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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR No. 33 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY AUGUST 5 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY I
m our
VALLEY
CHEERING NEWS in the cotton
crop estimate of H. P. Boyd vice
president of the Valley Gin Co.
Boyd has been making a study of
Valley cotton yields for many years
and his estimate is accepted as
about the most accurate obtainable.
One reason for this is that Mr.
Boyd refuses to estimate the yield
early in the season and never makes
£ statement until he has definite
jp:.'ormation.
The Valley crop this year will <
total about 110.000 bales he says. Of ;
this 75000 bales had "been ginned (
Saturday night.
Cotton has brought an average of i
19 cents per pound. Sale of the
seed has brought the value to ap-
proximately $100. speaking in round
figures.
• • •
$11000.000—that is what the Val-
ley growers will receive for cotton.
A large portion of this will go into 1
circulation immediately.
Of the total approximately $6.-
000.000 already is in the hands of
the growers
And the effects are being felt
throughout the season. Times are
good in the Valley and it is time
for the fellow who has been saying
otherwise to wake up to the fact
that his hard luck Is mostly in his
own mind.
110.000 bales $11000000 in circu-
lation—what a boost to trade and
business generally.
• • •
A BRIGHT sunny day sent thou-
sands of residents and visitors to
the Valley beach resorts Saturday.
At Point Isabel the throng taxed
to capacity the cafes and other
places of business and over on
Padre Island Casino employees were
rushed throughout the day to at-
tend to the wants of the throngs.
Boatmen reported a record business
and hundreds of bathers dotted the
beach.
Over on Brazos Island the situa-
tion was the same with cars park-
ed every few feet from the north
end to the south end of the island
fe*nd both bath houses reporting re<>
flpi crowds and business. On the
^mainland at Boca Chica cars lined
the beach almost to the mouth of
the river.
The water was fine although a
little too calm for real sport.
• • •
Which all means that the Valiev
beach season has Just reached Its
apex while at Galveston and other
places even at Corpus Christi. the
end of the season is just around th.*
corner.
Bathing started first at Valley
beaches. It will end here last.
Galveston if the usual custom is
followed will stage a celebration on
labor day and one by one conces-
sionaires on the beach will fold
their tents and steal away day by
day.
The close of the season will come
a few days later at Corpus Christi
and several weeks later Valley peo-
ple will be enjoying the surf off
Padre Island and Boca Chica.
• • •
RESIDENTS of the Valley are
abusing Mexican passport regula-
tions. Mexican immigration officials
report to the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce.
There is a possibility that such
practice may result in inconven-
ience to genuine tourists who desire
to visit Mexico. •
Valley residents the Mexican
officials say. have been going to
the chamber of commerce officials
bare and making a claim to reside
•tSsome place outside the 40-mtio
USrot r zone. Thus they secure tour-
ist cards and avoid the necessity
z* securing regular passports.
But Mexican officials are refus-
ing to accept tourist identification
cards from persons riding in auto-
mobiles with Valley license numbers
on them.
And the chamber of commerce
* has been requested to demand proof
that the person applying for a
tourist card really is entitled to one.
• • •
HIDALGO Is on the way to be-
coming a city.
A cotton seed oil mill has been
built there and now is in opera-
tion.
This is the second such plant in
the Valley—the other being lo-
cated at Brownsville—and the first
in Hidalgo county.
The new plant has a capacity of
eight tons per day and the owners
are seeking sufficient Valley cotton
seed to keep ft running to capacity.
Marvin Evans owner of the Hi-
dalgo Gin Co. is also owmer of the
new* oil mill.
10 KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION
TOKYO. Aug. 5—<iP)—Ten miners
were killed today in the Sumito
E|fr/.in coal mine in the centre.'
of Hokkaido <Yezo>. Sixty-
nine others were trapped with lit-
tle hope of rescue
t
CANNONSAYS
ACCUSATIONS
OFWETSFALSE
Bishop Denies Charges
That He Is Seeking
Political Control In
South
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.—<&h-
The answer of Bishop James Can-
non. Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal
church south to various charges
published against him recently was
made available to newspapers today
in a 15.000-word statement.
He went at length into the
charges of profiteering in flour dur-
ing the war. criticisms of his stock
market transactions the charge
that he used funds of the board of
temperance and social service of his
church to further the election of
President IJoover through organiza-
tion of the anti-Smith democrats of
Virginia and the contention he has
improperly used his church office
for political purposes.
He restated his denials of wrong-
doing In every instance reiterated
opposition to former Governor Al-
fred E. Smith democratic candidate
for president. .Chairman John J.
Raskob of the democratic national
committee and Senator Carter
Glass of Virginia and declared:
“Either Raskobism must be dis.
carded and repudiated or dry south-
ern democrats are of necessity per-
manently out of the party."
Charging efforts at “political in-
timidation" against him. he asked:
Charges Raskobism
“Is not this a concerted desperate
effort of Raskobism to destroy my
influence with the people of Vir-
ginia in the aproaching election?
Will the people of Virginia approve
or disapprove of these attacks upon
my reputation and influence by
these political assassins?"
The answer is described as a
“statement by Bishop James Can-
non. Jr. concerning the various
publications which have been made
concerning him by ‘wet' and Roman
Catholic and other newspapers
throughout the country" and its
extent is explained with the asser-
tion:
“No article of ordinary length
could answer the continuous sweep-
ing slanderous attacks made not
only upon specific acts but upon a
manner of life and a record extend-
ing over forty years."
It begins with a series of quota-
tions from denominational and
secular newspapers and goes on to
sav that “since June 28 1928. when
I signed the call for the southern
democratic friends of prohibition to
meet in Asheville. North Carolina
on July 19th to take steps to de-
feat the wet Tammany candidate.
Alfred E . S mith. I have been the
• Continued on page 2.)
Valley Chambers Get
Permits For Tourists
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 5.—«V-
Permission for issuance of tourists'
cards lor entry into Mexico has
been granted by the department of
the interior to the chambers of
commerce of Brownsville. Mercedes.
Roma. Hidalgo and Zapata. Tex.
the department announced. Per-
mission iormerly was granted to the
Laredo chamber.
Provisional cards will entitle the
bearer to remain in Mexico stx
months visiting any part of the
country desired.
Bandits Hold Up
Kansas Accountant
TUFLKA. August 5. </P>—Two
oanmts early today held up Clyde
Knowlton. as accountant within
a nait block ot the city hall and
robbed mm ot SU.2U0 the city's semi-
monthly payroll. Knowlton was en
route to tne city treasurer's office
witn tne money which he just had
witnorawn from a bank. The men
escaped in a rented car bearing a
Lawrence. Kan. tag. A woman
drove the car.
INVENTOR OF GAS
MANTLE IS DEAD
VIENNA. Aug 5.—Karl Auer.
Freiherr Von Weis bach inventor of
the incandescent gas mantle died
todav at his residence of Welsbach
castle in Carinthia. Auer was also
the inventor of Auer gas lamps and
Ommium lamps.
NORTH TEXAS GINS
FIRST 1929 BALE
McKINNEY. Texas. Aug. 5.-WV-
The first bale of cotton of the 1929
season in this section brought 21c a
pound the purchaser being the
Central State bank of McKinney.
The bale which weighed 488
pounds was raised by R. G. Grim
i of Wylie.
PORTES GIL TO
RELA TE WORK OF
TERM IN SPEECH
Mexican President to Tell in Message to Con-
gress of Achievement in Rebellion Church
Dispute and Dry Campaign
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 5.—<;p>—President Portes Gil will summarize the
achievements of his administration in a message to congress at the open-
ing of the regular session Sept. 1 five months prior to the date on which
the provisional chief executive is to turn over the reins of government to
his successor to be chosen in the national elections Nov. 17.
VALLEY BIT-RUN
VICTIM IS DEAD
Raymondville Farmer Left
In Ditch By Motorist Is
Buried Sunday
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Aug. 5.—Injuries
suffered when he was struck by a
hit and run motorist while walk-
ing on the highway near his home
July 20. proved fatal to Rafael
Barbosa. 65-year-old Raymondville
farmer who died in the Valley
Baptist • hospital early Sunday
morning. His body was taken t >
La Beccera ranch where it was in-
terred Sunday aftemocn.
Barbosa's death was the second
automobile fatality in the Valley
during the past week. Last Tues-
day Ponciano Gonzales died from
injuries in a collision between two
automobiles in San Benito.
The driver who struck Barbosa
late on the night of July 20 left the
aged man for dead in the ditch on
the Red Pish bay road. Barbosa
lay in a critical condition until day-
light. with a leg and arm broken
and with internal injuries the ex-
tent of which were not determined
at the time.
Passing motorists took him to
Raymondville. where he was given
emergency treatment and then was
taken to the hospital where he re-
mained until his death. His. arm
and leg were amputated and he was
thought on tht way to recovery'.
During the. latter part of the week
the man took a turn for the worse
and he died shortly after midnight
Sunday. Internal injuries were the
direct cause of his death it was
said at the hospital
SANTA ROSA BOY
IS INJURED
(Special to The Herald)
SANTA ROSA Aug. 5.—George
.Graham. 9-year-old son of Mu and
Mrs. T. A. Graham who reside at
a farm near here was knocked
down and bruised but not seriously
injured when struck by a car as
he crossed the highway here about
5:30 p. m. Sunday.
The auto was driven by T. A. Pit-
man of Raymondville.
TWO CARS CRASH
AT RANGERVILLE
(Special to The Herald)
RANGERVILLE. Aug. 5.—A light
touring car was badly smashed up
and Juan Barron driver slightly-
injured as two cars collided a mile
east of here about 10 p. m. Satur-
day on the Harlingen road.
Five women and children riding
with Barron were bruised as the
car turned over on its side. Their
names and names of occupants of
the car were not learned. Deputy
Sheriffs R. G. Delaney and S. M.
Jester arrived at the scene soon
after the accident occurred.
Hidalgo School Bond
Quota Is Approved
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. August 5—Attorney
General Claude Pollard today ap-
proved the final 9100.000 of a four
million dollar issue of Hidalgo
county road district No. 1 bonds
held up since the bonds were voted
for increased land valuation.
The No. 1 district Includes Edin-
burg and a strip down the 'Missouri
Pacific route through the towns of
Donna. Weslaco and Mercedes.
At the same time. Pollard ap-
proved $4000 bonds voted by Sandia
of the Alice school district both in
Jim Wells county.
DOORS OF FLORIDA
BANK ARE CLOSED
ORLANDO. Fla. Aug. 5 —(AF*)—
The State Bank of Orlando and
Trust Company capitalized at
$100000 and said to have been tne
oldest financial institution in
Orange county failed to open to-
day.
t
in ms message me youimui pres-
ident. now in his early thirties will
lay stress on several of the accom-
plishments of his nine months old
administration which has been
marked by outstanding constructive
endeavors as well as one of the most
turbulent periods in recent Mexican
history.
He will embody in his message the
official report of General Plutarco
Elias Calles on the campaign
against the Escobar rebels In March
and April of this year giving his
predecessor in office the Lions
share of the credit for the rapid de-
feat of that movement. The report
will give official figures on the cas-
ualties and financial losses sus-
tained during the rebellion and re-
veal other aspects of the revolution
as yet unpublished.
Church Question t’p
Going into another phase of his
government's activity the president
will deal with the settlement of the
three year church-state controversy
announced June 21 in simultaneous
statements by the head of the gov-
ernment and Archbishop Leopoldo
Ruiz y Flores papal delegate to
Mexico. He will lay stress on the
Pacification of the country as a re-
sult of this settlement which
brought about the end of guerilla
warfare waged by Cristero bands
over a period of some 35 months
and will set forth that the country
is at peace ready to devote itself to
the gigantic task of reconstruction.
Among other accomplishments of
his administration the president
will refer to the cessation of govern-
ment control over the national uni-
versity. which was made an auton-
omous institution under joint stu-
dent-teacher management by pres-
idential decree a few weeks ago
He will go into detail on the anti-
alcohol campaign which he person-
ally initiated and which now is be-
ing conducted by a national com-
mittee constituted under his direc-
tion. The campaign the president
will point out. is based on "persua-
sion” rather than prohibition the
aim being to interest the people in
uplifting dversions and productve
occupants and thus wean them
away from the "pulqueria” and the
drink habit.
Difference of Opinion
There has been some difference of
opinion as to the real nature of the
(Continued on Page 2)
STATE TEACHER
WAS FORCED TO
ADMIT KILLING
Chemist Called Again
To Testify As To
Blood Stains And
Drugged Sandwich
COURTHOUSE. Columbus. Ohio
Aug. 5.—The defense in the
trial of Dr. James H. Snook at the
afternoon session today waived its
demands for a separate hearing and
decision from the court on the ad-
missibility of statements made by
Dr. Snook linking him with the kill-
ing of Theora Hix and agreed to let
testimony relating to the admissions
go before the jury as testimony.
The defense launched its attack
today on Snook's confession last
June 20.
The defense move came when the
state put W. C. Howells Cleveland
Plaindealer reporter on the stand
to testify as to an interview with
the ousted professor the night after
he confessed.
Immediately E. O. Ricketts of de-
fense counsel was on his feet pro-
testing against the admission of any
testimony relating to the admissions
made by Dr. Snook on the grounds
that they were obtained under
duress.
"The confession was not volun-
tarily." he said. “The party (mean-
ing those at the interview) was or-
ganized bv the prosecutor because
he was afraid of the validity of the
confession. Dr. Snook was acting
on advice volunteered by those pres-
ent. He was denied counsel and the
effect of the confession was misrep-
resented to him. It was obtained
through duress and fear.”
Chemist Testifies
C. F. Long of Columbus city
chemist testified again today at
the resumption of the murder trial
of Dr. James H. Snook.
The defense was reinforced by the
presence of two chemists at their
(Continued on page 2.)
Guatemalan rliers
Leave For St. Louis
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.—(tfV-
Col. Miquol Garcia Granados pilot
of the monoplane "Guatemala.” left
Bolling Field today accompanied by
Lieut. Carlos Merlon for St Louis.
Mo. They expected to arrive there
at 1:30 p. m. Central Standard
Time.
The fliers’ original plan of re-
turning to Guatemala City by way
of Davton. Ohio and Oklahoma was
changed at the last moment. In-
stead thev intend to stay in St.
Louis tonight fly to San Antonio
Texas tomorrow and from there at-
tempt a non-stop flight to Mexico
City.___
Stowaway Only Unhappy
Passenger Aboard Graf
By HERBERT S. SIEBEL
Associated Press Correspondent
ABOARD THE GRAF ZEPPE-
LIN Naval Air Station. Lake-
hurst. N. J.. Aug. 5.—(A*)—While
all the rest of us these last few
days have been thoroughly en-
joying the most pleasant and
certainly one of the most com-
fortable Atlantic crossings one
passenger aboard the Graf Zeppe-
lin must have been a decidedly
uncomfortable and disconsolate
young man.
I mean the stowawayy 18-ycar-
old Albert Buhskow. who with a
pocket camera and one mark and
50 pfennigs started out to see the
world but made the whole trip
shut up in a box-like room high
up in the tail of the ship and
never saw a thing.
We were Just gliding out of the
hangar at Friedrichshafen last
Thursday morning when people
on the ground began to yell. And
there was Buhskow running along
the ton of the Graf right along
her backbone which was only
about six or eight inches wide.
One false step and he'd have
come right down through the fab-
ric. It was dark. too. He couldn't
see very well.
He had dropped down from a
rope dangling from the top of the
hangar. He ran along until he
came to an airshaft. Then he
jumped down where a member of
the crew found him a few min-
utes later.
Yank Him Out
They yanked him out. brought
him down and then shut him up
in a room about the size of the
box they kept the gorilla in and
there he stayed for the rest of
the trip.
Buhsknw. I learned had arrived
in Friedrichshafen the day be-
fore—on a bicycle. He's a baker
and confectioner born in Dort-
mund. Germany. August 17. 1911.
He had a friend with him. but
at the last minute the friends
nerve gave out.
Thev certainly did not make
any hero of the stowaway. I don't
think any of the other passengers
bothered to ask his name. Many
of them didn't even know he was
aboard until we were far over the
Atlantic.
Among the passengers he didn't
come in for any particular cen-
sure. We simply ignored his
presence.
“We locked him in a room so
he could not run around and
commit further nonsense.” said
Dr. Eckcner after describing how
the youth /Qsed a rope to drop
from the top of the Graf's hangar
into t le bag. “He *iat*. a very
ingenious idea.”
Example From American
‘This poor benighted young
man pot his foolish idea from the
American stowaway.” the doctor
continued referring to the recent
flight made by Arthur Schreibcr
of Portland. Maine in the trans-
atlantx plane Yellow Bird "feince
the example set by that young
man *e have found two or three
stowaways aboard our ship be-
fore we went on an5 cruise.”
The youth was given a sum-
mary hearing immediately when
the dirigible landed by Assistant
Immigration Commissioner James
L. Hughes. He was taken to the
immigration detention depot at
Gloucester. N. J. to be deported
on the first available steamer.
FORM BIG ARMY
TO BATTLE U. S.
FOREST BLAZES
■ i
275 Fires Started in Pacific Northwest by !
Lightning Spread with Ease in Heavy Wind
and Lack of Sufficient Rains <
________ \
SPOKANE. Wash. Aug. 5.—(/P)— An army of nearly 1.000 men today
was waging desperate battle to check the progress of forest fires raging i
in the tinder-like woods of Northern Idaho. Lack of rain heavy winds |
and inaccessibility of the forest made their task doubly difficult.
F. H. Brundage assistant district forester in charge of fire control. (
TONG WAR IN
U. S. BREAKS
—
Police In Many Cities Guard
Chinese Area; Bar
Sightseers
CHICAGO Aug. 5.—</T)—Tong
guns blazed in Chicago yesterday
and tne echo heard in Chineses
secuons all over the United States
Drought out apprehensive police de-
tails attempting to stop spread ot
tne oread leud.
Chicago's Chinatown was thrown
into contusion when a Hip Sing
tongman. Yee Sun wai shot and
killed m a crowded street and again
last night when Kar Leong Wong
was snot and probably fatally
wounded. Fonce were informed
Wong was a member of the On
Leong tong and were working on
tne ineory his shooting was in re-
taliation lor the slaying of Sun.
ihc mysterious "grapevine tele-
graph" tnrougn which tong mem-
orrs were inlormed of happenings
in other cities evidently was func-
tioning well tor police In other cities
reported streets m Chinatowns de-
serted and tense and uneasy spirits
prevailing.
Two Shots Fired
Two shots were tired at Chinese
in Boston yesterday and although
tne trouoie wa* believed to have
been tne result ot a gambling quar-
rel scores ot plain clothesmen were
stationed in tne Chinese section and
ail signtseers kept out.
Joe luck member o! the On Le-
ong. was arrested upon tne ldenti-
ncation ot a Hip Singer Dmg Wing
wno said he Raw the Yee shooting
but ponce doubted he was ine ac-
tual slaver.
Nine Chinese were held by police
today in connection with the Wong
snooting.
Boon alter the disturbances start-
ed. *Tank Moy. president of tne On
Leong organization and Lee Loy
acting head ot the Hip Sings ap-
peared at tne detective bureau and
asked help in preventing turther
trouble. At their own requests they
were both given detective escorts.
Admit War
Both tong leaders admitted the
war was on and said they leared a
repetition ot the bitter warfare that
claimed more than 70 lives m the
nation-wide tong war of 1925.
Tne recent troubles are believed
to nave started in New York when
tnree members quit the On Leong
tong and joined the Hip Bings in
violation between the tongs After
tne protest by the On Leongs the
tnree men were dropped from
membership in the Hip Sings.
ONE KILLED
IN NEWARK
NEWARK N. J. AUR. 3—1/P)—
Louis Ga Fung died today from bul-
let wounds the victim or what po-
nce said was a nation-wide out-
break ot a Chinese tong war. Loy
Song of New York member of the
Hip Bing tong was held on a charge
of murder
Autnonties here advanced the
tneory that the outbreak may have
arisen as the result of an opium
trade conflict. Opium valued at
$301)00 was seized and 47 Chinese
arrested in a raid on the city s
Chinatown Saturday.
TWO SHOT IN
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.—</P>—A Chi-
nese restaurant owner and a negro
patron were snot by an unidenti-
fied cninese gunman today In what
ponce feared was a local outbreak
ot a threatened tong war.
FEAR GRAVE DIGGERS
WOULD HALT FUNERAL
NEW YORK Aug. 5.—<JPy—Fear
of a general strike that would halt
all funerals in the city today spur-
red state labor department official'
in their efforts to settle the labci
dispute between grave diggers :n
Cavalry cemetery and their em-
ployers.
ucuaitru tu rut uouu »•»*«* .
about 275 fires had been started in
the Pacific northwest timber coun-
try by lightning. 1
All those in Oregon were reported
under control but fires continued to
bum in Washington and Califor- 1
nia. i
FIRES IN MANITOBA
ARE UNDER CONTROL
WINNIPEG Aug. 5.—<#)—Heavy
rainfall over the week-end has
brought relief to the fire swept for- j
est areas in Manitoba. Most of the
fires in the northeastern and
northwestern sections of the prov-
ince were under control today aft- j
cr an all day rain Saturday and
Sunday.
NORTHERN ONTARIO
MENACE THREATENS
TORONTO. Ont.. Aug. 5.—</P>—
The forest lire menace in northern
Ontario assumed a more serious as-
pect over the week-end officials of
the lands and forests departments
said.
Three new fires are reported in
the Kenora district. A big fire at|
Kahagi lake which has been burn-
ing for several days was still out
of control.
SMALL FIRES SPRING
UP OVER WISCONSIN
CRANDON. Wis. Aug. 5.——
Five major forest fires which raged )
m Oconto and Forest counties last1
week were under control today. In
their place however liad sprung up
a scries of new and small fires a
few of whicn were characterized as
“very dangerous.' The new con-
flagrations are in the vicinity of
Silver Lake and along and Peshtigo
river.
These in the latter section are
the most serious since they have
hundreds of acres of dry slashings
remnants of lagging operations to
feed on should they jump the lines
of trenches and sand thrown up
by the fire fighters.
N. Y. Girl’s Romance
With Pilot May End
PARIS. Aug. 5.——The brief
romance of Pauline Parker. New
York show girl and Jean Assolant
French pilot of the trans-Atlantic
plane Yellow Bird. Is reported to
have struck difficulties.
The young couple. Assolant being
23 and Miss Parker 22. was married
at Portland. Me.. June 10 just three
davs before the French fliers took
off from Old Orchard for Paris.
They had met only a short time
previously. The American girl fol-
lowed her husband by steamer and
rejoined him on June 26 when she
met his parents for the first time.
Scout Workers To
Meet Monday Night
A general meeting of all parties
interested in Boy Scout work will
be held at the chamber of com-
i merce at 8 p. m. Monday at which
time the drive for the year s budget
will be discussed.
Ed Mockbee. chairman of the
drive has urged that all interested
in this work be present. He espec-
ially wants all women s clubs and
organizations to be represented.
Brownsville's quota has been set
at $3500 and seven committees are
now canvassing the city. Approxi-
mately $035 has been obtained up
until Monday morning.
Aug. 7 has been set ns the dead-
line for the drive but Mockbee
states he intends to continue the
campaign until the $3500 is raised
if it is not obtained by that time.
Texan Surrenders
After Fatal Fight
TEXARKANA. Ark. Aug. 6.—OP)
—Claude Robinson wras held m the
Miller county jail today without
bond in connection with the fatal
shooting of Clarence Terry at Rav-
anna. Ark. Sunday.
Robinson surrendered to Texas
officers this morning after a Miller
county posse had searched for him
all nijrht. He waived extradition
and was turned over to Arkansas
officials
The shooting was believed to have
been over a dog.
OFFICERS USE
TEAR GAS FOR
HALTING MOB
Smash Windows And
Doors With Hastily
Constructed Rams;
Hold Three Leaders
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 5 —(£*>—A
jot by inmates of the Spadra state
larcotie. hospital near here today
esulted In the escape of 13 men.
rhe outbreak was quelled only after
luthorities reinforced by a squad of
leputy sheriffs threatened the mob
nith sawed-off shotguns.
The Inmates used improvised
■ams to smash doors and knock
mrs and wire gratings from win-
tows. Three men were held as be-
ng part of the band of ringleaders
rhey were Charles E. Rivers. 42:
William Graham. 60 and Bobby
Jar 39
No one was hurt in the struggling
ind order was restored when au-
horlties advanced with shotguns
ind tear gas bombs and warned the
inmates the would attack if the
rioters refused to surrender.
Reports from the hospital said
several scores of men figured In the
jutbreak and that it began about
midnight apparently at a given
>ignal.
Groups of inmates manned clum-
sily constructed rams and rushed
ioors breaking them dowm. Others
used similar battering pieces on
protected windows.
RECAPTURE CONVICTS
SOON AFTER ESCAPE
BATON ROUGE. La.. Aug. 5.—<*)
—Six convicts escaped from Angola
penal farm today but were recap-
tured during the morning accord-
ing to advices received at the gen-
eral penitentiary offices hero at
noon.
No details of the break were
available at that hour.
Warden J E McClar.ahan was on
the scene of the attempted escape
making an investigation the offices
here said.
Valley Construction
Worker Hurt In Fall
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN Aug. 5.—H Barnes
35. employe of Dodds and Wede-
gartner Contracting company at
San Benito is in the Valley Bap-
tist hospital with head Injuries re-
sulting from a fall on timber placed
temporarily across the canal near
the Arroyo bridge at Harlingen
Monday morning.
Barnes employed on the pila
driving machine engaged in build-
ing a siphon for the Harlingen dis-
trict was walking across the tim-
bers when he slipped and fell strik-
ing the back of his head. He was
tnkpn to the hospital by other
workers on the project.
Reward Offered To
Widow Of Officer
CHICAGO. Aug. 5.—<>P)—Detec-
tive Sergeants Fred Sack and John
Hanrahan asked today that $1500
reward due them for capturing Trn-
ola E. Moore negro wanted for the
slaying of Polireman George Turn-
er of Fort Worth. Tex. be given the
widow of the slain officer. The two
detectives arrested Moore last
Thursday.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. Aug 5 —Oft
—Tenola Moore. 25. negro slayer of
Policeman George Turner is in the
Tarrant county jail.
He has made a statement to coun-
ty authorities admitting the slaying
of Turner on the morning of May
20. 1928
The negro was brought to Fort
Worth Monday from Denison by
automobile.
j THE WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday. Light to fiesh southerly
winds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Not received in
time.
KIVEK FORECAST
There will be a further slight riso
in the river at and below Browns-
ville and no material change else-
where during the next 24 to 36
hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 3 3 0.0 00
Laredo . 27 0.1 -0.4 .00
Rio Grande . 21 5 6 -0 3 .00
Mission. 22 6 6 -0.8 .00
San Benito . 23 120 -0 8 .00
Brownsville . 18 6.6 tl-2
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa-
bel tomorrow under normal met-
eorological conditions:
High.5:55 a. m.: 3:02 p. m.
Low.10:36 a. m.; 10.43 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .2 ill
Sunrise tomorrow ..
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