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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
Herald Handicapped as
Rain Floods Office

The Brownsville Herald come out to-
day after severe handicaps as result
Of the heavy rains last night The bust
ness and editorial officers were flooded
with water, and one linotype machine
was put out Of Commission for hours by
water entering delicate parts of the
machine.
A shoe store on The ground floor of
The Herald building suffered water
damage.
The pressroom was the only part of
the building to escape damage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
400 TELEPHONES In
CITY OUT OF ORDER

Approximately 400 telephones in
Brownsville are out of order today as
a result Of rain, Manager W. A. Bailey
of the Bell Telephone Co. here esti-
mated.
West Brownsville seems to have been
affected most int his respect, he said, as
practically all oft he telephones in that
section are out of order.
The trouble had not been located by
2 o'clock this afternoon, but it is be-
lieved to be wet cable, Mr. Bailey said.
Two men are on the job now, he said,
and it is expected that service will be
back to normal tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07

liberated by force--appeared to rem,
der forever ineradicable.
Nevertheless, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, these states-with heter-
ogeneous population and with interests
so diverse as to often be directly op,
posed, live peaceably side by side un-
der the protection Of a supreme court
whose authority, which is purely
moral, has never had to resort to
penalties.
The war songs under which the
armies of Grant and Lee met in furi
Gus combat now have become national
melodies, sung with equal goodwill
by all the citizens of the United
States.
Peace Possible.
eve must, of course. guard against
broad analogies, and no one will
imagine that the history of the new
continent can be repeated in our old
continent of Europe. with its ancient
traditions and nationalities.
Nevertheless, NJ. Painleve continued
he desired to emphasize that the pos
sibilities Of lasting peace are no less
strong today in Europe than they were
in 1867 in America. and ne was con-
3inced these possibilities could be
transformed into actualities by good
will, this was imperative, he declared,
for the present situation was un-
stable, and either the atmosphere Of
distrust in which Europe was plunged
would vanish, or it would grow and
inevitably cause hideous war which
would really mean the end of Europe
an civilization
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
COURT MEETS TO
ACT ON BOND SALE

Cameron county's million and a half
dollar flood bonds will probably be sold
later this afternoon, it was indicated at
2:30, as the commissioners court had
not acted by that time.
County Judge Oscar G. Dancy, and
Commissioners Sam Bell and Judge
Logan of San Benito present. The meet
ing was scheduled to start at / o'clock,
but did not start until after o'clock
due to the weather conditions.
Bids on the bonds, received Saturday
afternoon, have been tabulated by the
county auditor and others, and action
is expected this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
DEMPSEY REALLY TO
FIGHT AGAIN TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Sept. Z.
All was in readiness today for
thousands Of ffght fans to see
something they have often read
about but seldom seen, in action at
least-one Jack Dempsey, who
takes the open air arena here this
afternoon in an exhibition match.
So far as the champion is concerned
nothing is at stake but Bill Larue
and Ed Cowboy" Warner, who
viii try to stay two rounds each
with Dempsey, may feel different
~ about it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
TWO INJURED in
ACCIDENT SUNDAY

Two persons were slightly injured
in an accident near the county line be-
tween Hidalgo and Cameron counties
at noon yesterday when one of the
large busses operating in the Valley
and two other automobiles collided.
The driver Of light coupe in the
wreck sustained minor bruises and one
of the occupants of the third car, q
light touring car, was cut slightly by
the glass from broken windshield.
Both the lighter automobiles were bad
ly damaged.
The accident was due mainly to rainy
weather, it was reported here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07

Damage From Storm
Light; Flood Feared
From 1lMexicOStYeUu

The Valley smiled today following 1850 inch ran and
driving wn last night for the rain will millions Valley
people
Crops in part of the Valley will be benefited by the
ran which was general from Brownsville Mission up
through Wacy county, although it probably lighter in Viii
lacy and Hidalgo counties than in Cameron county
Damage from the storm not extensive. 4N0
Ihe storm started last night when the wind gradually
swung around from the north to the SOUTH The rain fell
mere yesterday morning at O'Clock and light
tnued at intervals until wind up until noon Yesterday
in nOrtherly direction
AZ noon the wind changed to the northeast
VelOclty At O'Clock last night it shifted
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
RUSSIA TO EXHIBIT.

DANZIG, Sept. For the first time
Soviet Russia will be represented at
the Danzig Autumn Fair, from Septem-
ber "a to 81. In twelve sections the
Russians viii exhibit industrial products
of the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity: Ram TO-
night; Tuesday cloudy to partly CLOUDY
Moderate to fresh southerly winds di-
minishing Tuesday.
East Texas: Partly cloudy to CLOUDY
tonihgt and Tuesday; cooler tonight IN
northeast portion. Fresh to strong
shifting winds on the coast.
Storm warnings are now displayed on
the Texas coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
ACCIDENTS Are
FATAL TO 81
over WEEK END
Auto Crashes Account
For More Than Half
/ of Fatalities Through
out Country
(By the Associated Press)


CHICAGO. Ill.,, Sept. Automobile
mishaps were responsible for more than
one half of the 54 accidental deaths re
ported throughout the country over the
weekend.
Following close on the total of 2S
credited to automobiles, were twelve
deaths caused by floods. Ten were due
to drowning, three to tornado and one
to a wreck. More than 100 were in
jured.
A cloudburst in the upper Squillichuck
that took the lives of twelve persons
and injured dozen others. Five Of the
bodies had been recovered late yester-
day.
Brownstown, ILL.,, was struck by tor
nado and three persons who had taken
refuge in a garage were killed when
the building was demolished.
A Louisville and Nashville passenger
train crashed into an open switch at
Stanford, KY. and the engineer was
killed. Fifteen were injured. A rail
had been loosened and four persons
were later held on charges of plotting
to wreck a train.
Five persons were killed when an H
linois Central train struck an automobile
near Rixes. Tenn, A party of four
huntsmen failed to beat Chicago, Mil
waukee. and st. Paul train to a crossing
on the outskirts of Chicago and two Of
them were killed. Six deaths were due
to automobile accidents in New England
while thirteen were reported in New
York state and New Jersey.
Three were drowned near Wagoner.
Okla. when two brothers went to AID
a third One was drownedt at Spring-
field and six in New England.
Five middle-western states reported 46
automobile deaths for last week, Indiana
IA. Ohio 10, Kansas 6, Missouri 8 and
Minnesota 2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
Ederle Abandons Plan
To Try Channel Again
(By the Associated Press)

CAPE Girls NEZ, Sept. 7.-Gertrude
Ederle has definitely Abandoned the
idea of second attempt to swim the
English channel this year and issplan-
ming to leave for New York next Satur-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
Dublin GETS woNMEN's CONGRESS

DUBLIN, Sept. THE Congress OF the
Women,s International League for Peace
end Freedom next year will be held in
Dublin. This city was chosen over
Czechoslovakia by vote Of IL to ~ al
a renecent meeting of the Executive
Committee at Innsbruck.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
British Police Fire On
Chinese Demonstration
(By the Associated Press)

SHANGHAI, Sept. british police in
the International settlement late today
fired on 1000 Chinese engaged in a de-
monstration at Edwards avenue and
Honan road, wounding three, one prob
ably fatally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
(By the Associated Pressl

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 7.-Col.
William A. Mitchell complacently fished
for tarpon off Port Aransas while his
latest statement in criticism of what he
termed, ."gross defects in the manage
ment of the air service" issued Satur-
day was resounding in echo throughout
the country.
No official communication from Wash
ington had been received, it was said
at his quarters.
At Swampscott, President Coolidge
made no comment but it was indicated
he would leave the matter IN war Off
cials. supporting them in any action they
might see fit to take.
Here, Col. Mitchell's immediate sup
erior, Major Gen. Ernest Kinds, COM
mander of the eighth corps area, de-
clined to comment after he had read his
aif officers statement in the Sunday
papers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
GETS
TELECRAMS OF
FELICITATION
Ex-Air Chief Calmly An
giles for Willy Tarpon
as Nation. Discusses
Latest Denunciation
(By the Associated Press)

PORT ARKANSAS, Tex, Sept! Tn
the face of coastal storm warnings and
unmindful Of Increasingly threatenin.
weather, Colonel William Mitchell, for
mer assistant chief of the United States
air service, spent the morning here fish
ing for tarpon He was successful in
hooking two of the big game fish. Col.
Mitchell had intended to hop off on his
return trip to San Antonio this after
noon but after receiving orders to re
main here because of storm near San
Antonio, it was uncertain when he might
start back.
If he does not 90 back today he said
he would spend the afternoon fishing.
There is no reason why | should hur-
ry back" he said.
Told that many telegrams had poured
into his quarters tat San Antonio con-
graduating him on his attack on army
and navy officials. Colonel Mitchell de
clared that the response indicated that
the people of the country are determined
taht there shall be no more air disas-
ters such as the collapse of the Shenan-
doah.
"There are literally thousands who
will fight for what l am fighting for, F"
he said n
He declared his recently published
book, Winged Defense" had been ra-
ther hurriedly prepared to meet the re-
quest of publishers. 81 may write a
number of comprehensive volumes on
the air service and its needs" he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-07
(Bv the Associated Press)

IBy the Assoclated PreSsJ
NEW YORK. N. Y. Sept. Twenty
one deaths from automobile accidents
and drowning in New england, New York
and New Jersey were reported last
night.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
Start DriUe to Clean
Up City's Back Yard
Lets clean up our back yard"

Let's clean up our back yard"
That's the cry of the industrial de-
velopment committee of the Cleveland
Real Estate board which is planning
q campaign which has for it's purpose
the "sprucing up" Of those sections Of
industrial plants visible to the casual
pasSer-through on the railroads.
The cleanup movement offers vari-
Gus advantages First, the chance to
do some very effective advertising for
itself by presenting good appearance
to those passing through on trains.
Second, it advertises Cleveland.
In some cities where such a move
ment has been undertaken, attractive
planting along the right-of-way has
been made a part of the campaign.
The American Railway Development
association has passed resolution
pledging it's cooperation in the real
tor movement for spruce and busl-
ness-like appearance in industrial
areas. Individual railroads are CO.
operating through their development
departments.-Cleve Plain Dealer
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
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Building,
Well to ProUide NorO
for Future of City

American cities, with their present
rapid growth and the increasing de-
mand for homes away from the crowd
over their boundary lines and over
flowing into new territory The march
of an urban population into the region
still under the township authority
brings some large problems. Haphaz-
ard development of the outlying terri
tories, plots laid out without refer
ence to the way in which they con-
form to the oity's plan of arterial
streets, residence lots parceled out far
from water and sewer connections,
hampering of the semi-urban territory
by legal restrictions as to township eX-
penditure framed to meet the needs Of
a purely rural township, these are
some of the growing pains of suburban
territories.
The creation of metropolitan areas,
or districts, is the device which mod
ern cities have evolved to aid in the
adjustment of these difficulties. The
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards will undertake d study of how
far American cities have devised sue
cessful plans for the development of
suburban territories through metro
pOlitan areas and will hold a national
round-table discussion of subdividers
looking to the encouragement of work
able plans and toward the spread Of
such methods of subdivision develop
ment as will make for sound and
healthy city growth.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
Must Look to Future

I've always believed that city plan
ming was unworthy of the name unless
it provided for the future of the city
in question and therefore really came
under the heading Of regional plan
ming, writes Myron H. West, president
of the American Park Builders.
The first city to take advantage Of
the new law regarding the sections
outside municipalities was Decatur,
which caused to be prepared a COM
prehensive city and regional plan pro-
viding for the plotting of 10000 acres
in addition to the 1000 acres con-
tanned within the city limits. This ex-
tended area will take off an added pop
ulation of 100000.
/ believe that the very foundation
Of city planning lies In comprehensive
zoning and in street control, as made
possible under the recent Illinois act.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

Who" But here are some Of the high
spots, as the story Is told:
The story begins with an Indian
maid, the daughter of Chief White
Plume Of the Kaws. She married a
French voyageur and her daughter
married an American pioneer Of Eng
lish blood. When Charley Curtis was
ten years old a war party Of Chey-
ennes swooped down at noon upon the
Kaw camp. The Kaws held out till
night, when Charley slipped through
and made his way to Topeka on foot,
sending back help in time to save his
people.
Topeka was then a frontier cow
town much given to racing cOw-pOnies
Before he knew it the boy was pro-
fessiOnal jockey, riding in Kansas Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Colorado and Indian
Territory. Those were the good old
days. AT race meeting in Kansas
City the James Boys raided the gate
and rode away with the admission
money. After five years in the saddle
young Curtis put on too much weight
and found himself In Topeka, pretty
much adrift. There q party Of Kaws
found him. There was great rejoicing
and the boy decided to go back to his
people.
In the party of Kaws was Charles
grandmother-they give her the name
Of Julie Poppin. In the stiffness of
the night of the first camp out of To-
peka she came to her grandson, told
him she loved him, advised him to
follow the way of his fathers people
rather than become blanket Indian
on a reservation, gave him her best
pony and started him back to the
world of the white man-and the lead
ership of the United States senate.
In Topeka young Curtis went to
school for a year. Then his money
gave out and he took job as driver
of night hack. A lawyer friend ad-
vised him to study law and loaned
him books, which he studied by his
hack light between fares. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1881 and prac-
ticed in partnership with A. II. Case
until elected county attorney of Shaw
nee county in 1884 He was elected
to the Fifty-third congress and served
continuously to the Sixtieth In 1907
he was elected to the senate.
In February, 1913, q little group of
Republican senators were sitting in
the Republican cloakroom Of the SEN
ate gossiping in reminiscent vein. The
congress expired on March 4, and many
old-timers were being retired to pri-
vate life simultaneously with the be-
ginning of the first Woodrow Wilson
administration. Senator Curtis ex-
pressed his regrets that he was to
be sent back to private life at that
particular juncture.
''I would have been ranking Repub-
lican senator on several very impor-
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
Citizens Must Be Alert

Concern with the problem of city
government is not confined to students
of municipal affairs. 1t is shared by
the people Of the cities. Those who
must bear the burden of city govern
ment in the payment of taxes are be-
ginning to realize their chief hope for
the future lies in more economical
and efficient administration of their
affairs. 1t would be a wholesome
change if there should come the reali-
zation, too, that whatever the system
of government a persistent and alert
public interest in it's administration is
necessary to effective results.-Ex-
change.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
Group Aids Beauty

AS a general rule, more beauty and
dignity is the result of planting
group of one kind of tree instead of
mixing them. I am not here speak
ing about forest or woodland planting,
but about planting along our high
ways. Where the adjacent landscape
is not interesting, the roadside pic
ture would be enhanced by promis
cuous planting of trees, not in for
NAL line, but In a scattered way, SO
that you meet many trunks in place
for lane of trees, shutting off the
view of the adjoining country.-Ex-
change.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

Thompson, Democrat, was elected to
the senate.
But Senator Curtis was strong with
the voters, and when the Kansas leg
islature in the session Of 1913 pro-
vided for the nomination Of United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people it was freely predicted that
Curtis would be the beneficiary Of the
popular election plan. At the first
statewide primary for senator in 1914,
Curtis defeated J. L. Bristow, former
Bull Mooser who had been one of the
assistant postmaster generals at Wash
ington in the Roosevelt regime, and
resumed his senate service March 4,
1915. He was reelected in 1920
Senator Curtis is swarthy. His hair
is black and so is his mustache. He
is stockily built. He is physically fit
and keeps himself so by walking 80 to
40 blocks, mostly at night, before bed
time There are practically no marks
Of age on his face at sixtyfOur. He
is a patient man, who never loses his
temper. He is taetful, gets his way
without irritating his colleagues and
stirs up no animosities. If you ask
well-informed oldtimer for the Sc
cret of the new leaders success, he's
apt to say something like this:
"Well, he pretty much keeps his
mouth shut and when he opens 1t he
says something-always knows what
he's talking about. Can't get him
ratified, either"
The traditional political leader, you
know, is supposed to have phenom-
enal memory for names and faces.
Well, Curtis Is hard to beat along that
line. He's got a system about 1t and
his ability to give the right name TO
the right face Is tradition in con-
gress.
Curtis, as a matter Of fact, put
lot of system into his work and sticks
to his system.
One of the rules OF his system is
promptly to look after matters that
are put into his hands. Another is to
answer letters within "a hours-at
least to acknowledge receipt Another
is to carry conviction in speaking by
knowing the facts and being brief.
Senator Curtis believes in staying on
his lob and attending to his duty. His
pet aversion is the legislator who Is
always off somewhere lecturing or
speaking for a fee He turns down
every offer of that kind
And of course the main thing In the
system is-work
Senator Curtis his intimates say, Is
"good scout" He must be, for he
oot nretty close to Senator Lodge In
teresting, indeed, is his comment on
his predecessor.
81 ended" he said, with an entirely
different idea about Lodge than | be"
GAN with. l found he wasn't cold.
blooded or selfish. He had great big
heart and was susceptible to argument
Rut YOU had to make the first approach
You had to get close to him yourself
He wouldn't get close to you. He was
ALWAYS anxious to do what he thought
was the right thing to do, but he
avoided conferences"
Almost any night Senator Curtis may
be met on the street keeping f1t."
Here's his recipe:
"Walk. l walk 30 to 40 blocks
long blocks-every day. Mostly at
night. A good, leisurely walk, taking
1t easy and not overriding 1t, but getting
home covered with perspiration, All
this Just before bedtime"
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07
Life Romance Of
New Ii. S. Senate
Majority Leader
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN


upon he says, "Huh Looks like an
Indian, all right And which one is
Butler, who got Lodges seat?' Sen
ator Butler of Massachusetts Is point
ed out. "Huh! he says again, "he
looks the part"
1t does not seem to make much diff
ference whether the visitor is West
erner or an Fastener, man or
woman. All want to have a look at
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, who
has succeeded the late Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as ma
jOrity floor leader, and at Senator Will
liam M. Butler who succeeds Senator
Lodge as senator from Massachusetts.
This interest is natural, for obvious
reasons. Senator Lodge had been con-
tinuOuSly in the senate ever since 1893
and everyone knows how he looked, If
only from portraits AS to Curtis,
most visitors have heard that he Is
part Indian and sense q wide contrast
between the Kansan and the man who
typified New England. AS to Butler,
they know of him as the chairman of
the Republican national committee
and one of President Coolidge's cam
paign managers and they want to COM
pare him with his predecessor.
The visitors are right in sensing a
contrast between the present majority
leader and his predecessor. Probably
you will have to go to fiction to find
q greater. For example:
Lodge was born in Boston; Curtis
in a camp Of Kaw Indians in Kansas,
80 miles or so from Topeka. Lodge
was an aristocrat of aristocrats by
birth Curtis is one-Quarter Kaw by
birth Just about the time Lodge at
twenty was being graduated from Har-
ward, Curtis boy of ten, was running
through the night for help against
war party Of Cheyennes. A little later
Lodge was studying for the degrees Of
LII. B. and Phi. D., while Curtis was
jockey and driver of q night hack
in Topeka Then Lodge wrote histor-
ical works and Curtis studied law be-
tween fares. Still later they met as
members of the house in the Fifty
third congress. And then they were
in the senate together And now
Lodge, the elder by ten years, is dead
and Curtis Is in his place as Repub-
lican leader Of the senate.
You will not find even hint of the
life romance of Charles Curtis in the
Congressional Directory or in who's
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

That hunter who shot bObbed hair
girl by mistake stood an excellent
chance of forgiveness until he ex-
planned he thought she was a wood
chuck.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

The greatest waste Of time on record
was the ten million years which a
scientist says the lizard spent in be-
coming snake.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

The man who insists on spelling con-
sensus with two c's must have scanned
his dictionary with one eye.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

It is said that there are three COM
mon types of static and at least one
is usually to be found on the Job.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

On the whole, our notion is that
men would rather squabble about ev-
erything than agree upon anything.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

The backwoods are the sections In
which a correct pronunciation of
pumpkin is considered an affectatiOn.
Arizona state miner., 1925-02-07

You can gauge a woman's age pretty
accurately by the contents of her
dressing table, and mans by the
stories he tells.