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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
CROWD THRONC
Hotel TO SEE
MISS EARHART
First Woman to Fly
Atlantic Given Ov-
alton BY Public on
LondSn Streets

LONDON, June 2I.-P,-Miss
Amelia Earhart went shopping again
today in company with Mrs. Fred
erick Guest. sponsor of the trans
Atlantic flight of the Friendship.
while a crowd stood vainly in front
OF her hotel in a drizzling rain hop
ing to catch a glimpse Of the young
woman who flew the Atlantic.
Miss Earhart already has bought
= thousand dollars worth Of clothes,
but needs more. She has been pro-
ceeding with her shopping scientific
ally. buying necessary frocks first
and then doing miscellaneous pur-
chasing.
While Miss Earhart shopped, Will
mer Stultz, pilot of the Friendship.
and Louis Gordon, mechanic. spent
several hours at Croydon Airdrome.
where they inspected the British
sirplanes used in the London-Paris
service. Gordon. who had never
seer q British airplane engine pre-
viously, was particularly interested
and asked the airways officials ana
mechanics many question.
Following on the heels of hun
dreds Of letters. poems have now be-
gun TO flock in upon Miss Earhart.
One begins: "Good Eve of the air,
glorious woman fair" and then goes
on in praise of the flier.
The American woman has now re-
: covered from the first strain Of the
Tight and the tumuituous welcomes
which the crew Of the Friendship
received in Southampton and Lon
don and said today that she felt
much better.
She has been nearly rushed off
her feet by admiring crowds, mostly
women and girls.
The number of crank letters
alarmed her friends. therefore un-
known to her, an agent Of Scotland
Yard was assigned to watch over
her.
Miss Earhart asked Mrs. Guest to
make it plain to the public that she
is distressed at the attention she
has attracted. She declared that she
did not want hero worship and that
OF his fame instead of unloading it
on a girl who has done nothing to
deserve il.
The thoughts Of the trio have
turned toward home. They will fly
10 the continent for the weekend,
visiting Amsterdam and Paris. This
flight will probably be made in a
plane placed at their service by the
Dutch air line while the Friendship
is being Grated for shipment to
America.
They intend 10 return to England
Tuesday and sail for the United
States on Wednesday or Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
Raid Soviet
!, Consulate In
Chinese City

T1ENTSIN. China, June 2i.-(P-
The soviet consulate was raided We'd
nesday by troops under General Flu
Tso-yi, nationalist garrison COM
mander az Tientsin.
They made an exhaustive search
fer several hours. The Chinese no.
tice explained that the raid was due
70 information received that numer-
GUS Chinese communists had a large
quantity of arms hidden in the
building.
Consul Gregoriev displayed nine
pistols with ammunition and de-
clared that these were necessary to
defend the consulate against white
Russians.
IL was understood that the search
failed to reveal either Chinese CON-
munist arms or propaganda.
Southern troops near Tientsin at
tackled the pumping station which is
part OF the eity's waterworks. They
demanded money and assaulted the
Chinese in charge of the station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
ManyAttending
Kerrville Meet

KERRvILLE, June 2l.-with del
egates from nearly all corners Of the
state, the Texas S~ynodical Young
: Peoples Conference opened at 8
wTuesday afternoon for a ten-day
session Mt the Westminster Presby-
terian En%campment.
The official opening was at the
tabernacle on the grounds and Rev.
a Charlton II. Storey, Corpus Christi.
was in charge as conference direc-
tor. The faculty and other confer
ence leaders were introduced to the
delegates.
II was explained that delegates
from the various Texas Presbyteries
would be divided into clans with
Scotch names, after the custom fol-
lowed at previous conferences. The
first regular clan meetings were
held at 8 D. m. Tuesday when tenn
porary chieftains were elected. II
was announced that the clans would
poirt system. The counting Of
points e.r promptness and attend
Z &c at classes, services and meals
started &C the Tuesday night ad-
dress. Each delegate will be re-
ouired to keep his own record card
in accordance with the assemblies
attended and whether he was on
time. IL was explained.
The daily schedule as posted calls
for class and study periods from
g:45 to 1880 and . general confer
erce and assembly period from
1i.40 10 1880. The afternoon is to
BE devoted 70 rest, recreation, study
and clan meetings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
Golf Stars Line
Upf for Champion
Play at Chicago

CHICAGO, June 2l.-tP1-The best
golf players in the world from every
cline lined up today for the long,
tortuous four rounds Of the fourth
course at Olympia Field Country
club in quest Of the national open
golf championship.
Toeing the mark at the start were
such representative stars as the Brit
ish open champion, Walter Hagen,
Rufus Stewart, other stars of the
royal and ancient kin. Good golfers
all. long with the wood. straight with
the iron and exact with the putter.
Hagen, holder OF the British open
and the professional golfers titles
and eager to add the American open.
stood face "a face with Compstcn, who
gave him the beating of his life, Is
and IL in a 72-hole match. And it Is
here recorded that Compston with
the power Of his muscular frame
Of more than six feet in height set
a record Of SO in the final practice
round for the 6,726 yard links of
woods and creks and bluffs, while
Hagen shot a splendid 20 on the
par II course.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
Texas Mother
Finds Best Plan

When Nature fails you, try and
help yourself by the most natural
method! That's the advice Of leading
authorities nowadays; and for over
fifty years II has been the plan Of
the makers of California Fig Syrup.
The quick, easy way this pure, whole
som product relieves children Of
those symptoms of stubborn bowels,
such as headaches, biliousness, coated
tongue, bad breath, no appetite or en-
ergy, etc, and makes them strong,
energetic and rosy-cheeked again
shows there's no use drugginR a
child with harsh ~purgative medicines.
And Fig Syrup helps give tone and
strength to weak, flabby stomach and
bowels so they continue to act OF
their own accord and you don't have
TO keep dosing them. Its popularity
is shown BY its sales record of over
four million bottles a year and BY
the praise thousands Of mothers are
fairly showering on it. A Texas
mother, Mrs. NJ. II. Goodrich Of 1880
S. Olive ST., San Antonio, enthusi-
astieally declares: MY big, fat boy,
Milton, Jr., is now six. He il r
and energetic end weighs 43 pounds.
] give California Fig Syrup . lot Of
credit for his condition. I have used
il with him since babyhood for every
cold or upset spell. Il always reeu-
lates him quick and starts him to
eating right and improving in every
way"
Your protection against inferior
substitutes is the word California"
which always appears on the carton
of genuine California Fig Syrup.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21
Factory Expert Goes
Over Capitol Cooling

C. p. Landers, mechanical expert
from the American Blower company,
Is in town making adjustments on
tha washed-air cooling system in the
fauitol theater, according to John
Tanning, manager.
The system has been in operation
Car some time, but Landers is put
Ting it on edge to obtain the maxi
-um efficiency, IL is said.
The cooling system in the Capitol
a. TIE only. one of its kind south Of
Car Antonio and is similar TO that
srsd in the Aztec theater there, Ian
asrx stated.
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SHOT FOR %~sNooPING-

buoBART. Ind. - Herman Kolber
!, lanes Rallon, whom he said he
s-ht asnooping" around the kol-
Der horaes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-21

During vacation you can ma
any number of attractive buff
and vanity dresser sets for you
self and your friends--a score
charming designs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Fire Prevention

Fire Prevention Week has become a recognized in
stitution throughout the United States, and its influ-
ence is very apparent, according to state fire marshals
and others whose duty keeps them in contact with fire
hazards. As a result of the educational campaigns con-
Quoted in the schools, through luncheon clubs and va
rious civic organizations in connection with Fire Pre-
vention Week, the American public is becoming famil-
iarized with the most common hazards and the meth
DDS Of eliminating them.
The most fruitful source Of fires is the accumula-
tion Of inflammable waste. "A burning cigarette, a
spark from an engine, may start a costly conflagra-
ticn. Many fires are caused from defective wiring and
neglect Of safety rules in the construction Of buildings.
and il Is interesting 20 note. that In practically an
cities and towns the latter hazards arc practically elm
mated by standard ordinances.
The complicated lives Of city people. the great
number Of urban industrial enterprises. large and
email, many Of them performing service without which
the city could not exist, increase the fire hazard, but
this may he overcome by educational campaigns de-
signed TO instruct the public in the necessary precau-
tions. which are necessary TO prevent the tremendous
loss Of life and property which make up the annual
fire toll.
The schools arc a medium through which fire pre-
vention should be taught and emphasized. Children
should be taught 70 form habits which will tend To
make them instinctively avoid many az the dangers.
For the older people Il is necessary to preach fire pre-
vention the year around. Ih every city, town and
hamlet fire prevention must be stressed, not only as 4
measure to prevent the terrific economic loss. but also
to prevent the loss Of thousands Of lives annually.
Fire losses in the United States over a period Of
years range from si47,OO0.0OO to S5600O0.O0O. The
United States is the most prosperous nation on earth,
but il must needs be prosperous TO meet this annual
destruction Of property. The loss is equal to half the
expenditures for government, representing a figure
that would mean economic DISASTER to any nation less
prosperous.
If the American people will make an intensive
study Of fire prevention these appalling losses could
be materially reduced; in fact, they could be almost
eliminated. Fires rarely start from spontaneous COM
bustion, and it Is very seldom that such fires cannot
be traced to human carelessness or neglect. The dam
age from this source can be minimized by the proper
disposal of waste material and the proper handling %
all other materials that many engender eonflagrations
without human agency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Open Diplomacy Begets
Confidence

An era Of international peace and better under
standing between the nations Of the world is predicted
by Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, better known As
the "Great Crusader" because Of his activities in the
Holy Land during the World War.
General Allenby. who Is now in the United States.
and with Lady Allenby is a guest Of the American Le-
gion at San Antonio. is opposed to militarism in any
form, and in all interviews and addresses has stressed
this fact.
He expressed the opinion that the world is moving
toward an area Of international peace and understand
ing, and declared that "open diplomacy" is n potent
factor in establishing friendly relations between ma
tons. He declared that the increase in "open diplo-
macy" Is due TO the fact that the nations are gaining
greater confidence in each other and the outlook
promises well for continuance Of peace.
He spoke warmly in praise Of Secretary Keelloggs
efforts ard the Pact Of Paris and declared that the
United States has made a good beginning" by further
ing the treaty to outlaw war. which he characterized
as one of the greatest undertakings in human history.
Commenting on the fact that the world is more
heavily armed today than ever before, the field marshal
stated that was no cause for apprehension. He ex-
pressed the opinion that increasing manufacture Of law
chemicals, together with the output Of airplanes in
unprecedented numbers, should not necessarily be con-
strued as signs Of militancy.
In an interview on this subject in New York, the
famous British commander said: There i decidedly
more material that may be used in war than there ever
was before, but you can't stop progress simply because
you nave material that may be used in war. Civiliza-
tion must 20 en-. even If at some time It seems to be
founded on a powder cask, as one Of your American
poets said"
The addresses and interviews Of the British com
mander arc arousing widespread interest throughout
this country, where they are accepted as the prevailing
sentiment among British military men. His plea for
open diplomacy a plea with which the great majority
OF the English-speaking people are in accord, will serve
to strengthen the demands Of the United States and
Great Britain upon other countries that the old sys-
TEN Of secret diplomacy he entirely eliminated in their
relations with all nations.
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The World and All
QUITE A WILD ONE

Some people have all the luck. They can say they
are going to Mars tomorrow, and the papers will BE
full Of IL. Another good fellow might say he was going
to the sun, since il wouldn't cost any more for the ex-
ira distance, and nobody would notice him except the
keeper.
read a whole column in a New York paper the
other day about a great" Italian sculptor who is going
to throw his greatest" Venus off the top Of a high
Himalaya. It's a wild story, and the only light in 1t
is the statement that this master artist was once, i
long time ago, afflicted as to his mentality. But the
correspondent takes the statue-flinging tale quite Sc
riously. He says maybe Mussolini will not permit the
great sculptor to throw away his deathless works of art.
The sculptor explains that something ought to be
preserved for future ages. He has a bunch that ez-
listing civilization will disappear and that all the
mountains will be laid low and all the valleys exalted.
Come to think Of it, has has two incompatible
statues Of Venus, both Of which he has recently fin
ished. He announces that he will get some enterpris-
ing contractor to haul these marble masterpieces up to
the very summit Of the very highest mountain in the
very widest part Of Thibet. Then he will push them
off and let them fall into the deepest and most aban-
doned Of all valleys.
Well, it's quite simple. When the valleys are ex-
allied, this deepest and widest valley will become the
highest and most frequented mountain top. and every
body will flock there to see the two great Venuses.
Let me hasten to remark, By way Of partial explana-
tion, that the sculptor is past SO. He may be forgiven
for saying odd things and dreaming absurd dreams.
But il Il not Of record that the correspondent who
wrote the article was very old. I'll wager he's not
more than 80.
The old gentleman, finding himself taken seriously,
goes on to say that he has some more good statues to
throw away. One he is going to toss into the crater OF
Vesuvius. for future ages, and the other he wishes to
throw into the ocean. Probably 10 cultivate the arts
tic taste Of the whales.
Now, a man of so who hasn't made any statues for
twenty years. because he flew into a huff when one Of
his great works was criticized Chats all part Of the
story really doesn't need all this spectacular publicity.
That's why I'm not mentioning his name, which I don't
remember anyway. The correspondent who wrote that
tale ought 70 devote his marvellous talent to the further
exploitation Of some Of our young American opera
singers or some quick-drying lacquer. | dislike to see
such genius wasted.
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record on a chart how many times the occupant turns
over in the night. The boys sleep on these beds. II
they sleep badly they play football badly. II they are
overturned or overstrained their regimen Is altered
They are gone over, in short, until the trouble IS To-
Gated and their sleep meters show an even and regular
line on the chart.
Under circumstances of this sort it can no longer
be said that a football team is but an isolated ana
small group of extremists in exercise seeking notoriety
for themselves or fame for the school and coach at no
permanent profit to ~anybody's physique. They become
laboratory material as truly as the frogs that the 20
ologists cut up or the eadavers that the medicos dissect
in the anatomy room. While they are learning football
the psychologists are learning psychology. And IL psy-
chology proves its graphs with the pigskin, that Is
proof that isn't going TO be overlooked. Not often does
science have so visible an opportunity to vindicate
itself.
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sell the land that was not needed
eventually for what the whole project
would cost.
My firm has been unable 20 get
any steamship company to talk about
doing business with only Is feet Of
water. IL we should get is feet Of
water ut Point Isabel, I don't believe
that il would reduce our freight
rates. II we put the locks and dams
at Boca Chica, they could be easily
removed should it ever be deemed
necessary to dig down TO 80 feet. I
am sure that so much dirt thrown
up on the banks would hold the water
as there are irrigation canals nearly
that height and but n few feet across
at the top. The engineers expect the
levees to hold on the floodway which
are 20 o. rs feet high in places and
only n few feet across. The water
necessary TO fill the space above sea
level could be pumpd from the nea
est point Of the river or from the
gulf.
AS far ms docks and wharves are
concerned, we certainly do not need
but one warehouse to start with and
two docks, as forwarding concerns
would be glad to build all that were
required.
IL has been talked in our various
meetings that there is a rivers and
harbor bill only every four years, so
if we 90 ahead and get Is feet OF
water at Point Isabel. 10 would be at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Favors Building Port
At Boca Chica Beach

To The Herald:
80 many ideas have been advanced
about a port at Point Isabel, | would
like to add mine.
! was in favor Of deep water at
Point Isabel, il all Of the people OF
the Valley had been willing to help,
but since such a large part are
against it, | am in favor of putting
the port at Boca Chica and have
thirty feet of water instead of six
teen at Point Isabel. Ii will not cost
us any more to have the thirty fee;
at Boca Chica than the sixteen feet
at Point Isabel, as we could use the
5000, 600 that we would have to pay
the government and the $l00,00 esti-
mated in payment for the land Mt
Point Isabel for the government re-
q~lirements. TO build the ~jetties. Jet
ties nj Boca Chica can be built for
less money than az Point Isabel, as X
costs 50 much TO carry the rock
across the bay. We could dig a chan
mel 200 feet wide at the top and 100
feet az the bottom, Is feet deep for
approximately $4,000 per mile.
There would be in the n~eighborhood
Of thirteen miles from Boca Chica to
the end of the pavement. making a
total Of S650,000.
The dirt that would be taken out
Of the channel could be placed on
each side and il would average 80 feet
wide and is feet high. The locks and
dams would not cost more than $780,
600. We would have 30 feet Of water
which would allow large ships 10
come in, thereby reducing our freight
rates.
If we build AZ Boca Chica, IL would
belong to us and we would charge a
small fee. thereby helping to ray for
the channel. While. il we built at
Point Isabel every body would have
as much right TO the port as we. as
the requirement states: at must be
! free to every body" We should ask
the government to help us at Boca
Chica instead of Point Isabel, but il
il should refuse, ! would be willing
to go ahead anyway. We should get
the right-of-way 1900 feet from the
pavement to Boca Chica and we could
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11

The keen observer who travels through our country
cannot fail to be impressed by the restless energy Of
our people. We work hard and we play hard.
We have harnessed the forces Of nature 70 drive
the machinery we have invented to produce and dis
tribute and consume the things We need and the things
We want. We move about rapidly in fair weather ami
foul weather, not even waiting for the light Of day 10
show Us our way.
In this world Of force and energy every instrument
talFty that contributes thereto, or results therefrom.
takes on some Of the attributes Of force and energy.
Therefore. 1t is not strange that some students of the
SUBJECT regard the present aspect Of banking, as prac-
tieed IN this country, as dynamic. Such a view is en-
tirely in harmony with the spirit Of the age.
Fifty years ago three kinds of banking were prac.
tieed in the United States, each one devised for a spe-
eific purpose, and each one combining its operations TO
work for which il was created.
First, there was the bank Of circulation and dis.
count otherwise known as the commercial bank, used
as an adjunct BY producers and merchants to create
ana distribute their commodities among the people.
Second, there was the savings bank. which ,ffor.-
ca the people an opportunity to save something On, !,
'helr earnings and income, and thus become CAPITALISTS
4hird' there was the investment bank, which sun
phed capital Of new enterprises and distributed in
come-produeing investments to those who had becor.
capitalists through the saving habit.
Each one of these three kinds Of hanks deal. :, j.
particular kind of credit, and very rarely ON -,
the field Of the other There seemed to Be n clear cor.
ception Of the function Of each one OF the five nr;ra-.
divisions Of credit.
loday' As the result Of our great prosperitv ara
me increasing c%omplexity Of our economic ana so.i,,
me- the three foregoing classes Of banking have hee,
augmented By other forms Of banking that are carrtat
on under various names. We have fiduciary bonL;a.
winch manages the estate Of living and deceased :
sons. We have building associations. which perform
inc functions Of savings banks. and some Of them co..
or a deposit banking business. We have credit co,.
panies that gather up surplus CAPITAL n \. ned - -
domain OF personal credit and investment credit W.
nave investment trusts that pool the money n ;,a;-
viduals who trust it to their care. with which ,hn.
speculate or buy securities, according to the spiri, -
the intelligence Of the management. In addition 70 the
foregoing forms Of banking, many Of our largest in.
dustrial concerns have grown % rich and powerful that
they are n 2 position % lend funds to others and thus
supply capital for various purposes.