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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
The World and All
IN THE AIR
b. Charles z. Driscoli

IN THE AIR
There have been some bad airplane crashes lately
A crash is always news, not Only because the attendant
deaths are important. but also because airplane crashes
are still invested with the element Of novelty. and
therefore arc essentially news material. The news
papers do well in printing news items about every air
plane s~mash-up in which lives are lost. But I hope
readers do not conclude from these accounts that the
person who takes to the air in a plane is as good o.
dead when the plane leaves the ground.
Great Britain is establishing air lines to All PARIS
Of the empire. Next year a regular passenger-and-mai
line will be running from London to Delhi, India. A
Cape-to-Cairo air line will be started, too. A modern
airport il being constructed near Alexandra, Egypt
for the London-Egypt service.
British planes carried more than three thousand
passengers across the channel to France in one month,
and the cross-channel service is proving very profit.
able from a commercial standpoint.
The British Empire has been facing a ticklish prob.
lem for a number Of years. Especially since the war,
the f~ar-flung dominions and colonies that make posi-
bic the wealthy civilization Of England have been
feeling their individuality and power. and have discov-
cred that they do not need 10 lean upon the mother
country, but rather that the mother country j. an the
while leaning upon them.
So, one incident mas succeeded another. and tbs
wise government in London has acknowledged the vir-
tual separate nationality Of the dominions and other
important units in the empire. Some important Eng
lishmcn have spoken or the breakup OF the empire u.
an accomplished fact, and others have viewed it IS
an approaching event.
Contact between London and the dominion capitals
by airplane routes and regular service will tend to pre-
serve the empire. That's plain as the sun NJ noon On
a cloudless day. Hence the farsighted wisdom or the
London air policy.
As for the United States, there is a lesson to be
learned. Closer contact between American cities and
South American cities might tend 70 undo any damage
that our diplomats may unhappily accomplish from
time TO time We ought 10 have regular mail and pas
sengcr air service between mainland United States and
Hawaii, Porto Rico. .Nlaska. Panama. Mexico City, and
several South American capitals and ports.
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attempted to stop the bandits car, has already result
ed in death sentences for three Of the men convicted OF
participation Of the crime. Two others are TO be tried
and there is every probability that the same sentences
will be dealt out in their cases.
In each Of the three crimes mentioned, public opinion
has been aroused. There has been q popular clsmor
for Justice, quick and sure justice. Can il be that our
courts are beginning to feel-and the iuries, of course
the pressure Of protest from an outraged decent
citizenry7
Perhaps. II il time, certainly. The tide Of law con-
tempt has risen steadily for the last ten years. The
record Of American police are filled with the crimes
which have gone unpublished; too-sympathetic iuries
too-shrewd lawyers, too-frequent resort to absurd tech
nicalities and red tape. have had their effect.
Possibly the tide is moving the other way now,
possibly the growing r~umblings Of discomfort at our
haphazard system Of administering justice are having
their effect. in turn. Prompt justice can do more than
q thousand trick panaceas to reduce the prevalence Of
crime.
In America, crime has had it's day of sowing. There
is reason TO hope that the harvest is near at hand. that
American spirit has been awakened to meet the crisis
that has arisen.
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The North Highway

Granting by the state highway commission Of state
aid to Cameron county in financing the completion Of
Highway No. 20 from COmbes north 10 the Willacy
ccunty line indicates the commission has not lost sight
Of the main objective in connection with the highways
of the lower Gulf coast region-completion Of a paved
highway from Brownsville through Willacy and Kennedy
counties 70 connect with the through highway 70
Houston.
The state has extended aid in financing the vii
lacy county project, and before many months have
passed the paved highway will cxtensd from Browns
willie to the Kennedy county line. Whether the state
highway department will undertake the construction
OF pavement acresx the 40 miles Of kennedy county 1t
once or await adoption OF a new finance plan and the
voting Of state bonds has not been indicated. How
ever, Il is very probable that in view Of the small val
uations Of Kennedy county, which eliminate that county
as a factor in connection with financing, even II the
voters were SO inclined the highways department will
take no definite steps toward closing the gap until
after the next session Of the legislature.
The state highway commission has completed sur
seys across kennedy county. and. * ia understood. have
two tentative routes in view. Members Of the highway
commission have repeatedly indicated they are fully
eognizant Of the Importance Of closing this gap in the
"HuF-the-Coastr highway, and that only lack Of funds
and the pressing requirements Of other sections have
prevented them from starting the work.
The Sterling plan to issue bonds based upon q state
gasoline tax is designed to meet just such contingen-
cies as the Kennedy county gap presents. kennedy
county consists mostly 81 sann dunes, with very little
valuation. and the county could not finance the pave
ment IL the voters were 50 inclined. However, il lies
between the Rio Grande Valley. the most fertile sec
tion-of Texas. and the rich farming sections and mar
ket centers Of central Texas. kennedy county nor
stands as n barrier 70 development or the Valleys
highway system an obstacle to tourist ana CONNER
eal traffic between the richest sections Of Texas, and
the state is at present unable 10 remedy the situation
Adoptio nof the Sterling plan will provide the funds
70 close gaps in the states highway system. assuring
the people Of Texas . system which will be . real asset
TO every section and interest.
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At least two bills designed 70 set up machinery for
the licensing of automobile drivers in Texas will be
introduced al the next session n the legislature. SC
ccrding to press reports.
II IS understood that both measures. now in the
course Of preparation. propose establishment of a ba-
reau Of the state highway commission TO handle this
uo-k. and the law viii specify that no driver be per-
mitted upon = public highway who has not passed an
examination and received a license.
Similar laws are in force in many states. and while
IL IL generally conceded they tend 20 lessen the num-
Der 81 highway accidents, il il asserted they are not
sufficiently drastic and that enforcement Il lax. The
examinations are more or less a matter Of routine. and
the Iaxity Of officials as well as the public tends to
minimize the benefits that should accrue from the ex-
animation and licensing system.
There doubtless are countless thousands ~ persons
driving motor vehscies on the highways Of the United
States who should not be entrusted with the response
bilty Of pushing q wheelbarrow across a desert. When
they drive their motor cars onto the public highways
they become . menace 70 every individual travelling
that highway. Men and women who should be occupy
inr wheel chairs are often seen endeavoring to guide
care through congestcd traffic; others have frequently
demonstrated speed mania or recklessness to such an
extent they should be barred from the highways; but
there is no officer Of any state who Is going to do IL
The officers know that public opinion will be against
them; that it is virtually impossible to make the high
ways safe for traffic so long as the public refuses 60
obey the laws and 50 long a. juries refuse TO convict
when the laws are violated and arrests made.
Licensing or drivers would remedy the situation
very slightly. il at all. It might remove the menace
Of those who, on account Of physical defects, should
not Re permitted to drive a motor vehicle upon the
highway. but il will not eliminate that class who have
no regard for the traffic laws, and who are directly
responsible for the present TX enforcement in Texas
and all other states. The suggestion that the proposed
law include the cancellation Of a drivers license after
the holder Of the license, has figured in a certain
specified quota Of accidents "a an excellent feature,
and may have an effect upon some Of the most enthus-.
iastic and persistent violators Of the highway laws.
unless, like most Of the other highway regulations. il is
treated as one II the Jokes" Of the legislature.
Texas highway laws are obsolete, inconsistent and
ineffective. III the state legislature really desires %
remedy the situation the best way to start would be to
repeal all laws now alleged to be in force and pass new
ones, starting with the licensing feature and making a
non-political commission responsible for enforcement
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IT CANT BE DONE ' sss5 &
RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSN. @opYRle4D

Tony received the unwelcome news
in silence. There was nothing 70 be
done. and after all. he reflected. it
would take only one picture 70 con-
vince Davidson that IN backing Irene
he wat making . very foolish and
costly mistake.
"AlI right. Lew he REPLIED.
Whatever you say. I'd better see
Miss Dare at once, before she gets
made UP. But ! can't put Miss Shir-
ley ~ work unless she has n cos
tune. She'll need evening dress. for
the Genes we're working on today.
Davidson pressed a button. told
the boy who entered 10 ask Miss
Shirley 10 step in. A moment later
Irene appeared. calmly confident.
Miss Shirley" Davidson explain
ca, with business-like c~oIdness. "Mr.
Hull and I have decided 10 give you
the second part in this new picture
Of ours. Knights and Knives. We
got 70 can a lot Of film 10 do X. but
! want 10 give you a chance. Mr..
Hull here says for the scenes he's
shooting right now you'll need an
&N&iA4AAk AlEerr AAVM wis AAA ~ EAhE
you 10 get one7'
~Just Al long" replied Irene,
equally business-like. "as il will take
your chauffeur 10 drive me 70 my
hotel and back. X happens ! bought
a new evening gown yesterday after
noon" She did not explain that .
few judicious inquiries at the studio
during the morning had informed
her concerning the scenes on which
the company was now working-that
the action took place during the
progress Of a big ball. Irene believ-
ed IN preparedness; II she succeed
ed in ~persuading Davidson to put her
IN the picture, she would be ready
n not, "A new evening gown would
not be- amiss, especially if n ecould
be made, in some way, to paw for IL.
Fiji drive back with you." David
son said. Il got some people COM
ing IN to see me around noon" His
real reason for going was his desire
20 avoid the storm of discussion his
action in displacing Jane was certain
70 rouse Not that he expected any
objection from Jane: she was too
much OF a -gentlewoman for that. bu.
Afice Carroll was different: she
possessed a vicious temper, and he
thought IL highly probable that she
would object violently to doing over
for the second time the scenes xhe
had already finished. especially FOR
the benefit of a possible rival.
When Irene and Davidson had
gone, Tony went down 10 James
dressing room. The door was omen.
shs was already prepared for work.
and looked very sweet and lovely N
ner evening own or amber chiffon.
II was effective, but very simple:
Miss Carroll did not permit ths
members of her company 70 wear
clothes as elaborate 5 her own, and
vas APT 70 fly into a temper il they
tried il.
(Tn mr. rnArrrN.v~w~
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SURELY THEY WOULDN'T
dallas

dallas Tlmes-Herald).
Is IL possible that an English cousin. albeit a manu-
facturer anxious TO make a sale. would misrepreseni
his goods to 20 meek a person Ms Miss Marion Talley
OF Kansas City. American singer7
Customs authorities who have examined some per
sonal articles purchased in England by Miss Talley
would seem to 80 charge.
When Marion came in on a steamer the other day
some questions arose az to articles she had declared
and the inspectors began 10 inspect thoroughly. In
cldentally Miss Talley wasn't q famed song bird Il
hem-ius "a yellow primrose and nothing more'-tc
be more exact. "No. 172" As listed BY the authorities
Anyway. after going through the singers goods and
chattels, the inspectors seized upon a Paisley shawl
which Marion had declared at SIS. She said it was
handmade-that is they had told her il was in England
But the inspector had IN expert look Il over. and ths
verdict was machine made"
Not 50 good. She might have done just as we'll over
IN Jersey some place. without the attendant embsrrass-
ment Of the personal search OF iuggugs.
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New York Letter

NEW YORK. Sept. ia detect
i've tells me that most of the pick
pockets In New York are women.
Their favorite working places are
crowded subway trains. t"Crowded
subway trains" IL Pathological: sub
way trains Is sufficiently.
Women are more successful as
~pickpocktts because men No not suS-
pect women OF committing such a
crime outside Of the home. A not
unwelcome lostle from a delicately
~perfumed woman. an apologize
smile. in which the man removes his
hat. taking his arm away from the
breast pocket In which Nv most like
~ carries his wallet. and the mon
ev is gone. The purse is quickly
passed TO a confederate, and then
a. another who removes the none
and disposes of the empty wallet inn
mediately, either on slipping IN in
someone's pocket or tossing II from
the train. At the mex station the
mob" gets out.
However. pickpockets become
constantly ride the subways for the
purpose NJ catching them Many w
these known pickpockets are also
shcplifters. and their faces become
familiar to police from shoplifting
arrests.
In turn, the detectives are usually
known hy sight tD the nocket-nick-
ing fraternity. and members VII The
latter go u all sorts Of lengths
to disguise themselves. When such
a woman crook goes straight" or
j. on probation and isn't working,
she has a sign indicating 10 the de-
tective that she isn't ION the make
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Timely Views
no SUDDEN FARM RELIEF SEEN
BY JOHN @. TILSON
Majority Leader. House Of ReprexentatiVe

ny hOHN " AiLDON
Majority Leader. House Of Representatives.
tJohn Quillin Tilson was born NJ Clear Branch.
Tenn. April X. 1866. He j. q graduate 81 Yale
university. and entered the practice Or law AZ New
Haven, Conn., in 1895. He was a member Of the
Connecticut house Of representatives from 1905 to
1909, and speaker during the second term. He was
elected 70 congress il 1909. serving until 1913. and
has been 4 representative from Connecticut con
tinuaiy since 1915. his term expiring in 1929. For
the past three years he has been majority leader
Of the republican party. he served in the Spanish
American war and on the Mexican border in 1916.
His home il in New Haven, Conn.,
Regarding probable legislation Of the coming ses
sion Of congress I have TO say that as usual the careful
consideration Of the appropriation bills probably will
consume most Of the time available for the short ses
sion, although there doubtless will be other importanD
legislation taken up during the session.
On account Of the inability Of congress 10 pass
satisfactory form relief bill during the last two Of
three sessions. / doubt whether a very serious efforr
will be made 20 pass a comprehensive farm relief bill
until the subject can be considered in connection with
tariff legislation. For that, there probably would no.
be time during the three months Of the short session
Even as to this matter. however. the time will not
be lost for undoubtedly both subjects will receive muct
consideration by those deeply concerned in the subject
even though no serious efforts may be made towarc
actual legislation.
As to Muscle Shoals legislation which has been be
fore congress 90 long. action doubtless will depend
very much upon the kind Of an offer or offers thai
may be received for this valuable water-power.
The Boulder Dam project doubtless will come an Il
the short session as it is now pending in the senate
Legislation on the subject passed the house at the last
session, the first session Of the Seventeen congress
Mcuh is expected Of the commission provided for a.
the last session Of congress. Further action may hing.
very largely upon the report Of this commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
Washington Letter
By CHARLES N STEWART

WASHINGTON. Sept. la.-Just
verging on so and a writer all his
life. Daddy George n. Weeks. di-
rector Of the Mexican news bureau.
in Washington. IL t0 give his first
regular book 70 the world shortly
He calls IL California Copy"-an
early day Pacific coast history, and
about the gossipy-ist volume since
Mark Twain wrote his "reminiscences
of the same section or the country
Daddy Weeks was not IA deer, but
III was only 1876 when he took his
one lung from Horace G~reelcy's New
York City composing room 20 the
Gilden State by way Of Panama. and
the western slope Of the Rockies ap-
pears to have been "A pretty c0lorfui
region for w couple of decades even
after that year.
"a derringer." Daddy" assures me-.
"was about as essential an article
of a newspaper office equipment in
Che far west then as a type casr and
IN Washington hand press.
The custom seems 70 have been ~
tote one-I mean a derringer-in
each pants pocket, and many was the
long year, ! understand. during which
Daddy" Weeks would no more have
thought OF v~enturinE abroad without
his il-calihre armament than minus
his suspenders-a belts sole function
IN that era being to support a hol-
stored weapon.
The details Of "Daddy's" career are
we'll authenticated.
Frequent applications nv him fer
information a. "a historical incidents
in connection with the work ar u
younger generation Of chroniclers.
finally led him. in fact. to jot down
a record Of his own experiences.
At his me- Daddy probably never
will get around To III. but a story ~
the Mexican revolution IN the same
author would make the most imagin.
able sequel TO California Copy"
More besides IL undoubtedly would
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bulge with interest and thrilling sd-
ventures. H. certainly would have the
very highest value "a future histor-
ians-
Daddy" Weeks probably knows
more. from "A greater number of
angles, or the prolonged struggle
south Of the Rio Grande. than any
other man living.
Prospecting on the Mexican side
of the border at the time uf the anti
Diaz r~cvUlts very beginning. i've vas
promptly drafted ~ IA correspondent
for the old New York Herald and
served a succession of American
newspapers as their field represent
tative. until well after the late Gen.
NhrGgnns installation nS president.
Hence THE Mexican News Bureau
Of today.
Precisely what its business is I
have never been able to determin0-
Indeed, stongly suspect that Ii mere
I'M is Daddy Weeks favurite play
thing. The fact remains that hr is
tne best posted man in the United
states ON Mexican affairs and one
Of Ambassador Tellez's most trusted
american aANlceEt.
At all events. Daddy" has been
on terms nf personal intimacy with
every Mexican VIZ note since the clos
inc days or the Diaz regimc-Madero.
Villa. Col. Fierro Villas ~ferocious
lieutenant. who shot fifty and some
odd prisoners. simply to test a new
gun ne had just ncquiredl HueFta.
Carranza. Oregon, CalIes-the entire
list up tn date.
Daddy" Weeks was anything but
q spring chicken even as lorg ago
as the start of the Diaz revolution
but he was In il all. I'D % his neck.
until n weak heart-his bad lung long
"A thing Of che rast-drOvc him from
the high altitude of Mexico City.
Now he directs the Mexican News
Bureau-my office neighbor-and.
az nearly four score. is just making
his debut in literature.
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HLDALCO
MASS MEETING
County To BE Organ
lied to Oppose Ad-
ministration

McALLEN. Sept. ia county
wide mass meeting for the purpose
Of discussing plans for the election
Of a citizens ticket which has been
placed in the field in opposition to
the administration ticket, will be held
AZ the city park Friday night.
Circulars and other advertisements
announcing the meeting have been
distributed and the meeting ii ex-
pected to be the largest assemblage
Of voters in the history Of the coun-
ty.
Speakers announced for the occas-
ion include NJ. IA. Baker. Ed Couch
and ~. III. kirgan OF Weslaco and
Gordon Griffin and MAYOR r. b
Freeland Of McAllen.
The ticket. which il made un Of
representatives OF both major par
ties. will ~ known AZ the Anti
Ring ticket, and the following have
been announced as candidates. Coun-
~ Judge, 4. G. Couch; sheriff, Earl
Hersch; county clerk. +. W. Lem
burg; county superintendent. Mrs.
Fred Wright; tax collector. "A. Tar
pley' county commissioners. A. Will
t AoDcAt hriuSESoHF george
Duel and y. Nj. Burns.
District Clerk Charles Forston has
no opponent, the trainers of the tick
ct stating they could see no reason
fer making a change. Announcement
ot candidates for county attorney
and tax assessor is expected tn be
made Friday night.
Every precinct in Hidalgo county
viii be organized for the ANTI
Ring" ticket. Gordon Griffin Of Nc
Allen stated. Each precinct is IN
have its chairman and vice chairman,
and IN every precinct We will also
maintain a local headquarters with
the main headquarters Of the ticket
At McAllen which will be in charge
Of J. y. Mcclellan Of EdinbufE." Mr..
Griffin said.
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Who am H. Where VI my hame
With what institution was ! until
recently connected.
For whom was March named
Who iE the National Scout com
missioner or the Boy Scouts ~ Am
erica?
What IL another name for Nor
mons7
What IL the capital ar Australia (
AS for man his days are as grass.
as a flower Of the field so he flour
isheth.H Where ia this passage found
in the Bible.
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3 School Buses
Added at Donna

DONNA, Sept. 19.-Three new two
ton school buses will BE- IN operation
for the Donna public schools rural
transportation system By Thursday.
Il vas announced here today BY r..
W. Todd. school engineer.
One Of the buses arrived on Sept.
rs, and went into use Immediately.
These buses accommodate sixty chill
dren each, and are unusually safe
vehicles, being equipped with four
wheel brakes and governors which
limit their speed "a twenty miles
per hour.
When the three new buses are add
ed 10 the present four. the total car
rying capacity for the system will
exceed four hundred. No child has
been injured nor has there been 4
wreck Of any kind in the transpor-
tation system, according 10 records.
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Other Papers
THE RISING TIDE OF SENTIMENT
CORPUS Christi CaIlcrl.

VIE" WWE""FE W"EE"-"
II may be merely coincidence, but an unusually
high percentage OF capital crimes have brought pun
ishment to the perpetrators Of late.
Los Angeles butcher boy" murder, one particularly
outrageous, resulted in a quick trial and prompt SEN
fence. He will appear in court today to hear his doom
nronouneed.
william Edward Hickman, whose crime Mortified the
whole civilized world, Is under sentence to die within
few weeks. unless the higher courts intervene, which
keems improbable 1t this time.
A bank holdup, which occurred in Kansas City dur
snx the republican national convention last June,
brought about the death OF q traffic patroiman who