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VOL. XXXV No. 39 ESTABLISHED 1892 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THl RSUAY AUI.I M IA
llN ©UE j
VALLEY
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JUST LEARNED that the Browns-
ville school board has been unani-
1 mo»* on every question that has be-
come before it in the past seven
years.
The result of that harmonious
spirit is very apparent in the growth
(and development of the schools.
New buildings are being erected
almost annually. Old buildings arc
I being enlarged to accommodate the
growing number of pupils in their
neighborhoods.
And finally the hoard did what-
ever was necessary to secure the es-
tablishment for the benefit of local
and other Valley students a branch
of the University of Texas.
Brownsville’s importance as an
educational center ?s becoming more
and more important.
Besides the junior college of the
University of Texas there'll soon be
1 ViMa Maris College for girls. St.
Joseph's College a boys’ school is
erecting a splendid new three-story
building.
• • •
THE PHARR SAN JUAN school
erected in 1913 and which for many
years was the finest and largest
school building in the Valley pro-
poses to retain its eminence.
It is being almost doubled in sizC
at an expenditure much more than
i the original cost of the building.
And out at Penitas in the western
part of Hidalgo county stands a
splendid and large building almost
all alone. In the surrounding coun-
try are the prospective pupils. They
will come from miles away.
(duration is not lagging as a prog-
ress factor in the Valley. On every
hand are splendid structures. Kdu-
i cators from other parts of the coun-
try marvel at the high state of build-
ings and type of instructors in the
Valley schools.
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t
EAST OF THE BROWNE tract
south of the Arroyo Colorado and
to the right of the Rio Grande rail-
road lies one of the largest unde-
veloped sections of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
It is a brush country that for years
has b^en the hiding place of the
criminal element when it has been
hard-pushed.
it is without roads. Has only
trails.
The ground is as fertile as may be
found anywhere. But needs prepara-
tion. Needs roads. Needs transpor-
tation. Fine cotton section.
In area it is from 100.000 to \10
000 acres of which K0.000 adres it is
said can be made to produce. Prob-
ably could not be included in the
irrigated area but is as susceptible
to “dry farming” as the Raymond
ville and Robstown districts. It
should be opened to development.
* • •
SAW MARCUS HINES the big cus-
toms inspector who lives at Merce-
des was in town the other day.
Never see the genial Mr. Hines but
what we recall the battle of Nonas
at Nonas station just eleven years
ago this month in which the enemy
was a bandit gang.
With a railroad track as a partial
barricade and a badly frightened
negro for a companion without arms
and calmly smoking a cigarette Mr.
Hines used hi* rifle to very good
effect judging from the trail of dust
left by the attackers.
He came through an hour's battle
unscathed. He was permitted to* live
to fight others if necessary. And
if necessary he’s always ready.
• * •
THE OTHER DAY The Herald re-
printed an editorial from the New
(York Sun dealing with the Southern
Pacific extension into the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
The editorial was written by a man
who khows the Valley who once re-
's ided here.
He was James K. Craig an edi-
torial writer regularly employed on
The Sun. In 1919 and in 1920 he was
connected with the San Benito Light
and with The Brownsville Herald
about six months in each city. He
was attracted here by reason of the
residence here at that time of his
mother.
His father who died in Browns-
ville in 1914 was a Christian minis-
ter and was before his death an
editorial writer on The Brownsville
[ Herald.
Another former Brownsville news-
paperman who has from time to time
i had occasion to spread the fame of
the Valley on papers with which he
was connected was Burton Davis
i Davis is now with the New York
Telegraph.
Mr Craig’s sister. Miss Ann K. N.
I Craig is still a resident of Browns-
| ville. being English instructor in the
Brownsville high school.
• • •
NO IT WASN’T bargain day that
caused the crowds at the Harlingen
i banks the other day.
No premiums were being offered
| for money. Neither was money being
given out at a discpunt.
It was merely a V.ifc-up of farmers
extending out into the street. They
were cashing their cotton checks.*
A similar condition may be found
at any bank at any time just now m
the Lower Rio Grande Valley and
particularly so on Saturdays.
^ More than six million dollars
p worth of cotton has been ginned
I most of it probably sold.
Watch for the next bank statement.
t It will just be a continue story of
the prosperity rampant in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley
• • _
Miners Entombed Thursday Rescued
CROWD CHEERS
AS MEN COME
OUT OF SHAFT
_
Hope of Rescue Had
Never Died Men
State on Reaching
Surface
SALEM. Ky. Aug. 12.—<#V-All |
five miners who were imprisoned by i
a cave in at the Hudson mine last
Thursday were brought to the sur-
face alive this morning.
Randolph ( obbe was the first man
to reach the_top of the shaft.
The miners we%e greeted with
cheers when they appeared. The
dense throng on the mine property
pressed forward and it was neces-
sary to detail national guardsmen to
restrain the crowds.
The miners said that during the
long vigil underground they had
never given up hope of rescue nor
had any of them become downcast.
They had four matches between
them. These they carefully con-
served. By burning the miners’
lamps which they had. one at a time
they were enabled to have light for
a long time. Finally darkness fell.
Then they lost all sense of time
they said and waited through the
long black hours.
A daughter of Cobb was at the
mine entrance when her father ap-
peared. At the sight of his face she
became hysterical and fainted.
James the miners said was the
hero of the disaster. Instead of at-
tempting t» escape when the cave-in
came he went back to warn the other
four men of the calamity.
The men apparently were suffer-
ing only weakness from‘lack of food
with the exception of Castilier.
Roy James for whom little hope
had been held as he had been sep-
arated from the other miners when
the rave-in- occurred was the next to
appear.
lleorge Castilier was third. He
was delirious and is in a critcal con-
dition as the result of pneumonia.
U. B. Wilson was the fourth man
and Harry Watson the last man to
appear. Watson was in a hilarious
mood. He called “Where’s my horse
I want to ride him home.”
WILL LET CONTRACT
FOR C. C. BUILDING
Indication* early toray were that
financial arrangements for the
Brownsville chamber of commerce
building would be completed by late
today and contract let at a meet-
ing of the city commission for this
special purpose tomorrow accord-
ing to (i. ('. Richardson manager
of the chamber
At the last regular meeting of
the city commission last Friday
hide for the construction of th*-
building were opened and letting of
contract was put off until tomorrow
in order that financial arrange-
ments might Ik? completed.
The building is to cost about
$18000 and will he located on the
property of the Missouri Pacific at
the corner of Thirteenth and Levee
streets.
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RADIO PROGRAM
OVER KWWfi FRIDAY
(Wave Length. 278 Meters.)
12 o'clock noon—.Mrs. Ted Tucker
soprano recital. Weather and river
reports.
6 o’clock— Miss Bernice Hutton
piano solos. Weather and river re-
ports.
WEATHER REPORT
For Brownsville iind the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Tartly cloudy to
unsettled tonight and Friday pos-
sibly local showers; moderate tem-
perature
For East Texas: Tartly cloudy
tonight and Fricay; somewhat un-
settled near the coast. Light to
moderate southeast to south winds
on the coast. V
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present 24 Hr. 24 Hr.
Stave Stage Chng. Rain
Del Rio .10 — — .00
Eagle Tass .16 3.4 0.0 .00
Laredo .27 0.8 0.0 .00
Rio Grande .15 0.1 -0.2 .00
Mission .. ..24 7.0 -tO.l .00
San Benito .21 11.6 -0.9 .00
Brownsville .18 8.5 0.7 .00
Rlitr Forecast
There will be little change in the
riveT during the next few daj>
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MILADY’S HATS HIGH
* * *
/JV ARCHITECTURE AS
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WELL AS JAf PR/CES
CHICAGO III. Aug. 12.—(A*! -
Hats for milady are going “way
up.”
The edict refers not to finance
hut to architecture as revealed by
the last word in Haris creations
displayed here by the Silk Asso-
ciation of America.
Models shown are on lofty lines
with flashes of color and orna-
mental brilliant*.
SAN ANTONIANS
GREET VALLEY
Pres. Scott Express-
es Appreciation for
Cooperation
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SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 12.-The
first hilarious manifestations with
which the Valley towns welcomed
the news of the Southern Pacific’s
victory in its fight for an extension
was followed here today by a more
sober contemplation of the potential
development that is to follow as
Valley delegations participated in
the celebration staged by San An- ;
tonio.
Moaning trains brought approxi
mutely 500 persons from the terri- ;
tory which is to be affected and
also the high officials of the South-
! ern Pacific headed by W. R. Scott
1 president and J H. -Tallichet gen-
; oral counsel.
The delegations were breakfasted
at the stations by the Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce and then taken
i through the city in a big parade
which ended at the new municipal
building where the program of the
dav was given.
Judge J. C. George of Brownsville
| was among the Valley speakers with
Mayor John Tobin of San Antonio
greeting the visitors. President Scott !
and Mr. Tallichet expressed their ap-
preciation of the manifestation of
felicity after the hard fight made by
| the Valley citizens who sided with
the railroad in its efforts to secure
| the extension permit. They stated )
that the Southern Pacific would do
everything in its power to merit a
: continuance of the co-operation the
| Valley had extended.
BOY KILLED BY
AIRPLANE BOMB
HOUSTON Texas. Aug. 12.—<£*)— I
Brure Franke 8 year old farmer)
boy is dead and his brother Ken- |
neth. 12. is in a serious condition
from nervous shock at a hospital
here due to the explosion of an old
airplane bomb late yesterday on the
Franke farm near Genoa.
The two boys playing in a hay
field where their father was at
work found two bombs relies of
war days probably dropped by an
Kllington Field aviator in a practice
flight.
i The father told the boys the bombs j
were "duds" and considered them 1
harmless. The boys built a fire and
| attempted to melt the lead from the
| bombs. The mother and father were
watching the boys when suddenly
there was a terrific explosion.
DIES IN POOL
DALLAS Texas August 12.—(/Pt
—Swinging from the rings at a
bathing pool here last night. L. D.
Jones .16 disappeared into tty>
water and failed to come up alive.
Doctors belied he died of heart
failure rather than drowning. A
life guard brought him to the sur-
face. but he was dead and efforts
to restore him were fruitless.
START WORK ON
VALIDATION OF
STATE’S BONDS
_
Fifty-Two Counties
Ready to Publish
Required Notices on
August 13
AUSTIN. Tex.. Aug 12.—(A* Pub- |
lishing of proper newspaper notices
regarding intention to apply to the
legislutuic for validation of bonds
is assured in 52 counties in which
are located 257 of the 542 road dis-
tricts. the special legislative com-
mittee of the Texas highway as-
sociation announced today.
L. W. Kemp a committee member
uiged that county judges of the
other counties involved notify the
committee here whether steps will
he taken to publish the first notice
not later than August Id. the dead-
line.
• Where county officials fail to co-
operate. the committee will en-
deavor to get in touch with some
taxpayer and have him sign the
notice and publish it.*' he said.
Counties which already have noti-
fied the committee are:
A istin Atascosa. Bastrop Bos-
que Bowie. Brazoria. Brazos Brown
r«i i lay Coleman Comanche
Cooke. Dickers. Fannin. Fayette
Fort Bend. Frio Gonzales Gray>oti.
Hartley Haskell Hamphill Hi-
dalgo Hill. Hood H >pkins. Houston
Jackson. Jefferson. Jonc-s Karnes
Kendall. Kerr. Lamar. Leon Lub-
bock. MiLennan McMullen Mata-
gorda. Milam Montague Panola
Reeves San Augustine. San Ja-
cinto Titvlor V.nzandt Victoria
Wichita. Williamson and Wise
GUNMEN SLAY
TWO; WOUND 3
Detroit Cafe is Scene
of Desperate Pis-
tol Battle
DETROIT. Mich.. Aug. 12.—(/Pt
Tw'o men were shot to death and
three persons wounded one of then:
a woman in a pistol fight in a down-
town cafe hce early today. Joe
(iustella il»> and an unidentified
Italian were killed and Miss Marian
Lebies 22 l.uis Rosa. 40 and Marian
Milito 82. seriously wound* d. .
Two automobile loads of men drove
up to the cafe and entering imme-
diately opened fire on the four men
who were seated at a table according
to information to police. Miss Le-
beis a waitress is believed to have
been struck by a stray bullet.
The gunmen fled after the shoot-
ing. which police attributed to a
gang feud.
Albanian Revolt
Frightens Prince
BELGRADE August 12. <.$*>- Ad-
vices from the Albanian frontier
tend to show that the recently re-
ported revolt in that country start-
ed by emigrants who had returned
from Italy is spreading.
Prince Ahmed Bey is said to have
fled to Druazzo escorted by armored
cars. If he is further pressed it is
asserted that he will seek protec-
tion aboard an Italian warship
anchored in the port of Durazzo.
Young Rockefeller Faces
Charges of Smuggling
* NEW YORK. X. Y.. Aug. 12.—(-■P)
—Goods belonging to J. Sterling
Rockefeller son of William G.
Rockefeller and great nephew of
John l). Rockefeller were held by
the clerk of the court on the
ground that the young man had at-
tempted to smuggle them into the
country when he arrived on the
! liner France last night.
It was learned tyday that young
Rockefeller who Was in Yale uni-
versity last year war apprehended
on the pier test n ght by custom*
i-v' ' . *’ j *S:A •■ ;*• " ‘ ;’f'“L
officials who said that he was in
the act of bringing into the coun-
try undeclared razors a pipe a
pair of binoculars and two auto-
mobile ornaments.
He was taHen before Philip Kit-
ing. collector of the port who
ordered the goods seized. After
determining the foreign value and
duty of the goods the collector
placed a personal penalty of 100
per cent in addition to the domes-
tic value. Young Rockefeller will
he forced to pay $I7H to reclaim
the £ood*.
• 3
Fingers Blown From
Hand Found In Arm
( HK AGO III. Aug. 12.—(A*»
— Physicians probing the arm
of Anthony YaJenta 43 in-
jured a week ago in the explos-
ion of an aerial bomb in a
fireworks display found the
thumb and forefinger of an-
other man who was hurt in
the blast buried in Yalenta's
arm.
MARTINEAU IS
WINNER IN ARK.
‘Social Drink’ Issue
Falls Flat In
Primaries
LITTLE ROCK Ark.. Auk. 12. UPt
—Chancellor John K. Martineau.
who-** candid admission to an oc-
casional “social drink” in the past
threatened a few weeks i‘Ko to
rou.se the sleeping prohibition lion
of Arkansas stood to -ay 16arts
votes ahead of Governor Tom J. Ter
I ral for the democratic gubernatorial
! nomination.
With IT.V'NiO v..-. ounted for
/
and 33 counties complete in the
governor’s race Martineau had |
P5.y6y and Terral 78.401. It would
i re*|uiie fully two-thirds * of the re-
t maining vote estimated at from
i 2&.IHI0 to 60000 to wipo out the j
Little Rock jurist's lead.
In the congresional race I'nited I
-States Senator T. H. Caraway was |
unopposed for renomination and j
congressman Hartsill Ragon of the
fifth district won a handy victory !
over an opponent. Congre--:.. •*» J. I
X. Tilman of the third disttict how-
ever found his early lead eaten into :
by Karl Greens haw and today stood
5422 to 5193 with 158 out of 281 j
precincts in.
—
MEXICAN OFFICERS
ARREST AMERICAN
I
WASHINGTON. I». Aug. 12.—
I (/?*' Ambassador Sheffield has t'ik
en up with the Mexican foreign of- I
fice the caie of J. P. Grande of
Los Angeles who has been under
arrest in Mexico for six days on a
blanket charge of violating the
Mexican constitution.
Grande who is an American cit- .
izen is held without hearing. A ‘
i report receive;! today by the state
j department did not state the spe- I
cific rhargcs against him.
He arrived in Mexico City August |
2 from Los Angeles representing
a banana company known as the j
Conipania Plntancra Mexican*. He |
was arrested the following day and j
was held incommunicado.
The ambassador intervened on the
ground that this action was a vio- '
| lation of treaty arrangements with
Mexico.
FAN S BANDIT j
I NGS TONIGHT
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BEVERLY FARMS. Mass.. Aue. 12.
—I'nited States Supreme Court
.lust’re Oliver Wendell Holmes today
denied the application for»a writ of
error made by Attorney G. L. Pen-
dleton in behalf of Richard Reese
Whittemore. under sentence of death
in Baltimore.
Whittemore is sentenced to he
hanged tonight at Baltimore for mur-
der. He was leader of a gang of
jewelry thieves. Intervention of a
supreme court justice had been
sought as the last chance for saving
h in from the death penalty.
SAN BENITO GIRL
WED IN NEW YORK
I
(Special to The Herald.>
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.- Mis* Helen
McLean Spear* daughter of Ju<tge
Samuel Spear* rof San Benito and
Carl A. Swanson of Austin. Tex-
as will be united in marriage
at The Little Church Around the
Corner in this city Saturday Aug- |
ust 14.
ftoth have been prominent in edu-
cational work in Texa* for »l
year* and hot!* «Te native* of that
>tate. j
p-
Political Leaders
Prepare Fireworks
For Second Battle
DALLAS Tex. Aug. 12.—</P)—The Texas political chess
board remained in status quo today with the voters wonder-
ing who would have the next move while the mental state of
the commonwealth seemed to be that man may propose but
a woman governor disposes.
Having yesterday laid down the gage of battle on the Ku
Klux Klan issue and having changed her mind about resign
ing her office and quitting the race Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson today apparently was maneuvering for an advant*
ajreous position planning her>i
attack and marshalling h^i
forces.
The Moody forces were preparing
for astatewide rally to be held here
next Saturday and planning for 1
speaking engagement* for Attorney
General I»an Moody the governor's *
opponent. While these plan* were j
moving ahead rapidly little wa* !
known of the Ferguson battle
strategy
(ampaign Short
The campaign ha* only IS day* to
run. the run off pr.rmiry being on
August US and ju*t how many
speeches James E. Ferguson the gov-
ernor's husband and chief campaign-
er plans to make in the two weeks
was not known.
Whether any court proceeding*
would be instituted to seek Moody’s
disqualification a* a candidate on tne
ground that he had accepted cam-
paign contributions from other can- j
didates in violation of tlfe election
laws also was uncertain. A threat
of legal action was made by Mr».
Ferguson’s attorney before the dem-
ocratic state executive committee
which last Monday certified the
names of Mrs. Ferguson and Moody
to go on the runoff primary ballot.
Mrs. Ferguson through her attor-
ney presented a petition asking
Moody’s disqualification and reserv-
ing the right to bring legal action if
the committee did not act favorably
on the petition. The committee sim-
ply placed the petition on file.
More Irregularities
As the public awaited actual start
(Continued on page two.)
MISSING MAN
BEING SOUGHT
9"
F. D. Schwing Disap-
pears While on Trip
To Raymondville
Officer* of Cameron and adjoin-
ing coitpties are today searching
for F. I*. Schwing proprietor of the
Rio Grande Sheet Metal Work* who
mysteriously disappeared Monday
after leaving Brownsville on a bus-
iness trip to Raymondville.
Schwing. who is 34 years old
and an ex-service ntan informed
hi* wife Monday morning that he
was going to Raymondville to bid
on some metal work. He left at
noon in his car. and Raymondville
officers report he never arrived in
that city. Mr*. Schwing became
alarmed Tuesday o\er the failure
of her husband to return and noti-
fied the sheriff's department. De-
scriptions of Mr. Schwing and his
ear. a Chevrolet have been sent to
all South Texas counties.
Mr. Schwing has been at the head
of the Rio Grande Sheet Metal
Works about two years and has
huilt up an excellent business. Early
this afternoon the sheriff’s depart-
ment reported they had been un-
able to secure any traces of the
missing man.
LIQUOR ISSUE i
BEFORE OHIO
State Expected To Be
Scene of Hard Bat-
tle This Fall
CHICAGO. III*. Aug. !2.—(/**>-]
Ohio may become the battle ground
for another wet and dry political
fight this fall a* a result of the
primary victory of Former Senator i
AlU?e Pomerene. democratic nom-
inee for the United States senate.
Pomerene. long regarded as a lib-
ral defeated his anti-saloon league-
endorsed opponent. Mias Florence E.
Allen. Ohio supreme court justice
by a goodly margin in Tuesday's
primary and now stands ready to
campaign against his republican op-
ponent. Senator Frank B. Willis.
That Willis will force the wet and
dry i* sue to Pomerene was regarded
as likely by political leaders inas-
much as Willis had anti-saloon
league backing in the primary.
Pomerene after serving 12 years !
as an Ohio senator was defeated in
1920 by Senator S. D. Fess in the
republican landslide.
Governor A. v. Dohaney nom-
inated by Ohio democrats for a
third term will be opposed by Myers
Y. Cooper Cincinnati business man.
Votes were still being tabulated
today in the Alabama and Arkansas
democratic primaries.
Hugo L. Black of Birmingham.
Ala. Ku Klux Klan endorsed can-
didate for the seat of United States
Senator Underwood who retires in
1927. led his nearest opponent John
H. Bankhead by 15000 votes. Bibb
Graves led a field cf four in the race
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Governor Tom Terral of Arkansas
was trailing John E. Martineau
judge of Pulaski chancery court for
the gubernatorial nomination in
Arkansas by more than 12000 votes
with approximately two-thirds of
the precincts in the state heard
from.
Landis Takes Hand
Gulf Coast League
MARLIN. Tex.. Aug. 12.—<AWThe
czar of baseball. Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis of Chicngo. has tak-
en a hand in the Gulf Const League
controversy. H. A Pupuy president
of the league said in a statement to
The Associated Press here Thursday.
I'upuy announced that he had ac-
ceded to a request from Landis that
he forward a statement of the af-
fairs of the league made at the time
of Puppy’s application for an inves-
tigation.
Pupuy recently refused to resign
as president of the league as re-
quested by league directors. The or-
ganization is composed of Corpus
Christi. Laredo. Missios and Vic*
toria.
Rival of King Tut’s
Tomb Found in Greece
_ »
STOCKHOLM Aug. 12.—<*V-
A royal Greek tomb said to rival
in splendor that of the Egyptian
King Tut Ankh Amen has been
unearthed near the ancient city
of Asine. on the shores of Pelo-
ponessian peninsula Greece by a
Swedish archaelogical expedition.
Preliminary reports published here
say the discoveries during the
fourth annual digging now about
to close have been greater than
those of all the previous ones
combined. They include masses
of materials throwing new light
on Creek life as far back as three
thousand year* before the Chris-
iwi ta.x JTW * .-w
tien era.
' Vases and ornaments in great
quantities have been found and
among the contents of the royal
tomb dating approximately from
1500 B. C„ were several ornate
gold pieces and unique weapons.
One of the first things encount-
ered in the so-called “Lower City”
was what remained of a Roman
hath with marble lined tubs for
hot and cold water Some of the
underground plumbing was found
to be in such good condition that
it «ould he used today. Dr. Otto
I*. Rodin head of the expedition
reports.
.
mW liSfc Ilk ' .1 TtimL si1 du
two priests:;
ARE EXECUTED
Reports of Battles and
Reprisals in Guana*
juato Brought T o
Mexico City . *
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MEXICO CITY. August 12. (>P>—
A report of excesses urn! of execu-
tion* growing out of the rkllgiou*
situation has been made to th#
Archbishopric here by Archbishop
Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores of the »t*tg
of Michoacan. The ministry of tho
interior announces that it has no
knowledge of such happenings a*
the archbishop reported.
The information brought to Mex-
ico City by Archbishop Ruiz is that
two Catholic priests and between 27
and 37 Catholic citizens were exe-
cuted after an all day battle be-
tween troops and Catholics in the
town of Zahuayo. state of Michoa-
can. The irchLishop estimated that
altogether 50 persons were killed in
the battle. He also said that at
Acambaro. state of Guanajuato dis-
orders arising from the religious
controversy led to other execution*.
When the people of Acambaro re-
fused to turn over their church to
the municipal authorities two gov-
ernment engineers were killed by
the crowd and their bodies hacked
almost to pieces notwithstanding
the fact that the priests appealed to
the crowd to desist. Federal troops
arrived and executed three and pos-
sibly more of the leaders the pre-
late added.
At Irapuato also in the state of
Guanajuato according to the arch-
bishop. a Protestant was killed when
she taunted the Catholics as their
services ended. The residences of
several Protestant* were set on fire
by the mob. Federal troops also
were brought up here and executed
three or four of the leaders of th*
mob.
These disturb. *' are reported
lyr Archbishop Ruiz to have taken
place August 1 and 2.
The government has consistently
asserted that the situation through-
out tho nation has been tranquil
"with the exception of a few minor
disturbances." The newspapers have
printed little or nothing regarding
disorders.
The economic boycott continue* to
depress business and there seem-
ingly are no prospects of a recon-
ciliation of the completely opposed
positions of the Catholic episcopal* .|y
and the government regarding th*
new religious regulations. t m
Sugar Manager «
Paid Ransom ^ 1
LAREDO Texas. Aug. 12.—
J. W. Shunklin. manager of tho
Hacienda El Potnero Sugar plan-
tation in the state of Vera Crux
who was captured by Mexican ban-
dits headed by Vidal Tenoria on
June 1 and held for twenty thous-
and pesos ransom arrived in Laredo
this morning enroute to Canyon
City. Texas.
Shunklin says he *»» captured by
Tenorio and his bandits near tho
plantation and taken to the moun-
tains. His friends met the bandita*
messenger and paid the ransom
money in cash and he wȤ released
| and returned to his plantation about
> ten days later.
~ * #
Federal* )Surround
Bandits Band
*
MEXICO CITY Aug. 12.—<*»>-»
[ Commandant General Arnulfo Gome*
| of Vera Crux announce* that the
bandit Vidal Tenorip ha* been sur-
rounded in the mountain* by federal
troop* and *aid he intends to get
Tenorio dead or alive.
Vidal Tenorio was said In dis-
patches from Mexico City in May to
have been at the head of the bandit*
j who kidnepped J. W. Shanklin of
Cnnyon Texas and held him fo^
ransom. Shanklin i* chief of the
colonizing department of the Kt
Potrero Sugar Mill in the state of
Vera. Cruz. The sugar concern is
said to have paid 5.<MM» pesos ransom
for his release. '•* —
Explosion Destroys
Building at Orangd
ORANGE. Tex.. Aug. 12.—«/P>—The
Zito concrete building was destroyed
by a mysterious explosion about t
o'clock thi* morning with an esti*
mated loss of I1S.OOO.
Police are working on the theory
of incendiarism* Window panes for
several block* were broken by the
| force of th* blast.
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