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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
OF
KLAN PROBED IN
CONTEST
Committee Adjourns Until
Monday After Hearing Tes-
timony Of Brother Of SEN
atdr Mayfield

WASHINGTON, May 23.-More tes-
tirony bearing on the charge of ku
Klux Klan activities in the l9:: scna-
torisl campaign in Texas was heard to-
day hy the senate committee investigs-
ting the election contest brought against
Senator Mayfi-lI By George h. b. Ted
dy.
The committee also questioned NJ. q.
Mayflcld Of Terrell. Texas. brother of
the senator who said h was active IN
the camTaign and had contributed 70
election cxpenfes. lie HI d ~ or 70 sales
mea employed for his grocery from
whom he collected small contributions
from time to time which he split up
and applied ~ part to his own expenses
in connection with the work done for
his brother.
The witness said he had not solicited
TO the Mayficld campaign
~ nd from any Of his customers. Among
his travelling statesmen he named Sam
Jones, J. u. Patterson, -. B. Connell.
Hardy Petty and Frank Jones ms having
given amounts ranging from $40 to SD
tConiinued on page two.D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
over
REVENUEBILL
IS PROBABLE
Mellon Known to be Opposed ]
to New Revenue Measure,
and May Recommend Its
Veto B. President
fBy The Associated Press)


WASHINGTON. May 2:;.-A breach
,n the pending tax reduction bill con
fronts President Coolidge today.
The measure supported by republican
leaders III nngrcSS is expected To- reach
him early next week in the form agreed
upon hy the senate and house ccnfcrccS
Secretary Mellon. whose tax reduction
plan WAS SUPPORTED by the president
but rejected by congress-. meanwhile. has
made known hiS opposition to several
provisions ~ the pending bill. The re-
publican leaders in congress are openly
pleased with the measure and declare a
more severe" bill j. the only alterna
tive
The main point of differences are
on the publicity provisions and the
prospective deficit" which the measure
may cause. The conference rejected the
senate proposal allowing public inspec-
tion ~ the tax returns but ccpfed an
amendment directing the collectors cf
Internal revenue 20 make public the
name. address and amount Of tax paid
BY each tax payer The hearings ~ the
proposed board Of tax appeals also would
he open ~ the public.
Chairman Green uf the house ways
and means committee issued 4 statement
yesterday declaring the treasury would
have enough surplus this year, consider
iug the - per cent retroactive income
tax reduction. fo take care of the cost
Of the soldier bonus for the next two
wears and conrcndcd the tax bill in its
first year ~ operation would bring u sur
plus of Sl:.>. .0nO.Mn instead of i deficit.
The conference report will hc taken
III tomorrow rs the senate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
COMMITTEE
:, ANNOUNCES
! HOTEL PLAN
Will Secure Subscriptions to
Amount OF $4,000 to be
! Used as Bonus or Other
: wise

At it's meeting this morning the
Tourist Hotel Committee rot down 60
business promptly. and after thorough
discussion, Il was dec ded 20 collect
subscriptions from local business and
land interests amounting TO $4,000,
which will be used for the purpose Of
interesting outside capital n the pro
iect. either as stock subscription or as
bonus. which ever may appear most
cxpedicnt The full plan as outlined fol-
lows:
!. To secure subscriptions from land
owners. merchants. partnerships, cor
porations and individuals, who are i'm
tcrestcd III the City Of Brownsville. TO
the approximate amount Of SI5.01o00.
2 These funds when and as collect
cd Ia be turned over 10 three Trustees.
John Gregg, S. G. Tucker. and i. VI.
Lambcrton. who shall have full author
ity ia regard 70 disposition Of -lmc-
whether 70 be used in whole or part
as bonus 20 some individual 81 corpora
'ion. who will contract to build hotel
satisfactory to the COmn-ft ftce and
Trustees; % be used IN whole or in
part as stock subscriptions 10 "a hotel
company; To be used in whole or in part
to purchase site for hotel building. or
for other proper purpose, leading to the
hotel construction.
3. tn. hotel 20 bc a modern. fire proof
building. containing not less than $50
rooms. preferably more.
!. The hotel 70 ~ built within the
city limits Of Brownsville, the particu-
lar site or location ;nd al ractcr of ar-
chitccturc of buildng. or other detail.
not ~ hc con idcred IN the present time.
= Should the COMMITTEE and 1rus
tees bt unable TO effect satisfactory ar-
ranEomcnts for the erection of the ~
tel in twelve month, time. gll fund,
shat, tc returned % the donors
Further details will tc worked out at
once. The committee VIII put on an in
tcnsivc campaign, as soon Is the full
details sre adopted and no time VIII b.
wasted in getting 10 work. as IL Is
greatly desired 10 have thc ncw Lotcl
built before the end ~ the prcscat var
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
200 Will
to Mexico
cciation is Now in Con-
vention at Oklahoma City;
Will Start on Trip Monday
To Mexico
(By The Associated PrcssJ

OKLAHOMA CITY. May 23-The
newspaper men of the United States
have had their eyes on Mexico because
of the five days tour which is on the
program of the National Editorial As
sociation when the members conclude
their present visit ia oklahoma. The
TRIP 10 Mexico continues the southwest
crn tour until early June. just az a time
when the entire southwestern country
j. al it, finest and this should BE- one OF
The most interesting events in the his
tory of the association.
The editors are in Oklahoma for
week starting With Monday. May ~. ~
Ponra City and the 1ul Ranch. and
they will leave l.awton ON Monday. May
18th, cn route for Fort Worth. san An
tonic. and Moxico. The last day III OK
lahoma viii BE- spent AZ Fort Sill. near
l.awion. the greatest artillery post IN the
world today. and here the editors will be
given salute Of many guns something
new for newspaper folks. although en-
titled 10 il by every rule of the game
And the sound of the big guns viii be
ringing in the ears of the bunch when
they embark on the trip souihward To
the Rio Grandc.
The editors assembled al Kansas City.
Mo. on Sunday May -. leaving that
night fnr Oklahoma. with MI day stops
M Ponca City and the lOl Ranch. Tulsa.
HriStow and Oklahoma City: with a side
"trip To Guthrie with Senator John Colo
bic. a half day at III Reno with Edgar
:. Bronson and Tots" Nichols, Sunday
1T l.awton and the oklahoma State Edi-
tors home at Mcdi inc Park. and Monday
mornin. al Fort Sill-ihcn for the land
of the MontcZumaS, with supper that
night at Fort Worth and the next day a.
the guests Of the people III San Antonio
known now a. the playground OF
America. The business sessions of the
association will be held al Oklahoma
City.
Many Historic Spots.
The editors will visit many historic
Continued on page y
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Body Of School
Teacher Found
in ShallowCrave

AMHERST, Maine, May 23.-Posses
are seS rching the woods for the slayer
of Miss Louise Gerrish. 10. village
school teacher, whose body was found in
q shallow grave in "A pasture. There
were seven buckshot wounds in her
breast. Her watch and ring were miss
ing.
Miss Gerrish left her boarding place
here Wednesday evening to 60 10 the
postofficc and did not return. The grave
was found yesterday.
Posses found foot prints and signs of
struggle in muddy road. and from
that spot a trail. as il something had
been dragged, led into the pasture.
thin covering Of earth and stones con
cealed the body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Boys BODY
DISCOVERED
IN CULVERT
Believes Kidnapers Response
bic for Death OF Robert
Franks, Son OF Wealthy
Manufacturer

CHICAGO. MAY =: The kidnapping
ami ransom theory iu the mysterious
death of ! year o'd Robert Franks. a.
millionaire SON. cam" iu the fore again
today when The coroner chrui~t az
clarcd there was nn evidence oi u de-
generate a~ eff iul- bad announced
earlier Poison. hr ". u. MrNally
the chemist. might have cau~rd external
evidence from which an early theory Of
mi~trcatmcut Wa. drawn
Coroner oscar Wolff accepted -. Ne
Nally'~ theory.
Police said they were keeping under
surveillance an Instructor 600 % private
hool attended hy young Franks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
French Political Situation is
Becoming More Turbulent
Approaching Resignation. OF
rlelnler roincarc Disquiet-
ing in View Of Uncertainty
of Situation

PARIS. May 80. Tho ministerial ad-
mjriatrItinu in France grows nearer as
thr first of June approachc-. bringing
thc resignation ~ the I'uinrarc GOV
crumcni nearer Not only Wiil the so-
ciaii~t- not q ccpt office hui ~ i~ "a uo
mrana certain that they Wll agree to
vote thr ~huurgcoi>~ budget
r. hu~ been traditional practice of thc
parity ShiI,. voting Ill" different articles
of thr budget ~ detail. ~ reject i a~ "a
whole a~ mark of protest against thr
existing social system. and political o'-
servers remark that The pariys support
ot The IIrrriot ministry Will mot amount
~ much II it refuses 0" vote the budget.
n viii be- upon This question "f y"tin.
ihr budget that thr Iattlc Will rage at
fhc socialist meeting ou June ! and also
at the congress of the socialist fedora
tiou uf the Seine department next sun
day. which vi.l give forrtas'c of what
thc rarit cuugrc~. holds in store
Meanwhile NJ IIrrriut aul former
Premier raiulrvc. thc republican So
riali,, leader continued 20 keep M
touch with 'hr existing government.
After 81 talk Wednesday with Premier
Foincarc AZ which thc Russian question
n, We'll a~ rcparatiou~ and the German
politir4l -tuutieu were gone into. N.
Fainlcvc told ~ Maim with regard 70
thc hubble state of mind in Germany:
We must make what ! viii call 2
human, gesture. hui lrt np one nc
mistaken: IL will not ~ gesture oi
weakness We must enable th" German
democracy tu regain the upper hand
hut 10 the French good viii there must
y b. \ corresponding German good viii.
berlin must not misunderstood oui
attitude. II the Reich does no' under
stand. 81 much the worse for is and ~
much the worse for uS also"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
GALES AND
FLORES Give
PLATFORMS


MENICO CITY, May 23.-1he two
rama ming presidential candidates
have clearly defined their positions.
General Gales plainly stating that he
intends 10 combat n, big land own
crs "who deprive the pro!ciariat Of
It's cconom.c independence while
Gene raj Flores declares he upholds
the national flag against the red and
black banner of "dissensiOn and de-
struction."
General Gales. who is on cam
paign tour in the west. spoke at Qua
daiaiara. The proietariat. he declared.
was his ma nstay. and he greeted with
great satisfaction the fact that the
rcactionarics had declared themselves
his enemies.
"I will combat the land monopol-
lists. he said. because they produce
nothing and mGaopnlizc everything.
for which reason il j. necessary 20
deprive them of all possible energies
% that ,hr prolctariat may recover
rs economic independence. Being a
liberal, | respect all beliefs. but
ahominatc the clergy man who joins
the land monopClists 10 exploit the
worker.
General Flores. rciterating his re-
cent declarations. said:
II will fight for the presidency 20
the last. uphold the national flag
VII Oh rcprcs, nts naiionalism, peace,
honesty and liberty. the better to OPP
pose the rcd and black banner which
signifies disscnsiun and destruction.
Mexico needs 90 fulfill her intcrna-
tonal obligations. adjusting he. for
cien relations "a The principles of JUS
ticc and cf international law"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Mauretania Declared To
Be Fastest Ship Afloat
nv Thr Associated Pre- -

SOUTHAMPTON. Eng. May 23.-The
Cuuard liner Mauretania, returning here
from Cherbourg. where her turbines
were rc-bladcd was tested for speed
over 2S mile ,coursc off the Isle Of
Wight and declared 10 have beaten
her original record. established IN 1911.
She ran III miles with the tide and
IL against, averaging 264 knots, but Of
fic ais Say that during the run with tho
tide she touched ~ knots. which they
claim is the fastest speed attained by
any mercantile ship In the world.
The Mauretania will resume trans At
liant Z service on May ~, sailing for
New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Convicted Slayer
of Sister in Law
is ElectrOcuted d

III NTSNll.IE Texas. Max -:
Frank tHdcua. uf San Antonio. con
vlcted "f Staying his sister iu law. paid
the penalty ia the electric chair at
Huntsville prison at l2:@n O'Clock Fri,lay
morning. u was thp second vlputrnru-
t'"n within = hours. llarlr Humphreys,
negro. who killed Lee Frazier. in FalI.
county having been pui tu death ai
l-.'i1 o'clock Thursday morning
'ndcna went tu the chair without
emotion. according ~ prison officers
last minute efforts ~ save hi~ Ira
failed lltc last night when th, court IN
criminal appeals at Austin refused t,lc-
ph"nlr anncal~ frnm san Antonio M
grant writ ~ hahrn~ corpus Govern
or Nrff also declined to intervene.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Police Seek Slayer Millionaire's Son
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION WILL
VISIT VALLEY RETURNING FROM MEXICO
Ell JARDIN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

a meeting If The III .Iardlin Community
council will D.. held 1T Community House
No. tonight. Louis H. AIsmeyer.
county agricultural agent will be ~ the
meeting. and the coming citrus fruit
schools Will probably BE- taken up. MIR.
ASmcycr was in his Brownsville office
all day today. making arrangements for
the schols.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
PRINCE OF DENMARK
AND BRIDE NOW AT
HOME IN CALIFORNIA

Los ANGELES. May 2s.--I'rince
Erik Of Denmark and his bride formerly
Frances Lois Booth. were M home in
their pink stucco ranch house nj Ar
cadia today surrounded BY young peach
trees and 5000 chickens.
Reporters and camera men mingled
with the townspccple who gathered 70
greet the couple home bound from their
honeymoor hut the prince was uncom-
municative aS he lifted his baggage from
the small sedan in which they arrived.
and before the dust had settled in the
driveway the massive door Of the house
had closed behind them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
PETITION FOR FLOOD CONTROL
BOND ISSUE IN HIDALGO COUNTY
Would Issue Sl,620,O00 Un-
der Hidalgo County Tax
Remission Bill; To Be Pre-
sented to Court This Week

MERCEDES. Texas, May pa pc
tition asking for Commissioners
Court Of Hidalgo County to call a
bond election for the purpose Of auth
orizing the issuance Of bonds tn the
amount Of SI.620.000 under the terms
Of the Hidalro County Tax Remission
Bill, was being circulated in Mercedes
Thursday morning. II Is intended to
present this petition to the court at
its regular session this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
LEGION POST HEAD RESIGNS

PARIS, Msy 23.-H. J. Iiuffer. Jr.. re-
signed az commander of Post No. of
the American Legion. In his letters he
declares he cannot continue to uphold
the policies Of the national headquar-
ters Of the legion. now that the bonus
bill has passed over the veto of Prssi-
lent Coolidge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
Man Wanted In Texas For
Forgery Held At Topeka

TOPEKA. Knns. My 25.-Extr dition
rarers were granted yesterday to trans
f,r sam Henderson. held in the county
iail at Wichitg to Amarillo. TsN-
where he Is vented for forging y $500
check. Governor n@vis, withhold the ra-
oers. however pending rec ~ Of So
axtrad:tion fee for which he fas wirci
Texas officials.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
PIONEER RESIDENT
OF POINT ISABEL
DIES WEDNESDAY

POINT IShsII.. Texas. May -; t.
Pcnl. pioneer resident of Point Isabel.
and for many years u fisherman and
pilot here. Who died IN Brownsville We'd
nrsday night. was buried here Thursday
morning. Mr. pena was well known
here. having lived on this part of the
coast for many years. Ills death was
very sudden
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
EELER ExONERATEO

WASHINGTON. May 23.-Thc senate
today adopted tch majority report of its
investigating committee exoneratipp'
Senator Wheeler. democrat. Montana. of
the charge Of accepting " fee Ia prose-
cute oil land claims before the interior
department after his election 10 the sen
ate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
~ The A.suclnt.d pr..sl

CHICAGO. May ~ ph Joseph
Springer. cproucr'S physician. declared
definitely to-day that Robert Franks was
ii tim of crime ~ dcgcuerucy. The
phy~ ian did NOT state however. what
he believed to have been the exact cause
of death
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
LIVELY VOTING FOR
QUEEN OF THE MAY

The contest for May Queen. in conncc-
tinn with the picnic ~ be- held tomorrow
afternoon is growing in interest. and a
number of contestants have been enter
ed. The list If votes counted up to noon
Fall.,,u.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23

The votes are being sold mt the
OLYMPIA Confectionery. and II costs )
eni~ for five votes. Everyone is look
ing forward ~ he resnlt. as the fair win
ner will be crowned Queen Of the May
m the picnic tomorrow afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
NJ 'AD0O GETS
TENNESSEE
DELEGATION
Nsv The ASyorratcd rrcs ,

NASHVILLE. Tenn. NIay 80; In om"
NJ The sfurmir~I sessions every seen ~
% political gathering here. The dcmocraii n
state convention yesterday voted 200
~ Tlt r.. to instruct the Tennessee
delegation to thc national convention ~
support William g. McAdoo with the
states - VOTES aS long aS his name j.
before thr convention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23

CHICAGO. May 2.; W. q. McAdoo
declared E>t night that the sending pf a
Tennessee delegation ~ the democratic
convention instructed fur him. had ss-
-rirrd him uf the presidential nomination.
Tennessee hc said. was The last state
needed to BE- sure of victory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23
RED RIVER BOUNDARY
MOTIONS FILED In
CASE ON OIL LANDS

WASHINGTON. May a3.-Thc fed
cral government filed in the supreme
court today It's suggestions in connection
Wit hthe final closing of litigation which
grew out of the boundary dispute be-
tween Texas and Oklahoma over oil
properties in Red River.
No objection was urged by the govern
ment to the adoption Of the report of
the board commission. but Il number Of
Communications were made concerning
the distribution of expenses and receipts
under the receiver appointed ~ the
court The government took the posi-
tion genersSly that expenses incident To
drilling dry holes in the search for oil
prior 10 the rrceivership should he borne
by the persons or corporations doing
the drilling on property which the court
found did not belong to them.
The Burk Divide oil Company conSoli-
dated also filed it's suggestion i'm con
ncction with the closing Of the receiver
ship and the Grand oil and Developing
Company asked the ourt tn permit il
TO intervene for the purpose Of objectin-
to the acceptance Of the report Of the
boundary commissioners.
AUSTIN. Txas, May 23-Attornev
General W. A. Keeling left today for
Washington to confer with the u. $. su
rreme Covrt on the protest filed bv the
state Of Oklahoma On the Red River
boundary report m.re BY A. A. Stiles
and a. d. k.dder, &C tmissioncrs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-23

y editors will visit many historic
Continued on page y
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27

ROME, Dec 81, (AP)-Premier Mussolini de-
clared yesterday to the Facsti deputies You who
know best realize the absurdity of certain fairy
tales attributed to stating that the elections will
be called when think best. The idea that this be
at is unfounded, but be that the Facisti
will be victorious in the elections But whether
before after the elections shall continue thank
fully to execute my plan II this be thunderbolt,
then there will be other thunderbots from time to
time ssI@ Eeses scbE A.d under consideration pre-
else plan. I know what I shall do from today
through the whole year of 1925" The present
chamber of deputies still has much work to do but
are now at recess. Discussions will begin again on
the hrst of January.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27
VODKA PROMINENT
IN RUSSIA XMAS
DAY CELEBRATION

MOSCOW, Dec. 25, (AP)-special Although the
Soviet Government ignores Christmas as a holiday
official and commercial life paused allow vodka
to flow most freely for the first time the revo-
luton the Bosheviks having found prohibition I'M
workable, However, most of the population in the
large cities went to the churches in honor of the
birth of Christ the waiting until January
seventh under the Georgian calendar. Fervent Rus
slams packed the dminutive Siberian chapel virgia
at Moscow and Frustrated themselves upon the ice
srewn floor.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27
HAZEL time SN00PS SEATTLE COUNTY BUILDING
j. S. REFUSES TO
PAY RETURN fare
OF WRANcEL PARTY

WASHINGTON. Dec &c, (AP)-A request made
to the State Department through Delegate Dan A
and Carl Lomen, of Nome, Alaska, that
the Government provide transportation for the thir
teen Americans taken from Wrangel Island to Vlad
ivostok by Soviet officials board the Red October
late in October ment by Washington officials
with the statement that funds could be expended
legally by the Government for that and that
MIR. is a member of business concern that
employed the party to work the island and that the
Government feels that the party should be taken
of by the commercial company which employed
them SOME time The department sent one
hundred dollars to the American Consul at Hardin
Manchuria for the relief Chas Wells, the head
of the party. who is reported be destitute. The
balance of the party is reported be comfortable.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27
THIRTY-SIx BURN TO Death
IN SMALL COUNTRY SCHOOL
r thirteen PERISH WHEN DAM BREAKS

Roanoke Dec. 26, (AP)-Two frozen
laund ryman is alleged have taken part in
tong in Chicago.
Los Angeles-Sam Knezovch, SO, Randsburg
mine said Christmas with bullets and is alleged
have shot and killed John D Palovich after trail
ing him for a year. Poivich is said to have,
swindled knezovch out OF nine thousand three
hundred fifty dollars in August 1928 by tin charity
box scheme,
New York-A Chinese was stabbed to death in
tong trouble
Richmond virginia-Four were killed in auto
mobile accidents
Richmond. Va-Two killed in a Christmas
Eve shooting scrape here.
BirminGham. Ala.,--Two killed in
accident here yesterday.
Worcester. Mass.-A young girl aged three is
dead from the result of burns.
New Orleans-Bank robbers shot and killed a
policeman Christmas Eve.
Glendale, Cal.,--Two injured when a bomb
sent in the guise of Christmas present exploded.
Holston under masses of lime muck released when
the dam of the Mathieson Alkali Works burst. Many
are suffering with pneumonia caused by the INNER
sion in the icy waters and by burns from the akali
muck. Many of the rescuers are being treated
for burns
Stanford. -Four known dead
result OF the hotel fire
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27
ADMITS SENDING CANDY WHICH
ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED WOMAN

JACKSON. Mo-. Dec. 2s. tAP)-The first wife
OF George 3. Ensminger professional golf player,
admitted having mailed box of candy to which
the death Of Harriet Mosier who was living with
Ensminser and his second wife was attributed but
declared y eopldn't contain poison although there
was poison n the kitchen q the time the cook
made the candy.