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Wall Street again was in turmoil Monday as another great wave of selling broke out and could not
be halted. Picture above shows tense and curious crowd that gathered as the market broke last Thurs-
day. A hurried meeting of leading bankers checked the sickening drop. The meeting included W. C.
Potter left president of the Guaranty Trust Company Thos. W. Lamont center senior Morgan partner
and Chas. E. Mitchell right chairman of the Chase National bank.
Jury Selection Goes
On in Hamilton Case
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“BIG 10” ACES
DISAPPOINTING
Michigan and Wisconsin
Slated Leaders Drop
Conference Starts
By WILLIAM WEEKES
Associated Press Sports Writer.
HICAGO Oct. 29.——Two
\. orn conference football coaches.
Harry Kipke of Michigan and Glenn
Thistlethwaite of Wisconsin are
working at top speed to still faint
sounds of hammer on anvil.
Both the Wolverines and Badg-
ers before the season opened were
ranked among leading threats for
the Big Ten title. They now are
ranked as the biggest disappoint-
ments in the conference and their
supporters are beginning to ask the
reason for successive defeats.
Michigan has dropped its three
conference starts bowing to Pur-
due Ohio State and Illinois while
the Badgers with a large number
of veterans in their case have been
defeated by Northwestern Iowa and
Notre Dame.
The Badgers’ next test will be
Saturday when Jimmy Phelan takes
his onrushing Purdue eleven tc
Madison to help celebrate Wiscon-
sin’s homecoming. A victory over
the Boilermakers who have estab-
lished themselves along with Min-
nesota as the pick of the confer-
ence will quiet the muttering.
Michigan with its first open date
in more than 20 years scheduled
for Saturday has two weeks dur-
ing which to reorganize and get go-
ing in time for the invasion ol
Harvard. All of the 87000 tickets
for the game have been sold and
Kipke is driving his squad to pre-
pare a team that will not disap-
point the throng.
New City Attorney
to Keep T. U. Regency
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN Oct. 29—Regent Sam
Neathery of the University of Texas
who recently accepted appointment
as city attorney of Houston will
come to serve as a member of the
university board he said here.
Mr. Neathery conferred with Attj
Gen. R. Lee Bobbitt asking a ruling
whether any law prevented his
serving ifl both capacities.
He was premised a written opin-
ion later but said no reason has
been cited so far to prevent his re-
maining on the board of regents.
new McAllen pastor
(Special to The Herald)
McAllen. Oct. 29—The Rev. E. A.
Hunter for the past three years
pastor of the First Methodist
Church of Kingsville is expected tc
arrive in McAllen this week to as-
sume his new work here accord-
ing to an announcement made here
following the close of the annual
West Texas Methodist conference
at San Antonio.
The Rev. Hunter and the Rev.
W. M. Rader the latter pastor of
the First Methodist Church of Mc-
Allen for the past year figured in
an exchange of pulpits the Rev
Rader being named as pastor of the
Kingsville church during the ensue-
ing year.
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VALLEY
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DID YOU EVER mount a Ford
with a couple of good dogs and
after an exciting run across prairie
corner and kill a ccyoie?
If you never have you have miss-
ed the thrill of a lifetime—take it
from M. L. Love local general ag-
ent of the Southern Pacific Lines.
He and seven others including
Ed Monsees L. F. Greer and A.
Tomme outgeneraled and ran down
two wolves last Saturday afternoon
on the flats north east of Los
Fresnos.
They jumped four coyotes but
two of them escaped to the brush.
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For some others party it
was an old expei. jut Love
still is excited over .. chase
At one place he vu.s unable to
make the auto-steed he was driv-
ing travel as rapidly as he thought
should and just about to de-
spair of overtaking the fleet ani-
mal jumped to the ground and
gave chase He was reaching over
to “tail" the vote when a fleet
(jog ran up ai. knocked it over.
He has been enthusiastic about
Valley hunting and fishing ->ince he
arrived in this section soon after
the Southern Pacific was built into
the Valley but^-
“If you want to interest Love in
the future suggest a wolf hunt on
the flats with dogs and autos as
weapons." one member of the par-
ty said.
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Here is another sport and recrea-
tion which will appeal to certain of
our winter visitors It might be a
good idea to organize a club and
make it available to tourists
The only drawback to the plan is
that the old timers in the sport
might object to having too many
“amateurs’’ along.
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CORPUS CHRISTI according to
The Crow’s Nest in the Corpus
Christi Caller is inviting those
who visited here last year to return
again this winter
He writes:
“Registration books kept by the
chamber of commerce during the
winter season last year contain the
names of 685 tourists. Naturally
not every winter visitor took the
trouble to register
“At any rate the chamber is
eending every one of them a letter
in which is enclosed a reply postal
j^id asking them if they are com-
ing back this year and also request-
ing them to send the names of sev-
eral of their friends who are think-
ing of making trips this winter.
“They are told that the city was
happy to have them last year and
hopes to see them again this sea-
son They are told of improved
highway conditions and other new
features.
“The letters are sent in special
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WEATHERFORD. Tex. Oct. 29—
(/P)—Attorneys today resumed ef-
forts to complete a jury for the
trial of R. H. Hamilton charged with
| murder for having slain his son-in-
law Tom Walton Jr. 21 last May
4.
| The first two veniremen A. C
Lasater and .T ' Cu.vunin; v:re
excused t: ■: G.iinions which
they said vw. ..u.nce their ver-
dicts while the third W. A. Thomp-
son was released by the court be-
cause of conscientious scruples
against capital punishment.
SAN BENITO IN
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DRIVING FIGHT
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO Oct. 29—A fine
cf $200 has been assessed against
-e G. Hoefling constable of this
ecint in the court of L. M. Val-
detero justice of the peace for the
same precint.
The charge on which Hoefling
was fined was reckles driving.
Chai. against =the constable
wrere f i by L. M. Chaudoln
county traffic officer.
Tom McWhorter was fined $38
by Valdetero on a charge of reck-
less driving in connection with an
accident.
W. L. Coley of Brownsville drew
a $63 fine on a similar charge.
Depriest Circular Is
Virginia Race Issue
RICHMOND Va. Oct. 29—(A1;—
A circular showing pictures of
Oscar Depriest negro Congressman
and his wife wTith portions of De-
priest speeches today usurped some
of the interest that other phases
of the Virginia gubernatorial camp-
aign had held. W. Anderson rep-
ublican leader spoke of the circular
as being an “outrageous" attempt
to associate William Mosley Brown
coalition gubernatorial candidate
and himself with Depriest. He ac-
cused democratic headquarters of
distributing the circular.
Liquor Bonds Set
For Harlingen Men
Antonio Chavez and Carlos Villa-
real. Harlingen have been bound
over to the federal grand jury on
liquor charges in bonds of $750 and
$1000 respectively. They w’ere tak-
en into custody at Harlingen in a
new automobile by James H. Col-
lins. mounted customs inspector.
Collins reported at the prelim-
inary hearing that the men had
35 quarts of mescal in the car
when he arrected them.
Ezequiel Cortes and Francisco
Ramon have 1 :en placed under
temporary bonds on liquor charges
also. Cortes will be given a prelim-
inary hearing Wednesday while
Ramon will be tried Tuesday.
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Charge Doctor Sold ‘Dope’
STEAMER GOES
UNDER AS 60
PEOPLE SAVED
Captain and Several
Others Known t o
Have Been Aboard
When Craft Sank.
KENOSHA. Wis. Oct. 29.—(/P)—
Ttie veteran lake steamer Wisconsin
sank off the Kenosha shore In a
storm today with her captain and
from 12 to 17 men missing. They
were believed to have gone down
with the ship. Three score persons
were taken off the ship by life
guards.
Two of three passengers were sav-
ed C. H. Sjostrand of Eckelson N.
D. this third passenger was miss-
ing. and survivors believed him to
be the man who made a flying leap
from the foundering ship to a life-
boat missed and went down.
The other rescues by coast guard
crews from Racine and Kenosha
I were members ol the crew.
Eight life rafts and one of the
six life boats were still on board
when the stem of the ship was
seen to sink. The boat rolled heavi-
ly on its side and settled beneath
the waves.
Those known to have been left on
the Wisconsin when the last boat
load of survivors was brought
ashore were:
Capt. Dougal Morrison. Chicago.
Chief Engineer Judas Buschmann
Manitowoc Wis.
Chief Mate Edward Halverson
Chicago.
Purser Harvey Lyons Milwaukee.
Steward Tom Lange Chicago.
Quartermaster Bill Strand Chi-
cago.
A man named Burt.
McAllen Visitors’
Club Opens Soon
(Special to The Herald)
MCALLEN. Oct.29—The McAllen
i Chamber of Commerce has leased
the former home at the comer of
North Palm Boulevard and Beech
Avenue from Mrs. E. Warren of
McAllen and will open the Mc-
Allen Visitor’s Club on November 1
according to an announcement
made Monday by E. D. Mathis and
Gordon Griffith members of the
tourist club committee of McAllen
Chamber of Commerce.
Four large rooms in the spacious
house have been fitted out as club
rooms and every convenience will
be afforded for tourists and other
visitors who desire to stay at Mc-
Allen during their visit to the low-
er Rio Grande Valley. Every faci-
lity will be provided for the visitors
and lounges tables desks reading
lamps magazine and newspaner
racks and practically everv otw
form of entertainment
available at the club
Mrs. Warren will ace us wastes*
at the club and will greet the visit-
ors. have them register outline
places of interest which might be
included in sidetrips they might
desire to make and furnish such
other information as they might re-
quest.
Car Explosion Kills
Three In Arkansas
HOT SPRINGS Ark.. Oct. 29—
—Three men were killed here
today when the automobile in
which they were riding exploded.
The blast demolished the machine
shattered windows and was heard
over a wide radius. .
The men were Roy V. Pugh.
Tulsa W. A. Sirkel. Seminole and
Olyde Weston.
Authorities expressed belief the
machine carried nitro glycerine.
[ the WEATHER ]
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair and continued warm tonight
and probably Wednesday; consld-
erablv colder probably by Thura-
t day morning- Fresh to strong
i. southerly winds on the west coast
i becoming northerly probably late
- Wednesday or Wednesday night
i For East Texas: Cloudy tonight;
r scattered showers in Interior; Wed-
e neaday cloudy with scattered show-
- ers; colder in west portion. Light
- to fresh southerly to westerly winds
on the coast.
FEDERAL JURY
SETS BOND OF
SAN BENTTOAN
Agent Says He Bought
Morphine At Office
of Prominent Mexi-
can Physician.
Dr. Gilberto de la Fuente promi-
nent Mexican physician of San Ben-
ito for many years was bound over
to the federal grand jury Monday
in bond of $1000 on charges of pur-
chasing illegally possessing and
selling morphine after a prelimi-
nary hearing before U. S. Commis-
sioner E. K. Goodrich.
Dr. de la Fuente was on General
Uucio Blanco’s staff when the latter
took Matamoros in 1914. The doctor
had lived at San Benito prior to
that time and after the warfare
died down he returned to San Ben-
ito and has been there ever since.
He is one of the most prominent
members of the Mexican colony in
that city.
The U. S. narcotic agent who
made the arrest told of visiting the
office of Dr. de la Fuente with an
addict. The doctor asked the ad-
dict “Well. what are
your eyes watering for? Your old
sweetheart—morphine?” the agent
testified. “Yes and I want some
too” the narcotic agent replied ac-
cording to the testimony. The doc-
tor furnished both with small pack-
ages of morphine the agent’s writ-
ten statement asserts.
The agent testified that he went
back several times and purchased
more morphine.
South Labor Move
Delaying Congress
WASHINGTON Oct. 29 — (5>)—
The executive committee of the
Pan-American federation of labor
headed by William Green president
of the American federation of la-
bor today announced the indefi-
nite postponement of the sixth Pan-
American labor congress on grounds
that “the very existence of the or-
ganized labor movement” is threat-
ened by conditions in the Southern
states.
‘The labor movement in the
south” Green’s statement said finds
itself confronted with one of the
most gigantic campaigns ever
launched by employers to prevent
organized labor from doing its duty.
The Pan-American congress would
have opened January 6 in Havana
Cuba.
Spud In New Well
Near Falfurrias Soon
McAllen Oct. 29—Houston Oil
Company is expected to begin work
immediately on its No. 1 Wormser
in northwest Brooks County ac-
cording to information received
here.
No. 1 Wormser is located 21 miles
west of Falfurrias and 660 feet
' south of No. 1. Lasater. The new
! well was brought in several days
ago it was stated and is expected
to be a fairly good producer as
other wells in that vicinity have
proven to be.
French Socialists
Refuse M. Daladier
PARIS Oct. 29.—(£•)—The French
socialists through their national
council today refused to join the
radical-socialists headed by Edou-
ard Daladier in forming a new
government. The refusal makes M.
Daladier’s task at cabinet making
unusually difficult.
BUSINESS FAILURES
LESS REPORT SAYS
DALLAS Tex.. Oct. 29—(/P)— A
sharp decline in business failures
and rapid liquidation of indebted-
ness at the Federal Reserve Bank
were important developments in the
eleventh district during September
the monthly business review of the
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Issued
today says.
j STRATON DEAD
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WEATHER HELD!1
BLAME FOR 4
MORE DEATHS
Western Air Express
Liner Unheard From
As Blizzard Bears
Down From North.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Oct. 29—
(JP)—Winter closing down over the
mountains of the continental divide
today concealed beneath a blanket
of lowering storm clouds and snotf
the fate of a Western Air Express
liner lost with five passengers
aboard.
The giant tri-motored plane with
two passengers and a crew of three
disappeared yesterday morning
somewhere along the 180-mile
stretch of the Western Air Express
route between Navajo Ariz. and
Albuquerque. It was believed to
have been forced down by bitter
weather which swept the Rocky
Mountains yesterday bringing snow
; and rain which caused Western Air
Express to order all planes ground-
ed. The order came too late to halt
the missing plane at Kingman
Ariz. which it left yesterday at
8:24 a. m. mountain time.
Seen At Navajo i
Due in Albuquerque at noon the
ship was last sighted over Navajo
at 10:30 a. m. At Pinto Ariz. a few
miles east of Navajo a Santa Fe
railroad inspector said he heard a
plane in the clouds at 11 a. m. but
could not see it. ■
The plane was bound from Al-
hambra. a suburb of Los Angeles
to Kansas City.
Those aboard were:
Dr. A. W. Ward San Francisco
nationally known dental authority
en route to Fort Worth Tex. to fill
a speaking engagement.
W. E. Merz. Mount Vernon N. Y. 1
en route to his home.
James E. Doles Los Angeles chief
pilOt. . „ 4
Allan C. Barrie Burbank Calif.
co-pilot.
r. L. Britton Los Angeles form-
erly of Denver steward.
Hope Plane Landed
Officials of the company express-
ed hope Doles had been able to fly
over the Navajo Indian reservation
east of the point where he was last
seen before being forced to land.
On the eastern side of the Arizona-
New Mexico boundary they said
they believed Doles could find nu-
merous emergency landing places.
THREE DIE INSTANTLY
IN OREGON CRASH
EUGENE Ore. Oct. 29—f^77An
airplane crash which took the lives
of two veteran fliers and a student
aviatrix at Walker Ore. was under
investigation today.
The plane fell and burst into
flames after striking a tree The
bodies of F. O. Merger Bev Clark
and Miss Edythe Rose were taken
from the wreckage badly burned.
Miss Rose 22 was acting as co-
pilot of the plane.
Conflicting reports were heard
here as to the cause of the crash.
A. P. Wolford farmer said he
heard the motor fail. Others said
the plane flying unusually low.
side-slipped while banking.
PILOT BURNED TO
DEATH IN OHIO
MCTTNT VERNON Ohio Oct. 29.
_(jp)—e. M. Kane pilot of the
southbound Cleveland - Louisville
mail plane of the Universal line
was burned to death today when
his plane crashed into trees on a
farm eight miles southwest of
. Mount Vernon.
’ Kane according to farmers living
where the ship crashed apparently
had lost his way in a fog. They
first heard the ship seemingly
flying in circles about 5:40 A. M.
The drone of the plane’s motors
suddenly ceased and a few minutes
later they saw a blaze in woods
on the farm of Elmer Hfgglnfi.
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SENATOR DIES ]
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WASHINGTON Oct. 29—UP—
The national capital today mourn-
ed the death of one of its most
loved legislators Senator Theo-
dore E. Burton of Ohio.
After a life devoted largely to
public service and the advance-
ment of world peace Senator
Burton died last night at the age
of 77.
A short while before his death.
President Hoover himself had
called to inquire as to his condi-
tion.
Fulfilling the senator’s own
wish burial will be at Cleveland.
The body will lie in state at the
capitol throughout Wednesday.
ASK U. S. SHIPS
FOR SHANGHAI
American Envoy Makes Re-
quest After Severe Bat-
tles Along Railways
SHANGHAI Oct. 29.—UP) Charles
MacVeagh. American minister to
China today requested the move-
ment of a division of United States
destroyers from Manila to Shanghai
as a result of conditions in the
Yangtse Valley.
Severe fighting was in progress
between Nationalist forces and the
rebellious Kuominchun or “Peo-
ple’s Army” along the Lunghai
railway west of Chengchow Honan
province important railway junc-
tion. The fighting also was severe
west of Yencheng 75 miles south of
Hengchow.
Dispatches from foreign sources
at Hankow said the encounters were
expected to develop into major en-
gagements.
Cniang Kai-Shek head of both
the civil and military forces of the
Nationalist government will arrive
at Hankow tomorrow to assume ac-
tive command of the drive against
the “People’s Army.”
The Kuominchun forces which
recently turned against Chiang's
government and started a march
upon the Wuhan cities—Hankow
Hanyang and Wuchang—are re-
ported to have suffered severe loss-
es in men munitions and ordnance
Hidalgo Valuations
For Year $58230807
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG Oct. 29.—Tax rolls
just completed by J. K. Miller
county tax assessor show assessed
valuations of $58230807 in Hidalgo
county. Final figures were announ-
ced Monday afternoon.
“The figures show a healthy
state of development in Hidalgo
county” Miller said.
Fireman Killed In
Wreck; Others Hur
CHATTANOOGA Tenn. Oct. 2£
—(tf*)—Forrest Aderholt fireman oi
a passenger train of the Alabama
Great Southern line was killed an
several passengers injured whei
five cars and the engine of th
train left the tracks at New Eng
land Ga. 12 qailes from here to
day.
CLIFTON SPRINGS N. Y„ Oct.
29—(£>)—'The Rev. Dr. John Roach
Straton noted fundamentalist
Baptist preach-.’ died here today.
He was 54 years old.
Although seriously ill with a
nervous breakdown for the last
month death came unexpectedly
at 5:50 a. m.. after a heart at-
1 tack. His wife was at his bed-
side when he died.
He was pastor of Calvary Bap-
tist church in New York but by
his aggressive campaigns against
; modernism and especially evolu-
tion he gained na;ion-wide prom-
inence. During the last presiden-
tial campaign he took an active
part against the candidacy of
Alfred E. Smith attacking him
from his pulpit and campaigning
against him in the South.
SAN BENITO IN
SHIPPING LEAD
Week-end Movement Brings
Season’s Total to 550
Cars of Fruit
Thirty four cars of fruit shipped
from the Valley over the Missouri
Pacific Lines Sunday and Mon;
i brought the total car lot movement
by freight over that line for the
season to 451 cars acording to re-
port from the office of A. B. Wal-
dron executive general agent Har-
lingen.
Exact figures for shipments over
the Southern Pacific are not avail-
able but total about 100. making the
i season total over both lines approx-
1 imately 550 cars.
Shipments over the Missouri Pac-
1 ific on this date last year were 79
cars.
San Benito is way out in front
with a total of 99 cars shipped this
season. Mercedes is in second place
with a total of 68 and La Feria
third with 41.
The Missouri Pacific has handl-
ed 431 cars of grapefruit 14 mixed
fruit 2 oranges 3 mixed vegetables
(eggplant and peppers) and one
eggplant. _
Air Mail Paralyzed
By Snow In Rockies
DENVER Colo. Oct. 29.—{^Pi-
Winter paid a real visit to the
1 Rocky Mountain region last night
leaving a general snow from Mon-
tana to New Mexico. Parts of Mon-
tana Wyoming. Colorado and New
Mexico reported snow up tto five
inches.
Airmail transportation on the
Transcontinental line was paralyzed
when mountains between Salt Lake
City and Cheyenne were blotted out
| by fog and snow.
Valley Truck Line
Gets State Permit
AUSTIN Oct. 29.—(/P)— Mark
Marshall State Motorbus Director
. has announced issuance of tem-
porary permits to class a truck line.
Permit included: Glen Milam of
1 San Benito for lines from Point
* Isabel to San Benito and Browns-
t villa.
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