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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Sailor Pleads Guilty
Given Life Sentence

HOUSTON, Tex. March S.-Charles
Edward Hoffman, former sailor on
an American warship. pleaded guilty
in criminal district court here to-
day to the murder of Louis Allen
Ridenour and was given a life SEN
tence in the penitentiary. Ridenour.
IN oil field worker. was shot "a death
on the highway near Goose Creek
about a year ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Oklahoma Man Hurt
In Auto Crash Dies

tBy The Associated Press)
Ell RENO, Okla, March S.-A man
identified as Ruby Freeman, q
years old. died in hospital here to-
day from injuries received in an auto
mobile wreck near Union City late
yesterday. He was brought here BY
a Union City physician who found
him pinned beneath his car in q ditch
beside the road. He was alone. Let
ters in his pocket indicated he had
relatives at Palestine, Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Denver Pair Charged
With Staying Girl

DENVER. Colo, March S.-Infor-
nation charging Virgil A. Massie,
and Mrs. Rene Divelbess, former
Texas resident, with the murder Of
Mrs. aCtherine Rosenbaum Massie.
daughter Of q Carthage. ILL.,. farmer
who died under mysterious circum-
stances February i. was filed in JEFF
ferson county district court today By
District Attorney Joel f. Stone.
They are held in Jail in Golden, Colo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
DAY IN WASHINGTON

Appropriation bill occupies
house.
Muscle Shoals reaches vote in
senate.
House committee continues hear
ing on proposed prohibition bureau.
Johnson-Schall and Steck- Brook
hart senatorial election case near
close.
Agriculture cmmittees OF both
chambers resume hearings on re-
lief measures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Wacoan to Inherit
Fortune in Mexico

WACO, Texas, March s.-A Mexi-
can estate valued at about 81 100000
will be inherited by Attorney Harry
=. Jordan of Waco and his sister,
Mrs. Pat G. 'Byrne Of Duncan, Okla,
az the result Of the death Of Mrs.
0tella Degollado, an aunt. Mrs. De-
gollado. widow Of Genera Mariana
Degollado, died in Mexico City last
week. it was learned here today. Mrs.
Jordan was named executor Of her
will.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Comptroller Terrell
to Seek Reelection

AUSTIN, Texas, March Sam
Houston Terrell, comptroller today
announced for reelection TO second
term rs state comptroller. He said
that during the 1924 campaign he
made the race on his ability and
qualifications to give the state a real
business administration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the bower Hio
Grande Valley: Partly cloudy to fair
tonight and Tuesday; warmer to-
night.
For East Texas: Fair and warmer
tonight andTuesday. Light to mod
crate easterly to southerly winds on
the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
REFUSE TO BLOCK
ENTRY TO COURT
tBy the Associated Press J

WASHINGTON, ID. g., March
The supreme court today re-
fused to entertain an attempted
legal challenge to American par
ticipation in the world court.
An injunction proceeding insti-
tuted by BENJAMIN Catchings, a
New York and Washington law
yer. was dismissed.
Catchings protested that adj
herence 20 the world tribunal
was unconstitutional.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
CHISEL UNLOCKED
SAFE; GET 95 CENTS

COFFEiNIIE, Kan, March 8.
Wheeling an unlocked safe
into a back room Of the Square
Deal seed company store. within
stones throw of police head
quarters here last night. yegg-
men chiselcd a hole through the
bottom Of the safe and secured
% cents. The combination was
posted on the dial. The prowI-
ers overlooked IS in an unlocked
cash register.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
Meeting
IS Considering
Germans Entry
(Rv The Associated PreSSl

GENEVA Switzerland March 8.-The special session Of
the league of nations assembly opened at 10 clock
this afternoon with Viscount lsh in the chair The gal
leTieS crowded
A of rumors touching the crisis occupied the
crowd which composed of diplomats delegates the
league assembly nespapermen and members of the general
public. These ranged from predictions that the
situation hopeless and the league doomed rosy fore
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08

AUSTIN, Texas. March s.-The
Archer county road bond case which
was fought out in six courts. and
which effects between S75,000. 900
and SloO, 100000 in district road bonds
in Texas, grew out Of the action of
z. l.. Perry, et al. against Judge f.
VI. Hooper and the county commits
sioner's court. Perry contested the
validity Of n $300,0O0 road bond issue
for improvement district number 2.
The issue was held constitutional i'm
Texas under acts or the legislature.
and in the other courts, except when
the United States supreme court,
January 4. 1926, held the issue un-
constitutional.
The supreme court held that coun-
~ districts but not sections Of less
than a county could issue such bonds.
Archer county fought the case
practically alone. but when the SUI
preme court made its ruling. Attor-
ney General Dan Moody, and num-
erous bond attorneys in Texas and
New York sought to intervene.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
ATTEMPTS AT !
INTERVENTION
Are FAILURE
Attention Attracted
Because of Effect on
Road Bond Issues
Over Country

WASHINGTON, ID. O., Mar.
8.-A rehearing Of the Archer
county Texas road district
case was today denied by the
supreme court.
The case, decided by the SUI
preme court last January 4,
attracted wide attention be-
cause of its effect upon bonds
issued by road Improvement
district organized under con-
ditions similar to those in
Archer county, which the
court declared invalid.
Attorney General Moody Of Texas,
asked for a rehearing when John X
Moore, the attorney who had con
Quoted the case for the county, re-
fused 70 40 ". subsequently the
latter changed his position and also
submitted a motion for n rebearing.
Several other states and indi-
viduals sought unsuceessfully to in
tervene in favor Of reopening the
case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
KWWG PROGRAM

Tuesday noon: Market, weather and
news reports. Ted Touthman will sing
several Irish melodies.
Tuesday, 6 p. m, market, weather
and news reports. The Sunshine
Girlv will broadcast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08
COUNTESS HAS REPENTED

NEW YORK-Lady Cathcart re-
pented four years ago. she has wired
the Rev. DR. Christian r. Reisner on
reading q remark Of his that IL she
were sorry she should be magnani-
mousIy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-08

WASHINGTON. ID. XII, March s.
Asserting the shipping board with di-
vided responsibility had defied the
president, Secretary Hoover today
urged that it be stripped Of all pow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
u. S. in SPECIAL DRIVE TO STOP
$4O,OOO,O 900 ANNUAL SMUGGLING
Deliberate and Careless Evasion of Customs Duties
to Be Met by Encouraging Informers-Many
Tourists Deluded Abroad.

value, plus the duty, plus whatever
penalty the circumstances appear to
warrant. Such bargains" prove ire
mendously costly in the end
That's a sad feature Of this snug
real culprit is discovered. or can be
reached, but in hundreds of cases
each year the innocent purchasers
suffer.
The several thousand cases detected
each year are going to be multiplied.
If the Treasury's plans are as fruitful
as 1t Is hoped they will prove to be.
Resides the several thousand customs
employees at the ports, Uncle Sam
has special secret service force of
about 200 men to ferret out customs
fraudS-ahout 30 of them, known as
special agents, being stationed abroad.
But the most valuable tips i'm many
cases come from private sources. in
tereSted In protecting themselves
against unfair competition. Such
1nformers are entitled to 25 per cent
OF the penalties assessed. In a
single case last year involving Jewel
ry. the penalty exceeded $15O. 900 and
the informers received s3S. 900
This informal secret service guard
ing the customs includes thousands of
merchants In all parts Of the country.
many OF whom never claim any re.
ward when they turn up a live case.
without disclosing any secrets, It
is sound advice that you buy your
imported bargains only from re.
liable, established dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
Teetotaler Example
Disappointing to Drys

Italians are not exactly prohibition
lists. When a commission of Ameri.
can pussyfoots" reached the charm.
ing little hill town of Genzano thew
were almost In despair to find a man
who did not drink. The hearty lads
OF the village, stalwart, bronzed chaps
OF. say 60-odd years. all said that they
had nothing to bless but their white
wine. 1t was Motto buono. Deli
zioso! The commissioners turned
their eyes away in anguish; they must
md a man who hated that wine.
They did-a fine lad of some 70
summers. Il hate it," he said. " NV
nne health is due to the fact that /
drink nothing but water" The com.
mission told him to put that in writ.
ing, they followed him to his home.
they sat him down before paper and
INK and the commissioners photog-
rapher prepared to take chest meas
ures and photographs. Say" advised
the head commissioner, that wine is
the devil, 1t destroys the frame. il
weakens the mind. Your magnificent
health Is due" A tremendous noise
broke out In the teetotaler's home.
mere was the smashing of glass
and a huge figure strobe into the
room. He smiled and put out a great
hand. His chest was bronzed. his
eye clear. when he laughed the room
shook with happiness. Gentlemen, "
said the teetOtaler, this is my father.
You must excuse him - he's always
like this when he's drunk" The com.
mission returned to America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
The Story the Week Has Told

2.9SA; August 8, 2s3; August 10.
2.74; August II, 2.70R; August IL,
2.69: August 10, 2.71la. The highest
point reached in the great rally was
3.08A on August 6. l cannot under
take to explain such behavior.
X
Italy.-A new Italo-Spanish treaty
has just been concluded. 1t has not
been published. but presumably the
Fascist journals have been fully in
formed of its content. for they COM
ment on it deliberately. BY their
account it provides for close collabora
ton between Italy and Spain respect
ing the Mediterranean. North Africa
and South America. In due time a
copy of the treaty must be registered
with the league secretariat. However,
one may admire Fascist journalism,
one may be forgiven for suspecting a
trif1e of eXaggeration.
X X
JugOslavia.-An Associated Press
dispatch conveys the pleasing news
that "a wave of prosperity is sweep.
ing through the Kingdom of the Serbs
Croats and Slovenes. Everybody is
becoming prosperous. Alphabetically
industrially and financially, the coun.
try is developing at a phenomenal
rate. Popular bank deposits have in
creased f1vefold within Is months"
The current budget exhibits a hand.
some surplus. The crop promise is
splendid. Remarkable progress is
being made toward political and So
cial unity. The debt to the United
States, of s63S50,o 900, has been fund.
ed satisfactorily to the government
and people and negotiations are afoot
looking to similar funding of the debts
to Great Britain and France.
Belgrade, in 1900 a modest town of
only 10000: now boasts a population
of 225.000 and more than the begin.
nings of metropolitan splendor.
+ X X X
POland.-It is claimed that Poland
has suffered less than Germany from
the commercial struggle between
these two countries, which has
stopped the exchange of Polish coal
for German manufactured goods. 1t
is even claimed that Poland will on
the whole benefit from that war, for,
compelled to seek new markets, she
has found them; and the new markets
may be found more desirable than
the old. At any rate. whereas the
L CllSIl DdidilCc OIL TRADE curing 1879
was unfavorable. the balance for the
first six months of 1926 was favor
able in about the same proportion.
The fact that the zloty has re-
NAMED practically stationary for
some three months tends to bear out
the frequent assertion that Poland Is
Strengthening herself out financially.
X X X X
Syria.-The French authorities at
Damascus in defending themselves
against the insurrectos had been
most solicitious to do the least posi-.
BILE injury to the Ghutah. so-called
that great plain or oasis at the foot
of anti-Lebanon on which Damascus
is situated. The Rivers Barada and
AWaj the Abanah and Pharpar, lucid
streams of Milton) rising in the Anti
Lebanon. spread fan-wise over the
plain and feed one of the most re.
markable systems of irrigation in the
world; so that the Ghutah is almost
fabulously fertile: producing orchar ds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

And the least one can say Is that
there is no installing the sincerity
and intensity of the italian feeling.
To give Germany any colonial terri.
tory now would be to provoke an Ital-
ian explosion. and placating Germany
would not he a profitable investment
if 1t were merely to fire Italy.
Refers to Philippines.
The truth Is. Of course. that no
country Is going to give up colonies
or mandates. One may see how
steadily time runs against our long
advertised purpose to retire from the
Philippines and how unlikely in any
were simply to make way for another
nation. Would we transfer our title
to the Germans. for example? But
on the other hand the German de-
mand for some colonial territories Is
likely to be constant and the disap.
pointment and anger over failure may
easily become an important element
in German international policy.
The German and the Italian aspira-
tons seem likely increasingly to
throw Britain and France together:
for German colonial aspirations can
in reality only be realized at the ex-
penSe or Britain Wnlle all ltallan
hopes really break down in the face
of the French North African estate.
Yet the possibility Of Italian-German
combination is slight. because both
are equally eager to possess anything
which may be available.
However what is important now is
to note the colonial aspirations OF
Germany and Italy. They are daily
becoming more conspicuous circum.
stances in international affairs. they
are hardly likely to diminish in any
present time. since they have no
chance of being realized. They con-
stitute the bases Of new intrigues.
new jealousies. new collisions Of
policy and diplomacy. and 1t is not
impossible that they may eventually
prove seeds of a new conflict. Even
in the restricted field of German do.
mestic politics no one can quite fore
see what will be the effect of the dis
appointment and establishment
which follow the inevits bic discovery
that entrance into the league will
not bring the restoration Of any part
Of the German colonial empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
BY CHARLES A. BOSTON
Distinguished Lawyer.

The stories of violent and crafty
crime which fill our daily newspapers
would lead the stranger from Mars to
believe that the chief business of our
civilization Is the cultivation of crimi-
nality. The moving pictures would
suggest the same thought to him.
The atmosphere thus created has it's
highest development in those daily
pictorials. If these do not create
popular heroes out of prominent and
atrocious offenders. they certainly
create the impression that the crimi-
nal is the normal man. and that the
man who dwells in peace and good
will is exceptional and not a part of
our ordinary life.
Why should not this have deep
psychological effect? The enormous
output of tales and pictures of crime
obScures the particular crime and Gre
ates merely q. criminal atmosphere,
which we feel surrounds us. This.
however. affords a. qualification and
stimulation of a human instinct and
appetite which appears to be peren-
NAL. That same instinct demanded
and furnished market for such sto-
rles a century and more ago.
Crime Century Ago.
| have In my library "a new pocket
dictionary of the lives of upward of
100 criminal characters. recording the
adventures OF the most notorious mod.
ern public offenders against the laws
of England" with several portraits.
This volume was published in 1911.
but there Is a marked difference be.
tween the offenses which 1t covers and
many of the present day, and there is
also most noticeable difference in
the tone of treatment.
Today the offender becomes a hero
as soon as he certainly passes into
the hands Of the law. The penolo-
gist begins his reform and the psy-
chiatrist begins his mental treatment.
to present him to society at later
date with a notable lack Of success.
Not so a century or more ago. The
criminal was left some spiritual ad-
wiser and later to his God. while his
capital punishment was food for a
curious crowd with few amusements.
A typical extract from many de-
scriptions Is calculated to awe the
greedy devourer Of the pocket die.
tionary. On Monday morning at a
very early hour every avenue lead.
ing to the Old Bailey was crowded by
persons all eager and anxious to wit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
CRIMINAL FOUND
MAIN CAUSE OF LAWLESSNESS
Modern Attitude Toward Him Creates Atmosphere
OF False Heroics, Says Lawyer--Comparcs Situa,
ton Now With 100 Years Ago.

ness the last moments of this I'm
happy man. The WretChed delinuucnt
came out of Newgate: his demeaunr
was perfectly calm and he appeared
most completely resigned to his fate
he seemed to attend with much car
nestness and fervor to the admoni
tons OF the clergyman. He was a
murderer.
No MoraIizing Today.
Ihere Is a substantial contrast be
tween that permanent record with it's
sanctlmOn1OuS air of condemnation
always picturing the consolations al
reiGlon. the plight of the wretch. tho
curiosity of the multitude and the
flnal, inevitable compensatory salts
iactlon upon the galIowS. with the
present daily output of news. without
any SanCtimOniOuSneSS, or any moral
izing, or any indication of retrib1tinr
or deserts
10 that audience the account was
mysterious, awesome and in n degree
suggestive of an avenginC fate. col
lectlng debt to society and ,iyinf.
warning to the impreSsionable
while now the raw material is shovel
ed out without ahy intimation de-
signed to discourage or dssurAe
others.
Nnie tne large majority of tfis.o
Offenders in the pocket dictionary
were persons who committed crimes
or emotion and impulse through via
fence, there was a fair assortment Of
crimes of design. including forr:err
sWindling. robbery, burglary and tho
like. But IT is notable that the gar
sterS among them operated on Black
ieath and I1ounSlow Heath. and NOT
as now. in the most prominent thor.
oughfares of cities. patrolled by thou
sands of armed policemen.
Sees Criminal GIorificd.
In England. in the period covered
py my pocket dictionary, the domj
nant punishment was upon the gal
lows. We. however, maintain i'm orr
prisons schools of crime. where our
enemies of society appear to be ed,I
Gated TO greater achievements.
While 1 am incompetent. perhaps
and certainly have not the opnortu'
nifty to give more profound study to
the period which have curs0rilv
mentioned. I think it offers a fruitful
held Tor further investigation. a,
result 1t may be that we should YER,
radically remodel our handling of the
problem of crime
Copyright. 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
Bones of Florida Camel Are Studied
By Capital Man to Establish Its Name

A camel that lived in Florida a mil.
lion years ago. more or less, and that
is different from any other branch of
the camel tribe. is at last about to be
christened. This nameless orphan
was discovered at Melbourne, Fla,
recently by DIR. ]. w. Gidley, curator
of vertebrate paleontology of the Ma
tional Museum.
DR.. Gidley is now engaged in study
ing the teeth and leg bones Of the
ancient beast. with a view to describ-
ing and naming 1t.
The bones indicate that the Florida
camel had long slender legs and
should have been a fast runner, he
concludes. It was a little smaller
than the Old World camels and a lit
tie larger than the guanacos Of South
America. Presence of this desert ami
NAL in Florida is taken by DIR. Gidley
as an indication that Florida may
have been more dry and desertlike,
in patches at least. than today, hut
there IS a chance, he adds. that this
may not have been the case, as some
times one genus of an animal family
adapts itself to conditions entirely diff
ferent from those to which the family
Is accustomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
BY DREW PEARSON.

" AKING the f1ngerprint records
of every immigrant entering
the United States, and even
Il tually of every citizen of the
United States, is advocated by
j. w. Taylor, fingerprint expert of
the United States Navy, who has the
f1ngerprint records of 1900, 900 naval
men in his files. and who has just
completed the most difficult task of
Identifying the victims of the Lake
Denmark explosion and the sinking of
the submarine S-5l.
1T will be impossible for this coun-
try to enforce its immigration laws"
Mr.. Taylor stated in explaining his
theory. until we use flngerprinting.
Passports are not an adequate pro-
lection. They can be altered or dupli-
Gated. But f1ngerprints are infallible.
No two men Of the several billions so
far born into this world have ever
had the same tingerprints-not even
twins who are identical in every other
way. Fingerprinting would be espe-
cially valuable in putting stop to
the flood of Chinese who are being
struggled in across the Mexican bor-
der from Cuba and from Oriental
steamers when they dock. To the
American eye, all Orientals look alike
and passport pictures are deceiviNg.'
Public Education Necessary.
Most people, Mr.. Taylor believes, are
afraid of having their f1ngerprints re-
corded, because of the popular belief
that it brands them as criminal. On
the contrary. every citizen of Argen-
tina is fingerprinted. chiefly as a mat
ter Of protection to himself. It's great
est value, Mr.. Taylor states. is in To-
| on nj nd n o
from aphasia. Forty thousand un-
known dead are buried in the United
States every year who might be iden-
titled were f1ngerprinting made uni
versal.
The Navy has required every re-
cruit to be f1ngerprinted since 1907.
and this system has proved invalu-
able for identification during time Of
war. in detecting crimes within the
Navy and in keeping up the morale
of the enlisted ranks. Frequently, Mr..
Taylor explained. fugitives from the
law enlist in the Navy. However. the
police of the country are in constant
touch with the Identification section,
and when such man enlists. he is
identified by his fngerprints and
turned over to the police.
AT present Mr. Taylor is perfect
ing a new system of identification by
the teeth. which he used successfully
on the victims at Lake Denmark and
in the Ssh. BY this system 1t will be
simple matter to settle the recent
controversy as to whether or not the
body found in Norway is that of Lord
Kitchener. Mr.. Taylor is presuppos-
ing, of course. that the British gov
eminent has the record of the famous
war lords teeth. If so. it would re-
quire about five minutes to determine
once and for all, without the slightest
danger of error. whether the body is
that of Kitchener.
Certain missing teeth certain GOLD