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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Whale Ready For
Atlantic Flight

SOUTHAMPTON. Eng. July 25.--
CP'-Thc readjusted wireless appa-
ratus IN Captain r. T. Courtney's
flying boat whale" in which the
British aviator plans ~ fly "a New
York. got it. first real test today
when he took the plane Up from
Calshot
Captain Courtney sounded the
various calls and succeeded in com
mGnicating easily with the -Nit0n
Isle of Wight wireless station and
CalShot.
Ii i statcd that there il nothing
now remaining ~ delay the flight
~ soon as the weather reports arc
favorable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
CLUBMAN and
GUESTS ADMIT
LIQUOR PARTY
Body of Music Teach
er Found in Seattle
Harbor; Was Guest
Of Boat Owner

SEATTLE. Wash. July 25.-fPl
Four persons. including r. CrciEh
Nelson. wealthy Seattle clubman.
wers held in the county Jail today
without bail rs police and county
authorities sought 10 clear up the
ms .ery surrounding the death or
Miss Nicltt NJ ucc Payne. "a year
old Seattle music teacher. who dis
appeared early last Wednesday af-
ter a party aboard Nelson's yacht.
The prisoners, ia addition to Mel
son, are +. r. Darlington, assistant.
continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
GANG LEADERS
CONFESS GUILT

BENTON, I'LL. July 25.-tFi--
Charles Birger, gang leader. and Ray
Hyland confessed guilt 10 their at
torneys eafly in their trial for the
alleged murder of Joe Adams. az
Wsct City. ID was revealed today.
Birrcr. Hyland and Art Newman
were convicted yesterday, Birger re-
ceiyine the death penalty and Hy-
land and Newman life sentences
Charles IA. karch and Forrest
Goodfeli0w. both 0f East st. Louis,
attorneys for Birger, told how
Bifger and his hand in the first day
Of the trial had been asked by their
ATTORNEYS to make "A clean breast 10
them of their parts in the Adams
murder
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Ten Arrested On
Conspiracy Charge

DUBLIN. ireland. July 25.--tP--
George Piunkett. SON of Count
plLnkett. and the nine men arrested
with him on charge Of conspiracy
in connection with the assassina-
tion Of Vice president kevin O'Hig-
gins on July 10. were discharged TO-
day. no evidence being offered
against them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
ARREST ANARCHIST
FOR BOMBING PLOTS

RUENOS AIRES. July 25.--tFt--
Miguel Arrangel Roscigna. described
By the police - noted anarchist.
has been detained on suspicion that
he was connected with the bombing
of the George Washington statue
and the Ford agency In BuenoS Aires
Friday night.
Roscigna is said 10 be member
Of the local Sacco-Nanzetti commit
tee and the police believe that not
only was he connected with Friday
nights outrures, but the bombing
some time ago Of the United States
legations IL Bucnos Aires and Mon
teviden.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Tie-Up of New York
Subway Threatened

NEW YORK. ~ T.. July 25.-tRl-
New York today prepared 10 face "A
third tie-up vi itS subway and cle-
waited lines H. result OF the threat
Of q strike "a midnight tomorrow.
Emergency conveyance measures
we're worked out by city officials.
The InserbOrough Rapid TrnrKiG
rompany, the Brooklyn Manhattan
Transit Company and the Brooklyn
City Railroad Company. against
which the strike will b. directed mr.
ranged ~ keep their lines open with
strike breakers if necessary.
The situation arises from efforts
Of the Amalgamated Association Of
Street a. Electric Railway Employees
to unionizc the employees who now
are member 0f companion unions
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
STEWART nor SEEING JOB

AEILkNE, IeNaS, JuiN -o.--tH =
--.. noci Stewart, former Uni-
yersity 81 Texas coach. in message
10 the Simmons University trustees
athletic committee. denies that he
applied for the position Of head
coach at Simmons. asking correction
sf newspaper reports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Four Killed BY
Shell Explosion

WARSAW, Poland, July 25.-lF
Four persons were killed and five
wounded today hy the explosion Of
sifrapnei she'll found after artiI-
lrry msneuvers by a workman IN
the village Of Ciehe. The workman
carried the she'll TO his home where
the explosion occurred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Aged Women Dies
AT Point Isabel

POINT ISABEL, Texas. July 25--
Ms Martha Capps. aged 6J. died at
S:2h Saturday morning at the hons
Of he~ nephew. ]. o. Capps. She
was buried Saturday afternoon In
the Pciat Isabel cemetery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
WEATHER

For Brownsville aud the Lower
Rio Grandc Valley: Partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday. probably
thunde rshowcrs near the coAs,.
Light 10 moderate southerly to
easterly winds on the west coast.
Fer East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday. with thunder
showers near the coast. Light TO
fresh nartherly TO easterly winds
on the east.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Fiocd Presei.t 20 Hr. "a Hr.
Stage STAKE cling. Ram
RIVER FORECAST

The river will continue 20 fell
slowly al aleag during the next fe~
days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25

RIO HOND0 Is arranging To build
a watcrworks system.
Proposes to issue $4,000 IN bonds
for tie purpose.
Rio Hondo is located directly on
the Arroyo Colorado.
Ii will soon be connected with both
San Renitc and IIarlingen via CON
crete roads.
Will make II the eastern term
mus Of q very fire motor loop. with
San Benito. iiarlingen and Rio Hondo
the points Of interest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25
Cotton Growers

We sell Sacks, Knee Pads,
Wagon Covers, Scales, Etc.
W. III. Putegnat Hardware CO.
Brownsville. Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-25

THE WESLACO Chamber of Com
merce has issued a very handsome
booklet, in colors, telling the story
Of Weslaco and its growth out Of
the brush thicket in a matter of
eight years.
The Meslaco chamber. Of which l..
j.. Bailey is the manager. Is sending
out some 10000 Of these booklets.
They not only advertise Weslaeo
they also tell Of the wonders Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley gen
orally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

in the Corcoran Gallery two or three
years ago, and that SO popular were
his works then shown that almost the
entire collection was sold.
\ \ tx
I'm Thursday afternoon at the
~ Women's University Club an in
teresting talk was given by Miss
Guest of the Freer Gallery on the gal.
lery and its collection. This was the
first of a series of art talks which
the club Is planning for this Spring.
These are purposed chiefly to give the
club members an idea of the oppor.
tunities in this field here in Washing.
ton, and the speakers will be those
who can give first hand information,
as in the case of Miss Guest
X \ X Y
A N interesting sketch exhibition Is
IA being held at present in room
of Corcoran Hall, under the auspices
Of George Washington University
Chapter Of Scarab, the national
architectural fraternity.
The collection includes about zoo
exhibits in water color, pencil, char
coal and pen and ink, representing
work done in the department of archi'
lecture of the various universities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
PRIMA DONNA VIEWS JAZZ MUSIC
AS RESURRECTION NOT INVENTION
Step in Lower Trend Which Led to Primatve Folk
Songs of European, Says Marguerite
D'Alvarez.

of music will list among the great
works Of art.
There Is more to this modern syn.
copation than simply It's notes. AS
interpreted. 1t embraces not only the
| audible but the visible. Modern or
faamboyant jazz is music with gym.
nastics. The flourish of the trap
drummer who juggles his sticks; the
gyrations of the jigging violinist who
must twirl his fiddle about his fingers
in time to the drum-beat, catching it
at the proper moment to break into
his next measure; the trombonist who
performs almost every acrobatic antic
short or standing on his head--all
these are as much a part of the
theatrical conception of jazz as is the
air itself
Thus jazz, as interpreted in the
theater, is essentially music of
| motion, and to this is due it's tremen-
dous popularity in the dance halls.
Just as the ancient folk songs were
closely interlinked with the primitive
dances, and as the one invariably in.
spired the other. so the syncopated
lit OF jazz insinuates itself into the
muscles. producing the gymnastics of
the orchestra and the ecstatic move
ment of the dancers bodies It's ap.
pCoN' 40 " thS cIIlOIlOHS WHICH
inevitably must be interpreted by
means OF physical movement, az the
red Indians tomtom provoked a
warlike or worshipful feeling, and
set the redskins to prancing about
their camp fire
Back of jazz is a long line of ances-
tors. beginning with the folk songs
Of primitive peoples. notably the Gael
| and the Hungarian. Their primitive
music was sung to jazz time, to the
accompaniment Of the tomtom and
the flute, with the accent on the up
| beat. precisely the mechanism EN-
ployed by the modern jazz artists.
The hesitancy so inseparable from the
jazz air, without which it could not
| be jazz, is no less typical of the folk
song from which it has sprung
From the original or primitive jazz
Of the folk song, there was a steady,
though slow, development or transi-
ton upward toward the refinements
in music as given to us by the great
| masters of the past. One by one the
| old folk songs were taken up by the
| composers and the beauty distilled
| out Of them to the everlasting delight
| Of the world,
Downright 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Cooke Publishing House, Chicago
The Automobile Electrical Blue
print Book. SUZQ.C77
Ford Motor Co. Detroit. Ford Serv.
ice. SUITES.
Kasper, r. II. Tire Repairing. SUI.
K156t.
Kegerreis. C. s, and Others. Com.
mercial Carbureter characteristics.
SUZ-K254.
Practice. SUZL~M45.
Parks ID. ". The Autoist's Rules ri
the, Road. SUZP237.
Reed. s. p. Service Manual of start
ing. Lighting. Ignition. SUI
Smith, II. j., and Kern. r. S. Auto.
motive Repair for School am
Home SUZ-Sm5s.
Warner, w. r.. and Smith. +. c. Lab,
oratory Manual for Automotive
Electricity. SUZQ-V4S.
Railway Engineering.
Cordial, Ernest. Railway Shop AL
ministration. Volume 1. SW-CSlr.
General Railway Signal Co. Color
Light and Position Light Signals
SVY-G2S.
General Railway Signal Co. G-R-S
Automatic Train Control. SVU-
C2Soa.
Kirkman, NJ. NJ. The Locomotive
Booster. SVI-K63lb.
Mac Donald. J. r. Treatise Covering
Operation, Defects and Remedies OF
the Locomotive, Westinghouse and
New York Air Brake. SV1D-6M
146t.
O'Neil. A. j. Locomotive and Boiler
Inspectors Handbook. SVIN-On23.
Railway Accounting officers AsSocia-
ton. Report, 1925. SW-8R13.
Railway Training Institute, Chicago.
Air Brake Practice. 2 V. SVU-RlS.
White, J. l.. Analysis of Railroad
Operations. SWC-w5s3.
AerOnautics.
Aircraft Power Plants. STAT.
Arnold. II. II. Airmen and Aircraft.
SZ-Ar6.
Fraser, &. G. Heroes OF the Air.
SZ-FS67h.
Joint Committee on Civil Aviation OF
! the United States Department of
Commerce and the American En-
gineering Council. Civil Aviation.
SZ-J66.
Thomas. H. J. The First World
Flight. SZ-T363f.
\ Epson. r. II. Free and Captive Bal
looms. SZB-Up7.
Warner, E. P. Aerostatics. sZ.W24.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Scientists See Great Menace in Bill
Before North Carolina Legislature

Children in North Carolina. will be
compelled to learn that they live on
q fat earth located in the center of
the universe, the kind Of a world
people believed In 1000 years ago, If
the State Legislature passes the anti
evolution bill which is to have it's
hearing before the educational com.
mittee on February 10. According tc
opponents Of the measure, this will be
it's effect, for, although such teaching
is not specifically commanded. all in
struction concerning the origin and ma.
ture not only of man, but Of other 1iv.
ing creatures and inanimate matter as
well, must be forced to conform lit
orally to the words of the Old Tesla.
ment.
The exact wording Of the bill is as
follows:
"A bill to be entitled an act to pro.
hibit the teaching of evolution in
certain schools and colleges in the
State and North Carolina.
"The General Assembly Of North
Carolina do enact:
SECTION 1: That 1t shall be unlawful
for any professor, teacher or instruc.
tor to teach in any school, college
or educational institution within the
State of North Carolina receiving aid
Il AAoAA SHC othtc ally uOCtT1H0 OF tncOTy
OF evolution which contradictS or de-
| MES the divine origin of man or of
the universe, as taught in the Holy
Bible.
Provided, however, that nothing in
| this act shall be construed to prohibit
the teaching in said schools, colleges
| or educational institutions. Of all use.
full arts and sciences, unless the same
are taught in such a manner as to
| contradict the fundamental truths of
the Holy Bible.
| Section q: That any professor,
teacher or instructor violating the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
BY MARGUERITE D'ALvAREZ.
Famous pl-ima Donna

II has been claimed for Jazz tina,
it is distinctly an American contribu
ton to the musical arts. In this con
.tentiou there is a trace of justice, but
no more, for upon careful analysis Of
modern jazz and what has gone be
forv .the earnest student of music
finds that the American contribution
has been nothing more than the col
oring. Conventional music is the
steel engraving, and the modern OF
f1amboyant jazz is the paint. The
one accomplishment of the American
artist. or composer, has been the
dressing up of the, picture.
II is not in musical forms that
American JazZ is new, but in effect
The music itself is as old as musical
expression. 1t is only the method soi
presentation. the mechanics, which
has been changed. American jazz Is
not an invention in music. Rather IL
il an evolution, or perhaps, more cor.
rectly. a resurrection. It is step in
the same trend which led up from the
primitive folk song of European peo
Piles to the classics as we now recog
nize them.
Not long ago Il conductor. noted for
his classical renditions. we compli
mented upon the beautiful wailing
eject which he had just produced
upon the instruments of his orclles
ira. The conductor. no doubt with q
mischevious chuckle. demonstrated
that the number which had won him
| this praise was nothing more than a
selection of modern jazz with all the
| pan effects deleted. In a word, he
had reduced the composition to ito
basic form, essential jazz" as diff
ferentiated from the f1amboyant Jazz
Of the modern school. The result was
beautiful, for at the bottom OF the
| worthier efforts in jazz composition
the skilled musician finds more thar
i. a grain or two of merit
Behind the syncopated hodge.podgt
Of hamboyant jazz there Is usually q
! true melody. This leads to a certain
conviction that the composer Of JAZZ,
is spiritually melodist, while men
| tally he is an opportunist. He seizea
upon the form of musical expression
which at the moment is popular
Should the jazz era pass within hi
| time, it is conceivable that this same
methodist, this same opportunist. may
produce melody which future lovers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Vendors Wrap Goods
In Rare Documents

European merchants economize by
wrapping their merchandise in OLD
newspapers or any other paper which
can be easily obtained. In the little
Rumanian town of Nagyvarad for
merly Hungarian this custom led to
the discovery of some old documents
of historical Importance. Students
bought fruit from a street vender and
examination of the Cornucopias showed
that the paper came from old Hun
garian documents. One document con
tanned an official account of the battle
of Magenta. fought in Italy In 1882.
Another was an original decree Of
Franz Joseph. dated 1880. permitting
the Professionals of Nsgyvarad to sing
their religious songs when conducting
burial services. According to reports.
the documents in which the fruit was
sold came from the local archives, the
Rumanian authorities having sold
them for old paper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

order that the whole might present
unified expression of tangible
beauty. The lines are rhythmical. the
colors harmonious. light and shade
are nicely balanced, the pigment is
handled reticently. On the opposite
wall. over the mantel. hangs the
Nude" by MIR. Baker. which was
shown in the Corcoran Gallery's most
recent biennial, a chaste beautifui
painting in which many can find love-
illness and none vulgaritM Nearby
on one of the sidewalks hangs an ex-
cellent still life, an elaborate group
well rendered. Side by side on the
wall between the two doors hang two
landscapes. one engaging not only
because of brilliancy of color but pat
tern. the other subtler in quality, at
mospheric in effcc.--a hillside in
Spring.
Included in this collection is an eX-
cellent portrait of Howard II. Smith.
associate Of the National Academy of
Design, painted for the academy's
peananent collection, a straightfor-
ward piece of painting, and in the
adjacent library are hung two earlier
paintings by Mr.. Baker, which witness
to his inherent talent and to the fact
that he has not just arrived" There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

mother and father ana older sister
each have their own particular Sec
ton, the bed is unmade. the room IN
disorder Another picture SHOWS the
entrance to an elevated railroad, with
the passing crowds: another group
of neonle of the lower classes watching
a display of fireworks The fifth en-
titled oh. My Goodness shows tine
Snop windows of corsettaile, an as
toniShed maiden lady o. conservative
tyne catching sight OF two eNtraordi-
narily gowncd chorus girls idling ny
These paintings make rather shocking
revelation of a side OF contemporary
American life of which none can be
proud. hut they undoubtedly convey
not only message. but warning. and
are extremely well done,
The exhibition. which is free to the
public. will he open from tomorrow
until the end of the week. from ii TO
o'clock each day. Tea will be served
each afternoon.
\ T the Arts Club, "0l7 | street. Bur
"a It's Baker is holding an exhibition
of hfsi portraits, figure paintings and
la ndScapes. Mr.. Baker, ii will be re-
menlhered. is one of the instructors in
the C'orcoran School OF Art, a former
pupil of Edmund &. Tarbell, regular
to the principal exhibitions,
not only in Washington, but in other
cities. and one Of the few artists who
received award At the hands of the
international jury Tor the Sesquicen-
tennial
The present exhibition. which is
shown in the upper room at the Arts
Club. includes his Interior With
w "a -v,nf1
shown in one OF the Corcoran Gallery..s
biennial exhibitions. 1T is a very
charming composition and one which
improves upon acquaintance. Art
does not often happen it is the re-
suit of skill. plus intelligence, COM
hined, of course. with sensitiveness
to beauty and the ability TO see.
Everything in this picture by Mr..
Baker was thoughtfully designed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Recent. accessions at the Public
Library and lists of recommended
reading will appear i'm this column
each Sunday.
Hydraulic Engineering.
Cleverdon, W. $. l.. The Water Sup
ply of Buildings and Rural Com
munities. SLM-C599.
Grover. N. G.. Surface Water Suppl,
of the New Kanawha River Basin
SLS3-G91.
Houghton, +. T., & Co., Philadelphia
Hydraulic Engineering. SL-Hsl4.
Hughes. II. j.. and Stafford. A. r. A
Treatise on Hydraulics. SL-HS7t.
LIE Conte, j. N. Hydraulics. SI.-L49
Miller, A. NJ. Water Supply of Wash
ington. ID. c. 1904. -tSLS59W-M61
Pickles. G. w. Drainage and Flood
Control Engineering. SME-P58.
Russell, G.. T.. Text-B Book on Hydrau
lies. SL.R914ta.
Strange, w. l.. Notes on Irrigation
1920. SLI-StS.
United States Congress. Senate Sc.
lect Committee on Potomac River
Front of Washington. Testimony
as to the Condition of the Potomac
+ SME-U n3O.
United States Federal Power Commits.
sion. Development of Great Falls
for Water Power. 1921. +SLS59.
Un35.
Books About Ships.
Anthony, Irwin. Down to the Sea in
Ships. SO-AnS7d.
Atkin, William. The Dinghy Book.
SOHC-At5.
Gable, F. T. The Birth and Develop.
ment of the American Submarine.
1924. SOQ.C112.
Cartwright. G.. K. The Boys Book of
Ships. SO-C24.
Dayton, +. r. Steamboat Days
SOF.D33.
Douglas. G. B. Ship Model Book.
SOHT-D74.
Hardy, A. G. MOtorships. SOG.H22.
Mccain. r. A. Ship Model Making.
Volume 1. SOHTM137.
Quick. Herbert and f. G.. Mississippi
Steamboatin'. SOa.Q4.
Taylor, T. r. Stowage of Ship Car
goes. 1920. SOS.T215.
Wallace, T.. w. Wooden Ships and
Iron Men. SO-W155w.
Willis, f. J. The Methods of Modern
Navigation. -W676m.
Automobiles.
Case, J. l., Threshing Machine Co.,
Racine, Wise. Case Tractor Man
ual. SUZM-C26.
Continental Motors Corporation. Bus
Power. SUZ-C769.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

provision of section / of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined or imprisoned
in the discretion Of the court, and
in the discretion the court may be
disqualified from teaching in such
schools, colleges or educational insti-
tutions Of the State upon such terms
and conditions and for such a time
as the court In its discretion may
order.
Section g. This act shall be in
force from and after it's ratification"
Scientists here point out that this
bill strikes deep and wide into the
field Of science. For example, no
presentation of the planetesimal
theory OF the origin Of the solar sys.
tenn and the new theories concerning
the origin of matter would be per-
mitted under such law. This bill
is the worst Of its kind yet offered
to any Legislature, in their opinion,
for 1t has gone far beyond the specific
problem Of mans origin and breaks
seriously into every field Of science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Japan Enjoys Story
of Queen Kissing Boy

Much talked of in Japan ~as the
story cabled from New York OF the
adventure of little Japanese boy
during Queen Marie's visit to Column
bia University, on her tour of the
United States. Walking down a cor
rider of humanity in the college
ground, the Rumanian Queen saw
mere boy step out of the line. appar-
emily eager TO have good look at the
passing sensation of the hour. Her
majesty is said TO have kissed the
fortunate youth, eyclaiming, You
dear little boy
The young one thus honored hap
pened to he Tetsuo 1Sshida. S.year-old
son of the Japanese head of the New
York office OF the OKura Co. of Toxic
His mother. who was with him at the
time, with the Japanese spirit of rev
'rence for royalty, was overwhelmed
with embarrassment because of what
she regarded as rudeness on her sons
part. But 1.-THE American spectators
shouted approval"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Armed Villages Stem
Bulgar Bandits Tide

For a very good reason one hears
less of the Observation-Disclosures conf
tadjis these days. Formerly the bands
formed in Bulgaria and rode across
Macedonian southern Serbia to Al
bahia, plundering and levying tribute
on the villagers as they galloped
through. They would rest a while in
Albania. and then fight and plumber
their way back again to Bulgaria. The
Jugoslav government has organized
the villages to protect themselves.
Each village was asked If it wanted
arms. Most of the villages answered
in the affirmative. Arms and ammu
milton were distributed. and sergeant
was detailed TO each village to organ
iZe the defense. After few raids i'm
which the comitadjis had heavy losses.
they gave up their activities. For
some time all has been Quiet in south
ern Serbia.