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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Sour Stomach
Phillips Milk Of Magnesia"
Better than Soda

--aEsad of soda hereafter take a
little "Phillips Milk Of Magnesia"
in water any time for indigestion or
sour, acid, gassy stomach, and relief
will come instantly.
For fifty years genuine phillips
Milk of Magnesia" has been pre-
scribed by physicians because it
overcomes three times as much acid
in the stomach a. a saturated solu-
ton of b~icarbonate of soda, leaving
the stomach sweet and free from all
gases. It neutralizes acid fermenta-
tions in the bowels and gently urges
the souring waste from the system
without purging. Besides, it is more
pleasant TO take than soda. Insist
upon phillips" Twenty-Five cent
and fifty-cent bottles, any drugstore.
Milk Of Magnesia" has been the
U. S. Registered Trade Mark Of The
Charles II. Phillips Chemical Co., and
its predecessor Charles H. Phillips
since 1875. Advertisement. 1872.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Large Funeral For
l4-Year-Old Girl

The funeral services for Josephine
Torres, 14-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Desiderio Torres of Browns
vile, was said TO be attended by n
Of the largest groups of friends ever
assembled at a funeral in Browns
vile. The services were held in the
Immaculate Conception church Sun
day afternoon at 4:30 p. m. follow
ing q sudden death Saturday night
about midnight.
The little girl had undergone an
operotion for appendicitis at the
Mercy Hospital on New Years eve
and had seemingly eve recovered
from her illness after the operation,
it was said. She had formerly been a
student in the Brownsville Junior
high school and also at one time a
student at Villa Maria convent.
Burial was in Buena Vista cemetery
following the funeral services.
The father, who is employed al the
local Western Union telegraph Of
flee, is reported to be confined TO
his home with sickness and not ex-
pected to be back at his office for
some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Doctor Is
Happy After Not
Guilty Pleading

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.-(R-Dr.
Charles Mcmillan was confident to-
day to the point of levity that he
would be acquitted of the charge Of
numbering Mrs. Amelia Appleby.
widow of a wealthy Chicago manu-
facturer. The 81 year old physician.
after entering a plea of not guilty
when arraigned before Superior
Judge Carlos Hardy yesterday joked
with his jail guards and seemed sure
Of his acquittal. The prosecution,
however, differed with his opinion.
Deputy District Attorney Clifford
Thoms said he considered the case
"air tight" and would ask the death
penalty when the accused doctor is
brought to trial Jan. "a.
The body of Mrs. Appleby was
found trussed with canvas and Irvine
just outside the city limits Of Los
Angeles the day after Christmas. DR..
Mcmillan stcadfastly has denied that
he was responsible for the woman's
death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Fear of Death
Haunts Mrs. West

GAINESVILLE, o., Jan. 1o.-tR-
Fear Of the electric chair hangs over
pretty velma West as she spends her
time nervously in her cell in county
Jail.
The widow OF Thomas Edward
West, young nursery man Of Perry.
o., beaten to death with a hammer
last month talks continually of her
horror Of electrocution and at night
she cannot sleep, Sheriff Rasmussen
says.
The sheriff fearing she might at
tempt to harm herself placed her I'M
der special guard last night. She
became very nervous when the u
ty grand jury convened yesterday to
consider the first degree murder
charge against her.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
State Patrol On
Roads Proposed

CLEVELAND, o.. Jan. 10, R-
State patrols as a means of promot-
ing safety on the highways we're
recommended by VIM. NJ. Babcock.
president Of the American Road
Builders Association, here for q
meeting Of the organization today.
He said there was little use OF
building more and better highways
il they are to be but pathways of
death and injury"
Mr.. Babcoek, who Is the Minnesota
highway commissioner. declared the
public roads building program was
nothing short of marvellous"
Twenty-Five years ago." he said,
"a pavement outside Of a munich
pality was a curiosity; now one can
drive on continuous pavement from
the Atlantic coast to midcontinent."
He predicted the two coasts soon
would be connected by paved roads.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
New Workers
View Valley

A party of thirty New York resi-
dents arrived in Brownsville Tues
day ard will make an inspection trip
over the Valley as the guests of the
Rio Grsnde Properties, Inc, an One
cnata. N. Y, corporation which Is de-
veloping a large citrus acreage
southeast of Brownsville.
The party left Tuesday morning on
h trip up the Valley and will remain
In this section several days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Kansas City Men
On Valley Visit

A party of Kansas City men, COM
posed of E. +. Swiney. president OF
the First National Bank of that city,
A. c. Jobes. Hal and Phil f. Gaylord,
arrived in Brownsville Tuesday morn
ing and will remain here until Wed
nesday.
They accompanied A. Wayne Wood
on a trip up the Valley Tuesday
morning and will make a thorough
survey of the entire section before
leaving for the north.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Hidalgo Bandits
To Go to Prison

EDINBURG, Jan. 10 Preparations
for the removal of Canuto Silva and
Gerrardo Zamoro to the state peni-
Tertiary as soon as possible were
being made here today following the
receipt yesterday of the court OF APP
peals confirmation of their 40-year
prison sentence.
The papers were received late
Monday by A. r. Baker, constable,
who the two men would
be taken TO prison at the earliest
possible moment.
The men had appealed a sentence
of 40 years in prison growing out
Of the death of Myer Redman, a
salesman, near Mission more than
three years ago. This sentence was
melted out az a re-trial of the case
after the court of appeals had re-
versed a decision giving the men
the death penalty.
The men were captured soon after
Redman was said to have been killed,
made a statement and led officers
to the automobile in which he was
said to have been killed. The body
was never found. and the men were
tried on charges Of robbery with
firearms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Freight Runs Down,
Kills Six in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungarv Jan. 10, up
Six persons were killed today when
a freight train ran into hundreds of
passengers waiting for a local train
at the station at Rakoshagy. The
freight engineer, driving in an early
morning haze, failed to observe a
warning signal and swept down the
rails parallel to the station where
the crowd was waiting.
The station master and five trav-
elers were found dead under the
locomotive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
Louisiana Hammer
Slayers Found Sane

HOMER. La. Jan. 1O.-P-Mrs.
Essie lowers. 80, and her alleged
paramount, Elisha Swift. 43, accused
hammer slayers of the woman's hus-
band, James +. lowers, were adjudg-
ed sane in a report of the Lunacy
Commission appointed by District
Judge Richardson of Claiborne par
ish court, rendered to the court to-
day. The two are sane now and were
sane at the time Of the Staying last
October. the report stated.
Their trial has been set for Jan.
30.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
FLASHES OF LIFE
(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK.-Full text Of an in
terview with Henry Ford about his
wealth:
@Are you really q Millionaire?
What is the extent Of your riches? -
81 don't know and ] don't care a
damn"
LONDON-A million dollars given
Anonymously toward the payment or
Great Britain's debt is to accrue in
terest for some years before being
applied to the stated purpose. Par
lament has passed enabling legisla-
ton. The donor. whose name is q
secret, is supposed to be a wealthy
Englishman without heirs.
NEW YORK.-David A. Schultz,
who 81 years & was making SIS q
week as a clerk in a cigar store,
and since then has made millions
ceiling tobacco, is to start new chain
stores selling general merchandise at
nrices ranging from o nickel to a
Sollar. He aims ut 1000 stores in
various cities.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.-At 20 years
( AZ are Edward George is entitled 70
rractice law in four states. He has
{rst been admitted to the Massachu-
acts bar. A boyhood playmate Of
Secretary Kellogg and a roommate
~ DR.. William Mayo at Ann Arbor,
IL first practiced in Michigan and
Minnesota, then n New York
NEW .YORK-Grace Moor, Tonnes
go sonebird, who 10 to make her
sshut at the Metropolitan opera
ssortIy. already il somewhat OF o
sns;sI ~favorite. She danced with
| n.te II. Kahn. bank T and chief
.arer in the Metropolitan. at . re-
srt;an given at Condo Nast's
80 The guests represented So
|; AL theatrical and literary circles
el ca. Mrs. Graham Fair Wander
In. Mrs. william n. Vanderbilt. FL
- ferguson, Helen Morgan and Rubs
Goldberg.
~urcACO.-Take note. Harvard. Of
s,vfui things going on at Prince-
lag a. Murdockc, European style
W. said that at n formal Prince
affair only two students had
IN ~ coats: the rest wore dinner
ts' which in England would be
n .ffro1k
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
OFT or SCHOOL

Miss Frances Blanton, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. +. Blanton, has been
forced to miss her classes for the
past week on account Of illness
which has confined her to her bed.
Her condition is reported TO be about
the same. She is q senior in the
Brownsville Senior High school.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
BUYING FURNITURE

HARLINGEN, Jan. 100. p. Scale
president of the Scale furniture com
pany here. has gone to st. Louis
Chicago and Grand Rapids to pur
chase furniture for the spring trade
He will be gone several days, anc
will make a complete study of all tn,
newest furniture in the big eastern
markets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
CHINESE PIRATES KILLED

SHANGHAI.-More than 100 pir-
ates have been killed in battle or
executed during the last three
months on the South China coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15
A Rousing Base Ball Finish

Usually the two major base ball
league races offer differing spectacles
in the closing period of the season. If
one of the contests for championship
is close the other is walkover for the
leading club. Rarely do the two or
CARNATIONS close the season with their
respective leading teams near together.
This year, however. in both leagues
there are hot fights for final honors.
In the American League, in which the
New York team has led virtually from
the start save for single day quite
recently, there is now difference of
only twelve percentage points, repre-
senting game and a half, between
that team and Philadelphia, its nearest
rival. This close standing is the result
of a protracted slump Of the Yam
KEGS" and consistent uphill fight by
the Athletics" The former have now
fifteen games to play, including today.
and the latter thirteen. In the Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15
The Passing of the Stool Pigeon.

Prohibition Commissioner Doran and
Civil Service Commissioner Wales have
joined United States Commissioner
Turnage in his denunciation of the
stool pigeon" for making purchases of
liquor. Commissioner Turnages stand
was made known on Thursday when
he dismissed charge against woman
for selling after she had proved that
she was out of the city on the day the
sale was alleged to have taken place.
This case marked the eighth in which
stool pigeon" had had charges filed
against him. Four informers have
already been convicted of perjury during
the past year. Yesterday Commissioners
Doran and Wales, taking cognizance of
Commissioner Turnage's suggestion that
stool pigeon work be taken over by
corps of men under civil service, an
nounced their hearty support of the
plan.
There can be no disagreement with
system which would substitute an alert,
intelligent and honest body of men for
an irresponsible group that is shown to
have gone to any lengths, even to per-
jury, for the sake of the small re-
Enumeration paid by the Government.
Informers of the latter class are paid
for their efforts only upon conviction
and it is patent that many injustices
have been worked by unscrupulous stool
pigeons in their avid desire for the
coin of the realm.
1t has long been an accepted theory
in the courts of the country, especially
in traffic cases. that no judge should
try case in which he was financially
interested. In other words, the old
fee system, wherein the justice makes
his costs only on convictions, is rapidly
disappearing. This plan to do away
with the informer paid case by case is
following out of the same principle
Commissioner Wales has stated that
if informers are subjected to examina-
ton, the Civil Service Commission
would furnish a class of men with
mental alertness and clean records and
such group is assuredly preferable to
some of the disreputable characters
that have been used in the past for
stool pigeon work. Furthermore, it
would do away for all time with the
case-by-case payments and put each
informer on straight salary, thus re-
moving temptation to fabricate evidence
to secure remuneration. With Commits
sioners Turnage, Doran and Wales
unanimously in favor, steps should be
taken at the earliest possible moment
to put this desirable plan into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15
Big Bill and King George.

A few months ago Mayor Thompson
of Chicago, known throughout the
country also as big Bill" was engaged
in a series of fulminations against the
King of England. During the cam
paign for the municipal primaries the
city executive carried on almost con-
tinuously in series of scornful refer
ences to the British monarch, in prose-
cution of his drive for America first"
Shortly afterward he went into retire.
ment, suffering from severe indisposi-
ton which some think was induced by
the results of the primaries, in which
he had been rather badly worsted. He
has been strangely silent for many
weeks. Now it would seem that the
mayor really belied himself in this
series of outbursts against the King of
England. The Commercial Telegra-
pliers Union, including numbers of
Canadian keymen, is holding its annual
convention in Chicago. Mayor Thomp-
son designated an assistant corporation
counsel to act for him in welcoming the
delegates. In honor of the representa-
tiyes of the Dominion the Union Jack
was hung on the walls of the meeting
place in conjunction with the Stars
and Stripes, and, standing under one
of these British banners. the mayors
representative assured his hearers in
his speech of welcome that throughout
the campaign last Spring the mayor
really had his tongue in his cheek"
The mayors spokesman said: THE
name of King George was used merely
as a symbol in the campaign: the
mayor has no personal hatred against
his majesty" 1t is said that the Chica-
go delegates present exchanged glances
OF amazement at this statement by Big
Bills mouthpiece. Well might they, for
II there was anything specific In
the mayoral outpourings of a few
months ago it was that in Big Bills
Judgment the King of England was al
together an undesirable person. Prob
ably King George will be relieved at
learning that the mayor of Chicago is,
| after all, his friend. He doubtless
grieved sorely over the evidence of ami
mostly toward him on the shores of
| Lake Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15

speed is gained In part through more
stable submersion of the screws, which
in high seas are often brought out Of
water by the plunging of the bow.
If the blunt-nosed ship is non-pitch-
ing it will win the approval Of sea-
farers, to whom the swooping motions
of steamer in midocean are anath-
er1a. The uncomeliness of the bulg-
ing nose will be forgotten in the greater
serenity of life on board. Nobody
really cares, anyhow, how ship looks
from the outside, so long as it MAIN
tains a fairly steady keel and life is
not rendered agonizing by the constant
churning of the human organism.
If this experiment succeeds the ships
of the future may not be the things of
beauty they have been for long time,
but they will not be the scenes of tor
ment that they are to a great many
travellers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15
Snuh.Nosed Shins.

German marine designers have
brought forward a number of interest
ing innovations during recent years.
There was first of all the rotor ship,
which made its way across the Allan
tic under its own power, furnished by
cd of blowing directly upon a sail. The
. rotor ship, incidentally, has just been
remodeled with engine power and is
to return to Germany by the more con-
ventional mode of propulsion. Next
came, few weeks ago, device for
wireless control and actuation, the de-
tails of which are not disclosed, but
which promise interesting develop
ments in the event of another war.
The latest indication of German in
genuity in maritime construction, just
reported, is a reversion to the old-time
blunt bow as a means Of preventing
the pitching of the ship and Incl
dentally to increase speed.
In former times the bows Of ships
were Hcdliy oqNdiC. AAAC OAA "h'N
TANNERS" had no sweetly tapering
noses, but presented bluff fronts to the
seas. AS time went on the tendency
was toward the refinement of the bow
The 'cut-water" was followed by more
and more slender lines, with the idea
that the narrower the prows the less
the resistance and therefore the higher
the speed But it is now reported that
in designing the new great liners, the
Bremen and the Europa, recently
launched in Germany. the experiment
has been tried of bullying out the bow
of the ship. giving 1t snub-nosed ap-
Clearance from the front. A pear
shaped surface, widest at the keel
rises to the water line.
This abrupt departure from the long
established principles of ship design
ing is said to have been the result Of
extensive tank tests, which have proved
that the bulged bow offers, in fact, les:
resistance than the sharp fsYm anc
furthermore that the extension of thu
bulge below the water line serves Il
prevent the ship from pitching. Create.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

differences must be taken into account
in determining the time by means of the
suns shadow.
@. Who was the founder of homes
opathy?-J. F. II.
A. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
was the founder of the homeopathic
system. This German physician was
born at Meissen, Germany, April 10,
| 1855, and died at Paris, July 2. 1843.
In ITS he went to Leipzig and studied
medicine At a later period he went
to Vienna. After some years he re-
turned and completed his studies at
Erlangen. He afterward practiced med
icine at different places. He re-
NAMED at Hofrath until 1888, when he
proceeded to Paris.
@. What will be the area Of Shen-
andoah National Park?--E. S.
A. About 100000 acres will be in
cluded in the Shenandoah National
Park. The land will cost around S.
00O. 900, over 100000 Of which has
already been subscribed by the State
of Virginia.
@. What was meant when q girl
was described as a regular Gibson
girl"?-B. T.
A. The "Gibson girl" stood for type
of healthy, vigorous, beautiful and re-
fined young wonanhood. In fact,
Charles Dana Gibson made a place for
himself as the delineator of the Amer
lean girl, at various occupations, par
ticularly out of doors.
O. Who wrote the Anatomy Of Mel
| ancholy"?-L. N
A. This was written by Robert Bur-
ton Q577-1640), an ecclesiastic, a re-
cluse and eccentric. After 80 years
of reading and study, 1t Is said that he
wrote 1t to amuse and relieve himself,
and it is an enormous medley of ideas.
musical, medical, poetical, mathematical
and philosophical, every page garnished
with Latin, Greek or French from rare
and unknown authors. 1t Is the only
book which interested the famous DR..
Johnson to such an extent that he arose
two hours earlier than his won't in order
| to read it.
@. What kind of animals produce
shoemaker's bristles?-K. z.
A. The best shoemaker's bristles are
produced by pigs that inhabit cold
countries. Formerly most Of them came
from Russia. but now China and the
United States are supplying large part
Of the market.
@. What is the size of the average
| family in the United States?- G.
| A. According to the 1920 census the
size of the average family was 4.3.
@. Why is a manservant called a
''fiunky?'-G. G.
| A. This term, which is sometimes
used to designate such servants as
"footmen," is from the French fan
quer," meaning ito run at the side Of"
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tional League three teams are closely
punched at the top OF the list. ST..
Louis, New York and Chicago, the
first-named with lead of seven per-
centage points over the second. which
has in turn eleven points margin over
the third. One game separates the
first from the second and two and a
half the first from the third. Any day
may bring about shifting in the stand
ing of these three teams.
In such conditions public interest in
the contest for the honors of the two
leagues and the identities of the two
teams that will meet In the world cham
pionship series reaches an unusual
height. Every game that is played is
an important factor in the outcome
1t is possible that the final results may
not be known until the last game is
played in each league. Arrangements
for the world series, therefore, cannot
be made definitely in advance as is
sometimes possible when the races are
less closely contested.
Washingtons interest in this situa-
ton is that of bystander. 1t has no
concern in the outcome as a partici-
pant. After having two league cham
pionships and one world championship
the Capital feels some chagrin at not
being permitted by the fates of the
sport to be now in the running for
these honors. The local team has had
an unfortunate season. Accidents and
illnesses have taken their toll of the
organization. Disappointment have
been numerous. Failures have been
shocking. But now comes the annual
talk of next season. Promising adj
ditions have been made to the roster,
unusually numerous, and, it is reported,
expensive Hope springs eternal in the
base ball breast and the loyal support
ers of the game in Washington are
now reckoning the chances for 1929 in
brighter terms than seemed possible a
few weeks ago.