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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
The North Highway

Granting BY the state highway commission Of state
aid TO Cameron county in financing the completion OF
Highway No. 90 from combes north to the willacy
county 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 WilIacy and Kenedy
counties to connect with the through highway TO
Houston.
The state has extended aid IN financing the viii
lacy county project, and before many months have
passed the paved highway will extened from Browns
vile to the Kennedy county lire. Whether the state
highway department will undertake the construction
Of pavement acress the 30 miles Of Kennedy county At
once ar await adoption Of q 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
ss a factor in connection with financing. even if the
voters we're 50 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
veys across Kennedy county. and. il is understood. have
two tentative routes in view. Members Of the highway
commission have repeatedly indicated they are fully
cognizant Of The importance Of closing this gap in the
"Hug-the Coast" highway. and that only lack Of funds
and the pressing requirements Of other sections have
prevented them froa starting the work.
The Sterling plaa to issue bonds based upon a state
gasoline tax Il designed to meet just such contingen-
cies as the Kennedy county gap presents. kennedy
county consists mostly Of sand dunes. with very little
valuation, and the county could not finance the pave
ment If the voters were SO inclined. However, it lies
between the Rio Grande Valley. the most fertile sec
tion of Texas. and the rich farming sections and mar
ket certers Of central Texas. Kennedy county nov
stands as a barrier to development Of the Valleys
highway system an obstacle to tourist and CONNER
cisl traffic between the richest sections of Texas, and
the state is at present unable 70 remedy the situation.
Adoptic nor the Sterling plan will provide the funds
= - l. a --.-.--
the people Of Texas a system which will be a real asset
90 every section and interest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19

attempted 10 stop the bandits car, has already result
ed IN death sentences for three Of the men convicted o.
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 elamcr
for justice, quick and sure justice. Can IL be that cur
courts are beginning to feel-and the juries. Of course
the pressure Of protest from an outraged decent
~citizenryg
Perhaps. It Is 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 juries,
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 ~rumblings Of discomfort 1T our
haphazard system Of administering justice are having
their effect, in turn. Prompt justice can do more than
a thousand trick panaceas 10 reduce the prevalence Of
crime.
In America. crime has had its day Of sowing There
il reason to hope that the harvest Is near at hand. that
American spirit has been awakened 10 meet the crisis
that has arisen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives


At least two bills designed 20 set UP machinery Tor
the licensing Of automobile drivers in Texas will be
introduced at the next session Of the legislature, ac-
ccrding 70 press reports.
X ~ understood that both measures. now in the
course Of preparation. propose establishment Of . bu-
reau AZ the state highway commission TO handle this
vo.k. and the law will specify that no driver be per-
mitted upon a public highway who has not passed an
examination and received q license.
Similar laws are in force in many states. and while
II is generally conceded they tend to lessen the mum
Der of highway accidents. IL ~ asserted they are not
sufficiently drastic and that enforcement is lax. The
examinations are more OF less a matter Of routine, and
the laxity Or officials a. well as the public tends to
minimize the benefits that should accrue from the ex-
animation and licensing system.
There doubtless are countless thousands 81 persons
driving motor vehicles on the highways Of the United
States who should not bs entrusted with the response
bilty Or pushing . wheelbarrow across q desert. When
they drive their motor cars onto the public highways
they become a menace to every individual travelling
that highway. Men and women who should be occupy
ing wheel chairs are often seen endeavoring to guide
care through congested traffic; others have frequently
demonstrated speed mania or recklessness TO such an
extent they should be barred from the highways; but
there il no officer Of any state who is going to do Il.
The officers know that public opinion will be against
them; that il is virtually impossible to make the high
ways safe for traffic 50 long as the public refuses 70
obey the laws and 50 long as juries refuse to convict
when the laws are violated and arrests made.
Licensing Of drivers would remedy the situation
very slightly. II al al. II might remove the menace
of those who. on account Of physical defects, should
not be 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 is 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, it is
treated as one Of the Jokes" Of the legislature.
Texas highway laws are obsolete, inconsistent and
ineffective. II the state legislature really desires 20
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.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19

Tony received the unwelcome news
IN silence. There was nothing "a BE-
done. and after ell. he reflected. il
would take only one picture 10 con-
vince Davidson that in backing Irene
he was making a very foolish and
costly mistake.
"All 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 10 work unless she has a cos
tune. She'll need evening dress. for
the scenes we're working on today.
Davidson pressed d button, told
the boy who entered 20 ask Miss
Shirley 10 step in. A momen later
Irene appeared. calmly confident.
Miss Shirley" Davidson explain
ed. with business-like coldness, "Mr.
Hull and i have decided to give you
the second part in this new picture
Of ours, Knights and Knives We
got 70 can a lot Of film to do il, but
want 70 give you a chance. Mr..
Hull here says for the scenes he's
shooting right now you'll need an
evening dress. How long will it take
you TO get one7r
"Just a. long," replied Irene.
equally business-like. cas- il will take
your chauffeur 70 drive me to my
hotel and back. IL happens I bought
q new evening gown yesterday after
noon" She did not explain that a
few Judicious inquiries at the studio
during the morning had informed
her concerning the scene on which
the company was now working-that
the action took place during the
progress If "A big ball. Irene believ-
I'D IN preparedness, IL she succeed
cd IN persuading Davidson to put her
IN the picture. she would be ready
IL not, "A new evening gown would
not be amiss, especially II h ecould
be made. in some way, to pay for IL.
I'll drive back with you," David
son said II got some people COM
ing IN 70 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
to arouse. Not that he expected any
objection from Jane; she was too
much Of a g-entlewoman for that, bus
Alice Carroll was different: she
possessed a vicious temper, and he
thought Il highly probable that she
would object violently 70 doing over
for the second time the scenes she
had already finished. especially for
the benefit Of a possible rival.
When Irene and Davidson had
gone, Tony went down to James
dressing room. The door was omen:
she was already prepared for work.
and looked very sweet and lovely III
her evening gown Of amber chiffon.
u was effective, but very simple;
Miss Carroll did not permit the
members Of her company 10 wear
clothes as elaborate 5 her own. and
Was apt 20 fly into q temper ~ they
tried II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
SURELY THEY WOULDN'T

(Dailas Ilmes-heraloJ.
Is IL possible that an English cousin, albeit a manu-
facturer anxious to make a sale, would misrepresent
his goods to so meek a person as Miss Marion Talley
Of Kansas City. American singer?
Customs authorities who have examined some per-
sonal articles purchased in England BY Miss Talley
would seem to so charge.
When Marion came IN on q steamer She other day.
some questions arose as 10 articles she had declared.
and the inspectors began To inspect thoroughly. In
cidentalIy Miss Talley wasn't q famed song bird to
fhem-iust "a yellow primrose and nothing more"-to
be more exact, mo. l72" 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 SOS. She SAID ii vas
handmade-tha is they had told her it was in England.
But the inspector had an expert look Il over, and the
verdict was machine made
Not so good. She might have done just as well over
in Jersey some place. without the attendant embarrass-
ment Of the personal search or Iuggsgp+
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New York Letter

NEW YORK. Sept. ia detect
i've tells me- that most Of the nick
pockets in New York are women.
Their fayorite working places" are
crowded subway trains. ("Crowded
subway trains" Il Pathological: sub
way trains ~ sufficient
Women are more successful as
pickpockets because men do not sus-
pect ONE az committing such "a
crime outside of the home. IA not
unwelcome jostle from a d~elicately
perfrmed woman, an apologize
smile. in which the man removes his
hat. taking his arm away from the
breast pocket in which he most like
In carries his wallet, and the mon
ev is gone. The purse is quickly
passed 70 "A confederate, and then
20 another who removes the money
and disposes az the empty wallet inn
mediately, either by slipping w in
someone's pocket or tossing IL from
the train. At the next station the
"moh' gets out.
However. pickpockets become
quickly known to detectives who
constantly ride the subways for the
FAA Jose CT GnAtHANM NNEEl~ many Oh
these known picEpockets are also
shoplifters, and their faces become
familiar 20 police from shorlifting
arrests.
III turn. the detectives are usually
known By sight to the pocket-pick-
ng fraternity. and members of the
latter 20 To all sorts of lengths
to disguise themselves. When such
q roman crook goes straight" or
is on probation and isn't working,
she has a sign indicating ~ the de-
tective that she isn't ION the make"
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Washington Letter
n. cu.Et &c a. TrwART
By CHARLEs z. STEWART

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Just
verging On so and a writer all his
life, Daddy" George r.. Weeks. di-
rector or the Mexican news bureau.
in Washington, is TO give his first
regular book 10 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 of the country
Daddy" Weeks was not q 49'er. but
u was only 1876 when he took his
N lung from Horace Graelay's New
York City composing room ~ the
Gilden State BY way Of Panama. and
the western slope Of the Rockies an
pears to have been N pretty rolDrful
region for a couple Of decades even
after that year.
fla derringer.r Daddy assures me.
was about as essential an article
of a newspaper office equipment i'm
the Ear west then a. a type case and
a Washington hand press.
The custom seems to have been t.
tote one--I mean a derringer-in
each pants pocket, and many was the
long year. I understand. during which
Daddy" Weeks would no more have
thought of v%enturing abroad without
his 4l-calibre armament than minus
his suspenders-a belts sole function
IN that era being 10 support a hol-
stored weapon.
The details Of "Daddy'sr career are
we'll authenticated.
Frequent applications 20 him for
information as 10 historical incidents
IN connection with the work of Il
younger generation of chroniclers.
finally Ted him. lin fact. Ia lot down
a record Of his own experiences.
At his age Daddy" probably never
wilt gct around to III. but IA story w
the Mexican revolution by 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 ad-
ventures, III certainly would have the
very highest value ta future histor-
ians.
Daddy" Weeks probably knows
more. from IA greater number Of
angles. WI che prolonged struggle
south OF the Rio Grande, than any
other man living.
Prospecting on the Mexican side
or the border AZ the time OF the anti
Diaz r~evolt's very beginning. he was
promptly drafted as a correspondent
tor the Old New York Herald and
served a succession Of American
newspapers as their field represen-
t~ative, until well after the late Gen.
O~brcgon's installation as president.
Hence the Mexican News Bureau
uf today.
Precisely what its business is
have never been able w determirl
Indeed, storgiy suspect that il mere
lv is Daddy" Weeks fAv0rite play
thing. The fact remains that ha is
the best posted man IN the United
States On Mexican affairs and one
of Ambassador Tellez's most trusted
American advisers.
At ali events. Daddy has been
0n terms of personal intimacy with
every Mexican of note since the clos
ing days of the Diaz regime-Madero,
villa, Col. Fierro tNilla's f~erocious
lieutenant, who shot fifty and some
odd prisoners. simply % test a new
gun he had just acquired)' Huerta,
Carranza. Ohreg0n, Calles-the entire
list UP to date.
Daddy" Weeks was anything but
a spring chicken even as long ago
as the start of The Diaz revolution.
but he was in III All. up TO his neck.
until a weak heart-his bad lung long
a thing Of the past-drove him from
the high altitude of Mexico City.
Now ~ directs the Mexican News
Bureau-my office neighbor-and.
M nearly four score, Ia Just making
his debut in literature.
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Tinm@ly Views
NO SUDDEN FARM RELIEF SEEN
By JUHN q. IILSON
Majority Leader. House Of REPRESENTATIVES,.

Majority Leader, House Of Representatives.
John Quillin Tilson was born at Clear Branch,
Tenn, April =, 1866. He is a graduate or Yale
university, and entered the practice of law at New
Haven, Conn. in 1898. He was a member of the
Connecticut house Of representatives from 1905 70
1909, and speaker during the second term. He WAS
elected to congress in 1909, serving until 1918, and
has been a representative from Connecticut cor
tinually since 1918. 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 is in New Haven, Comm
Regarding probable legislation Of the coming ses-
SIGN Of congress ! 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 importan:
legislation taken 10 during the session.
On account OF the inability Of congress TO pass d
satisfactory form relief bill during the last two OF
three sessions, I doubt whether a very serious effort
will be made to pass a comprehensive farm relief bill
until the subject can be considered in connection with
tariff legislation. For that. there probably would not
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 much
BY those deeply concerned in the subject
even though no serious efforts may be made toward
actual legislation.
As to Muscle Shoals legislation which has been be.
congress so long, action doubtless will depend
very much upon the kind Of an offer or offers that
may be received for this valuable water-power.
The Boulder Dam project doubtless will come up at
the short session a. II 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 NJ
the last session Of congress. Further action may hinge
very largely upon the -sP5=* Of this commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19

Those Who give this sign Of assur-
ance IN detectives rarely violate IA.
IN is part nf the code wv honor
among thieves that III shall not ~
violated.
This sign IN the holding up OF n
right hand. showing a vanity case
suspended BY d ring from the mid
die finger.
A cable from Paris saws tha
Egyptian obelisk there is moving
and threatens 10 fall. "A sister 10
this obelisk Avn in New Ycrk's Cen
trail Park and another On the
Thames embankmeat. It was a gift
Of the Egyptian government to New
York that possibly beer per cent of
New Workers (one-tenth of ore
per cent? know about. It has so
erodcd from the wind and rain that
scarcely "a trace WI The ancient in-
scriptions remain; but IL Is the old
est piece Of writing in New York,
and one piece of art that IA newly
rich millionaire can't collect.
Speaking of travellers, m motion
picture executive crossed the Jaw
lantic twice "a spend an hour in
Los Angeles the other day. He was
gone from his London headquarterr.
less than two weeks. He flew from
New York to Los Angeles ard re-
turn Next year he expects to be
able to make the same trim in half
the time, nv flying from shin to
snore and from shore 70 shin AT
of the new liners are being euuip-
ped with catapults preparatory tu
general inauguration w combined
ship-airplane transatlantic service.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
CALL HIDALCO
MASS Meeting
County To Be Organ
lied to Oppose Ad-
n1inistration

McALLEN. Sept. ia county
wide meeting for the purpose
OF discussing plans for the election
Of a citizens ticket which has been
placed in the field IN opposition ~
the administration ticket. will be held
at the city park Friday night.
Circulars and other advertisements
announcing the meeting have been
distributed and the meeting 1t cx-
pected 70 be the largest assemblage
of voters IN the history or the coun-
III.
Speakers announced for the occas-
ion include NJ. "A. Baker. lid Couch
and ~. II. kirgan of Weslaco and
Gordon Griffin and Mayor r. r.
Freeland of McAllen.
The ticket. which ia made ur az
representatives OF both major par
ties, will be known a. the Anti
Ring ticket, and the following have
been announced as candidates: Coun-
~ Judge, II. q. Couch; sheriff. Earl
Hersch; county clerk. r. W. Lem
burg; county superintendent, Mrs.
Fred Wright; tax collector. III. Tar
pley; county commissioners, "A. viii
hams, Robert Henderson, George
Duel and J. M. Burns.
District Clerk Charles Forston has
no opponent, the trainers Of the tick
et stating they could see no reason
for making a change. Announcement
Of candidates for county attorney
and tax assessor is expected 10 Be
made Friday night.
Every precinct in HidalEo countv
will be organized for the Anti
Ring" ticket, Gordon Griffin OF Nc
Allen stated. Each precinct il 10
have It's chairman and vice chairman.
and In every precinct We will also
maintain a local headquarters with
the main headquarters Of the ticket
A. McAllen which will be in charge
Of ]. 4. Mcclellan Of Edinburg." Mr..
Griffin said.
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Other Papers
rHE RIslNG TIDE on sENTIMENT

NWEFW- ~"-T""- ~-
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
aerce. He will appear in court today to hear his doom
pronounced.
william Edward Hickman, whose crime Mortified the
whole civilized world, is under sentence to die within
few weeks. unless the higher courts intervene, which
ksems improbable at this time
A bank holdup, which occurred in Kansas City dur
fnr the republican national convention last June.
brought about the death OF q traffic p~atrclman who
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
3 School Buses
Added at Donna

DONNA, Sept. lg.--Three new two
ton school buses will 'be IN operation
Tor the Donna public schools rural
transportation system by Thursday.
IL was announced here today NV II.
W. Todd, school engineer.
One OF the buses arrived on Sept.
le, and went into use Immediately
These buses accommodate sixty chill
dren each, and are unusually safe
vehicles, being equipped with four
wneel brakes and governors which
limit their speed IN twenty nile
per hour.
When the three new buses are add
ed 20 the present four, the total car
rying capacity for the system viii
exceed four hundred. No child has
been injured nor has there been n
wreck Of any kind In the transuor-
tation system, according 10 records.
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Who am liz Where il MY hame 7
With what institution was I until
recently connected.
For whom was March named7
-
Who Is the National Scout COM
missioner Of the Boy Scouts Of Am
erica?
What Is another name for Nor
mons?
What II the capital Of Australia ,
"As for man his days ARE as grass;
a. a flower or the field 40 NJ flolr-
isheth." Where is this passage found
in the Bible9
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
HIS BUSINESS

They we're walking home. arm I'm
arm-he the prosperous business
IAN. she the beautiful young society
matron- Suddenly he stopped, fumb-
led with his fingers on the pave
ment. Strengthened up, and carefully
set = common pin i'm the lapel OF
biz coat.
my uncle always used "a tell ne:
When You see a pin, pick it up"
"A fine motto" agreed the young
lady. Was your uncle ~supersti-
tiousg"
Not exactly. But he ran q bowl
inE alley"
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Old Icing Rates
Will Be Retained

McALLEN, Sept. 79.-The proposal
Of the railroads in the Valley 10 re-
store rates on ice for use in icing
packages and top icing inside refrir-
orator ars and also for switching
points in the same yard limit has
been granted by the interstate COM
merce commission.
The rates are restored to become
effective October l and expires July
Is.
These rates were established by
the railroads last season and at the
close Of the season automatically
cancelled themselves and in order to
render the same service as last sea
son IT was necessary the railroads
request the restoration Of the rates,
according to information received.