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IN OUR
VALLEY
■4 IFTY small enterprises of one sort
or .another were established in
Brownsville during 1935 according to
figures by John F. Dervin secretary of
thct Retail Merchants’ Association of
Brownsville.
Some were real estate firms some
were insurance agencies some were
small industries. All supply a liveli-
hood to a goodly number of persons
some of them newcomers.
New people are constantly arriving
in Brownsville and in every other
town in the Valley.
Many of them are attracted by the
future they feel is in -prospect for the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. Some have
followed friends here others have been
reading and hearing of the Rio Grande
Delta.
W. R. Stone head of a real estate
auction company who reached Broivns-
ville last night said “one hears more
of this country in North Texas than
you people realize. And in Florida
too the Lower Rio Grande Valley and
the lower coast are being talked about.”
* * *
It is true that strangers often see |
the possibilities of a city or section far
more quickly than do the local resi-
dents.
That is why a city or section seems
to go forward so much more rapidly
with the coming in of new blood.
A “tight town” is one that is com-
placent self-satisfied and tends to
turn the “cold shoulder” to the new-
comer is a town that rarely gets any-
where. t
Welcome the stranger. He may hav*
big possibilities for your town. He
may be a biulder and a booster. He
may develop into a civic leader. A
town may be ever so well placed :t
may have every possible advantage as
to position but without leadership its
progress will be slow if there is prog-
ress at all.
It isn’t holding real estate that make. |
it valuable. It is the constant turn-
over. It is the turn-over that puts life
and increasing value into it.
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Among the towns in the Rio Grande
Delta that are mak;ng headway let’s
include Mission one of the oldest and
most substantial cities of the district.
The Mission Times in its last issue
announces important developments.
W. M. Dooley has bought Iot3 an*
will erect a $20000 apartment build-
ing. A step in the right direction and
we find also that the R. R. Stephens
Real Estatje Company has closed a deal
by which Mrs. T. S. Moor£ sells her
rooming house and will erect a two
story brick apartment house.
Apartment houses promise to be the
next great building field in the Valley.
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The M ission Wholesale Grocery Com-
pany is planning to build a two-story
brick buldng.
And the Lynch Davdson Lumber com-
pany of fission has stepped ahead in
giving its business at Mission an at-
tractive front of brick with display
windows and the accoutrements of a re-
tail business. The yard is located on
the state highway and adds to the at-
tractiveness of the entry into Mission.
* • * * *
The United States Navy’s super-power
station is now “on the air” at Browns-
ville.
To radio fans it is promised it will
prove a boon. For the reason that the
old plant out-of-date as to equipment
constantly interfered with radio recep-
tion here while the new plant will of-
fer no interference whatever.
Often of evenings the radio fan was
rceiving satisfactorily until: “Well
there’s that dratted radio station; guess
we might as well close down and go to
bed.”
But the navy department was fully
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THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Fair tonight and Tues-
day; probably colder by Tuesday night.
For East Texas: Fair tonight; frost
nearly to the coast; Tuesday fair; cold-
er except in southeast portion. Light
northerly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions.
A disturbance of marked intensity
over the Great Lakes’ region this morn^
ing is followed by rapidly rising barom-
eter over the Plains states and the east-
ern Rocky Mountain slope. Except for
general precipitation and stormy winds
over the Great Lakes’ region and ad-
jacent states and light snows in Colo-
rado and Wyoming the weather was gen-
erally fair throughout the balance of
the country during the last 24 hours.
Temperatures were near the seasonal
average this morning throughout the
country except sub-normal in the
northern Plains states and in the Pla-
teau region. Below zero readings were
reported from North Dakota.
The lowest temperature last night
at Texas stations ranged from 28 at
Abilene and Amarillo to 49 a£ Browns-
jrttle.
Bandits in Mexico Massacre 50
Train Wrecked
After Slaying
in Michoacan
CRv The Associated Tress.)
MEXICO CITY Jan. 11.—
Fully fifty persons were butcher-
ed by the bandits who attacked:
and wrecked the Guadalajara- j
Mexico City passenger train nearj
Yurecuaro in the state of Mi-(
choacan Saturday night.
Penniless survivors stripped
of all their belongings began ar-
riving in Guadalajara today to
tell a tale of horror unequalled
in Mexico’s criminal annals forj
years.
No. foreigners were killed they lit
lieve and apparently no Americans
were on the train although reports on
this point are conflicting. The dead
include all the soldiers of the train
guard most of the crew and numerous
Mexican passengers.
An kunonwn number of bandits were
engaged. They boarded the train as
passengers. When near Yurecuaro sta-
tion they locked the doors of the coach-
es slit the throats of the train guards
or shot them as they slept and syste-
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EXTRA SESSION
URGED BY SOLON
Should Validate Bonds
Affected by Ruling
Petsch Asserts
AUSTIN Texas Jan. 11—A special
session to validate Texas road district
bone's jeopardized by decision of the
United States supreme court in holding
invalid a $300000 Archer county road
bond issue should be called imediately
by Governor Ferguson Representative
Alf Petsch Frederickburg said today.
He declared such action should be
taken td prevent impairment of Texas
credit in eastern finahciSf circles. Ap-
proximately $82000000 in road bonds is
involved.
Conference wjl.l be held Wednesday
by Attorney General Dan Moody and his
assistants to determine what action
will he taken on the bond issue.
C. A. Wheeler assistant attorney
general said that the wording of the
motion for rehearing which will be
filed will be decided.
For several days the attorney gener-
al’s department and attorneys repre-
senting bonding houses have ben study-
ing the opinion of the sunreme court
rendered last Monday affecting approxi-
mately $82000000 worth of bonds in
Texas.
LABOR MUST RULE
FRENCH RED SAYS
< By The Associated Press.)
PARIS Jan. 11—The workers of
France must gain control of the gov-
ernment. either by legal or illegal
means Leon Blum leader of the so-
cialist party declared today at the re-
sumption of the'socialist national con-
gress.
The congress was. expected to vote
late today on the question of socialist
participation in" future governments.
A non-official count yesterday showed
a majority against such participation.
“Socialist participation in power
cannot he shared” M. Blum declared
in his address. “There must be com-
plete possession of power by the work-
ing classes—a conquest which cannot
be limited to legal means but achieved
by revolutionary methods if need be.
“Certainly it would be preferable to
assume power by legal means but all
means are legitimate to insure power
for the working classes.”
Strikes Match to See
Gas; Two in Hospital
(By The Associated Press.)
SAN ANGELO Texas Jan. 11.—Two
women are in a local Hospital as the re-
sult of burns received when a youth
struck a match to see if there was any
gasoline in the tank of an automobile.
OSAGE MURDER
PROBERS HEAR
BRIBE RUMOR
Former Investigation
of Wholesale Slayings
Blocked by Big Pay-
ment is Charge
GUTHRIE. Ok la. Jan. 11.—Possibility
that the United States grand jury con-
vened here for investigation of the
deaths of several Osage Indians in
Osage county will inquire into rumors
that a #10000 bribe made futile an in-
quiry into the deaths several months
ago loomed today.
Alva McDonald former United States
marshal of the western district of Ok-
lahoma who declared that the bribe
rumore were directed at him said he
would appear before the grand jury to-
day and demand that he be heard.
The rumors are that McDonald and
another former official divided $10000
they received from a Pawhuska attorney
at the time of the first investigation
McDonald said. He declared he had
given federal investigators valuable as-
sistance and that the other party men-
tioned in the bribe rumors had never
been connected with the Osage iquiry.
Despite the fact that Edwin K. Brown
assistant United States atttorney gen-
eral stated Saturday there would he de-
velopments in the grand jury investiga-
tion that would **startle the nation
only two indictments have been return-
ed thus far.
W. K. Hale of Fairfax "king of the
Osage hills*’ was indicted Saturday
w ith John Ramsey a cowboy farmer.
They were charged with murder in con-
nection w ith the slaying of Henry Roan
an Osage Indian. Hale was named bene-
ficiary of Roan’s $115000 life insurance
policy and was making an effort to col-
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HOUSE RESUMES
RUBBER QUIRY
23 Nations to Protest
Restrictions A. A. A.
Manager Says
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 11.—A
world-wide protest against restrictions
on crude rubber shipments from Brit
i ish colonies is to he made by organiza-
tions in 23 counties including Great
Britain Ernest Smith general manager
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion told the house commerce commit-
tee today when it resumed hearings on
the subject.
British manufacturers and automo-
tive organizations Mr. Smith said
have insistently requested relief fron.
increased prices in that country. He
contended there was danger in use of
tires containing reclaimed rubber.
American consumers will pay 8515-
000000 more for tires in 1926 Smith
said at the present rate of increase.
This he based on a probable average
increase in the price of from 35 to 65
points for thee rude rubber used in a
tire. He estimated 37000.000 more
large tires and 25000000 more small
tires would he used by 1936 than arc
used now at an increased price to the
consumer of 811 and $6 per tire re-
spectively.
Restrictions applying to cotton in
the United States “not in retaliation
but in emulation” of British rubbei
control was advocated by Representa-
tive McKeown democrat Oklahoma.
Defending his plan Mr. McKeown
said he endorsed operation of British
rubber control “in principle.” Tha
cotton industry he added “must have
governmental aid or die.”
Insurance Men To
Visit Valleye Developer
HARLINGEN Texas Jan. 11.—Ar-
rangements are being made at the
j Stuart Place club house for the enter-
tainment of a party of insurance men
that will arrive here later this week as
the guests of R. T. Stuart.
Mr. Stuart plans to take the insurance
men through the Valley visiting Mata-
moros and is planning a banquet in that
city and one in Browsvillp Mr. Stuart
is connected with a Oklahoma insurance
coirrpnny.
‘READ THE FORUM’ JIM
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URGES U. OF T. FACULTY
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MEMBERS IN CIRCULAR
fBv The Associated Press.)
Al STIN Texas. Jan. 11.— Texas
l niversity faculty members were
asked to subscribe to the Ferguson
Forum organ of Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson’s administration in a cir-
cular mailed last week. The paper is
published at Temple by James K.
Fergu on former governor husband
and chief adviser of the ppresent go*
crnor.
Many state employes in the capitol
are subscribers. ‘\V. 1». Shoe former
head of the workmen’s compensation
division of the first isnu ranee com-
mission. said last fall he was fireu
because of refusal to subscribe to
the Forum.
The circular to faculty members
declares the Forum gives more po-
litical news than “all Texas newspa-
pers" and urges them to arm them-
selves with the Forum in anticipa-
tion of the coming campaign. It is
signed by James F. Ferguson.
EXPECT MEXICO
TO RETAIN LAWS
Saenz to Reply to Pro-
test Wednesday Re-
port in Capital
(Bv The Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 11.-—It is report-
ed unofficialy that Foreign Minister
Saenz will send a note on Wednesday to
United States Ambassador Sheffield in
reply to the ambassador’s formal protest
against the retroactive features of the
new Mexican anti-alien land law. This
law and the new petroleum act are held
to violate pledges given the United
States at the time that country accord
ed recognition to Mexico.
It is said here however that it is
the purpose of the Mexican government
to maintain its sovereign right und"r
the Mexican constitution to enact with-
out foreign interference any legislation
it may desire. '
Senor Saenz says there is no inten-
tion to injure foreign rights in the en-
forcement of new laws and that any Am-
erican interest or individual complairt
of injury the Mexican courts and the
Mexican government will adjust them
properly.
The protest of the ambassador created
much interest in the capital. The news
papers made a feature of the dispatch
from Washingtno anouncing the Amer
ican government’s action in ordering
Mr. Sheffield to lay before the Mexican
government its representations againct
the retroactive features of the anti-
alien land law. The belief prevails in
well informed eircels that there wdll be
no early clarification of the situation
hut that ultimately there will he ;.n
amicable adjustment. The conversations
of Mr. Sheffield and foreign Minister
Saenz are said to have been pleasant
thus far.
LANGLEY DENIED
RIGHT TO APPEAL
(Rv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON D. ('. Jan. 11.—Rep-
resentative John W. Langley of Ken-
tucky convicted of participating in a
conspiracy to violate the federal prohi-
bition law was denied an appeal today
by the supreme court.
Unless he now can obtain from the
court a rehearing he must begin serv-
ing his two year sentence in the Atlanta
federal penitentiary.
Slight Cold Wave on
Way South is Report
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO 111. Jan. 11.—A cold wave
not of great extent and probably to
be of short duration was rushing south-
ward today attended by minimum tem-
peratures of 12 below zero in North
Dakota and Northwest Minnesota. At
the same time as now storm was push-
ing eastward over the lake region.
Zero was expected to be reached by
7 a. m. tomorrow by Professor Henry
J. Cox district weather forecaster who
however said that the northwest should
begin to experience moderation tomor-
row.
FARM RELIEF
IS CONSIDERED
IN WASHINGTON
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—
Jardine Seeks Advice of
Westerners as House
Begins Work on Pro-
gram to Aid Growers
fRv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON D. €. Jan. 11—The
corn belt farmers brought their griev-
ances to Washington today and both
the Coolidge administration and leaders
in congress bestirred themselves to pro-
vide some method of farm relief.
Secretary Jardine of the Agriculture
department who recently endorsed in
principle a surplus marketing bill draft
ed by western member* of congress
called into a conference a group of ag-
ricultural editors and others prominent
in farm organizations and sought their
advice as to details of the troubleson e
surplus crop problem.
At the same time the house agricul-
ture committee was called to hec.r opin-
ions of other westerners and the sen-
ate agriculture committee at its first
meeting since congress convened be-
gan to piece out the beginnings of a
relief program of its own.
Frank (>. Lowden of Illinois in 1P20
candidate for the republican presiden
tial nomination and four years later the
party’s first choice for the vice presi-
dency. was central figure in today’s suc-
cessions of conferences and an influence
of recognized potentiality in all of the
felief preparations. For several years
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‘To Get Sons or
Die’ Local Man
Says; Slain Here
Charges of murder were filed late this morning by County
Attorney Harry L. Faulk against Guadalupe and Juan Rivera in
connection with the fatal shooting yesterday afternon of Henley
VV. Williams Brownsville lawyer as the latter started to enter hi#
home near the end of the pavement in West Brownsville.
Other charges may be filed as developments occur in the in-
vestigation of the shooting County Attorney Faulk indicated.
Williams died at the Mercy hospital last night at 8 o’clock
following an operation performed for the removal of a bullet from
his abdomen. His body will be shipped Tuesday to Jonesboro
Texas the family home for interment. It will be accompanied by
a brother Dr. Lawrence Williams of Waco who will arrive in
Brownsville tonight.
Williams left Brownsville with his two sons Wortham age 7
and Thomas age 5 on December 18. He went to the home of his
mother at Gorman Texas with the two children.
The same day Mrs. H. W. Wililams was granted an injunction
I restraining Williams from taking the children out of Cameron
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TO SPEND BILLION
ON ROADS IN 1926
CHICAGO 111. Jan. 11—A prediction
that $1250000000 would be spent this
year on hard road construction >vas
made today bv William H. Connell pres-
ident of the American Road Builders
Association in convention here.
He said there now are 123000 miles
of hard surfaced roads in the United
States an additional 180000 miles of
improved roads. and nearly 2000000
miles of roads upon which little or no
; work has been done.
Nearly 40 carloads of building ma-
; chinery valued at $3000000 have been
! sent here by 400 firms for display at
! the convention.
Water Districts to
Name New Directors
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Fourteen irrigation and water im-
provement districts in Cameron and
Hidalgo counties will hold elections
tomorrow to determine the directors of
these districts for the current year.
Some of the elections will be closely
contested with one set of candidates
favoring a certain plan of work and
another group of candidates opposed to
this plan or in favor of some other
suggestions for irrigation.
These boards of directors usually
consist of four members and a chair-
man the board electing the manager
of the district and other officers that
may be employed.
Particular interest is being shown in
the elections in view of the fact that
the issuance of bonds totaling well
above a million dollars for improve-
ment projects in irrigation and drain-
age depends to some extent on these
elections.
At Donna the election fight is cen-
tered on the question of issuing $580-
000 in bonds for improvement. In oth-
er districts the bond and improvement
question either pro or con. is the cause
of opposition.
The election in the Los Fresnos dis-
trict No. 6 is contested with four new
candidates running in addition to the
five directors who served during the
past year. The old directors in this
district are E. E. Ogden San Benito
chairman; Clyde Tandy Brownsville.
J. C. Bennett Brownsville; Chris T.
Bingley San Benito and H. H. Fanning
Olmito. The four new candidates are
Harry Whipple Los Fresnos; George
Kretz Los Fresnos; Will Cabbler.
Brownsville and C. D. Cablus Los
Fresnos.
C. S. Hobbs is manager of this dis-
trict. Election judges are W. B. Pal-
mer of Los Fresnos and E. T. Yates
of Brownsville while Dwight Cilley of
Brownsville and H. W. Dierker who
lives on the highway near Olmito arw
clerks. The election will be held at
the Olmito store.
In the San Benito district No. 2
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Burglars Enter Store
Through Skylight
SAN ANGELO Texas Jan. 11.—Bur-
glars who Saturday night robbed the
Robertson company here of men’s and
women’s clothing worth $700 to $800
climbed a telephone pole in the rear of
the building removed a pane from a
skylight without breaking it descend-
ed on a wire lader and carried the goods
from the rear door unseen. The bur-
glary was rjot discovered until Sunday
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SAFE IS BLOWN
AT SAN BENITO
$200 Cash and Checks
Taken at Barber
Plantation Co.
(Special to The Hernjd.)
SAN' BENITO. Texas Jan. 11.—Rob-
bery of the safe at the Barber Planta-
tion company office in San Benito early
yesterday morning is still a mystery
so far as any clues to the robbers are
concerned officers said.
The safe was blown with nitrogly-
cerine and $200 in cash and checks and
other papers taken out of it. The job
was done between 3 o'clock Sunday
morning and daylight as an officer
was in San Benito at 3 o’clock and there
had been no robbery at that time.
The men who did the robbing were
professionals in the opinion of Sheriff
Robertson judging from their work in
blowing the safe.
This is the first safe blowing report-
ed in the Valley in several years.
Chief Deputy J. C. Dilworth is work-
ing on the ease.
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS
(By The Associated Press.)
TAMPA Fla. Jan. 11.—Vaccination
of 30000 school children was started
here today to prevent further spread
of smallpox which now totals 43 cases.
Talpa Texas Farmer
Slain; Son is Jailed
TALPA Texas Jan. 11.—. S. Bell 50.
prominent farmer was shot and killed
here last night dying after being rush-
ed to a Ballinger hospital. His son Joe
18 is being held at the county jail on a
misdemeanor charge. Cause of the
shooting has not been learned.
The elder Bell surrendered to the
authorities a year and a half ago fol-
lowing the shooting of Dr. Silas Ballard
55 at Coleman in a shot gun and pistol
duel bjelieved the sequel to an old quar-
rel over the placing of a hay stack.
> county. ine injunction ws»
never served as Williams had
already left when it was issued.
A two weeks’ search for the children
was made by Mrs. Williams. She final-
ly found them at Gorman. Entering a
school building there she secured Worth-
am the elder of the two children. She
then drove up in front of the home of
Mr. Williams’ mother in a service car
entered the home and left with tha
younger child who came running to her
arms. .
Returns with Children
She eluded her hoehand who* started
after the children in a short time prof>-
ably less than an hour and boarded a-
train coming to Brownsville Thursday
nigrht of last week.
Williams went to Trenton north of
Dallas where T. C. Scales father of
Mrs. Williams lives. He was in a raga
when he came to the house according
to Mr. Scales and upon finding that the
children were gone said that he would
get them “if it cost me my life.” Ha
/eft there Friday on his trip across the
state to Brownsville.
As soon as Williams left the Scales
home Mr. Scales wired Mrs. Williams
here of what had happened. He then
boarded a train and came to Browns-
ville arriving Saturday.
Mrs. Williams telephoned to the
sheriff’s department and asked for pro-
tection. She was assured that she
would be given protection and deputies
were instructed to watch the railway
station for the arrival of Wiliams and
to watch the highway although it was
thought that he would come on the
train.
M rs. Williams telephoned her attor-
ney H. B. Galbraith He told her that
he would send a guard to the home to
protect her. Guadalupe Rivera was seat
there. Rivera spent all of Saturday
night around the house and was joined
Sunday by his brother Juan who went
out merely to visit Guadalupe he saftf.
Williams made the trip to Browns-
ville in fast time. When he reached
bis home here he was driving his heavy
sedan on three tires and a rim not stop-
ping on the road to get another lira
when he lost one. He had narrowly es-
caped an accident north of Harlingen
in a traffic jam on the highway there
going off the road ta the right to keep
from colliding with a wagon.
Son Gives Warning
As Williams drove up to the house his
younger son saw him and ran to his
mother. Mrs. Williams immediately
locked the front door. As the door was
locked Wiliams started on around t6
the back of the house. Just as he Start-
ed to open the screen door by the rear
entrance Guadalupe and Juan Rivera
approached him from the orchard in
back of the building. One shotamras fir-
ed the bullet barely grazing Wiliams'
body. The second shot struck him in
the abdomen and he fell by the rear
steps.
In his statement to officers Williams
is understod to have said that gt the
first shot he threw'up his hands lay-
ing "My God man don’t shoot me; this
is my home.” Sheriff Robertson re-
fused to make public the statement
saying he will give it direct to the
grand jury.
Guadalupe’s statement to Sheriff Sent
Robertson when the man admitted that
.he did the shooting was that Williams
made the hip movement. Guadalupe said
nothing during the instant preceding
the shooting and immediately after.
Mr. Scales arrived at the house from
a residence across the street whem he
was when Williams drove up immediate-
ly after the shooting.
Guadalupe and Juan Rivera waitad at
the residence until officers arrived
while Williams lay on the ground heck
of the house until the ambulance from
the Hinkley undertaking establishment
arrived and took him to the Mercy hos-
pital where he made his statement to
Sheriff Robertson.
Deputy Sheriff Pete (Sanh was Um
first officer on the scene. When he
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