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El fronterizo., 1927-08-27
SECCION EDITORIAL
vIENDO LAS COSAS COMO SON

Debido a los concentrates hechos por Gel Fronterzo" n ell 1nero pasado
y references a la actud parcial asumida por Ell Presidente de la Junta Patmo-
ta haca n de las candidates a Rena de las Fiestas muchas fueron las per-
sonas que tomando nj estras censuras pr un lado muy opuesto al que en- reaH-
dad las habfa motivado, tldaron a nueTra publication de personalsta.
En- ell programa qe nos hemos trazado, n eta ell de n a atacar perso-
naidades vaiendonos de asuntas de interes general, com es ell que motive
nuestras lneas anterores Y e que, como 10 dimos en- eas mismas lneas, debe
SER motive de union, dee ser motive de acercamiento effective entire los MEM
bros de nueTra Colona.
Nosdros somos los pnmeros en lamentar ell que Sc suscten inddentes de
cuaper nauraeza, en esos casos, mas ESQ., n o quiered ecr, que tales Incl
denies n o tengan necesariamente que presentarse va que para clio exsten
motives poderOsos.
Gel FRONTERIz0,n noha tornado en- cuenta la peronaidad, ha tornado
en- cuenta los actos Y a~eDos hMo alusion AIN mas, senao ell peigro exs-
tente de que las demas candidates puderan renunciar y va 10 hemos viAo, 10
que los temiamos, sucedio
Made ignora qe ell producto de la campana de las Reinas, es ua de las
meDres fuentes de ingresos que tene la Junta, entonces, por u no cudarla?
Porque no dane la atencion qe Sc merece? Ell senalar IN peigro, ell preveer
las cosas, nj es I'm deito por certo, anhsb ien evta que los males Heguens IN
tonces porque 10 fuGon tomadas en cuenta las indicadones hechas?
Ell probema ahora es mas difcl Practcamente, nc queda mas Jul una
candidate va III las otras dos hasta ahora, al menos que sepamos, n han
aceptado segur fl rando en- la election. Laudable por todos conceptos sema
tanto para la Junta, como para las mismas senortas que han renuncado, ell
u volvieran a fgurar en la campana, pero en- caso de obtener una respueta
negativa, podrfa la ota candidate prodr cir tanto ono las tres juntas?
Ojaa asf fuera; Sc pondra de manifesto entonces la supernridad, Sc pom
da de manifesto ell grande mo n o para los trunfos Y los honores, smo ell
amo haca 10 mexicano Y haca los heroes cuyos brlhntes hecho Sc tra de
comemorar.
Y pc. clio y para clio, hay que trabajar.
Y va que ell incidente anterior puede consideame com terminate, con-
prejuicios que p dieran exisHr, dediquemonos a tabajar con ell solo proposto
de obtener ma celebration dgna. Hay que TRAFALGAR con entusiasmo y sobre
TODD cor pronttud pr que la fecha de las festas va esta ami y hay que
recuperar 10 perdido.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
BUSINESS SEEN
/. ON EVEN KEEL
BY RICHARD HATTON

"The ground work on which
American business is being stabil.
lied may be summed up in this;
that the United States has now
reached fair degree OF economic
maturity says Robert M. McIsaac
of the National Bank Of Commerce
in New York. writing in the July
issue Of Commerce Monthly.
THE United States has recently
completed a half decade that is
remarkable for the even, steady
smoothness with which it's business
has moved along. There has been
neither boom nor real depression.
Some of these years have been
highly prosperous and other
obviously not so favorable, but the
Outstanding feature of the period
has been the absence Of pronounced
swings in general business activity.
THE groundwork on which this
new situation rests may be summed
up in this: That the United States
has now reached a fair degree of
economic maturity. Its periods of
sweeping advance and overwhelming
flows of capital and energy into
first one and then another field
have passed. Our natural resources
are now being utilized extensively:
our manufactures, commerce and
transportation have all been highly
developed and effectively coordi.
mated. Organization of banking has
been perfected to supply the vary
ing financial requirements of bust.
ness, adequately and without strain.
Markets have been extended, and
the essential groundwork of facts
which must be known to guide bust
ness operations intelligently has
been greatly broadened. All of
/ these things supply a foundation
Tor a sustained level Of economic
activity.
Finance and flowers, the practical
and the artistic, The Federal.
American National Bank has proven
for several years that there can be
a close and helpful sympathy be.
tween the two. Once more interest
is being aroused in the annual
Flower Show sponsored by the Fed.
eral-American which was marked
by such a wonderful exhibition in
the lobby of the bank last year. It
was stated today that already over
10000 packages of seeds had been
distributed by the bank to prospec-
tive exhibitors. These include Kin.
mia. marigold, aster and iarkspur
seeds and the result of the horti-
culturists efforts will be seen in the
flower show to be held at the bank
August 29 and 80, both day and
evening. This interesting exhibit
will. as last year, be open to the
public.
While the bank has distributed
only zinnia, marigold, aster and
larkspur seeds, officials of the insti-
tuition state that they would like
to see as many other varieties of
flowers entered In the contest as
exhibitors care to bring in and
special prizes will be awarded for
any which receive the Favorable
recommendation of the judges.
While the date for the exhibit is
still some time off, those who con.
template entering flowers in the
show already are busy with their
plants and the prospects are that
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
PRESSURE
NIPS STOCKS
By international New. Service


NEW YORK, June 30.-Bearish
stock traders renewed their aggres-
give selling of the motor and indus
trial stocks at the beginning OF
trading today. Throwing in a
heavy volume of selling orders for
General Motors. they succeeded in
opening up sufficient stop-loss
orders to drive the stock down to
1914. for loss of AS points in the
first half-hour. The decline in other
kigh-priced shares was more moder-
ate. but the trend of the market
as a whole was downward
After a slight relaxation. due to
the influx of out-of-town money, the
call loan market stiffened at the
outset and the rate was marked
up to per cent for renewals. The
weekend is expected to bring about
an easier situation in the money
market as a whole, with re-invest-
ment funds returning in large vol
ume to the securities markets. The
commodity markets were slightly
irregular. with narrow price changes.
Cotton gained a few points and
grain sold down fractonally.
The downward swing of stock
prices in the second hour embraced
practically all of the active industrials
and specialties. The market was
Dominated by the professionals.
American Can declined about III
points; Baldwin lost 4; American Car
and Foundry 2. Selling of Car and
Foundry was due in part to the
linfavorable earnings report for 1926.
when the company had net income
of only $4.15 a share.
Railroad stocks were exceptionally
quiet, with moderate declines in
Rock Island New Haven and New
York Central. while Southern Pacific,
Ontario and Western, and the
Southwestern shares advanced frac-
tionaily. Industrial and business
reports showed the usual seasonal
elnr ca in va Iinla Nras
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
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The Washington times., 1927-06-30
Furnished BY ". B. Hibbs Z

the exhibit this year will eclipse
even the very remarkable showing
made last year.
Vice President John D. Leonard.
of the Washington Savings Bank,
plans to leave Washington Satur-
day to spend two weeks vacation
at his country place, lIillcrest, near
Frederick, Md.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

Edward F. Hall, director of the
Franklin National Bank, who has
been in Florida for month, has
returned tc Washington, and :
ports that. in his belief, tn. worst
phase of the situation in the jouth
has passed.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

The board of directors of the
Franklin National Bank have de-
clared the regular selhi.annual diy1.
dend of S1a per cent payable July
] to stockholders of record June %.
The directors. also. authorized the
transfer of $4,000 from undivided
profits to surplus.
Evening star., 1927-12-04
IN OTHER DAYS.

WE hear much of the cost of living
w nowadays, as against the more
fortunate ones of the eighties and
nineties, but it would have rendered
even our lucky brethren of 80 and 40
years ago envious to read Of the cost
Of living in England several hundred
years previously.
For instance, consider the time of
the Plantagenets. The man with the
equivalent of 25 cents might maintain
his family we'll for the period of a
week. With that amount of money he
could satisfy the butcher, the baker
and the grocer.
Several hundred years ago one
might buy in England the finest of
fat sheep for "a cents, purchase en-
abling him to give feast on a pen.
ny's worth of mutton. A COW was
more expensive, but even at that one
might be had for $3.50. while for
nice fat porker the Englishman of
that period need relinquish only 80
cents.
In the fourteenth century a pair of
chickens could be bought for Q cents.
and cents was a fair price for a good
goose. New-laid eggs fetched about
112 pence in those days, and for 8
cents the brewer was obliged by law
to sell three gallons Of beer, compris-
ing some 4S glasses.
The price Of wheat sometimes fell
to 40 cents "a quarter" but in harder
times 1t would bring $4 and SIS. Never.
theless. at the latter figures a good
many pounds of bread could be got for
one cent.
) Even in Elizabeth's time prices were
very low. a household book Of 1889
Evening star., 1927-12-04

gives these typical prices: Beef, 21s
cents a pound; neck of mutton, II
cents; 2S pounds of veal and a shoul-
der of mutton, Sc cents; cheese, 4
cents pound; wheat, S3.S4 a quarter
ton.
In England's good old days pasture
and arabic land were sold at ridicu-
lous prices-2 cents an acre for the
former and IL cents an acre for the
latter being deemed a fair annual
rental. Draught horses were plentiful
at ~ cents each and oxen brought
about $1.20 each.
Rouse rents were so absurdly small
that 1t is of record that the lord mayor
or London paid only SIS. d year to
his landlord.
When, six centuries ago, a father
sent his son to an English university,
4 cents day was considered a COM
1ortable allowance, with a margin for
such luXuries as wine at or 12 cents
a gallon.
Labor was pretty cheap, however,
and even the salaries paid distin-
guiShed men seem ridiculous to mod
ern notions. Three cents a day was a
fair wage for a laborer and at harvest
time 4 cents day was the highest
sum paid. Twenty-four dollars year
was held to be no mean salary in those
days. That was the sum paid to the
assistant clerk of Parliament and more
than the average priest received.
Evening star., 1927-12-04
JUPITER'S RED SPOT.

natural enough to suppose that 1t
would appear to be green. The sea
has a greenish tint and the major
part of the surface of the land is COW
cred with green vegetation, except
during the Winter seasons, when 1t
might be reasonable to think at least
a part of the planet would appear
white.
The mists that form the fogs and
clouds might change the aspect en-
tirely and cause the world to look very
different from what it would If viewed
through a clearer atmosphere.
Some scientists advance the theory
that the As or more miles OF atn1os-
phere filled with vapors of every kind
would prevent the earth from being
seen at all.
The fact Is. no one knows exactly
how our globe would look TO human
eye in distant space.
Mars has a red tint. The polar re
gions show white and each Of these
| increases and decreases as the season
| is supposed to change on that planet
| The natural conclusion is that the
| vegetation or soil on Mars is red. This
| may be wrong. however, for there
may exist conditions that would change
the real appearance Of that distant
1 world.
Evening star., 1927-12-04
LAssO,kc LIFELINE FROM PLANE

the Army Air Corps turned the assign.
ment over to that service.
Lieut.. Comdr. c. G. Van Paulsen
began experiments In 1920 at Moore.
head City, N. c., which then was used
as an aviation station, but which has
since been abandoned. This officer,
skilled in aeronautics, was confronted
by complex problems which he solved
in mastery style. The question of
placing the life line aboard the air
plane was of course the critical one.
as an efficient way had to be devised
of throwing" this line from shore to
ship without any ENHANCEMENT, snags
or snarls which would complicate sub.
sequent use.
| Comdr Van Paulsen eventually hit
on the successful system now in use.
He found by careful test that he could
| operate an amphibian plane at a speed
of 60 to G5 miles an hour, fly above
the suspended life line attached to the
| long loop between substantial spars
and pick up the safety rope as a
trailer for rapid transportation to the
distressed ship pounding to destruc-
| ton on the rocks or sinking within
sight of shore. 1t took some practice,
however, for the observer to gain suf.
| ficient skill with his remarkable
'lariat" to rope the life line while ION
the wing"
The life line if coiled on an ordinary
reel and fed out by the pull of the air.
plane as it sped to sea would, unques-
| tionably, become tangled and defeat
the purpose for which it was intended.
To obviate this difficulty, special set.
| up was contrived upon which the line
| was coiled so that it would uncoil
| under pressure without snarling.
! Wooden pins were set in a frame
so that the apparatus looked like a
cribbage or chess board in play. The
life line was coiled compactly around
the pins which were then removed,
leaving the light rope in perfect for
nation to uncoil without any mishaps.
In the vernacular of the salt sea, this
method is known as taking a line"
] After Lieut.. Comdr. Van Paulsen
developed the airplane as a Life
Evening star., 1927-12-04

RED spots have long been known
to exist on the great planet Jupi-
tef. one Of which is nearly as large
as our own earth. 1t is a little over
10000 miles long and is oval in shape
and it appears regularly as the planet
turns on its axis. This red spot is
said TO be the beginning of q new
period in the history of Jupiter.
1t is believed that Jupiter is still
liq uid mass, owing to its intense heat,
and that this red spot represents a
collection Of matter that is forming
the first island or continent on that
globe. But it will be many millions
of years yet before that immense plan
ct will be adapted to the natural con-
ditions that will produce either vege.
table or animal life.
The red spot is watched with inter.
est. 1t has been found to have chang.
ed It's location, moving almost the
length Of itself, and another feature of
note Is the even edges of the forma-
tion, which would indicate that it is
being swept by a continual wave.
which, of course, would keep the out
line more regular than it will possibly
be in time to come.
Many have wondered how the earth
would appear 10 q person thousands
Sof miles out in space. 1t would be
Evening star., 1927-12-04

line carrier to a practical stage, he
continued the experiments, with the
idea of aboliShing the use of the
masts which held the suspended life
line in position for pick up by plane.
In a word, this Coast Guard expert
menter sought an alternate system
Under certain conditions it would be
inadvisable to employ that method of
loading" the life line.
A canister Z inches in diameter, 80
inches long and large enough to ac-
commodate 1000 feet Of life line, which
when loaded for service weighs 20
pounds. is the satisfactory fruit of this
additional research. This remarkable
canister has central hole in one end
through which the life line feeds. 1t is
equipped with a special spindle per-
fected by Lieut.. Comdr. Van Paulsen,
from which the life line is 'faked."
The canister is carried in the cockpit
of the rescue plane. After the craft
takes the air the observer lowers the
free end Of the life line, to which
5-pound weight is attached, to land,
where it is picked up and fastened to
a stronger cable by the Coast Guards
men. The airplane then flies to the
ship in distress, the life line being fed
out as the craft proceeds. When it
reaches a point directly above the ves-
sci the line is cut and dropped on the
deck or into the rigging, as described
previously.
This new method permits of using
any type Of airplane in delivering res
cue agencies to shipwrecked vessels
Amphibian planes are employed ex-
clusively where the shore mast system
of handling the life line is used. Air.
craft can be used in this rescue in
practically all kinds Of weather, except
when a deep fog obscures visibility or
when the wind is whipped by minia-
ture hurricane. During ordinary
stormy weather which regularly
| sweeps the Atlantic and Pacific life
lines can be delivered by gasoline air.
| boat to endangered vessels, so that
communication may be established
speedily with shore.
Several years ago an amateur dare
Evening star., 1927-12-04

clusively for the extraordinary task Of
carrying lifelines to ships in danger.
Their fundamental function is patrol
ling coastal waters and neighboring
coves, swamps and other handy hid
ing places for rum.running ships.
Government representatives detect
law evaders from planes speeding
high above the terrain. The hands
of law and justice reach out to grasp
such offenders shortly after their
concealments are spotted" One day
recently, a plane from the Gloucester
Coast Guard Station made patrol
flight of $50 miles in 3A hours dur
ing which it Investigated 81 ships in
Evening star., 1927-12-04

quest Of liquor.laden craft-a typical
scouting flight.
Another practical use which our
efficient Coast Guard makes of am.
phibians and seaplanes is to patrol
for derelicts which menace naviga-
ton. These floating perils to ships
and shipping which change position.
continuously carried by ocean cur
rents and the caprices of sea winds,
must be located and destroyed if life
at sea is to be made safe. The Coast
Guard for many years has searched
for such derelicts as a regular part
of it's daily work. The airplane has
widened the scope. of this patrol and
has provided swift vehicles which
facilitate the policing Of large areas in
short periods.
lust as airplanes are now becom.
ing indispensable as mechanical
rangers and fire lookouts during the
annual forest-fire season, seaplancs
are gaining in importance as hunters
of dangerous derelicts. These water
waited wanderers" run the range of
everything which will float and is
large enough to cause damage to
ships which might collide with it dur.
ing dark stormstead nights. The
scouting airplanes on patrol duty
when they locate such derelicts circle
around the distractions and signal
to the nearest Coast Guard cutter the
position of the mass of wood and
steel so that it may be either sal
vaged or destroyed.
This business of employing aircraft
to aid in the rescue of shipwrecked
mariners and passengers owes its
birth to the Army Air Corps, which
shortly after the World War inaugu-
rated such pioneer experimentation.
About the same time, the French
made several unsuccessful attempts
off the coast of Africa to utilize air.
planes in ship rescue activities. Logi.
cally, the research within the jurisdic.
tlOn OF these United States belonged
to the Coast Guard, so in q short time
Evening star., 1927-12-04

devil who sought to go where. man
had never before ventured, among the
rocky crags of Niagara Falls, was I'M
able to retrace his perilous steps. He
was marooned on a slippery rock. face
to face with death. Every expedient
known to science and practice was
invoked in vain efforts to carry a rope
to the adventurer. He perished be-
cause ambitious reScuers were unable
to reach him. That was before the
dawn of the airplane's use as a res
cue agency. This mans life, as well
as those of many others who have
perished under somewhat similar cir
cumstances. might have been saved
had the Van Paulsen system then
been in use.
During the last half century the
Lyle gun has been used by the Coast
Guard in Shooting" the life line to
ships in distress outside the surf or
on rocky reefs within easy reach of
the shore. This cannon was. origi-
mated by an Army officer, Lieut.. Dale
r. Lyle. 1t shoots a projectile weigh
ing Is pounds, which is fastened to
the life line. The hurtling weight
speeding through the air carries the
safety line TO the storm-riddled vessel
If the distance is not too great.
The record shot OF the life line dur
ing the use Of the Lyle gun has been
for distance of 695 yards. Vessels
in distress which are farther removed
from land have previously been out
side the rescue range during weather
too stormy for lifeboats TO brave the
foaming fury Of an aroused sea.
Workmanship with the Lyle gun
at best Is relatively inaccurate. A
point in case was recent test made
by the Coast Guard. More than 25
life lines were shot from small can.
non at a rock-surrounded wreck be-
fore one fell so that 1t could have
been picked up by the jeopardized
crew. To throw" the life line to it's
desired destination in one shot is a
rare occurrence.
The airplane plan of rescue not only
extends the distance, but also in.
creases the speed Of sending the life
Evening star., 1927-12-04

line to the menaced ship. AS Con.
gress appropriates additional funds
for the development of maritime res
cues by airplane, other important sta
tions in the Coast Guard chain, which
patrol the 10,O00.mile coastline of this
Evening star., 1927-12-04

Miss Lillian Dawson, aged Is. of
England. claims to be the worlds
youngest air pilot, she having taken
her first flight when only 4, and
started independent flying year ago.
Evening star., 1927-12-04
BY GEORGE III. DACY.

N 1OTHING new under the sun?
M How about the United States
" Coast Guard men, who play
a cowboy from "on high" lasso
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
IS BILLS AFFECTING AUTOMOBILES
NOW PENDING IN NEW JERSEY
Taxation on Gasoline and Compulsory Insurance Are Among
Leading Measures Considered by Legislators-Study
of Traffic Conditions Under Way

Although Commissioner William
L. Dill, of the Department of
Motor Vehicles, believes that New
Jersey approaches as close 10 per-
fection as any state in the union
in the way of effective automobile
legislation the present session of
the Legis ature has under con
sideration foFty-five measures
dealing in ONE way with the
operation of automobiles.
For tho most part these meas
ures are y ilaout great Importance.
but there are a number of the
pending / 5 which. in the event
of their adoption, would have a
fairly general effect upon the use
of automobiles One of the bills
to which the Department of Motor
Vehicles was opposed was de
cisively beaten during the last
week. The bill. which was intro
duced by Assemblyman knight. of
Camden. would have permitted
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11

$4,000 from the sale Of muskrats
caught on MS owl marshes. These
water rodents have enjoyed great
popularity in recent years as ma
terial for women's fur coats, both
in their natural eolors and also
dyed and clipped short. in which
form they are known as Hudson
seal and stand well up or the price
list, The Bfidgeton trapper ayerag-
ed slightly over 50 per rat. and he
must.feel well paid for his arnags
cry in tending traps in all wealth
ers. Possessors o. farm land which