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Evening star., 1928-05-19
YOUTH CONFESSES
!. TO TRIPLE SAY|NG
Nebraskan BlameS Crime on
Desire ito DO Some
thing Terrible"
Ry TIE Associated Press,
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ny TIE Associated Press.
RUSHVuI.E. Nebr, May l9,-HenrS
Sherman. 70, who slew three members
al the PoChon family and seriously in
5,gre3 a 6-month-old baby because of
desire to do something terrible" today
faced the possibility Of immediate sem
tence. Police said they had his written
confession.
The gap between his crime and pun
;SNment was being bridged rapidly to-
oay. Arrested yesterday a few hours
after the triple killing, he was arraigned,
pleaded guilty on three charges of first
degree murder and was bound over tc
District Court for sentence or trial.
Sherman. q farm hand, talked freely
Of the killing of Roger Pochon, farmer,
his wife, and his mother, He said his
attentions to the Pochon's iS-year-old
cauGnter. Nellie. were resented by the
family. and that he killed them TO set
the SRI and her parents money.
The crime as reconstructed before a
coroner's jury, took place about break
fast time. pochon was shot twice, in
the arm and in the back.
The child's grandmother probably was
killed next. She was shot through the
law. Mrs. Pochon. the mother of seven
children. was shot in the head. The
authorities believed Sherman then
struck the baby. who was reported dying
from conclusion OF the brain.
Sherman went TO another room where
the ether children were sleeping and
threatened them. Nellie the eldest, per-
suaded him TO leave the house with her.
Sherman told officers that he fire.
ouently had spells during which he was
overcome with a desire ito do something
terrible" and that il was during one
such spell that he attacked the Pochons.
Evening star., 1928-05-19
$4,000 TO VIEW TRIAL
OF So IN COAL FRAUD
Soviet Holds Proceedings in Old
Meeting Place OF Mobiles.
Speeches Broadcast.
Rv tse Associated press.

b. the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May i9.-FIfty Russians
and three Germans, charged with at
tempting to destroy the coal industry
Of Russia in the Donetz Coal Basin.
were placed on trial yesterday before the
Supreme Court. The House Of Columns.
which was q renowned meeting ground
Of Russian nobility under the Gar, and
which is now the center of revolu-
tionary cultural activities. was turned
into courtroom for the trial Prof.
A. Y Vyshinsky. dean or the Moscow
University law faculty, presided
Fifty-six witnesses came from the
coal regions 10 testify against the de-
PENDANTS The court prosecutors de-
Tense attorneys and the So defendants
were seated on q platform, while 100
Soviet and foreign newspaper men oc-
cupied orchestra seats Sixteen hun
dnei workers and members Of the civil
service viii witness the trial daily, alter
mating 50 that $4,000 workers in all
may gain entrance. Radio apparatus
will broadcast the trial.
Evening star., 1928-05-19
BESSIE VAN WORST,
WRITER, DIES IN PARIS
BY the Associated

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. May 19.--Bessie Van Worst.
American writer and widow of the
French Senator. editor and explorer,
Hughes lie Roux, died here at the age
Of 81.
She was daughter Of John McGin-
mis-, New York banker, and her first
husband was John Van Worst OF New
York. With his sister, Marie Van Worst.
she worked in cotton mills and shoe
factories In Columbia, S. c., and Lynn,
Mass. AS a result of the knowledge
they acquired at first hand. they pub
lished In 1908 THE Woman Who Tolls, "
for which Theodore Roosevelt. who was
then President, wrote the introduction.
Mrs. Van Worst was married to M.
LIE Roux. an editor of lie Matin, In Paris
in November, 1914 He died in 1925.
She had long been a contributor to
American magazines and her books in
cluded "Bagsbys Daughter" THE
Issues Of Life" Letters to Women in
Love-" The Children Who Toll and
The Cry of the Children"
Washington wants no Power Trust.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1928-05-19
More Than Enough.

More Than Enough,
From the Topeka CAPITAL
We heard a man boasting of his life's
cleverneSS.
why. she even made me necktie
out of one of her old dresses" he said
That's nothing" his companion
boasted. My wife could make herself
a dress out of one of my neckties"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
Disguised as Weeds,
 Bird Catches Fish

New York, Jan. 27.-(P-Fish stories are the trade talk of Dr. E.. w. Guiger, associate in ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History. but he has just added 8 prize winner to his collection. More over, it's been verified.
 Dr. Gudger has substantiated the tradition that the cassowary. first cousin to the ostrich, catches fish by using its own plumage as set lines.
 The cassowary is supposed to be a dry land bird" says the scientist, but we know that it goes to the water occasionally in search of food. Wading into shallow stream, it squats down. spreads and submerges Its wings and re- mains motionless for several min. utes. Then it steps to the bank, shakes itself several times and gob- bles up the fishes that had sought shelter in its feathers. --..
 "These fishes apparently mistake the plumage for weeds that grow in their native East Indian waters. The creatures habits are % we'll known to the natives that they suspend in the water punches of grass and leaves and then surround these with their nets. confident of catching the fishes that will seek shelter under them"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
ment throughout the werld,

mont throughout the world.
 ''Thus the Smithsoniau Institu. ton does for the government in. directly the service Of inform 'ns the psople of the march o4 scteno> on which our leadership n . great nation of the future depends" Dr. Abbot explains. "On the other hand tho Smithsonian k not linn. ited to domestic concerns. Frou, its private means 1t supports new explorations, new monographs oi scientific problems. and sponsors an international exchange of scien- tific knowledge. The institution ia cooperative. It surveys the field and marks the untouched gaps in the orderly advance of scientific knowledge. In these gaps it in- tends to devote it's strength"
 Dr. Abbot during his 32 years at the Smithsonian has been engaged continuously m researches on solar radiation. With the late Professor s. P. Langley he completed ana published the mapping of the infra- red solar spectrum. He has dem onstrated that radiation from the sun varies from day to day and year to year in cycles closely as- sociated with sun spots. He has found reason to believe that this variation has an important influ- ence on weather changes. With the aid or solar observatories he is conducting investigations in an attempt to discover this relation ship in the hope that long range weather forecasting eventually will be attained.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
lfllPfRA1URE DOES QUICK CHANCES.
1Vaty Dlelss D1asacs n nlQte M eflDd Banks

-- Washington. Jan. 27.-LR-The idea Of putting on an overcoat to movo from one end of . font poeeh to the other never occurs to the landsman.
 But . salt bitten seaman of req soaably long experience along the Atlantic coast is likely to be famil- far with situations in which the notion would not seem at all ab- aurd.
 Reports received by the Hydro graphic office of the Navy ire quentiy describe just such sharp changes of temperature within re- markably short distances. One, describing an experience aboard the cable steamer Minia off New foundland, relates that as the ships bow was about to enter q wall of dense fog. the sea tempera- ture was S5 degrees, and as her stern passed over the line, it was 5S degrees.
 The fogs off Newfoundland aver age 500 feet in height. some rls- ing 5000 feet They are due, the hydrographers have learned. to the blowing of warm. moisture laden winds from the Gulf Stream and other warm waters over the colder waters of the Labrador Currents and waters contiguous ~~ %hA nvand pankS
 The sharp temperature changes are particularly noticeable at the Grand Banks and Cape Hatteras. rhsee the currents of cold water Ylowing southward at an average rste of about one knot scrape edeas most closely with the Gulf stream, which carries much warm er water in . northerly direction at . 3A knot speed. The cold inshore waters extend out to about tho loo.fathom curve, and a change of 90 degrees ,n the temperature of the sea within one minute while crossing from the Diamond shoal Liehtship to the Gulf Stream is not infrequent.
 During | hurricane. one report rs,ateA . sailing master alternat- inR watch with his wife, told Of beia9 blown in darkness and thick weathee inside the 100-fathom curve. The air. which had been balmy,. suddenly became cold, and the wife. who was coming" ask cd for her coat. The master, awak- ened by that request, realized he was within the curve and approach ing shallow water and dropped anchor.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
WORLD IS PASSING
 THROUGH CHANCES
Freuch "Imnortal" Discusses
 Problems

Paris. Jan. 27. NeThe machine says Paul Valery. one Of Frances Forty ImmortaA" ts cutdistancins the soul
 Valery. who occupies the seat in the French Academy vacated by Anatole France. thinks that Amer ica may play great part in helping the soul catch up with the ma chine"
 The world. he says, is passing through one of the great transitions Of history.
 Science" he told an Associated Press correspondent ''is gradually creating a new type of human be- ing just as it h creating conditions of living unknown in the worlds previous history.
 Already material aspects of liv- ing are approaching what they will be in the future; they have tho precision. the exactitude. one might almost say the perfection of ma chimes. On the other hand things of the mind, the spirit, the senti- ments lag behind. They use a language of many centuries ago which has little or no relation with the present and future.
 Philosophy, religion, art. litera- ture. politics. economics-all the non- material aspects of life-need to catch mp with the material. We are beginning to understand this. to appreciate the need for thinking as clearly as a modern machine works; we are. therefore. in a period of transition.
 Tn the world of material things
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
U. 5. EXPERTS'AID
 DRY LAND FARMERS
Old Tins Suspicion of Asricll-
 turists k Gone

Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 27.-lRo Once suspicious of experts" iron, Washington and agricultural col leges who offered them assistance. dry land farmers have seen tho re- suits of expert guidance and today are beginning to realize the riches promised the western pilgrim years ago.
 Federal experiment stations epit omize the hopes of every farmer in the west. The station at Sheridan was founded on barren fields. To- day it approaches the model farm. Constantly experimenting with new crops. 1t has offered the farmer his first chance at diversified agricui- ture. After years he now has n type of wheat suitable to his needs. He has been helped to produce he right crops and taught how to mar ket them.
 The country agent has followed in the wake of the experiment sta tion. His services and knowledge are within the grasp of the pro- t,ressive homesteader. and the dry land farmer. a hopeless, lroken man few years ago. now Is | cheerful. sometimes prosperous ch- izen.
 Broken down huts and Ahacks still dot the waste plains of Wyo. ming. mute reminders of pilgrim. age that ended in disaster for thou. sands. They were built when pub lie lands first were opened to home steaders, men from the east and south who believed that fortune awaited those willing to spend few years turaing untried fields into
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27

-in machinery. for sxample-we are always improving. never con- tent. In our culture. too. we need higher standards We don't think an expert workman in ons kind of work can understand every other kind. Hence why do we aasume that every cultured person can un- derstand every culture?
 That was tho mistake of tho nineteenth century which was . period of easy going variety and confusion. The twentieth century is moving from extensivity towards intensity. from iooseness to preci- sion. from disorzanization to q new discipline with higher require mentA"
 America-the land which has car ried machinery further towards per- lection than any other-may there fore be a leader. thinks Valery, in bringing about the new cultural discipline.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
SMITHSONIAN ID
 EX1ENDI7S WORK
Und9 NJ Held Will Launch
 Into Other Fields

Washington, Jan. 27 R-Greater pioneering researches in the field of science are to be undertaken by the 1mithsonian Institution, it's newly-eiected secretary. Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, reveals.
 Hand in hand with broadened re- search work will come an exten- sion of the smithsonian's popular reports, designed to interpret the march of science for the average man.
 Dr. Abbot. who assumes the posi- tiou left. vacant last February by the death of Dr. Charles D. Wal colt, is called the foremost author ity on solar radiation. He has been attached to the institution since 1895 and since 1918 has been assis- tant secretary.
 The activities of the Smithsonian will be broadened. pr. Abbot has anneunced. to include vitally im- portaat scientific researches con- templated by John smithson. Ers- ltsh founder of the institution Thesa have been deferred because of the lack of funds. To carry out this program. pr. Abbot said, the board of regents had decided upon a policy to encourage private aid.
 Through this private capital the instttation intends to prepare a se- ries of moro popular articles for the -eSnsral public. extend scientific research to untouched fields, and publtsh . larger amount of scien- tific literature.
 The institution answers annually moro than 10000 inquiries from in- dtvtduais throughout the world, Dr. Abbot says. It also publishes for the common people in readable form details of scientific ;.chieve-
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
Big Defects in Dynamos
 Are Found by Radio
East Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 27. R

East Pittsburgh. Pa, Jan. c7. R
 Radio Is now being used by J. l.. Rylander of the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Manufacturing Company to detect hidden defects in dynamos.
 A machine under test is conver,- ed into a broadcasting station by sending through it a 2O0,000 cyc,e current Radio waves go out in al, directions. and Mir. Rylander picks some of them up with a receiving set.
 If the machine is perfect he hears q loud buzz. and milli-ammeter connected with the apparatus gives a high reading. On the other hand, hidden defect Is disclosed ir h weaker buzz and in a low reading on the milli-ammeter.
 Dynamos are always tested for insulation. but heretofore the only check-up possible was for insulation between the copper windings and the iron core. This test is harmless while others sometimes damaged the equipment. .o".
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
NEWEST PARIS PIN

Class ships. silver ships and now jeweled ships are the rage of 70. ciety.
 The latest hat ornament is . diamond outlined sailboat with a matching pin meant to be worn at shoulder or belt
 Some of the new black satin frocks have ships embroidered on them.
 Ships motifs on stationery and table linen are also considered the dernier cri just now.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27

green and prosperous faruas Un- equipped for the struggle. uncoa.
 scious of the terrific odds 'hey faced. the newcomers wAged a uss- less fight against . stubborn earth and . burning sun. Most of them
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27

her life yesterday with poison. Her husband. railroad fireman, found the body when he returned from work. Dependency over n health is believed to have been responsible for her act.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
Relief from Ga.
 Stomach Pains ;. Dizziness

The Doctors tell us that go per cent ef all sickness is due to stom- ach and bowel troubles: You can't be we'll if your dig gestion is bad; you are apt to Set sick unless you relish your food. digest 1t properly. and keep your bowels regular
 Tanlac has | wonderful record as a relief from digestive troubles Of every kind. even those of many yeart standing. Mrs. Emma Yock- ell. of Il Buckingham St., Hartford. Conn. says: Since taking Tanlac can eat anything. have gained s lbs and sleep we'll. No more dizzy spells or headaches-I get up in the morning feeling fine."
 If you suffer from gas, pains in the stomach or bowels. dizziness nausea. constipation or torpid liver, if you have no appetite. can't sleep and are nervous and all run down, it's . sign you need Tanlac. It is good. pure medicine, made of roots. herbs and barks-nature's own remedies. Get bottle from your druggist today. Your money back if # doesn't help you.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27

gave up and vent to more promis- ing states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11
Talks on Service
Feature Program
OF Mission Club

MISSION. Sept. 11.-Sid Hardin
and Rev. Claude d. Peake were chief
speakers at the Rotary luncheon
Monday. when Ivan Mayberry as
sub-chairmsn. presented the voca-
tional service program.
Mr.. Hardin talked on community
service, while Rev. Peake went into
details showing the different lines
of community service as outlined by
the Rotary clubs. Both men held
the closest attention Of their hear
ers. the subject being very instruct
i've.
Club singing. led by Roger Blalock
filled in on the musical part of the
program. while Charles L. wellsey
took up the question CT the coming
Hidalgo codntv fair in an effort 10
interest the club.
Visitors were: Billy Burnett az
Brownsville. Ray n. Hendrix. &. r..
Thompson, both here from Okla
homa, n. W. Phillips and Harold
Peake and Chas. Welsey, local men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

ter, c. Harris, c. n. Peterson. II. Har-
grove, j.. Lair, S. "A. McHenry, NJ. r..
Armstrong. II. May, G. Nichols, r. N.
Smith. also Mrs. G.. Il. Moody and
Miss Holder Of Mercedes and Miss
Lolita Evins Of Edinburg.
SHOWER
Miss Elizabeth Spilman. bride Of
the week. was honor guest at q mis-
cellaneoEs shower given Friday for
her nc the home or Miss Dorothy Sha-
YER, when she. with Miss Joe Thies,
Ruth Urban and Mildred Burgoon as
co-hostesses. invited a number Of the
friends, young and old, Of that pop
ular young lady. A short program
was enjoyed. after which with due
ceremony the honoree was escorted
to the dining room, where she was
shown the rainbow" which actually
did have the proverbial pot of gold"
at its foot. The pot Of gold" o
sisted Of a basket in and around
which there were many handsome
and useful gifts. tokens of love and
regard from her friends.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11
Comings, Goings
OF Local People

Misses Lydia and Matte Champion
have returned from a three-month' :
visit during which they spent some
time IN San Antonio. Austin and San
Angelo.
Miss Lula Champion left last night
for San Antonio. where she has &C
cepted a position as instructor in the
Santa Rosa school Of nursing.
H. r. Triplett has returned from a
visit 70 his mother at Guthrie. Okla
bona. His brother. S. n. Triplett,
of Marshall. Oklahoma. accompanied
him home. The trip was made over
land.
Mrs. Louise Levinson and daugh-
ters, Louise and Alice, have gone 10
Victoria, Texas. e join Mr.. Levin
son. who Is district manager for the
Central Power ard Light company
1t that place.
DR.. J. b. Stout Of San Antonio. who
has been the guest of Harry X. Loew
of this city, left Sunday night for
his home.
FIR. ard Mrs. J n. Lindsey. who
have been living n FL Jardin for the
past several years have removed 70
Phoenix, Arizona. where they will
make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pee Goodwin return
ed yesterday from = trip to Canada
having visited relatives in Winnipeg.
They hcve been away for a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Mathers have
~ guests Mrs. Msther's mother and
sister from Pasadena. Calf. Mrs. A.
Burgoon and Mrs. p. d. Slocum.
Louis Kowalski and two small
daughters. Of Monterrey. Mexico. are
here visiting Mr.. 1owalski's mother.
Mrs. Louis Kowals XII. ST..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11
Gets DOPE
ON NEBRASKA
Former Senator Says
Ais Well; Other
States Report


ALBANY, NJ. ", Sept. il.-P1-To
familiarize himself with political con-
ditions I'm the thirteen western states
through which he will pass on his
first speaking tour Of the presidential
campaign, Governor Smith has begun
a series Of informal conferences with
members Of his party from the sec
ton west Of the Mississippi.
His first caller, Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, Omaha publisher and a former
United States Senator from Nebraska,
has assured him that aiPs well in the
cornhusker state, which the republic
cans won four and eight years ago.
Others are expected TO be consulted
before the democratic presidential
nominee starts ont next Sunday TO
deliver six speeches in as many states
Of the middle and far west His
schedule is so arranged, too, that he
will have an opportunity almost
every place he goes to talk over local
and regional situations before he
makes a night speech.
Mr.. Hitchcock. who with Mrs.
Hitchcock. dined at the execu-
tive mansion last night, assured the
nominee that Nebraska was begin
ming to rally around his banner. He
later told newspapermen the COVER
nor had shown a keen interest In
western conditions and thta he would
make his farm speech at Omaha q
week from tonight one OK the most inn
portant of his campaign.
Hitchcock said there was u large
a proportion Of business and profess
sional men in Omaha coming out for
Smith AS there were in New York.
that the German vote. largely lost
since the war. apparently was return
ing 10 the fold In large numbers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

A shower for the new parsonage
baby. Lima Louise. who has been
adopted By Rev. and Mrs. o. c. Grow,
wzs held by the missionary society
Of the Methodist church ct their
meeting Monday afternoon. The
young honoree. who seems to have
ven the hearts Of the Missionary
members. was the recipient Of a host
Of dainty and useful gifts. The baby
is two months old and vas adopted
about enc month ago. The shower
had been arranged as a complete sur
prise to Mr.. and Mrs. Grow.
Previous 70 the shower, the regu-
lar study period vas held, with Mrs.
John Lovett leading the devotional,
and Mrs. Fred Pate the Bible lesson.
The study topic for the day, Re
deemd and Renewed" was presented
By Mesdames Bobbett. G. NJ. Hill, g.
s. Steil. and II. Sygnor. Mr.. Grow
gave a talk on "Titnlng and Steward
ship"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11
County Invests
Sinking Funds
In Local Issues

Practically alI sinking funds Of
Cameron county are now working"
according to q report submitted this
week by County Auditor y. y. Bishop
to the commissioners court The re-
port shows the county has less than
$1,000 in any one sinking fund. the
rest being invested in county secur-
tiles paying approximately 2 per cent
more than the depositary rate.
The colnty recently retired $4,000
OF road bonds. and last week made a
deal for $4,000 Of the same issue at
q price CT one-half Of one per cent
premium and accrued interest, the in
vestment representing an interest
saving of approximately $500.
The report shows that Of the $780,
900 court house and jail bonds, issued
in 1911, maturing in 1881, with a ten
year option. the county has already
paid off si15,00o. leaving $4,000 still
due. Under this payment plan the
county has retired so per cent Of the
bonds in 30 per cent Of the time they
were supposed to run.
OF the 100000 in 5 1-2 per cent
bonds coted in 1919, the county has
paid off $4,000 or nearly one-third.
but as the interest is constantly de-