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Evening star., 1928-05-26
Obregon May Lose Presidency Unless
He Takes Five-Day Horseback Ride

to Mexico City. go to Guadalajara and
work his way up the west coast. That
is something like going from New York
to Boston by way of Florida, New Or
leans and Chicago.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
N|TT| SEES DARK
FUTURE FOR ITALY
Former Premier Calls Acts
of Fascist Government
Illegal.

By the Associated Press
PARIS. May 26.-A dark picture of
Italy under Fascism is painted by for
mer Premier Francesca Nitti in a state
ment made public In Paris ycste. ..~s .@s
Evening star., 1928-05-26
THOMAS S. BUTLER
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Naval Affairs Committee
Head Suffers Relapse Dur.
ing ConvaIescence.

Representative Thomas S. Butler of
Pennsylvania, chairman Of the House
naval affairs committee, is in an
extremely critical condition at his
Evening star., 1928-05-26
CALLED FINANCIALLY STRONG
Budget Surplus Follows Improvement
Of Lira. Volpi Says.

ROME, May 26 CPl Fascist Italy
today is financially stronger than ever be-
fore, Count Volpi. minister of finance, in
formed the Chamber Of Deputies yester-
Evening star., 1928-05-26
PEGGY JOYCE ENGAGED.

count de Janze AZ Fifth.
fOHDOk May ze m The Evening
zlsudayd. declaring that IL ITS able ~
EDuo3nce one ~ the most Interesting
f0uanees " the year" adds 1t Is
~ ooeu secret among their friends tnat
MisA Peggy Hopkins Joyce. toe hmafi~
ssu selTess. IL engaged ~ be- married
- Count Frederic de JaHle. lie VIII
d. fer fifth husband
Count DE- JaDHe Vas formerly me
htisbano ot Niles Alies SilYeilho'ns VI
9Aa1eSAa.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, May 26.---The Mex
ican constitution may force Gen. Alvaro
Obregon to a five-day horseback rist
across the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
FARM VETO UPHELD
BY CHANGED VOTES
OF FOUR SENATORS

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Evening star., 1928-05-26

You'll he interest
ed to see the rharat-
ter of design and 10
inspect the unusual
details which are en-
terins into It's com
struction ~ estah-
fishing a standard
which will be car
ried throusho h out
kenwood.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
MAIL PILOT KILLED
IN CRASH ON WAY
HERE FROM SOUTH
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Continued from First Pagel
fate was not received until several
hours later when farmer drove up to
the Richmond post Office with Reds
mail. No one saw the accident and Pit
cairn officials have therefore been un-
able to find out Just what happened. No
Wreckage"
Evening star., 1928-05-26

This iS a feature
which residents ct
kenwood viii aprre-
etate--at3crdlng as
II viii the epper-
tun,ty 10 ENJOY your
tavcrite sport under
the most agreeable
cnnd,slon>~rlcSe at
home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
The World and All
THESE CONVENTIONS
By Charles p. Driseoll

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 I 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, I guess. All speakers at
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, I feel sure that conventions will have to have
a lot Of modern improvements attached to them in the
years just ahead. I have suggested heretofore that a
good Broadway chorus and some tight-wire walkers
ought to be added TO the show, for entertainment Of the
audiences during the long speeches. But other inn
provements can be devised very easily. With the i'm
provement of the talking movies. l am sure a 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 rcsorted 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
kpeeches and nominating addresses.
I hesitate TO put forward such a proposition, because
snow that both political parties are against taking.
we have got to do something to make these CON
ons more impressive. The audiences are getting
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 interstate business, in
which latter they will be subject to regulation by the
railroad commission except that the Texas rules may
not nullify or hinder the federal rules. Probably the
same situation will prevail as to schedule Of fares 70
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, IL
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 O carrier will 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 fer 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 far 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
terstate Commerce Commission or some similar body
will examine the character Of applicants for permits to
do interstate bus business. But at 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
New York Letter

NEW Y0RK.-The most assiduous
reader Of the obituary notices pub
lished in newspapers in the metro
p%olitan area Is 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 ay cash for apparel of the de-
parted.
De~itschmann is the head man OF
the unique institution, which is or
Eanized like the stock exchange, with
500 members" who must abide BY
an ethical code. The members reg
ulsrly canvass the city for discard
ed clothing. "Pay cash closl Old
clos! Old closl' is a familiar cry
III the residential streets. From co.
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 70 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 TO pockets. British trad
ers buy American trousers and vests
to trade for Oriental rugs and native
products. They buy American coats
70 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 ~ about the same az the up-
keep Of a first-class car owners Of
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

ing UP the engine when needed, etc.
Next to the Bible, New York tele-
phone directories are the most wide
ly circulated books IN the world.
Editions of the three sections IN
which the directory IN published ex-
coed 100000. It's the biggest
printing job in the contry. III royal
ties were paid the authors they'd
be made millionaires every year.
The authors are an enormous cler-
ical staff, which works the wear
around, for in the Manhattan-Bronx
section alone, with about $4,000
hstings, there are an average w $780,
OOo changes a year. That shows you
how unsettled New York life is.
Like the Bible, its greatest cireula-
ton rival, the New York phone d.
rectory has a wide world circulation.
Libraries, newspapers, business con-
Germs and phone companies every
where keep ID on file. To persons
other than subscribers It Is sold for
vi a section.
In New York the smoek has Re-
come what the overall IA 10 mer-the
symbol OF toll. re has become the
uniform Of the working girl. But
there never was such IN thing as silk
overalls, and smocks or that msteriai
are preferred by stenographers and
snop girls Department stores report
q greater demand for smocks than
Tor the o~id-fashioned apron.
The biggest farm sales arencv IN
the world is in New York. and most
Of it, customers are New Workers
who get away from the city. But
not too far away, for the biggest de-
mand Is for farms within easy reach
OK the city. The next largest de-
mand Is Tor farms in the far west
All af the clothing dummies used
In displays BY a ". 33rd street stoIs
are images az L~indberEh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Kellygranns
u rp-n ~ UraEv

Of some injuries Ne received when
q pup"
urday Evening Post, u few years ago,
told Of what he regarded - the
classic American case or the h0minE
instinct, that of a dog known az Old
Seminole. once owned by . fox
hunter. Judge G.. Floyd Hough, az
Hot Springs, Ark. On u November
dav in 1912. at Grab Orchard, KY,
Old Seminole, along with other
hunters. was set upon q tox trail.
The other dogs returned that mcrn-
ing. but when night came Old Semi
mole was still missing. She had been
brought to Kentucky BY train and
was about 600 miles from home. She
was given ap ~ lost Her owner
posted circulars, and advertised IN
newspapers, offering "a reward TOT her
return, but nothing was heard of
her until more than two months
later, when she came limpinR into
her old home LII Arkansas- She was
barely able TO walk. To reach her
home she had had TO cross the Mis-
sissippi river, the Arkansas river.
White river. as well as many lesser
streams. and In the dead of winter.
Ned Hewitt. OF Grammercy Park.
New York City. told me OF a dog
belonging to friends Of hisr who spent
a summer IN the Catskills On the
way back ~ their home In New York
the dog became separated from then
lin New Jersey. They gave him ur
as lost. The next day the dog ar
pearcL at their door. he had had 70
swim the river. or else had contrivcd
~ take the proper ferry, and then
had to make his way across the peri
lous streets az the metropolis, with
all the countless distractions and
conflictirr s-fewalk doors that might
have baffled him.
How far did YOUR dog ever lind ms
wav hack home?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Washington Letter

recall IL rs Of yore, now I'm reminded
of il, I'D forgotten how bad il was
until this layout refreshed my mem
DRY.
or course the police know every
hole of the kind in town. If ] can
find them, an almost complete
stranger. does IL stand 10 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 it2
The only possible answer IN 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 preponderantly-in influ-
ence if not in numbers-"K. G." La
getting what il insists on.
I don't mean TO say that Kansas
City wants its saloons SO alfred
tough as they are.
~ Simply NMNNr @&AIAn1F anu 4M~
der existing conditions, III has 20 take
'em as it can get EN-. Being law
breakers anyway, what do they care
for N trifle more or less CT It'll The
city prefers 'em tough to none at all.
And they WON'T stay wen semi-re-
spectacle.
Quite a few Kansas Cityans as
sure me that the rural districts are
largely genuinely dhg i'm sentiment
and give a passable degree Of en-
forcement- Okeh, If they like pro-
hibition, why shouldn't Athsy -hppr-
IL? TO force IL on TX. O." 70 any
body who knows his berries, MS a
student OF municipal conditions, IA aH
dangerous as dynamite.
Personally, I haven't N particle w
sympathy with the worse-than-crim-
inals who profit from the present
situation, but \ don't zee the slight
est hope OF fighting them BY exist
ing methods
They get fat on EN-.
AND I find it's infinitely worse, IN
the supposedly moral Midwest, where
IL ought 10 b. better, than i'm The
admittedly wet East, which u had
imagined wasn't truly representative
Of the country over. Well. IL isn't.
But the difference ~ the other way
about, from the way I'd expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
THAT MARVELLOUS HOMINC
INSTINCT

3@0A1N&A
How does q dog find his way home
over q long distance II he has been
taken from home in q vehicle and
can't use his scent TO back track?
/ had a cocker spaniel with me
when camping one summer on an
island in q large lake In the wilds
az Canada. One afternoon, on re-
turning to the island fy motor boat
from . trip 70 shore after supplies,
/ discovered that the dog was not
In the boat. / started back after
him and found him swimming toward
the island by as direct a route as
IL ne had been guided by a compass.
TX was the first time he had ever
been swimming. but, Of course. he
;nstinctively knew that he could
swim. Another time, i'm the same
lake. the dog was left behind, but in
stead Of swimming toward our island,
~ went first 70 another one. The
exclamation was that we had been
building a cabin that day, and q man
on the other island had also been
building something. Evidently the
dor let himself be guided partly 5y
his hearing. and when he heard ham
mering. he said to himself: "Over
wonder doesn't seem like the right
direction. hut there's the noise, 50 IL
wnst ~ the place" However, when
he rot there and discovered his error,
he promptly started OH IN exactly
the right direction.
A newspaper story appeared IN
1924 about A dog reported 20 nave
travelled from Wolcott. Ind, TO Sill
verton. Ore. ] lad half doubted the
story, and wrote 70 the postmaster
AZ Silverton for confirmation. Mr. ~
q. Allen. the postmaster, wrote oaek:
.The story IL true. ! have known me
family for years, and could also &c.
ignite the dog any place on account
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
CHICAGO STUFF
New York Herald Tribune).

New York Herald Tribune). K.
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 occasoned no surprise in Chicago a few
weeks ago, but it 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 embclden some Of the other gangsters in town
to settle their private quarrels in the open.
Chicago, il 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 ushered 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. 1t 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
HOW DRY IS A CITY IN ARID"
MIDWEST

INV ~
MIDWEST
BY Charles II. Stewart
Stewart. Central Press Washing
ton correspondent. stayed over IN
Kansas City following the republican
convention to get "closer TO the soil"
in the Midwest.)
KANSAS CITY, June 25.-If were
a prohibitionist this town would con-
vert me 10 believe in the necessity
for some sort OF modification Of the
present liquor law, perhaps not ev-
erywhere. but nc least in spots where
the people evidently are determined
not TO stand for it.
Not in many years have seen
such tough joints as flourish in Kan
sas City.
the early 1900's. II was tough then,
all right. The East may have been
just a. wicked. but IL was more
refined about il. I know just how
vet cities like Washington, Baltimore
and New York are now, but even to-
day they have sone sense Of de-
corum.
~ had an idea that an inland COM
munity such as n. c." 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 II isn't
any per cent.
tx. c." is as wet and as tough ~
ever | saw Omaha or Sioux City or
Deadwood in the COS, and I was n
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 T5 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 many as there were in
the old days. but a good many OF
those were what was known as "de-
cent places" These are the kind
you're afraid 10 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 I can
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

June 26, 1928
Who am r? What il my profess
sion? In what noted aerial achieve
ment did | participate recently?
What Is the capital Of Norway?
What ancient country Ii credited
with having introduced the alphabet
into Europe?
Name the non-Americaa 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.
JIMMY JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
YACHT CLUB YISITnRs

Among the visitors Tor the week
end at the Point Isabel Yacht club
were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse bennett,
Mr.. and Mrs. a.. WayS, Wood, Col.
McH. Ely, Mr.. and Mrs. g. II. Tyr
rell, who had as their guests II. b.
Eldred and B. Fain Of Chicago. Mr..
and Mrs. Volney Taylor and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glib Henson Of San
Benito. and their son. James Hen
rnna
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
R 3 FARM TO Pulpit

P~URLEIGH, Eng.-Thomas II. Sol
~, 63-year-old farm, has sold his
property. taken holy orders and been
appointed curate Of the local church.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
nnCS RENn AGED WnMAN

t. MUEICH.-Frau Augusta Koudern
was torn TO pieces by savage dogs
that she kept to protect her against
burglars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
TndaY's Hnrnsrnne

IOdays Horoscope
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
A Daily Thought

knowledge ~ not happiness, but
an exchange Of ignorance for that
which is another kind Of happiness"
Byron.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
Answers to Foregoing Questions

i. Captain George Wilkins; AVA
ton; Arctic flight from Alaska to
Spitzbergen.
2. Oslo.
8. Phoenicia.
4. Russia Tin Asia)-
b. Corinthians, xiii, A..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

(Stewart, Central Press Washing
ton correspondent. stayed over IN
Kansas City following the republican
convention to get closer to the SOIL
in the Midwest.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-05
JUDGE, AIMEE
BRIBE PR0BED

Los Angeles, Sept. 5.-(AP)-The
revelation that Judge Carlos A.
Hardy of the Los Angeles superior
court accepted $4,000 from Aimee
Semple Mcpherson and her mother
after the Angelus Temple pastor re-
turned here with her story of having
been kidnapped, caused stir in Of
ficial quarters today but whether it
would result in an investigation re-
manned in doubt.
The new angle of the evangelist's
adventure, which occupied the atten-
ton of courts internationally for two
years, came to light yesterday when
Judge Hardy confirmed statement
made in Seattle by Mrs. McPherson's
mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
Judge Hardy said he had accepted
the money as 'sfree will offering"
which the Angelus Temple leaders
insisted upon giving him for legal
advice.
Two suits filed recently by lot
buyers in Lake Tahoe, Calf, SUBJ
division in which they accused the
evangelist Of misrepresentation
threatened today to be fought out in
the courts. At the close of a con-
ference Of attorneys, S. S. Hahn,
counsel for the lot buyers, who are
members of the Temple congrega-
ton, said settlement out Of court was
imDOSSible.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-05
CURTIS WANTS
TARIFF BOOST
Rsiterates Pledge 70 !. Raise
Tariff Wall to Protect
American Industry

Boston, Sept. 6.-R-The coun-
try was called upon today BY Sena-
tor Curtis, the Republican vice pres
idential nominee, to decide between
tn Republican and Democrats par
.ties at this election on IN issue Of
higher or lower tariff duties.
Democrats, no declared, were
certain" 70 seek downward revision
Of the tariff. He reiterated his
pledge to lead . Republican legisla-
tive move for = higher tariff wall.
The vice presidential nominee
spoke ct rally at Norumaeg,. Park
here and his prepared address was
devoted entirely to another discus
sion Of the tariff situation.
I'm my opinion" he said, ''the
tariff should be raised and not low
cred. The slightest suspicion that
the Democrats will lower the tariff
should be sufficient reason not to
give them the chance, while the GER
tainty that they will take that &C.
ton should be enough to settle al
doubts - to which way you should
vote.
interpret - you may the amb1g-
uous declaration on the tariff
adopted by the Democratic National
convention 1T Houston. you oil know
that the traditional Democratic pol
Icy has been . tariff for revenue
only and basically that is all it ever
will be-"
Senator Curtis declared that Gov
ernor Smith, the Democratic presi-
Dental nominee, indicated" that, his
idea Of . protective tariff is the
Underwood BILL"