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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
MEET CALLED
IN Ell JARDN
Democratic Speakers
Are Scheduled For
Monday Night

A democratic rally will be held at
the school house in Ell Jardin Mon
day night at s o'clock. according to
announcement Saturday Mt demo-
cratic headquarters. Arrangements
for the use Of the school buildings
were concluded. and the sneakers
will include County Judge o.. c.
Dancy and H. l.. Yates.
A large number of Brownsville
democrats are expected to attend
the meeting. and a good representa-
ton from FL Jardin precincts is as
sured.
A second mass meeting for
Brownsville will be held at the dis
trict court room Tuesday night,
October 80. Speakers for this meet
ing have not been announced, but
efforts are being made to secure
John A. Walls. Laredo. who has an
nounced he will be in the Valley
that day. Walls is also expected to
make several other addresses in the
county, dates for which will be an
nounced Monday.
Organization work in Brownsville
is making rapid progress, j. T. Ca
males, campaign chairman announc-
ed. Most of the city precincts have
been covered, and workers have re-
eeived assurance of a record vote.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28

AS COP KILLER;
WALKS u FREE

CHICAGO, Oct. 27-tFl-A chain
Of circumstances was forged in
the county building yesterday
down which young John Dempsey,
who "killed a cop" slid to free
dom from a 50-year prison sem
tence.
The first link was the key 10 the
bull-pen in which Dempsey waited
to testify in a case of two men
for a robbery Dempsey said he
himself perpetrated. whats a
robbery rap when you're doing
so years for killing a cop?" he
said.
Somehow. the key was left in
the bull pen door. Dempsey reach
ed a hand between the bars. turn
ed the lock. and stepped from the
pen.
The second link was the freight
elevator-the only unguarded exit
from the sixth floor. where Demp-
sey had been locked up. The ele-
vator operator had gotten off ut
the fourth floor to listen to testi-
mony in another courtroom. The
elevator, it was explained, was a
"~creeper." moving slowly upward
of its own accord. II had "crept"
to the sixth floor just at the time
Dempsey was seeking a way TO
escape. He rode to the basement
and then walked from the build
ing unmolested.
Dempsey four months ago began
serving a Cougar sentence for the
staying of Policeman William
O'Connor. He plead guilty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
Grand Cazoozla
To Get Welcome

HARLINGEN, Oct. 2T.-The second
"Grand Gazooza" banquet and blow
out at the Fair grounds here Is to be
thrown open to business men and
others throughout the Valley, ac-
cording to present plans, Myron +.
Ward, secretary Of the Harlingen
Chamber Of Commerce, announced.
The first such affair was held at
Harlingen last year. and was attend
ed by several hundred persons, in
GLIDING Harlingen business men and
travelling statesmen from all parts
Of the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
Scout

Especial to The Heraidl

MISSION, Oct. Omission Boy
Scouts, Troop I, held their regular
monthly outdoor meeting on Thurs
day afternoon at the Glasscock place
in S~haryland. Thirteen Of the four
teen registered scouts were there to
take part in the program.
All scouts Joined in the task Of
gathering wood for the cooking pro-
ject before beginning the arranged
schedule Of games. This completed,
potatoes and onions were prepared
for the m~ulligan, then while the not
with the stew meat was swinging
from the tripod over glowing Goals
the boys entered into the games and
contests.
The two patrols engaged in a 90
minute instruction period, using the
first nine letters of the ~semaphore
code. After this period of instruc-
ton the patrols engaged in a con-
test of Interpretation of words using
these letters as the basis of n relay
game. The contest was keen and
spirited, and the patrols evenly
matched as there was only about two
seconds difference in finishing time.
After this game, another contest was
held between the paptrols in a pass
faster relay" Following this two
Of the scouts working for merit
badges, put the boys through some
games, which is one Of the require
ments placed on applicants for the
athletic merit badge.
At z o'clock the mulligan and hot
cocoa, with plenty Of bread. was
served. Each scout easily consumed
two helpings ~apiece-and some had
an appetite for more. The mulligan
and cocoa was prepared by the troop
scribe. and J. a. Hayes, who Is a
brother-in-law Of the scoutmastre,
visiting in Mission from California.
The boys reluctantly broke camp at
1880, and came home. Troop ] holds
each month, n overnight hike and
one a r,eptiuC
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
ONLY ONE
IN FOUR READS BOOKS

MELBOURNE. Australia, Oct. 81.
@lP1-The chief librarian of the
public library of New South Wales
told a recent interstate educational
conference in Melbourne university
that not n Australian in four ever
read a book.
"In both city and country dis
tricts," he said, "there is surprising
ignorance among the people concern
ing the value of books. For the most
part people get their reading from
the newspapers"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
MAN CURED AT GROTTO

That Mark Stevenson, a young
married miner at Renfrew, has been
cured OF a fractured spine, at Carfin
Grotto. Scotland. has been reported.
Stevenson met with a cycling acci-
dent. and for many months was rom
sidered incurable. Unable to walk,
he was carried in September to the
grotto. Father Taylor Of the grotto
church says that now Stevenson is
perfectly we'll and cycles daily.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28

HARLlNGEN, Oct. 27.-Matters or
credit and details Of operation Of the
organization were discussed NJ \
meeting Of directors Of the HarIin-
gen Retail Merchants association
here Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28

In the past IL years people OF
America have invested S3,5T0,000 IN
motion picture enterprises and 3d.
100000 in other amusement projects
in foreign countries.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Prom Today to Yesterday.

While Washington was going 10 bed
last night aud San Francisco was get
ting up from The dinner table, the mono
plane Southern Cross landed gracefully
on q tfee~circied patch VI gfeenswaTd
Oh the Island VI 5nya. IN the Fills.
Us yslor0us crew. beset by ths devils
u storm, tDg and darkness, had COM
pletrd the longest fight over water ever
made by msu They had written new
aBd heroic chapter In the annals NJ
agirlion Moreover. they had hsd the
pseudo mystical experience of fiying
from today into yesterday.
Just before reaching suya the flyers
of the EoulheTn Gross went over The In
l3rnationsi date lins. whsre the teEi"
msnled days arc bcra sDd where they
return W dis. This Imaginary line ilaA
lTfg Intrigued ttls imagination, Whsn
IL h ciD@sed from east 10 west day
Ia i,1t, ana vice versa, twenty four r
Itolf period Is gained when The passage
IL IN the opposite direction, Here h ths
ge0msigic Hoiting IN time and space,
Here IL the grave of that nlmsg reality
wiieh tss human mind has baen forced
Evening star., 1928-06-05
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

American Marines wrote another
glorious page In their history last night
and today In beating Oft two de-
termined German attacks on the Marne
battlefield. Last night they wiped out
a large enemy patrol: this morning
they charged and captured enemy ma
chine guns, and this afternoon they
killed many Of the enemy aud took
prisoners The Germans con-
centrated large forces before Veutlly
Wood aud began mass attack. They
were moWn down by the American
machine gunners. aud the attack WAS
broken up before 1t reached the Amer
lean line. the Germans fleeing IN CON"
fusion During the day the en-
emy multiplied at different points Of
the front his efforts tu advance. but
was everywhere fepulaed, suffering aeri"
our luases, North vi The Alsnr, French
Cuunter-attaCks regain the entire
ground, which had been temporarily
occupied near Vlngre and many pris~
unefa are captured. Allied nVl~
alora are becoming exceedingly active
IN the whole lighting zone, In a
double expedition Yesterday " tons oI
pr0leetilea were dropped on enemy con-
renifailnns by French bombing eSca@
drilles, completely dlspersing them.
One hundred and sixteen eas.
uaitiek reported by Gen, refshing 10.
day, 80 killed In action and IL died OF
wounds,
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Making Aviation History.

Aviation history was made last night
when the giant monoplsne southern
Gross. with its intrepid crew Of four,
landed safely on the Fiji Islands after
an all-wster trip Of more than thirty
one hundred miles from Hawaii. From
the time ii took the sir on its record
breaking flight of thirty-four and one e
half hours and the radio OF the big
plane flashed out the message Took
OF from the Barking Sands for Suva in
the Fin Islands" to the time when the
world was startled ana relieved by 4
message from the same radio. South
ern Cress sights Fiji Islands. Will reel
In antenns for landing Best regards, -"
the tri-motored plane kept its course
over the Pacific wastes.
Two laps have now been completed
OF one OF the most perilous aviation ad-
ventures undertaken since Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh blazed the way to Paris
more than year ago. With Capt
Kingsferd-Smith in command and
three companions the Southern Cross
winged its way to Hawaii from San
Francisco in twenty-six hours. A two
oar rest suficeo 10 refresh the flyers
for the longer hop to Suva. After an
other short breathing spell at the pleas
ant tropical island they will continue
on 70 their final destination, Sydney,
Australia. seven thousand eight hum
cred miles from San Francisco.
There Is small reason now to doubt
that these adventurous men will COM
piete their trip on schedule time. In
two hops they have already put behind
them nearly six thousand miles OF the
Journey. and have shown themselves
10 be capable and skillful sirmen.
Probably more than any other trip of
its kind the navigation had 10 be per-
feet 10 insure success. The Hawaiian
Islands are small dots on the map. as
are the Fiji Islands. There was no
landing place between San Francisco
and Honolulu and. for practical pur-
poses. none between the Barking Sands
and Albert Park at Suva
Three hours gasoline was left when
ts1e Southern Gross reached Honolulu.
and probably less than that when ii
landed st Suya A slight miscslculation
In navigation. therefore. would have
meant disaster for the ambitious flyers.
No small share Of the credit should be
given 10 Navigator Harry W. Lyon on
this account. but the entire crew OF the
Southern Cross has worked together
with such harmony that IL is difficult
and unnecessary 70 single out any one
for particular mention. The world con-
graduates and wishes Godspeed to the
four men vino are pioneering In mod
ern vehicle ef transportation across
The vide stretches Of the Pacific.
Evening star., 1928-06-05

nuity another six hundred dollars for
yearly medical expenses and two thou
sand dollars In lump sum for past med
ical expenses. In addition, the defend
ant corporation is to pay the counsel
and court expenses incurred by the
women. This settlement. 1t is expected,
viii give each worker two hundred dol
lars year more than she earned in
the factory.
Whatever the merits of the claim
against the radium company 1t appear
ed to sympathetic public that the
corporation should act quickly to re-
lieve the financial condition of these
former workers in the factory, Reputable
physicians had testified that all of the
women were doomed TO death, and it
was apparent that they had contracted
the deadly disease while employees OF
the company. Under such ciroum-
stances the public believed that they
were entitled to the utmost considera-
tion from their employers, regardless of
the legal liability involved, Judge Clark
entered the case at psychological mo-
ment. and il is due to his untiring ef-
forts that a satisfactory settlement was
reached The women will at least have
financial relief during their last days
on earth. and If there Is anything that
medical science can do TO alleviate their
suffering it will be done. The radlum
company appears. through the settle
ment. in a good light before the public,
and the whole pathetic case is tefmi-
mated In as satisfactory a manner as
such 4 case could be.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Settlement Of q Pathetic Case.

Through tDe mediation of Judge VIII
liam Clark " Newark, VINO acted from
humanitarian reasons and 81 q private
citizen, The psthstie csh@ Of the I'VE
wonsn who we're poisoned ss result
of painting luminous watch ciaa with q
yadlurn substance hes bssp Astlisd out
~ evirl The fsF women sued the
senopsng fog az sggregse of ons million
4wo hundred snn hfH taoussnd dol
tsrs bit DUE W legal delays snd tine
possibility of ths statute NJ limitations
x,ulisfysns tnsir claims before Trial could
h. had. IL appeared thst oiis " sll
would he dead before Ulsy received any
measure VI compensation fSf tlIklf
frigEifsd and inepraBis injuries, IL
vas 81 thR time that Judge CLARK VI"
feFse 10 enter ths cass A. mediator
and il Is solely through Ais enofts tial
ssen ore of tns s1if;ksn workers wll'
set spproxins tsig thirty tbaaihsnd
aaliarE Ten tholssna aoliaTs ~ N IN
Nsae IN sssh, sAs nOnssss aeiissN sn'
Evening star., 1928-06-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How much almond paste Is used
in the United States each year?--L.
VI.
A. 1t is estimated that from 6,000,0 900
to 100000 pounds of almond paste
are consumed in this country annually,
most Of which Is manufactured by large
candy manufacturers and sold to BAKERS
Tor making cakes and macaroons.
@. What is the early history Of nails?
j. r.
A. Nails of the earliest nations were
OF bronze. The nail used by Jael In
killing Sisera Judges, iv.2D was q
wooden tent pin. Up to the nineteenth
century nails were mostly forged. The
Perkins cut-naii machine, patented In
l795, made 100000 nails day.
c. What Is the standard height and
weight for Russian wolfhounds?-F. 7.
A. The standard height for males is
between 28 and 81 inches, with females
ABOUT inches less. Dogs should scale
10 TO l05 pounds, bitches IS to 40
pounds less.
q. Please give me a recipe for fruit
cup which includes honey.-A. G..
A. Use one cupful OF bananas cut
INTO cubes, one cupful Of oranges cut
INTO cubes, one cupful Of cherries pitted
and half cupful honey. Toss lightly
the bananas. oranges and cherries with
the liquid honey. Serve very cold.
@ Does Italy have compulsory edu-
cation?-H. M H.
A. The royal Italian embassy says
that education is compulsory in Italy
for children between and IA, and it is
also compulsory for the blind and the
deaf and dumb. Primary education Is
divided in thre. grades-preparatory,
lower and higher, the first being almost
wholly based on recreation and of the
duration of three years; the second lasts
also three years. and the third one
year. There are integratiye courses and
professional courses which are likewise
compulsory. There are. in addition.
night schools for illiterate adults and
army schools for soldiers.
q. How long does it take light 10
reach the earth from the group of stars
called Hercules?-K. F.
A. 1t takes light 100000 years tn
reach the earth from the star cluster
Of Hercules.
Q. What is the Canadian wheat pool'
MI.
ganization. The pool has a central SELL
ing agency, with representatives in 81
ports of the world
O. What can be used TO paint faded
awnings?-L. @. K.
A. A good oil color thinned with tur-
pentine to the consistency of water is
used in painting awnings.
@. Which of the American parrots Is
the best talker9-C. E. l..
A. The Mexican double yellow
headed parrot is probably the best talk
ing bird among American parrots. 1t is
probably the equal of the African gray,
which Is the Old World favorite.
@. How many leaves has the poison
ivy?-N. NJ. S.
A. The poison ivy, or poison oak
(Rhus toxicodendronl, somewhat re-
sembles the Virginia creeper and IS
sometimes mistaken for II. The Virginia
creeper, however. has five leaflets, while
the poison Ivy has only three
Evening star., 1928-06-05
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHlLANDER JOHNSON.

Local Issue.
OF many issues We must hear
AS the convention hours draw near.
And many a delegate will sigh.
is this fair city wet or dry?r
Whatever be the sentiment
About a nations discomfort,
Regarding reckless corn or rye,
He'll ask. rs this town wet or dry?"
Though banners boldly be unfurled
To govern thirst throughout the world
Questions are local. few deny,
AS 10 conditions wet or dry.
IT Is the bellhop, after ali,
Who brings an answer TO the call
When strangers say. with turtive sigh,
rs this location wet or dry?"
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Champion of Three Countries.

Champion Of the United States,
Great Britain and France! Those are
the titles that Helen Wills can now call
bsY own Yesterday Americas beloved
girl-wiEsr6 Of the courts unIesshed the
full power Of her game 10 ysnouish Miss
Eileen Bennett OF England in straight
sets six-one. xiE-two. % annex her most
recent titie. the yomen'a singles tennis
championship Of France. To tennis
what Bcbby Jones is 20 golf. little
Poker Face" s the hrss woman 70 hold
~ ore time the three major champion
ssaips Of these countries
Whether Miss Wills in her now ma
ture6 game could defeat the incon-
parable Suzanne Tengien viii forever
remain a question. On her last struz-
gse with the scintiliating French star
she Wss unable 70 break through 10
victory. Lengien then turned profes-
asonsi and mas now retired 30 that these
two wizards Of the court will probably
neyeY meet again In championship play.
Hslep wills a unauestionabiy the
dominating figure today in womsn's
tennis. Although stilI young in years,
ss.s Il q veteran of the courts and there
10 pronebiy no woman who can seriously
extend her. Master of technique and
powerful In styoks she reigns supreme
snd il will probably be many years be-
fore ex-ehs napion will be written after
her name As fine sporsswoman ss
ever tno1 the eDslrts. America extends
Sc congrs tuiations 10 Helen Wills.
Evening star., 1928-06-05

to create as a framework for orderly
living.
Theoretically, the line follows the
ls0th meridian. Actually It Is an ex-
tremely eccentric, crooked line, as
though Time we're toddling like an infant
or staggering like a very feeble old lady
down this path from Pole to Pole. The
Is0th meridian. for example. passes
straight through the Island of Suva, and
the crew of the Southern Cross may
have landed trife this side of It. But,
actually, they were well inside OF Yes
terday. They had left To-day behind
them an hour or more before coming To
earth. The line, of course, Is purely
arbitrary, 1t is one OF those things
which do not exist and which man
has been forced 10 create In his imagi-
nation. Consequently he has created II
to suit his convenience, 1t departs from
the i80th meridian whenever that line
passes over land where human beings
dwell so that nobody will be inconve-
nisnced by not knowing what day 1t Is.
The Fijian need never be IN doubt
The International date line makes a big
bend around this little group of islands
and then continues at approximately
the halfway mark between the ls0th
and The l65th meridans west until al
most at the Antarctic Circle, when II
bends back again. Otherwise 1t would
pass Just of the coast of New Zealand
and cause all sorts of trouble.
The line reaches its greatest eccen-
tricity in Its passage through Bering
Strait and Bering Sea, when 1t twists
around To avoid hitting Kamchatka, the
Aleutian Islands and the Pribilofs.
Everybody on earth. the artisans of the
line decided. had right to full, clear,
allotment of time.
II is all. of course. purely hypotheti-
cal. So, for that matter. is Time itself.
But it seems real. In this case, mixing
the real and the imaginary is inevitable
and it leads TO some weird situations.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Prestige of Simmons at Stake
I'm North Carolina Smith Row

that Smith faces defeat at Houston,
that Senator Simmons might be right.
but II he Is. the Democratic party might
as well forget national elections for
years to come, so far as the presidency
is concerned"
York, Massachusetts Connecticut and
independent Democratic) argues: SEN
ator Simmons knows that Gov. Smith
OF New York Is the only Democrat in
sight who has the slightest chance OF
carrying those debatable States. In the
last two presidential elections the Demo-
cratic party has been defeated before 1t
started. This year, unless Ii really hopes
To win. there Is little reason TO start at
all And II IL hopes to win. IL must
select candidate. not because Of local
preiudices, but because he can get elec-
toral votes. For they are what count In
the choosing OF President"
Whatever the outcome. the North
Carolina delegation will have a great
deal OF internal Smith sentiment, and
will probably break toward his nomina-
ton rs soon as the breaking begins, >
predicts the New York Times tindepend-
enD, and the New York World tinde-
pendent) comments: THE whole course
0f the pra-convention campaign has
produced no formidable candidate as
an alternative 10 Gov. Smith. II Is this
fact which makes the strategy OF his
opponents desperate. last-minute
strategy"
The Milwaukee Journal tindepend-
enU says, Senator Simmons cannot
see that Alfred Smith from Tammany
does not stand and has never stood for
what the Senator means by 'Tammany-
ISM"
Suggesting that North Carolina prob
ably spoke too late" the Cleveland Plain
Dealer dndependent Democraticl MAIN
tainS that the governor has such lead
four weeks before the convention that
his nomination seems as certain AS any
political event can be month ahead
OF It's fuliillment''