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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
RACE IS HOT
IN TENNESSEE
Aeroplanes Drop Cir
culars; Paper Do
nate Full Pages

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 2S.-(P)
-Airplanes dropping political cir.
culars and free use Of full page
newspaper advertisements have
marked the last days before the
statewide primaries which will be
held in TeA1essee Thursday.
Outside the democratic guberna-
torial contest, campaigns have been
vigorous but without evident Bit
%terness. Both parties will select
nominees for governor, u. s. sena-
tor, congress-, legislature. utilities
and railroad commissioner and state
executive committeeman.
The hottest battle in the campaign
developed in an exchange of news
paper statements between Clarence
Saunders, chain grocery store OPP
orator, who is backing Governor
Henry Fl. Horizons candidacy for the
democratic nomination, and +. II.
Crump, supporter Of the candidacy
Of Hill McAllister, Nashville.
Other gubernatorial candidates
are Lewis S. Pope. Pikeville, and d.
W. Dodson, Nashville.
Republican seekers for the nomi-
nation are Judge John T. Ralston.
who presided over the Scopes trial
at Dayton, and Raleigh S. Hopkins.
Columbia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
Coolidge Dodges
Office Employees

SUPERIOR, Wis, July 2s.-RE
Following his summer custom Of
spending Saturdays away from his
desk, President Coolidge slipped up
the Brule with his fishing tackle to-
day before he could be reached by
his office staff with business wor-
ries.
To them he left all arrangements
for his trip tomorrow to Cannon
Falls, Mimi, where he will deliver
IN address at the Inauguration Of a
monument 10 William Coyill.
Mr.. Coolidge and John Coolidge, as
well as Everett Sanders, secretary
to the president, will accompany the
chief executive tomorrow. The presi-
Dental train will be Joined at Mime
apolis by several Minnesotans includ-
ing Gov. Theodore Christianson, and
Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the secretary
Of state. Mr.. Kellogg was detained
in Washington by pressing duties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
C.&O Seeks To
Join Merge With
Pere Marquette

WASHINGTON. July 2s-dP-New
proposals looking to the completion
Of a merger Of the G. & o. railroad
with the Pere Marquette system
were made today TO the interstate
Commerce Commission.
The c. & o.. which now holds the
commissions permission to acquire
control of the Pere Marquette, ask
ed authority to buy 174,900 shares
Of the l%atter's common stock now
owned by the Nickel Plate railroad,
at n price Of sl33.33 per share.
The Chesapeake and Ohio also
asked the commission to modify its
original finding in the merger case.
and to permit the company to sell
300.0 900 shares Of its own new stock
10 its present stockholders at 500
per share. The funds derived from
the new issue Will enable the Ches-
peake to complete its Pere Mar
quette purchase.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
AL RESTS AT
SEA RESORT
Plans to Return To
New York Early
Part of Week

HAMPTON BAYS. N. Y, July %.
-tR1-With political cares dismissed
from his mind for a few days at
least, Gov. Smith came to this sea
shore resort on the southern fringe
of Long Island today for a week
end vacation. He was accompanied
by members of his family, who
motored with him from New York.
Arriving at Canoe Place Inn which
will be his headquarters while here,
late in the afternoon. the demo-
cratic presidential nominee lost no
time in taking a swim, his favorite
sport.
Before returning to New York and
then to Albany, probably Tuesday,
the governor hopes to get in some
golf, and tomorrow he plans TO
motor out to the east tip of Long
Island to inspect Montauk state
park.
With the top OF his automobile
down. the presidential nominee set
out today just at noon from the
Biltmore hotel, where he lives while
in New York, and where last night
he discussed the political outlook
with Governor Richie Of Maryland
Wearing a panama I'D n tweed
suit of brown. the New York execu-
tive sat on the front seat with his
chauffeur, the object of a brief
demonstration from admirers out
side the hotel before the procession
Of fifteen motor cars making up his
party got under way with two state
troopers blazing the way in a small
automobile. Riding in the rear seat
of the governors car was Mrs.
Smith. Mss Rose Ped-ock. her Sec
rotary, and Mrs. Mary Collins. a
close friend.
In the automobile following were
Major md Mrs. John A. Warner. his
son-in-law and daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Francis j. Quillinan. daugh-
ter and son-in-law. and behind them
in their own small car riding alone
were Arthur. another son Of the
governor and his wife.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
RELIABILITY
TOUR FINISHED
Wright Engine, Waco
Biplane Winner in
Ford Event

DETROIT, July 2s.-QF-Complet-
ing a $500 mile circle Of the west
ern half OF the continent "a planes
of the national air our landed at the
Ford airport here late today, whence
they started June so.
John P. Wood, of NASSAU, Wis,
pilot who flew a Wright-engined'
Waco biplane, vas announced the
winner of the Edsel Ford reliability
trophy, the major award for the tour
winner. Wood also received a greater
portion Of the $4,000 prize awarded
the first ten planes to finish the tour.
The awards were based on reliability
and efficiency of planes and pilots,
and a complicated scoring system
was adopted to check the ability Of
the entrants.
Frank Hawkes., Ford Motor COM
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
Dallas Hard Hit
By Heavy Floods
Caused By Rains

DALLAS, July | 2s.-CP-Heavy
rains which have fallen over Dallas
and vicinity the past week culminat-
ed in a torrential downpour early
Saturday that turned streets md
highways into raging torrents, stop
ped traffic in several sections.
dences with considerable damage and
gave scores narrow escapes from
drowning.
The heaviest precipitation occur
red in Oak Cliff in the western
part Of the city, where Lake Cliff,
swimming resort, overflowed, flood
ing a tourist camp. filling the base
ment of a paint manufacturing con-
Germ, and causing slight damage 20
n laundry. Twenty automobile par
ties were forced 70 flee from the
camp, leaving their machines and
camping effects to be submerged.
Four street cars were thrown
from the tracks when rock and
gravel washed on the tracks caused
them 10 derail. Other cars were
held up for several hour while the
streets emptied themselves 81 their
burden.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
Multi-MiIIionaire
Claimed By Death

MINNEAPOLIS. July 2s.-P-
Death today claimed Thomas Bar
low Walker. lumberman, philan-
thropist and art collector, and one
Of the richest men in the United
States.
Advancing age-he was in his s0th
year-was held responsible for the
passing Of the Northw SITS outstand-
ing figure for the past sixty years.
Mr.. Walker. who came to the
Northwest as n grindstone sales
man. built up a huge fortune in
the numbering industry. his wealth
being estimated several years ago
NJ s1GO,0 900, 900. He used IL TO
crafty his urge for philanthropy
and collections OF works Of art.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
HOOVER PARTY
GOES TO CAMP
Motor Caravan Is On
Way to Lodge For
Shay Outing

WITH HOOVER PARTY, enroute
Bull Flat, Calf, July 2S.-(Pl-The
motor a transporting Herbert
Hoover, republican presidential can
didate, and his party to a five-day
fishing trip in the northern CSlifor-
MIA redwood country passed through
Jekiah, l26 miles from San Fran
cisco shortly before noon today.
No stop was made as the party
was anxious to reach Bull Flat.
near the Eel river and some 164
miles farther north, where camp
will be made for the night. The
final destination is Browns camp,
at the headwater Of the Klamath
river, near the Oregon line. Mr..
Hoover will spend Monday and
Tuesday fishing and plans to return
to his home on the Stanford univer-
sity campus next Wednesday. He
will return by train.
The automobile parties left San
Francisco early today, passing
through streets u~rnoticed where
yesterday Hoover was accorded a
great welcome.
With the nominee today were his
~bus AlAdUs AcSlSNdHh - - AtNbA nNs
William III. Donovan. John @. Til
son. republican leader in the house
Of representatives. Ray Lyman Will
bur. president OF Stanford. and a
group Of newspaper reporters and
photographers.
While no undue secrecy has sur
rounded the trim, Mr.. Hoover has
requested that there be no formRl
w~elcomings or demonstrations en-
route. However. news Of his de-
p~arture from San Francisco travel
ed as news always does, and his
a was the signal for cheers OF
greeting as II passed through the
many small towns along the redwood
highway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
|. BEACH MAY
STUDYARROYO
Survey of Water Head
Would Be In View
Of Navigation

HARLINGEN, July 2s.-General
Lansing II. Beach. member of the
international waters commission, and
engineer for the port of Los Angeles,
may be employed to make a survey
Of the Arroyo Colorado, ii was stated
heer Saturday. following conferences
btween Nr. Beach, who arrived In
Harlingen Friday night. and members
Of the Arroyo Colorado Navigation
district board.
General Beach was taken on a trip
down the Arroyo Colorado Saturday
afternoon, in order to examine II.
His survey. IL Is understood. will
be 70 determine the cost OF dredging
a 16-foot channel up the Arroyo
Colorado from the Laguna Madre,
with a connection to the Gulf.
Tyre II. Brown, member of the
navigation district board, said Sat
urday afternoon hat nothing definite
has been decided yet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
Negro Farmer Shot;
His Partner Is Held

HARLINGEN, July CSC. D. Hen
drix. negro. Is suffering from a
charge Of birdshot in the side of
The head and shoulder. and Albert
Miller. another negro. Is under ar
rest here rs the result Of a dis
agreement over some cotton.
The two negroes farmed a tract
Of land owned BY Kennedy & Jones.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
BRIDE LEFT BEHIND

CHICAGO.-George F. Saunders
boarded a train for his honeymoon
thinking his bride was aboard, but
she was in the station. They were re-
united II hours later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
EMPLOYER BARS KNOCKERS

GLASGOW.-R. II. Watson sent
home TO get dressed" thirty en-
ployees who appeared at his ware
house in knickerbockers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-29
"oBEY" BECOMES CHERISH

EDINBURGH-The Episcopal
church of Scotland has decided TO
alter the bridal vow by substituting
cherish" for "obey."
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

said and that was where the Illinois authorities found him. His story, however, was very hay on all important points.
 The experts had little trouble in finding mo- tive for the Kidnapping. Walters father is in Fol som Pententiary, where he is serving a long term. He is . "straw boss" placed over group of other convicts, and most of them are degener- ates. Several of them have been released since particular recently were freed. The authorities surmised that Walter kidnapped in revenge for some actual or fancied wrongs in the prison, and they expressed the opinion that he would
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

seemed to be borne out when the murder foeR story came to light. We believed that Wsltsr had been on that farm and that the events there had been responsible.
 His brain was tangled % vs thought, cd that would easily explain the closed aides ef memory The history of psychology l. filled with similar examples
 When the lad returned to Ms home hs found his mother acting strangely toward hin. Of course this is explained nov, and Mn. Col lins conduct is entirely justified, but certainly it appeared at first that his more or less cold welcome had served only to incrsase the cloud mess which enveloped his brain. We believed that his condition actually was intensified by the circumstances of his return, and we wers ready to accept many discrepancies in his story. We expected them as the natural result of his experience and his cool reception upon his 'rs. turn.'"
 Thus the mystery boy" has furnshsd Les Angeles experts with the most baffling enigma they have faced for years. He convinced then that he was one person. and now he has eoa- vinced them that be is someone else. What next? Certainly the police can't answer that question. They only fear that Walter" will again change his story, and if he does thsy're afraid that he'll be able to convince them thst he is . third person! And that would b. an awful mess everybody aRresA
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

told him that he was to forget all about his life prior to his Kidnapping. and undoubtedly they threatened him with physical violence. Under such circumstances it is thoroughly possible that tho child would forget many obvious connec- tions of memory, but just the same we are sure he is Walter Collins"
 Still Mrs. Collins was not convinced, and at last . new test was devised. Walter Collins closest companion and dearest friend was "Tiny." . small black spaniel. Mems judgment might err, the exports conceded, but the dog would recog- nizs his playmate of six months before. 50 they agreed that Tiny should decide.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

his home! Didn't he recognize furniture in the homes of his friends? Didn't he pass 4 all of our intricate tests-and finally, A didn't the dog recognize hm!' "but felt all along that this child was not my son. and believe his confession. He is V not my Walter"
 The examination proceeded, and the deeper tho experts delved into the strange case the more mystified they became. Finally they have been forced to give up in bewilderment- Who. and where, is Wal ter Collins? No one seems able to answer.
 The boy from the Illinois farm said he was Walter Collins, and he proved" it to the satis- faction of the authorities. Now he says he is not Walter Collins, and his new story is so plausible that the authorities have been forced to agree own name. he says, and he simply posed as the Collins boy because he was tired of working on the farm.
 Meanwhile the Clark boy sticlx to his story der st the murder farn,," and police are making every effort to establish the identity of remains found at the farm.
 Two of the most remarkable things in connec- ton with the case the certainty with which the authorities accepted the testimony of Tiny as final against the doubt of the mother. and the way psychologists, after trying every scientific test known to man, finally relied on the age-old test of whether the dog would recognize the boy or not.
 There was seemingly good foundation for the dog test. The ability of dogs to recognize their masters has been an acknowledged fact for some thousands of years.
 In relating the story of Uysses's return home from his wanderings in disguise a beggar, the post Homer narrated how the does were un- deceived by the warriors tatters. They came and licked his hands and jumped all over him in gladness 1t his return
 There have been many instances in the courts of the United States where disputes have arisen over the ownership of dogs and have been de- eidsd by letting each of the claimants call the animals involved and declaring the owners to be the ones to which the dogs responded most en- Enthusiastically.
 So the people of Los Angeles were quite con- tented in their almost unanimous opinion that the real Walter had returned.
 What really happened to Walter Collins may possibly never be known, but authorities agree that his strange case has contributed much in the annals of psychological knowledge. The specialists vindicate themselves in very plausible fashion. They admit that empirical reasoning must be applied in the realm of psychology; de- ductions must be based past experiences.
 For example," they say, lat first the logical solution to the affair seemed to lie in the fact that the returned boy, whom we assumed to be the missing Walter. had closed aisles of memory as we say in the profession. This
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

all about his abduction. Surely Walter Collins couldn't have been murder farm victim.'"
 But young Clark was adamant, . new check up was started, and it was then that the police, the psychologists and even Tiny" kot the shock of their lives The returned Walter" was closely questioned d-and finally he broke down. only playing that l was!'
 The authorities were astounded. They hardly could believe their ears, for they had been thoroughly convinced of Walters" identity. But" objected the psychologists, this boy must be Walter Collins. Didn't he lead . man to
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

return to normalcy if given an op- portunity to find new friendships and establish confidence in some- one."
 And then the other day, like . tolt from the blue, came new revcia- tions. Police had uncovered traces of murder farm" in another part of California. They were looking for 8 woman and her son. believed implicated in the murder of four boys, and they picked up . boy who gave the name of Clark" and told of having been held st the farm. and then of escaping.
 Could Clark identify sny of the murder farm victims? He could and he told of two of the boys. One was Walter Collins" he said!
 But" police objected, Walter Collins has returned home. He is hack with his rn0ther and has tnld
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

nOUbC ~HeTc NC ubcu Io lINcs He remembered" the man, and,to the satisfaction of the authorities, he led his com panion straight to Mrs. Col lin.' front porch nor would he be thrown off the tratk by suggestions of other routes.
 Next "Walter" was taken into the homes of several friends and asked to identify pieces of furniture with which the kidnapped child had been familiar. He met this test readily, remarkinR that one former playmate" had . new cabinet for his radio, and identifying some sketches on the living room wall of another. But. in contrast to this, he failed to remember the names of many of the boys with whom the Collins boy had played, and in some instances his memory" failed him en- tirely.
 The experts were con- vinced however. "He is your son." they told Mrs. Collins.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

tle0. II nc pSych0lOglSts spent many hours going over their notes on the strange case. "Walter" had been very reluctant to tell about his "abduc- tion." He furnished only meagre details. He was playing. he said, when a man told him that his mother wanted him to have new clothes. The man would buy them, said Walter" so he went along with the stranger.
 , Then he told frag- mentary stories of how he wandered about the country. living a hobo existence-how his cap- tors tried to make him steal and how he re- fused, and finally how they abandoned him. He got work on . farm. he
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

Again the opinion of the ex- perts was vindicated, No sooner did "Tiny' see "Walter" than he rushed to him. licked his hands. and evidenced every sign of affec- tion. That proves it," said the experts-and this time Mrs. Col lins was forced to agree.
 "Yes," she said, "l suppose it does. l suppose he is Walter, after all--but can't seem to rid my self of this lurking fear that the boy is not by son." She was ad- vised by the psychologists to take objective measures to free herself from this haunting suspicion, and she joined with them in planning to send "Walter' to camp, where he might start life anew and for get his chaotic past.
 | For n week or so everything was considered satisfactorily set Al I
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11
| Walter" Told q .
 Strsngsr Who Offered te A Bay uia Clothes.
By MARJORIE DRIscoLL-

naped five months aso! Is hs dssd, the victim of some fiends fury, tortured, perhaps, in revenge for actual or fancied wrongs in the darksome shadows of Fol- .f som Penitentiary! Or is he alive, mock ing the efforts of experts to establish his identity, and secure behind the y<<V impenetr'bls mask of talented child
 This strange enigma which confronts Los Angeles authorities, constitutes one of the most involved and baffling juvenile eases on record, The drama is furnished by . child undeniably keen and gifted. and the plot is be- ing worked out against the eolorfu background furnished by murder farm" where at least four boys haye met death, smodering prison feuds. and the mysterious actions of band of abductors.
 Walter Collins, happy lad of ten Summers, disappeared something over five months ago. So far ss his mother. Mrs Christine Collins knew. he was playing near their Los Angeles homA. As darkness settled and he did not return she be- came apprehensive. Then, after few hours of police.
 A nationwide search was made, but there was mo clue to Walters whereabouts Finally he was given up for lost, and his mother mourned her son .. dead. Then. few weeks ago, lad ap- peered in Los Angeles and said he was Walter Collins He was in charge of police officials and here is the story they told:
 "Walter' had been turned over to them by the police of Illinois. When Mrs. Collins son was reported missing his picture was printed on cir culars and these were widely distributed the country. The Illinois officers said they recog- ni.ed "Walter' from one of these pictures
 It was strange case, the Illinois officers said. for the lad at first had denied his identity. Then, fe:.d that % he ~.: Swster CoIiIns % and and 1n" had seemed anxious to return to his mother" in Los Angeles.
 But Mrs. Collins joy st the restoration of her "son" was tempered with apprehension. "Yes," che said. The looks like Walter. And in some ways he acts like my son. But still Pm not cer- tain about it. You see. Walter was quiet and well behaved: He always called me mother This child calls me 'ma,' and at times he is hard to handle certainly hope he is my son---but some- how can't bring myself to believe it.''
 Then the experts raised their eyebrows in prise. For 1t is . very unusual thing for mother not to know her own child So far as they were concerned there was no doubt of "Walter's" identity. And they based their belief upon seem- ingly convincing evidence
 When "Walter' was brought to Los Angeles it was apparent that his memory had been af- fected by his five months with the kidnapers. He did act bit strange, the psychologists and police officials agreed, they planned and executed an elaborate series of tests to prove that the boy really was Walter Collins.
 First, the lad was asked to take . man to the k>,.s n&a,kn h., al 1c,n
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
IS Years Ago Today

parent" writes to the Herald
that sidewalks around the Monroe
school are in simply disgraceful
condition. the south side looking like
1.-THE slough of despond" and the
west side like a hay field"
The foremen of the departments
OF the Stanley Rule & Level Co.
we're rendered at banquet in the
rathskeller of the Hotel HeHublein.
Hartford. last night and formed a
permanent organization. Among
those present were Z. b. Eddy, J.
NJ. Burdick. w. +. Hine, r. A.
schade, Tobias Diel. George Egar,
and G. II. Fox.
New Britain by virtue Of its posi-
ton Is tornado proof and food proof.
as was witnessed by its freedom
from the disasters which have swept
over other eastern cities, during the
past five days.
II it can be clearly established
that the parents of the High school
pupils want one session. the petition
tc this effect may be favorabIy acted
upon.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. and Miss
Alice Roosevelt children of the