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Evening star., 1926-03-03
Hagerstown Attorney Dies.
cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md. March 3.-H.
II. Humrichouse, prominent attorney.
died here today of pneumonia He was
43 years old. He was a graduate of
Georgetown Law School, Washington.
and was a law clerk for the District of
Columbia for several years. He also
was secretary to the late United States
Senator McComaS of Maryland.
Evening star., 1926-03-03

vicinity of the Capitol and was in
duced to participate in a game of
matching pennies. The game looked
easy to the Virginian, but after
surrendering is cash and jewelry he
realized he been swindled and
appealed to -. police.
Evening star., 1926-03-03
SWINDLERS GET $500.
Trick Woman and Fool Man in
Penny-matching Game.

Four swindlers, two white and two
eolored. operating on the streets here
yesterday, succeeded in obtaining $3.50
cash and a watch and chain valued
1t sos.
Mary c. King, colored, 1410 Cor.
oran street, victim of two colored
Evening star., 1926-03-03
Matrimonial Jars.

From the Stockholm Kasper.
Little Boy-Let us play at being
married.
Little Girl-We can't. Mother SAID
we We're not to make a noise.
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- -
ORIGIN OF
EASTER

The Saxon goddess named Ostra
or Eastre. the goddess Of the east,
the morning, Of spring, gave her
name to our Easter.
In olden days the entire month
Iof April was dedicated to Eastrc.
Spring festivals with dancing and
singing and fcasting were held in
her honor. s~~0
Colorful \crowds in their finest
dress made merry in the open
market places. young SWANS woocd
their ladies. and laughter every
where bore tidings of the birth of
spring.
Legend has it that the sun dane
cd on Easter morning and that if
one rose early enough to see this
-'-ht, ever after lucky would he
be!
rhc big Parade" ,f Easter Day
originates from the old supcrsti-
ton that it is unlucky not to wear
something new on Easter Day.
The original Christian Easter
was really a thanksgiving festival
lasting for eight days. Later, it
! became three days, then two. and
now our one Easter Sunday. com
.memorating the resurrection of
Christ.
The clergy of early Christian
days in all ways sought to stress
the JOY of the spring Feast
tables were set within the churches
/ The rabbit or hare rs an Easter
symbol arises from the fact that
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will drive the ice to the westward,
but there is little or no movement
of the ice when the wind blows
from the west.
these circumstances, SO far as
they co. said Mr.. Harris, tend to
show that the Beaufort Sea is near
ly landlocked in all directions ex-
cepting toward the west"
Mr.. Harris cited the Accounts
and Papers Of the Navy. page 162,
volume AZ, 1854, which describes
how the tides are affected by the
wind at Elson's Bay, east Of Point
Barrow. When the wind was frcm
ta,c east or northeast there was
scarcely any rise in tide, but with
the wind blowing a gale from the
southwest the tide sometimes rose
three and half feet. The infer
ence Mr.. Harris drew was that the
unknown coastlinc was not greatly
distant from the north coast Of
Alaska, making a pocket in which
the tides pile up.
Driftwood carried by ice currents
also gave evidence, little driftwood
bAng found as far east Of the
mouth of the Mackenzie River as
Coronation Gulf. Virtually none
had been found along Banks Island.
That the Beaufort sea is an ice
trap is indicated by the observa-
tione Of several explorers. Osborn
described it as follows:
"Ice of stupendous thickness and
in extensive floes, some seven OF
eight, miles in extent, was seen.
| The surface of it was not flat, such
as we see in Baffin Strait and the
adjacent seas, but rugged with ac
cumulated snow, frost and thaws
Of centuries"
More Evidence
Important evidence also was fur
nishcd by the drifting of the ILL
fated Jeanette, sunk in 1880 after
it had been deserted by Captain
Delong, who with his crew froze To
death. The jeanette became lodg-
ed in the ice at Il point northeast Of
Wrangell Island and drifted westcr-
ly, going to pieces northwest of
Bennett Island.
The Fran, Nansen's ship, became
/ icebound northwest of Bennett Is
land. and drifted in a general course
| toward the Greenland Sea, show
ing a sharp turn in the ocean cur
. rent northwest Of Bennett Island.
Mr.. Harris believed this indicates
=" &c l."gn hoAv Of land
extending down to 4 point not ia.
l. - ~--....v ASianu, uelIecting the
ocean current southwark. He also
claimed that the unknown land can,
not extend much beyond the pole
or it would have DETECTED the cur
rent in which the Fran drifted.
! At the same time, he believed the
undiminished llde al Bennett Is
land indicates a fairly narrow
c''"1nel along which Nansen trav-
eled.
The division of ocean currents
i
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EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY
BELIEF THAT LAND EXISTS AT The
NORTH POLE, SAYS ROBERT A. POPE

his crew. but as he was not on u
voyage of discovery and no whales
were in sight. he gave the order to
keep away to the southwark, ne
said.
In later day, Peary on his UNI
successful attempt to reach the
/ Pole in 1906 reported that he sight
| ed land to the northwest Of Grant
Land. Observing from an eleva-
ton Of about 1000 feet, he could see
land ut a, great distance, which he
named Croker Land. Further
north between ATTITUDES S5la and
81 degrees, almost at the Pole, he
found bear and fox tracks, indicat-
ing that land was not great dis
lance away.
AS early as 1882, a Mr.. Simpson,
ships surgeon on the Plover. re-
ported that the Eskimos of Point
Barrow had 4 tradition that mem
bers Of their tribe once had been
carried northward in Il southeast
gale to billy country inhabited
by people like themselves, and that
after staying long while there
they returned one Spring.
Substantial Proof
However, the late X. A. Harris,
of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, offered what the
explorers believe to be far more
substantial information. Mr.. Harris
claimed that virtually all the tidal
movement ut the pole depends upon
pressure from the tides of the
North Atlantic Ocean entering the
circumpolar seas between Green
land and Spitzbcrgen.
If there were no obstruction the
tides at Bennett Island, north OF
the Siberian Coast, would be the
same as at Point Barrow, he said.
But the tides off Bennett Island
rise and fall 2E2 feet, while off
Point Barrow there is a tide of only
Oh feet. Mr.. Harris held this to
be proof positive that there is some
great obstruction around which the
tides must flow. The hours of the
tides show, that they follow the
circle Of the Siberian coast around
to Alaska, being seven hours ear
lier at Bennett Island than Point
Barrow.
Further evidence Of land to The
north was furnished, MIR. Harris
pointed out, by indications that the
Beaufort Sea virtually is closed in
to the north and eastward. Ice
does not drift freely to the north
ward. 1t seems to be caught in a
pocket, and is of remarkable thick
ness and age. Northeast winds
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\. IN. .s.....c ,sA...s ...,r !
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in the eastern section of the Beau
fort sea. one current flowing north
eastward and the other westward
also indicated large obstruction
to the north in Mr.. Harris opinion.
: Mr.. Pope, and Others supporting
his expedition, feel that ins these
reasons they have sufficient evil
dencc of Il polar continent to justify
their exploration.
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the Easter date is dependent upon
the moon, and the hare, in olden
mythology, was supposed TO come
out and play, produce its young,
and carry on most of its activities
by the light of the moon.
The egg as symbol OF Easter
tide symbolizes birth. new l;fa !"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-02
HEB FIND

II found : letter IN . woman's
handwriting IN your pocket this
morning" she began angrily.
\ "But what-where-why-I didn't
know-did You open it," hs asked in
confusion.
II did NOT, Il was the ono /. gave
ron to mail n week ago."
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WILLIE n LAST

! Teacher: Now, Willie, what is
! The Order Of the Bath3
\ WILLIE: We'll, in our house, Miss,
it's baby first, then Tommy, then
! Johnny, and ] come last-London
Dispatch.
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HE'S NO DIPLOMAT

"Hsllo, Mrs. Smith. MONS out!"
"Oh. that's too bad. just came
to borrow some sugar"
Johnny (shoutin9 up the stxirs) /:
Nom, did you mean you we're out Of
sugar! -t,aughter,
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PAGE NINE
rewakening, about to come forth
from the egg and seed.

DR.. G.. D. Miller. Alabama Poly
tcchnic Institute. has succeeded in
working -uut a method Of reclaiming
or laundering od oil at less than five
cents gallon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Fair tonight and
Saturday; continued cool.
For East Texas: Fair tonight:
frost in north and central portions;
Saturday fair; colder in north por-
tion. Light to moderate westerly TO
northerly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions.
The barometric pressure was rath-
err high this morning from south-cen-
trail Canada souesward to the Plateau
region. and moderately high over the
balance OF the United States except
the far eastern states. This pressure
distribution has resulted in generally
fair and rather cool weather through
out the western, central. and south
ern states; and mostly cloudy condi-
tions in the eastern states where pre-
cipitation was also general within the
last "a hours.
The lowest temperature last night
at Texas stations ranged from 80 at
Abilene to 50 at Brownsville and Gal
weston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
DIRECTORSOF
CLUBELECTED
Harlingen Has Raised
$11,OO0 for Arroyo
Project, Report

HARLINGEN, Texas, March 12.-
Harlingen has raised more than Sill
600 on the Arroyo country club since
reorganization was started several
days ago. stockholders were told nj a
meeting held in the Rex theater this
morning for the purpose of electing
directors.
The following board was chosen BY
the about 80 members present: s.
Lamar Gill of Raymondville, Harry
Stebbins of Weslaco. L. r. Anderson
of La Feria, Frank Ludden, Harry
Hinkley and Chas. +. Barber Of San
Benito and J. W. Rhone, DR.. NJ. r.
Childers and f.. p. Hornaday OF Har-
lingen.
Notice will be mailed to the direct
ors in day or two calling melting
at which officers Of the organization
will be chosen.
Drives for members are to begin in
the various towns in a day of two
and delegations from several places
f'NNkNN NUiN NnfnlNE 10
attempt to equal the record set BY
workers in Harlingen. Sixteen new
members have been secured here, the
meeting was told. and good collec-
tions have been made from old mem
bers who had paid only small part
Of their subscriptions.
All taxes have been paid on the
2ll acre tract which the country club
owns on the highway near here and
all past due payments on the land
have been met.
Work on building the golf course
improving the grounds and build
ing necessary buildings are to be
started as soon as possible mem
hers Of the directorate said today
Continued on Page %
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3 KILLED in !
MEXICAN RIOT
Church Closing is Re-
sisted by Members I
of Congregation u

TEPIC. Nayarit. Mexico. March IL.
Three representatives OF the state
OF Nayarit, are dead, a number Of
persons injured and cue grl near
death as a result Of riots occqsioned
when orders for closing a Catholic
church were met BY armed opposi-
tion from church followers
The immediate cause Of the ira
gedy was in the neighboring town of
Jalisquello where a Catholic priest
had failed to comply with the closing
law of the government and was stand
ing his ground against presidential
orders with the backing Of his flock.
Upon the arrival of representatives
Of the government, consisting Of
Congressman PORES. and friend,
Senior Ortega. AK Tepic, they were
met by an infuriated mob Of men and
children who demanded their with
drawal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
COUNSEL IN
OSACE CASE
HAVE CLASH
lie g al Preliminaries
M ark Opening of
Oklahoma Indian
Staying Trial

PAWHUSKA. Okla, March "a
Opposing sounsel met head on at the
opening here today tf the preliminary
hearing of vi. X. Hale and John RAM
sey. charged with murder. and the
taking of testimony awaited the
clearing % the legal smoke
The state moved first 20 delay the
hearing until ? b. m., ~ enbale mem
bers of the prosecution counsel 40
study further evidence turned over To
them by the federal government.
Judge /. A. Justus overruled the mo-
tion and ordered the hearing to start.
The defense then opened IT'D it,
guns on r. B. White. head W the fed
eral bureau Of investigation at Okla
homa City. They demanded that
White be excluded from the court
room. and when the court refused tO
follow their demand they asked that
he Be searched for fire arms.
The court also refused tn request
and again ordered the hearing 20 get
under way.
The court also refused that request
Shoun ~ Fairfax. who testified that
w. +. Smith. wilh whose death Hale
and Ramsey are charged. died as the
result Of injuries received when his
house AZ Fairfax was blown un in
the spring of 1923. DR.. Shoun said
that poisoning contracted through
burns was the direct cause Of death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
Oral Argument Open
ed in American Case
In High Court
lRv the Assoe:aie., Press }

AUSTIN. Texas, March 12.-In oral
argument before the supreme court
today. the American Book company
charged that S. VI. N Marrs. super
intendent Of public instruction, has
intimidated school authorities in
broadcasting reports that the attor-
ney general is to file suit to annul
the company's contract.
The company was represented By
former Attorney General w. A. Keel
ing.
r. Il. Cousins Jr., assistant attorney
general. for the state, denied the
charges and said that the claimed
contract was resisted because Of de-
fects in the functions Of the text
book commission in adopting the gen
eral science and spelling texts Of the
company. The contracts are for six
years and are worth about S550,000
Keeling charged that though Marrs
was ordered by the board Of educa-
tion to send out lists Of the adopted
books, that Marrs only sent out q cir
cular letter month after he was or
dered to. and four months later than
he should, which carried the Ameri-
can Book company's texts. He de-
elared that Marrs had evaded his du-
ties and had not conformed to the
law
Cousins charges that the text book
commission last November disregard
ed the advice OF the attorney gem
eral and executed the claimed con-
tract and that the company was not
satisfied with that but in some way
another meeting OF the text book
commission was held Feb. Q, and the
actio7 was ratified. He stated that
on the same day the board Of educa-
tion ratified the commissions action
on the claimed" contract, and within
two hours an application was filed
with the supreme court for a writ of
mandamus to compel Mars to recog-
nize the contracts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
TO
DEATH CHAIR
Vaughan Protests In
nocence of Attack on
San Antonio Girl
lBy thc Associated rrrys.l


HUNTSVILLE. Tex. March l2.-
Maintaining his innocence to the last.
Willie Vaughan, %. negro, was elec-
trocuted in state prison here this
morning for an attack upon young
white girl at san Antonio.
Vaughan was placed in the death
chair ut 12:46 a. m. The current
was turned on at l2:49 and he was
pronounced dead ut 1855 a. m. He
was very nervous and made but 2
short speech before ne was placed In
the chair.
Tell my sister that I was saved
before went" he told the little
gathering of penitentiary officials IN
Just before ne started down the
corridor for the death house, Waugh
an asked for a prayer book.
Il want that TO 20 along with
me. he said.
The book will be buried with him
IN the prison cemetery.
The crime for which he paid with
his life was committed early in the
morning. The girl was on her way
to early mass and was attacked in q
park.
She scratched and fought her as
sailant and parts OF pieces Of the ne
gro's skin were found under her
nails. When Vaughan was arrested
his face was badly scratched and lie
was convicted in San Antonio on Feb
ruary 20, 1926.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
DRUGGISTS HAVE
BIG ATTENDANCE
(Snecinl 10 The Hernld.l

HARLINGEN, Texas. March IA
good attendance featured the third
meeting Of the newly organized Lower
Rio Grande Valley Druggists assoei-
alton at Harlingen Thursday when 20
Of % members were present for the
monthly gathering.
Organization was completed with
the adoption Of bylaws at the Thurs
day meeting.
Or. Reign Scoville. who is conduct
ing an evangelistic campaign at Har-
lingen, addressed the druggists at
their meeting and his pianist enter
tanned them with music.
Mr.. Powell of Weslaco presided.
Next meeting Of the druggists will
be held at San Benito on the second
Thursday in April.
Brownsville was represented by III.
G. II. Weinert, NJ Cisneros. W. G..
Wilman. ]. l.. Calderoni and Jose
Martinez.
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dinner party at which Gen
eral Butler had been the
guest Of honor.
Altering from a previous announce
ment that he would have nothing 20
say, the officer took occasion twice
yesterday 70 justify the act which
has prompted nation wide comment
in official and social circles.
In an interview late in the after
noon he said that the matter Of hos
pitality and it, possible breach had
never entered the question.
Defends Action
1T was according TO naval regula.
tions. | simply followed naval regula-
tions." he asserted The case i.
similar to hundreds that have occur
red in the past
Earlier in the day he issued z
written statement denying that Col
onel Williams had been arrested
while General Butler was a guest in
that officers home. Whatever hap
pened in his home had nothing to du
with the case, the statement said
and explained that "the unfortunate
incidents which caused my action
took place in 4 public hotel when ]
was not guest Of this officer"
Raps ViOlators
Speaking before the Daughters Of
the American Revolution during the
evening. General Butler directed m
attack on law violators. His address
embodied series of aphorisms on
law enforcement principles among
them being:
Men Of money and influence
have come to regard laws rs a joke,
and the only way they can be cured
is for people like you and | TO see
that these laws are enforced.
Laws won't work, but a club will,
When we get gentle, we perish.
There are two things necessary
TO clean up a town-get the thugs off
the streets and close up the dens of
vice. So long as you have vice, you
shall have crime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12

Cabbage shipments: Alabama 1,
California ,, Florida Il, New York 2,
Texas (incomplete) 20. total (incom-
pletel 81.
Cabbage market: Kansas City
Steady. Texas bulk per cwt $3.50 TO
S3.75. st. Louis-Steady. Bulk per
ton mostly sos. Chieago-Steady.
Texas barrel crates best mostly $3.T5.
fair $3.50 to $3.65. poorer low A. $500.
Pttsburg-Texas bulk per ton $50 to
S65, Cincinnati-Texas barrel crates
1925 to S3.35.
Carrot market: Sa. Louis-Steady.
Texas bushels SIPS, few sl.50. New
York-Dull. Texas bushels best S1.75
to $500, mostly sl.75, poorer low as
$3.50. Cincinnati-Weaker Texas
bushels Sl.5O to sl.65. Pittsburg-
Texas bushels $3.50 to sl.75. mostly
Sl.65 to $1.75.
Beet markets: New York-Steady.
Texas bushels $500 to s2.25. few
high as $3.50, poorer as low as Si.50.
Kansas City-Steady. Texas bushels
$500 70 S2.25. st. Louis-Steady.
Texas bushels $3.50 to Sl.75. poorer
SIPS 10 $3.50. Baltimore-Dull. Tex
rs bushels $50 to sl.S5. fair mostly
around S1.00. Cincinnati - Weaker.
Texas bushels $3.50 to sl.75, poorer
SIPS.
Primary destinations reported for
Thursday, March IL:
Cabbage: A total of 76 cars des-
tined as follows: Houston %. 81. Lou
IL l2. Chicago z. Pittsburgh 3. cleve-
land 4, one each Corirth. Miss. Prove
(Consinued on Page "a
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YOUTH IN JAIL !.
AWAITING TO
Be SENTENCED
Oklahoma Jury Finds
Higdon Guilty of
Killing Bride-to-be
Before Ceremony
fRr the As.ncinted Press.l


WEWOKA, Okla, March IL.
P. Higdon, 20. is in
the Seminole county Jail here
today awaiting formal SEM
tence TO life Imprisonment by
Judge George c. Crump for
the murder Of his sweetheart,
Rita May Gosa, on February
IA. A jury in district court
brought in a verdict of guilty
Of first degree murder last
night.
Whether the defence counsel will
ask for n new trial or appeal 10 the
criminal court of appeals is speeulat-
i've. Higdon was visibly relieved
when ne heard from the jury that he
was not 10 die in the electric chair,
as the prosecution had demanded.
Higdon was charged with Staying
his sweetheart two hours before they
were 10 have been married In con-
fession made 10 county officers n few
days later he admitted killing the
girl after she confided TO him that
she was expecting motherhood but
that ne was not the father of her
child.
Defense contention at the trial was
that ne was temporarily unbalanced
By the revelation and shot her while
irresponsible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
Intimidation Charged to
Mars IN Text Bookcase
FIRST SPUDS OF
SEASON SHIPPED


HARL.NGEN. Texas. March
l2.-The potato shipping season
is on in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. Sixteen bushels of new
spuds, grown by j. VI. Cobb near
here. were shipped last night 10
Houston and Fort Worth BY
Wade K Newton, local produce
dealers.
The potatoes were shipped on
consignment and Mr. Cobb j.
expected 10 receive from $3.50
10 S. per bushel FOR them.
The seed potatoes were plant
ed on Christmas eve, being a
few left on hand from the sea-
son before. according TO J. N.
Elrod. MANAGER of Wade. New
ton. Il as ID MIR. Cobb to take
them and make n test Of early
planting. | don't know how they
escaped the cold weather he re-
piled To question.
The general movement Of po-
tatoes will not begin for two
weeks. Mr.. Elrod believes. hat
the crop il in fine condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-12
HOTEL WORK
STARTSACAIN
Eighth Floor Added as
Roof Garden, Build
er Announces

Pile driving on the Hotel Fl Jardin
was resumed this morning. This work
II expected to be completed by Mon
day. according To J. +. Kelly. presi-
dent Of the Kelwood company, who
is in Brownsville today.
Mr.. Kelly said that actual pouring
of concrete will begin during the com
ing week, after which he said con
struction will he rapid.
Changes in plans by Mr.. Nix. pres
ident of theh otel company. Mr.. Kelly
said, will result in the building be-
irg eight stories high instead Of
seven, although the eighth will not
carry rooms. II will provide the roof
garden, and can he quickly changed
for room purposes later if desired.