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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
FAVOR ANNUAL
+. FARM CENSUS
Proposed BY Colleges, Bill
Will Be Presented To
Legislature

AUSTIN. Feb. 11.-F-DetaiIs o.
a plan for an annual farm census.
projected by the U~niveF..ty or Tex
r.. Texas Agricultural and Me-
chanical college and the state and
federal departments or labor were
embodied In a bill to be presented
I'd the legislature today.
The bill was drafted BY a sub
committee from the several snstitu-
tons advised By w. +. Callende :.
chairman Of the crop reporting
board OF the United States Depart
mcnt OF Agriculture. who made "A
special trip here from Washington
20 work with the committee.
IL provides that the census shall
be taken by tax assessors who would
be paid five cents for each farm
enumerated. The state would con-
tribute $4,000 annually 10 the cen
sus, on which the federal govern
ment. through It's crop reporting
service. expends $40. 900 a ear
The plan was proposed. members
Of the group said. not only a. "A
guide TO farmers. but as an aid %
industrial development and persons
seeking information about territory
In which expansion was planned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
BODY OF
MISSING GIRL


NEWTON. Kas., Feb. 1l-tPl-
Harvey county officers sought clues
today IN the Staying Of Miss Luz
ellie Price, 18-year-old high schoo.
graduate who disappeared jan
uary "a.
Her body. bruised and covered by
cobwebS. was found IN a ditch be-
side an isolated road southwest OF
Newton yesterday. Her clothing
was torn. A set was missing from
ner ring. Rain had erased possible
clues from the earth.
Miss Price disappeared after
leaving Helen Spriggs. a chum,
while walking home from the pub
lie library. Upon the expressed be-
LIEF OF her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
C. II. Price. that she might have
eioped. Jack Brunker. or Wichita.
KaS.. was questioned here Sunday.
He was not held.
Miss Sprigg told police that soon
after Miss Price left her and pro-
ceeded hOmeward. a motor car
which she believed contained two
men and a woman passed down
the street in the direction the slain
girl had taken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
APARTMENT
ARE PLANNED
Bolles To Erect $4,000
Structure In San
Benito
(Rv Staff Correspondent

SAN BENITO, Feb. direction
Of an apartment house to cost APP
proximately $4,000 in Valencia
Park for Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bolles
will begin early next week. accord
ing 10 Walter F. Chambers, San
Benito contractor.
The building is to be 26x70 feet
and two stories. 1t will be OF tile
construction and the stucco finish
will be of Spanish texture.
Each OF the four apartments will
have four rooms and bath. The
suites viii be the same size and will
have the same arrangements. In
addition to one bedroom there Will
be a roll-away bed In the living
room.
All floors will be OF oak except
the tiled floors In the bathrooms
and the entrance. Tiled drain
boards will be provided for sinks
and doorways at the entrance viii
have tile trim.
Electrical refrigeration will be pro-
vided throughout.
The roof will be flat. Of compo-
sition material and will have tile
corniceS.
1t Is understood that the owners
will occupy one suite and that the
other three have already been leas-
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Conscience Hurts,
Attempts Suicide

CHICAGO, Feb. III. PJ-The
manner in which the scales were
operated in a butcher shop where
he was employed weighed so heav-
lily Oh his mind that Fred Baes
tried to kill himself. he told Judge
Edelman before whom he was ar
raigned after his landlord rescued
him from a gas filled room.
Baes said the practice in the shop
was for the butcher to put his hand
on the scale to short-weight us
toners and that this preyed OH his
mind so that he no longer cared
TO live. The judge considered a
500 fine. but later decided that
Baes could 20 free on probation on
his promise not to try ~self-exter-
mination any more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Slayer Oklahoma
Mar Is Sought

ALTOONA. Kas.. Feb. 1i.-tR)-
Wilson county officers today sought
the slayer Of a man tentatively len
titled as Walter A. Cannady, Col
linsville, Okla.
The body with a small calibre
bullet hole through the right side
Of the chest was found yesterday in
a motor car near here. The ma
chine had been parked at the side
OF the road since . o'clock Monday
night but the body was not found
until yesterday. The fatal bullet
apparently had been fired from a
distance as no powder marks were
found.
r. M. Wiley. county coroner. said
he believed robbery the motive for
the crime.
The victim was about 40 years
old and literature and a bible In his
motor car indicated he was a worker
for the Nazarene church. Collins
vile, Okla.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Breaks Bones q
Times In 5 Years

ST. PAUL. Feb. IL. R)-Maurice
Breslau. 9, has a brand new frac-
ture today. the 22nd such injury he
had suffered in the past five years.
His latest injury occurred when
he stumbled and fell while hurry
ing to his seat in school. His right
thigh was fractured.
Twenty-one times before he has
gone through sinlilar experiences.
Once his collar bone was broken.
Seven times hts left arm had been
fractured. And Is times before the
present injury he has had broken
legs.
Maurice appeared 10 be a healthy
normal boy until he was four years
old. The brittleness appeared in
his bones. A fall or a bump that
an ordinary boy would not notice
sends Maurice TO bed In a cast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Dead Vet Wants
Pension Continued

SEATTLE. Feb. II. pa month
ago Spanish American war veterans
held funeral services at Chehalis,
Wash, for Nicholas Shorty" Mos
Ter.
Yesterday Mosler sauntered into
the c~ity-county building here to
greet his old comrades. The eX-
change was brief.
Harry Dorman, court bailiff, and
John II. ReSch, license director,
were astounded. They told Mosler
Of the funeral. Mosler. alarmed.
left Immediately for Chehalis to
learn whether his pension had been
stopped.
Officials said q letter bearing
Mosler's name led to the identified
ton OF the body Of a man found
in a Chehalis hotel room rs that Of
Mosler.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
UNION SPY IS
STILL ALIVE
The Flea Relates Story
Of Lincoln On 122nd
Anniversary

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. IL. Ll
The flea so called by President
Abraham Lincoln because OF his
ability 70 move quickly as a spy for
the Union forces during the civil
war. still lives.
He is Jason RI. Edgerly. 90 year
aid resident Of Blue Island. Ill,
whose story OF anecdotes Of the
emancipation was added to the long
list recounted with the approach
each year Of the anniversary OF
Lincoln's birth. Tomorrow will
mark the one hundred and twenty
second anniversary.
II was after he had stolen the
Willow Greek battle plans from
under the nose Of Robert z. Lee
Edgerly said. that Lincoln gave him
the nickname OF "the flea" Sec
rotary Of State Seward had doubt
ed the authenticity Of Lees sigma
ture on the plan. so Lincoln called
Edgerly in for a conference.
Did you ever try TO put your
finger on a flea?" Lincoln Is quot
ed as asking Seward. TO find
he wasn't there. That's the way
with my man. He got these plans
and Immediately wasn't there"
When Confederate General Early
started his four-day attack on the
city Of Washington. Edgerly said he
escorted Lincoln in an examination
Of defenses. Lincoln was curious,
he said. He stood boldly on the
Notifications looking out toward the
confederate lines Cannon shot fell
near him.
Get down from there Mr.. Lin
coln," Edgerly said he advised.
They have our range. Get down
and let me watch"
Lincoln said something about
my life being as sweet TO me as his
to him. but right then a minnie bal
hit between his feet.
Get down. Mr.. Lincoln" Edger-
~ said he yelled and reached up "a
help the president.
"All right" Lincoln is quoted as
answering. II will"
Discovery Of the part that Edger-
ly played In Lincoln's career and
the finding Of documentary evil
dence that Lincoln once served on
the circuit court bench In Spring
field as an acting judge. were the
only new stories Of Lincoln's life
that have been brought to light dur
ing the past year, local historians
say.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Decrease Influenza
Cases Is Reported

WASHINGTON, Feb. PIT
With all states reported except
Maine and New Hampshire. Influ.
enza cases today totaled 1925 as
against 1928 a week ago.
The total FOR the corresponding
week last year was 3.040. The public
health service said the reports in
dicate the disease is running in
three-week cycles. and in some
states where the attack began later,
IL Is still on the increase. South
Carolina. for instance. has 3.147
cases now as against 2.s75 a week
ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

ACOHlAlucu ron Page ~
Nm not going TO get into any
personal controversy. Blaine re-
joined again.
Tmpertinence, Says Blaine
I'm sure we're rot,s the post
master general said.
Il can't stop your impertinence,'
Blaine said.
Il know you can't" was the re-
ply. ~
Brown insisted that TO give the
committee the information would
compromise condemnation proceed
ings.
'Oh." Blaine said. we will ques-
ton you about that when we get
to the St. Paul lease
The committee has received test
imony that District Attorney Dill
az st. Paul, who has been engaged
in condemning the st. Paul Com
mercial Station poStoffice, has sew
eral times complained to the justice
department against what he con-
sidered interference from the post
office department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

AUSTIN. Feb. ii-tP-The court
OF criminal appeals today reversed
and remanded the case OF Earnest
Young. one or the two former
inmates Of the San Antonio state
hospital alleged to have killed
Johnnie w. Bradshaw. and To have
thrown his body into Guadalupe
river.
Presiding Judge w. G. Morrow.
delivering the opinion. sale the
state had to prove beyond a reason
able doubt that Young was sane
In order TO convict. He reversed
the judgment on the grounds the
trial judge did not make that fact
plain in his charge TO the jury.
Morrow further pointed out the
evidence was wholly circumstantial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
INCREASE
NOW PROPOSED
Full Cash Payment To Vets
Voted Down BY
Committee

WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.=P-
The house ways and means COM
mittee today narrowed consider
alton or veterans relief legislation
to two proposals-one 10 increase
loans and the other to pay one
fourth the face value Of the certi-
ficntes.
The committee is expected to
approve one OF the proposals to-
morrow.
The loan Is along the lines sug-
gested by Representative Bachar-
ach. republican. New Jersey. and
would cost about $500. O00.0 00. The
one-fourth payment plan Is spon-
sored by Representative Fish. re-
publican, New York.
Veterans Administrator Hines has
estimated the Fish proposal would
cost approximately $780, 900 900.
The committee continued delib-
Grafton after voting down three
veterans proposals.
Chairman Hawley announced the
nlan for immediate redemption In
full or the certificates was elimin-
ated by a Is to 5 vote. This was
the Brook llrt- Patman proposal,
involving an estimated outlay OF
$500. 900 900.
The committee then voted down.
10 to l3, Hawley said. the Gamer
plan for adjusted service pay plus
Is per cent. with four per cent,
compound interest added.
General Hines estimated this
would cost 50, 106, O00, 900 If all vet
Grams took 1t.
The committee voted down. 10 "a
l3. a modification OF the Garner
plan. T: ;
Hawley said that details ~ the
loan were being worked out. 10 be
presented tomorrow. Representa-
tives OF the treasury and General
Hines. he said. would be present
TO give u advice on the two
proposals."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Would Allow Isles
To Manufacture Rum

WASHINGTON. Feb. I1-P-
Virgin Island commissioners were
expected &C a meeting this after
noon Cd decide whether 10 put be-
fore President Hoover the proposal
that the islands be allowed TO man
Ufacture rum for export.
The plan has been put forward
as q means Oh rehabilitating the
island sugar industry and the three
commissioners Joseph Alexander
Dr. Davis g.. CaneEata. ~chairmaE,
and ID. Hamilton Jackson. repre-
Scnting the territorial legislature
favor II.
They told Herbert I'D. Brown.
chief or the bureau or efficiency,
who recently comri-.ed an econ
cmic survey or the islands they
felt ID would restore prosperity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Foreign Cloth
Dealer Is Killed

BENARES. India, Feb. III. GP-
Mohammad Jan Khan Agha. a deal
CT In foreign cloth. was shot and
killed today at his home. Authori-
ties said that MS Agha died he men
toned the name Of a local all In
ola national congress volunteer w.
his aSsailant, whereupon police ar
rested the captain or the local con-
gress volunteers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Liberty Officials
View Valley Roads

A party OF Liberty county Off
cials. headed by Engineer E. A.
Brasher. was IN Brownsville We'd
ncsday for the purpose 0f studying
tho Cameron county paving syS-
tenn.
Liberty county Is 70 inaugurate
extensive road work in the near fu-
ture and Cameron county has been
recommended I'd them aS a model
for concrete road construction
I'm addition t0 Engineer Brashfr.
the county judge ard several mem
bers or the county commissioners
court were III the party here.
w. ID. Washington. Cameron
county engineer. showed the or
ficialS ever the local system OF
concrete roads.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
CLAIM MARRS
CONTINUED from page u

missions by county school officials
IN acting as agents for the book
companies was the most pernicious
In state affairs.
Mars told the committee he be-
lieved character instruction should
be placed ahead OF arithmetic and
other subjects and that he regard
ed II as Being OF paramount i'm
portance that some system of
teaching character building be IN
troduced in the state schools.
He said the series distributed by
the G. r. Jackson company was
the only one available for the work
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Well Known Book
Store Owner Dies

AUSTIN. Feb. 11.-tPl-H. p. ".
CANNED. owner of Gammel's. Oldest
bookstore in Texas. died at his
home early today. He was rs years
old.
Anoted figure among Texas and
national bookmen. Mr.. CANNED had
spent nearly his entire life in Aus
tin. coming here from Denmark III
the los.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL -tPl-
The house rules committee today
decided to allow the house to vote
al this session on the Clifford res
olution TO eliminate the Lame
Duck" sessions OF congress-.
Several times the senate has ap-
proved the Norris resolution TO
change the meeting time Of con-
gress. eliminating the short sess-
ions such as the one in which con-
gress Is now engaged. The house
has never acted on the proposal.
however. which Is sponsored there
by Representative Clifford. republi-
can, Massachusetts,.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
MARKETS



NEW YORK. Feb. li-tPl-AfJer
momentary hesitation at the OPEN
ing, the stock market resumed its
advance today. this time under
leadership OF the copper and utility
shares. Numerous specialties were
also buoyant.
Early losses or l TO il-2 In U.
S. Steel, Bethlehem. Allied Chem
ical and Westinghouse were quickly
regained when a bullish demonstra-
ton started in the coppers. Auburn
Auto. which had been down 10 ID.
made virtually full recovery and j.
I. Case turned a 2 point decline
into a net rise OF 8. Chile Copper
and Pittsburgh & West Virginia
likewise rallied s, while Columbian
Carbon SCARED 8. Gillette and
American Water Works 5, and AM
erican g. Foreign Power, Jewel Tea
and Goodyear 3 each.
Stocks up 2 TO 2l-2 included
American Telephone. Consolidated
Gas, American Power & Light. St
Joseph Lead and American Smelt-
ing. The market. which had been
sluggish in the early selling. again
became lively on the rally.
Call nfney renewed at IL per
cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Ladies Night Will
Be Held By Rotes

A Ladies Night" session will be
held at 1880 p. m. tanight at the
Fl Jardin hotel BY the Brownsville
Rotary club. A special program has
been arranged for the occasion and
Rotary officials urge a full atten-
dance.
The regular meeting Of the club,
tc have been held at noon Wednes-
day, was postponed in favor Of the
night session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Czech Official Is
Assassinated Today

VIENNA. Feb. 11-Fl-The sec
retary Of the Professionalism lega-
ton was shot to death in his Of
flee today BY a 6~7-year-old former
Czechoslovakian policeman named
Boleslaus Zetka-
Zetka handed the secretary A
document and while the secretary
examined II he drew a revolver ana
fired three time&
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Police Capture
San Benito Robbers
(BY sad CORRESPONDENT

SAN BENITO, Feb. 1.-Two men
haken into custody last night BY
city police have confessed to the
recent robbery OF the Palace Coffee
Shop here. and also disclosed the
hiding place or the $500 in coins
taken from the shop.
After being grilled by police. the
lei led the officers TO the cache
on the banks Of the resaca. where
the entire sum taken was found
intact to the last nickie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Z

r. p. Allen and S. A. Lambkin.
Harrington: Juan VeleZ and Sofia
Luna, La Esperanza ranch: Earl
Drew, Mercedes. and Scholatisca
Bretz. La Feria; Trinidad Marques
and Feliciana Garcia. La Feria.
Vincent 3. Belcher and Eva john
son. La Feria.
License issued: Emile Wise,
Brownsville, and Anna Maude Bell,
Harrington.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Oil Heiress Is
Married to Count

TULSA. OKLA. Feb. 11-P)-
Miss Katherine Cornell, II year-old
Tulsa heiresS TO the S 100000 estate
OF the late Robert Oglesby, oil OPP
orator. was married here today to
Count Jan Drohojowski Of Poznan,
Poland.
Following the ceremony. which
vas performed at Christ King
church by Monsignor Sevens, the
couple left for Chicago. Baltimore
and Washington. planning to sail
in March for Berlin where the
Count is a foreign newspaper cor
respondent. The brides mother,
Mrs. H. d. Cornell Is III in a Bal
timore hospital.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Veterans Hospital
Bill Is introduced

WASHINGTON. Feb. 11-fP-A
bin to authorize S2o.877. 900 for new
veterans hospital construction
throughout the country was intro
duced today by Senator Smoot.
The measure provides for twelve
new hospitals and additions to %
existing institutions. It embraces
the Sl2,500.o00 program in the
Rogers bill approved yesterday BY
the house veterans committee and
the So $50. 1000 for new soldiers
homes approved by a house military
subcommittee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Emergency Money Is
Asked For Prisons

AUSTIN. Feb. 11.-tPD-The house
and senate finance committees we're
today asked to consider $500. 500 III
emergency appropriations for the
state prison system by r. u. Tenni-
son. cashier. who presented a Pc
tition for more funds.
Appropriations if granted would
be used during the remainder 81
the fiscal year. ending August 81.
Funds needed for maintenance in
cluded those for food. Tennison said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
PROBATION Suit
Arguments Begin

AUSTIN. Feb. ll.-tPl-Argu-
ments In the suit brought BY the
Danciger Oil and Refining company
against the state railroad commits
sion began in district court here
today after the close Of evidence
yesterday. The Amarillo company
Is seeking to invalidate the state ol
proration plan.
J'rdge G "A. Wheeler gave notice
TO counsel OH both sides 10 limit
arguments in the case in order that
tho suit might be disposed Of this
week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Wealthy Widow Is
Missing For Week

NEW YORK. Feb. ll-Pl-The
New York American today said in
a copyrighted story that Mrs. Myrtle
stella, IS. widow Of a wealthy real
estate operator. had been missing
from her West 96th street nome
for seven days.
Her disappearance was reported
to police. the paper said. by patrol
man George Wandling. known as
the Adonis Of the police force"
He advanced the theory that she
had been kidnapped and was being
held for ransom.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Suicides Body Is
Sent to Indiana
tBy Staff Correspondent

tBy Staff COrrespOndrntl
HARLINGEN. Feb. l1.-Body OF
william Henry Van Sandt, Ia
Feria restaurant owner who COM
mitted suicide III a Harlingen hotel
yesterday. has been sent By
ThcmDsOn's MOrtuary 10 CraWfOrds-
vile. Ind. for burial.
Certificate signed by Dr. IVY. D.
Walsworth. city health officer. gave
a. cause or death suicide Thy
poiSon)."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Two Fined

Pedro Trevino and Fabian Suarez
were fined $3.50 each ON charges
OF simple assault when tried before
Justice Of the Peace Geo. Krausse
here Tuesday afternoon.
The charges grew out Of a fight
at the San Pedro ranch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
POSTPONE ACTION

WASHINGTON. Feb. III -(F-
Because OF a controversy over the
S30.000.000 battleship moderniza-
ton bill. the house rules committee
today postponed action on whether
it should be given legislative right
Of way until the annual supply bill
has been passed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Feb. III. tP-CU. s. IN.
A.)-Potatoes. steady. sacked per
cWt Wisconsin round whites. 1.35-
lao. Minnesota round whites, lis
$50; Idaho rusSetS. ~1.65-1.75: Colo
RADIO McClures branded 1.e5-i95.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
City Briefs

Offer = number % nice reside u
properties below cost Of const~ r.
ton. II interested in a good buy
see US. Frontier Lumber Company,
Adv. IL.
Lost Tuesday: Gold drop ear
ring. coral ose setting. Reward.
Return to Herald office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb. II. Rl-Down-
turns in grain prices resulted early
today from discrediting Of reports
Of a revolution in Russia. Some
thing Of a counterbalance. however,
was official announcement that the
domestic winter wheat belt still
urgently needed rain from Missouri
eastward.
Opening / 3-8c down 70 lac up,
wheat afterward underwent an adj
ditional drop. Corn started IL :
i-3c off and subsequently held near
to the initsa. range.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

We wish to thank our friends
for their kindness and for the
sympathy shown at the death Of
u mother. w. II. Brady and
family.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. ll-Pl--
Cotton had an active and firm
opening. Liverpool came in much
higher than due and first trades
showed gains of 10 to IL points,
Heavy trade buying ard equally
short covering developed after the
start and prices gained slightly
more, May advancing 10 IL p and
October 70 li30. or IL 10 IA points
shove yesterdays close.
The market later eaSed off three
20 six points or profit-taking. but
the undertone remained very firm
with active buSineSs-doing.
The market continued active al
morning. but prices eased off on
profit-taking May dropping to ll.0S
and October ll.60, down ten 70
fourteen points from The earlier
highs.