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Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
 (CnA.InI,,1-

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
 Saturdays Games) Missions 1, San Francisco s. Hollywood 4, Los Angeles ,. Sacramento 10, Seattle 13. Oakland 1, Portland 4.
 AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 8, Boston 3. Philadelphia "A, New York 6-2. Detroit 4. Chicago 0.
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 6, Pittsburg 4. Boston 3-7 Brooklyn 4-3. Cincinnati no, St. Louis 2-7. New York 6, Philadelphia 3.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
ARMY L|EUTENANTs MAY
 BE FIRST FLY PACIFIC

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. (R- Prospects that the army will be the first to attempt to bridge the Pacific by air received impetus with the word that Lieutena1Ns Maitland and Hagen berger, who are planning trip to hop off from San Diego for San Francisco, the starting point of flight. No indi- cation was given when the start for Honolulu would be made.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
ROYAL|sT LEADER IS
 MYsTER|OU5lY FREED

PARIS, June 27. (P)-Leon Daudet, Royalist leader, who was imprisoned June 13 to serve a term for libel, was mysteriously released from prison as the result of hoax on the prison di- rector. Daudet's associate, De Lest, and Secretary General Semard of the Communist party were also released.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
TWO KILLINGS ON SITE
 FORMER BAIT GROUND

NEW YOK, June 27. (P)-Downing street, the battle-ground of a decade ago of the Hudson Duster gang, was the scene of two killings when the bodies of two men, each having three bullet wounds were found by passer- by in pool of blood. The police be- lieve the men were fired upon by a passing automobile. No one could be found who witnessed the shootings.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
WILLING TO MAKE BIG HOP

ROME, Italy, June 27, (R-If engin- eers can design an airplane of suffi- cient strength Commander Francis co De Pinedo is willing to attempt to fly around the world De Pinedo said he was preparing a book recording his fiji ht over the four Continents.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
SETTLEMENT LOOMS

DENVER, June 26. (P-Settlement of the Seven-State Colorado River compact loomed today after confer. ence between delegation from Ariz. ona and Governor Adams as spokes. man for Colorado's river commission
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-27
DROWNS ON HONEYMOON

FOX LAKE, June 26. (P)-Edwin Jobschke, who was spending his honeymoon here drowned in an unsuc- cessful effort to rescue three girls who also drowned when skiff over- turned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
Other Papers
STATE CONTROL OVER ASSESSMENTS
(Chieago Daily News)


It "a notorious that for many years there have been
gross inequalities in the assessment OF real estate IN
Cook County and many other counties in Illinois. For
years friends Of justice and reason in taxation have
urged upon boards OF review the duty and expediency
Of reforming their methods, but thus FAR with meager
results. Perhaps the assessing and reviewing boards
in Illinois will exhibit deeper interest in the question
Of equal taxation IL the State Tax Commission, follow
ing its own presidents, will establish the policy Of or
dering reassessments Of property upon complaint duly
supported by evidence.
assessments is essential. The danger Of oppressive and
arbitrary exercise Of the power Of taxation by State
authorities is very real and very grave. Governor
Small, il will be recalled. has sought to obtain legis-
lation giving the State Tax Commission power to re-
wise even individual tax returns, but public opinion has
vetoed the menaeing proposals. Now too many in
stances Of reassessment at the formal dictation Of the
commission might lead to injurious legislation.
The action of the State Tax Commission in the
eases Of Champaign and Stephenson Counties, where,
according to the Illinois Agricultural Association, farm
lands have been flagrantly Disseminated against in
favor Of urban real estate, presages similar action in
Cook County. provided the Chicago Teachers Associa-
tion, represented by Miss Margaret Haley, succeeds in
producing sufficient evidence Of ~palpable inequalities
in real estate assessments.
Since the right Of the commission to order reas-
sessments is clear, the course Of wisdom for local as
SCISSORS and boards Of review is to obviate interference
by rational reform in methods which inevitably result
in intolerable and inexcusable inequalities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
World and All
RECORD HOLDERS

Can anyone tell me the name of the bright young
man who holds the record for. sitting on top OF flag
poles?
Not that it matters. II anyone should tell me the
name, I wculd try to forget it at once, since / try to
keep nonsensical data out Of my mind as much as pos
sible, SO that there may be some room there for some
thing important.
I just wonder whether any sane adult. outside OF
the immediate family Of the hero. ever remembers the
name Of a person who makes or wins a record for do
ing obviously trivial and useless things.
For instance. who were the male and female mara
thon fox-trot champions who held the spotligt Of folly
a few brief springs ago? What are those two remark
able Individual doing now. and have they managed to
adapt themselves to the regular course Of life, after a
brief squirt Of silly posing for the news photographers?
When I was a very young man, my home town,
Wichita, Kansas, went wild over marathon piano play
ers. I believe marathon was not used in describing
these artists at that time, however. They were called
long-distance pianists.
Somehow, / have forgotten the names Of all Of
them. But world records were broken again and again
in Wichita, and the town actually thought for a sea-
son that it was gaining immortal fame through the es-
Enlistment Of these records within its boundaries.
The aspirant for immortality was sometimes a
blacksmith, and sometimes a music salesman or piano
tuner. He generally sat in the window Of a music store
on Main street or Douglas avenue, and started play
ing the piano gently. Night and day he kept it up,
without once missing a note. He played no great con-
certo, but satisfied his esthetic self with the blue
Danube" or "Old Kentucky Home"
Generally, the poor fellow played until he dropped
off the stool, unconscious. Once they had a great
free-for-all contest in a skating rink, and nine of them
played until they dropped. The survivor was declared
world champion.
Wichita should be excused. That was long ago, and
the town really had little enough to go crazy about
then, so any sort Of bedlam was welcomed for relief
from ennui.
But that millions Of adult Americans should be
interested in ~flagpole sitters, marathon dancers, hog
callers. pie-eaters, bladder-blowers and night-and-day
auto drivers, is beyond my understanding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
Washington Letter
BY CHARLES r. STEWART

public man with, in order to get him
to sit down and be good, and stop
~bothering the party managers with
his nagging.
He doesn't care shucks for office.
The Nebraska P~rogressives had all
they could do to persuade him 10 run
for the senate last time. He coul0
have u cabinet job In a minute. IL ii
would keep him quiet. An ambassa-
dor isn't supposed 70 chew tobacco.
and Uncle George does, but he could
be one to any court in Europe, If
that would satisfy him.
But no. Uncle George has these
boll-shev-EEK-ky theories, and
they're all he's interested in.
II the republican convention turns
out to be a one-sided affair-if some
candidate succeeds in c~orrallinl
enough votes to nominate him earl,
in the game and his name goes
through a-kiting-Uncle George and
his farm belt cohorts will simply be
spectators-rather foolish looking
ones, too, in the midst Of all the Old
Guard rejoicings.
II the deliberations get tied up in
a bowknot, though, and the aspirants
have to ask the progressives what
they'll take to unsnarl 'em, we're
liable to see a few concessions made
that1l wiring some large-sized groans
from the regulars.
In the meantime Uncle George
chews tobacco and says nothing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.-Although
Senator George w. Norris Of Ne
brsska II the Progressives' candidate
for the republican presidential nomi-
nation, the progressives don't mean
By that that they expect the party to
put his name at their tickets head.
All they hope is that he'll have
enough delegates TO make il very
hard for anybody else TO win without
mis- help.
In that event the outlook will be
mighty bilious for any Old Guard
favorite, or even for any dark horse
who refuses to commit his admins
traitor 10 a decidedly more lad
vanced" program than the country's
had in many a long year.
X doesn't look like an impossible
ity. Uncle George ought to be able
to account for Nebraska, North Da-
kota and Wisconsin solidly, Mime
sofa, South Dakota and Iowa parti-
ally, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colo
rado, Kansas and Missouri perhaps
to some extent, and probably some
other scattering votes here and
there.
All in all, he may take a pretty
good bloc Of votes into the conven-
tion-maybe not a decisive bloc, but
a sufficient number to be well worth
a hard-pressed candidates while TO
bid for substantially.
sss
Uncle George will be a difficult
old man for a politician Of the regu-
lar republican school to deal with.
He'll demand farm relief-what-
ever that is-of course.
That would be all right for either
Of the notable farm relief-ers, Frank
o. Lowden and Vice President Dawes
las far as il goes. Outside the SUBJ
iect Of farm relief, however, both
Lowden and Dawes are as orthodox
az any down easter" could ask.
Uncle George, on the other hand, has
been overheard making scurrilous re-
marks about the "robber tariff
Herbert Hoover's against Uncle
Georges brand Of farm relief.
Charles Evans Hughes and the Ne
braska senator might as we'll be-
long 10 two violently opposing par
ties, for all the things they agree on.
It's going 70 strain the leading
regular republican candidates politi-
cal consciences considerably, then, to
come to any sort Of terms with Uncle
George.
Yet it's surprising what pledges a
candidate can see his way clear to
give, when they mean the difference
between his victory and defeat.
Senator Norris is a hard bargainer.
He doesn't want any of the things
il usually il possible to satisfy a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Who am /? What is my nick
name? What record did ! establish
this year? What position do i play ?
On this date, in 1924, the Texas
supreme court ruled u woman was a
legally qualified candidate for gov
ernor. Who was she?
"A famous French body OF soldiers
is made up Of men from every ma
tion. many Of them fugitives from
Justice bearing assumed names.
What are they called?
In the most recent Mexican re-
volt a group OF Indians has Joined
the rebels. To what tribe do they
belong7
IN ancient times England was
known By another lame. What
was IL?
ct is an honour for a man TO cease
from strife; but every fool will be
meddling.' Where is this passage
found In the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Efforts on the part Of various sections Of the coun-
.rv 20 influence the government to enter the field Of
manufactures, transportation or power development. Is
meeting the unqualified opposition of the large finan-
rial interests of the country. which assert that so-csH-
ed experiments with socialism" have never failed to
react 20 the disadvantage of the nation as a whole.
In a few isolated cases they point out, eommuni-
ties or sections have received immense benefits, for
which the nation paid; and they advance the claim that
Oniy in a few instances has government ownership or
nperation proved advantageous to the nation.
~The entrance Of government into the field Of pri-
vate manufacture, transportation or power development
ia fraught with serious economic and political conse-
uuences, not merely to the immediate victim Of its
competent but to the people Of the United States
James A. Emery, counsel for he National Association
Of Manufacturers, recently stated in an address at
Chicago.
There Is basic truth in Mr.. Emery's utterance. Be-
hind the government lies the credit and revenues Of
the nation, but that in turn. finds its source in the
pocketbooks and good faith Of the individual citizen.
VET no appeaI Is made for government Intervention
that i not founded upon the anticipation that it will
undersell private competitors and cover its deficiencies
from revenues derived in part from taxation OF the
enterprises it imperils.
Commenting upon the prevailing tendency on the
mart Of congress TO give heed 20 the insistent demands
for heavy expenditures 10 compete with private enter
rrises. Mr.. Emery said that within a brief period.
powerful groups pressed upon congress the manufae-
TIRE IN its Arsenals and navy yards Of every require
ment for it's military and commercial account. from
ships 20 shirts, and sought 10 cover the gigantic losses
anticipated by a revolving fund and an arbitrary
system Of cost estimates adjusted by an officer APP
pointed to defeat responsible private bids through a
svstem which ignored the elementary requirements Of
honest cost accounting.
1T is impossible to believe that our responsible
ELECTORATE want bureaucratic administration Of utility
service, with the teachings Of experience before them.
what community in the United States, II offered the
opportunity, will buy the stock OF its own public serv-
ice corporations at twenty-five cents on the dollar on
ne condition that their management be determined by
popular electiOnsF"
Mr. Emery's contention is that government own
ership or operation has been so VIGOROUSLY inefficient
:, the mast that there is no logical reason to presume
thas Il would be improved in the future, SO long rs
cresent political practices are maintained. There can
- n q question in the mind Of the average taxpayer
that il is to his interest to keep the government out
of business now and forever, and that the logical way
"a do il IN to impress upon congress that the demands
Of every vociferous lobby is not necessarily a public
demand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
Peters Adventures

lot, as far IS size goes, he isn't far
behind the rest when IL comes to
matching wits. In fact, none Of my
youngsters has been a bit cleverer.
For shame, Bobby, to act like
that! You never learned such man
ners from mel"
The mother had looked down and
seen the saucy face her small son
was making at the boy. and she
snartly euffed his ears with her
paws.
Peter. however. scarcely noticed
what she was doing. He was too busy
thinking aloud.
Carries her babies in her pocket
raid he. ver and over, looking close
ly at the creature before him.
But your front paws aren't any
Shorter than your hind onesi" re
marked Peter.
who said they were?" demanded
the mother. shortly.
Can you hop like this 7" Peter got
down on all tours and leaped about
il front Of the astonished creature.
mo. l can't. and. pray tell, why
should / wish tot ! can skip and I
can run and ] can swing by my tail.
What you r doing locks very silly
TO met"
Then You are not q Kangaroo"
declared Peter, getting to his feet
and staring at his companion. II give
u up. l don't know who you are"
Instead Of telling him, the mother
seemed TO grow very angry at the
boys words.
With u low groEl she spring from
the log and again wrapped her tail
around the branch, and so sudden
wa the spring she made that her
little son, who had been leaning way
out Of the pocket. now lost his bal
ance and tumhled to the ground.
Next-rBobby Plays PossumLs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
Dinner Stories
HE SHOULD KNOW

A boastful American had been sd-
nnitted 70 heaven and was talking
"splurgingly" about Niagara Falls.
Someone Q o him laughed aloud.
Maybe" said the tslkative n
from the q. s.. "you don't think
5000, 600 cubic feet Of water pass
over them every second. Maybe you
don't think that is q lot Of water |?
Might ! ask your name. sir?"
The n who had laughed aloud
said softly: Certainly. It's NOAH!"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Science, " says 3 news item, has discovered how
coal may be saved" And landlords were ~ least 4
decade ahead Of science on that one.-Nsw York Even
ing Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Uncle Henry Says: Every time a
paper hanger get . new Job he goes
10 the wall. Have you let Nelson's
Druglexs Physicians help solve your
health problem? Why not7-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

carry about a full-grown son? This
little fellow Is the youngest OF my
fifteen-he's not quite strong enough
yet to hop oct Of my pocket and
skip off with his brothers and sis
terS. but he will be In q day or 40.
"And though he is the least of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Answers TO Foregoing Questions
i. George Herman Ruth; Babe;
so home runs; outfield.
2. Mrs. Miriam "A. Ferguson.
8. Foreign Legion.
q. Yaqui.
5. Albion.
8. Proverbs AK, q.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
100000 DAM BLOWN UP

CALCUTTA-Part Of the con.
struction work on the $92. 000, 900
dam below Sukhur Gorge was blown
up at night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
Timely Views
EXPANSION IN NATIONAL WATERWAY PLAN
INDICATED
BY Major General Edgar Jadwin
Chief Of Army Engineers

Edgar Jadwin was born at Honesdale, Pa,
August z, 1865. He was educated at Lafayette col
lege. Easton, Pa, and the United States Military
Academy. Jadwin entered the army service in 1890
as q lieutenant of engineers and was rapidly pro-
NOTED through the grades to the rank Of Brigadier
General in 1924 when he was made assistant to the
chief of engineers and TO his present rank as major
general. Major General Jadwin commanded the
first American regiment to pass through England
under arms during the World war;
The plan for the Mississippi system. as in the case
Of our national waterway plan as a whole. is a living
growing thing. Each year we develop and expand it.
Each year. as new localities and new waterways be-
come ripe for development or for further improvement,
the Army engineers study them and recommend new
work to Congress.
All waterways should be sound business invest
ments; they must earn dividends. River and harbor
works as q whole have been one of the best investments
our government has made.
Our seacoast harbors, which represent an expendi-
ture of over n third Of the total amount expended by
the government for all river and harbor works, return
annually in the way Of dividends or savings TO the peo-
pie in reduced transportation costs q dividend Of owe.
100 per cent. Our Great Lakes harbors and eonneetinA
channels, with an annual commerce in 1926 Of $4,000
600 tons, also return a dividend Of over 100 per cent or
their costs, which totals a little over $3.50 0,000.
Our intracoastAl waterway along the Atlantic coast
from Massachusetts to Florida. with its feeder OF
tributary waterways, carried a commerce of 100000
tons in 1925 as compared with 100000 tons in 1922,
a. increase Of over so per cent. Even in the incom-
plete state Of the main trunk line. where several gap
still exist, this line as a whole is paying better than a
bond rate Of interest.
These savings are direct dollars and cents saving
to the people in the way OF reduced transportation
costs. They do not include any credit for customs re-
eeipts on foreign trade, increased wealth, new indus
tries. increased taxes 70 government, increased oppor-
tunities for employment for labor or the increased
comfort to communities served BY waterways. which
for some communities are the sole meAns Of transport
tation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
MANIAC sLAsHEs T

ROME-Three valuable paintings
in different galleries have been
slashed by a man believed to be in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
THE LAST GUESS AND WRONG
AGAIN

"Why. why, it's . bsbyI" STAN
mered Peter. The queer creature
nodded.
"0f course. Do you suppose I'd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18
JIMMY JAMS

Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this date are very
fixed in their opinions and are very
economical.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-18

Next--rBobby Plays Possum--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-18
Chicago District Pays
S45.515.568 on Incomes

CHICAGO. March 1s. The Chi
cage district was more prosperous
last year than in 1925. according 70
income tax returns.
Mrs Mabel G. Reinecke. collector
OF internal revenue, announced to.
day 1858 returns were made,
SAC. 515.56S being turned in, AZ
against $S6.399,1 III in 1925.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-18
r. r. Grant, Golf Expert,
Falls to His Death

NEW YORK, March 49,. Robert
n Grant, World War veteran AMI
prominent as an instructor in ex
elusive go.f clubs OF Great Britain
France and America. was instantly
killed early today when he fell seven
floors from an open bedroom win
dow of his apartment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-18

sSl1e wanted desperately to
make gOOd" -"TIe tIaIIyw00d
Girl" BY Beatrice lsUrtnns a
new serial--starts Monday--in
The Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-18

Watch for "The Hollywood
Girl starting Monday. March 2l.
Beatrice Burton, who wrote
'sGilded Kisses. Is the author
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-18
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Annex.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
FASTEST HORSES ARE
TO ENTER FAIR RACES

Puyallup-More than one hun
bred OF the fastest horses featured
in track events over the Canadian
circuits the last three months vii
be seen at Puyallup this year in the
races at the Western Washington
fair from September 10 to %. Bert
Ives, racing secretary of the fair.
reports he already has selected
seventy-five horses and the animals
viii be shipped by steamer from
Victoria TO Seattle, and thence by
rail to Puyallup.
After the close of the Western
Washington fair the horses go tc
Salem, Oregon for the state fam
and from Salem to Tia Juana, Mex
leo for the race events of fall open
ing on Thanksgiving day. The
horses to be seen at Puyallup this
year in the races afternoon and
night will represent the finest ever
assembled for track events at an
agricultural exhibition. in the
Pacific Northwest.