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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Status Frank L.
Smith Again Problem

CHICAGO, Nov. 25-PJ-The sena-
torial status OF Frank L. Smith. Of
Illinois, once refused a seat in the
upper house, must be considered
again when congress meets in De-
cembcr.
For more than a year controversy
has ragged around the question Of
his admission TO the senate, in the
wake Of allegations Of heavy expen-
ditures in his behalf in the pri-
mary campaign Of 1926, when he
wrested the republican senatorial
nomination from William II. Nc
kinley. incumbent.
A senate committee developed
evidence, after the primary that
Smiths campaign fund contained
some $250.000. or this amount. II
was testified. public utilities execu-
tivcs contributed the bulk. Sam
uel lnsill, Of Chicago, gave $i25.-
600 directly. Smith was, nj the
time Of his nomination. chairman
OF the Illinois commission which
regulates public utilities.
Despite the evidence adduced.
Smith was elected to the senate IN
the autumn balloting and when Nc
kinley died 0 o after. Governor
Small appointed Smith 20 serve the
rest Of McKinley's term, which ex-
pired last March. The senate re-
fused 70 seat Smith, denying him the
oath Of office in January. 1927.
Smith. acutely III with an aural az
lection during the two-day rebate.
declined 70 carry the fight beyond
the senate floor returning home 70
rest.
Meanwhile the term began last
March TO which Smith was regularly
elected. He has been assigned to
quarters in the senate office build
ing. he draws his pay and enjoys
other privileges Of a United States
senator. but he Is still without re-
cognition by the senate itself.
Commencement Of the new ses-
sion Of congress raises again the
question Of his admission, and Of the
manner the action against him should
take-whether his case is one 70 be
disnosed ~ after he has taken the
oath OF whether he may properly be
denied the oath Of office.
During the summer Smith has re-
NAMED quietly at his home 81 Dwi-
chit, Ills. south OF Chicago. where he
Is a banker and has large realty
interests
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

WASHINGTON, d. C.. Nov. g.
With reports Of tagging trade and in
dustry, October has contributed to
the impression that business in 1897
will not equal that Of i926. says
Frank Greene in his monthly review
OF general business conditions in the
current number Or Nations Business
Magazine.
In distributive trade" he writes,
~the falling off has been charged to
continued warm weather throughout
October. Yet this same warm dry
weather has had a very beneficial eff
feet upon crop yields. The disap-
pointment visible in several heavy
industries II the result Of a too opti-
mistic keying up Of early anticipa-
tions. or a lack OF realization that
business through the summer was not
all that was hoped for, or even
claimed.
"The really encouraging feature Of
the early autumn's events was the
marvellous rally Of the corn crop from
it's poor condition in midsummer.
corr being the major animal food Of
the country, the Importance OF a good
v cannot be over emphasized. 9th
er food crops. such as potatoes, have
also done better than was expected.
The cotton crop. il is comforting 20
know. is not likely to prove made
quate.
while prices paid the producers
have been affected by the better out
look, the strength OF live animal
prices has been helpful. The advance
II date or the index on farm products
has been such rs 70 restore nc least a
part Of the ground lost in 1926.
"The agricultural interest. taken as
a whole, occupies a relatively better
position than ordinary trade OF in
dustry. Reports emerging from the
agricultural areas are relatively bet
ter than those from the industrial
areas or the larger markets. Per-
haps il Is just as we'll that this Is 20,
because Of the apparent disposition
or late years TO relegate agricultural
buying 20 n comparatively %insigniti-
cant place in the scheme OF things.
Another encouraging feature IN
November vas the slight movement.
~Of the lighter industries. cleo
trical apparatus, radio. leather and
leather goods, and rayon have been
quite active. Another group more
active than a year AFRO includes cot
ton and wooden goods and oil-refin-
ing, notably gasoline manufacture.
The last named had n record output
and consumption in the late two
months or warm weather Uncertain
movements Of raw cotton, with prices
down below twenty cents for a while.
had q deterrent effect upon cotton
goods sales. The price, however, raj
lied sharply.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
EXPERT TALKS
CAR PAINTING
Car Can Be Kept Look
ing Fresh All Year
Paint Man SAYS

With the new type Of permanent
pyroxylin finish q car can be kept
brilliant and with as good a looking
surface as II 1t had been fresh from
the factory, according 70 II. Ledyard
1oWlei director DucD color advisory
service That il the thing 70 con-
slider IN the ref~inishing Of family
cars whether sedan, coach, broug-
man,, or coupe. They are the auto
mobiles that are used continually all
through the week by several mem
bers Of the household and there is
seldom time or inclination 20 spend
much energy grooming them. So il
Is important to choose coiors that
will look well under varied weather
conditions all the year round ever If
the car IL kept in commission
throughout the busy week. The mas
ter Of the house Is theoretically
chatting at the bit all the week for
a chance 70 spend his Saturday az
erncon grooming his car. But I
have not had the privilege Of know
Ing many such men personally.
There are man. delightful colors
that have a sort Of dustproof quality.
Such grays as rendezvous ard mai
aon, which are in the nature Of
French grays with a hint of violet,
prove very effective even when coat
ed with a little film Of dust. Baronial
mEroon trimmed with gold is q color
scheme that retains its richness even
Under h So-cGlled traffic film. Thea
blues like Mindinao and boatswain
blue have hidden richness Of o M
that seems 20 be able 70 fight their
way through layers Of dust and mud.
Warm rich browns trimmed with
black and gold usually need little at
tentl0n. After all, these arc the good
old earth c%olors. particularly such
browns as Kensington and cottage.
In fact, II you choose your base
color with something approaching
discretion il can be rather subdued
than otherwise because you can
brighten the general effect and give
your a all the individuality you de-
sire BY .he judicious use Of more
vivid hues on wheels or low on the
chassis or around the windows. But
there is something 70 be remembered
about the use OF two or more colors
on n car. You can do a lot Of
good or q lot Of harm TO your car,
depending on how you use them.
Color can make your car longer. or
tHNIAtE4 tGiiEi OF luNffs Inc bHAHh
is to know how TO use il.
Perhaps you want your car 70
look longer than IL does. IN that
care use the dark color on the upper
Tart Ct the car ard on the tenders,
rnd sandwich the light colors In be-
tween. Dark coiors have the effect
Of COMPRISING light %coiors. and so
the wide band Of light tone on your
car will make il look appreciably
longer. Think carefully and perhaps
experiment a little before making
yoar final decision. Light wheels
seem 70 raise the car higher from
TIE ground. Unless you have n long
wheel base avoid this mistake.
BE sure 10 accentuate, by the use
nf color, the horizontal lines on your
ear and be quite IS sure TO avoid &C
~-entuating any 90 the vertical ones.
n you have muck up-and-down color
Z will either cut your car up into
scvera pieces or else make il look
s0uattv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
DEMONSTRATE
Hill CLIMBING
Franklin Airrnar Lives
Up TO Sloganed
Ability

In order W show the extend "
which hill climbing ability contrib
utrs 10 the performances Slogan at-
tached 60 the new Airman Series.
sthe fastest car in a days run
Franklin dealers have been prcmnt
10 stage demonstrations I'M different
parts Of the country, with most I'M
pressive results, factory officials wv.
For. They attribute the records rr-
tabl.sacd 70 the new motor With
"a pr cen greater power and t0 thp
ability OF air-cooling 10 withstand ina
severe service which long pulls im-
pose.
Hills that have been trarrrsed i'm
high gear successfully include wv
MrConncllshurE grade ON the La
coin Highway over the Tuscarora
Mountains of Pennsylvania, Lords
Hill. Syracuse, M. MI, Country Qua
Hill i'm Binghamton. North Avenue
III the Mt. Washington section w
Baltimore. the Federal street extcr-
sion i'm Pittsburgh. Orkney Hill i'm
Pnrkersburg. w. va. Derry Hill in
Harrisburg. Pa., Lookout Mountain wv
Colorado. the Ridge route near
Bakersfield. Calf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Filler Counts Mile in
Hundred Thousands

BERLIN Pl-Max Kahlow. one OF
the oldest and most experienced
pilots OF the German Lufthansa. was
feted by his colleagues on the occa-
sion Of completing his 300 .00oth mile
in the air.
Kahlow started his career in 1918
as an army flyer. After the war he
turned 70 commercial aviation. His
regular passenger flights TO London
marked a milestone IN the develop
ment az international traffic.
Speed Of passenger planes has in
creased enormously OF late. A flying
record was established by the reg
ular service airplane on the Cologne
Halle-Leipxig route. representing n
distance Of $50 miles. which were
covered in 100 minutes. an express
train requiring over seven hours for
the same stretch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

Here are two brothers whose en-
tire business Is given over 70 III
goddess Spsed-Norrnan Batten and
Lieutenant +. G.. Batten. The only
difference between the Wv ~ that
one chascs the mythical wing-f0Dtcd
lady on land. while he other pursaes
her III the air.
Norman Batten fri@htl will be re-
membered as the race driver whose
spectacular escape from death last
Memorial Dag thrilled the crowd of
more than 100000 spectators AZ the
Indianapolis Speedway. Batten's ear.
a Miller Special. caught fire during
the race ard he drove il standing
erect and guiding X first with one
hand, and then with the other. and
finally with his feet until he had
steered IL cut or the path or the
other racers and into the speedway
pits He was taken to the hospital
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

badly burned about the arms and
legs Officials Or the race rewarded
him FOR his bravery III sticking 70 the
burning err until Nc had driven IL
out OF danger tO the other contest
ants.
To the left is Lieutenant =. &. Bat
ten who recently won the pursuit
plane event In the National Air Races
held "a Spokane. M~Rshington. he has
also served = a. air mail pilot.
In the center Of the group Nv Mrs.
Norman Battcn, while in the back
ground stands Norman Batten's
S~tudcbaker Commander Scdan-the
only car. as he says. which can COM
are fayorahly III speed with his rae
~ ears. Lieutenant Bstten has alsO
driven Studebaker cars for several
years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Minnesotans Band for
War Referendum

DULUTH. MINI. Rl-Twenty-nine
residents Of Duluth and Superior
have incorporated an organization
for the purpose Of urging adoption
Of two amendments to the United
States constitution that would put
N declaration Of wal o a vote Of the
peoplc.
give The People Their Own War
Powers. Inc Is the full name Of
the corportion. Thomas Hall Shastid
81 Superior Ia president. The amend
ments. drawn by Ms. Shastid. call
fer q referendum on the question of
participation by the United States in
nnv extra-territoriai wars and for q
referendum On all foreign gifts and
loans which the United States may
propose 20 make.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Kiss Proof Lip-Sticks
Sell Like Hot Cakes

LONDON CP1-Lip sticks with col
orings which are guaranteed "a stick
went like hot cakes at an exhibition
Of mcmbers' work Of the Soroptimist
Club. in South Kensington.
"Kiss proof" II is called.
The claim il made for the new
sticks that neither hot tea. coffee
nor anything Of the kind affects the
coloring. Once the "kiss proof" color
ing has been daubed onto the lins
for which Il was conceived. the only
way II may be removed is rs n spec-
inl application Of liquid which goes
with each stick.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
More Girls Studying
Art Of - usekeeping

LINCOLN. Neb. CPl-Home eco
Monies students AZ the college OF
agriculture Of the University OF
Nebraska increased 10 per rent in
number this year. bringing the total
enrolment to 275 girls.
A new phase Of work Is being tried
out in the food study classes. i'm
which each girl Is required to pre-.
pare and execute n food demonstra-
tion before an audience Of class
mates Officials observe the increase
as indicationve or u rising demand
for nome economics trained women
in the commercial world.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
BEING A MOTHER To 125 GIRLS IS
HER JOB, BUT She IS VERY HAPPY

composed of four seniors and three
juniors. Fines, such as restriction
to campus over the week end or
of a week without seeing the boy
friend are generally imposed.
This council has considered only
This council has considered only
one case this year, Mrs. Waite
council, but generally lets the
students handle the case them
selves, as she has found them quite
capable and just.
Mrs. Waite has found great
happiness in her work at Tempe.
She enjoys the intimate association
with the splendid girls who live
under her care while they attend
this purposeful school. And she is
proud of her girls. Not a theft
has been reported at the school
this year, she said. So far as she
knows there is not girl on the
campus who smokes habitually.
She admitted that "any girl with
spunk is apt at some time or other
to try cigarette just to see what
it tastes like"
eve have few girls here who do
not seriously intend to take up
teaching as a career" Mrs. Waite
said, when it was pointed out to
her that it is known fact that
many girls at most universities
n1y lo7a1 Of 11.i1, l.
"Our girls are better behaved
than most of the students at
boarding schools on the coast" Mrs.
Waite continued. ''The girls who
come to Tempe have planned to
become teachers, and they realize
they must study and take care of
themselves if they are to succeed
in school and later become respect
ed instructors of the youth of the
state.
81 think too much supervision is
a mistake. Girls here are pretty
much on their honor. Often I ap-
parently take no notice of infrac-
tions of minor rules. l want the
girls to consider me a friend, not
supervisor"
Ten years Of splendid service in
company with her girls have proved
Mrs. Waite's theories to be cor
rect and endeared her to thous-
ands of young women who always
will remember and love their lit
tie gray-haired house mother at
Tempe and East Hall.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
STUDY SOUTHERN
CREDIT SITUATION

A study among the Southern
farmers to determine the amounts
and kinds of credit available for
cotton and other crops has been
started by the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics. David L. Wick
ems and Arthur N. Moore, recent
appointees, have left Washington
to establish the groundwork for the
study in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma.
The survey will be extended later
to other Southern States.
A QUESTIONABLE has been sent to
100000 Southern farmers, requesting
a confidential accounting of the
1926 financial and credit program.
Approximately $500 schedules, al
ready returned, are being tabulated.
The objectives of the suady, as
enumerated by the bureau officials,
are to determine the credit require
ments for sound and practicable
production programs in the cotton
belt; the ability of existing credit
agencies to finance such programs
where reasonable security for the
needed credit is available; and the
extent to which farmers in position
to offer reasonably ample security
for the credit necessary to enable
them to adjust their farming opera
tions to more profitable basis.
For localities where the credit
supply fails to meet the legitimate
credit needs of farmers on fair and
suitable terms, determination will
be made as to how existing credit
agencies can be assisted or supple
mented; also, a determination as to
how or to what extent, by individ-
ual or concerted action, the secur-
ity or general credit capacity of
the farmers may be best utilized or
Intensive studies of the
credit requirements of Individual
farmers are to be made in selected
areas considered typical of larger
districts, every farmer, so far as
possible, being interviewed and his
information obtained recorded. All
banks, credit corporations, store
keepers, cotton merchants, fertilizer
and implement dealers in these areas
will be interviewed to check and
the data obtained from
the farmers.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
MISCHIEVOUS BEAR
RUINS COIL OF WIRE

In laying out telephone lines in
our National forests, aside from the
difficulties involved in transport
ing materials by pack mules into the
mountains, some amusing incidents
often occur. For example, when
the telephone lines were placed in
the Shenandoah National Forest, the
largest forest in the southern APP
palachian mountain, lyin& in the
Sizes Of Virginia and West Vir-
gb'ia, the workmen on leaving the
lob one night, left a coil of wire
tied loosely Oh TIA grou while
they went to camn nearby. During
the night bear, evidently in
playful mood, got mixed UP in the
coil of nl1e and. when tie m> n
returned ~ the joh next morning,
they found the wire scattered all
over the loountain and SO badly
kinked and damaged that it was
unfit for use.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
OWNS FORTUNE, BUT is
STARVING IN DINCY HOTEL

CHICAGO-Her fortune is esti-
mated at $5,OOO,OO0 or more, yet
Mrs. Ada Sawyer Garrett, 70, is
critically i'll from starvation, self
imposed. Found by her friends re
Gently suffering from pernicious
anaemia, in a dingy room in a
dingy Loop hotel, she was removed
to a hospital Chicago's "Hetty
Green" has had passion for self
denial, her friends said. 1t is an
unexplained trait, for in another
decade she was belle, the toast of
Chicago's North Side, with re-
markable acumen for business.
For many years Mrs. Garrett, a
granddaughter of Justin Butter
field, who at one time was a politi-
cal rival of Abraham Lincoln, has
lived as recluse. She derived no
enjoyment whatever from her mil
lions. She moved, years ago, from
the family mansion to Loop hotel,
then to another hotel, then to an
other-the dingy one in which she
was found. She paid for her room
daily, handing the clerk two care
fully boarded greenbacks, and she
never gave tip. When her friends
discovered her Mrs. Garrett wore
the sleaziest of garments. Her
shoulders were covered by tat
tered shawl and her toes showed
through her torn shoes.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
COLLEGE
YEAR CELEBRATED
At TEMPE SCHOOL
CONTINUED from Page y

Continued from Page
Genevieve Darcy directed the
singing of the College songs, and
after the closing address, the sud-
ents went to the athletic field to
enjoy keenly contested speedball
game between girl teams.
A program of speeches was given
in the auditorium during the af-
ternoon, several prominent speak
ers being present to congratulate
the students on completion of the
first year of their school as a
recognized institution of college
rank and to point the way to fu-
ture success.
DR.. A. ]. Mathews, president of
Tempe State Teachers College,
made short talk in the afternoon
on the campus at the time he
crowned Miss Jean Smith Campus
Queen for the present college year.
Miss Smith has recently been ill,
but many compliments were heard
regarding her beauty and the real
queenly manner in which she re-
ceived the honors of the student
body.
Presentation of GAS You Like It."
which originally was planned to
take place on the campus before
sen1i-circle of grandstand seats,
had to be moved to the auditorium.
A packed house greeted the
players when the curtain went up
for the first scene. Much credit
is due Miss Marian Messer and
her assistants for their successful
work in directing the play. The
only weakness in the play that
could easily have been avoided
was that by casting girls in parts
written for men. This destroyed the
realism of the lines and acting to
a marked degree.
John Berry was one of the most
realistic characters on the stage
in the role of Duke Senior.
All the actors and actresses
knew their lines well and all had
a very good stage presence.
The dance, originally planned to
be held on the tents courts, was the
closing event of the days celebration
and one of the most popular. The
gymnasium was crowded with hap
py students celebrating the close
of their first college anniversary pro-
gram.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12

Playing the role of mother to
more than one hundred girl students
at Tempe State Teachers College,
listening to their troubles, real and
fancied, advising them in their
love affairs, being their pal and
companion, is the interesting and
very busy job that has kept Mrs.
Mary M. Waite, head of the largest
dormitory at Tempe for the past
ten years.
Mrs. Waite is house mother at
East Hall, the largest girls dormi-
tory on the campus at Tempe
State Teachers College. Mrs. Lena
Davis is in charge of North Hall.
Miss Elizabeth Bittman is house
mother at South Hall, and Mrs.
Eva Hurst is in charge of Mat
hews Hall. Mrs. Waite is nominal
head of the house mothers and pre-
sides at their meeting to discuss
problems affecting dormitory man
agement.
The work done by Mrs. Waite at
East Hall is duplicated by the
other house mothers at the smaller
dormitories. All these splendid
women strive to be real mothers to
the girls under their care.
House mother is the fitting and
affectionate name the girl students
in East Hall apply to Mrs. Waite,
for she does her very best to sup
ply the counsel, the understanding
and older companionship most
young girls need and crave when
away from home for the first time,
which is the case of many of the
girls at Tempe.
If girl quarrels with her
sweetheart, it is the little house
mother who puts her arms about
her while the story is sobbed out
and her advice asked as to what is
best to do, and will he come back.
If there is trouble or bereavement
at home, it is the little house mo-
ther who comforts and consoles,
who points out that we are some
times beset by troubles and disap-
pointments that we may become
stronger by overcoming them.
Every hour of every busy day
Mrs. Waite is exchanging greet
ings, counseling and directing. Gen
orally she directs her charges with
out apparently attempting to do
so. The girls look upon her as a
real mother, not as the head of a
large dormitory at the institution
j
friend.
To her every hour of the day come
slim, clear-eyed girls from all parts
of Arizona, from Cuba, Mexico,
Iowa, Illinois, California, New
Mexico and nearly a dozen other
states for advice, for the sweet,
motherly smile this little gray
haired house mother with the kindly
understanding brown \ eyes can
give.
Spending an hour with Mrs.
Waite, seated in one Of the com
Portable wicker chairs in her home
like reception room, is like visit
ing at home where 125 girls
come in for a CHEEKY greeting from
their mother-perhaps to ask po-
lite question, to play on the piano
or to read in the quiet GOODNESS
of the main reception room.
About 125 girls live in East
Hall, where Mrs. Waite has her
office and living quarters. The
majority of the other girl students
live in other dormitories about
the campus.
Infractions- of house rules are
passed on by a council of girls