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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-12

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7 TNCLE ANDY'S first choice is
" Coolidge. At one time he was
for Hughes. But now he fears he
may have to support Hoover. What
else can he do, if neither Coolidge
nor Hughes is availableP All of
which is very trying to ali old
gentleman who is accustomed To
having his own way without any
fuss.
Anyone but Hoover?" Now Uncle
Andy won't go that far. Hoover
might win and then where would
Uncle Andy be2
Far from the big show waiting
in Washington, is the impatienC
Hoover. An engineer fallen among
politicians, fretting at the DELAYS,
the waste, the ineff1ciency, OF tho
system
At the White House, close to a
direct Kansas City telephone, the
man who probably will determine
Hoover's fate. If Coolidge refuses
to stand before the convention as
a candidate, and, acts in time.
Hoover's victory is almost certain,
But if the President waits to with
draw until the Hoover forces ara
disorganized then, neither Coolidre
nor Mellon, ror any man can know
definitely what will happen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

to bus lines in Texas is not without its consequences
BY analogy with the course OF business practice on
the part of railroads, it may be assumed that the IN
terstate bus lines will also do intrastate business, IN
which latter they will be subject to regulation by the
railroad commission except that the Texas rules may
not nuIIify or hinder the federal rules Probably the
same situation will prevail as to schedule Of fares 20
be charged.
Until the federal government begins to take hold
Of the problem, those who deal with interstate bus
carriers will do so at their peril. That is to say, II
they deal with an irresponsible carrier they will have
to bear the loss, as they would in any case, but the
point is that the only assurance they will have hence
forth as to the accountability Of a carrier viii be such
as they may arrive at from their own knowledge or
Investigation.
Congress will ultimately frame and pass a bill
taking cognizance OF the growth Of bus transportation
and arranging for its regulation by law in all its in
terstate phases. The statute, as Is the case with bench
law, will follow the railroad p~recedents as f=s as the
analogy will hold, we may be pretty sure. When they
do the principle Of certificates OF public convenience
and necessity will apply, with the result that the In
t~erstate Commerce Commission Or some similar body
will examine the character Of applicants for permits to
do interstate bus business. But al this time anybody
with a vehicle can start a bus line across the state
boundary when he gets ready and Texas can't stop him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
The World and All
THESE
By Charles r. Driscoll

What surprises me about conventions Of political
parties is that people seem to take them so seriously.
Now, | have attended a good many Of them, and ] think
they're fine. / hate to miss one. But | can't see any
occasion for pickering ones brow about them, quar-
reling about them, or leaning forwards breathlessly TO
catch the words of the keynoter.
At Kansas City a very serious looking man with
gray hair and mustache made one of the speeches.
oh. he made all Of them. / guess. All speakers at
national conventions have gray hair and neat gray mus
taches. or if they haven't. they should have. The speak
er at convention is a type. He is gifted in the field
Of mock heroics. He can say the most ordinary things
with the air Of finality and wisdom that one might
paint into the face Of Moses when the tablets Of the
Law were being presented to the public for the first
time.
Now, ! feel sure that conventions will have to nave
a lot OF modern Improvements attached to them in the
years Just ahead J have suggested heretofore that A
good broadway chorus and some tight-wire walkers
ought 20 DC ADDED TO the show, for entertainment Of the
audiences during the long speeches. But other i'm
proYements can be devised very easily. With the i'm
provement Of the talking movies, I am sure 4 great
deal Of the labor of conventioning can be saved.
A talking movie can make the serious speeches. The
picture can be made to look even more serious than the
typical talking politician. And the picture won't have
to sweat so much.
In fact, a tiny bit Of taking can be resorted to. You
won't have to photograph a man at all. You can pho-
tograph a concrete pillar in a thoughtful pose. and
then have the speech made by the machine while the
pillar is flashed on the screen in place of the speaker.
That would be very impressive, especially for keynote
speeches and nominating addresses.
hesitate TO put forward such a proposition, because
I know that both political parties are against taking.
But we have got to do something to make these con.
%ventions more impressive. The audiences are getting
wise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

Eastern newspaper writers attending the Houston
convention are almost unanimou in expressing aston
iishment in regard to the militant attitude Of the
South on prohibition. Eastern and Northern newspaper
men who have held the view that the Southern demand
for law enforcement and a platform pledge binding the
party to the Eighteenth amendment merely represented
the views Of a few political leaders, have revised that
opinion since their arrival at Houston.
They have ascertained that prohibition Is a vital
issue in the South; that Southern democrats arc almost
unanimous in the demand that the party accept the
Eighteenth amendment in both fact and principle.
They have learnedathat Southern sentiment on prohi-
bition will permit no compromise. and that it is to the
South a more vital issue than Is farm relief to the
West and Middle West.
As a result Of their personal contact with Southern
es and Southern sentiment. many Of the newspaper
writers are counselling the eastern wing Of the demo-
cratic party to soft pedal on the anti-prohibition
platform propaganda. "The East does not realize the
intensity Of Southern sentiment a New York writer
stated in recounting his experiences with Southern
democratic leaders. The Southern prohibitionists are
not 'cranks.' They believe in. the principle: prohibit
tion is a vital issue with them. and the intensity M
Southern sentiment on this question has been a rcve-
lation to Eastern democrats"
With each passing hour it becomes more apparent
that a battle royal will be staged on the prohibition
question at the Houston convention. Efforts Of party
leaders to adopt the republican policy Of merely de-
claring for law enforcement is confronted b. the Oh
stacle Of a united South demanding a clear cut decla-
ration in favor or the Eighteenth amendment. and 70
include this in the platform. the leaders state. will
doom the party 70 defeat in November.
From the angles Of political expedieney and marty
solidarity the proposal Of the Eastern leaders natur-
ally appeals to those most hopeful for democratic sue.
cess. but apparently it has no appeal to Southern lead
ers who are insistent in their demands that the partv
so on record in unequrvoeal terms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Timely Views
MEASURE TO EDUCE FEDERAL EXPENSES
ADVOCATED
BY WILLIAM

Ds LII W ALLlAMSON
William Williamson was born at Mahaska coun-
~, Iowa, in 1875. He was graduated from normal
school and the University Of South Dakota. His
first efforts were in the newspaper field and in
1908 he founded, with his brother, the Prairie
Sun. a weekly newspaper. Later he became affil-
lated with the Williamson Hardware Co. He
served as states attorney for Abstract county from
1905 to 1911 and as a circuit judge from the Elev-
enth Judicial district Of South Dakota from 1911
70 1921. He has been a representative in congress
from the Third South Dakota district since 1921.
There i a development going on in this country and
has been going on in the United States for the past IS
III ~ years to constantly transfer activities to the fed
eral government Our states are tending to abandon
Jurisdiction in many matters and are turning over to
the government activities that ordinarily might be ex-
pected TO he handled by the states.
Individuals when they cannot get consideration in
their state government activities are petitioning the
government for action.
There is a reason for all this. As the United States
develops along industrial lines and as our population
increases as it does by leaps and bounds. state lines
are more and more being invaded BY federal activities
IN industry, in labor. in finance and in many other
ways More and more the federal government will
have to take over jurisdiction in activities, as evidenced
BY the expansion Of legislation Of congress in the past
few years.
The tendency is here and for the time being a.
N WN'e"ehl IN tniS uarectloh VIII n"'e
looked after by action Of the federal government 30
4 cannot see any prospect Of reducing the ordinary
running expenses of the government.
There is this that can be done. I believe that proper
reorganization Of the executive departments of the
government may be able to reduce our present per-
sonnet and to eliminate duplication Of activities bo'n
within the federal government itself and in the way
Of duplication Of efforts BY the federal government
and the states, and in other ways serve to effect an
annual saving without diminishing efficiency Of the
government service.
We propose In the house COMMITTEES on eAPendl-
lures 10 make a complete survey for this purpost
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
New York Letter

NEW YORk.-The most assiduous
reader OF the obituary notices pub
lished in newspapers in the metro
politan area IL one Max ~Deitschmann.
To bereaved widows, mothers or
children he mails polite cards, tact
fully announcing that the Mormax
Clothing Exchange is always ready
top ny cash for apparel Of the de-
parted.
Deitschmann is the head man OF
the unique institution, which IL or
ganized like the stock exchange. with
500 members who must abide By
an ethical code. The members reg
ularly canvass the city for discard
ed clothing. PAY cash closl Old
closl Old closl' is a familiar cry
in the residential streets. From 90
600 to 10000 pieces of mems wear
pours into the exchange every work
ing day.
The clothes are not resold over
here. but are shipped abroad. Amer
leans are too rich to buy old clothes,
and Europeans are too poor TO have
them" they say at the exchange.
In Turkey and Arabia there always
Is a demand for Occidental trousers.
Hindus like TO wear American vests
because the native costume, which
consists Of loose folds OF cotton
cloth, has no pockets. British trad
ers buy American trousers and vests
10 trade for Oriental rugs and native
products. They buy American coats
to trade for ivory among African
natives. Many an explorer comes
upon Africans in the wilds. clad
grandly in American-tailored coats
and nothing else.
The cost Of maintaining an air.
plane j. about the same as the up
keep Of a first-class car, owners ~
private planes in New York are find
ing. Owners Of private planes, who
keep them in the several public
hangers on Long Island, are charged
$50 a month, and this fee includes
service. such as keeping the engine
fabricated, cleaning the ship, warm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Kemygranns
by FRED C. KELLY

Ok some injuries he received when
An anonymous writer in the Sat-
urday Evening Post, a few years agu,
told or what he regarded ms the
classic American case Of the homlng
instinct. that III IA dog known as Oh
Seminole. once owned by n TEX
hunter. Judge q. Floyd Hough, M
Hot Springs. Ark. On o. November
dav IN 1912, 10 Crab Orchard, NY.
Old Seminole, along with other
hunters. was set upon ~ fox trail.
The other dogs returned that morn
ing hut when night came Cid Semi
WHY was still missing. She had been
brought 70 Kentucky by train and
was about COO miles from home. she
was given up NV lost. Her owner
posted circulars, and advertised N
newspapers. offering a reward for her
return. But nothing was heard nf
her until more than two months
later. when she came limpinS into
her old home in Arkansas She Wa
barely able to walk. To reach her
home she had had 10 cross the MIS-
sissippi river. the Arkansas river.
White river. as we'll as many lesser
streams. and IN the dead of winter
Ned Hewitt. " Grammercy PARK.
New York City. told me of q dos
belonging w friends of his who spent
4 sumner IN the C~atskills. On the
way hack TO their home IN New rork
the dor became separated from then
LIN New Jersey. They gave MIN up
ms lost. The next day the dog ar
peare5 AZ their door. Tie had hAd MN
swim the river. or else had eontrised
TO take the proper ferry. and tnen
had ~ make his way across tne Peri-
lous streets of the metropolis, with
all the countless distractions and
conflicting s.Tewalk doors that might
have baffled him.
How far did YOUR dog ever find his
ur~v hark hnmp@
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
CHICAGO STUFF

New York Herald-Tribune). ,
Unless reasonably sure of a successful escape, no
gunman. however desperate, would climb on the run
ming board of a motor car in New York's busiest street
and in broad daylight fire five shots into the body OF
its occupant. This brazen defiance Of law and order
would have, occasioned no surprise in Chicago a few
weeks ago, but il created a sensation in this city.
The fact that its perpetrator escaped and that there
appears to be no clew TO his identity is altogether too
likely to embolden some Of the other g~angsters in town
to settle their private quarrels in the open.
Chicago, it will be remembered, did not break out
with a crime epidemic all at once. But after a few
bold murders and ~bOmbings had been perpetrated with
out an arrest there was ushcred in what amounted to
a state Of war among underworld characters. New
York had a crime wave a few years ago, but under
George Mclaughlin il was sternly put down. It is TO
be trusted that the vigor and energy with which that
able commissioner conducted his office are not now
TO be relaxed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Washimgtom Letter
nv CHARLES 2. w

recall w as ~ yore, now Inn reminded
of il, I'd forgotten how bad i was
until this layout refreshed my mem
DRY.
or course the police know every
hole of the kind in town. II ! can
find them. ain almost complete
stranger. does X stand to reason that
the local authorities are ignorant Of
them?
ANY experienced individual can see
with half an eye that they're enjoy
ing protection"
Now. how Az the authorities dare
to furnish them with IT.?
The only possible answer ~ that
the community approves it-not
every person in the community. A
lot Of people undoubtedly haven't any
notion what's going ON under their
eyes. But preponderantiy-in influ-
cnce if mot in numbers-K. C-" In
getting what it insists on.
7 don't mean ~ say that Kansas
City wants its saloons so alfred
tough as they are.
tx simply wants saloons, and nm
der existing conditions, ii has 20 take
'em a. it can get EN-. Being law
breakers anyway, what do they care
for a trifle more or less Of il! The
city prefers 'em tough 10 none mo ail.
And they WON'T stay even semi-rc-
spectacle.
Quite n few Kansas Cityans MS
sure me that the rural districts are
largely genuinely dry in sentiment
and give N passahle degree Of en-
f0rcement. 0keh. IN they like pro-
hibition, why shouldn't they have
i'll? ITO force it on TX. O." toAaRT-
body who knows his berries. AZ a
student Of municipal conditions, is as
dangerous H. dynamite.
Personally. I haven't n particle Of
sympathy with the worse-than-crim-
inals who profit from the present
situation, but don't see the slight
est hope AZ fighting them BY exist
ing methods.
They get fat on EN-.
And | find it's infinitely worse. IN
the supposedly moral Midwest. where
it ought 70 be better, than i'm tho
admittedly wet East, which n hnd
imagined wasn't truly representative
Of the country over. Well, III isn't
But the difference II the other way
about from the way I'd expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

ing UP the engine when needed, etc.
Next 70 the Bible. New York trle-
phone directories are the most wide
ly circulated books in the world.
Editions o. the three sections I'm
whicn n directory is published ex-
eeed 100000. It's the biggest
printing lob IN the contry. If royal
ties were paid the authors" they'd
be made m~illionaires every year.
Inc authors are an enormous cIer-
ical staff. which works the yea
around Tor In the Manhattan Bronx
section alone, with about tfOyOOn
Hstings, there are an average 81 $50
wv changes q year. That shows vou
how unsettled New York life II.
Like the Bible. its greatest -rirruIa-
ton rival, the New York phnra wv.
rectory has a wide world eircuIs.ior.
Libraries newspapers, business rcr-
Germs and phone companies everv-
where keep il on file. To nsrsonr
other than subscribers IL IN soId for
$l "A section.
Ar New York the Emock has ~
come what the overall Is 10 men-ths
symeo of toll. IL has become TIRE
uniform OF the working rirl. But
there never was such a thing as siIk
overalis. and smocks Of that material
"Le preferred by stenographers and
shop girls. Department stores repors
a greater demand for rrncLu 49,
Tor the old-fashioned apron.
The biggest farm sales agency III
the world Is IN New YORK. and mo.t
M its customers are New YorLerr
get away from the citv. M
too far away. for the biggest de-
II for farms within EASY reach
tne city, The next largest de-
IS FOR farms in the far wee
All 81 the clothing dummies -sed
IN displays BY q w. 33rd street stors
are images az L~indberRh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
THAI MARVELLOUS HOMING

AN0kANGA
How does a dog find his way home
over q long distance IL he has been
taken from home in a vehicle and
can't use his scent to back track?
| had a cocker spaniel with me
when camping one summer on an
island In a large lake in the wilds
Of Canada. One afternoon, on re-
turning to the island by motor boat
from a trip 20 shore after supplies,
l discovered that the dog was not
in the boat. 4 started back after
him and found him swimming toward
the island by al direct a route as
IL he had been guided by a compass.
IL was the first time he had ever
been swimming. but. Of course, he
in~stinctively knew that he could
swim. Another time, in the same
lake. the dog was left behind. but in
stead Of swimming toward our island
he went first to another one. The
explanation was that we had been
building a cabin that day. and a mar
on the other island had also been
building something. Evidently. the
dog let himself be guided partly BY
his hearing, and when he heard ham
mering. he said TO himself: "Over
yonder doesn't seem like the right
direction. but there's the noise, so 1t
must be the place" However. when
he got there and discovered his error,
he promptly started off in exactly
the right direction
"A newspaper story appeared IN
1924 about a dog reported to have
3~a~nInI F~rw. WnIrrft Ind ~ Sill
verton, Ore. II had half doubted the
story. and wrote to the postmaster
nj Silverton for confirmation. Mr.. r.
G.. Allen. the postmaster, wrote back:
THE story is true. | have known the
family for years, and could also rec
ognize the dog any place on account
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
HOW DRY Is "A CITY IN "ARID"
MIDWEST

HOW DRY Is "A CITY IN AhlD
MIDWEST
By Charles II. Stewart
(Stewart, Central Press Washing
ton correspondent, stayed over in
Kansas City following the republican
convention TO get "closer 70 the soil"
in the Midwest.)
KANSAS CITY. June 25.-If 7 were
a prohibitionist this town would con-
vert me to believe in the necessity
for some sort OF modification OF the
present liquor law, perhaps not ev-
e~rywhere. but nc least IN spots where
the people evidently are determined
not to stand for il.
Not in many years have ! seen
such tough joints as flourish in Kan
sas City.
I haven't lived In the West since
the early 1900's. 1t was tough then,
all right. The East may have been
Just as wicked, but IL was more
refined about il. I know just how
wet cities like Washington. Baltimore
and New York are now, but even to-
day they have some sense Of de-
corum.
II had an idea that an inland COM
munity such as *. Co." far removed
from smuggle.s, moonshiners Of five
Of ten generations standing. and
naturally dry in sentiment, I'D been
told. might make a pretty good stab
at Volstead enforcement-not 100
per cent. but some percentage that
limited at a little progress In that
direction.
I'm here TO testify that il isn't
any per cent.
*. G." is as wet and a. tough as
ever ] saw Omaha or Sioux City or
Deadwood in the COS, and | was a
pretty hard-boiled kid, as a police
reporters bound TO Be. and got an
eyeful of about everything there was
stirring.
Well-informed natives tell me there
are IS or so saloons here, of the
type Of the ten or a dozen that I've
looked in on personally. This prob
ably isn't as m1ny as there were in
the old days, out a good many OF
those were wat was known a. "de-
cent places" These are the kind
you're afraid 20 stick around in, for
fear Of being caught in the dragnet
when the murders committed.
The atmosphere's sordid. vicious,
terrible-sO vile that. though can
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

June 26, 1928
Who am Il? What is my profess
sion? IN what noted aerial achieve
ment did | participate recently?
What Is the capital OF Norway?
What ancient country is credited
with having introduced the alphabet
into Europe?
Name the non-American country
that is is closest geographically to
North America?
"Charity suffereth long. and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this date, in 1926. a great earth
quake destroyed more than 1000
houses on the Island Of Rhodes in the
Aegean sea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
YACHT CLUB VISITORS

Among the visitors Tor the week
end at the Point Isabel Yacht club
were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse bennett,
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. Way, Wood, Col.
Mel. Ely. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r. Tyr
rell. who had as their guests III. ID.
Eldred and r. Fain CT Chicago, Mr..
and Mrs. Nolney Taylor and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Glib Henson or San
Benito. and their son, James Hen
son-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

Persons born under this sign have
a decided tendency towards mystic
ism. They love to teach and instruct
and are capable in imparting infor-
nation. Shrewdness and calculation
in business is often evident in their
dealings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
FROM A r TO PITLpTT

PURLEIGH, Eng.-Thomas II. Sol
ly, ~63-year-old farm, has sold his
property. taken holy orders and been
appointed curate of the local church.