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Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Thoughts of Worth
Call for Expression

These two forms of silence-the
silence OF communion and the silence
Of repression-spring from beautiful
and sterling foundations. But in them
selves they are incomplete, and indi-
vidual lives. though enriched, are
never fulfilled through them. Mysti-
cism and martyrdom must be related
to living issues through expression,
or they degenerate the one into In
Prospective solitude, the other into
narrowness of judgment. says a writer
In the North American. Lives become
sterile which might have been rich,
had experience been translated into
utterance.
The ministration of words Is indeed
a blessed ministry. Because there are
so many idle words, so many harmful
words, so many insincere and bitter
and malicious ones, we must not
stumble into the mistake Of believing
that silence of itself has golden merit
There Is the silence of indifference or
self-consciousness. of carelessness or
the silence which grows from a sense
of futility, or from contempt and
pride. Silence, no less than inaction
may be form Of selflshness. AS the
laws of harmony exist without music,
so may all that is fundamentally
beautiful In human life exist with
out words.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Birds Thaf Live Long

There is yet no reliable method by
which to determine the length Of nat
ural life among the wild animals and
birds, says Pathfinder Magazine.
Most estimates Of bird longevity are
based entirely on birds kept in cap
tivity. 1t is supposed that vultures,
eagles, hawks. crows and parrots live
the longest among birds. There are
many records of parrots which lived
over so years, and few lived over
100. There is doubtful evidence Of
one macaw parrot in Italy living to
be 200 years old. A white-headed
vulture in the geological gardens at
Vienna, Austria, lived 118 years.
Eagles, hawks, and crows are popu-
larly supposed to live a century, but
there is no substantial evidence to
prove the supposition. Elder ducks
are also believed to pass the century
mark.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Value OF MILK KnoDn
From Earliest Times

Cows were the first animals domesd-
Gated when cavemen forsook their
clubs for rude plows to till the soil. In
India the COW has been worshiped for
centuries. Sacred cows have been
maintained in temples and milk has
had an important place IN Hindu
magic. Milk has been the subject of
song and poetry since history began.
Canaan, the promised land OF Israel,
was said to flow with milk and honey.
Ovid, the Roman poet. gave milk sec
ond place only to nectar, the drink of
the gods.
Milk for ages has been regarded as
a cure for human Ills. The ancients
discovered 1t was a tremendous factor
in building up and maintaining the
body. This is because milk is an al
most perfect food, combining nearly
all the elements necessary for COM
plete nourishment.
Modern science has produced evapO-
rated milk which, experts say, is an
improvement on the original. By re-
moval of go per cent Of the water.
evaporated milk is rendered twice as
rich in food value as ordinary market
milk. The sterilizing process through
which evaporated milk goes makes It
easier of digestion than ordinary bot
tied milk This is due TO the fact that
the milk curds are rendered more foe
culent by the heat.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Fell for Three Stories

'NOw it's jist like I was a-tellin'
ye," said grizZled old Irishman to a
group of wOrkmen. "Oncet when my
gang was helpin' put up skyscraper,
| fell fer three stories an it didn't
hurt me nary hit"
Here the stranger who had paused
to listen demonstrated.
but how could person fall for
three stories and not be hurt?" he
sternly inquired.
"Well," replied the veteran, twin
kle creeping into his eye, you've al
ready fallen for one, an l guess fallin'
fer two more won't hurt ye."-Every-
body's Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Depicts Desert Tragedy

A grim little memento of tragedy
of the desert has been given to the
University of Pennsylvania by Prot.
John w. Harshberger of the botany de
partment. 1t consists of the dried and
mummifed body of a horned toad, en-
tangled among the curved spines of a
small cactus. The skin Of the luck
less little animal was not punctured
in any place. but Its hind legs were
fettered by the fish-hook-shaped
thorns, and it had apparently died a
slow death of hunger and thirst. The
cactus appears to be much tougher
than its animal victim, for though It
had been torn from its roots for sew
eral weeks it showed no signs Of dis
tress, and Professor Harshberger
stated that such plants are able to
live without a drop Of water for sew
eral years. lying on a laboratory
shelf
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Screen and Stage
Strand. Smyrna

Friday-"The New Commandment"
is sparkling society melodramatic
triumph ambitiously produced by
Robert T. Kane as the initial vehicle
under his own banner. Kane has
spared no expense in making "The
New Commandment" a powerful
screen epic. He has assembled cast
of screen celebrities to portray this
picture with all the realism and en-
thusiasm that one could ask. Blanche
Sweet, Ben Lyon, Holbrook Blinn,
George Cooper, Pedro De Cordova,
Diana Kane, Dorothy Cummings and
many others are numbered in the en-
semble. Added vaudeville. See adv.
Saturday-The black, terrible NAV
of the tunnel! The runaway wagon,
with its helpless burden Of crippled
boy, tearing into it. The scream of
the train, entering from the other
end. The reverberation of its drum
ming drivers hurtling from the mar
row walls! The hiss of steam! The
flare of its great eye! Then-into
the blackness-right into the jaws of
doom, gallops a stalwart figure on a
great white horse. See the most SEN
sational rescue ever attempted in the
history of motion pictures: But a
small part of the chills and thrills
and laughs which await you in this
picture" Tough Guy"
Monday and Tuesday-John Gilbert
and Lillian Gish in LA Boheme,"
first and foremost la Boheme," is
one of the worlds dearly loved stor-
ies-aglint with gaiety and frivolity
of the Paris Boulevards, happy-go-
lucky tuneful romance mixed with the
thread of beauty and pathos that
leaves haunting memorable mo-
ments in the mind of the spectator.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Adams,.ll.- u..I.a'I4 Z
Contract IS
storage shed state Road. DelaEsn

Performance Of contract shall e,---I
within ten U0) days after execution I /
contract and be completed as speciSs
Monthly payments will be made "a, 4 ]
cent of the construction completed eaeh ~.
Bidders must submit proposals unon -
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied !,
surety bond, certified check. or monsy
amount of al leas. ten (l0) per cen.1-
the total amount Of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal .
be marked Proposal for the Construct,
State Highway Contract No.-....,s
The Contract will be awarded Or rs;ss,
within twenty t21) days from the tss
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any q
bids.
Detailed plans may Be seen and ind1 ID
and specifications may be obtained ups
ceipt Of two dollars (s2.00) vhieh M
will not be refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTNnI
Dover. Delzxa7
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
ADvERTIsEMp,,r

Sealed proposals - HoS
State Highway 1I,s Dsn.Till vii be rs..,
yer. Delaware MP s9tment, Al T;e.'ea |, !
nnana,l anu a. that nlaaoA I. Y ~ D,
approximate Quantities involving Ii. t5s p pSass.
Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
sapertruCture-souttih' sti'1St M.ljA IA

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Smyrna times., 1926-11-17
Important
NOTICE

There are many light and vla
bills, now long past due and saali
be paid promptly if they wish az
tinuation Of light and water sers
This notice Should be suficisn. |
those in arrears.
Bills should be paid each M
promptly.
H. d. BOYER, Collsctr
BY order Of Town Coun-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
CINNlNCS GO
Up TO 10000
From 1000 to 5000 Ad-
ditional Bales Will
Be Ginned

Cotton ginnings in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley have reached 100000
bales. was the estimate made last
night by III. r. Boyd of San Ben 10.
manager or the Valley Gin Co. Mr..
Boyd stated that probably betwe IN
1000 and 5000 additional bales
would he picked. However. due 10
the low grades and the low prices.
many NJ the farmers are blowing UP
their cotton fields. making no ef-
fort TO get the ~tailings" Of the
CROP. The average price in the Val
ley j. around III l2 cents per round.
Many OF the gins have closed down.
and others are running only part
I M. and nh are expected 70 close by
the last of this week.
The Valleys total would have run
to 10000 bales had the bottom not
dropped out Of the market Tu asday.
The price was low enough prior to
that. but when the price dropped
around So to $40 per bale. many
farmers Immediately turned their
plows into their fields ~ prepare
the land for the fall and winter
truck Ncrops.
A complete check-up of the ship
ments OF all Valley points will be
made during the week. Mr.. Boyd
Il ted. (?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
Work is Rushed
to Reach 43 Men
Trapped in Mine

workers are 402 feet Of twisted steel
and rock choking the shaft that
leads down to the eighth level mt an
angle Of rs degrees. Ten men are
constantly in the shaft. relieved Mt
frequent intervals, taking out the
debris and passing IL up to the sur
face. One foot at time they bore.
down. pausing at every foot of prog
ress to reinforce the shaft against
another collapse.
They will be. alive when we get
there"
This grimly optimistic, forecast was
made by Gus Erickson, captain Of
the rescue workers. He told why.
They predict they have a plentiful
supply of good water. There Is no
danger of flood. With these advan-
tages. mine experts believe the men
may live four days, excepting those
who have suffered injuries.
The trapped men are experienced
miners. with few exceptions, and
lnow what TO do In their predica-
ment In charge cf them il Thomas
Trewartha, shift boss, who, officials
are confident will prove resourcefu'
in prolonging the possibilities in res
cuing the men alive. Thex believe
he would conserve the air and keep
up the morale Of the men.
II il regarded possible that the
men also may still have food, as
each man had full dinner pail.
Eacn man had carbide lamp.
charged to burn for eight hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
COLD WAVEIS
MOVING EAST
East Central States
Tonight Feeling
Wintry Grip

C.CAGO. Sept. 25.-tPi blan-
ke' or cold weather flung eastward
W sterday ON the Rocky Mountains
& compass "A the entire central west
dav ar moved gradually towards
ne Ohio river valley. Killing frosts
.ast MI nj in Nebraska. northern
Kansas and parts Of the Dakotas. and
rener but less severe frosts in
lows Wisconsin. Minnesota and IL
Ifnr gave force to the Weather
b. Gus forecast that Indiana.
s lhern Illinois. Missouri and per-
d Ohio would feel in the lowlands
might, the blight Of winters blasts
The corn belt reported that corn
had not suffered greatly. the crop
being cut Of DANGER in Kansas and
Nebraska. Truck and forage crops.'
and potatoes suffered over the whole
area.
Canada, where the wave brought
heavy snow. reports the storm NOV
ing eastward tonight into Ontario.
In some parts of the northwest
warmer weather was promised.
The lowest temperature last night
was at Stewart. Idaho, where the
mercury descended to four degrees.
Tn the central west temperatures
ranged from % to 45 degrees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
EXHAUST SUPPLY
OF SNAKE SERUM

SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 25.-CP,-Im-
portation for commercial purposes
OF serum from Brazil. used success
fully for the treatment of rattle
snake bites. having been stopped by
the Bureau Of Public Health in
August. 1925, and the present sup
ply having been exhausted. Col. NJ.
II. Crimmins Of San Antonio, who
introduced the serom 70 this sec
tion. is urging the bureau 10 permit
more TO come In. lie has offered TO
buy so ampules at S. each, paying
for il out Of his own pocket if the
Bureau will permit its Importation
with the understanding n will dis
tribute t free of cost to victims Of
rattlesnakes.
Col Crimmins said that or 80 eases
of rattlesnake bites within ratius
Of 300 miles Of San Antonio this
year. 20 September >. sixteen cases
hat been treated successfully with
the Brazil serum. OF the remaining
- cases. nine ed. ~ said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
EXTORrIONIS
CHARGED PAIR
Vaudeville, Radio Men
Are Placed Under
Arrest

Los ANGELES, Sept 25.--tPl-C.
A. Conlin, known on the vaudeville
stage as alexander. the Man who
Knows" and Christian G. Magen-
heimer, head Of two oil companies
and an official OF radio station
KMTR were arrested here tonight
on federal warrants charging an at
tempt to extort $4,000 from G. Allen
Hancock, Los Angeles millionaire on
threat Of death.
Federal authorities disclosed no
details of the charges against the
man other than they were based on
a letter received by Hancock June
"a last. in which the demand for
money was made. Attorneys for
Hancock verified the receipt Of the
asserted extortion letter by their
client.
The specific charges against the
two men were using the mails in
an attempt to extort money
Both men after being held with
their balls set at $4,000 each made
denials of the charges. Conklin said
he knew Hancock slightly while
Mangeheimer said that Hancock was
the vice president Of one of the com
panies Of which he was president and
that in addition they were friends.
Magenheimer came to Los Angeles
eight years ago from Chicago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
TRIAL WILL Be
CALLEDEARLY
IN NOVEMBER.
Text of Motion Con-
cealed From Public
Upon Request Of
Defendant

GEORGE WEST. Texas. Sept. 25.--
Pl-Harry J. Leahy. charged with
the Staying OF Dr. y. "a. Ramsey OF
Mathis, wen his fight for eontin-
uance Saturday afternoon. Judge
ri. MI Cox of 36th district court
granted continuance of the case to
November after the state an
ncunced that il would not contest
the defense motion. filed earlier i'm
the day.
District Attorney Sid Malone an
nounced that the prosecution had
agreed that the witnesses alleged 20
be absent were material for the de-
fense and no lack of diligence on thC
part Of the defendant was shown and
that the application would not be
contested.
The application for continuance
was given in charge Of county dis
trict clerk Morgan Johnson with in
structions that IL was w be guard
ed from the public"
iii suppose the newsrapermen OBJ
ject," the court smilinuly remarked
to reporters. THE court will over
rule the objection and they may fils
a bill Of exception"
District Attorney Malone explained
the application was Ecut secret be-
cause ii contained matter which if
published might operate 70 dis-
qualify persons from jury service
and make IL difficult 70 obtain "a
jury.
The case against Roberto Marti-
neg who N alleged 10 have led Off
GERS 70 the body OF Dr. Ramsey has
not been set His attorney. NJ. j.
Raymond Of Laredo rrf here Satur-
day and said he had made no at-
tempt to have the case set. but was
simply here in the interests % his
client and 10 watch the proceedings
of the Leahy case.
III realized the Leahy case must be
disposed OF first and viii take no
action until that is over" Raymond
said.
MARTINEZ ~ III jail here charged by
indictment with murder
Saturday was n day of seeming in
activity with the court room filled
all day with spectators. who patient
ly waited in vain for something to
happen. Things happened. but il was
behind the scenes. and what the
spectators heard was Judge Cox
granting attorneys more time.
Leahy was Nv busy ~ his attOr-
neys and was granted all rights OF
an attorney by Judge Cox with the
privilege ar cross-examining wit
nesses and taking any other action
an attorney might take.
The defendant IA said 70 have
studied law but has not received
licer@e. but the law is said to pro-
vide that a defendant has the right
70 conduct his own defense without
regard to whether he is a licensed
attorney. Just what part Leahy will
take IN the defense was not divuIEed
but he wrote the application of con-
tinuance doing great part Of the
work at table IN the court room.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
rebuff Ding OF
CITIES
IS UN)ER Way
Search r or Bodies Con-
tinues in Flood Wa
ters; Damage Will
Run to les Millions

MIAMI. Sept. 25.-tP)-Southeast-
ern Florida has begun 70 raise itself
from the ruins Of last weeks bat
tering storm.
With the known death list at ap-
proximately 400. more than a thou
sand person severely injured and a
score az IN Isand homeless, work Of
rehabilitati the stricken area was
being push rapidly to-day as stores
reopened business and residents
sought 20 tore their homes.
Through the devastated area
the thum hammer and chug Of
wrecking ,hinery echoed the cf-
fort of ing crews to clear the
mass Of ngled debris and TO re-
build tina which cannot be replaced
entirely.
Search Tor the bodies Of persons
listed a. missing. numbering more
than 800 continued. In Miami and
Continued on Page p
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
FOUR KILLED ON
GRADE CROSSING

OAKVILLE. Ills. Sept 25.-tPD -
Four bodies lie in an Oakville
undertaking establishment tonight
and one man IS seriously injured m
he result OF grad crossing acci-
dent here today. The car in which
the party was riding. struck by "A
Louisville and Nashville passenger
train, was demolished and the bodies
were scattered along the track for
more than d hund red feet.
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Hobbs and the n daughter. Marietta.
3. and Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, all or
st. Louis.
eHnry Martin. husband Of Mrs.
Martin. was taken "a n hospital III
BeIlevills suffering from compound
fractures Of both legs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
SAYSLEAGUE WILL
BECOME UNIVERSAL

GENEVA. Sept. 25.- Up -"The
League Of Nations will one day be
universal. these were the last and
prophetic words uttered by President
Ninchilich as he adjourned. without
date, the seventh Assembly Of the
League which opened its sessions en-
September 6.
The president urged all the mem
bers TO apply themselves vigorously
to two outstanding tasks of the
league. namely. to assure the success
of the projected international dis
armament conference and the eco
nomic conference.
J One Of the last acts Of the Assem-
bly, was the adopting of slavery
: convention which was signed immedi-
*Ptely by the principals Of 20 gov
srnment. The representatives Of 26
other nations agreed to sign by
Monday. The convention calls for
the prevention and suppression OF
the slave trade and the complete
abolition Of slavery In all its forms
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
DENS, COPSOF
N. RALLYINC
Two State Conventions
Scheduled to Begin
Monday

NEW. YORK. Sept. 25.-tP)-The
hosts or upstate republicans poured
into New York City today for the
opening of the party's state conven-
tion on Monday.
Meanwh le, the forces of demoe-
racy in the metropolitan AREA were
preparing 20 move in force on Syra-
cuse to select their candidates and
adopt party platform on the same
day. AS the convention forces be-
gan gathering at the republican state
committee headquarters, an air OF
uncerta inty. still surrounded the Sc
lection Of the party's gubernatoria
nominee.
General sentiment among the dele
gates, however, seeked to center
around representa- We Ogden G
Mills Of New York, the convention
key note speaker and William J
Nonhan of Huffal, assistant to the
United tSetes Attorney General.
The dry forces in the republican
party were expected 10 center thei
attack on Senator James w. Wads
worth, Ja., candidate for reelection
and have selected former State Sen
ator Francis ". Christman as thei
/ candidates.
Indications were sBnator Wads.
worth would be renon mated ant
J that Mr.. Christman would run as al
independent republican. which
was rointed out, might result in tn
election Of Supreme Court Justic'
Robert r. Wagern OF New York slat
ed to become the democratic nom
inee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-26
ROBBER GANGS
LEADER Held
NMATAMOROS
Four Others Confess
To Entering Eight
Places; Stores in the
Valley Included

Luis Garcia. long sought by po-
Ice over wide area as the leader
of a skylight robbery gang, which
stores all she way from Yoakum TO
Brownsville, is in jail in Matamoros
probably as the direct result Of his
appropriation Of cousins new auto
mobile and running off with I.
Garcia is declared by the other
four members Of the gang, who have
confessed to the robbing Of eight
stores, TO be their leader. They are
in Jail at Kingsville at the present
time and will be aaken to Yoakunl
where they pull ID" one of their
biggest s'jobs.r They confessed TO
robbing, among, others the Kaplan
store in Brownsville, one in Weslaco
and one in Kingsville. Some OF the
loot has been recovered.
Garcia and Juan Villanueva were
among nineteen who broke prison at
Huntsville on July 4. All except about
five were captureds A bard Of
skylight robbers which began op-
Grating at Yoakum and then went all
the way to the Rio Grande was
formed.
The first clue to the robbers WIS
a fingerprint VIII ch identified the
leader. He had been sent to the
penitentiary for skylight robberies.
All Of his companions in later crime
had prisan records.
Some Of the stolen goods were
taken to Matamoros. Mexico and
Brownsville officers located it there.
Arrests were made in Matamoros
some me ago but there were made
only Of the men who had the stolen
goods in their possession. They are
wanted in Mexico on federal charges
of possession Of smuggled goods.
The ringieaders of the robber gang
was not appr ,hcnded until this week.
Garcia went back 20 Kinvsville
where he took a new automobile be-
longing to his cousin. He took IL TO
Matamoros with Villa Nueva. The
cousin followed them. The cousin
raused their arrest in Matamoros.
Villanueva was released and when
he rejoined his companions at Kings
vile they were all arrested
The Mex can authorities have re-
fused to turn the ringleader over to
American authorities. having pre-
ferred charges Of their own sgainst
him. The Brownsville Officers have
been making strenuous efforts to
have Garcia brought into Texas for
trial but have failed to secure h m.