way by next week. Sew
eral carloads have been picked and
are ready to move out the latter
part Of this week. 1t was announced
here this morning.
The first carload. which moved
out this morning by trucks TO sew
eral Texas points, was grown here
at the orchard Of Lovett and Kirk
The carload ready to move to-
morrow also was grown by Lovets
and Kirk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
PRIVATE LIFE
OF PROF TO Be
AIRED COURT

HAMPTON, va, SEPT. 22-R-
Testimony to be offered for and
against Professor Elisha Kent Kane
was definitely indicated today as
preparations were made for his
preliminary hearing to--orrow on
a charge OF numbering his wife
Coroner George X. Vandersice's
certified report. which was filed
Yesterday. gave for the first time
definite information Of evidence
tn. parents Of Mrs. Jenny Graham
Kane offered TO support the theory
that the University Of Tennessee
professor drowned his wife after
generalization.
Note writer Identified
The writer OF the mysterious let
ters signed Betty" was identified
Yesterday by her mother. as Mrs.
Elizabeth II. Dahl Of New York.
The coroner said the letters were
an important factor In t. return
OF a murder verdict.
Mrs. Phoebe Harris, 70. the
mother. said at her home In Phila-
delphia that her daughter had
written the letters but that the
O impression had been given
by quotations from them. She told
OF an alleged attachment between
Mrs. Dahl and Professor Kline but
said II had ended. Her daughter
believed in the innocence OF u
accused man and was prepared 10
stand by him in his trial although
now engaged TO another man, p
mother said.
Conflicting with this claim OF q
harmless friendship and innocent
correspondence were the statements
81 Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Granani,
made at the coroner's inquest.
Graham testified his daughter
had told him she feared something
might happen, but ! will die be-
fore this woman shall have him."
Mrs. Graham told of a marriage
relationship marred by the nus
hands alleged attachment to a
m named Betty" with a last
name something like "Dodd.' and
who wrote lots Of letters that a
married man should not receive
Lived with Him
MANY times" Mrs. Graham
testified. "she wrote that she long
ed for him to get rid OF his vile
and cone TO her. She was q d.
yorced woman and she lived with
him in camp before he went over
seas"
Mrs. Graham also told OF Mrs.
Kane's effort to have her accom-
pany them on the morning OF the
tragedy. II did not know why u
didn't want TO go, but she came
pleading to ask me to go with them
and I didn't understand nei
statement said.
The coroner's report also con-
tains the statement OF Professor
Kane, that his wife was drowned
accidentally In spite OF his frantic
efforts to save and then resuscitate
her. 1t had too the testimony OF
his father. DR.. Evan O'Neill Kane.
noted Pennsylvania surgeon, VINO
told OF treating Mrs. Kane Tor a
heart ailment and suggested that
a heart attack might have led TO
her death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
WOMEN. CHILDREN
EvACUATE CITY

NANKING. Sept. 22-tP- The
japanese consul here announced
today that all Japanese women and
children would evacuate Marking
tomorrow.
Chinese authorities we're asked
to afford protection for those leav-
ing and the protection was prom
tsed.
Leaders OF the Kuomintang. DOM
inant political party in China and
hacker Of the nat onalist govern
ment. were organizing a huge DEM
o~nstration for tomorrow and called
upon the entire population OF
Marking to participate In voicing
the nations bitterness and wrongs
suffered at Japan's hands"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
San Benito School
Teachers Experienced
(By Staff Ccrreypondent)

tby SUIT CLETeSpOfutnLI
SAN BENITO, Sept. 22-Of the
teachers in the San Benito school
system, 10 have been in the local
schools one year. 10 for two years.
nine for three. four for four. five
for five. eight for from six to ten.
one for II to 20 years and one q
years or more, Accord. ! to Supt.
T. j. Voc.
AS to experience. one has taught
one year previous TO this. three
have taught two years, seven have
taught three, nine have taught
four. five for five. IS for from six
70 ten years and six from II to 20
years and four n years or Tore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

the bureau for some time.
He win be gone ali this week.
attending TO coop business MS well
ms the farm bureau meeting.
He also will attend q meeting
OF theFederal Farm Board post
poned indefinitely recently at which
the national sales agency set-up for
co-operatives viii be discussed.
It Is understood :. Valley coop
headquarters here that the federal
! farm board plans 10 concentrate on
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
GROWERS FIGHT
RATE INCREASE
CIV staff Correspondent

AA @@
HARLINGEN, Sept. p. - First
steps toward linking Texas three
big truck crops areas, the Lower
Rio Grande Valley. the Corpus
Christi Robstown section, and the
Winter Garden, in a battle 70 the
finish against hikes in freight rates,
were taken at meeting OF Valley
shippers and chamber of commerce
secretaries here yesterday after
noon.
The meeting was held at the
headquarters Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Shippers association,
where c. ID. Wallace secretary,
presided in the absence OF Louis
witte Of San Benito, president.
Rates Costly
Although there are three dis
tinct raises in prospect in vegetable
rates in the Valley. this meeting
was occupied principally with the
raise which advances classifications
OF practically all Valley vegetables,
raising them around 80 per cent,
This will cost the Valley about
100000 annually, 1t was estimated
by u. s. Pawkett, traffic manager
Of the South Texas Chamber OF
Commerce, in a letter read at the
meeting by j. z. Bell, San Benito
Chamber Of Commerce secretary.
The new rates already have been
published, and are scheduled to be-
come effective Oct. Is.
Formal protest Is to be filed by
the shippers association. the in
dividual shippers. and the various
chambers of commerce of the VAL
ley, 1t was decided at the meeting
here.
Jobbers Protest
Announcement also was made
that protest has been filed by the
Western Fruit Jobbers association,
and that other jobbers associations
will probably join in the protest.
The Valley Is asking for a sus-
pension of the new rates, and a
public hearing to be held in the
Valley. II possible, on the question
Of making the suspension perma-
nent.
There was some discussion of
employing council 10 represent the
Valley at the hearing, and Pawkett
was considered, but a final decision
was put off until later.
Announcer was made at this
meeting that q meeting will be
held at Corpus Christi Wednesday.
and the Valley Is asked to be rep
resented. Several Valley shippers
are expected TO 60. and to work out
way in which the the Valley Corpus
Christi. and the Winter Garden can
join in this fight.
The South Texas Chamber OF
Commerce Is expected to cooperate
IN the campaign.
Shipping Dismissed
The shippers discussed several
other rate matters, including the
new ruling requiring all carrots and
beets to be shipped as full top
carrots and beets, and the proposed
ID per cent flat increase.
They also favored the California
rule in top lei = and are working
Tor this ruling. which will bring a
saving of SIS a car.
Some shippers brought out at the
meeting that the rate on sorc VAL
ley vegetables will be raised almost
100 per cent II all the increases
sought are made effective.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
LEADER Says
Will PRESENT
/ UNITED FRONT

NANKING, China, Sept. 22-tPl
addressing a mass meeting to-
day, Chang Kai-Shek. head Of the
Chinese nationalist government,
said that If the Lea--e OF Nations
and Kellog Pact signatories fail to
uphold justice" between China and
Japan regarding Manchuria "thc
national government Is prepared
Tor q final and supreme struggle"
II shall lead the army and the
entire nation" said the Chinese
president. "in the fight for the
preservation Of our race and to
uphold the dignity OF our people.
Let me assure you that / shall
stand or fail with my country. I
snail 60 to the front and, IL nee
essary, fall with other patriots"
Reports previously were widely
circulated both here and II. Canton
that peace was about TO be made
between the Marking government
and the insurgent regime N south
China in order that the nation
might present a united front and
deal with Japan"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Aprarians Victors

VERA CRUZ. Sept. %. P1-One
policeman was killed and two were
wounded in clashes during state
elections yesterday. Agrarians scored
q sweeping victory everywhere ex-
cept In Orizaba where the labo.
party gained the upper hand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
CO OPP Chief Attends
Farm Bureau Meet

wESLACO. Sept. 22.-George b.
Warren. manager OF the Valley
Vegetables Cooperative Assn Is In
Dallas this week attending a meet
ing OF the Texts Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton board OF directors.
Warren has been n director OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
China Says Is Ready for War; Attempts at Peace Are Under Way

giving assistance 10 co-operativcs
rather than to sterilization cper-
| atoms such as would involve the
purchase OF enormous quantities OK
various commodities
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

Game wardens OF south Missouri
have united I'm O campaign against
hunters killing deer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

In the United states there are
some 20. 200 banks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
Business Notes
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July with the ap-
proach of July 4, retailers are placing
commitments more cautiously as a re-
suit of which recorders received by resi-
dent buyers in New York the first of
the week were confined to requests for
Midsummer merchandise for fill-in pur-
poses. The volume OF. such purchases
was fairly large, but individual orders
were for small lots of goods, mostly.
Fall lines of enameled kitchenware
will be priced approximately per cent
under Spring quotations, according to
reports in the New York market. The
lower prices. sales agents said, are being
made by manufacturers in the hope
Of booking a good volume of early busi-
ness. Producers are now assembling
their lines and will offer them to buy
ers toward the close of next month.
Expecting a substantial improvement
in business by Fall, executives of whole
sale import distributing houses this
week are changing their Fall buying
programs, trade circles report. Strength
shown by commodity markets last week,
along with other indications of return
ing business activity, is believed to JUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
LEAF TOBACCO EXPORTS
HIGHEST SINCE 1924
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Leaf tobacco exports from the United
States for the first five months of this
year we're larger than for any other
similar period since 1924
For May exports totalled 48,9l2,00O
pounds compared with 28,823, 900 for
the same month last year, the Com
merce Department announced. The
total for the five months. January
through May, was. 232.954 900 pounds
compared with 229,970,000 for the same
period last year.
The f1ve-months total also represent
ed an increase of approximately 8 per
cent over the flve-year average for
similar periods.
This gratifying aspect of the coun-
Ty's export trade is attributed chiefly
to the continued demands for American
bright f1ue-cured tobacco in China and
the United Kingdom" said B. D. Hill,
chief of the Commerce Departments
tobacco division.
owing to depressed economic con-
ditions and increased tax agitation in
many countries of the world, unfavor-
able reports in the first part of the year
reflected a decreased business for the
American tobacco Supporters. but de-
pleted foreign stocks and rumors of tax
increases coupled with greatly increased
production and accumulation of stocks
in the United States. which factors
drove values to the minimum. served to
move a greater volume of tobacco than
that anticipated by even the most OPP
tinlistic in the industry"
Values Of all types of tobacco exported
during May averaged $l2.56 per 100
pounds, compared with Sl9.86 for May.
1880. and S2l.79 for May. 1929. Prices
have been declining steadily since 1924.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

Denver & Salt Lake; control would re-
main in voting trust of which G.
Hughes, L. Phipps. jr., and w. Freeman
constitutes majority.
Godchaux Sugars advanced refined
sugar price 10 points to 4.65 cents
pound.
Holeproof Hosiery passes quarterly
dividend on cumulative preferred stock;
paid SITS April 10, had deficit in first
five months net working capital May
81, S2,662,000
Julian & Kokenge deficit. ST. months
to April 80. s67.725, against NJ ( income
S36,264. equal to 10 cents common
share in 1880.
Midland Steel Products-June quar-
ter shipments off 10 per cent.
National Sugar Refining increases
price refined sugar by 10 points to ass
cents pound.
United Fruit, subsidiary Revere Sugar
Refinery, advances price of refined
sugar 10 points to 465 cents a pound.
Raymond Concrete Pile passed COM
mon devidend; paid so cents May /.
United Gas improvement pays ST.
100000 disputed taxes to Pennsylvania,
includes capital stock tax for 1928 arc
1929.
United States Steel plants operating
between 1872 per cent and "a per cent
against 35 per cent week ago, 80 per
cent two weeks ago, SO per cent in 1880
week and 81 per cent in 1929 period.
Virginia Electric g. Power May gross
of % per cent, net operating revenue
up 3.3 per cent: IL months gross of 0.6
per cent. net off OF per cent
American Zinc, Lead 81 Smelling June
quarter net estimated around So a pre-
ferred share.
McKesson & Robbins forms eight
new subsidiaries to take over operations
of existing controlled concerns: will be
under direct supervision of parent COM
pany.
Memphis Natural Gas sales for -
months to May 81 up 1866 per cent.
Nash Motors June shipments totaled
6,ol5 units against l,l86 in May, when
new model was being introduced; had
untitled orders for 1899 units July /.
st. Louls-San Francisco Railway
crop nsnonngS Tor year expected to
Underwater Associated Oil passed semi
annual common dividend; paid 80 cents
February Is.
Fourth National Investors liuuidatine
value June 80, 1881, S37.84 common
share. against $37.36 December 81.
1880, and $45.39 June 80, 1880.
International Telephone 81 Tele-
graph-kolster Radio factories re-
opened by Mackay Radio g. Telegraph,
af1liate; to place new receiver on mar
ket in August.
New York Central Railroad seeks to
put ~ per cent communication fare in
crease in effect August l.
Second National Investors liquidat-
ing value June 80. 1881, $79.82 pre-
derred share, against $79.49 December
81, 1881, and $98.06 June 80, 1880.
standard OH of New Jersey-Price of
STOCK reserved for employees purchase
in final half fixed at $34 a share.
North American Co. electric output
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
CURB SHARES SAG
IN FINAL TRADING
Noon Rally Gives Way as
Late Selling Affects
Whole List. 5s
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July Curb Exchange
stocks finished slightly lower today after
rallying around noon from their ir-
regular opening trends.
Reported disagreement of copper
producers, along with lowered metal
prices, unsettled mine shares. Public
utilities, especially such shares as Elec-
trio Bond g. Share. United Light &
Power A and Utilities Power & Light
remained active throughout the session,
although all of the early gains were
not retained. SprintS in the oils and
sugars featured late trading. Croker
Wheeler Electrical Manufacturing adj
vanced following a statement that its
incoming orders had turned up sharply.
While the crowds along Broadway
Cheered Post and Gatty,, traders alr@ost
ignored Detroit Aircraft, whose Lock-
heed division built the plane in which
the round-the-world flight was made.
Nor was there any quickened demand
for Niles Berent-Pond. which also was
interested in the fight.
Stutz Motor was weak feature OF
motor dealings in the forenoon. It
fell ga points during this period after
a decline of several points earlier in
the week Around IL Stutz was down
Is points from its peak earlier in the
year when it monthly reported in
creased sales
General Electric Ltd, though eX-
dividend today, bettered. American &
Foreign Power warrants proved an ex-
ception to the downturn of interna-
tional utilities late in the first hour.
during which International Superpower,
International Utilities A and B shares
and Italian Superpower fractionally de-
clined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

NEW YORK. July 1.-The following
is summary of important corporation
news prepared by the Standard Statis-
tics Co. Inc, New York, for the Asso-
ciated Press.
News Trend.
Electricity production for the week
ended June 81 as reported by the Ma
tional Electric Light Association was
1892, sol 900 kiloWatt hours, compared
with l 1851, 800 GOO kilowatt hours in the
like 1880 week, decline of 3.9 per cent.
This is better showing than was made
last week, when production declined
4.6 per cent from year ago. There
were 1898 business failures in June,
according to r. G.. Dun & Co., COM
pared with 2,o26 a year ago, liabilities
totaling $5l, $3.50 compared with
500, 1906 Although June registered
an improvement, failures for the first
half year were heavier than any previ-
Gus like period, numbering 15,107, an
increase of 1886 over the first six
months of 1880.
The Companies.
Armour & Co tIllD expected to re-
port deficit after guaranteed preferred
dividends for fiscal year to November
UeCduSe VI large inventory losses,
shipments for first eight months at
levels of like period previous year; cur
rent asset ratio about to /.
Associated Gas q Electric gross earn
ingS of syS EN-. y months ended May
81, up g. per cent; net earnings off
l.3 per cent.
Curtis Manufacturing common share
earnings, year ended May 81, $l64
against 1852.
Eastman Kodak IN j. distributes
S1,008,545 wage dividend TO employees.
making total dividends of $2,583,9l
distributed this year.
International Paper e. Power to
omit preferred dividends on 6 per cent
and per cent preferred stocks. usually
paid July Is; paid $3.50 and SITS, re-
spectively. April Is.
Neisner Bros. June sales up 81 per
cent; six months up 81 per cent.
Wilcox-Rich Corporation Is cents div
idend on class B stock; last payment SO
cents, made September 81, 1880.
American Chicle Economies reported
to have offset 10 per cent drop in dol
lar volume of sales.
American Waterworks g. Electric
May gross off 8.3 per cent, net after
taxes off SIS per cent; IL months gross
off as per cent. net off z per cent.
Auburn Automobile shipped 3,205 Au-
burn and Cord units in June against
GIT in May and $50 year ago.
Denver g. Rio Grande Western Rail-
road may not buy minority stock Of