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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Houston Leads I'm
Building Permits

DALLAS, Texas, Jan, 14.-Hl-
Houston led Texas cities in the
value Of building permits issued for
the week ending Saturday.
Totals reported by cities follow:
Houston S551.ss5. San Antonio,
1920, IT'S. Fort Worth, $F96.691, Dali
las $172.110. Corpus Christi, S69.-
745. Wichita Falls, s36,145. Waco,
$15,519, Shreveport, La, s49,967.
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DALLAS. Tex, Jan. I4.--u#y-Tex-
a. league club representatives Will
meet Vt Shreveport. En-, ON Jan. ~
and 2S TO adopt Che fSnh playing
schedule, which probably viii inriuae
u split-season- Announcement ot tha
meeting was made today by y. Donk
Roberts. president on The lnaKnn.
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"a. & Nj. Signs to Play
Centenary i'm 1928

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. Jan. IA.
LE9-Texas A. 4 ~. College has
rigned Q contract with Centenary
ColIsge, Of Shreveport, La for
James Sullivan, Aggie business mana
Yer. announced today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-07
Texas Ports

The history u Texas ports, the tremendous influ-
.erce they have exersed in connection with the devel-
opment Of the Southwest, is one Of the most interest
inx records of transportation and economic achieve
mcnts IN history. In no part Or the world have ports
end water transportation accomplished such far-reach-
inc results or opened to commerce such great areas rich
IN every natural resource.
Texas ports last year handled exports ~totaHing
7.s65,471 tons. valued at s642, s93.22l. and imports of
a44y350 tons valued at $f2,O12.42S. One Of the most
significant features Of these figures. in addition to the
fact they show a tremendous volume Of business, Is
that the trade balance exceeds that Of any other sec
ton 81 the United States.
Development Of the entire state of Texas has fol-
lowed the opening Of the ports Following the Civil
war. when the state had few ports, and those unsafe
for large %freighters, men OF vision, realizing that out
let's must be secured for the tremendous tonnage
Texas could produce. inauguratcd the movement for
more and better ports. Countless millions Of dollars
were expended in the construction of the ship channels
and harbors which serve Houston, Texas City, Beau
mont, Orange. FrecFort. Port Arthur and Corpus
Christi. But The investment Of those millions has
brought billions in wealth to Texas. The ports have
opened the markets for the grain and cotton crops Of
the state; they have made possible the development
Of the states oil and other mineral resources; they
have brought to Texas new industries, hundreds Of
thousands Of homeseekers and farmers. In fact, Texas
ports have been the prime factor in development Of
"F%%+ "H~ 49, $50" @WN "~N@ ~@N"~
poStatior has laid the foundation for future develop
ment which eventually will make every acre Of fertile
soil in Texas productive.
The development Of the Houston port. which last
year assumed premier position among the ports Of the
Texas Gulf Coast in handling export tonnage. has no
parallel in the history of transportation. In 1928 the
Houston port handled 94s,i65 tons Of export merchan-
disc. and 4s49l5 Of imports. In 1927 there was ex-
ported through the port 2.s7s,5l7 tons, and the imports
we're 1855 tons. the port showing an increase Of
nearly 800 per cent IN the volume Of business in four
years.
II is interesting to note that during the four-year
period every port on the Texas coast showed an in
crease in tonnage handled. The Corpus Christi pert.
opened in 1926, handled only 4,5if tons that year, and
last year the export tonnage advanced 20 93,2c6. val
ued ~ S2l,254,622, and the import tonnage was 5,ao7
valued at S524,2iS.
What the ports have accomplished for other sec
tions ~ Texas may be taken as an index to what q
port would accomplish for the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley, the only remaining section Of the Texas Gulf Coast
that y still dependent upon railroads to handle its
tonnage. And incidentally. the Lower Rio Grande
Valley a. = tonnage producer. has possibilities far sur
passing those Of any other section Of Texas.
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cannot agree with those who see dark clouds ahead
on the horizon Of the American labor movement. On
the contrary. I prophesy the increasing Importance ~
organized labor in this country. I am convinced that
trade unionism is bound to acquire a far greater share
in determining the economic policies Of industry. The
time has arrived for labor 70 contribute to the framing
Of economic policy and to assume responsibility, with
the employer. for its successful application.
Necessarily the whole present relationship OF or
ganized abor to industry must change. Instead Of a
t~ug-of-war We shall have a joint venture, instead Of
conflict we shall have cooperation.
In place Of the old relation 81 master and servant
the new day demands a partnership between corporate
industry and organized labor. You may say this is n
Utopian dream. ! think ii Is real. I see only two ma
jor obstacles to its eaIization-obstacIe which can be
overcome. The first is the labor injunction. One does
net require a diploma from the school Of prophecy 10
see that in the long run the injunction cannot stop the
organization Of labor. Organization springs from the
most profound needs Of human nature. You can't de-
stroy the desire to organize; you can only balk II for
a time. But just as surely as mankind has been march
ing slowly but irresistibly toward the goal Of political
democracy just as surely and just as irresistibly arc
the workers going ahead to win for themselves greater
rights in business and industry.
What is the effect Of the injunction? / am still
looking at IL from the point Of view Of the employer.
Its effect is just to postpone the formation Of an ade-
quate labor organization. II is keeping the labor move
ment in its fighting period; it is preventing the labor
movement from coming to full maturity and assuming
the tasks and responsibilities for which it Is pre-emi-
nently fitted.
Cooperation is a hollow word as long as the threat
Of the injunction hangs over lawful unionizatica. The
lamb and the lion can never cooperate. The lamb
may be docile or the lion generous but cooperation is
given only 70 equals. To match the huge aggregates
Of modern capital the wage-earner must be organized
before ne Is ready to give cooperation to his employer.
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"Of course she continued. with gen.
tle irony, II don't have % give you
any pointers"
Don't say that" Irene protested.
emphasizing her laboriously acquired
lisp III know very little about men
really. OF course I'm anxious % get
ahead, and for that reason I'd like TO
make a good impression on Mr.. Dav-
idson, but well. 7 don't imagine
he'd see much In a little girl like me-"
Miss Morosini gave a highly ex-
pressive grunt. lrene's eyes, she
mentally noted, we're p~erceptibly too
close together "a render the baby
stare she affected entirely convinc-
ing. The shallow blue-grey of her
large pupils seemed like a blank wall,
~concealing what went ON in the
shrewd little brain behind them.
Lola, however. INDUCED in no illu-
sions.
Don't pull that nursery stuff on
me, dearie," she said, rising with
slow, snake-like grace. "Save IL for
Mr.. Davidson. He's just about the
right age to fall for a line like yours.
go 70 ia. Having already landed my
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secret marriage or who have the joyously juvenile in
spirntion to surprise their friends. But that is not .
matter for grave concern. The law will DO no hin
drancs to the marriage Of persons who have determined
upon the step after suitable consideration, o classified
ticn which includes by far the majority; but II will
have . stop-loOk-and-listen effect on the ~impetuous
who would marry on q weeks acquaintance or imre-
diately after discovering that their dancing steps har-
monte, and it will be 3 bar to too youthful matches.
Due publicity will also prevent some fraudulent mar
riages.
It is a popular fallaey with those who contemplate
The matrimonial state that their marriage concerns
nobody but themselves. IL this were true no license
at all would be necessary. For its own protection So
eiety is concerned in the founding Of q new family and
has a right to insist that individuals shall exercise
due forethought and conformance with law in 80 i'm
portant a step.
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The World and All
IN NEW YORK

aArent you afraid to ride in che subway after that
dreadful wreck?p This is a favorite question asked OF
New Workers by visitors who have read of the horrors
Of the wreck Of August a.
And the answer invariably il, "Of course mott"
Nothing heroic about the answer, either. New York
ers know that one bad wreck doesn't make subways
dangerous. And they have come to have great conf
dence in the safety Of subway travel.
Up to about 1918 the subway trains had never killed
a passenger. That was the best safety record ever
made by any transportation system. Even today, with
two bad wrecks on the debit side, and a few minor ac-
York subway system remains the safest avenue Of
travel in the word. IL handles millions every day. and
it rarely hurts anybody except those who commit sui
eide BY jumping in front q the trains.
Times Square subway station receives and dis
charges more passengers in a day than any other rail-
way station in the world. Yet il possesses no build
ing. in the usual sense OF the word. It consists Of long
wide underground galleries, three and four deep. with
stairways leading to the streets and into the Easements
OF neighboring office buildings.
At rush hours, morning and evening. the platforms
and trains in this busiest station on earth are always
iammed beyond the widest imaginings OF anyone who
doesn't know New York. Showing the passengers into
the trains during rush hours has become a brutal oc-
cupation, engaged in BY a small army Of uniformed
bruisers. As soon as a train stops and discharges its
passengers, the thousands on the platforms surge for
ward and try to get inside the cars Ten cars make an
express train. Trains cannot start until all doors are
closed. The platform men" throw themselves against
the backs 4 those struggling to get in. and shove
hard. When the last pound OF flesh that the cars can
hold has been squeezed through the doors. the hefty
helpers see that the automatic doors do not jam, and
the train is off.
II was such a train, thus loaded. that was wrecked
while running at full speed. The confusion was pretty
bad, Of course, and the slaughter was awful. But trains
were jammed just AZ much as ever the next morning,
and will continue to be well patronized. For one thing,
the subway offer almost the only means Of transporta-
tion available to many New Workers. Also. IL IA fast,
and Il is safe FOR anybody whose ribs will stand a good
deal Of pressure.
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Inc council OF the League Of Nations displayed
excellent judgment in refusing the request Of Costa
RIGA that il fix a definition Of our Monroe Doctrine.
lis suggestion that the countries Of the western con-
tinent fix their own Interpretation Of that famous pol
icy maintains the status quo and leaves the United
states the privilege and duty OF protecting the western
hemisphere against European aggression. Any defini-
ton ~ the league council would have resulted in n
maze o. conflicting interpretations which could not fail
to react 10 the disadvantage Ct the United States and
the ~Latin-American countries.
Most Of the protests against the Monroe Doctrine
enanate from European sources or are inaugurated By
European influences. For almost a century European
exploiters have been handicapped b. the vigilante 81
the United States. They have sought through every
possible avenue to dtscredit the policy; 20 bring press
ue from European rs well as nations
70 bear in their efforts 70 induce the United States 10
back down." The would-be exploiters have found
ready sympathy among certain political elements in
~Latin-Amcrica. but those conservatives who oppose the
Monroe Doctrine are far from numerous.
The effort to inject the Monroe Doctrine into the
deliberations Of the League Of Nations was doubtless
inaugurated By the same sinister influences that have
sought other avenues to effect modification Of the
policy. The appeal 10 the league council had all the
earmarks o. former attempts. the Costa Rica repre-
sentative being classed with these radicals who for
several years have been a disturbing factor in Central
american politics.
Among the con 4ervative elements of atin-America.
representing the great majority Of property owners.
the Monroe Doctrine is looked upon as a safeguard
that must be maintained. They realize that any modi-
hcation Of the policy would be construed as a signal
Tor the political adventurers and European exploiters
20 carry out their designs, but 50 long as the Monroe
Doctrine remains in effect IL will serve as q deterrant
TO those whose ambition il is to loot those L~atin-Amer-
lean republics incapable Of defending themselves.
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own fish. I'm not In the running
ln spite Of her mixing 0f metaphors,
Miss Morosini's meaning was clear.
lrene's alabaster-like forehead wrin-
Killed. into am unbecominR frown.
How Go YOU net that way, Lola wv
she asked, forgetting for the moment
her ingenue role. "Just because I
ask you q couple OF questions about
this bimbo, you jump to the concIu-
sion I'm out to annex his hankrcIl.
Cut, Il, will you? All I want is =
And YOU don't fare how ycu ret
IT, | know Well, as III said before.
don't everyday your hand. Davidson
has got sense enough TO know that
any woman who's lived i'm Hollywood
two years isn't IN babe in arms. un-
less, az course, she's a dumb-bell. ana
you don't want him 70 think that.
SO long. And good luck 20 you" Sha
undulated s%inuously to the door. Irene
sat staring WEIR the aun-drenched lot.
with its backing OF handicapped hills.
the trown still drawing together her
narrow, plucked eyebrows.
CTO BE C0NTTNUEDl Nh
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with henna-red hair. brushed de-
murely back. The hair itself was
not in the least demure; it seemed,
like it, owner. I'd call for express
sion in ways far more vivid, yet
there it was. bound in a school girl
like occurrences.
The contrast between the girls
sedate exterior. and the ardent
spirit which so plainly flowed be-
meath it. was singularly ~arresting.
The suggestion of innocence. OF un-
sophisticEtion unstable rs gunpowr
der. ready to take fire. to explode az
the first passionate spark, held out
n tremendous appeal-to the onno-
site sex. 1t least. Sophistication.
the visibly burning flame, holds no
subtlety. Every ~passer-by knows
its power to scorch and burn. Sing
cd moths are ant to avoid ID. But
about such women RB Irene Shirley
they flock. fatuously believing that
whatever fires may exist beneath
No demure an exterior are white
fires. quite harmless. without heat
or passion unless aroused by the
particular moth himself. Strange
masculine ~conceit. this belief that
he alone has the power 70 kindle
the flame Of passion; that in his
arms alone. love Is first born. or
all the feminine traps devised for
the sharing of men. that OF the
innocent. the guilelcss young maid
en-. waiting blushingly to be taught
the meaning of love. is the most
deadly.
Irene Shirley was the result az
years Of intensive training, which
Logan when she was an embryo show
girl on the Century roof. For five
years she had been growing zradu-
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be expected they promptly aequies-
ced.
Under the terms Or the treaty the
United States proceeded Ia destroy
several hundred million dollars
under construction and some of
them nearly COMPLETED. BBy an ar
rangement which naval authorities
in this country never liked but were
unable 10 veto. the British were
permitted to complete theirs and
have since put into commission the
two most powerful battleships afloat
the Rodney and Nelson. both a.
ieady building. but unfinished when
the pact was signed.
Various other limitations we're
agreed upon.
Among them was one restraining
the size OF new cruisers ~ 1r.Ns1
tons each. Up to this tonnage u
was specified that the s%ignatories
~ the treaty might Eo 0n with cruiE-
er-buildinT ~ they pleased.
10.090-Ton Cruisers
Hardly were the signatures dry
uDun the document before Great
Britain had begun i~0.O00-tOn rruis-
er building nc a great rate. The
United States. which had no cruis-
ers Of more than $500 tons, was
not very quick ~ follow this exam
plc. Last winter. however, members
Of the naval committees In con.
gress. realizing that America was
being tremendously outbuilt in the
only class en- really formidable sur
face craft permitted BY the agree
ment. introduced measures intended
~ provide this country with a num-
Der of such vessels cf her owu. w
was lost IN the congressional Jam
Incidental to the Boulder Dam fill
buster which marked the national
legislatures adjournment last
spring. but will be taken up again
as soon as congress reconvenes IN
December.
Obviously if the British can fore
stall this building program, by
means OF another international
agreement. further cutting down the
size of cruisers-as is reported tc
he her plan-to 5000 tons, She will
find herself with a formidable fleet
Of 10.00c-tonners under the Union
Jack on hand. while the United
States will be stopped from match
inF her Nv u single cruiser III much
more than half that size.
Such is the understanding which
American naval officers look M nee
urged as "A SEQUEL 10 the Franco
British pact.
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Washington Letter
BY CHARLES Y. STEWART

WASHINGTON. Sept. THE
much-discussed new naval pact be-
tween Great Britain and France be-
INK a good deal or a mystery, Amer
iCan navy men are not entirely clear
ia their minds vet rs TO the manner
in which Uncle Gam may expect ii
70 prejudice his interest on the
oceans.
That il is designed otherwise than
~ work to his disadvantage, I still
have 10 find any officer at the
navy department optimistic enough
10 predict.
Presumably the agreement II che
forerunner az an invitnti0n-frOm
Europe this time-to the leading
maritime powers 70 gather for an
other armament limitation confer
eHce soon. Then. ii ~ taken for
granted. the secret will come out.
The ''multilateral anti-war treaty"
for which Secretary Of State KEEL
iogg has toiled 30 -energeticallv
having signed IN the meantime. pes
simists are afraid " will bc diff
cult for the United States to balk
At a fresh armament limitation pro.
gram without appearing 10 have been
INDUCING Ia u hypccriticai peace
gesture. Yet unless we do 90,
Washington naval experts look for
the worst.
These latter do not think they
already see through the plan.
In 1922. at Secretary Of State
Hughes hehest. the original arma'
mcnt limitation conference met tx
Washington.
At that time America was build
inr warships at a rate which would
have made her. very speedily, thu
premier sea mower of the world. nv
ain. until then the mistress of thu
seasH-had the financial resources
10 compete with har. There seem
ga ro prospect for them but To b
hopeleSsly o~utclassed.
Secretary Hughes proposed
limit which called for some rcduc,
tion ON Britain's part. but "A much
heavier reduction on Americas, Il
bring the latter down 10 the British
level. lie suggested IA ratio, in
capital ships. WI 5-5-3-I.6T-l.67. TO.
spectively for the United States
Great Britain, japan, France and
Italy.
Suited John Bull
Inasmuch as America was offering
10 surrender an advantage which the
cthers-espccially the British. who
we're chiefly concerned-could not
have prevented her from attaining
except BY her own choice. rs may
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READ THIS FIRST:

READ THIS FIRST:
The story opens with the pending
displacement Of the star. Alice Car
roll. Of the Davidson Productions
Co. Alice's contract Is about 70 ex-
pire. and Lew Davidson, a hard
boiled judge Of pretty women, has
been seen TO scar cynically the
first traces OF wrinkles IN her 9TH
erwise girlish face. Her fate Is re-
garded as sealed. Tony Hull, a d.
rector with a sense Of decency, a
tall, g~ray-eyed man Of thirty-five.
has secret hopes or witnessing the
elevation of Jane Dare. a small.
graceful just emerging from
joyous youth. OF great beauty and
fine character. 10 stellar honors.
Into this situation Is precipitated
Irene Shirley, a vamp of much
sophistication. and a past that might
not bear too close inspection, but
with an alIuring innocence Of nan
ner that is very deceptive. Lew
Davidson. the producer. decides to
visit his studios IN California.
tNOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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Who am III What office do 7 holdg
With what recent pact of interna-
tional interest was I Connected
which letter II most frequently
used i'm the English language?
Who Is Henryk Sieniewicz and
what Is his best known work.
Who w generally credited with
having invented the steam engine =?
For there is not "A word in my
tongue, but. lo. q Lord. thou know
estit altogether" Where does this
passage appear in the Bible7
Today In the Past
On this date. In 1926. the 9Th aa-
sembly cf the League or Nations
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Other Papers
NO MARRYING IN HASTE

ILIeVeIand Pam DcaIcrl.
California now falls into line with other statcs
which enforce a little meditation on the part Of those
who would plunge headlong into matrimony and which
desire 10 protect themselves from Gretna Green noto-
riety. Connecticut and Michigan, to cite two exam
PIES, require five days public notice before granting a
marriage license, while CALIFORNIA; new statute speci-
fies that at least three days and no more than thirty
ahalI elapse between the notice and the issuance OF
The license.
such q law has obvious merits and no serious dis
advantages. II may, 20 be sure, prove an annoyance
ID those who thlak ihsrs u z2RstAlng clever about >
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Timely Views
NJUNCTIONs AGAINST PEACEFUL UNI0NIzATI0N
or LABOR OPPOSE
BY ROBERT r. WAGNER
United States Senator From New Yori

United States Senator From New York.
(Robert F. Wagner was born in Germany. He
was graduated from the New York college and was
admitted to the bar in 1898. Wagner ~practiced law
in New FORK City fer some years. He became q
member Of the New York assembly. which post he
held from 1905 to 1908 and later became a member
Of the state senate. He has been elected justice
of the supreme court of the First district OF New
York for the term which expires in 1882 but re-
signed to enter the u. S. senate from New York
in 1920.
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CHAPTER v

About the time that Lew David
son descended from the train and
greeted his old friend. Sam Kessler,
two women were discussing him in
a dressing room At the Inter-Ocean
studio.
One or them was 8 tall. sinuous
and very beautiful brunette, whose
dark and fascinating loneliness
might have either been Spanish or
Jewish. or both. She sat in a
wicker chair. languidly toying with
q Jade cigarette holder.
The other was q SMALLER woman,
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We are in hearty accord with the proposal 10 have
the heavy trucking done ut night. II is an outrage for
noisy trucks to be numbering around in the daytime
when typical New Workers are trying to sleep.-New
Yorkskr
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A returned traveller states that 90 per cent q Turk
ish men loaf while all the women work. Direct steamer
service to cOnstantinople may be expected TO start AZ
once-PittsburEh Post-Gazette.