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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
RUTH SNYDER PLEA
| UP TO Governor
aequest for Stay of Execu.
| ton Being Considered by
| New York Executive.

cue NsSNNaaACd sGeSs
SNEW YORK, January A re.
qalest that the execution OF Mrs, Ruth
Snyder for the murder of her husband
St for next week, be stayed for so
,&ys 10 permit investigation OF her
IaeHtal condition was before Gov. AL.
Cd r. Smith today.
kEdgar +. ilaZelton, Mrs. Snyder's
Attorney, i'll a letter to the governor.
said he asks the right 10 show that
impaired mental faculties We're the
teal genesis OF her crime and that
walile the law may holG her to ac.
rountability. the enlightened CON
science of society Yet commends her
10 your mercy.
Il have many reasons 10 believe
thai my client. Mrs. Snyder. is SO
diseased in the emotional CenterS Of
her consciousness. Ire said. that.
though she can comprehend the ma
'nre and consequences Of her acts,
her viii is powerless to deter her
from courses of conduct that have
their roots in her emotional abnormal
uicS."
Plea for Mercy Pending.
The governor tomorrow will hear a
plea of mercy by counsel for Mrs.
Snyder and Henry Judd Gray. her
former lover, sentenced 10 die with
her.
Hazelton said he had not made the
application before because he under
stood such a plea was TO have been
made on behalf Of Gray.
Four alieniSts had examined Gray.
he said, and had been prepared to
recommend that he be allowed 10
plead guilty 10 Second-degree murder,
but that their conclusions were not
presented TO Justice Scudder. VINO pre-
sided. He had been told. he said. that
the alienists were ready 10 state their
conclusions 70 the governor.
The governor was asked to question
the alieniSts who examined Gray and
INQUIRE Of them whether they found
in Gray implements Of his faculties
which commend him to their mercy"
Quotes Highest Authority
The attorney said he had learned,
'on the highest authority" that the
doctors described Gray not as sane.
hut as mot insane" and that the
doctors failure TO make fortnight
certification of Gray's sanity
-epresented a compromise between their
professional consciences. which for
bade them TO hold Gray to full moral
accountability for the act. and the def
nition of insanity embodied in the
law.
While seemingly / speak for Gray,
whose fate is not my immediate con-
Germ. l beg you 10 consider that the
possibility Of a tragic misadventure in
his condemnation 10 death raises the
decomposition OF similar exigency in
The affairs OF Mrs. Snyder.
Theirs was a crime OF two. II
Gray's association so impaired
his emotional and instructive faculties
that he was not the master of his
Will. what perversi;ies of mind fash
toned the chain which enslaved him
and herr
Hazelton declared that three Of the
four doctors who have visited Mrs.
Snyder at Sing Sing prison are
openly intoierant" Of recent contribu.
lions 10 ps:chiatry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
AWARDS TO INVENTORS.
Patents Issued Include Four Il
Washington Residents.

The ed States Patent ONCE 10.
day announced the granting Of pat.
ents 10 the following inventors:
Walter A Browne. Washington.
Speed governing mocha nism. tAs.
nignor 10 Warthen Train Control Cor
poration, Washington.l
William II. McCathran. Washing
ton. Reversing switch. tAssignor Il
Warthen Train Control Corporation
WashingtonD
Harry G. Zimmerman, Washington
Trail connection for gun carriages.
Leon A Smith and Rudolf Rem
fniecki, Washington. Electric heating
device.
Henry II. T. Cunningham, Wash
ington. Vending machine.
Charles &. Muir. Chevy Chase, Nd
Puzzle or toy.
William d. Lipps, Frederick. Brush
machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
Wounded by Unidentified Man.

James r. Sullivan. colored. 81 years.
2o29 Eighth street. was shot in the
leg by an unidentified colored man at
Vermont avenue and V street yester.
day afternoon. He was given surgical
aid At F'rceGmen's Hospital. where it
was said he was not dangerously
wounded. sullivan gave police de-
scription Of the man who shot him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
Leave for Havana Conference.

g.fAEAGTA, Nicaragua. January 4
fR-Two II the Sicaraguan delega-
e. 70 the Jsan-American Conference
ia Havana. opening January 10. left
Yesterday for Cuba.
aDr. Maxine IL Zepeda. former min
inAer u foreign affairs. will Join the
party At Panama. Or. Carlos cuadra
TaSos. foreign minister. and DR.. Joa-
q asn Gomez. Eiearaguan authority on
International law. were the two who
LIT here yeHterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
ENJOY JOINT LUNCHEON.
Three Jewish Organizations Meet
at Social Function.

A joint luncheon for members of
the Hadassah. the Sixth Street Syna-
sogue Sisterhood and the Council of
Jewish Women was held today at the
Jewish Community Center. Mrs. John
nj. Safer, Mrs. George w. Levy and
Mrs. Leonard r.. Schloss. the presi-
dents of the societies, will act as
hostesses. The luncheon is being held
in the interests of the centcr's enroll
ment campaign. Louis r.. SpieGler.
chairman of the enrolment council, is
scheduled to speak.
A large crowd attended the open
smoker last night at the center. at
which the Baltimore Y. NJ. II. a. box
ing team met the center fighters in
series Of ring matches. Senator
Walsh Of Massachusetts gave a talk
in behalf of amateur boxing. Other
speakers were Morris Cafritz. Harry
Carroll and Louis l.. Spiegler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
Colored Man Stabbed.

I5ward Leftwich. colored. 20 years,
1M7 Marion street, was treated at
- sdfnen's Hospital last night for
q stab wound in the left shoulder. He
71lG police he was stabbed by an uni.
Identified coIored man while on NJ he.
fM.en Fourth and Fifth streets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18

McDermott Motor Co.
w. H. Putegnat Co.
First National Bank
Hicks Rubber Co.
Rio Grande Valley Gas Appliance Co.
Quinn and Derrick
Borderland Hardware Co.
Willman's Pharmacy
Alexander Tire Co.
Gulf Concrete Pipe Co.
T.. w. Archer, Lyford, Texas
Texas Bank and Trust Co.
Patteson Motor Co.
International Drug Co.
Henson-Lomax and Houston
Brownsville Development Co.
McCleary Music Co.
j. c. Penney Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
DR.. o. v. Lawrence

DR.. o. v. Lawrence
Roy G. Sethman Co., Inc.
Brownsville Title Co.
Dorfman's Jewelry Store
Brownsville Sheet Metal Works
Proctor and Dudley
Frontier Lumber Co.
"A. N. Tandy and Sons
FL Jardin Grocery
Court House Garage
r. A. Monsees
State National Bank
Blackstone Cafe
Stevenson Motor Co.
Bishop Print Shop
w. B. Clint
Valley Wholesale Dry Goods Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
VOTERS SHOULD AID PROJECT

Every voter in the Brownsville navigation district owes it to him
self and the Lower Rio Grande Valley to go to the polls Saturday and
vote for permanent organization of the district and authorization of
the 100000 bond issue. Naturalization of the Valleys vision Of a
deep water port depends upon their decision, and they should bear in
mind that upon them rests the responsibility of the future prosperity
not only of Brownsville and contiguous territory, but the entire Valley.
Brownsville has never failed to extend cooperation in the solution of the
Valleys problems, but in this movement they n cooperating in the
solution of the most difficult problem with which the Valley has been
confronted since development of the Valleys rich resources a in
augurated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
WILL FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT

The fact is obvious that under present transportation conditions
development of the resources of the Valley will be slow, and many
years will eapse before the available acreage can be brought under
profitable production. The one mean. of facilitating this development
and assuring highly prosperous conditions within the territory for which
Brownsville is the logical distribution center lies in the completion of
the proposed ship channel and development of water transportation.
In its proposal to finance the ship channel and port project, the
Brownsville navigation district is not only cooperating in assuring i'm
mediate development of Valley resources but will also create a condi-
ton through the Valley and northeast Mexico which will make this
city the most important receiving and distribution point o N the lower
Gulf coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
BROWNSVILLE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER

In its port proposal Brownsville is submitting the most comprehen-
sNe cooperative proposition in the history of South Texas. 1t is a pro-
posal which carries with it the future prosperity and development not
only of Brownsville and contiguous territory but the entire Valley.
For many years Brownsville has had the ambition to become the
distribution center for the most prosperous area in the South. 1t has
co-operated in the development of irrigation systems and all other pro-
jects tending to build up the Valley communities, to increase produc-
ton and create new wealth. Brownsville, as the principal distribution
center has grown a S the Valley developed, and will continue to grow
as additional acreage is brought under cultivation and production and
population increase.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
MUST SAFEGUARD APPROPRIATION

Brownsville stepped into the breach at a time when it seemed very
probable the Valley would lose the appropriation proposed by the river
and harbor committee of the house. Brownsville leaders realized that
failure to meet the federal conditions would delay construction of the
port many years. They advanced the navigation district proposition, a
proposition which the voters of the district have been called upon to
ratify on Saturday, December %. The Brownsville proposition is only
one which meets the requirements of the government. Failure at this
time would be the most serious blow that could be dealt Brownsville
and the entire Valley which is dependent upon the Brownsville nav-
cation district to provide water transport.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18

This Is the third Of a series Of six full page ad.
vertisements sponsored by business and profess
sional interests of Brownsville in support of the
development Of a ship canal and harbor pro-
ject for the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18

F. w. Woolworth
McCrory's
S. H. Kress & Co.
Mason Transfer and Grain Co.
SketIon Bros. Printing Co.
Libby's
DR.. Geo. J. Toland
Todd & Underwood
Southland Life Insurance Co..
Ike Bollack
Harry's ~Vulcanizing & Auto Repair Shop
i. Yturria
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co., Brownsville
Rettig's Paint Headquarters
Brownsville Bakery
Eagle Pass Lumber Co.
Desel-Boettcher
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION
means PR0SPE RY

Them ar problem fhe LSwaR Gnnde Valley from the days Of aet dewbpnHnth has been traPor
ton fc1teSm butt Valley shnA the most essential to assure profitable development its mnn and
half fertile ace-ad deep water port and water transportation rates.
Low tanspotNnna rates. which would bea assured by completion of the Bowsvnes ship channels and port
reject would bmg unr immediate development practically every available acen the alley Hwoud assure
extension dHe nrghnn ySemst supply then major part the acreage; assure profits on the production ofhe
huge acreage low planted to cMSf fruit and would carry the assurance of more profitable markets for winter
vegetables dS ae Cs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18

Otal Sales Co.
City Drug Store
McDavitt Bros.
Merchants National Bank
Harpers Cafe
E. Manautou
Jesse bennett, Inc
Miller Hotel
Santa Cruz Kennel Club
Hargrove's
Guarantee Electric Co.
B. l.. Kowalski Representative Texas Co.
Central Power & Light Co.
Popular Store
Cara Hardware Co.
Universal Dress Shop
Covacevich Supply Co.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
THE GREATEST BUSINESS

THE GREATEST BUSINESS
The greatest busienss in the world
anywhere and at any time is the bust
ness of educating and training the
young.
Just as the household centers about
Its children in all its hopes and plans,
just as for them the father works and
the mother sacrifices, so in the case
OF nation everything should turn
about the improvement of its young
people.
On them and on their fitness rests
the future safety of the nation more
than on any plans or schemes or in
situations which their fathers NAV set
in motion.
Always the character of a people
has more to do with the success of 4
nation than the institutions or Gus
toms it may have, or the defense
which it may possess.
What we spend money for is the
best sign of what we desire most.
A Britisher the other day gave five
hundred thousand pounds to his gov
eminent to be applied toward the
English debt. This was an unparal.
leled act of patriotism. Men will give
their lives for their country. while
few are willing to give money.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
DOAr
SegNWer
GaFUen
%BZR01nahe AKa1e
THE JULY GARDEN

July is not the mos+
month In the garden and il ed UG;11utltul
some son careful! planning on Your par lake K
put everything into such sSaIpa part to
II VIII suit you. The glorious 49, mat
color IN the June garden is lust t-Vs Oi
ly faded and it can not helm 49, n. late
some blank spots. The tfipg ~ ~ 4eave
to study the borders and sec " 20 Is
remedy the defects. w iO" TO
In making a study of the nos.a.,.
ties OF your borders at this se eossioil'
visiting the local nurseries and ' "at Oy
the things that are in bloom an ICING
now you may add them to vonr mr. SCI see
den to help out at this season Of s al
year. Make careful notes Of ~. e
Things you want and just where YIN. VIC
wish to plant them and then ~ ~! ~
fall you will know what Won w %r me
do. Blooming seasons, heights @ M %
are the things you want to be On MUS us
lookout for. Color combinations "a 90. .le
wonderful study by themselves "i cd
you will enjoy them. anu
Too, you should ALWAYS he o. Al
lookout for things you see in the Un o .ue
dens of your friends that are wo Sd,
OF place in your garden. Of conrs.
one garden can not hold evervtb;nS.
we would not want it to. AS Won aS
vance in the art of gardening s ~"
your preference takes shape Won w T,iS
from time to time discard tbis =.
that from your planting, not necoS
sarily because it is not good mt ~
cause you would rather have somS
thing else in its place. | gave awov
1900 glads one year because | want
ed something else in the space n
the limited space of the average oar.
den we have to be discriminating
Tastes change in gardens lust tba
same as in other things and as Won
learn you will probably find yOurSeF
becoming a sort of a specialist. There
will be certain kinds of flowers that
you are more attracted to than Others
Do not go this way too far tbougb
it is most interesting. Try to keen
your garden we'll balanced SO that Won
will have a good succession of bloom
at all seasons. This is the way Ia
have a good garden.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
JUST TIRED

'That tired feeling" that we have
heard of for years, has been made a
topic of ridicule and humorous quip.
1t has been called Spring fever" by
those who regard it as acute laziness.
But there are those to whom the tir-
ed feeling incident to spring time,
means a durable disorder; a disorder
that interferes really enough with
capable functioning; it is this condi-
ton that | am now talking about
seeking to correct.
Any undue firing of the body in
normal action should be regarded
with concern. 1t means that some
thing is wrong-and may lead tt
something more serious, if unattend
ed to. The perfectly healthy human
body does not tire easily, and it i
almost impossible to wear it out by
any reasonable form of employment
Of course the night-worker, and the
sweat-shOp employee, the toiler in ex
IRENE temperatures, often overtime
can hardly expect to keep fit for g
very. long period of time. These
break down prematurely.
II you are tired on rising in the
morning you are warned in advance
You probably ate too much at the last
evenings feed; you are poisoned, thai
IS all there is about it. Clean out
clean up, and stop your dissipation il
diet. Probably sugar-drunk, maybe
a debauch in veal-loaf, a debacle IL
starches. Look to your elimination
through bowel and kidneys; use fruit:
and green vegetables; plenty of water
and if, after a week of self regula
ton, you are no keener of mornings
take your physician a specimen from
your kidneys.
People tire on over-feeding-it i
auto-intoxication. You ought to fee
fresh and vigorous after a night
rest. Then the days work goes b,
like song. Don't expect vim anC
vigOr with your blood stream carry
ing an overload of protein ballast.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
A CHOICE SELECTION OF IRIS

"A CHOICE SELECIlON OF IRIS
1t is truly lamentable that so few
gardens are familiar with the better
Iris. As one goes through the cOun-
try at Iris blooming time with few
exceptions all the varieties that are
seen in the average yard are the old
purple Kochii or American Black
Prince, the white Florentine Alba and
the older and poorer still HonOrabeis,
gold and mahogany brown. These
were all of them out of date decade
ago and still they are the most grown
today.
Last week l was in a garden that
had in bloom 1900 of the finest Amer
lean and European productions in the
Iris world. 1t was trulya sight to
behold. l made a lot Of notes and
will today suggest two lists Of vari-
cites that you will find worth plant
ing in your garden. The first list is
of the less expensive ones, that any
one could afford. None of them at
more than so cents in the newest 1929
list | have before me. | will not at
tempt 10 give colors or any descriP
items You will find all mat in the
catalogs. Here are the ten: After
glow, Edouard Michel, La Neige, De-
jazet, Neptune, Sindjhka, Merlin,
frost, Mother of Pearl ard White
Knight. Every one of the above are
prize winners and they are all easy
to grow.
To attempt to select ten Of the BET
ter ana higher priced ones IS NOT as
easy as there are so. many very gOooa
ones among them. / viii keep TINS
list within those that are priced al
not more than a dollar. though there
are many at two to ten times as
much that you might want if you
could see their exquisite cOlOrlng ana
the quality of bloom. Here are inc
ten best at the price, you will LIKE
every one: Ambassador, CruSaiei'
Anne Leslie, B. Y. Morrison, Canlelo|
Dream, Laverrier, ProsperO, Crelon'
ne and Shekinah.
In buying Iris | would urge you "
get them from a grower that makes :
speciality Of them and grows the ne; Dtr
ter things. You will be more likely
to get roots that are true to name a. .t
will give you the flowers you expect
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
DrFrank Crane Saws

So we crate and write and grow
enthusiastic over out public schools.
But the test of our appreciation of
them comes best by spending money
on them.
The school teacher should be better
paid and he should rank higher in
the community than he does:
The superintendent of public
schools should be the best paid off
cial in the city and the most careful
ly selected. And he needs to be per-
son of more outstanding ability than
the mayor.
The school buildings should be, and
in some places are, the most remark
able pieces of architecture IN a. COM
munity.
Fairgrounds for children.
To the credit of America it is that
it has more juvenile publications and
printed matter, especially for the
reading of children, tnan mas any
other country.
Every man and woman ought to be
in some way connected with assisting
the youn~er generation to make good.
school teaching or the training of
the young b is tar s Of the country n0S'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20
SEES ANOTHER GIRL

Dear Miss vera:
l am in my third year of high school
nearly 18 and called pretty by some
of my friends. l don't powder and
rouge as much a some girls. What is
troubling me is this: l can't be pop
ular. For instance there is a foreign
girl | know. She is about II or is
and she was born in the United
States. You see she is more poplar
than some of our real American girls.
But maybe it is because she has a
baby doll face and figure. / know
some girls who are prettier than she
is, though, and they are not as popu-
lar as she.
She seems to be something of a
mystery. She can speak palmer and
better English than we do and she
dresses cutely. know right now that
some of the boys would be glad to
marry her arr time. So please tell
me how l can become more popular
and what you think of this foreign
girl. UNPOPULAR.
Dear Unpopular: You tell me the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20

Scarf Sets-of- Three
For sports the threepec scarf enjoying
popularity that emphatic There's square kercef
NOTED about the neck and shoulders another
about the hips and bind the
the lucky girl who Of these
signs mOdernistcustw what you'd expect sport
only
How Do You Flare Today
The
Of the skirt and to spring from nowhere particular
the balance of the skirt remains straight Then there
are next the wored flare beloved by Paris designers
flare that intervals all around the skirt There many
vaaons of the circular neo study
choose the that brings your best points DIFF
ference
t"'' High COlOrs Lead
If you be quiet and retiring there
and beige But Paris
of high color but choose them wisely selecting special
that may harmony with whole
and also be of "your" shades.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-20

lenient sentence when it was shown
that he was good to his mother-in-
law. Some people thought he merit
ed suspended sentence!
Mrs. Charles Read Banks of Plain
field, n. J. advocates that men do
knitting as a means of keeping out
of trouble. Well it doesn't seem to US
that the remedy has worked so well
among our feminine population!
1927 Wettest Year Since 1872 in
England" said headline recently,
and many were disappointed when
they found the item referred to the
rainfall.
An exhaustive search throughout
Angora failed to reveal single An
CORA cat. That seems strange. ex-
cept to people who have tried looking
for the chicken in a restaurant chick
en- salad.
No woman made a nominating
speech at the Republican convention
but three of them made secondinp
speeches. Just like a woman to want
the last word!
There were plenty of beautiful
speeches made at the convention but
nobody heard them.
A quartette sang at the convention
and couldn't be heard. This is the
first time in history that male quar-
tette hasn't been able to make NOR,
noise than a few thousand people!
Residents of Pittsburgh are OBJ
Jecting to the use of the word "Bran.
DIVINE as the name of a telephone
exchange. We guess they don't care
about awakening painful memories.