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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
FIRE IN STUDY r
TO SCOTCH PROFESSOR

EDINBURGH. Scotland. Nov. 13.-
R)-0vercome by fumes from a fire
which broke out i nthe study Of his
home while he was sleeping there,
Or. Alexander W. MAR, professor OF
Greek at Edinburgh University, was
burned 70 death today before res
cuers were able to reach him.
Prof. MAR was q noted authority on
Greek.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
At the Cooking School

illustration. Thus there Is
ample capacity for cooking n
whole meal for the average
family-with meat and pota-
toes in the bottom of the pot
and a vegetable and dessert in
the duplicate pans above. This
applies to the 7-quart Cooker.
The l0-quart size has an extra
round pan-roomier still.
Many attractive combinations
are thus made possible. The
recipes which are furnished
with the cooker will lead you
on all sorts Of fascinating ex-
cursions in this new realm Of
cookery-will introduce you,
not only to a variety Of ap-
peitzing, and healthful dishes.
but also 70 q new conception
Of convenience and economy in
the kitchen.
For one thing, you will find
that you can use cheaper cuts
of meats. These cuts-such az
the rump, flank, or plate-are
Just as high in ~nutritive value
as the most expensive ones;
and when their tougher fibre
walls and connective tissues
are softened by the slow moist
heat Of the Miro Cooker, they
are tender, juicy. and flavor
full.
The Miro Cooker Is a mas
ter chef. No other single uten
sil that you could possibly own
is qualified to render a great
er service to your household.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
CITY BRIEFS

NEW OPENING Of Williams Cafe,
li04 Washington. viii serve sand
witches with your choice of drink free
all day Thursday. You are invited
10 inspect our place Of eats. We will
be ready to serve you regular din
ner and plate lunch at any time on
short order. Our place is newly dec
GRATED. You get your moneys worth
here. Don't miss your sandwich and
drink free Thursday. Will give Gig
ars free to our male customers with
dinners and plate lunch. Eat and
drink at our expense. Will appreciate
your patronage.-adv. Il.
CALLED CONVOCATION Rio Grande
m Chapter 3l7. Y. A. NJ, Ma
sonic Temple, 1880 this
80 evening. Tuesday. Petitions
"a TO receive. All members
A&AM are requested TO attend;
EAx@ visiting companions frater-
~ nally invited. George MaR-
sur, II. r., w. w. Ball, Sec.
n You Have anything TO haul OF
store, phone 27s.-Valley Bonded
Warehouse & Storage Co--Adv. Il.
WANTED: Statesmen. Must speak
Spanish and English, have referen-
ces. White House Dry Goods Co.
6l2 Twelfth St.-adv. is.
All Kinds Of feed at hsrdtims pric.
es.-Valley Bonded Warehouse a
Storage Co.--Adv. IL.
DON'T BE LATE-Reserve your
tickets today for Naughty MARKETS.
and avoid last minute rush. This is
the biggest attraction ever in the
Valley. Seat sale in lobby Capitol
theater.
you Call 27s. We haui.-Valley
ocnded Warehouse & Storage Co..
Adv. tf.
DON'T BIZ LATE-Reserve youi
tickets today for Naughty Marietta
and avoid last minute rush. This
is the biggest attraction ever in the
NdlitN. seat safe IL lhNNs &aNlLnl
thcatcr.
Spanish. mexican or ba. hers itot
One Dostle Of Imperial Eczems
s.enedy is guaranteed to re enough
for sny case. of my kind All drug
gists ara authorized TO refund your
norey II il tsils ADV. (6l
DON'T BE LATE-Reserve your
tickets today for Naughty Marietta
and avoid last minute rush. This u
the biggest attraction ever in the
Valley. Seat sale in lobby Capitol
theatcr.
Diekey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools. heals ami strengthens sore
weak. tired eyes. All druggists Csc
Adv. 81
Fresh Sea Foods arriving daily
Best meat TO be had at Sanitary Fish
and Neat Market, 9Th and Elizabeth
We deliver. phone l370.-adv. 20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
BULLETIN

First figure lowest temperature
last night; necond. highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third. wind velocity
A. : a. M; fourth. rainfall past q
koure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
John Kleiber, Judge

Court action:
]. o. Johnson VS.. r. W. Lloyd; con-
tinued for settlement.
First National Bank Of Browns
willie VS.. r. W. Lloyd; continued for
settlement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
Cameron Courts
2sTH DISTRICT U
A. w. Cunningham. Judge

Suits filed:
No new cases.
I03RD DISTRICT COURT
A. VI. Kent, Judge
Suits filed:
Cameron county ct al vs.. James J.
Fox et al; suit for debt.
COUNTY COURT
O. c. Dancy, Judge
No new cases.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

kcfAys PRAYING WIFE
pE1cT-while his wife knelt
bsIr for mercy Peter Dunoon
bullet fntc her brain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
CALLED

IUN UNAIIUN no OfdTue
Chapter 3l7. Y. A. NJ, Ma
sonic Temple. 1880 this
evening. Tuesday. Petitions
to receive. All members
are requested TO attend;
visiting companions frater-
nally invited. George Man.
sur, H. r., W. w. Ball, Sec.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

Economy a pleasure In your kitchen"
says Mrs. Myra Oliver Dougan
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

If You Have anything TO haul or
store. phone 27s.-Valley Bonded
Warehouse & Storage Co.-Adv. IL.
WANTED: Statesmen. Must speak
Spanish and English. have referen-
ces. White House Dry Goods CO.,
6l2 Twelfth St.-adv. is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

All Kinds Of feed at hsrdtims pric-
es.-Valley Bonded Warehouse a
Storage Co.--Adv. IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
The World and All
TINES HAVE
By Charles Z. Driseon

Victoria Woodruff died in 1927 at the age of 81.
She had seen something of this very interesting world.
She was born in Homer, 9, in poverty and in her child
hood she knew squalor and unhappy home life. She
was a broker in Wall street when a woman in bust
ness was as great a novelty as an elephant in a bal
loon. She was an advocate Of socialism, free love.
n agnetic healing and many kinds Of quackery during
her earlier years. She was the first woman to receive
an official hearing before q congressional committee.
when she presented a memorial about woman suffrage.
She was q fanatic, a fortune-teller, a seeker after vul-
gar publicity, and a very close friend of Commodore
Vanderbilt. founder Of the fortune that makes ex-
clusiveness possible for many vanderbilts of today.
Emanie Sachs tells the story of Victoria and her IN
teresting relatives and friends in a book recently pub
lished by Harpers, "The Terrible Siren" 1t Is an amaz-
ing story, apparently all true and well verified.
Victoria Woodhulrs family ran a cancer cure" san
jtarium, where poor cancer victims were duped and
done TO death, in an Ohio city. Victoria (whose father
name was Claflin) married DR." Woodruff when she
was sixteen years old, and divorced him IL years later.
She had other marriages and almost-marriases ana
she made monkeys Of a good many rich men in New
York and elsewhere. Yet she died the respected wido"
~ a rich English banker, and was mourned BY many
She and her sister. Tennessee Claflin, ran a weekly
newspaper in New York, by means of which they APP
narentlv blackmailed some of the old boys who would
not contribute willingly to the high estate of these ad'
venturesses. Anthony Comstoek suppressed the paper
because Of stories it printed about the private affairs
Of Henry Ward Beecher.
Times have changed. and not altogether for the
worse. Such eharlatans as Victoria and her family
couldn't hope to run a newspaper in a big American
citv today. They couldn't attract much attention oy
the methods pursued ~ these fair damseis q the se'-
enties. They wouldn't be permitted to indulge in much
cancer ouackerv. and their Matchmaking Of the rich
oats-sowers would have to be done much more skilfuily
than il was done by Victoria and Tennessee women
in business and at the polls arc no longer novelties
wavbe times aren't so bad as they once were.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

There may be glory enough for ALL but somehow
: never enough electoral votes to go round
New York Evneing Post
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Other Papers
PAN.AMERIcAN SHIPPING OUTLOOK
christian Science Monitor).


The leading shipping concerns engaged in traffic
between North and South America are planning extern
sive additions to their present equipments. No better
example of the confidence thus exemplified in Pan
American shipping could be forthcoming than what the
Furness Witty Line is undertaking with four 1900
ton steamships now building, one Of which will be
ready for service in March. Named. respectively. the
Northern Prince, Southern Prince, Eastern Prince and
Western Prince, these ships will be especially equipped
for carrying beef and lamb from Montevideo. Uruguay.
Backed by German capital, the Spanish Royal Mail
company is likewise having four new ships built for
the South American trade.
Now that the Munson Steamship company owns the
four ships, the American Legion, Southern Cross, West
World and Pan America, formerly operated by the
company for the United States government. new regu-
lations are in effect regarding the traffic between
northern ports and Latin America. Increasing COM
petition, instead of proving a drawback 10 the success
Of the various companies engaged in Pan-American
traffic. has actually been a benefit in that IT is calling
the attention Of the public to heretofore unknown
beauties of the southern countries.
For the companies reaching the west coast Of South
America Il is, Of course, the Panama Canal that has
furnished the impetus. or the three passenger lines,
the Grace Line is OF American register, the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company, British, and the Compania
Sud Americana de Vapors, Chilean. Recently the oil
burner Acancagua arrived in New York from Nalparai-
so after a run Of only sixteen days, cutting two days
off the regular schedule.
The October revenue CT the Panama Canal reflects
the increased traffic through that waterway with tolls
amounting to s2.274,945. No less than 557 vessels made
use Of the canal during last month. The total tolls col
lected for the current calendar year to October 81
amount 70 SCI, 7O6.995, paid BY 5,22s vessels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
Monument Captain Even
Cameron

nN-e cameron county a real monument to the in
nomitSbie spirit. independence and high ideals Of Cap
'an Even Cameron. whose name the county bears. was
tne suggestion expressed by County Judge o. G. Dancy
thursday on the occasion Of the presentation BY the
county historical Society OF a bronze memorial tablet,
which viii be placed in the Cameron county court
house to commemorate the deeds and perpetuate the
memory of the famous border leader.
We arc placing this tablet here to perpetuate his
memory; but VIC can erect for him an enduring monu.
mcnt by making Cameron county the center of South
Texas progress; by making it in every way conform
to the high ideals cxemplified by Captain Even Cam
eron during those days when as a pioneer he blazed the
trail for civilization to the Rio Crande,r Judge Dancy
said.
Cameron county takes pride in the fact that it bears
the name Of the bold Scot who left his native land 70
aid Texas in the struggle for freedom; a man whose
ideals Of government. whose ideas of liberty and honor
were the code Of the fighting" Camerons. the Scot
fish clan which for centuries defied the might of Eng
land and whose heroic defense of their native land has
few parallels in history. The ideals and the code OF
the Camerons were carried to the Rio Grande and At
is the duty Of the loyal citizens Of Cameron county TO
perpetuate those ideals as we'll as the memory Of Cap
tain Even Cameron.
In the years that have passed since Even Cameron
faced a firing squad in the interior Of Mexico, the mo
mans land" between the Nueees and the Rio Grande
held FOR Texas BY Cameron, has been transformed from
a wilderness into one Of the most productive sections
Of the world. Border feuds and Indian raids have
passed into history; peace, contentmcnt and prosperi-
ty now reign along the Rio Grande. But the ideals OF
Even Cameron and the code Of the Cameron clan arc
as applicable today as they were nearly a century ago
and the liberty for which Captain Cameron ana MS
band fought in the years of strife along the Rio Grande
should be more dearly cherished because OF the iact
that such men rs Cameron made the supreme sacrifice
to attain il.
Cameron county is erecting a monument 70 Oapean
rw.r Cameron. Today Cameron stands forth among
the counties Of Texas as one Of the most progressive
one Of the best administered So long as this record
can be maintained Cameron county citizens are taith-
fully performing the duty they owe TO the memory -
ideals Of the man who. opened the trans tor eNi"1"
ton 10 the Rio Grande.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
Washington Letter
By CHARlE p. STEWART
By CHARLES p. STEWART

who's Who" If he is still in the
land Of tho living.
William Tyler Page has an extra
ordinary line Of "reminiscences or
these great personaGcs. too.
lie could turn out M amazing VOL
n Of them il he would.
All Nc has given 70 the world XVI
the wav az literature. however. "
Pages Congressional Handbook
that and The Americans Creed"
They are all right. Is far as they
20. 70 be sure. but their author il
decidedly less prolific with his pen
than might very reasonably be wish
ed. considering the wealth of the
material he has packed away in ms
memory.
Probably Clerk Page does not es-
innate his recollections az what they
are really worth.
He is ore Of the most unassuming
Of individuals-an ideal clerk Of the
house Of representatives. but seem
ingly without an ambition 20 be any
thing else. Once he did run for con-
gress. indeed. in his home state 81
Maryland. but was beaten. and that
apparently satisfied him that elect.
i've office was not his meter.
And as long as he cares for his
clerkship il is highly unlikely he
will be disturbed in il. no matter
how parties in Washington may
come and GO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
New York Letter

NEW YORK. Nov. 3O.-Fred Han
sen, the chap who supplied the most
exciting pictures Of the ill-fated
Vestris, received $500 for them
from the New York tabloid which
placed the currency in the bark for
him. II was a stroke of luck for
the paper when it got Hansen's
prize package member of the
staff happening to nail the right
guy. when he boarded the rescuing
steamer which brought the survivor
to Manhattan.
When the tabloid saw what IL
was getting. X raised it, award
from $50 TO $500. but III il doesn't
engage Hansen for its photo de-
partment ir is not using sound
judgment, for Hansen. who kept
swapping shots or the sinking ships
IN to the last moment n the type
Of hocus-focus man a tabloid needs.
He probably could get a picture Of
Ziegfeld ard George White. enemy
revue producers. shaking hands or a
snan shot Of Harry Thaw ignoring
unchaperoned young girls.
Poem
Classic legs.
Adorable eyes.
Whv arc they
Another guys?
Doug Hutchins.
Gag
Ballard Macdonald ayers that a
friend who survived the Ncstris
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
Timely Views
REVISION OF LAWS FOR SAFETY At SEA
DISCUSSED
By DUNCAN

By DUNCAN FLETCHER
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher was born N sumter
county, Georgia, January 8, 1853. tie Is a graduate
Of Vanderbilt university where ne studied law. He
was admitted to the bar in 1881 and since then has
practiced in jacksonville, Fla. He was a member
of the Florida house of representatives in 1893 and
mavor of jacksonville from 1898 to 1895 and from
1901 10 1908. Chairman of the democratic state
committee from 1905 to 1908. he was nominated at
the primary election in 1905 and was appointed
senator By the governor. He was elected 70 office
the following month and has been three times re-
elected since, his term expiring IN 1888. he Is
nov 4 member Of the senate committee On COM
merce).
Legislation to revise present maritime laws regard.
inr foreign ships doing business through American
ports Is advocated in letters received recently making
suggestions with respect to the proposal for a con
gressional Investigation Of the steamer "Vestris" dis
aster.
The suggestions take a wide range. Among Other
things. they advise that, in the event there is a sensa'
torial investigation of the disaster. the past attitude
Of the navy department and the shipping board re
garding use Of safety devices be inquired into, and sug
gest the probability that other vessels may have beer
lost through failure to. inspect ports in coal bunkers
intend to confer with the chairman Of the senate
committee on commerce, Senator Jones Of Washington
upon his return to Washington. Immediately after The
holidays. While | would be ready to introduce or sup
port a resolution for investigation by the senate in ths
event IL appears wise SO TO do when congress conyenes
or December 3. il is possible. as | have stated before
that the facts may be fully developed. meantime. in
the New York investigation asd elsewhere, to make
such action by congress unnecessary.
Congress would be perfectly justified in making az
investigation. if necessary, in view Of the fact that ths
"vestris- carried American passengers, American
freight and the United States mails. and sailed from
New York port with this American business. I might
cite the senate Investigation OF the sinking Of the
Titanic a few years ago. similarly involving q British
ship carrying American business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are able
10 learn quickly, and they might
shine brilliantly in their work IL they
did not fret over trifles.
poverty is stunned and persecut-
cd al over the globe. '-Lucan.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. Eugene O'Neilly playwright;
Strange Interlude." f
2. Holland.
3. "Wobblies."
A. IN the Pacific ocean. south Of
Japan.
s. I Corinthians, Nv. "a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

tragedy said that ar officer Of the
Inflated ship had relayed il 70 him
the night it sailed.
The captain of a sinking liner
asked the passengers: - there a
man aboard who can prayT"
II can pray" responded an agree
able dialectician.
retort, we're one life-preserver
short"
In Harlem
A new attractive and readable
magazine called Harlem. made IT,
appearance recently. IL was edited
IN and for the intelligent negro.
Most appealing TO this corner was
the following verse by Langston
Hughes. II II titled: "Mazie Dies
Alone in the City Hospital;
! hate 10 die this wav with the quiet
Over everything like a shroud.
I'd rather die where the bands
e-playin'
Noisy and loud.
Id rather die in the way ! lived
Drunk and rowdy and gay.
Cod: Why did you ever curse nc.
Maxim me die this way?
What. No Aitchcs?
The Home Plate. "A beancry at
9-7 Sth Ave. New York, displays
this announcement IN the window:
"A Hc1lt Food Restaurant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
Gets z Years In
Fatal Turkey Row

BELTON. Tex. Nov. 30.-Hl-Ed
Landers. Prairiedell farmer must
spend two years in prison for slay-
ing a neighbor in an argument over
the ownership OF turkeys. "A jury
Yesterday found Landers guilty and
fixed the punishment. Wilson Land
ers. 4 brother Of the convicted mar
il 10 20 to trial on the sane charge
today.
Ed Landers said Alvey aceosted
him and accused him Of driving away
Landers turkeys. When this argu-
ment was settled. Landers said, Alvey
accused Landers' wife of driving away
his turkeys. Landers took offense ut
this and struck Alvey. In the en-
suing battle Alvey was stabbed to
death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

Who am 4? @aat is my prOfes-
sion? What is my latest work?
In what country vas William III,
King Of England, born?
What nickname III sometimes ap-
piled Il Industrial Workers of the
World?
Where is the Island VII Yap?
$50 when this co%rruptible shall
have nut on interruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortal
ity. then shall be brought 20 pass tho
saying that is written. Death is
swallowed up in ~victcry." Where IS
this passage found in the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
CHECKED
IN FILM STAR COLONY

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. Nov. 30.-P@
Influenza which struck the motion
picture colony here recently and af-
fected 70 film stars and W direct
ors to be confined 10 their beds. to-
day was reported to have been
checked.
Marie Provost. latest to surrender
to the illness. was reported consid-
erabEy improved today. She was TAX
en- % a Hollywood hospital yester-
day.
Clara Bow and Mary Philbin also
were convalescing. Several others
who had mild attacks were prepared
10 return to their everyday inter
ests-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

Today In the Past
On this day. in 1885. Mark Twain
Samuel Il. Clemens,) the humorist,
was born.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
HOUSE CLERK RUSHED GETTING
UP ROSTER

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.-Clerk
William Tyler Page. Of the house
q representatives. il rushed just
now, getting UP the roster Of mem
bers who will be entitled " sit IN
the lower branch of the seventy
first congress. presumably 70 be
the present seventeen - congress
adiourns. March A..
This prospective extra session Is
what hustles Clerk Page with his
job.
Ordinarily. when ono congress
fails. he has all summer and fall
TO check over the next list of repre-
sentatives. This time il seems un-
likely he will have any such inter
val.
There i no danger. however. that
Page will be swamped BY his work.
lie undoubtedly knows fully twice
rs much about congress IA any 9TH
er person in the United States.
For AZ years he has held one no
sltlon or another in the house Of
representatives. He began as a
page. when he was 10. and worked
M to the cierkship, which he will
have filled for a decade this COM
ing winter.
In point Of service, he ~antedates
Senator Francis r. Warren of
Wyoming. the oldest member of
either branch of congress. by nina
wears. Senator Warren's service
has not been continuous. either.
There was n two-year break In il.
Page never has missed a session
since 1881.
Nicholas Longworth Il the tenth
speaker Clerk Page has known per
sonallys although II is true IL was
only as = little boy that he knew
Joseph W. keifer Of Ohio, who
welded the gavel when Page made
his debut on the representatives
floor.
He could write a history Of Gar
Tom b. Reeds regime. ard of the
uprising Of the progressive" rep
rc~sentatives. when Uncle Joe Cannon
was shorn Of his power.
He al recall men like James G..
Blaine. William Mckinley. John G..
Carlisle-all those demigods Of the
past-as perfectly ordinary congress
men. whom their fellow members
called BY their first names.
Clerk Page has hardly known any
BODY since childhood. in fact. who
cannot he looked up In An ~encyclo-
pedia, If he Is dead, or found In
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30

Apropos Of nothing whatever. American tourists
49, eco 100000 in Canada last season. Canada has
.rrh h~sautiful. scenery.-Macon Telegraph.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
VISITS MERCEDES

G. w. Davenport. manager OF the
Davenport typewriter exchange.
made a business trip TO Mercedes
Wednesday.