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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
The World and All
FRAT FOLLY

| don't like the spirit in which news Of the death OF
another college boy in a fraternity initiation Is re-
ceived by most OF the American public. There seems
to be a disposition TO say, well, boys will be boys.
Too bad he died. OF course, nothing can be done
about it,"
If / we're the parent OF a boy who lost either his
health or his life in one Of these frat performances,
would not rest until ! had done something about il.
Possibly that means that l would never rest. But I'd
make several others restless, too.
II Is very difficult to see why adults should be com
PLEASANT about these fraternity affairs in which strong
and valuable young men are killed or crippled. The
~horseplay INDUCED in during these fraternity initia-
tons in which injury is done to candidates for mam-
bership is Of no value whatever, and merely ministers
TO a very gross and uneiviIzed sense Of egotism on the
part Of those already initiated.
A young man whose father ] knew was padded with
oak slaves at a western college. during one Of these
frat affairs, and was sent home p~aralyzcd. He lay in
bed for a year. suffering intensely. His father, VINO
was n salesman ard had to work hard for his money,
was almost ~smothered under the deluge Of doctors bills
and hospital charges, and the grief and anxiety OF the
parents was heart-rending. The college that permitted
such disgraceful antics on its campus should have been
compelled TO pay the bills at least, but, after all, a
college Is a benevolent institution. and you can't expect
it to pay extensively for the damages done by its
students.
know a man who went through the Argonne from
first to last without a whimper, and went through the
swift march into Germany afterward without conf
plant. He has no complaint of German gas, bayonets
and shellfire. He doesn't object to the rigid army
discipline that sometimes worked injustice upon Off
GERS and men. But he has tears Of righteous anger IN
his eyes when he tells Of the brutal beatings with osk
slaves that we're administered to him and other young
men during a fraternity initiation. He has lived to see
that it was all folly, and that there cannot be any
justification for il.
College presidents should speak out. They should
cease to refer to these things as 'pranks,' and call
them what they are, crimes. Young men who are old
enough to 20 to college are too old for pranks and too
young for crime. They need just a little bit of sensi-
bic discipline to keep them from injuring and slaugh-
tering one another in silly, primitive, barbarous, brutal,
meaningless and inexcusable nonsense.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14

even by reason Of strength four-score years Henry
Ford on his sixty-fourth birthday took occasion to
point out the increasing usefulness and vitality Of men
at his age, who, at a time when hygiene, sanitation.
and the value of care in diet, outdoor exercise, and
preventive methods were little known or but dimly
appreciated, would have retired TO the ~"slippered pant
aloon." Physically and mentally the worker retains
his efficiency today 20 a greater age than at any pre-
vious time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
The Grab Bag

justers Of incomplete or Imperfect
works. They are strong lovers and
cannot ro through life alone.
Horoscope for Sunday
Persons born on this day are apt
to be agnostic In religious matters
with a tendency towards the mate
rialistic. They want their w way
and generally manage 10 get II.
other people yield to them through
confidence in their integrity and
judgment.
A Daily ThocEht
I'VE are but as the instrument of
Heaven. Our work 10 not design, but
destiny.r-Owen Meredith.
Jimmy JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
Burial Service For
Baby To Be Sunday

MERCEDES, Oct. i3.-Funeral
services are to be held here Mt 3 p. m.
Sunday for Billy 10, one year and
four months old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. J. Schwarz. The service will be
conducted by Rev. Ernest Baldwin,
pastor Of the Baptist church, and will
be held at the Stotler mortuary.
Burial will be in the local GEM
etery.
In addition 10 his parents the baby
is survived BY a sister. Kathleen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14

We sometimes fear that the movement, for absolute
truth IN advertising has not yet embraced the political
managers who say, for instance: Small contributions
received Just as gladly as large ones-ohio State
Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
Timely Views
ALARM EXPRESSED OVER ITALYs DECLINING
BIRTH RATE

BY ENITo MUSSoLINI, Premier Of Italy.
(Benito Mussolini was born at Predappio, near
Forli, Italy, July 80, 1888. The son or a black
smith. he interested himself in politics at an early
age. After travelling widely through Europe, he
went to Trentino where he was active among Irrcn-
dentists against the Austrian rule. In 1912 he was
arrested for opposition to the governments war
policy. Two years later Mussolini was engaged in
a revolutionary movement in central Italy and
during the World war he abandoned socialism and
pursued a strictly nationalist policy, founding the
Popolo di Italia. which fought against neutrality.
After seeing active service in the war. where he
was wounded. he began a campaign against Boil
sheyism and then organized the famous Fascist,
which in 1922 became the chief power within the
Italian state. He was chosen prime minister Oc-
tober 80 Of that year and has held the office
since. His home is in Rome).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14

tober 80 Of that year and has held the office
since. His home is in Romeo.
IN Italy the declining birth rate problem has nov
reached a tragic phase. All the main urban centers
have deplorably low birth rates. Depopulation in Italy
has become a question which must be faced.
At a certain moment the cities of Italy grow won
~derfully. pathologically, not by their own virtue, but
by the influx of population. But the bigger the cities
become, the more barren they become. The progrese-
sive sterility of the citizens keeps step with the mons
trously-rapid growth Of the city. The metropolis grows
by attracting to itself the population Of the country,
which, as soon as it becomes urbanized, becomes bar
ren. Thus the fields are deserted and the life grad
ually is choked out Of the cities. The city's commerce
and industry, its oceans Of stone and cement, cannot
re-establish the broken equilibrium. A catastrophe en-
sues. The city dies. The nation. without the vital
lymph Of youth and new generations. cannot resist
and, being composed of ~cowardIy old people. must nee
essarhy faii 2 prey to younger peoples knocking At its
deserted frontiers.
This already has happened in the past. II NAV
happen again. Indeed, it will happen again. not be-
tween cities and the country, but in an infinitely great
er order Of magnitude. The whole white race may ne
submerged by the colored races. which multiply with
2 rhythm unknown to ours.
Are the yellow and black races al our door. then
res they are at our door, not only owing to their
fecundity, but also because they are becoming race
conscious and feel they have a future in the world.
"hen does Il means Of the history Of western ma
tons that China has 400, 900 inhabitants concen-
trated IN a single state? Coming closer home. what
does y mean for the future peace Of Europe that Rus
STA has an extremely high birth rate, so much so tina,
despite wars, %epidemics, Bolshevism, famine and mass
executions. its total population reaches almost 400
600 souls?
The alarm Is sounding. and all who can see further
ahead than tomorrow believe nobody who cannot
see AZ least so years ahead has a right to govern n
nation-are worried.
If we do not 20 against the stream. eve-vtbirs th.,
the Fascist revolution has done will be useless
because at a certain moment the fields. schools. bar-
racks ships and factories will be without men. The
philosopher Hegel said that he is not a man who Is no.
a father. In disciplined. enriched, cultivated Italy
there is room for iOcccsQo more men. Sixty million
Italian would make their weight felt in the history of
the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
NUDE MANIAC RUNS AMUCK

LIVERPOOL Unclothed and
brandishing a knife. Mrs. Ella Man
son. suffering from mania. ran
through the streets for a mile be-
fore she could be caught.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14

FL Jardin.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
VAGRANT FINDS
JUDGE KINDLY

Behind the grim ma SIX of Justice
in police court there turks always
charity's smile, Judge Robert E..
Mattingly and Attorney r. e. Man
gum played good Samaritan and
accomplished the aims of society
at the same time today
John w. Patterson. %, Of Denver,
Colo, had entered a plea of guilty
TO the charge of vagrancy. He. had
been caught in the wide drag net
police have spread to clean the
city of idlers. The arresting Of
ficer testified that he had been
called to Jackson place by residents
who complained that man Of
suspicious appearance mad. heen
lettering about the neighborhood
for several days.
Patterson told the court
straightforward story Of his expert.
ences in several cities trying to
find work. Asked OF his home, he
said his parents had died while he
was baby and he had been raised
by an older brother whose present
address he did NOT know. He was
trying to get to Hopewell. Va, he
said, as he understood there was
plenty OF work on building de.
veIopment there.
Judge Mattingly was so impressed
by his story and manner. that ne
refused 10 accept the guilty. plea
and, after verifying the amount
OF railroad fare 10 the Virginia
town, he and Attorney Manzun
each contributed sufficient funds to
send the Wanderer on his Way.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
PRODUCE FIRMS
PICK SITE

That commission. merchants Of the
city contemplate locating in the
southwest near the site at one time
considered for a Farmers Produce
Market was Indicated today when it
was announced that three Of them
would occupy new building to be
started this week.
The structure, which will house
three storeroonns. will be built for
the Terman Refrigerating and Ware
housing Company, and win cost
about $65, 900.
Letting OF the contract for the
building Indicates that the commits
sion merchants, or at least some
Of them, plan to go to the south
west in spite of agitation for 4
farmers market on n1idcity site.
The 1929-3O District appropriation
bill makes no mention of an appro-
priation for a Farmers Market site
or building. In the meantime the
farmers are using the streets and
curbs in the Mall near the former
site, which is now being excavated
for the new Internal Revenue Build
ing :
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
NOlJNDE D
GUARD To
LIVE

Headquarters Detectives O..
J. p. Weber and Howard Ogle
were trying to learn today
where Charles G. Ferry, 46-
year-old patient at st. Eliza
beths Hospital, obtained !
pistol with which he yesterday
shot and wounded Halter Ker-
lin, 20, q guard at the insti-
tuition.
officials Of the hospital are said
TO have stated they did not report
the affair to the police yesterday
because they felt they could handle
the situation alone. Police Of the
Eleventh precinct, learning Of the
shooting through outside sources,
sent an officer to investigate.
Kerlin's condition WAS reported
today as not serious. He was shot
while he was searching Ferry who
had been deprived Of his freedom
of the grounds. Ferry draw a
pistol and shot at Kerlin twice. He
fired several other shots before he
was captured
The orders granting him freedom
Of the grounds were cOuntermanded
when hospital authorities learned he
had written some letters indicating
that he was Of . dangerous dis
position.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
CENTERS Plan
FULL WEEK

Next week will be a pretty full
one at the various community CEN
ters.
At the Central Community Center.
swimming, tennis and track are
scheduled according to earlier pro
grams. The knights Templar drill
team is scheduled for O'Clock
Tuesday night; the DeMolay drill
team for Thursday at o'clock, and
the Writerscraft Club at p. m.
the same evening. The Knights
Templar will drill again Friday
night at o'clock. Walter Roth
will give instruction in miniature
aircraft Tuesday afternoon from /
to 4 o'clock.
Tennis, quoits and golf practice
will occupy practically all the time
at East Washington Center. Wal
ter Roth will hold his class in
miniature aircrafC construction on
Thursday afternoon from / to A
O'Clock.
John Williams, second OF the
miniature aircraft instructors, will
hold the only class scheduled for the
f.. V. Brown Center, Chevy Chase,
on Tuesday from l to 4 O'Clock.
The Summer Institute for Recrea.
ton Leaders will be held at Arm
strong Center, Monday, Tuesday
Thursday and Friday from $40 to
4:3O O'Clock. Wednesday and Sat.
urday the hours will be from $50
to 12:30 O'Clock.
Baseball and track activities are
scheduled for Dunbar Center, and
class in miniature aircraft will
ne held Wednesday from to
O'Clock by Clarence Browne.
Basketball, for boys and girls
and hand work are the only actiV
tiles scheduled for the Twining
Center.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12

Following an order from Col. u.
g. Grant. Sd, superintendent Of
Public Buildings and Parks. Colonel
Ladue, Engineer Commissioners, a
few days ago asked the chief of
the fire department to assign de-
tails for the purpose of cleaning, by
means of fire hose, the exteriors of
the State, War and Navy Depart
ment, Land Office and Patent Of
flee buildings.
The State War and Navy build
ing has been under treatment by
men of fire engine company, No.
8, for the last two days.
A veritable deIuge of streams
have been turned upon the granite
walls and windows of the building,
incidentally also flooding the interior
where closing the windows had been
overlooked.
The firemen expect TO finish their
lob tomorrow .r
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
All Smith Club Here
Will Convene Tonight

A meeting of the AL Smith Demo,
cratic Club will be held tonight al
the Burlington Hotel The meeting
is for the purpose OF readjustment
for the campaign.
A drive for new members will be
started shortly and the clubs Off
GERS hope many Democrats in the
District will join.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
Additions to Be Made
To Montgomery Schools

Work will begin at once on several
schools in Montgomery county, for
which contracts amounting to f317,-
634 have been awarded.
Additions and improvements will
be made to the Rockville High
School. An addition. including six
classrooms and gymnasium. in the
Takoma and Silver Spring High
School, an addition to the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, including
six classrooms. gymnasium and as
sembly han, are included in the pro-
gram.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
"A Novel Of
College
Life

linda WaIdrOm goes To Mar.
bury University from her home.
~ RedhllI. Mo-, under mysterious
eircrIttfatarices She is mistaken
Tor Lucy WhitIOclk. daughter o.
simon VVhikIOclx, = millionaire,
10th Nv 4 sorority which wanted
her and ~ Thomas Vaughan, ..
youth whom she met on the way
10 school.
DuIcy Ellis. her neighbor IN
the boarding house. fInds Mr.
WhitIock'a picture among Linda.s
beIOngiigs. Dulcy IL very much
n, love with Doyle HCsktnB. cap
tain 81 the football team, and
native 81 RedIaill, whom Linda
~ MausIasn introduces Linda 60:
Professor Prime, considered On the
cannua a eccentric. Later she
hecnlllea acquainted with Leonard
Van Horne, pedantic ana cor
ceitcd youth and goes with nlIn
TO 4 dance. where Duicy becomes
very drunk and has 70 be car
M nue. invites her 10 dinner I'D
the Alpha O house and sne e
escorted into dinner BY D0yie.
After dinner Dulcy discovers
Doyle trying 10 kiss Linda. Du!cy
IA furious and Linda leaves with
Doyle.
The girl shook her head
weakly.
II think I almost went to
sIeepbut my back hurts 50:
/ couldn 4 think Of any:
thing else.
The doctor nodded. You
have wrenched it." he said.
How did you falli"
Linda turned her eyes
away. The door of the ear
gave way behind me, she
stammered. II fell out back
wards and struck the rum
ming board. /"
DR.. Prime looked at her
shrewdly, but said nothing.
The bicycle gathered speed
for the last hill leading into
town. Linda stirred 4 little
and boxed ahead. From
her precarious position on
the handlebars she could see
the white dusty road flying
BY. 1t was extraordinarily
like sitting on a magic carpet
gliding through space. The
man against whom she leaned
no longer existed for her.
Fatigue and pain and nervous
shock combined to make her
heavy, insensible to all emo
ton.
When the professor spoke
next, she started. I don t
think you should ride q step
farther on this wheel than
you need to-both for the
sake Of your back and for
your reputation. My own il
Continued on Fiction PageJ
E.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
Noise of Steam ShOyeIs
browns Police Phones

Because OF the noise Of steam
ghovels. the telephone exchange
at police headquarters, which has
been on the Fourteenth street side
OF the District Building, will be
cavations are being made for the
new Department of Commerce
building. and the probability that
two years led to the change being
made.
The telephone service will occupy
the room formerly used as the
police printshop. This shop has
been moved, to the basement OF
tho Traffic Bureau.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
e. ]. Dayton, IS, Dies;
Served in Old 10Th Inf.

Edward j. Dayton, IS. resident
OF Soldiers Home since 1893, was
found dead today on a bench near
Park Road entrance to the grounds.
where ne stopped to rest when a
heart attack seized him while he
was strolIing after breakfast. He
was removed to Soldiers Home Hos
pitaI and pronounced dead.
Dayton enlisted in the Sixteenth
Infantry in 1881. serving two en-
listments, and was discharged for
physical disability. His homet was
in Caldwell. n. j.. but he had no
relatives whose whereabouts are
known to authorities at the home.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
State Building GiDen
Annual Bath

Much against the inclination of certain division chiefs
the service the District Fire Department has annually
drafted this time of the year exchange their fire
fighting duties for those Of house
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
Ambassador to Chile
SDeakg at Fort Myer

DIR. William s. CuIbertson, re-
Gently designated as American Am
bassador to Chile, made an address
today to the students at the Citizens
Military Training Camp at Fort
Myer. Va. on citizenship.
The diplomat was met at the
post by the commanding rrficer,
Col. Guy V. Henry: a dismounted
platoon OF cavalry and the band.
DR.. Culbertson was the guest OF
the camp at lunch.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
Electric League to.
Plan Trade Exhibit

Members of the Electric League
of Washington, which holds it's july
meeting tonight on the roof garden
OF the Pepco Building, Fourteenth
and c Street Northwest, will discuss
plans for a proposed trade exhibition
late in October. tn be conducted
Jointly by the Real Estate Board
the Radio Merchants Associations and
its own members.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12

HOmeIike furnished rooms In the city
or nearby suburbs can be quickly l0-
Gated through tOday'N Times and Herald
classified rooms for rent columns.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12

In 1910 the jail was modernized
when Congress appropriated $87,250
for rernodeIing the interior, install.
ing q modern plumbing system and
making each two cells into one.
On July 3, 1925, SITS 900 was ap-
propriated for er1Iargfng the jail
BY 200 cells.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12
$4,000 IN
LOOT IS
TAKEN

While Is residents of apart
ments are mourning losses
within the past week amount
ing to more than $4,000 po-
lice Of every precinct and the
detective bureau are engaged
in an extensive manhunt for q
clever /" jimmy" thief, who
conducts his looting operations
during daylight hours while
residents are away.
Al report made early today by
Miss Lillian White, OF an apart
fnent in the 1900 block Fifteenth
ST. N. W., made the tenth OF yes.
terday's visitations ascribed to the
phantom robber. On her return
after midnight. she found jeWelry
worth sos missing.
The heavies losses yesterday were
sustained when the thief entered
the apartment, of Mrs. Helen C. Bar
bour. in the Woodley apartments
at Columbia Road and Mintwood
Place. She Is the niece of Rear
Admiral r. r. Nicholson and Brig.
Gen. w. +. Nicholson.
$4.3O5 in Gems Taken
Mrs. Barbour and her mother,
Mrs. Helen M. Cooke. told police
that jeweIry worth $4,SO5 was stolen
from a locked closet during their
absence yesterday between the hours
Of 1890 and 2:sO pl m.
The stolen articles included a dia-
mond horseshoe breast pin. with Is
diamonds set in platinum, valued
at $1,000: diamond sapphire brace
lei. valued. at $1,000: a ring with a
large emerald, valued at 81 900. and
another diamond ring with two
emeralds set, worth $500. Jewelry
worth $4,000 was overlooked in the
thief's haste.
The report made by Mrs. Barbour
followed close on the heels of others
deceived from residents of the apart
ment house in the 200 block of
r st. N. W., where eight apart
ments were looted. Jewelry valued
total of loot being estimated at
$2,0S5.
Thomas J. Keefe, of this apart.
ment, reported the theft of 5000
cash, a 500 diamond bracelet, pearl
and other articles altogether, val
ued at 5000.
Takes New Hat
In the apartment of Tilden Nc.
Courtney the thief stole McCOurt-
IS new summer hat and a
watch. After carefully removing
the band, he left his own battered
straw in exchange.
Other apartments in this build,
ing which were entered and from
which nothing was stolen were
those of Miss Marie Steiner, Miss
Rosella Rich, M. T. Bretherton,
Fred C. Sarrell, Rupert A. En-
mons, and another apartment,
which is vacant.
Dog Gives Alarm
While the thief was in the build.
ing Trixie, the pet dog Of Mrs.
Felicia Lambert, barked continu-
alIy. Mrs. Lambert spanked the
dog In an effort to make him cease
the noise. Later, she said, she was
| lieves that the barking OF the dog
Kept the robber from her apart
| ment.
Eight apartments were entered
by the Jimmy" thief last Monday
! fi--e in the 1900 block of x St. n
E., and three in the 1900 block of
n. st. n. w. The loot was es'
! timated at about $1,000.
The medals of a Central High
School athlete were added-to the
collection of loot made by the
phantom Jimmy" thief, in re.
port made today at the Second
precinct by Virgin Galotta, of the
1900 block N st. n. w.
A. gold medal, for the 150-yard
swimming dash, two other swim
| ming medals, and gold football,
| inscribed Central High School.
Dante Galotta,'' were stolen. The
| objects have little intrinsic but
much sentimental value, Galotta
l. said.
The Washington times., 1928-07-12

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