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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Other Papers
INVESTING IN HUMANITY
CORPUS Christi Caller).

Five million dollars is a lot TO pay for an expert
ment. A ive-million-dolla campaign, though, has been
launched in Chicago, with the object of reducing the
growing amount Of juvenile delinquency. Twenty-Five
boys club buildings are to be erected. il the project Is
carried out; the buildings will be equipped with gym
nasiums. swimming pools. libraries. and Fairgrounds.
The campaign is based upon the theory that juvc-
nile delinquency is the result Of environment, to a large
extent; that the boy in the ~congested districts Of cui
large cities where Juvenile crime is most prevalent,
hasn't much chance 10 20 straight; that his surround
inss, his associations, all tend to make him an enemy
Of society.
The solution, then. logically, would be to rrovid.
the boys with the right sort of surroundings, to bring
him into contact with groups which are not essentially
anti-sociEl. to eve him. in short, the opportunities 10
which every boy is entitled.
Here is a project in which every patriotic crganirs-
tior in the country may well interest itself. The city,
dveller does not alone suffer the penalties Of juvenile
delinquency. It's evil effects are spread all over the
land in the form Of growing disregard for law and or.
der. 1t is an unusual youth. indeed. who can become o
decent, respectable, lsw-abiding citizen after he has
spent his most inpressionable years in an atmosphere
of criminality; it is an unusual youth who can fight
off the effects of early environment. AS young Grim
mails grow up, their influence will tend to corrupt boys
Of the next generation. and the evil Of Juvenile delin-
queney will spread everywhere.
There are many explanations for the astounding
and startling increase in the percentage of crimes COM
mitted by youthful offenders. The fact that the per-
ceatage has grown in much the same proportion that
the shift in favor OF urban population has grown may
not be without its significance. Every child is entitled
to a chance; the child Of the biz city slums is deprived
Of it.
This is the situation which the five-milion-dolls
Chicago campaign is designed to remedy. insofar as
Chicago is concerned. 1t is a situation which persists
in only proportionately lesser degree in every city IN
the land. The results or the Chicago experiment should
be followed with the closest attention wherever cities
face a juvenile crime problem.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Intelligence Test for Jurors

The Baumcs crime commission OF New York, ap-
pointed several years sgo By Governor Smith to rec
oninend legislation to curb the crime wave, will offer
some rather startling accommodation to the 1929
session of tho New York legislature, according TO an
ncuncsmcnt By members Of the commission.
The commission has asccrtained that much Of the
difficulty IN dealing with crime lies in the obsolct.
statutes covering jury duty, and will propose radical
change, chief OF which will be what might be termed
an Intelligence test for jurors. The commission points
out that in many eases the jurors lack proper educa-
tion to qualify them for jury duty; that they are IN
able to comprehend or grasp the facts and the evidence,
and as a result their verdicts are often al variance
With the best interests Of the public.
Many miscarrisges Of justice, they point out, arc
due TO having upon the jury ono or more men who ar.
not sufficiently intelligent to pass upon the guilt pr
innocence Of the defendant. and who. with the STUB
tornnels typical OF ignorance, refuse to he guided ~
the wiser counseis OF the more intelligent members.
The commission points cut that similar conditions
prevail in practically all states. and that the only rem
edy i, to replace the obsolete jury laws with laws
which meet modern conditions. They assert that ths
present body Of the jury duty law is in many respects
archaic and does not serve a useful purpose today. and
suggest that = study Of all state laws relating to jury
duty be made for the purpose Of eliminating parts
which have become obsolete.
The amendments TO be Offered by the Bsumcs crime
commission will arouse much interest throughout the
United States. The beneficial effects Of the Baumcs
laws, recommended By this commission. and which have
added materially to the efficiency Of law enforcement:
and crime suppression in New York, arc being copied
into the statutes OF several states, with indications thu.
the principles will be generally adopted within a fcs
wears. In fact, any suggestion or recommendation frori
this commission is or national interest, a. i j. dealiu-
With > problem national in its scope. and the remedies
recommended arc as applicable in Texas az in NV
York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
WIDE FLAMING FOR CITIES
kansas City starr.

There il s warning to biz cities generally IN a study
made By the regional planning body Of New York. d.
is that urban planning. to serve its purposes, must 20
beyond city limits. II. this planning body brings out,
the present trend Of development into suburban areas
is not accompanied By well considered provision for
order, convenience and sttractivensess, then the move
ment may in time mean nothing more than the trans
fer OF population from already dotcriorsted areas %
new areas where the same defective conditions will he
repeated"
The condition is illustrated by an old saying about
a j jump from the frying pan into the fire The princi-
pic relates to planning within a. we'll as about a city
II there isn't comprehensive, fsr-sccing action TO pro-
teet property values and promote good order, then no
area, in the end, will be secure.
No considerable part n = metropolitan district
finally can bc advanced a the expense cl some other
considerable part. Th~ community must Ne carried
forward a. Z unit with due attention to the welfare of
each group and interests IL Is progress is not to -
Of a questionable kind. City planning has been &C
rsptcd with that Understandings; still! wider planning
must proceed on the basis ~ II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
The Prohibition Problem

~ "1-rrrie "a the Eursat offer Of $4,000 for the
% -o-utioh cf the prohibition enforcement problem
u IomeWhst disappointing TO the American publi-
= cash award was won By Major Chester r. Mills
iormsr prohibition administrator of the New York dis.
trio'' and who. unquesiionsbly. is veil v.rsed in al
PnaaeS oil the enforcement problem.
MAJOR MILL frankly admits Oh, problem /, .x.
'i."s'y difficult He placed emphasis upon control Of
industrial alcohol. which he believes the chief source
Of supply for boctleggc;s; and also suggests that "pc.
htleal interference be eliminated, but makes no def
mite accommodation as to how this could h, accom-.
pilShed. His suggestions relative to drying up the
supply crossing from Canada and Mexico and received
at Atlantic ports would indicate he does not conside.
this Of vital Importance.
There are other problems-the home brewer. tn,
,hirs'y CITIZENS who permits grape juice or apple cider
10 Torment, "the moonshiner--non of whom have
any connection with the industrial alcohol supply o,
border liquor smuggling, but who each present a sep.
srats and complex problem. In many sections Of IN.
country the liquor supplies are derived almost ex.
eiusively from local sources, which enforcement off
GERS have been unable to dry up.
More careful administration of the industrial alco.
hol supply would affect the supplies Of liquor avail.
able in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and many
other large ccnters Of population, but would probably
result in sugnenting activities OF liquor smugglers
brewers and distillers. who do not attempt to compel,
with professional "alky cutters" who utilize industrial
slcohol for the bootleg trade in the larger cities.
Major Mills suggestions and recommendations, how.
ever, are Of considerable value, and, il adopted, would
aid in damming one source Of supply. But there !.
nothing in his proposal which would tend to proven.
10 flood coming from other sources.
1t is interesting to note that over 1900 persons
submitted their ideas as to tn. best solution Of the en-
forcement problem. and that Of Major Mills was con.
sidsred by CAPABLE judges the one most worthy Of the
award.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
HOOVER GOES TO WASHINGTON
beaumont Enterprise },

lDcaumOnt enterprise.
Mr.. Hoover's decision to 20 straight on to Washing
ton, instead Of stopping in Florida when he returns q
the United States from his Latin-American tour. will
give tn. politicians something else to talk about. There
is q strong supposition that political considerations
caused Mr.. Hoover to change his plans.
A great deal can happen politically in a few weeks
While Mr.. Hoover was gone it is possible that develop
ments occurred, political and otherwise, that demand
his immediate attention. Could they not be attended TO
in Florida as we'll as in Washington? Maybe not. MI
Hoover will soon be in Washington, at any rate. and
n will not be surprising If some important announce
ments are made.
Mr.. Hoover will have his hands full with the pat
Image seekers. and in addition to these hungry per-
sons. legislative questions and the nations foreign pol
icy will probably engage his attention. Congressional
leaders do not believe farm relief can be disposed Of
by the SEVENTEEN congress, which will make il neccS-
sary FOR Mr.. Hoover to call a special session, in accord
anc. with his campaign promise.
II is also rumored that Mr.. Hoover and his lieuten-
ants are already preparing for 1882. And there is said
TO be a plan under way to turn over patronage distribu-
ton TO the republican national committee. Of which
Dr. Work will remain chairman. The less Of their
patronage privileges will not be taniely endured by
members or congress. A pretty fight between Mr..
Hoover and congress may be in prospect.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
BINGHAM AND Philips LIKE
TWIN SENATOR'S
By CHARLES r. W

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-About as
unlike as they could be in other re-
spects, Senators Lawrence c. Phipps
az Colorado and Hiram Bingham Of
Connecticut would pass for Siamcse
twins, as brother conservatives.
Their names were associated the
other day only accidentally.
Bingham happened to be given a
committee post just vacated by
Phirps. due TO pressure Of other du-
ties.
IL was an unirrortsnt matter, but
II served TO bring the two into the
senate picture together for a mo-
ment. emphasizing the tide differ
ence and yet the striking similarity
between them.
Phiprs is a former captain Of in
dustry-sn eX-stsel maEnste.
The Colorado senator dates back
Ia the hardest Of the hard boiled
years in his hard boiled calling. He
was OF the old Carnegie regime-the
period of the Homestead riots-the
treat 'em rough" epoch.
That was long before Henry Ford
had discovered that good wages pay
the employer who pays them-that
workers with a reasonable amount "
leisure make n market for the very
product they themselves manufac-
ture-that the maximum number OF
hours Of toll at the minimum cost
per toiler per hour may be poor
business.
Phipps had retired. n multi-mil-
lionairc. before any such industrial
philosophy had been thought or,
Trained ~ he was. ~ II any wonder
that he IL a conservative Of con-
~servatices todsy-not 10 say an ultra
rcactionary7
Bingham was horn in Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian Islands originally
we're civilized nv a very few Ameri.
can families who made IL their first
business simultaneously 10 convert
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
q 1928. CENTRAL PRESS ASSN nc

excuses for not having wired her
that he was coming and not having
come directly to her. There would
he the same extenuaticnsl The same
old excuses!
She struggled q her feet. and IN
her eyes was the calmness Of deci-
sion. Larry had a feeling that he
had never known this mood in Byrd.
She was completely changed. Per-
haps she was really changed toward
him and the thought shivered thru
his body. He felt as il he we're
shattered.
His face looked az is he we're going
TO cry. It was twisted with emotions
such as Byrd hadn't thought him
capable Of. II almost unnerved her,
that desperate look that he gave her.
"Ill 60" he said, in n voice that
sounded remote IN her ears.
He went to the telephone and
called a taxi.
please go upstairs while 7 wait
here for the taxi. I'LL be at the Ath-
letic club until Wednesday in case
YOU should change your mind" His
words sounded like little dead things
that fell at her feet. Little corpsesl
without looking at him, Byrd went
upstairs.
In a very few minutes she heard
the doorbell ring and heard the taxi
driver carrying out the bags and
other im~nedimenta she had piled up
around them.
Ito be continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Washington Letter
By CHARLES z.

the natives and TO take every square
foot OK their land away from them.
They made q model job Of ID.
Those few ~famiIies-less than a
dozen Of them-presently owned
practically everything represented by
the Hawaiian aFshipelago-all the
land. everything shat stood on IL, ali
the business. ali the palm trees and
sugar cane and pineapples, the vol
cano, the whole shooting match-and
had the entire population working
for them. on the few families own
terms
SO small a group Of people prob
ably never had-and ~have-such a
snap M that bunch. The mere
thought az any change was-and is
~blasphemy 10 them.
Quite naturally n highly conserya.
tive community!
such was the environment ir
which Senator Bingham obtained ii,
childhood impressions.
Hiram Bingham IN one az IA,
most scholarly men who comes "a
Washington.
Not that his life has been cloister.
ed.
He has travelled extensively, doing
valuable exploratory work in out-of-
the-way corners of the world for
scientific institutions. He fought
CALAMITY during the late war IN ths
most hazardous Of all services
aviation.
However, essentially he Il a stu
dent-erstwhile a professor at
Princeton. Yale and Harvard, and a
volumninous writer.
Senator Phipps In rough-hcwn
compared with him.
Yet their strangcl--contrasted er-
%periences have led Senators Phirps
and Bingham 10 the same conclusion:
Whatever is, is right-or, il there
IS any possible room f,r improve
ment. IL can best be accomplished hY
revision backward. And never. un-
der any circumstances, try the
slightest innovation.
! Conservative The Bourbonr would
look like bolsheviki alongside them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29

NEW YORK. Dec. -e.-Abbe Niles,
who covers music, the new records,
and so forth, for The Bookman, takes
up his quill and notifies his favorite
| column that there will be at least a
dozen Vestris records. The Okeh
people label theirs "A Storm on the
Sea-" Columbia record i5327D In
The Sinking Of the Steamship Yes
iris" and two on one Brunswick
platter (No. 277) are called The
Sinking of the Vestris" and Tho
Heroes of the Vestris," sung by
Frank Luther, with violin. harmoni-
ea and guitar.
1t appears that You Haven't Heard
Nothin' Yet, however. unless you've
heard THE Hanging Of Charles Bcr-
ger" on an Okeh disk. or The Story
of c. s. Barnes"
Mr.. Barnes, in ease you didn't
know, was the Atlanta treasurer of
the Baptist Missionary fund who
tinkered with the till to relieve the
shortage of noon pitcher femmes
in Hollywood.
THE ORIGIN
a group of Broadway veterans
were discussing the origin of the
convert charge. Some one argued
that Sam Salvin once told him that
the first convert vas charged ut the
old Rector's and il was only a dime.
And the first spender 70 suuawk
about 1t was Diamond Jim Brady.
FLIP QUIPS
Jaquita Deitrick thinks they would
draw the wag trade if that Fifth
avenue furmw ouid incorporate as
"Jaeckel a Hide"
The young lady also suggests that
those uptown "drags" be called man
cy dress balls"
A NEW ONE
The pickpockets have . new wrin-
kle along the Main Stem. Maude
Eburne Of the "Three Cheers" troupe
fell for Il, anyway. "A man flicked
his cigarette ashes on her sleeve a.
she was walking through the crowds.
Another stepped up from the rear
and excitedly pounded the sleeve.
yelling: "Golly. your coats on firc!"
She thanked him very much and he
went on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
Duplication Means Waste

She Law requiring a certificate Of public convenience
and necessity before a public service corporation MAJ
ncur expenso for extension Of its lines is presumed %
be a public safeguard and in the public intercst.
Previously any railroad might extend its lines into
territory already amply served by another with result.
that both roads suffered from insufficient traffic and
it became necessary to reduce quantity and quality o.
service or obtain increase Of rates.
Now, before a railroad may duplicate service by
building into TERRITORY already amply served, it must
obtain authority from the Interstate Commerce Gem
mission OF n state commission and mus, show by prope.
evidence that the traffic will support another railroad.
that the territory into which IL proposes to build is no.
properly served. ard thst the new line is a public
necessity.
In the old days roads duplicated service and bull.
into each oslc-'s territory with the result that traffic
insufficient to support ono road was split up among
two or three. with resulting loss to the travelling and
shipping public and investor.
We should profit by mistakes Of the past. A rail
road obtains its support from revenue derived from
hauling traffic, and, where the traffic if split DIP
would not be sufficient 10 support another road with
nut impairment Of service or increase Of rates. il is
In the public int-rcs, thst authority to build nc de-
nied. II j. . mistaken IDEA that merely another" rail-
kosd means better service.
4 The wise course for the public to pursue is chartsd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29

amusements, your ideas about any
thing, I'm sick of you and this kind
Of married lifei" She paused to catch
her breath. "Sick to death Of i'll"
she repeated. and her voice was
tense and hard.
But Byrd, I love you in spite Of
everything. and you love me. Why.
I have the feeling that no matter
what you do, NJ matter what happens
10 Us. you're still my girl" said
Larry. in a sincere, passionate tone
Of voice.
mo. you're wrong" Byrd contin-
ued in that same colorless voice.
You don't truly and really love me.
It's your pride in me, your pride in
yourself that you love. IL satisfies
your egoism to have a wife who
looks we'll in public, who knows
how 70 keep your house clean and
care for your physical wants. I've
made you comfortable and you don't
want to give up your comfort"
Byrd, darling. you don't know
what you're saying" said Larry.
roughly, you're consumed with jeal-
BUSY now and you're in a state of
mind where you're reckless and
headstrong because Of H."
Larry had drawn her into his lar,
holding her tightly with his strong,
young rms.
an the morning we'll talk this all
owe and I'll agree TO anything you
ask. | swear by everything that's
holy. Why. you little simpleton,
don't YOU know that l love you like
mad"
Larry covered her u%nyiclding face
with fierce kisses.
For a minute Byrd debated in
wsrdiy. She loved Larry 20 d~istrac-
ton. she loved him with a great, en-
comprising love that sometimes
shook her to the very depths Of her
soul. But in expressing ID, she had
hardly ever felt the exultation NJ M.
for there was always a quarrel, al
ways the memory OF a hurt that mai-
fled her feeling.
If she gave in to Larry now, they
would spend hours going over his
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
COST or MILITIA UPkEEr
CAustin %StstcSman)

Now it is said that il cost ~si.ia2,Sss u maintain the
Texas national guard during the fiscal year 1928. The
guard consists Of 1921 enlisted men, five warrant Off
GERS and $50 Officers. which is 527 less than It's author
lied strength.
Preparedness is the thing.
What would = state he without its national guard:
Its army of peace %cfficers' It's army CT prosecutors?
It's courts OF justice?
Protection must &c afforded 10 life end property
at all times. or course. We are thoroughly civilized
but the biz policeman Is necessary al all times.
A thousand years hence q perfect civilization and
q perfect race may be ushsred in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29

by Law. and that is, prevent duplication Of service
where a community is already properly served. Moth
ing better assures good service at reasonable rates. as
in most instances duplication means in the long run
poorer service or higher rates. or both, coupled with
almost certain loss to investors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
New York Letter

A few minutes later she discovered
the loss " her purse.
IMAGINE.
Stage history checked up another
! record with the departure of a flo
peroo called These Few Ashes Be-
fore the show laid mn egg II set A
precedent hy giving n performance
before 100 skulls which In ritz for
"dcadheads," az people In on passes.
Not one Of the spectators. in other
words. was a paid admission.
A FORM OF CRITICISM
1t wa nc a First-NiTht. says Har-
old Locke. who turned 20 his COM
panion and chirped:
"What d stupid show. It's A won.
der the audience doesn't hiss III"
"You can't hiss and yawn at the
same time" was the response.
BROADWAY ROMANCE
| met you. and. like that. my fate
was sealed;
And you admitted, too. that love
had cone.
We both. IL seemed. had something
that appealed.
There vas no doubt we'd left each
other numb.
Chat happened Sunday
Toe bad II couldn't last. It'a over
now.
AS far ~ I'm concerned. you're
strictly nil.
Accept this poem as my final boE.
And IL 7 broke your heart. send
me the bill.
land this IN Mcnday.>
George n. Lcttman
UTTER
The actors who ankle up and dow
Broadway will tell you that il sounds
like him. lie was dirkerin< with a
vaudevillian for one IF his shows.
and caught" the fellows AIT NJ n
nearby theater. The next day the
lad called at his office.
Your act " ail right said the
manager. "but I don't like the II
bit at ALL"
20. I've eliminated that" said the
actor.
But was the retort. "why don't
you cut IL out altogether"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-29
FRANCE Is so POLITE ABOUT TT
kansas City Timesl.

We would feel a bit more comfortable about the
multilatersl treaty renouncing war rs an instrument Of
national policy If the French hadn't begun calling I
the Kellogg treaty, although il originated in = pro-
posal from NJ. BRAND. French foreign minister. Some
how the name suggests that the French arc especially
anxious to bring the United States to the support Of
certain French foreign arrangements through the
treaty and believe there would be n better chance If its
title labeled il an American reach than = French pro
rossl.