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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-02

N~A@ H1AAAE EAtAtNM W. HR4&I WAAEh EANAn~
itS, and the entire arrnngcmnt ~ one
which assuns good fair regardless Of
weather conditions
Entire Valley Interested.
Fer several weeks the universal topic
Of conversation in the Lower RIO
Grand Valley has been the Valley Fair,
and the interest manifesto this year il
far greater than In any previous year.
We Will be IL the Fair IA now the
Vail. n slogan from Mission 10 EI Jardin
ard the Fair Association has made
preparations to care for tt largest
erewds ever assembled in the Rio
Grande Valley.
The interest taken In the Fair has
been ns Elected IN the demands for ex-
hibiti0n space. Many or the Valleys
have made arrangements for exhibition
booths, and there IL hardly ccmmuni-
~ III tn Valley which will not be rep
resented BY community exhibit, Sc
lected and arranged with the experience
gaired from former years. Rivalry
among tn. communities Il keen. and the
community that walks away with the
first prize. 0r even Rtta into the prize
winning class. will have an achieve
inert tD their credit which will long be-
source of rnns fsauuitv nridp
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-02
Official Weather Reports

EAST TENAS Sunday. partly cloudy
IN north: rain in the south somewhat
colder: sIoniay. generally fair. warmer
in north. unsettled in the south portion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-02
Alamo Concrete Carts

Easy 10 handle-Wcll balanced
large Wheels-Built Strong
Built for Service and Satisfaction
ALAMO IRON WORKS
San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-02
Racss viii be Featured

Ore Of the Zig features Of the fair
will he the race events. in which inter
est throughout the Valley IL extreme
IN keen. ~Thc sprrt OF kings" will oc-
cupF u prominent place throughout the
fair. and the fire race track, construct
cd recently By the Fair Association
will be the scene Of the best races ever
seen in South Texas. TIE proximity Of
the fair to the Matamoros race track.
and the fact that the Matam1ros racing
season will open December a-twc days
after the close of the fair has made
tn possible for the Eair Association TO
arrange racing events such as No other
fair in Texas can boast. Many cf the
best horses in the United States and
Canada. which have been brought to
the border 20 be entersd during the
Matamoros racing season. viii be en-
tered in the races AT the fair, ard fair
visitors will have the first opportunity
~ -sizing Up" many rf the fast st
horses which will erter the Matamoros
events.
large crandsfand Erected
A grsndstand capable of seating
5000 SPECTATORS has been ert cted at a
point WNefe iutl view ol Ane thAch
may ha obtained. and this grandstand
will also ~ utilized during the rodeo
and various ether ente rtainment feat
ures. Stables for 75 horses have been
completed. and various other buildings
have Fsaen erect on the grounds. All
roads in and leading 10 the grounds
are hsing placed In the best possible
condition, and regardless cf weather
tContinued Oh page two-l
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Reinsurance to Business.

1t has been made known at the
White House that President Coolidge
holds that the most important con-
sideration at this time Is that the
country should have stability, con-
fidence, reinsurance and cooperation.
That it should feel assured that the
present administration does not con-
template any violent changes in poll
cies hitherto prevailing. and that the
same attitude applies as TO the per-
sonnel Of the administrative branch OF
the government.
The authority back of this announce
ment carries the fullest weight, and
as 1t is broadcasted through the press
II should attract the attention of bust.
ness circles, high and low and be COM
forting to the man in the street whose
prosperity depends upon thriving bust.
ness conditions.
This statement of policy to be main
tanned by the President and his cab.
met is characteristic of President Cool
idge and is in harmony with the
course he has pursued since he became
Chief Executive of the United States.
II should go a long way toward Undue.
ing the public to take its mind from
the uncertainties Of politics and de.
vote attention to the homely and nee.
essary tasks OF the hour.
President Coolidge himself will set
the example of devotion to duty by
declining all invitations to make ad.
dresses, by giving UP thought of
further vacation and by attending to
his own job, learning the machinery
Of administration and applying his
knowledge to those tasks which come
under the purview Of his own office.
Business and the country are in a
satisfactory condition, as shown by
statistics and reports from all authori-
tative sources. Business has plea ded
to ''be let alone" free from govern
mental interference in legitimate en-
terprises. Reinsurance from head
quarters that this plea is TO be grant.
ed should give further impetus to the
prosperity movement now under way
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Schools.

-Four portable" structures for use
as schoolhouses are being set up in
the play lot of the North Petworth
Public School. News items of this char
acter have appeared for u number of
years, and are likely to reappear for
some time to come. School facilities
lag behind school population and
school needs. and the effort at catch
ing up with those needs tries the spirit
of the school authorities and a large
part Of the population not connected
with the school system, but deeply in
terested in it.
A stern chase is a long chase. In
many of the thickly peopled parts OF
the city, as Well as in the outlying dis
tricts and in the nearly rural sections
of the District. one sees scores of
temporary wooden buildings and
portable" structures built close to the
permanent school buildings and gen.
orally occupying ground that was
once play space for the pupils. More
of these structures are being set up
to meet immediate needs. They will
not last long, and the school authori-
ties will soon come TO the end of their
string in trying to meet school needs
with temporary buildings. But it is
the only thing they can do now.
Every school building in the District
is crowded. and the few new schools
in course of erection will be crowded
as soon as their doors are opened
gram extensive enough to bring the
school plant in line with the demands
upon il. This is what the school au-
thorities and a considerable body of
our people long have been trying to
do, and they are still at it.
1t was to this end that the board of
education made it's estimates for the
next fiscal year. The estimates were
greatly reduced by the Commissioners
before sending them to the director
of the budget. 1t has to be SO. Nearly
every District department has fallen
behind the demands made upon it by
the growing city. 1t is said that to
meet requirements Of the budget bu.
reau the school estimates have been
or viii be further reduced by the Com.
missioners. These are troublesome
times, and there are many perplexi'
ties, but the only thing to do is 70
Garry on" with the hope that every
thing will come right in time.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Boarding Moving Vehicles.

Two young persons lost their lives
in Washington within two days by at
tempting to jump on moving motor
vehicles. One was sixteen.year.old
Eastern High School boy of fine prom
ise and beloved by many persons. The
other was a girl Of ten years who was
killed in Southwest Washington by a
cross-town bus. The report was that
she fell under a wheel while trying
to board a side step Of the car in an
effort to get a short ride
These are deplorable accidents
which arouse the sympathy and give a
sense of horror DO all persons. Similar
accidents have occurred time out of
mind, and perhaps there will be many
other accidents of the same kind.
Warnings probably lessen their num-
ber, but they do not prevent them.
1t is the duty Of all parents to per.
suade their children as far as it is in
their power to do 50 not to take such
risks. The little girl was engaged in
that youthful play called Stealing a
ride" which has cost thousands of
lives.
In the days Of horse-drawn wagons
and street cars stealing a ride" was
a common form Of play with children
and casualties were numerous. Board.
ing and leaving street cars while in
motion was a practice among grown
ups and accidents were Of daily occur
renee. The press inveighed against
it, and the car companies did oil they
could to stop it. Naen the traction
Evening star., 1923-08-29

ground for public complaint. But, un.
fortunately, they do not go to the
point OF mutual determination. They
engage in these gang feuds only be-
tween jobs, and the jobs are the toll
they take from society.
Most of these gangsters are young.
The mortality is high and the average
of life is low. An elderly gangster Is
a freak. Yet 1t Is the ambition Of sew
eral thousand youngsters in the big
town to become a gang leader. The
way up the line is slow and danger
GUS. One has to be accepted into the
ranks, first Of all. The qualifications
seem. to be that one must be utterly
worthless as citizen, without the
least scruple as to taking life, slick"
and shrewd and nervy. The testing
process is severe. The rookie Is given
a hard job. like that of dumping OFF,
Kid Dropper, In which the chances
are perhaps ten to one against him.
If he goes through and escapes he is
given the accolads and a nickname.
1t is a great game these New York
youngsters are playing. The schools
are busy and crowded. The churches
are active. The citizenship social
workers are industrious. The employ
ment agencies are constantly placing
young men in positions. But some
how they cannot. even all together,
succeed in breaking up this gang
game. The courts and prisons and
electric chair do not discourage it.
Where lies the remedy, if remedy
there be for such an evil?
Evening star., 1923-08-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. What Vice Presidents besides
Coolidge came from Massachusetts?
"A. G. U.
A. John Adams, Vice President
with George Washington; Elbridge
liam a. Wheeler, with Rutherford
Il. Hayes, were the other Massachu-
sets men who became Vice President
Q. What is meant by the check k-off
system, concerning miners?-W. S. G.
A. The check-off is an arrange
ment between mine operators and the
union. by which the dues of union
miners are deducted from their lay
and remitted direct to the union Off
cials authorized to receive them.
This follows the system by which the
accounts carried at the company
store. rents. etc, are deducted from
the miners pay.
Q. In speaking of furniture is
suit or suite" correct?-I. w. a.
A. This is moot question. suit"
and suite" in this sense have the
same meaning-a set of objects con-
nected or used together. In England
"a suite of furniture" is the form
used. In America the modern tend
ency is to use suite" The one def
mite rule is that the spelling and pro-
nunciation of the word must agree.
Suite" should be pronounced sweet"
while the ''u" in suit" has the sound
of 'u" in use"
Q. What is the best stock company
on the stage?-J. j. q.
A. The Moscow Art Theater Com
pany Is said to be the most distin-
guished stock company in the world.
IL, IAA
the holder get his money back il he
calls and loses?-C. c. H.
a. In stud poker a player cannot
call with hand which could not pos
sibly best the shown strength of the
called hand, and if he makes such d
call inadvertently, he gets his money
ba ck-for instance, if the called hand
has pair Of aces exposed and the
callers hand could not beat that
pair by any possible combination of
its exposed cards and buried card.
Bible nameS.-R- B. L.
A. These are all Bible names: Eve.
Miriam, Deborah, Ruth, Esther. Ma
omi. Delilah, Rachel, Leah, Mary,
Mary Magdalene, Tabitha. Dorcas,
Lois, Martha. Sarah. Rebecca, Rahab,
lamar and Herodias.
@. If it is true that rain trees COL
lect and condense moisture, why not
plant them in the arid regions of the
United States?-E. V. c.
A. The forest service says that sew
eral kinds OF trees are called rain
trees. They are native to the tropics
and will not thrive in the temperate
zone. They grow where the humid
ity is great, the leaves condensing
moisture, which causes water to run
off the trees.
@. How did spires on churches
originate?-k. H.
A. Spires on churches were origi-
nally only four sided roofs of slight
elevation. They became gradually
elongated and more and more acute
reaching their highest point of deyel-
opment during the middle ages.
Q. Please give a brief history of
the early fight for prohibition in this
country?-F. c.
A. Briefly. it may be said that the
prohibition movement started in 1912
when the colony of Maryland passed
Evening star., 1923-08-29
TIE dang Game.

When Kid Dropper walked out of
Essex Market police court in New
York city yesterday, after having been
discharged from arrest for suspicion
in connection with a gang murder, he
was the head off, as fine a bunch of
sunlnen as New York ever boasted
They went by his name, that is, his
professional name, THE ,Droppers."
rs {. matter of fact, THE Kids real
name was Nathan kaplan. Well, one
moment he was a free, if not alto
Sether unsuspected, citizen, proud of
the fact that in court not a man dared
to identify him as having in the least
to do with three murders recently
committed. The next moment a gun
as an unlovely bit of material for the
coroner. A slender, sallow, wild-eyed
youth stood nearby with smoking pis-
tol. He fired several times, shot a
chauffeur and nearly killed a police
man. He was good really only for one
straight shot, and that was the one
that put an end to the hectic career
of Kid Dropper. Later the police found
that the slayer was one Louis Cohen,
who, though a member rf gang,
THE Little Augies," had not yet
reached the stage Of being honored by
4 SEancy moniker," otherwise a dis
tinctive nickname. He was just a re-
cruit, rookie in the gang game, and
he had, it. is believed, been assigned to
this bit of work as his initiation.
There is the tale of the latest gang
murder in New York. 1t differs from
preceding tales only in names and de-
tails. Probably other murders will fol-
low, in consequence. for these New
York gangs play out their feud strings
to the limit. The Droppers will doubt.
less declare war on the Little Augies,
and the police will be kept busy gath
ering up the remains and rounding up
the suspects. So long as the gangsters
prey upon one another there is small
Evening star., 1923-08-29
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM FILE

| tween London and Berlin is twenty
two to twenty-four hours. By con
Meeting with night mail trains from
German points, British letters can be
delivered in Denmark. Norway and
Sweden the day following their post
ing in London.
X X X x
Col. William \. Haskell. American
relief director in Russia, expects to
spend the autumn and winter on the
lecture platform throughout the
United States. No American has had
his unique opportunities for studying
soviet Russia from within. Leave
will be granted him from the Army
for the purpose. Haskell a West
Pointer, was chief of operations OF
the End Army In the America n
expeditionary forces. and then. sue.
cessively, American relief admins
traitor in Rumanfa and Russia Sand
wiched in between. those activities
Haskell acted as allied high com
missioner in Armenia. Later he was
American Red Cross commissioner
for Europe and that organizatio
Haskell doesn't know about the lights
and shadows of present-hour eastern
Europe isn't worth knowing. He
helped to plan the immortal drive of
Pershing's army through the Argonne
in 1918.
Calvin Coolidge might have been q
rich man If some of his landowntns
ancestors in Massachusetts had been
as cautious as the thirtieth President
of the United States. Everybody .who
has motored through BrookIine, Bos.
tons ultra-exclusive suburb, knows
"Coolidge's Corner" one of the land.
marks of the town. Mr.. Coolidge
when a candidate for governor of the
Brooklfne with newspaper man on
the way to a campaign meeting,
There had been profound silence dur.
ing the entire. journey, except when
the party whizzed past "Coolidge's
Corner' The candidate suddenly
jerked thumb In its direction. = "My
people once owned that place." he
calculated, and then lapsed again into
taciturnity.
Y X **
Several members of the American
branch of the American German mix.
ed claims commission are spending
the summer in Germany. They include
Robert w. Bonney. the United States
agent, and Henry B. Morrow, secre.
tary OF the American commission
Their purpose is to look into many
million dollars worth of American
claims that cannot be intelligently
adjudicated without an inspection OF
certain facts in Germany. These
claims are mainly for American real
property located In that country. The
German commission has also gone
there for the summer. The mixed
commission will resume activities al
Washington in October and then pro.
ceed rapidly with the hearing OF
the worlds biggest lawsuit-Uncle
Sans claim against the Germans fol-
round billion dollars.
. Goopyrizht. 10xa1 -.-
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Nearing the Crisis.

After today two days remain for Il
upon which depends the welfare of
many millions of people. II an agree
ment is not reached by Friday night
100000 anthracite miners will oil their
tools. pack out of the mines and settle
down 10 idleness for an indeterminate
period. Whether in that event the
mine operators will undertake to work
the mines by non-union labor remains
TO he seen. Even in that case the out
put of anthracite will be very greatly
lessened, and the people who depend
upon that fuel will be gravely cur
tailed in their supply, in most cases
shut off without enough to warm their
houses during the first period of cold.
Gov. Pinchot. in his endeavor to ad-
just the controversy and effect a con-
tinuation of mining, has, it is stated, a
proposition to advance tonight which
may prove acceptable to both sides,
providing the basis for an arrange
ment TO continue mining while the
major questions of wages, hours and
working conditions are discussed and
settled. This. however. will only be
effective if both sides wish to avoid a
strike. There are unfavorable signs
that indicate that at least one side
wants to fight.
y strike is a test of endurance. The
operators are far better able to remain
idle than are the miners. They are in
no urgent need of funds. The miners
have only their savings and the "bene-
fits from the union treasury to main
tain them while they are not working.
They have been continuously at work
only for a year. Their past savings
were probably depleted. perhaps eN-
hausted, by the former struggle. The
union treasury, likewise. was brought
low by the drain of d long strike.
Even if every union miner has main
tanned his status and paid his dues
during the past year the total in the
treasury available for strike benefits
cannot now be sufficient TO run the
men in idleness for many weeks. Still
there appears to be disposition to go
TO a strike in order to force the ques-
ton Of recognition and avoidance of
arbitration. The question, in the event
Of strike next Saturday. will be how
long the men can stand the strain.
If the operators accept the challenge
OF the union and suspend all workings
will it be possible for the state to de-
clare public emergency and com
mandeer the mines? That is to be de-
tcrmined when the final crisis is
reached. That the public must be
served with coal is assured. That the
substitution of other fuels for anthra-
cite will not meet the requirements
Of the people is also we'll assured. An
thracite must be had, and while it is
lying in the ground, ready for easy
mining, with the means available for
ready transportation and distribution,
- 1t would be monstrous to allow any
technicality to stand in the way Of
supplying the imperative demand.
Upon the character of the man who
now stands as the public's representa-
tive, the executive of the coal-mining
state of Pennsylvania, the people are
today depending.
Evening star., 1923-08-29

II there is one thing more than
Calvin Coolidge's amazingly prompt
grasp of the presidency that aston
ishes close observers. 1t is his COM
municativeness. The newspaper fra
ternity had christened him silent
CAL and 1t is that same aggregation
that now stands astounded and
aghast at the Presidents talkative-
ness. Never in the history of White
House press conferences have pencils
had to be pushed so fast as when
Calvin Coolidge is handing out copy"
His conversational pace on these oc-
casions is of the express-train variety.
Some of the Washington correspond
ents write shorthand. Coolidge is too
swift for them. He jumps from topics
and rural credits with agility. pre-
ciseness and fullness. In Harding
days the scribes used to count them
selves lucky if they left the White
House with one STORY" Coolidge
provides them with a sheaf of front
page stuff"
Col. W. B. Causey, of Suffolk, Va,
who recently returned laurel
crowned. from Austria, where he
served four years as technical ad-
wiser to the Vienna republic, has
just received a handsome appoint
ment. The city of Norfolk, Va, has
engaged him as city manager at a
salary of $4,000 a year. Causey is
an Army engineer by profession and
presumably will devote his energies
at Norfolk chiefly to port develop
ment.
*** y
Robert Marion La Follette's bris-
Ting pompadour has made a deep
impression in Europe. This is how
London reporter described the Wis
consin republican insurgent upon his
arrival in England early in August:
"Mr. La Toilette is short and very
stout with thick gray hair that
appearance of a ferocious person
about to spring into fight"
Mr.. La Toilette did not conceal his
determination to corroborate his in
ternational prejudices during his trip
to Europe. I am stiii opposed to
European affairs" he said, land the
superficial knowledge I shall gain on
my short visit is not likely to change
my views"
Postmaster General News confreres
in the postal services Of Great Britain
and Germany are not tagging behind
in the realm of airplane mails. A
regular. air, rail is now maintained
between London, Bremen, Hamburg
and Berlin. The "air fee" is cents
an ounce. Parcels are not carried, as
vet For a special delivery fee of
liz cents letters forwarded from
either the British or German destina-
ton are delivered the same day dis
lpatched. roundly, within twelve hours.
1.-THE ordinary train and sea route be-
Evening star., 1923-08-29

companies passed from horsepower to
cable and then to electricity cars were
built with doors SO that passengers
can neither be taken on nor dis
charged while the car Is in motion.
There are too many accidents OF all
kinds. Those which come from at.
tempts to board moving vehicles
should be made rare. 1t is a subject
which parents should give earnest con-
sideration to. especially in view of the
two recent tragedies.
Evening star., 1923-08-29

A Chicago woman suing for dover
rights she signed away, says her hus-
band wears long silk stockings and
gold safety pins. There is always sym
pathy for a woman who feels that her
faith in man has been betrayed. But
this should not prompt her to waste
the time of the courts in the con.
sideration of catty remarks. In this
liberal era gentleman may wear long
silk stockings If he desires just as a
lady may wear knickerbockers.