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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27
Q 1928 CENTRAL PRESS ASSN nc

were touched with a sicsly pallor.
Ills eyes were dull and care-wurn.
III just met Marcy III the outer
Office said Byrd. with a sinking
feeling. ii suppose she thinks ter
ribic thlaEs about me-"
Yes" he said. in a colsrlc-s voice.
IA suppose So. Inn sorry she saw
you"
Byrd decided to come directly 10
the point. She was terribly sorry
for jack. but there was iit.le Ia the
way of comfort that She could give
him. lie had brouEh: I'M this calam-
ity down upon his " head.
I've come 20 ask you In ycu would
sell me your shares or Builders
Supply stock she began. hrayely.
WHY 10 you wan. Them NJ
snapped. g~laring at her Is IL she
were trying TO trick him out OF
them.
For the same reason that 7 want
ca % buy them before Byrd an
swegcd cfisply. Because ! think It
Will make Larry feel more irde-
pendent and responsible IL he II
managing the whole thing himself"
You swear that n "A the only rca-
son p he asked, darkiy.
"Nhv. or course she answered.
what other reason could there be-"
III thought you'd heard the rumor
that I've Eone on the r~ocls,'' he said.
ve1omolsly. Il thought you were
trying 70 2 n Larrys reputation
BYRD looked ~ the oints or her
little ratcnt-leathcr slippers.
Her eyes suddenly filled with
tears.
Jack she choked. arm terribly
sorry you're in such trouble. | love
Margg and the chiIdrcn-and and
I'm 20 sorry for you and for them"
Thanks" he said, acidly, without
looking at her.
he went out Of the room and came
back with 4 handful OF papers.
"You can have all VI t.em. every
single share. for fifteen thousand
dollars" he said, harshly.
Byrd's face went blank, and then
chalk white.
Fifteen thousand" she gasped.
why. Jack. you never could get that
for II anywhere"
well. I'll let you have it for ten.
And that's %final!" he said, with tight
lips.
Without a word she filled out the
check that Progress Polk had given
her ard handed il 10 him. lie sign
"a some ~ the papers and pushed
them toward her.
Nov ~ surc Ia run right over
to Daddy Polk and see if there I'll
right he said snecringly.
With her bead swimming. Byrd
murmuTcd a faint eood-bve ard rot
out n the room. She felt "A In She
had Just struggled out cr a poison
Gus swamp.
She did r0 back n Nh. poli. ara
nfter he had pronounced everything
IN order. She left them with him for
safe keeping.
Sac wondered all the way home
how Jacks disgra-eful ruin would
affect Larry. Was the Builders Sup
MY stock above criticism. she --on-
dereh a~ain and again. and she
wondered IL Larry would he furious
tfat she had purchased -he stock
without his KNOWLEDGE. And what
excuse would she have for not hav-
ir~ consulted him.
She felt before she gos home re-
II, the worries of the whole world
werr resting On her slender shout
dersi
ITO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27
~ CHARLES +. STEWART

WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.-By COM
mon agreement, farm relief and "a
tariff boost the the two most urgent
things for congress 10 attend to-
riEht r0w-thIs wintcr-End the
sooner the better. at that.
Accordingly. the present congress
is not going to attend 10 them
which Is congress- way.
This congress Is going 10 pass the
farm and tariff questions along TO
The next congress to attend to-pre-
sumably nj an extra session, next
spring or fall-or at next winters
regular session, III President Hoover
can get u Of calling an extra one,
which undoubtedly he would like TO
do. but probably will find he cannot
Mouldst know the reason for de-
lay Well, it's no mystery.
The agricultural folk themselves
are responsible for tying UP their
part Of the program.
All relief schemes suggested in
clude the creation Of a federal farm
board. President Coolidge would ap-
point this boards members, if il were
70 be created before March 4. with
few exceptions, agriculturc's frtcucs
believe that pretty much any relei
plan, In the hands or such q sct ot
administrators as Calvin might be
expected % choose. must flil.
In the farm lawmakers opinion,
their crowd will fare best by waiting
for President Hooycr-cven Though
il does take ar extra few months.
. q
The hig-e- tariff folk also think
they viii gain time by resisting 2
temptation to make undue haste
The fact u, they are afraid they
cannot get the boost they want-at
nc " the lire 49, from tho present
t7pthl congress. Senator Cspncr "
Kansas said something the ether fHr
that made their blood run cold. The
farm lav-r.efcr-. cvcth the Kar~7r.
intend 10 vote not f1r higher duties
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27

! want to bc sure that the -nited States PSI signing
Tie Kellogg multilateral treaty has done nothing tha.
will impair its right to protect the Monroe Doctrine, or
to fully defend Is rights without laying itself open
g the charge ot having violated the treaty.
I want "a be sure that By adhcriEs to TINS treaty We
are not implicitly Officiating ourselves 20 ZIP 10 the aid
Of d nation which may 30 attacked. on the theory that
the compact is intended 70 preserve ihc peace Of the
world: that its obligations ere matr because TIE
treaty is mult lateral. or mutual, AID that. therefore.
If the t-caty Is broken. and the peace ol tie wodd dis
turbcd. the obligation rests on all tire nations to -e.
store tie peace by the use az what1ocvcr force IA
necessary.
W. ID not want ~ make a dangerous concession
when. BIZ signing This treaty, We asacr. ~ the assertion
OF Great Britain That she reserves freedom ~ action
in certain territories. These territories aro not de-
fined; the character Of her freedom il not specified.
We do not know VIVA. Great Britain may claim her
e. crvatioH means. ~ ~ not only general ard sweep
ing. bat vagae. She may hereafter interpret her res
~ervation IN a broader way than &C voIld be willing ID
have it interpreted.
We ought to do nothing which would appear d bind
us 10 any construction she may put upon her indefinite
and sweeping statement.
have not thorght this cut in ali its details ami
without finally committing myself, am inclined to the
view that We can, in a proper senate resolution. SO de
clare our position Al to avoid the defects that 4 haye
suggested. II Tic treaty does'not carry with /. any 81
the obligations | have referred to-that i, embrace
them by inGirectiOn and impI,ation-then Il IS little
more thGn : mere gesture. and goes ro further than RI
general expression Of !cayeful intentions.
That is particularly true when We consider that
some e5 nations. all Of whom are presumed to sign this
treaty ultimately, already have signed the Learue ~
Nations compact which clearly authorizes the league
to call upon any or All Of these nations to furnish
force to discipline or rcpress any nation offending
nrarHt the mandates NJ thn lrnv-a ANA the Or-c-
s~pondenca between ". Eello~k snd the osAcr powe.y
makes i clear th-t lbs t-cal i not - in arr w.
weaken the obligsAons thsas1>R>ssha have taken to the
league
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Timely Views

b. A.. REED. Senator From Missouri.
DANES a. Reed was born at Mansfield. Ohio,
Nov. ,. 1861. He was educated in district schools
Of Lyan county. IcSe, followed by q special course
at Coe college. re STABBED in law offices II Cedar
Rapids and was admitted 70 The bar in 1885. Two
years later he moved to Kansas City. No, and
has been actively Identified with local and state
and national democratic politics stree 1858. From
1898 70 1900 he was prosecuting attorney C. Jack
son county and for two terms was mayor az KAN
sas City. lie was elected United States senator in
1911 and Is now concluding his third term which
expires in 1929. Reed was a candidate for the dem
ocrat.c presidential nomination in 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27
Christmas Rush
Dropping Qfat
City Post Office

For tie first time IN a week. en-
ployrs OF Brownsgllie's postJffice
can raise their heads above The mail
sacks.
Although the work haa lcsacred
ard is expected IN fam back 10 nor
NAL in at least two more days, par
ccl post deiiverymga were still on
the Job ~ $50 o'clock Wednesday
night. The special truck. loaned the
department nv The FIrt Brown quar-
%termcstcr, is also still in service but
". M. bennett, postmaster. stated
THAT FL would probably " returned
Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27

SAN RENTTO. Dec. 2T.-Exnrcss
ehirmcrts out of the Valley Sc
tween Dec. ~ and Dec. - were %
.rr- cent larger this year than last,
figures received from the Kingsviiic
headquarters office show.
The increase was particularly large
in gift boxes OF grapefruit. acsJri-
inr u the express figures. AT times
two cars OF gift boxes or fruit were
moving daily out # San Benito alone
during the pre-Christmas rush on
frrit
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Other Papers
COMFORT ~ THE AIR
New York Herald Tribune).

Three things IN the recent news .cayc small doubt
chat American aviation is turning. almost insensibIy.
an important corner around winch lie new aims ami
mental attitudes and deals. Behind are years Of striv-
inc FOR speed and dependabiiity. The air mail is their
monument. Ahead is greater use Of passenger aviation.
its herald being aircraft comfort. European air lines
have one. advantage denied their American brothers:
merely By being in the air they avoid such unpleasant.
,b.taelcs Is Tie f-riish Chrrrcl or customs difficulties
~ intervening frrntiers. I'm ncans travel too com
fortably, and vithal too speedily, by rail or highway 20
:. the air tcutcs largely until the routes can offer AZ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-27

Who an Il? What u M profes-
si0A. I'M 40 - ny husband.
what vas Lorenzo de Medic
sometimes called!
Who was "The Iron Duke?
How fast does the heart or IN
average man beat?
For thou wilt light my candle:
the Lord my God Will cnlightcn MY
cArkHcrs." Where I5 this passage
found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On tbs day. in 1927, tho British
E0 vcrnmcnt ordered the abolition ~
.svtry III Burma.
T0iay's Horoscope
Persons corn en- this day are
vcry accurate in everything they do,
but are somewhat reckless and head
strong. IN their homes they are kind
and 1lfcclicEatc.
A Daily Thought
"lt is good tn see In the nisfor-
tunes of others what we should
AFo.d."-Syrus.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
l. Kathleen Norris; author; Charles
C. Norris.
.. Lorenzo the Magnificent.
n. DuHc az Wellington.
y. Scventy-two times per minute.
3. Psalms. xvii. IS.
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SAN BENlTO X
SHED TO BE

SAN BFNTTO. Dec. 27.-The cues
tion or financing a packing shed
which Is to be erected here bv the
San Benito unit or the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Vegetable CIR.
Excharrc viii Nc discussed AZ w
I~eC .ir-- to. ~ held III the cit- hall
,av night.
The exchange here was organized
earlier this year, aud il no. p
ing tr operate for itz frs. tcasJn.
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New YorA Letter

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Some pco-
pie might be a IL lie more explicit,
dJn't you know. There was the incl
dent up at Jed Harris elegant Off
ces. Mr.. Aitch, in case you are read
ing this in Glens Falls. is n Of New
York's most expert play producers,
and has been called a genius. AT
any rate, :. M. Behrman, the author
OF "The Secchd Man. was calling
there. ard paused to chat with Whit
takcr Ray. the general manager for
Mr.. Harris.
Bchrman, il appears. wcs asking
about the physical condition or the
British monarch. when he asked Mr..
Ray:
"Howz the king today
Mr. Harris il feeling pretty WE'LL"
was the seriJus retort.
"Red Hot Nina
One OF the theatrical events Of
some days ago was the Pelasco pro-
duction called "Mima," starring Len
ore Uric, in which the dean Gives
En- Hell. In il Miss Uric essays
the role Of Nina, a highly seasoned
wonan So Courtenay Terrett, one
or the towns clowns, t~elegraphs
this department: "Why didn't you
refer q Miss Uric as q Red Hot
Mima?"
Something New On Stage
Those critics who are forced 90
take their departures before the
crowd jams the aislcs missed a re-
freshing episode after the curtain
fell on The Guilds "WinEs Over
Europe" ut the Beck. the other
premiere performance. Alexander
kirkland. the youth in the lead role.
contributed the outstanding makc-bc-
liaving. After dress rehearsal the
evening before. friends forwarded
tciegruns telling him how superb he
was. Consequently. at the fist pub
lie performance he was anxious 10
click with a wallop, and he certainly
did.
After TIC authors speech. kirkland
was given an ovation. IL is 2 Clila
rule, however. that no individual
player be singled nj for 4 bow. bet
the cast. as a unit. may bend their
bodies. All OF the others. however
lmueh older than Kirkland). showed
him ~ the front and Joined the audi
once IN handicspping him. Confused
and Surprised. the lad hroRc ito
tears and then ~ he'd into the wings.
II was q refreshing sight % those
ar us who are fed Or with the type
who knows ne Is good.
Wen. Well. We'll
You may have already purchased
a cory OF John O~'Connor's immense
~ interesting ~"HrIadway Rack-
etecrs." which has been topping tie
best sellers lately. IN the engaging
tome. O'Connor: who certainly knows
his Broadway better than most of
ua. reveals this. among other rack
cts: 4 publisher Of or obscure week
iy rrrl II flr.tcrirr notice about n
person. Ther Ne calls on the vie
tim. and in a h~igh-nowereh sales talk,
ana says: "For s25 I1l scrd y cory
Of this notice about you "a p thou-
rrnd people, The vain pcr-on u1u
rliv agrees.
We'll. Horrors (Horac,l Tivcright.
tho publisher I'M "Broaiwrv Racket
GERS FEN for tho racket last week,
pending over one hundred bucks on
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.TAAs ntiLf PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign ldseItSiny commemorative

i4iiaA. t,rss ~ Mrrr-a-ile Bank Building.
c".=-D IA. ss,.e'ation s~ailding.
hansas tits Go- ia~tersiaie Buisding.
New York. $50 Madisaa Avenue.
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tunes or others what we should
Avo.L.H-Syrus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
DOUGLAS NEVIS
JIM MITCHELL
 DEAD, DOUGLAS

James Mitchell G1, old time resident of Douglas, died here Sat urday evening in his cabin from combination of heart and lung disease with which he had been afflicted during recent years. On Friday, Mitchell was feeling about as usual and made a trip around town: But during that evening he became quite i'll again and sue. cumbed during a deep sleep into which he had fallen.
 The deceased, who was among the real old-timers of this yicini. ty, came to the Island in 1892. He followed mining principally and did considerable prospecting. He located his first claims on the Island in 1896 and in 1906 he b. cated claims reported to be rich.
 in Eagle River. He was stlll hopeful, up to the time of his death, of making sale of the lat. ter claims. During more recent years, he had spent the summers trolling.
 He is survived by sister, Mar garet Mitchell of Ayr, Ontario, and niece, Mrs. Martin Cocll. rane of Bright, Ontario, Canada. Funeral arrangements are beins delayed until his relatives can b. heard from.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
|LAKES-CULFWATERWAY PROPOSED IN INDIANA

vINCENNES, Ind, Jan. 9.-To make the Wabash River famous for something more than a song, Thomas H. Adams, veteran In diana editor, and group of Vim cennes men propose a new lakes to-the-gulf waterway project. "The Indiana Plan of River Transportation and Waterways, ? as it is termed by the sponsors, |contemplates the dredging of a channel in the Wabash River from the point where 1t empties into the Ohio River to a site near Huntington, Ind, then the use of the Little River as a canal to connect at Ft. Wayne with the Mauniee River, which extends to Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio.
 It alscs is suggested that the Wabash be connected with Lake Michigan by canal dug from Lake County (Gary) to a point near Delphi, Ind. a<tf.
 Adams says the engineers who consider the plan feasible esti- mate the project would cost $3O,- O00,0Q0. The editor and his as- sociates presented their plan to the rivers and harbors congress and also conferred with the In- diana delegation in Congress on the subject.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Singles Mosquito
 Discovered in France

PARIS, Jan. 9. = Mosquitoes that don't sting are running out those that do, in the south 0i France.
 A new race of the stingless variety is being propagated, the Academy of Sciences was assur- ed recently by Professor Louis Eugene Bouyier who presents the work of Dr. Legendre.
 This modern mosquito. known to his Latin-speaking scientific friends as "culex pupiens," was found by Dr. Legendre in the northern part of France. For. two years he has cultivated them in the POns region, west of Mar seilles, and they are replacing their stinging brethren so ef- fectively that their Is hope of an era, when mosquitoes will be in good repute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

a mortar, aiding in the disinte- grafton of the lower shades. {. Long. long ago-geologists Say 1t may have been 25,0O0 years the melting ice sheets of the glacier retreated below the crest of the Niagara escarpment, which marks the edge of the Lake On tario basin. Several glacial lakes began to discharge through a stream across the Huron Plain into Lake Iroquois. prehistoric an. cestor of Ontario. This river, now known as Niagara, plunged over the escarpment and the cataract was born.
 It's birthplace, however, was seven miles from it's present b. cation. While the ages trooped by. Niagara slowly retreated to- ward Lake Erie, carving as l. went the mighty gorge that at tracts tourists.
 In 1S42 New York State became interested in the retreat and made survey. At that time the line of Horseshoe Fall was only slight ly curved. but 1t has since worn away until . deep gorge has ID. peared In the brink where the greatest volume of water tumbles into the basin, 168 feet below.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

Charles Lindorff of Tacoma, com pose the board of directors.
 Charles Williams is a pioneer mining man of the Territory, hay ing first come to Alaska in 1891. He was in the Klondike for some time and toCx out fortune from his Gold Hill. mlnc. lie fas bee1 interested in the Hawk Inlet property several years and has already developed it on small operating basis.
 Joseph McCurrach is a banker and at one time served as vice president and treasurer of the Trust Company of North Ameri- ca, in New York City.
 F. J. Wettrick is prominent Seattle attorney and is well known in Juneau, having lived here number of years.
 John Lindorff was at one tims interested in mining in the Fair banks country and is well known in the interior. He is now inter- ested in realty holdings in Ia coma where he makes his home.
 Frank B. Wrestling. who makes his home in New York City most of the time at present, is a pio- neer attorney of Seattle. He was one of the organizers of the New York Alaska Gold Dredging Com pany, operating a dredger in Tnl- aksik district, Lower Kuskokwlm country in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

NEW YORK. Jan. 9-The might test mills of nature are grinding away Niagara's Horseshoe Fall at the rate of about five feet a year. Man, troubled by the thought that some day the cata. ract will lose it's majesty through the relentless process. is studying the problem of. controlling ero- sion, but so far he has not been able to solve it.
 The Horseshoe or Canadian Fall, which carries more than 95 per cent of the water, suffers far more from the wear than does it's lesser neighbor on the American side. Erosion of the latter has been estimated at only six inches annually. or the equivalent of or dinary weathering.
 The Niagara Control Board composed of Americans and Can. adians, met recently at Washing ton to discuss plans for providing more even distribution of the erosion on the Horseshoe Fall A report embodying the experts conclusions and recommendations will be drafted eventually, it is understood. although there is said to De no immediate prospect oi ita rroaoufaffnn
 Nature created Niagara with a dashing stroke of genius back in the. ice age. but did not give her handiwork ample protection against it's own power. Topped with an 8O-foot shelf of hard lime stone over which the Niagara Riy- CT easily glides. the fall suffers because it's underlying strata are largely of soft shaie and sand stones which are continually wear ing away.
 The water, crashing over the cliff, is constantly softening the shades. As great holes are eaten into these strata, the hard top layer is undermined, with the re- suit that huge fragments of this rock break from the brink of the fall. These rocks are churned about in the basin like pestles h.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
kgTctsii<AN MARsHALs
 WERE BUSY LAST WEEK

hube Ridley at Ketchikan has been arrested on charge of lar ceny from boat and bound over tofthe grand jury on bond of $2,. 500, according to advices re- cetved today by U. s. Marshal Albert A. White. He will prop abiv be brought to Juneau to ap- pear before the local grand jury which meets in session before that of Ketchikan, Marshal White saii.
 Thomas Collier plead guilty to yiolation of the Alaska Bone Dry LaW and was given a sentence of eOzdays in the Ketchikan federal jaiE
 Iffie Jensen and B. Burton pl@ad guilty to a charge of adul- teri ct Ketchikan last week The foriher was given 30 days and the latfir vas given 60 days sentence in the Ketchikan jail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
kETCH|KAN MEN
 HERE FOR MEET
First City Pinmen Arrive on Alameda with Wives
 and Caretakers

The third team taking part in the Elks' Bowling tournament, which opened here this afternoon, arrived on the Alameda from Ketchikan last night. A schedule of fifteen games are to be played during this week.
 Seven men, plus two wives, are in the party from the First City. Walter J. Hitchcock, the live wire of the bunch, who came north not only to bowl but to put the boys to bed early, is a married man (his wife is home) and is with the New England Fish Company. He was a member of the ketch'- kan team which bowled here two years ago.
 James Burgan, team captain, is an old time Alaskan, and lived at Cordova for some time but isn | pulling for that part of the ter. ritory anymore. He is in the gro cery business now, and incidental ly has a wife in the First City.
 Feeling the need of keeping the bunch straight, Charles Miller, members of the Ketchikan police force, was brought along as a member of the team. He is aI- other of the married men who came here single.
 Bring Wives as Rooters
 Arthur Thompson and Peter Zurich decided they needed some rooters to help them out so they brought their wives with thein. Thompson, according to Mir. Hitch cock, is the trainer because. be- ing a barber, he is able to keep them in trim. Zurich was for merly a Juneau man, and was a restaurant proprietor here for sey- eral years. He is now capital ist, having won a fortune on the Dempsey-Tunney fight and the ob- ject of his appearance here is to prohibit gambling among the players.
 Alfred Thibodeau, banker, is the only single man in the party: ("poor unfortunate" sighed Mi. Hitchcock, when asked if MT. Thi- bodeau was married).
 Fred Chapman completes the l;noun If stha .bowlers from Ketcn- ikan, and he surc treats 'em white his teammates declare-washes everything but the baby-he's in the laundry business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED TO
 OPERATE MINE

Naming a capital stock of $1,- 100000 articles of incorporation of the Williams Mining Company have been filed in the office of the Secretary of Alaska. The or ganization of the company is for the development of the Charles williams lode properties in Hawk Inlet. near Juneau. The mineral holding consists of 94 surveyed claims in one contiguous group.
 Officers and directors are: Charles Williams, president and general manager; Joseph Currach, yice-president: F. J. Wettrick, treasurer; Frank B. Wiestling. secretary. These officers and