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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Kansas City Will
Vote on Big Bond
Issue In Spring

KANSAS CITY.@P-Taxpayer az
Kansas City will vote on proposed
bond issues ~totaling s36.000.c00 al
two elections this spring.
The first election will be held
March 81. when the voters will de-
eide whether the city shall spend
3 1000. 900 for new schools. Jackson
county as we'll as Kansas City propo-
sitions will be submitted 10 the cleo
torate Nav s. The municipal pro-
gram proposes expenditure or $751;
100000, while the county asks for
$12. 500. 900.
Kansas City seeks s3.750.000 for a
huge auditorium. which would be
built opposite Convention hall. where
the republicans will select their
standard bearers IN June. The city
also wants $500. 900 for widening
streets and making other improve
ments TO take care or the traffic
problem.
Water and air transportation as
we'll as motor traffic receives atten-
tion. A municipal wharf. costing
$500 1000, would be provided for. il
anticipation Of barge service on the
Missouri river. Richards airport.
now leased by the city. would be pur-
chased and improved with ST 900. 900.
Jackson county wants S6.50O,0 900 for
building roads and S. 900 for two
new court houses. one in Kansas
City and the other in independence,
which is the county seat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

era into q filing cabinet. IT can be
placed into any convenient object.
In one office ii il concealed in an
especially made book which looks as
Il il had just been removed from the
library shelves. In another office
it operates through an innocent ap-
pearing inkwell.-
Operated BY Radio
The device il operated BY radio.
An electric light burning on one wall
throws a beam across the room. Ev-
cry time the beam il broken Nv
someone moving in the room IN
electric current Is set up and the
camera begins working automaticai-
Is. The camera is also 80 equipped
that IL car turn on a miniature flash
light for a fraction Of a second. when
the room Is dark, to get pictures Mt
night.
Should the crook discover the de-
vice he cannot destroy ii for. even
though the lens il broken BY Il bull
let, the picture remains within the
camera, a permanent record OF the
crime.
The p~ostoffice department has
taken an interest In the camera and
Postmaster General Harry :. New
mas watched II in operation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

much attention tD him. ever NJ period
of several years
Among TIM residents cf Berkeley.
this policy ~ credited ~ y vtrr
sarge extent with making X possible
for that city VI maintain Law nnd cr-
der with Che smallest polica fierce. psr
capita 0f population. In the country.
Past indications of Mr. N0lImurr
convictions 0n the subject of crime
prevention included equipping hir
men with Bucks ao that they might
Ne prepared for any emergency rp-
uuirinE fast and reliable pursuit
cars. His most recent step, instalin-
tion CIR radios in aAl these cars, was
aimed at providing instantaneous
communication with shH men manning
The cars, no matter in what part WY
che city they might be-
Within VA few seconds after an
alarm IN received mt h~eadruarterr
lights flash in the drivers comrars-
ment or each car. notifying TIA crpw
that IA message for them is 0n thn
air. By means or tine fixed-tuned
short wave sets located in the rrnr
deck. 10 is then possible tu receive
the message and mobilize for art nn
with IN minimum or lost time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
the Neighbors
Guido That Nightly

COLUMBIA, Mo.-F1-Two Steph-
ems colleg co-eds. confined TO the
campus for an ~infraction or rules.
decided TO stage a photograph mara
thon.
The mark they set out TO beat was
that Of some anonymous hreo who
was reported to have played the
same record los consecutive times.
Stepping up the revolution-per-
minute speed to the maximum. they
listened 20 the same record 14I times.
IL took them five hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

Exclusive Central Press Dispatch TO
Ire Brownsville Herald.
ROCHESTER. N. ", March "a
A radio-controlled. invisible cam
era. with an all-seeing eye and q
mechanism that Is absolutely sure, i
the latest device developed BY sci
ence to aid in the detection Of Grim
inals.
It's an invention Of John z. See
bold of Rochester. He has an
nounced his invention with the per-
lection Of its radio control which
makes the camera automatic, and al
most human.
Concealed In Cabinet
Seebold has the camera concealed
in the top drawer OF a filing cabinet
in his Rochester office. The OBJ
server can barely detect a half-inch
opening which appears and disap-
pcras, for all the world like a hu-
mar eye, continually winking. But
each winking means a photograph.
And each photograph. when q Grim
inal is the subject, a pictorial
record Of his crime.
The camera measures six BY nine
and three inches. II il loaded with
motion picture film and will take one
picture at a time or continuously
one after another until ii has snap
ped 100. When the last picture II
taken a small light Is shown 10 in
dictate that the film il exhausted.
There you are" a y Seebold. ex-
planning his device. Just EQUIP a
vault. q mail car, or an office with
one Of these cameras and its radio
control and a crook will photograph
himself every time he moves about.
Later capture would be comparative
Is easy.
Its not necessary 10 put the cam
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

pARIS-F-Too many kinds Of
bottles and sardine cans are ccmpli-
eating life and the cost Of living.
Maurice Bokanowski, minister Or
commerce, ~ furthering efforts 70
trim down the number. hoping stan
~dardization will lower costs consid-
erably.
There are So varieties OF liter bot
ties ard 40 or carrying capacity which.
IL is-agreed. can be reduced 60 =
fraction OF that number. Sardines
now come i'm IL sizes of boxes. Ev-
erybody agrees that's too many.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
PASSENGER
CARSFAVORED
Franklin Reports One
Third Sales in This
Model Auto

With the sale OF the Franklin
seven-passenger models showing an
a~ppreciable increase in sales since
initial introduction last fall. il is
reported that the popularity these
striking cars have attained with
women drivers Is definite proof that
this type OF car has IN established
position in the quality motor car
field.
Franklin merchants throughout the
nation declare that who de-
mand quality, luxury and utmost
s~erviceability in their motor cal
have shown q marked preference for
the Airman seven-passenger model.
II il pointed out that the ease q
handling the seven-passenEer mod
els il comparable to smaller cars
This Is effected. Franklin engineers
claim. BY the light weight Of the
Franklin seven-passenger cars COM
pared with the weight and bulkiness
of the older styled seven-passenger
cars.
Weighing from three hundred
pounds to a thousand pounds less
than the average car Of this capa-
city, the response to the Franklin
seven-passenger cars mss been spon-
~taneous. This in spite Of the pre-
diction last year BY some Of those
close to motor car trends. that the
two and three car family would mod
fly the demand for seven-passenger
cars. Many still desire the onven
fence and sociabilitv Of the seven
passenger car, in which the entire
family and possibly guests or a
neighbor or two can 20 on a week
end trip or an outing together.
Engineering skill has made the
interior OF the modern ~ssven-pas-
senger car much roomier while de-
creasing the bulkiness in appear
ance. Ease Of handling. however.
seems 70 be the principal reason for
the increased demand for these cars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
ECONOMICAL sCOTS.

LONDON-What do Scottish peo-
PIE do with water that other folk do
not. DO they wash more. battle
more. drink more and cook more:
Or do they merely waste more? The
British Waterworks association
would like 70 have answers % these
questions. Statistics just made pub
ic show that in the towns OF elias
gov and Helensburgh the Scots have
respectively an allowance Of 40 and
% gallons per day. In England the
people Of London and Manchester are
allowed only ~ and @ gallons d dar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
GLEE CLUB no I N

The Glee club OK the State Teach
ers college or Kingsville will give a
program in the auditorium of thn
high school Monday afternoon it war
announced Nv JAIL WI. Denton. rrinri.
pal or the high school.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

DONNA. March 24.-Charlcs Dill
Ion, son Of T.. wv. Dillon. prominent
Donna farmer. IL still iii from n up
tured blood vessel which ne suffered
Monday. He IL confined to His bed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

Our repair department will be
conducted upon the principle Of
good workmanship and reason
able prices, with the personal at
tention and guarantee Of Mr..
Hugo to back up every job. Your
investigation of this service i re-
spectfully requested.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

With this assurance, a cordial in
vitation i extended to all Of Our
old friends and patrons, and to
new ones, as we'll, to avail them
selves Of our courteous and eff
cient service.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

See Finders Keepers. nc tho
Capitol theater at $3.50 March
~, "a and 20 and help the high
school clothing contest fund.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

Expert Greasing
Our grease rack Is now under the
supervision of an expert Alemite-
trained worker, and we are prepar-
ed to render 100 per cent Alemite
service.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Washing

Modern facilities are avail
able here for washing your
car at a reasonable cost.
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from
Ell Jardin Garage

The FL Jardin Garage announces that r. I. Davis Is no lonoer
with Us. Our repair department is now under the personal SIM
ervision Of M. ". Hugo, who holds a master mechanics certifi-
cate.
The Valleys finest GARAGES now in a position to
render a garage and repair service equal to the best
obtainable in the metropolitan centers.
Evening star., 1928-05-10
THREE PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Boy Has Toes Crushed by Car Be.
ing Backed Into
Garage.

Three persons were injured. none
seriously. in traffic accidents yesterday.
Six-year-old Arthur L. johnson. 1902
Sixth street southwest. had three toes
Of his left foot crushed by wheel of
an automobile driven by James F. Fair
fax as ii was backing into a garage
near NJ and Water streets southwest.
The boy was treated by DR.. Henry @.
Hadlev.
While riding a bicycle on Connecticut
avenue at Kalorama road, George Reno.
II years old, Of Capitol Heights, Md.
coIiided with an automobile and suf-
fered injuries to his knee. necessitatiag
treatment at Emergency Hospital. Po-
lice have not learned the identity of
the driver of the car.
Dennis E. Graves. colored, 81 years
old. 4is / street, received possible
fracture of the left arm when the auto
mobile in which he was riding collided
with a machine driven by Eli WHITING
ton. g o street. at Florida avenue and
Second street northeast Graves was
treated by DR.. Joseph D. Rogers al
Casualty Hospital
Evening star., 1928-05-10

said, there was q unanimous feeling
in the subcommittee that the foreign
service act had been administered In
a manner far at variance" with It's
purpose.
While the subcommittee discounted
largely the testimony of aggrieved In
dividuals. the report said there were
intimations Of favoritism In plenty
1t recorded the fact that every mem
Der of the foreign service, or of the
department taff-with one exception
who has served upon the personnel
board in any one OF It's units since
July /. 1924. has received a promotion
and some Of them more then one"
Evening star., 1928-05-10

the state Department, designed to
create a personnel bureau under an
additional assistant secretary and
manned by officials wholly disconnect-
ed from the foreign service" would be
provided for In bill favorably re-
ported by the Senate foreign relations
committee.
The measure was framed by SUBJ
committee headed by Senator Moses
of New Hampshire which conducted
extensive hearings to explore COM
plants Of favoritism in foreign service
promotions. While much of the tes-
timony came from service officers who
felt themselves "aggrieved,F the report
Evening star., 1928-05-10
Compelled to Take
Part i'm Cannibal
Feast of Savages
Nv The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May l0.--An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Melbourne
quotes Andre Naturel. recruiter of
native labor, as saying that canni-
balism Is still practiced In the New
Hebrides Islands. On recent visit
to the Bignambas Tribe on the Is
land OF Mallicollo he found huge
feast prepared.
A number of natives we're brought
forward to slaughter. The dispatch
says that he was compelled to watch
the victims being cooked and to take
part in the cannibal feast.
Evening star., 1928-05-10
STOPPED AT BROWNSVILLE.

Destination Was Mexico City to Ar
range for Air Derby.
LOS ANGELES. May 10 (P).-Theo-
dore T. Hull, president of the California
Air Race Association. who has been
reported overdue on an aerial trip from
Brownsville. Tex, to Tampico, Mexico,
left here in an airplane last Sunday for
Mexico City by way of El PaSo.
He was accompanied by George de
Saulls. mechanic; Charley Haldeman,
photographer. and passenger.
While in Mexico City Hull said he
would deliver invitations to Mexican
military and civilian flyers to participate
In the pan-American air race from the
Mexican capital to Los Angeles next
September.
Evening star., 1928-05-10
4u. LYERSLOST
IN MEXICAN FLIGHT
Long Overdue at Tampjco
After Hop From Los
Angeles Sunday.
Rr The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May lo.-Fears were
entertained today for the safety OF
Theodore Hull, president of the Cali
fornis Air Race Association, who was
long overdue on an airplane flight to
Tampico.
Hull accompanied by three other fiy-
ers. hoped Off from Los Angeles for
Mexico City in connection with plans
To organize an air derby. They crossed
the border at Brownsville. Tex, yester-
day morning and were expected at
Tampico at 6 pm.
The Compania MeXicana Aviacion or
dered two Fairchild planes TO search
for the missing flyers when they failed
to arrive at Tampico,
Aviation circles believed that Hull
may have lost his way and been forced
70 alight en- route to Tampico.
Evening star., 1928-05-10
DOGS MUST BE MUZZLED,
D. c. Issues Annual Order for Ca
mines. Excepting Those on Leash.

mines, Excepting Those on Leash.
The District Commissioners today is
sued their annual order directing the
nuzzlirlg Of all dogs for period Of four
months beginning June /. The order
read:
The Commissioners hereby give no.
tlce that every dog in the District shall,
fer a period Of four months from and
after June /. 1928. wear good sub
starltial muzzle. securely put on. 50 as
TO prevent II from biting or swapping,
and airy dog going at large during said
period without such muzzle shall be
taken gIp by the poundmaster and i'm
pounded: provided. that this order shall
not apply TO dogs held In leash by their
owTlegM"
No North American Holding Company
A@zs,eN4f~avzaaxaf
Evening star., 1928-05-10
SEES "FAvORITISM'
IN FOREIGN SERVICE
Senate Committee Would Change
Procedure of Promotions by
State Department.

By the Associated Press
A radical change In the administra-
ton of foreign service promotions In
Evening star., 1928-05-10
'DISCOURTESY RESENTED

Petition Asks Return of Mexican
Educators on Tour in California.
MEXICO CITY. May 10 PEI Uni
verSal today said the teachers of Mexico
City have petitioned the educational au-
thorities TO telegraph instructions to
Mexican educators now on good will
tour of California universities to return
Immediately because Of the ''discour-
tesy" of Father Mccoy. president o.
Santa Clara University.
Father McCoycanceled a reception
in honor of the educators.
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ming an efficiency test will be put
on by the Past Matrons. Refresh
ments will be served after the meet
ing.
Captain and Mrs. w. NJ. Spann
entertained at dinner Friday eve
ming before the Elks Minstrels.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Thomas w.
Brown Of Fort Lincoln and Major
and Mrs. Harold Sorenson Of Bis
marck were dinner guests.
With five candidates awaiting
initiation, work in the Fellow Craft
degree will be exemplified at the
regular meeting Of the local Ma
sonic lodge at the temple tonight at
1880. All Masons are urged to at
tend.
Mrs. II. +. Henson of Roanoke,
Va, arrived in the city Saturday
to spend month as the guest of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. X.
Atkinson, and with friends. Mrs.
Henson was formerly Miss Mary At
kinson of Bismarck.
The Little Light Bearers Of the
Methodist church will meet in the
church parlors Wednesday ut 4
o'clock. Mothers are requested to
send all the children as parts for a
missionary play "Send the Light"
will be selected.
Howard H. Strack of Fargo,
deputy United States marshal,
suffered severe burns on his left
hand Friday when he upset pan
Of boiling water which he was re-
moving from a stove.
Mrs. F. Hultberg of this city has
been admitted to the Bismarck hos
pital for treatment.
Miss Stella Hilleboe of Glendale
is spending the Easter holidays in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
Legion Auxiliary
to Be Entertained
at July Convention

Plans are being made by the
Grand Forks women for the enter
tainment Of 600 women during the
annual convention Of the North Da-
kota department Of the American
Legion Auxiliary which will be held
in that city July IL and IL, in ASSOC
citation with the meeting Of the
American Legion. Mrs. ]. b. Wine
man is general chairman Of ar
engagements.
The convention headquarters will
be at the new Hotel Ryan while al
business sessions will take place at
the Metropolitan theatre. Mrs.
II. L. Glass, president Of the Grand
Forks unit, has been named head
Of the convention committees. She
will be assisted by Mrs. r. ,. Camp
bell. distinguished guests; Mrs.
Frank Webb, entertainment; Mrs.
r. F. Bridgeman, finances; Mrs. ]. B.
Cooley, publicity; Miss Theresa
Thoreson, registration; Mrs. Ray
Dryden, housing; Miss Frances
Owen, convention program; Mrs. w.
II. Witherstine, reception.
Mrs. J. A. Russell. convention hall !;
Mrs. G. f. Brawner, past presidents;
Mrs. J. w. Carter, banquet; Mrs.
/. A. LaVoie, pages, and Mrs. G. l..
Anderson, song leader.
Devotional services will be held
in the McCabe Methodist church
on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday of this week. Services
commence at 1880 p. M. and last for
one hour. The pastor will preach
on the scenes leading up to the
Cross. Holy Communion will be ad-
ministered Friday evening. The
public is invited to attend these
services.
Colonel William II. Austin of
Omaha. who spent the past week at
Fort Lincoln on official business,
left Saturday for Aberdeen, S. ID.
While at Fort Lincoln Colonel Aus
tin was the house guest Of Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Thomas w. Brown.
On Friday evening Captain and
Mrs. George +. Bloomquist enter
tanned informally in compliment to
Col. Austin.
Miss Lillian Cook Of the North
Dakota Library commission returned
to Bismarck Saturday after a trip
TO Minot and Bowbells. In Minot,
Miss Cook was the house guest of
Miss Julia G. McDonough while at
tending a meeting of the North
western Education division. While
in Bowbclls Miss Cook assisted in
organizing library.
Memorial services Of the Order
Of Eastern Star will be held Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock at the
Masonic Temple. During the eve-
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tending school. Both are active
students at the college.
School Boys Anxious
to Earn Extra Money

Spring housekeeping with all o:
Its qualifications has descended up.
on Bismarck.
Mothers Of Bismarck who are too
busy welding the dust-cloth to see
that fathers clean up the yard are
urged to call W. g. Fulton, direc.
tor OF boys work, and obtain the
services Of the many boys who are
anxious to earn extra money for
their education.
Mr.. Fulton said today that he has
an unlimited supply Of workers
and that they can do anything from
hauling rake or hoe to welding
carpet heater or dust broom.
Mr.. Fulton can be reached at tele.
phone numbers 1cOS-W or cS5.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
HOLLYWOOD ECONOMY MOVE
CUTS HUGE CLOTHES BILL

HOLLYWOOD. GALA million
dollars a year is being saved in
wardrobe expenses in Hollywood's
great studios, by one simple econ
omy move, according to studio
officials here.
Seeking q method Of cleansing
expensive costumes and fabrics for
sets, which would keep them new
looking during months Of hard
wear in producing a picture, the
studios discovered that with Lux
they could keep washable fabrics
like new more than twice as long
as with other methods.
All the big studios, therefore,
now insist upon Lux for cleansing
millions Of dollars worth of clothe
and materials everything from neg
ligees to camping togs.
Paramount, Metro Goldwyn, Firs
National, United Artists, Universe
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02

making one Of the most vital situa-
tions in "Thc Country Doctor"
which will be on view at the Capitol
theatre tonight.
Gladys Brockwcll, noted screen
character actress and q veteran Of
the stage. interprets the scarlet
woman and mother in this picture,
which features Rudolph Schildkraut
in the title role. The locale Of 1.-THE
Country Doctor" is New England.
1t is a picture immortalizing the
rugged heroism Of the rural practi-
toner, depicting the pathos and hu-
NOR Of his life together with the
self-sacrifices he continually made ir
his devotion to duty.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02

quentiy, applies to al communities
alike.
Roxie Hart, the beautiful "ja1z
slayer" Of the stage play, IL ably in.
terpreted by Phyllis Haver in the
screen version Of Chicago" while
the husband is capitally portrayed
by Victor Varconi. The criminal
lawyer by Robert Edeson, and other
prominent roles are capably por-
trayed by May Robson, Virginia
Bradford and T. Roy Barnes. The
screen version Of Chicago" Includes
an emotional strength absent in the
more superficial stage presentation.
The picture is worth while.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
ELTINGE THEATRE

"Chicago," on the screen at the
Eltinge today and Tuesday and
Wednesday is based o.. the success
full stage play of the same name.
In the past this type of drama has
been almost wholly confined to the
stage, producers believing the sue.
cess Of satirical play to be purely
local, with the subject Of sarcasm,
well known to a certain group Of
theatre goers. But when Chicago
was produced as play the nation.
wide scope Of the drama was self.
evident, as it ridicules the dramatic
ing Of murder trials and, conse.
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Fox, DeMille. Warner Bros, all use
Lux. Like millions Of women, they find
that Lux is SO pure. so mild, that it
keepssilks. chiffons, rayons, woolens,
colored things like new twice as long.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
At the Movies
CAPITOL THEATRE

There's no love as pure and self
less as mother love. And when a
mother believes that her life is a
standing reproach to her children in
the eyes Of the world she takes such
steps as she believes best-thereby