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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
STEPHENS TO
ASK DAMAGES
'Wrestl n Impresario
Threatens Suit For
False Arrest
tBy Staff Correspondent

HARLINGEN, May 20.-A suit
Tor 100000 damages for alleged
false arrest and damage to his rep
utation probably will be filed in
Brownsville this week against the
City Of San Antonio and others as
en- outgrowth Of the detention last
week Of Ernie Stephens Of Harlin-
gen in connection with the death
OF Mrs Melvin A. Tampke
Stephens said Wednesday that he
understood that it would be neces-
sary TO institute such court action
IN Cameron county but is leaving
the entire matter In the hands OF
his local and San Antonio attor-
neys.
Stephens was taken to San An
tonic for questioning by two de-
tectives from that city after the
woman had been found wounded
on her front porch. He proved an
alibi, securing affidavits to show
that he IA in Harrington at the
time the shot OF shots were fired.
He was released shortly after he was
questioned in San Antonio.
Another aftermath Of the case
was the suicide OF Hugo Eickman
who Is said to have hung himself
out OF shame because he was
questioned in the case. The woman
was shot with a pistol he had loan
ed her to defend herself with.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
Truck
Markets

r. o. 3. shipping point informa-
tion reported Tuesday, May 10.
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
hot, clear.
Tomatoes: Haulings heavy. Prob
ably peak day. Moderate wire IN
curry. demand slower. market bare
~ STEADY. Lugs green wrapped US
NO. ]. carloads FOB usual terms
cars heavy TO exc and larger mostly
around Sl-50, heavy to 6x7 mostly
Sl-35-l.40, few low as sl25. cash
track-heavy TO 6x6 and larger
sl-2o to lbs. heavy 6x7 and small
er Ito to 100. Truckloads cash 10
growerS-moStly around &C De rib.
few best 2 l-2c. small sizes few /
1-2c
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate. market slightly weaker.
Bushel baskets carloads FOB usual
terms Sl-25-l.40: cash track Sis
z Top ice extra. To growers in
best 75c.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday. May 10.
Potatoes: Ala. 22l. Calf. Al. Fla.
so. Ga. 2, Idaho 50, La. IA. Maine
%. S. O. 80 Texas 6s. Wash. IA.
Wis. 8. total US 1913 cars.
Tomatoes: Calf. /, Fla. los, Texas
l2S. total US 234 cars.
Beans: Ala. 8, Calf. /, Fla %. Ga
IL. La Sc, Miss. 2. S. Carolina 80.
Texas ! total US 100 cars.
Beets: N. Carolina 8 total US 8
cars.
Cabbage: Ala. so. Calf. /. Fla. /.
La. 10. Miss 20, N. c. II, S. c. Al.
Texas 8, Va. 2. total US l53 cars.
Green corn: Fla. 3, Texas 20, to-
tai US q cars
Carrots: Calf. IS, La. 1. New York
6, Texas 2. total US A cars.
Cucumbers: Ala 3. Fla. 66. III. /.
Iowa !. Ohio 10, Texas so total US
IL cars
Mixed vegetables: La. u, Fla. 10,
Texas 5. total US 70 cars.
Onions: Calf. 10. New York 2.
Ore. /, Texas so. total Us y cars.
Lower Valley shipments forward
ed wednesday morning. May 20:
Tomatoes l55. Parsley 2. Corn 20.
potatoes 2. mixed vegetables Is. car
rots 2. total 1914 cars. Total move
ment 70 date this season-Fruit
$500. vegetables 1857, total 22.207
cars; TO anne day last season-fruit
1882. vegetables 2l.029. total 25,0ll
cars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
MACHADO SAYS
UNION PLOTS
REVOLUTION
Cuban President Is,
sues independence
Day Charges

HAVANA, May 20-lF- The
membership OF the National Union,
100000 strong, was charged today
With completely In a conspiracy TO
overthrow the government OF Pres
ident Gerardo Machado by armed
force. This Is Independence day
and the sixth anniversary Of Senior
Machado's election.
The judicial and secret police
filed q deposition with the court
or instruction. fourth section, al
leging that members OF the union,
students and employees Of six op-
position publications were plotting
. revolution. No arrests were made.
President Machado transmitted q
message TO congress In which he
said unrest persists" and threat
ened TO again suspend ~constitu-
fional guarantees In the provinces
II necessa y TO avoid "a very dis
agreeable situation" The restor-
alton OF guarantees. he said. had
resulted In action "prejudicial TO
the maintenance OF order"
He later issued an Independence
Day statement to the people which
said IN part:
Il have in my possession POSI-
tive proof that we are living In a
period OF seditious propaganda.
subversive plans and Of attempts
to deceive a power. which. though
foreign. Is friendly because II placed
In its code. in order to make our
republic live forever. a declaration
OF u right to sovereignty and
self government"
Meanwhile, the atmosphere was
tense with rumors OF impending
trouble.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
FLOOD SUIT
BEGINS HERE

Trial OF the Daniel e. Norton-C.
p. Barreda suit got under way in
the federal court here Thursday
morning.
The plaintiff Is seeking DAM rs
on the allegation Barreda and oIn-
ers erected a dyke across the flood
way system and that this ultimate
~ caused his land below Browns
vile to be flooded. running his
crops.
A similar suit was tried recently
in the civil district court and Judge
A. M. Kent instructed the jury to
return a verdict In favor OF the
defendants.
The chief witness TO take the
stand wednesday morning was Z.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

3. Gore. veteran water engineer Of
Brownsville. He testified as 70 the
effects placing q dyke across the
floodway system would have The
plaintiff. represented by H 3. Cal
hraith. had a number OF witnesses
ready to 90 on the stand. Growers.
engineers and weather experts viii
be called by the plaintiff. They
will attempt 10 show that . nine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

Officials OF the postoffice depart
ment were requested hy President
Hoover today TO meet him this
weekend &C his Rapidan camp
for conferences on possible econ
cmies.
The postal authorities will be- the
third group TO meet with Mr.. Hoo
yer in rs many week-ends at his
camp to study ways and means Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, May %. CPl-In the
absence Of reports on any actual
damage by frosts, grain prices aver
aged lower early today. Word OF
further moisture furnishing drought
relief in Canada tended also to give
bears an advantage.
Opening at 3-S cents off TO Is
up. wheat afterward underwent set
backs. Corn started unchanged tc
3-s lower and subsequently declin-
ed all around.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
1T ALL

JUNIOR CLERK CARRYING late al
work.: I'm sorry. sir. but my wife
Just presented me with q son. anc
! thought you wouldn't mind my be-
Ing late on such an occasion.
BOSS: That depends on whether
you mean to have q large family
Passing show,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May 20. gu. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes: New stock
Gull; Alabama. Louisiana, texas
sacked bliss triumphs l.60-l.75:
mostly around l.70-i.75: heated.
Texas, i:50: old stock weak: saGk-
ed per cwt.: Wisconsin round whites
1-15-125; Idaho ruSsets 1.30-1.49.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

= NEW YORK, May 20. 1.-THE
stock market rallied substantially IN
the forepart Of todsy's session
An abrupt advance at the opening
soon ran into q furry Of selling
but 1t was short lived and mos Of
the list worked higher until midday.
despite a few isolated soft spots.
trading was quiet.
Rails led the upturn as during
the early trading yesterday. Issues
up about 2 to 4 points included
Baltimore 81 Ohio. Rock Island.
New Haven. Pennsylvania and Union
Pacific. Other issues up 2 points or
so included American Telephone.
Consolidated Gas, u. s. Steel and
American Tobacco.
Continental Can. on the o.her
hand. dropped 3 to a new lew.
American water works lost as much.
and Allied Chemical declined 2.
Call money renewed at ! IL per
cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
MOST IMPORTANT

LOvE-SICK SWAIN: Can vol
cook?
GIRL: Now. Just q minute
George. Let's take these question,
in their proper order. The matte
Of cooking is Of secondary impor.
lance.
BOY: OIL And what Is .irst7
GIRL: Can you provide thu
things to be cooked?-Answers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

foot dyke across the river would
cause an overflow below Browns
vile. II Is likely the case will take
two or three days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
MARKETS

taken by covering and buying for
a reaction In that market but re-
ported buyers OF ~ottcn cloths and
yarns holding aloof pending stahil-
ity.
There may have been q little buy
ing on the weather reports which
showed rather more rain and low
e temperatures than some traders
considered desirable. but after the
early advance prices sagged off
under liquidation and some COM
mission house selling. This secsNe
more active later in the morning
when the stock market reacted
from its early advance. with July
cotton selling off TO GIG and Dec
70 9.72. or about 10 TO II points
from the high prices Of the MORN
ing. At midday the market was
comparatively quiet at net ad-
vances Of 8 to 10 points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
X. c. LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY, May 20.-LP-
GU. s. D. ALLOYS 1000; steady to
10 higher: top 6.55 on 170-2l0 lbs;
packing sows 275-500 lbs. ASS 70
SIS; stock pigs 70-l30 lbs. 625 70
CTS.
Cattle 1000: calves TOO; killing
classes steady TO weak: stockers
and feeders unchanged; choice
yearlng heifers TBS; steers 500
100 lbs CTS to SITS: heifers $50
$50 lbs. 6.25 to 500; cows $50 10
$50; ~vealers. milk fed 500 TO 600:
stocker and feeder steers all weights
6.25 TO 500.
Sheep 5000: $500 through:
lambs and spring lambs steady to
Is lower: sheep about steady: top
native spring lambs , 9.S5; spring
lambs 9.00-965: lambs 80 lbs down
625-7.65; ewes $50 lbs down 400 to
500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

curtailinF expenditures ln the ad-
ministrative branches of the Gov
eminent.
Two weeks ago war department.
chiefs we're summoned and laSs
week interior department heads
met with the president
The ex-KAiSer An one OF the rich
est men In the world
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
Montgomery Ward 8 Co. sells t~o qualities oftires


Iii made by one of the largest tire companies IN the world. IL
Is built to one of the most stringent sets of specifications in the
tire industry. II Is one of the best known tires in America. II
has been sold by Wards for nineteen consecutive years. Mil
lions of Riversides are in use today. Ii is backed by a guarantee
without limit as 70 time or mileage.
Other fine tires equal in quality to our Riversides are Frestone
High Speed, Goodyear ALI Weather and Goodrich Slvertown
Cords but these tires are much higher priced than River.
sides. The table at the left gives you = s~ize-fOr-size price
comparison.
Having studied that price comparison there remains only one
question for you to ask "Are Riverside tires really as good
as these other tires with which they are ccmpared?" Well,
Montgomery Ward g. Co. has been In business for sixty years.
Ii is one of the largest and oldest merchandise institutions in
the world. Il Is the originator of the Satisfaction Guaranteed
or Your Money Back" guarantee. 1t depends for its business
not only ON tires, but also ON some $1,000 other items of mer-
chandise which il wishes to sell 70 you. Isn't il reasonable to
believe therefore that Wards MUST be telling the truth when
il makes these direct statements 20 you?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
~. Y. COTTON

NEW YORK. May 20. CP-Cotton
opened very steady today. IA TO 81
points higher in response to rela-
lively firm Liverpool cables a ID the
firmer opening tone in the stock
market.
July cotton sold CD to go and
December TO 9.S4 on the initial de-
mand which was attributed to COW
cling combined with some buying
for foreign and trade account. The
advance encountered considerable
realizing or liquidation and prices
sagged off but the market held fair
ly steady with active months ruling
about II to II points net higher at
the end Of the first hall hour.
Liverpool cables said some further
continental liquidation had been
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
N. O. COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. May 20-F-
Cotton had a firmer opening here
today owing 20 much better Liver
pool cables than due. rumors OF a
revolution in Russia and unfavor-
able weather in the belt overnight.
First trades showed gains OF 0
TO II points. The market continued
to improve after the start owing
to covering by shorts and In SYM
pathy with an improvement IN
stocks. July traded up 10 928 and
October to 9.62. or II 70 Is points
above yesterdays close. Near the
end OF the first hour prices eased
off five to seven points on realiz-
ing but the undertone continued
steady.
The market improved during the
middle Of the morning on the
strength Of stocks and the rather
bullish weekly weather and crop
summary. July advanced to $50
and October to 9.64. or IS points
above yesterdays close.
Later In the morning prices eased
off owing to q reaction in stocks,
July dropping to 915 and October
to $50. or IL TO Is points down
from the earlier highs.
At mid-session the market was
quieter and somewhat steadier.
The government report showing
the revised acreage OF last crop
had no effect on the market as
the difference from the original
figures was trifling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

WEIGHT As a MEASURE or
TIRE QUALITY rs NOT IN
GUIDED IN THIS TABLE FOR
Two REASONS
lst. Because % rsro tires Of tka
same brad and sIIe weigh exactly
alikr, and
Ind. Because szsE1 " rubber and
cotron fabric used. rather dian tie
compounded weight sftes being
mixed with other Ingredients is the
determining factor. Reclaimed or
second hand rubber weighs more
than new rubber. Tires containing
o Large percentage OF sscond hand
rubber. th~rrfore. weigh more rhan
those made entirely Of nr~ Rubber
EVEN though tho tires arc exactly
alike IA size-so sKofhf mo A
standard By Which CO measure sirr
qualify MEANS VII
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
MEX|CANs RETURNING
 GROSS PATH FLEEING
 CHINESE, BORDER CITY

MORALES, Ariz., oct. 1. (P- Uncertain paths of two great streams of people closely related by economic conditions but divided by the barriers of nationality have crossed at this international bor- der city.
 One is made up of Chinese flee- ing Mexico because of Federal mandate and the other of Mexi- cans repatriating from Southern California.
 Both movements are linked to- gether. Legislatures of many north ern Mexican States passed laws prohibiting Chinese from conduct ing business after repatriating Mex jeans returned to find choice val ley lands occupied by Orientals and village shops guided by celestial hands.
 The Mexican hegira remains un- solved, but combination of eco- homie conditions, love for home lands and discrimination against them has been suggested. Behind both movements there lies the despair of peoples torn suddenly from their homes in lands Iof their adoption.
 Officials estimated 6O,000 Mexi- cans have left southern California since January, many of whom have died by the Wayside as they crossed rugged mountain ranges and water less deserts
 Similar stories of hardships and despair have come out of the re- mote Mexican valleys as Chinese, fearing for their lives after the mandate against them, dropped their tools and fled for the border where new perils awaited them.
 Hundreds of farms are idle. Crops have Withered and died Mercan- tile establishments, cafes, broker age houses-all operated by Chinese prior to the mandate - have been abandoned.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
BITTER FIGHT

WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 1. (P) President Hoover and the Navy Department are in for a bitter fight in the next Congress. The Navy Department is protesting the Pres ident's cut in the nGmber of Navy cruisers to be constructed from II to five and asserts that the admin istration's economy program will leave the nation with a navy which IS inadequate for proper defense.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
STARTS NEW AGE

YORK, England, Oct. l. (P) - President Hoover's war debts moratorium started the world on a new age from which it cannot turn back, General Jan Christian Shuts said here. It would be impossible, he said, to go back to the old sys- tenn and try again to get out of Europe what cannot be gotten out of her.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
4sO JANITORS

NEW YORK, Oct. 1. R) It takes 480 janators to keep Al Smiths Empire State building in order and there is not a hand mop or broom used. All cleaning is done by machinery. Although 5O,O0O people trudge in and out of the Empire building daily, they track in only one barrel of dirt. New Workers have little chance to get mud on their feet.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

RATES-Fifteen cents per line first inser- tion. Seven and half cents per line for subsequent insertions. Count six craze words ts line. Minimum charge SO
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION

NEW YORK, N. r., Oct. 1. (P)- While H. Cummings, attorney for Mrs. B. Ceilings, declared his be- lief she had nothing to do with the murder of her husband on board the yacht Penguin, private investigation into the crime was begun by F. Demartine, the de- tective who was star witness in the Hall-Mills case several years ago.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
LORD EYNG TO RETIRE

LONDON, Oct 1. (H) - Lord Byng of Vemy former governor general of Canada, announced he will retire as Commissioner of Lon don Police at the end of Septem- Der. He has held that position since 1928.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02

Science of Trapping, S1.5O; Fox Trapping, S1.5O; Fur Buyers Guide, S2.50; Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins, SITS; ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02
AFTER FORTY YEARS, Ency- clical of Pope Plus XII on Labor and Capitol, available at Alaska Shop. 10 cents per copy.

Have you tried our Seattle Ice Cream? Dry ice-packed. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02

Large assortment of fine sta tionery at ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-02

Now is the time to look over old packs and have new bottoms put on for winter.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Grain Market

BY the Associs ted Press.
CHICAGO. August surprising
strength developed in the corn market
after a wavering start. Traders who
had been selling September corn be-
came uneasy over scantiness OF receipts
and quickly switched to the buying side
Of the market, causing sudden bulge
of more than 3 cents bushel. Chicago
arrivals Of corn today we're only Is cars,
compared with 348 a week ago and e8
at this time last year. Tending further
to lift the corn market was expectation
that August unofficial crop summaries
due on Monday would be bullish.
On the upward swing of corn prices
bidders found offerings scarce. Talk
spread that the chief owners of cash
corn we're supporting the September
delivery. their motive being to hoist
the general market Some brokerage
houses advised turning attention to De-
cember contracts, representing the new
1881 corn crop. but that month was
influenced by the action of September.
which stands chiefly for corn already
In bins.
Wheat and oats sympathized with the
advance of corn.
Provisions were neglected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
MURRAY OIL ORDER
WATCHED IN TRADE
Petroleum Interests Anxious
to Learn if Oklahoma
Wells Will Close. ,8
BY tbs Associated Press.

By tbs Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY. August 1.-THE
petroleum world looked today to the
Oklahoma capital. where Gov. w. II.
alfalfa Bill Murray was expected to
attempt to shut of the flow of one of
the Nations most prolific oil areas
until prices take q definite upturn.
Murray announced more than q week
ago he would order the wells closed
unless prices reached 81 barrel by
tonight, and that, II necessary, he
keep them closed. He said only strip
per" wells would be exempt.
The price remained at levels from
so cents downward. Crude purchasers
gave no indication of willingness to
pay more for it at the well. The
taking of allowable production for Au-
gust from prorated wells began at Z
o'clock this morning.
Employees of Otto Bradford, Okla
homa City field umpire, were sent into
that pool about midnight with orders
to prevent any operator from produc-
ing his August quota before the am.
deadline.
The "stripper" wells expected to be
exempt from the shutdown order are
the producers Of 10 barrels or less daily,
which might be ruined by salt water
encroachment II kept idle long.
AS curtailment of the flow would
seriously hamper operations of many
refineries, r1lmors grew of contemplated
plans to tap the prolific East Texas
pools by pipeline.
In the opinion of observers, such
action would obviate much of the eff
fectiveness of enforced idleness Of Okla
homa wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
CONFIDENCE HELD NEED
IN BUSINESS REVIVAL

Commenting upon the salutary re-
suits that are likely to flow from the
adoption of President HooverS war
debt moratorium splan, the National
City Bank of New York says in its cur
rent economic review: The one great
problem in which all countries are now
most concerned is that of restoring
prosperity and the way to prosperity
lies through normal business relations.
One need only reflect upon the conse-
quences of having Central Europe re-
lapse to the state of monetary disorder
which existed in the years following
the war to be impressed with the i'm
portance of safeguarding the situation.
The President is acting upon the con-
viction that it is easier to maintain a
state of social and financial order than
to reconstruct one after it has broken
down.
There is an abundance of capital
available to finance revival of buSi-
ness over the world, but there must be
confidence In the maintenance of
peace and normal financial relations
between countries, In order that it may
flow freely from the centers where 1t
tends to accumulate in idleness to the
places and employments in which it IL
needed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
MAJ. PEYSER RESIGNS
WARDMAN BOND POST
Recently Named Receiver. lawyer
Quits as Member Of Protec.
tive Committee.

Mai Julius I. Peyser. one OF the re-
ceivers recently appointed to take over
nine Wardman- built properties here.
has announced he had resigned from
the Wardman Bondholders' Protective
Committee. in q letter TO Leonard l..
Stanley. chairman of the committee.
His letter follows in part:
Il herewith resign as member OF
the Bondholders Protective Committee
for first and refunding mortgage gold
bonds of Wardman Real Estate Proper
ties. Inc, effective forthwith. Because
of the fact that I have been appointed
one of the receivers for the Wardman
Real Estate Properties, Inc, and since
my appointment certain proceedings
have been taken in the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia which in
dictate or foreshadow possible conflict
ing plans Of reorga nization, and as In
dictated by the decisions OF the Federal
courts. 1t Is appropriate that / should
now resign from membership on the
committee"